Marquette Speech Part III: Second to None Work Ethic
There is no substitute for having a work ethic and working smart. You Must Deserve Success. There is no reason that you should achieve something other than the fact that you have truly outworked the next person. Hard work doesn’t guarantee success, but not working hard guarantees failure.
What are you willing to sacrifice?
When I first started Playmakers Basketball (AAU teams, personal training and camps), I was also coaching at a NCAA DIII school and finishing up 15 credits of school. Needless to say I didn’t have a life. There would be nights I’d be up until 1AM, sleep on my office floor and be up at 5:30AM for practice. In the summers I’d drive 18 hours from Wisconsin to Pennsylvania just to work Five-Star and sleep in my car. You have to sacrifice what you want in the future for what you want at that moment.
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The founder of Mike Lee Basketball Services (formerly Playmakers Basketball), Mike is known throughout the country for individual player skill development. He has been a speaker at several events and has also recently authored several instructional workout DVDs, which will be released over the next year. Titles out right now include, 25 Killer Scoring Moves, Secrets of Unstoppable Guard Play and Secrets of Unstoppable Shooting. Since 2006 Mike Lee Basketball has trained over 3,600 boys and girls through their skill development programs. Dozens of players that Mike has worked with have gone on to play collegiate basketball, some at the NCAA DI level. In addition to his own basketball services, Mike is a Nike Girls Skills Trainer and a member of the Nike sponsored, Ganon Baker Basketball.
From 2001-2006, Mike participated as a player and assistant coach at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. During the fall of 2006 he was awarded a scholarship to attend the Coach K and Duke University Leadership Conference in Durham, NC. In December of 2006 he graduated from the University of Wiconsin-Stout with a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and a self-planned concentration in Basketball Entrepreneurship.
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