Ravizza'isms
Ken had a unique ability to give sage advice in succinct and simple terms. The usefulness of these “Ravizza’isms” extend well beyond the practice field...
- Get comfortable with being uncomfortable.
- Control the controllables.
- Be present, not perfect.
- Compensate and adjust.
- Feeling good is overrated.
- Are you that bad that you have to feel good to play well?
- Flush it.
- Trust the Process.
- Attitude is a decision.
- Have a good shitty day.
- Give 100% of whatever you have to win the next moment/pitch.
- What do you have to go to when the garbage hits the fan, because it will hit the fan.
- Inhale… Exhale.
- So what? Deal with it.
- So what? Next pitch.
- Simplexity – It can be simple and complex at the same time.
- The time is now; the place is here.
- It begins before it begins.
- Keep the process greater than the outcome
- Failure is positive feedback.
- Keep quality greater than quantity.
- Adversity is the fertilizer of growth.
- Just be good – you don’t have to be great.
- The process is your armor against results and the fear of failure.
- The more consistent your preparation, the more consistent your performance
- Get 100% out of the day you’re having.
- You have to be in control of yourself before you can control your performance.
- Do not permit the pressure to exceed the pleasure. Pressure is a privilege.
- Be where you need to be when you need to be there.
- One pitch at a time.
- Get big.
- Be right here, right now.
- Manage the moment.
- Put the hay in the barn.
- Self-control leads to body control leads to skill control.
- Just do what you do every day.
- This ain’t Disneyland.
- Stand naked before the gods.
- We can’t be all things to all people.
- Step into your circle.
- You have very little control of what goes on around you, but total control of how you choose to respond to it.
- Tension is the body’s way of asking for attention.
- What are you working on?
- You have to be able to get it done with your A game, your B game and your C game.
- A routine is not a superstition or a ritual. It’s not magic. It’s a process that’s fundamental to creating consistency in performance.
- It’s one thing to have experience. It’s another thing to learn from your experience.
- Look inside for the answers to life’s questions, not outside.
- What you are aware of you can improve; what you are unaware of you can’t.