Renewing my license requires me to report 40 hours of continuing education. I’d do it anyway because I love learning how to get better.

John Wooden said, "It's what you learn after you know it all that counts."

One mistake I often see athletes and coaches make is thinking they can reach a point where they don’t have to learn anymore. Kara Lawson, Duke’s women’s basketball coach, says, "Things don’t get easier—you just learn to do hard better."

We never have it all figured out. Feedback is always needed.

My job is to share what I’ve learned through experience and education.

Each of us has a unique way of handling life’s challenges. To grow, we need to learn and improve. If you ain’t learning, you ain’t trying. We play sports to learn about ourselves and our place in the world.

Learning is risky—it may force you to change, and change affects performance. But growth happens when we embrace it.

Every day, write down the most important thing you learned. You do learn something every day. Big changes come from small, consistent actions.

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