Laughing Through the Playbook: Coach Steve's Saga of Sports, Setbacks, and Synergy

There's something magical about the way a song can transport us back in time, and on today's show, we're riding that wave of nostalgia as I recount one of the most hilarious mishaps from my college football days. Imagine sitting in a tense team meeting only to have it interrupted by Kanye's "Can't Tell Me Nothing" blaring from your phone — yep, it really happened! We're not just laughing about past antics, though; we're weaving through the emotional tapestry of memories that sport binds into our lives.

Switching gears, we explore the rollercoaster journey of youth volleyball, where the triumphs and tribulations of my kids' teams serve as a backdrop for life's greater lessons. We celebrate my youngest's team clinching victory, empathize with my middle daughter's narrow miss at the championship, and nod in understanding at the unpredictable mix of success and setbacks that has shaped my eldest's experience. It's a reminder that every spike, serve, and save is more than just a game – it's about perseverance and the collective heartbeat of a team coming together, moment by moment, match by match.

Lastly, we pull up the curtain on the synergy that fuels sports relationships, underscoring the importance of consistency, communication, and education. We're not only coaching athletes to victory but also shaping individuals who play with integrity and honor the spirit of the game. We tackle the challenges that athletes, parents, and coaches face, advocating for a unified approach to nurturing talent. So, whether you're lacing up your sneakers, calling out plays, or cheering from the stands, tune in for an episode that's as much about building character as it is about scoring points. This is Coach Steve, your guide through the wins, the losses, and the life lessons in between.

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:17

I had a dream I could buy my way to heaven. I woke up. I spit that on the neck. I told my mom, I told my dad, I told my mom, I told my dad. I bought more jewelry, more money. The oddly good mood today. Um, hopefully this is a norm, but, uh, I'll turn it down a little bit.

Speaker 1: 0:45

There's a story behind that song. I promise Hold on, let me cut it. Oh man, there's a story behind that song. Um, not only is that one of um, one of my favorites from Kanye, but, uh, I was thinking today for some reason, oh, I was uh, cleaning off my desk and I was putting my bowl rings up and I had some music playing, and that came on. And you know, I don't know if you guys have ever, you know, had that moment where, like, you just have a random flashback memory, or you see something or you touch something and it takes you back to like, oh man, that was a crazy, or whatever the experience was. So for me, I'm putting the ball rings up, trying to get my desk organized and, just so happens, as I'm putting those up, that song comes on. And, I kid you not, one of the four funniest stories from my college football experience and I'll change the names to protect the innocent.

Speaker 1: 1:58

But you know we would do a lot of meetings for any of my, you know, former athletes, former college athletes. I know my pro athletes know this too, but you know, especially college athletes. You do a lot of meetings and you know you'll have your position meetings and you will let me back up for my folks who need some help following. So in season, let's say, um, we would have Mondays off. Tuesdays we would have our practices, our, our heart quote unquote hard practices. Wednesdays, little lighter, we would just have our shoulder pads and helmets. Thursdays was run through, we would just have our shoulder pads and helmets. Thursdays was run through. And then, you know, friday we would meet, travel, whether we were staying in Columbia or getting on a plane going somewhere. Right Saturday we played a game. Sunday we would meet, you know, and kind of do whatever. But on all of those days you're meeting. So, like you know, mondays you have a quick meeting, get the film for the following week, you get the breakdown, you know, whatever, whatever, um, tuesdays you would meet before you'd have your position meetings and then you'd have a little team meeting and then you'd go to practice. Same thing Wednesday. Thursdays, though, were a little different because it was a light practice, kind of a run through, and we usually was always.

Speaker 1: 3:25

We were always going to get a speech, speech of some kind, get us motivated, have a great last practice before we travel. Fridays, we would get another speech to get us fired up, if you will. And it's a blur. This is like 20 years, 15, whatever. It is 20 years ago, but anyway, the point is, if you have ever been in a meeting at a job, corporate office, education, you name it, it's a meeting, this is our business meeting, and how we would be ordered in the meeting room, the team meeting room, is like the seniors, upperclassmen, sat in the front. Usually, definitely the seniors sat in front and upperclassmen kind of fading back to the young guys, and then the coaches were sitting in the back, kind of at the top, and we were sitting down in this meeting and everybody's quiet Coach is up there talking and he's doing this thing, giving this, you know, whatever, all of a sudden and I'll never forget it because this is back for my folks that are my age, young folks if you're listening to this, you'll have no idea what I'm talking about.

