Only those who are willing to risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. - Eric Thomas
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Demarre N. 2️⃣0️⃣ retweeted
Wow. Much respect to #Titans HC Robert Saleh for explaining the DT Jordan Elliott gun situation.
“My message to 31 other teams: If you need a hell of a run-stopping D-tackle that can help on a playoff run, give me a call. I'll tell you everything you need to know about him. He’s a good man. Had a terrible lapse in judgment. I recognize it as a call for help. Not a criminal act.”
Watch this full answer:
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Demarre N. 2️⃣0️⃣ retweeted
It sucks to say it, but the default is overweight, dumb, and broke.
You don't live in a world where you have to hunt for your food and figure out how to survive.
You live in a world where - unless you decide to endlessly practice self-education, because schools do not teach you how to live a good life - you will automatically choose hyperpalatable foods, sit on your couch all day, and get the job that pays enough to survive because that's just what you were supposed to do.
Demarre N. 2️⃣0️⃣ retweeted
Kevin O'Connell when Brian Flores asks him what happened between him and JJ McCarthy
Demarre N. 2️⃣0️⃣ retweeted
Reminder for all young parents:
You only get:
- 1 Summer with your baby
- 3 with your toddler
- 9 with your child
- 5 with your teenager
This time is precious. Don’t rush it.
Demarre N. 2️⃣0️⃣ retweeted
#fun fact that happens bc we experience life logarithmically
when you're 5 and turn 6: 1 year is 20% of your experienced lifetime, u perceive it as a long time. when you're 25, a year is 4%. for a 50 year old a year is only 2%
the more you accumulate time the “faster” it flies
Demarre N. 2️⃣0️⃣ retweeted
Just remember 3 minutes of horizontal eye saccades can improve your balance by 71%.
Which might be a big deal if you're a starting QB with grown men getting paid to try and murder you on the field.
Anyone who has heard Dan Fichter @WGF1 speak at a TFC understands what Stroud is doing here.
The connection?
Matt Van Dyke is the Executive Director of Player Performance with the Texans. Matt has spoken at multiple TFCs. Chris Korfist is now working for the Texans too!
Demarre N. 2️⃣0️⃣ retweeted
The ultimate flex is having the time & money to do whatever you want + the health to actually enjoy and the family and friends to do it with, everything else is a distraction
Demarre N. 2️⃣0️⃣ retweeted
@DevonWitherspo1 got paid today. Four years, 132 million, most anybody's ever paid a corner.
I could watch his tape all day. Impossible to get his game into two minutes of highlights.
Corners get paid to cover. He's a lot more than that.
I can't find a player more eager to get in the action. Six-foot, 185, plays a 220-pound brand of football.
Number one thing that stands out? His decisiveness. No second guessing, no fear. All gas.
Young players need to study his body language, his intensity, and his desire to be the first guy to the football.
He's damn near a perfect football player.
Demarre N. 2️⃣0️⃣ retweeted
Rajon Rondo tells Kendrick Perkins to his face that he refuses to run up the score in NBA youth basketball
"whenever I get up 30 I challenge my guys to do different things. I stop allowing fast break layups and I work on execution and then I'll maybe try different defensive schemes"
"I'm not going to just keep applying pressure trying to beat you by 90 points I do not do that...I'm obviously trying to play in different tournaments to where I'm not winning by 30 or 40"
"people called and they was like do you guys want to play 17? I was like perfect please. So like I said I'm always looking for a challenge...If I'm winning about 70 40 57 it's there it's no point of me playing like I don't want to waste the parents money"
Demarre N. 2️⃣0️⃣ retweeted
a 20/20/20 game intentionally in honor of Nipsey Hussle is probably one of the greatest feats in sports history. basically Babe Ruth pointing his bat to the stands, but for Crips.
Demarre N. 2️⃣0️⃣ retweeted
I remember asking assistant coach Mo Cheeks, what’s harder to do? Workout after practice or before?? I only asked cuz by time I would get to the gym, Russ was already done in the morning and I usually got mine in after practice. Mo like, “coming in before practice is probably harder”…since then, it’s been my routine….a lot of people looked at the emotions on the court and thought Russ was loud, nah to me, he was quiet and methodical. He lead by example and once the lights were bright, he let everything out and experienced pure freedom. It was inspiring as his teammate and everywhere I went, I seen it inspire people from all walks of life, crazy thing is, he didn’t say much, he just showed up. For 18 years. This basketball life is sacred to us as professionals, what we put into that court means everything. Some of us wish we could go back and do things with a little more intent and some can just wipe their hands and be satisfied with the time spent. Who u gonna be? We know what zero was on…keep inspiring in the next phase of life champ. I don’t care what happens, can’t erase what it was…The first YNs, finals run in our early 20s, all star games, seeing each other get injured and bounce back, the bus rides, plane rides, card games, jokes and arguments, the whole thing, memorable!! …to the whole Westbrook family, Nina, the kids, mama Westbrook, big Russ, Ray, Donnell, everybody from luezinger high and ucla and many more that I’m forgettin, much love and Congratulations on a iconic career.
Demarre N. 2️⃣0️⃣ retweeted
Russell Westbrook retired today with the most triple-doubles in NBA history. The name written on his wrist for all 18 seasons belongs to the kid UCLA actually wanted. That kid died at 16, and Westbrook spent two decades playing for both of them.
Westbrook was a 5'8", 140-pound freshman that no college recruited. The call UCLA's head coach made to his high school in 2004 was about Khelcey Barrs III, Westbrook's best friend from across the street in Hawthorne. A 6'6" phenom pulling scholarship offers as a sophomore. The two had a pact to play at UCLA together, then the NBA.
In May 2004, during a pickup game at LA Southwest College, Barrs collapsed on the court. An undiagnosed enlarged heart.
Westbrook walked across the street every morning after that to do his friend's chores at his grandmother's house. Then he grew 7 inches, averaged 25 a game as a junior, and took the UCLA offer they were supposed to accept together. From that point on he played like a man carrying two careers.
The numbers he put up look like typos.
209 triple-doubles is the most in NBA history, and it took breaking Oscar Robertson's record that stood for 47 years. In 2017 he averaged a triple-double across an entire season, something no human had done since 1962, then did it three more times. 27,176 points, 14th all time. 10,351 assists, 5th all time, behind only Stockton, CP3, Kidd, and LeBron. He did all of it at 6'3" in a league of giants, and outlasted the franchise that drafted him. Seattle picked him 4th in 2008 and stopped existing before he played a game.
And in every one of his 1,301 games, he wore two wristbands. One said KB3. The other said "Why not?"
People spent 18 years asking why he played every possession like the building was on fire. He was playing for two.
Demarre N. 2️⃣0️⃣ retweeted
Major cheat code for life: The ability to recognize things that don’t matter. The world will pressure you to care about every single thing. To chase every problem. To take every slight personally. To have opinions on everything. Reject that trend. Focus on a few, ignore the rest.
Demarre N. 2️⃣0️⃣ retweeted
We normalize talking about sports, celebrities, and entertainment every day, but the conversations that can change your family’s future are often treated like they’re taboo. What you mean we don’t talk about money? Get me outta here.
