Basketball Training: Skills, Speed, and Strength » working hard http://www.richstoner.com The purpose is to provide information to basketball players and coaches that will help increase basketball skills, strength, and speed. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:34:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Work Ethic http://www.richstoner.com/work-ethic http://www.richstoner.com/work-ethic#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:52:14 +0000 Rich http://www.richstoner.com/?p=928 Work Ethic is something that seems to be lost today in basketball and in life.  Many people often talk about what they want to be or where they want to go, but many of those same people are not willing to pay the price to actually get there.  Sure, you might think that you are working hard but be honest with yourself, are you?  What is your definition of working hard?   Kobe Bryant once when asked about his workouts responded that he does not have workouts, he has blackouts.  In other words, he works so hard that he  blacks out.  In the first video below Ray Lewis talks about working so hard that he has to stay in bed the entire day following a workout because his body hurts that badly.    In the second video, Kevin Garnett talks about working so hard that he passes out and has to be revived…and then he does it all over again.  These guys are great for a reason.  They want to be the best and they work so hard that there is no way that they cannot achieve it. 

In an email that I received yesterday from Elliott Hulse, he talked about getting comfortable with being uncomfortable.  Working outside what is normal to you and taking your body to another realm.  That’s what Kobe Bryant, Ray Lewis, and Kevin Garnett are talking about.  This type of work ethic defines them.  That is why they are who they are and why they are great at what they do.  They do not just talk the talk, they pay the price daily to make sure that they can walk the walk.  They are, “comfortable with being uncomfortable.”  They have a real work ethic. 

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