Speaker 1: 4:43

Probably this was back when ringtones were like the thing and if you're listening and you don't know what a ringtone is, a ringtone is like, instead of the standard, you know do, do, do, do, do, do, do or whatever the ring, you know when your phone rings, or whatever the ring, you know when your phone rings. You could phones came with them, or you could buy them and you could, you know, basically pick your favorite song. You could put them on your text messages, so every time a text message came through we could play a little tune. All of this stuff. That was a big thing back in whatever year this is, I can't even remember, but there was a big deal. Ringtones were a thing. I think Soulja Boy had the most popular ringtone, but everybody had one, every musician that you liked and enjoyed. People would chop their music up, make ringtones, and it was kind of a money-making thing too.

Speaker 1: 5:36

So, anyway, we're in the meeting, coach is up there, you know, doing his thing, and then all you hear is oh, and you could hear a pin drop Outside of how quickly heads were turning. You could hear a pin drop Outside of how quickly heads were turning. You could hear a pin drop. As that can't tell me nothing. Music it's so.

Speaker 1: 6:18

You know, I was too close for comfort, but I didn't get in trouble, thankfully. But it was one of those where I was close enough, where people were looking at me and I'm looking at people like it ain't me, and it was the oh my goodness, if the, if the guy, who the culprit? If they're listening, I hope they're laughing, because we are still laughing to this day because we, he didn't move, like so his phone is going off, and he did not move, like that phone was magically going to turn off and coach tore him a new one. Oh my gosh, it was so funny. You know, he was a senior upperclassman. I don't remember if he was a captain or not, but it was hilarious. He got thrown out of the meeting, so then we break camp and then his coach is going off on him. Because coach is going off on it. It all trickles down, but anyway, I wanted to play that for y'all Cause I was uh that, that that warmed my heart, just that memory of uh that happening. So I don't, I didn't say any names, I don't remember saying any names, so everybody's identity is still safe. But that was funny, man, and the one of the beautiful things about sports and the experience that comes with it, is you just get some cool memories if you're blessed. So anyway, now that we're, I'm off my you know story time if you will. Yeah, let's, let's, let's catch up real quick. Didn't do one last week. We were kind of coming down off of a. I want to say hi, just a regular season ended. So I'm going to give a brief recap and then I'm going to talk to you about something that I'm putting together for the next. You know, probably three episodes that kind of ties into our philosophy Cornerstone Athletics. So so, at our final qualifier of the regular season and if you're just tuning in first time listening, we're based in Kansas City.

Speaker 1: 8:36

My girls play volleyball at a high level for their age group and you know we're finishing up another, another year with the goal to be in a position to win a national championship, and so the regular season is over. My 11 year old. They got their qualifier, their national qualifying bid, earlier in the season. At the first qualifier they went to my 12 year old. They secured their bid the first qualifier of the season in March down in Florida, and then they won two other qualifiers and then, going into this. Last weekend they had an opportunity to win four qualifiers in a row and then my oldest. They had been just on a tear this whole season. It's been a blessing. It's been really awesome to see the success that they've had because it came through hardship and adversity and just challenges that this group of coaches, parents and athletes had to face together to get them to have the success that they're having now. And you know this was the opportunity for them to win their first qualifier.

Speaker 1: 9:44

So we get into the weekend and you know we're playing some great volleyball this part of the year, because you know it's even when you know people in other sports. It's hard to for me anyway to paint the picture of that pressure or tension as you get towards the end of a regular season. If you're on one of the teams that are trying to pursue nationals, I know there's a lot of different. You know there's rec level, there is in volleyball, there's select level and then there's premier and then there's different levels within those divisions. So you might have a ones team in the select division, twos team in the select division and you'd have the same kind of correlating thing in the midst of a stressful time for some teams because you know, if your goal is to get a bid to go to nationals and qualify for nationals and you don't have one and you're running out of real estate or opportunities to get one, you're getting caught between a rock and a hard place. So, you know, you saw a lot of teams playing some desperate volleyball, some good volleyball, but just urgent, which is cool to see. You see a lot of teams coming from places that you wouldn't imagine.

