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Being a great athlete not only requires great physical attributes, but also a mastery of the mental game.

I will be teaching the Advanced Boxing class, at 6:00 pm at Wolfhouse today. For those of you who think it's a pretty hot and don't really feel like going to th...e gym, let me share a little story with you. Some words of wisdom from my dear old dad, the Late Great Paul Hortie..... Back in the day, when I was near the height of my competitive carreer, there was a day that it was snowing and cold, I mean COLD ! Like minus 35 cold. We were on our way to the gym that night, when my dad asked me: " Did you do your 5 mile run before school this morning ? " I paused, and sheepishly replied..."no"..."Why the hell not ? " he snorted back at me. "Dad, c'mon, it's 30 below out there" (for you youngsters out there, 30 below is what we used to call minus 30, in the days of Fahrenheit). The next words that he spoke would remainin my memory for the next 40 years.... "Okay, well we're going to fight in the Golden Gloves in Vegas next month, and when you run out of gas, and some American kid is kickin' your ass, ill just tell the ref, " Up north where we come from, the weather gets really cold, so Brad couldn't do his roadwork, and he's out of gas, so could you give him a little rest ?"...Clearly his words were bulging with sarcasm. The moral of this little tale is that when it comes time to "suck it up" that little birdie on your shoulders is gonna tell you , "I did my roadworks in 30 below, and I'm ready carve this guy a brand new ass!", or that little birdie is gonna tell you, " I jammed out on.my roadworks, and I don't have the gas, and I'm gonna get my ass kicked! " ( Scotty the "Bulldog" Olson, among others, could tell you a few stories about my Dad's little birdies, they were your training conscience) So to make my long story short, it doesn't matter how cold, or how hot it gets, when the bell rings, your gonna be ready, or not be ready. Excuses about why you didn't put in the work, just ain't gonna cut it! ...And remember where you heard it first...from Coach Hortie In the Corner! See more

Being a great athlete not only requires great physical attributes, but also a mastery of the mental game.