1. Acknowledge your defeats, then let them go
2. Answer all compliments with “thank you”
3. Constantly affirm your positive self-concept and create a positive system in other people
4. Actively pursue goals and declare your vision and your mission
5. Share your vision with friends and coaches
6. Support your friends who play, work out, work on something hard (verbally and non-verbally)
7. Model yourself after someone successful, especially one who did well through hard work
8. View negative and destructive criticism as a statement of a critic who may be somewhat jealous
9. Be a dreamer and dream great successes, harness the ultimate power of your imagination to reach your goals
10. Constantly acknowledge the fact that the only person you have control of is yourself and you will take your positive and negative qualities wherever you go