Speaker 1: 11:14

So you know, being that, this one was in Kansas City. It was interesting to me and I could be wrong. I don't remember this many Florida teams traveling to Kansas city this late in the year. But you know, uh, I mentioned this before. You know, when you let your your bear, your barriers down, if you will, when you you know, just kinda, I say, let the spirit move. You just start to meet people, right? You see, especially at the higher levels, the teams that continue to play in the tougher divisions, the field gets a lot smaller. So you see the same group, maybe two or three different tournaments, right? So you just start to talk to people and get to understanding, and there were some folks that were like, yeah, man, we're hunting for that bid. We didn't have it on the. You know this was a tentative plan and we're hoping to leave Kansas city with a bid and there's some particulars I won't go into about how the bids trickled down and all of this kind of stuff, but you know you got folks traveling thousands of miles for an opportunity to be able to qualify for nationals. So we get into it and we're playing great.

Speaker 1: 12:27

You know, across the board, like I said, my youngest their team is is a juggernaut. You know, and I've told you guys before, anytime you hear me talk, I'm forthright, I'm objective, right. If they were not, I would not say that, I promise you, even with a daughter on the team. So they're, they're, they're solid man and they're tough, and they've been tough all season. I think they've only lost two games, um, maybe. Anyway, it doesn't matter, they haven't lost a lot, and so they were taking care of business, got a little bit of pressure and they were able to win their second qualifier, which was pretty sweet.

Speaker 1: 13:09

It's always cool. We've never experienced that. I hope you get to experience that, or even just a tournament. You know, I know, unfortunately, we all have a different experience. You know, I know, unfortunately, we all have a different experience. And you know there are some folks we were down in Texas a few weeks ago and you know I was moving around the hotel and you know I stopped to have a little beverage and I was talking to this couple that you know they had gone all year and had only won their first game in this last tournament and had only won their first game in this last tournament.

Speaker 1: 13:42

And I feel for you believe it or not, because you know we kind of have an idea what that feels like. We got to taste a little bit of that early on in my oldest career of like just things not going how you hope for, things not going how you work for and you're trying to piece some things together, right. So, yeah, we're, we're fortunate, you know, and we never, ever, ever take it for granted, because you know the world of competition is tough. One minute you're on the highest, the highest. The next minute you could be on the lowest lows. It's just the nature of the beast, right? So, um, my youngest, they were able to win their division, um, in stylish fashion, you know, kind of ran the table and it's good. It's a blessing to see the smiles and everybody's taking pictures and you know it's all fun and good and, um, my middle daughter, god, just let it slip away.

Speaker 1: 14:42

Yeah, it's tough, man, they, uh, they lost the championship to a team we had played a couple of times before, very close, very, um, well-coached team out of Florida, and you know just that painful lesson is. You know this is all about lessons, if you allow it to be. I know for some folks, anytime you lose, the sky falls. I'll encourage you to get a grip because it's, you know, like I say, if you think you're going to come out of the world of competition unscathed without some bumps and bruises and physical bumps and bruises, emotional, mental you know, just in the innate nature of competition, you're wrong. And we learned that lesson. You know we were up, you know, kind of in dominating fashion, in the third set of the championship and man went from 12 to 5 to 14 to 9 and we lost. And it's tough, but, um, you know, at the end of the day, I think that group will learn so much from that experience. You know that, uh, that'll probably carry them a little bit longer than another championship. And I'll say this for about them because I love that group.

Speaker 1: 16:08

It's a pretty cool, unique group. It's not like what you would imagine when you hear, hey, a team won three qualifiers and was a favorite to win a fourth, like they've been in some adverse situations to lay claim to that. So it's not uh, and that's what makes it cool, is? It's not like they just go out there and everybody lays down and they steamroll teams Like they. They have to work for it, they have to battle for it and you know every little thing that you can imagine happens, happens. You know the ball drops our way. We make a play at the right time, unbelievable play. We take care of business, all of that stuff that goes into being able to do that. Um, they do that at a, at a, at a high rate and, uh, the majority of the time we come out on the other end of that. So you know, for them, I think that's a great building block moving into. So you know, for them, I think that's a great building block moving into.

Speaker 1: 17:08

You know nationals and, like I said, nobody died. So you know we get over it and we keep moving. And then a 13-year-old, they got it done. It was really cool, as illustrious as their tenure has been. So a good chunk of those girls have been together since 11. And then't think I have.

