Diamyn Hall
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I got a scholarship to a junior college. In Illinois, Robinson, Illinois, Lincoln Trail Community College, two year college plan. The goal was to I'm going to dominate these two years and I'm going to get drafted my second year, my sophomore year. And while I was there, I came across an incredible coach, Kevin Bowers. I remember jumping in his office.
I got a scholarship to a junior college. In Illinois, Robinson, Illinois, Lincoln Trail Community College, two year college plan. The goal was to I'm going to dominate these two years and I'm going to get drafted my second year, my sophomore year. And while I was there, I came across an incredible coach, Kevin Bowers. I remember jumping in his office.
We were having a good conversation one day and then he pulls a book from his bookshelf. He says, Diamond, like this is this is yours. Read this. I looked down and it's the it's the mental game of baseball by Harvey Dorfman. And it's this thick book talks about all of the specific mental skills that exist. And it's much thicker than than heads up baseball. Still just as good.
We were having a good conversation one day and then he pulls a book from his bookshelf. He says, Diamond, like this is this is yours. Read this. I looked down and it's the it's the mental game of baseball by Harvey Dorfman. And it's this thick book talks about all of the specific mental skills that exist. And it's much thicker than than heads up baseball. Still just as good.
We were having a good conversation one day and then he pulls a book from his bookshelf. He says, Diamond, like this is this is yours. Read this. I looked down and it's the it's the mental game of baseball by Harvey Dorfman. And it's this thick book talks about all of the specific mental skills that exist. And it's much thicker than than heads up baseball. Still just as good.
But it talks about all the mental skills that you need to study in the game of baseball that separate the best of the best. Because some people say, you know, the game is 90 percent mental, 10 percent physical. The numbers are the numbers are interesting there. But so read this book.
But it talks about all the mental skills that you need to study in the game of baseball that separate the best of the best. Because some people say, you know, the game is 90 percent mental, 10 percent physical. The numbers are the numbers are interesting there. But so read this book.
But it talks about all the mental skills that you need to study in the game of baseball that separate the best of the best. Because some people say, you know, the game is 90 percent mental, 10 percent physical. The numbers are the numbers are interesting there. But so read this book.
And it ended up helping my game get to the next level and ended up getting a scholarship from there to Grand Lake State University, a division one down south in Louisiana, where I came across another amazing coach, James Cooper, who's now a manager within the within the Yankees organization. And he gave me he gave me two books. He gave me Relentless by Tim Grover.
And it ended up helping my game get to the next level and ended up getting a scholarship from there to Grand Lake State University, a division one down south in Louisiana, where I came across another amazing coach, James Cooper, who's now a manager within the within the Yankees organization. And he gave me he gave me two books. He gave me Relentless by Tim Grover.
And it ended up helping my game get to the next level and ended up getting a scholarship from there to Grand Lake State University, a division one down south in Louisiana, where I came across another amazing coach, James Cooper, who's now a manager within the within the Yankees organization. And he gave me he gave me two books. He gave me Relentless by Tim Grover.
This is Kobe Bryant's former coach. former trainer, Michael Jordan's former trainer. And he broke, he broke the mindset pieces down in such a great way. I read the book and I was like, this dude is right. He wrote this book about me. I got to reach out. I got to, I got to talk to him on the phone. And so I reached out like 10 times, no response. The 11th time I reached out. And he responds.
This is Kobe Bryant's former coach. former trainer, Michael Jordan's former trainer. And he broke, he broke the mindset pieces down in such a great way. I read the book and I was like, this dude is right. He wrote this book about me. I got to reach out. I got to, I got to talk to him on the phone. And so I reached out like 10 times, no response. The 11th time I reached out. And he responds.
This is Kobe Bryant's former coach. former trainer, Michael Jordan's former trainer. And he broke, he broke the mindset pieces down in such a great way. I read the book and I was like, this dude is right. He wrote this book about me. I got to reach out. I got to, I got to talk to him on the phone. And so I reached out like 10 times, no response. The 11th time I reached out. And he responds.
He said, yeah, I got some time to jump on the phone with you. So connected with him, picked his brain, taking notes the whole time and learned so much. And then the second book that he gave me was Body Mind Mastery by Dan Millman. This is now Dan Millman was a guy that Phil Jackson used to bring in with the Chicago Bulls. And you hear people talk about Phil Jackson being the Zen master.
He said, yeah, I got some time to jump on the phone with you. So connected with him, picked his brain, taking notes the whole time and learned so much. And then the second book that he gave me was Body Mind Mastery by Dan Millman. This is now Dan Millman was a guy that Phil Jackson used to bring in with the Chicago Bulls. And you hear people talk about Phil Jackson being the Zen master.
He said, yeah, I got some time to jump on the phone with you. So connected with him, picked his brain, taking notes the whole time and learned so much. And then the second book that he gave me was Body Mind Mastery by Dan Millman. This is now Dan Millman was a guy that Phil Jackson used to bring in with the Chicago Bulls. And you hear people talk about Phil Jackson being the Zen master.
And you hear Michael Jordan talking about being composed under pressure. All of these things, when you take that relentless mentality and then you combine it with this poise under pressure and this calmness and this ability to allow the moment to be the moment, then you get the Michael Jordans, the Kobe Bryants.
And you hear Michael Jordan talking about being composed under pressure. All of these things, when you take that relentless mentality and then you combine it with this poise under pressure and this calmness and this ability to allow the moment to be the moment, then you get the Michael Jordans, the Kobe Bryants.
And you hear Michael Jordan talking about being composed under pressure. All of these things, when you take that relentless mentality and then you combine it with this poise under pressure and this calmness and this ability to allow the moment to be the moment, then you get the Michael Jordans, the Kobe Bryants.