COACH Toby Schwarz - Inside Toby's Mind

COACH Toby Schwarz

Excited to Be Scared!

4/24/2025

"It is okay to be scared. Being scared means you are about to do something really, really brave" Melanie Nijenhuis

'When you get butterflies in your stomach, remember this: If it scares you and excites you at the same time, that’s your gut telling you to go for it."

“Always go with the choice that scares you the most, because that's the one that is going to require the most from you. Do you really want to look back on your life and see how wonderful it could have been had you not been afraid to live it?” -Caroline Myss.

"For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind." 2 Timothy 1:7

fREAK-ING cONTROL!

4/23/2025

“Incredible change happens in your life when you decide to take control of what you do have power over instead of craving control over what you don't.” Steve Maraboli.

There are things in our life that we can control. WE MUST CONTROL THOSE THINGS. There are things we can't control and we waste a ton of time trying to control those things. CONTROL WHAT YOU CAN CONTROL, PRAY ABOUT THE REST!

Believe In Yourself!

4/22/2025

It is amazing that we are quick to give advice and encouragement to others. "You can do it". "Hang in there". "Believe in yourself". But for some reason we have a hard time listening to those same words from others and even from ourselves. “Talk to yourself like you would to someone you love.” – Brené Brown.

Short Timer!

4/21/2025

I learned many things working in the warehouse during the summer. When either summer workers were getting close to the end of the summer or when "lifers" were getting close to retirement, the "short timer" mentality kicked in. In High School or College, it is the same as "Senioritis". You see the finish line so the motivation is waning. Sports are and should be different! When we see the finish line, we should and must lean in and finish well, no matter what our circumstances may be. Whether we reach our original goals or not, how we finish will teach us more about who we are than the actual result will provide. That's one thing you learn in sports. You don't give up; you fight to the finish. Louis Zamperini

Extra is Not More!

4/9/2025

We often make the mistake of doing MORE in the attempt to achieve more, when instead, we need to do DIFFERENT and that will allow us to earn a different result. Ordinary is boring. Different stands out. "The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra". Jimmy Johnson

Who Are You?!

4/8/2025

One of the biggest obstacles to success is asking the wrong questions.. Instead of asking "What do I want to accomplish?", we need to ask "Who do I want to be?". Our success is a biproduct of who we are. We can be a person who works out or we can be an athlete. We can be a person who goes to school or we can be a student. We can be a person who helps others or we can be kind, generous, caring, thoughtful, compassionate and loving. "Trust yourself,..dig deep down and ask yourself who you want to be? Not what, but who? Arnold Schwarzenegger

Be An Athlete!

4/3/2025

Practice is fun. Workouts make us feel good. For a true competitor, the competition is what really matters. When we invest so much in the preparation and then don't show up with the mindset to execute what we know and are able to do, we cheat ourselves of more than we may ever know.
Ideas are cheap. Ideas are easy. Ideas are common. Everybody has ideas. Ideas are highly, highly overvalued. Execution is all that matters. Casey Neistat

Control Your Brain or It Controls You!

3/27/2025

Our minds wander. Our minds need to wander sometimes. However, imagine a person wandering in a desert. That person may stumble upon an oasis but they are more likely to die of thirst. If we have goals, wandering is not the best plan. "Your life is controlled by what you focus on" Tony Robbins

Coachability Is Not a Word!

3/25/2025

Speed helps. So does strength. Understanding your body in space is beneficial. Being smart doesn't hurt either. However, non of these matter if we aren't coachable. “My best skill was that I was coachable. I was a sponge and aggressive to learn.” Michael Jordan

STart Today!

3/24/2025

We don't need to wait until January 1 for a fresh start. If we don't like something in our life, we can start today a new habit, path, goal or attitude. "You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down." Mary Pickford