Toby Brooks

Anytime I see Grizzlies stuff from that late 90s, early 2000s era, I'm taken back to a simpler time.

And I've always been a sucker for any kind of expansion team.

And that Canadian NBA expansion era of the Grizzlies and the Raptors made it feel like my sport of hoops was taking over the whole world.

Now I'll admit, I don't get to wear warm fleece hoodies as often as I'd like living in Central Texas, but I can tell you when I put this one on, a switch is flipped and I am ready to perform.

So I want to encourage you, whether it's a favorite color or a curated playlist or some custom lighting or any of a hundred other potential adjustments you could make to your workspace or your gym or your practice area, give it a try.

It doesn't have to be teal.

Matter of fact, I'd probably be mad at you if it were because that's my deal.

Get your own.

That just happens to be my spectrum-adjacent love.

But whatever it is, find it, collect data on it, and learn to use it to your advantage.

A couple of quick shout-outs this week.

First, a word of thanks to my youngest fan, my guy, the one and only Cooper McNeely.

Cooper's an incredible dude who I met back at my old church back in Lubbock, and his mom sent me a message the other day that he's a regular listener to the show.

Cooper's a catcher on his Little League baseball team this season, and I'm pretty stoked to say I'll be heading to Lubbock next week just to watch him play.

So, Coop, if you're listening, thank you.

I love you, buddy.

And I also want to shout out my fellow classmates at Baylor in the Exercise Physiology graduate program.

Igor, Kwame, Michelle, Yasmin, Miska, Ryan, Mahima, Blake, others.

Finish strong.

We are almost there.