Speaker 1: 17:37

But half of our 11th year was not good. We were, you know, one of the worst teams in the region and then we got some things together and then bounced back, qualified for nationals and you know the storyline, storybook, you know, from worse, to quote unquote first, you know, first in parentheses because it wasn't first, but, like you know, fifth in the country, from worst one of the worst is a unbelievable achievement. Rolled into last year had a lot of expectations, new girls coming in from outside the club piecing some stuff together and you know, did really well, took our lumps, you know, got exposed bumps and bruises along the way. I know I disclosed some of that way back. You know Triple Crown was a pivotal moment for the group as a whole and then just fighting and navigating how to keep growing and closing the volleyball gap.

Speaker 1: 18:48

And then this year was kind of a clicking into place. Another year of strong relationships, another year of maturity, another year of development, another year of the game slowing down even though the net's higher and out of the gate They've played with a sense of calm, a sense of confidence, just intelligence and, quite honestly, just fierce domination kind of attitude and even playing up a year or know they brought that same energy. You see the mistakes roll off their back more, and it's been really cool to see those young ladies reap the benefits of the work that they've put in, and we've been doing our best to continually remind them. This is about the work you've done. Nobody has magically made you one of the best teams in the country. Nobody has. You know, no matter how bad a parent or coach might want to just wave a wand and put you at the top of the food chain, that doesn't happen. So, helping them identify all of these things that we've been through, the good and the not so good have all tied into this moment.

Speaker 1: 20:14

And so, as they've navigated that, the one thing that they, you know, hadn't pieced together was a qualifier win. You know, go toe to toe with some of the best in the country and you know the triple crown and you know take second place in that. And then you know kind of dominate different instances throughout the season, play at a high level all season and you know you lose one here. It just the margin for error gets so much slimmer the older they get. It's not the end of the world. You know, as long as you accomplish the goal, you know the goal qualify for nationals, the goal be in a position to win a national championship Right, you take those along the way but you still always want to be able to, you know, get one. So you know, they played phenomenal all weekend and you'll have to forgive me it's a little bit of a blur two weeks out, but they play really well. They play some tough competition.

Speaker 1: 21:19

Like I said, some teams that were like coming there with a purpose and intention of we have to get a bid, which always raises the stakes. And we were able to play a great team out of Dallas that had beaten us in February at Triple Crown and to be able to play them well coachached team, very, very sound and athletic and a close one in three that we won in the championship. And I say the Redmonds weren't able to get the, the in-house three peak or you know whatever you would call that. But it was cool, even as a group of sisters, because each of them have been in this position. Right, you know two of your sisters win and you don't, right? So my oldest experience, that in St Louis, my middle experience, that in Kansas City and then my youngest experience that when they went to Dallas, right, so you know, when you win at a high rate it's just good to be able to have that. Hey, we didn't take last, but we also know second kind of feels like last sometimes and we can appreciate when we come in first and all that does when you let it is help them identify and appreciate the work that they put in to enjoy that so much. So it was all in all, a good time and now we're getting prepped for nationals, and I wish nationals was sooner. But I'm sure there's some logistical scheduling reasons why, reasons why season ends in April and it's not until June, but life happens. So we're playing basketball and all of that stuff. But that's the recap. That's what's going on.

Speaker 1: 23:15

Um, you know, I've said this before if you're listening to this and you're in the volleyball world, if you're listening to this and you're, um, yeah, maybe your season lines up with volleyball and your season has come to an end, take some time to reflect, take some time to think about what went well this year and then take some time to think about what didn't go so well this year and piece together a plan on how to make the next year better and piece together a plan on how to make the next year better. And I would encourage you, parents helping your athlete if they're not of age, to do it on their own. And I mean quite honestly, if you're hands-on enough, you can help them even if they are of age, because you know, I know, there's some weird circumstances out there, but you just have years of perspective on them, just from a thinking standpoint, hopefully that you can help them sift through the experience and you can help them shape a realistic view of it, not a distorted view of what took place. Right, because there's some good and there's some not so good in every situation. Ok, but you, on that, think about that. So your action steps into the next season can be more focused and deliberate and intentional. Right, because that's how you can get you know very specific results. But and if you're getting prepped for nationals, don't lose sight of the prize man. Don't lose sight of what you've put the work in for to get you to that place and realize it's going to take probably a little bit more to climb the national mountain when you're facing some of the toughest competition in the country. So I hope that when you're facing some of the toughest competition in the country. So I hope that is something that you know, little nugget that can kind of chew, you can chew on as you're, like I said, moving towards um championship season or moving towards, you know, next season.

