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Jimmy Edel

@JimmyEdel

Men's Basketball Strength Coach - University of Wyoming
Joined December 2013
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Jimmy Edel @JimmyEdel
Ruthless Elimination of Hurry

"At this point in my life, I'm just trying to not miss the goodness of each day, and bring my best self to it."

Slow life down!
Josh Chambers Verified account @JoshChambers Oct 8
Nick Saban says he had lived his entire life like he was in a hurry and didn’t even realize it

“When I retired, and I don’t know if I ever shared this with anybody, I spent 50 years of my life being in a hurry and didn’t know it.”

“I retired and the cars are backed up on the bridge and it goes down to one lane. In the old days, I would be the guy that passed all the cars up and cut in at the last minute in front of somebody.”

“I sat there with Miss Terry in the car. She says, ‘You mean you’re not going to pass everybody illegally and cut in?’ I said, ‘We’re not in a hurry.’”

“But it’s the first time when I retired that I realized that I wasn’t in a hurry. And I was in a hurry for 50 years and didn’t know it.”

“I was always hurrying up to the next thing. Solve the next problem, go to the next thing. And you talk about relieving stress, that relieves stress better than anything. I just noticed it in that circumstance. Not cutting into traffic and waiting my turn.”
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Jimmy Edel @JimmyEdel
Appreciate Saban saying the strength coach is the "most important" person in the building, but I hate when people say it. Most dont actually believe it. If you believed it compensation would reflect it. Follow the money and thats what they value.

Tennessee valued it.
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Jimmy Edel @JimmyEdel
Maybe this is why athletes aren't perceived as "tough" anymore. Those closest to them take away opportunities to display toughness. Tell them to "shut it down" at any sign of discomfort because they try to protect them.
Matt Norlander @MattNorlander Apr 5
Yaxel Lendeborg told me his mom and agent told him not to play in the second half last night but he shot that advice down once the trainer told him it was his decision.

“There’s no way they’re gonna keep me off the floor.”
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