Pete Carroll

Do You Have Enough Confidence?

Self-confidence means believing you have what it takes to achieve your goal and it’s a quality that is essential to success. “I don’t think anything is unrealistic if you believe you can do it.” — Mike Ditka “Self-confidence is the first step toward success. If you believe it, you can achieve it.” – Tommy Lasorda [...]

Top coaches and athletes looking for a competitive edge are now tapping into an unexpected power source. They’re tapping into the power of sleep. Yes, sleep! It was once a badge of honor for coaches to burn the midnight oil and catch only a few hours of sleep at the office or for certain athletes [...]

Competing in Everything You Do

In my last column, we talked about Pete Carroll’s “Always Compete” mindset and how the relentless pursuit of getting better at everything you do is at the core of Carroll’s coaching philosophy. It’s this “Always Compete” mentality that has made Pete Carroll one of only three coaches to win both a Super Bowl and a [...]

Pete Carroll is one of the most fascinating and innovative coaches in America. His high-energy, super-positive, open-minded approach to the game of football has challenged many of the long-held beliefs about the way coaches “should” coach football. Conventional or not, Carroll’s approach obviously works as he’s piled up victories and championships at both the pro [...]