Speaker 1: 25:16

Uh, what I wanted to close with, but that's all, that's it. Man, I just wanted to check in with y'all and talk about this because you know it's, you know it's good, it's just about consistency, it's about staying in communication with each other and, you know, providing some wisdom and some insight, some education for folks to help have the best experience possible you can have in success or, you know, in sports, which hopefully leads to success. But, um, these next three, uh, cause, you know here, and then this is a reminder, disclaimer what are we about over here? Um, obviously, you know there's a major faith component in what we do. Uh, we want our young people, our families, honestly, coaches, whoever, to know God. And you know our faith and us living out our faith is pivotal in everything that we're doing here. And it just so happens.

Speaker 1: 26:17

My experience, my skill sets, you know my journey, has put me in this space of dealing with athletes and families of athletes and coaches, because we're on one of the biggest platforms in the world. At the end of the day, you know, sports is a trillion, multi-trillion dollar industry. When you look at the whole thing, top to bottom, right, and the amount of influence we have in our journey as athletes I mean in our journey as coaches and, just naturally, as parents that produce both of those populations it's important that for us, that God's in the equation in this thing and that we're doing our best to use his principles, his values, in interacting with each other. So you know, that's the West one thing. The athletic development part is another. Because, um, the end of the day, if you're going to do something, you should want to do it well and to the best of your ability, to the highest degree.

Speaker 1: 27:31

Not everybody believes that. That's why I'm saying this is a cornerstone athletics philosophy. Some people just play for fun, and that's cool. To me there's nothing more fun than winning. And also, just because you do it for fun doesn't mean you don't do it the right way. You know what I'm saying. I don't know if that makes sense. Hopefully it does, but anyway. So we develop our athletes, we develop our coaches, we help them continue to not only be the best that they can be and what they do and their craft, but they also are honoring the game with how they're doing it.

Speaker 1: 28:33

So, god aspect, spiritual aspect, above that, that encompasses also, like your conduct and how you go play, how you coach, how you interact with these other folks that you deal with. So that seems like it's a lot, but it's really not, and it's really human at the base level of it, and that's where the challenge comes is because, uh, humans are messy. We are only, but, honestly, I don't want to say that like we're. We are a big combination of, uh, our experiences, our beliefs, our values, our perspective and all of this, and sometimes a lot of us don't bother to evolve in any of those ways, whether that's because we don't think we can or we don't think we need to, right, and what it creates, though, is a broken dynamic. So one of these episodes that I've recorded way back when talks about the dynamics that exist in sport and how they're kind of fractured.

Speaker 1: 29:38

So I'm going to talk, and if you need to write this down, feel free. I'm going to try to do my best to paint the picture Without a graphic and all of that. So, right now I would say there is a large. There are a large majority of people who experience what I'm going to call a siloed experience, excuse me. They experience the world of sports kind of disjointedly and we'll just focus on three pieces, because these are the three stakeholders that exist in this thing. Athletes are over here on the right and they have an athlete experience, and then the parents are over here on the left and they have a parent experience, and then the coaches, leaders, whoever you want to jumble into that pot, directors, you name it, ads, I don't care, we can put them in the middle, but in my mind they're in the middle but below the parents and the athletes in their own little silo bubble.

Speaker 1: 31:00

Experience and that's kind of how I've seen things move, you know is athletes just kind of they show up and they know what they know and they do kind of what they're taught or what they think they should do, and sometimes that works and sometimes it doesn't, and it's a you know's, that's that, or they're allowed to do whatever they want or think or feel, whether it's right or wrong, and that's the experience. Okay, parents, they don't know what they don't know, and then they think they know and, uh, my kid is good, so I shouldn't have to do this. Or you know, uh, the coach didn't do this for my kid and it's all on the coach. And or if the kid's not doing something, it's not them, it's the kid. And if the kid's not doing something, it's not the kid. And if the kid's not doing something, it's not the kid, it's the coach and it's a. I think you see where I'm going.

Speaker 1: 32:12

And then the coaches, the leaders. Some of them take the mantle, serious Coaching and teaching and developing not just an athlete but a human. Some of them, few of them, some of them, I just teach, I just coach X baseball, I'm just the baseball coach and I don't have any say or sway or influence over that young person. And their hands off. And some of them are egomaniacs. Parents are egomaniacs too, fyi, but some of them are egomaniacs. Some of them are dictators. Some of them it's my way or the highway, all of this. Some of them are overly passive. Well, if I do this, then he's going to leave and he's a really good athlete. And what about the whole? And then again, there's that Some of them are dealing with crazy parents. There's that Some of them are dealing with crazy parents.

Speaker 1: 33:05

No matter what the no matter what I do, it's me. Every game we lose, the world's ending. Every time your kid comes out, the game, the world ends. Every time we make an adjustment, and you don't like it, the world ends and all of all of this stuff, and you don't like it, the world ends and all of this stuff. So these siloed experiences, that and I could go on, but I'm, you know, for the sake of time, and you can't see me, but I know it because I've had these conversations, I've observed it, I've been involved in it in different capacities throughout the years, as an athlete and as a coach, and much like our society is very individualistic and very siloed, so is the world of sports. It's not a surprise, but that doesn't mean because that's what it is, that's what it should be or supposed to be, because that's what it is, that's what it should be or supposed to be.

Speaker 1: 34:12

So, like here, cornerstone is I think it's a Venn diagram, I believe, where you know you take those same circles and you merge them, and not completely, though you merge them, and there's that spot and it's usually a smaller portion of the merge when the coaches and the athletes and the parents are all synergistically working together Towards the thing the development of the kids, the sports experience, the opportunity for success at a high level you name it. But there's that synergistic piece that, when we merge the three, that's the only way we can create that. But what's cool about it is when you also, and you guys, got to use your imagination, more people need to use it. I'm trying to challenge you to use it. When you do that, you can draw three overlapping circles on a page and you'll see that synergistic spot in the middle on a page. And you'll see that synergistic spot in the middle.

Speaker 1: 35:27

But you'll also see if we are doing the parent, athlete, coach bubbles. There's a spot that's just synergistic between the coach and the parent, and there's a spot that's synergistic between the athlete and the coach, and there's a spot that's synergistic between the athlete and a parent. And that is, in part, a very undetailed, not deep, look at what we're trying to help facilitate in the world of sport. If parents and coaches can't Establish a sense of rapport and trust that's not solely based on the outcome in the game, it's going to be a very volatile road For that team, for that organization, for the parent, the coach, you name it.

Speaker 1: 36:26

Conversely, if a coach and an athlete can't establish a deeper level of rapport other than the coach just teaching the kid the stuff, the sport right, the old adage and I don't know actually how old it is, but nobody cares about what you know until they know how much you care, that you can't think any more deeply than that. Cool, but like that's something that you can write, like that part, and then parents and the kid, the ever evolving, swinging back and forth dynamic, that's that Right. There's a level of appreciation that each athlete needs to and should have for the sacrifices that their parents make Parent, whoever makes for them to do what they do and hopefully love to do, the experiences they get to experience. And then, as parents, we have to be aware enough to realize that for a lot of us, every aspect of these kids' life is very different than those same aspects. When we were growing up, sports was different for me than it is going to be for my children. School and the dynamics of school are different. The things the day-to-day socially that they have access to, it's different. Socially that they have access to, it's different. So being able to create that synergy as well then makes the whole picture a whole lot more dynamic and fluid and effective.

Speaker 1: 38:27

So what we're going to talk about over the next three is and again, obviously you know this because you are listening this is my opinion and my opinions are based on experience. They're based on conversations of other people with different experiences. They're based on observations. Take it with a grain of salt, as you should do with anything you hear. Do your own investigating, do your own observing. But we're going to talk about each of those dynamics and what, on a whole, doesn't seem to be in place and what should be there and how it can kind of fit together to where more people are experiencing that synergistic vibe as opposed to a disjointed.

Speaker 1: 39:18

I'm over here, you're over there, coach is here and there's almost this kind of adverse me versus me type thing. So we're going to talk about it and I hope it. I hope it brings fruit. I hope it does. For again, whether you're a coach, whether you're a parent, or again, if you're an athlete listening to this with your parents, take something from it, figure out how you can apply something and we'll rock from there. So, man, I appreciate y'all. I hope you enjoyed story time this morning. I might make that a segment. It's one of these days, but yeah, man, that's just a small sliver of the stuff that is afforded to you. When you just immerse yourself in the game, you know you get to tell funny, cool stories like that that you remember for a long time. So I hope the rest of your day is blessed. This is Coach Steve. This is the Cornerstone Athletics Podcast, and we'll talk soon.