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The Matrix subway fight is the greatest one-on-one fight in movie history and it's not even close. John Wick? Overrated. Mission Impossible? Cute. Marvel gave us CGI fireworks. The Wachowskis gave us art. 🎬📺 The Matrix 🔥❤️

Michael Phelps on how to accomplish big things: "When I said I wanted to win eight gold medals, basically half the people in the swimming world thought I was absolutely crazy and nobody could ever do something like that. But for me, I was somebody who believed in it and somebody who believed in the process of getting there." Michael knew it wouldn't happen overnight. As he puts it: "Every little small thing that we did was a small stepping stone in order to even be able to have that chance and that opportunity to do what I did in 2008. From 2002 to 2008 was basically trial and error." On managing pressure during the Olympics: "Winning a gold medal is absolutely incredible, but I knew that I had seven other events after the first day. So I have to throw that in the back of my head, throw that race out. I broke a world record, won my first gold medal, cool, things are starting really well. I have to put that behind me to get ready for the next race." He continues: "On top of that I have to make sure I'm eating the right amount, I'm sleeping the right amount, my body is as fresh as I can possibly be. That means sitting in an ice tank, getting massages, getting stretched. All of these small things end up adding up to the major end result." His daily approach: "We would call it putting money into the bank. At the end of the year when we had a major international competition, we could withdraw that money that we had saved throughout the year." On motivation: "I'll be the first one to tell you there were a lot of days where I did not want to get out of bed. But if you have those little small goals, those little small things that get you excited when you don't want to, it's going to make it even better and even easier at the end." The difference between good and great: "If you look at the greats in any walk of life, the greats do things when they don't always want to. And that's the separation for me." Small daily deposits create Olympic results.

The highest performers don’t waste energy on things they can’t control. They focus on two things: their effort and their attitude. When adversity hits, don’t look for a shortcut back. Just keep chipping away. One play. One response. One step at a time.

Today is rest day so why not use it and relive a bit of Tal magic?🔥🐐

Journey’s “Only the Young” plays as Louden Swain runs across multiple bridges spanning the Spokane River during the opening credits of VISION QUEST. Director Harold Becker used these bridges as a metaphor for his coming-of-age story where crossing a body of water symbolizes transition, rebirth, and leaving the past behind. If you’d like to support the @FMJDiary project, you can bid on one of my original (and signed) VQ soundtrack cassettes here: ebay.io/m/Gyx1S3

Champions are not born. Champions are made in practice.

“Real change happens when you stop identifying as the old version of yourself.” Tony Robbins explained it on Theo Von’s podcast: If someone offered you a cigarette today and you used to smoke, you wouldn’t ask “What brand?” You’d just say no. Because you’re no longer a smoker. It’s not who you are anymore. This is why so many people keep relapsing. They’re still seeing themselves as the old version, just on a temporary break. Lasting change isn’t about white-knuckling. It’s about becoming someone who naturally doesn’t need the old habit. What’s one habit you’ve successfully changed by shifting how you see yourself?

Kobe Bryant reveals exactly why so many athletes go broke a few years after retirement "Once you retire you don't have that source of income coming in. Even if you save over a 15-year career, if your spending habits remain the same, eventually that well is going to run dry" "For us athletes the retirement age is 32, 34, if you're lucky 37 like myself. What comes next?" "The question needs to be, what is my passion. Not where I can create the most value or generate the most revenue, but what is my next passion" "When you find that next passion, then everything else will make sense" "But that's the hardest part for us" "We have to constantly learn. Our mantra is value growth, because to grow you have to constantly learn, constantly move, constantly improve"

He looks like the type you just leave alone

Rafael Nadal shares what drove him to practice harder than anyone else. "All my practices were dedicated to being better. I never approached a single practice without the motivation to improve something. That's the truth." "Just practicing to be in good shape...that doesn't motivate me much. It's boring." "What excites me - what gives me that extra motivation - is going on court with the determination to improve something." Showing up isn't enough. You have to show up with intention. "Even after one of my favorite matches of my career - I knew in that moment I had plenty of things to improve." Even at his best - he was looking for what was next. That's the standard. That's the mindset. It's to always be chasing improvement and better. (🎥 Served with Andy Roddick)

Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings

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Rafael Nadal won 22 Grand Slams. 14 at Roland Garros alone. He never once stepped on a practice court without a specific goal to improve. Here's the mindset behind the greatest career in tennis history: (📌Bookmark this)

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The mentality of an elite athlete ‼️‼️

The person who can walk into a room and not need to be noticed has more power than the person who needs to be the center of everything. Needing attention is dependency. Not needing it is sovereignty.

Why most traders fail: they hunt like lions when they should hunt like cougars

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Lorwen Harris Nagle, PhD @LORWEN108

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The hidden issue isn’t belly fat. It’s the nervous system pattern underneath it: • people-pleasing • overperforming • overthinking Your body doesn’t release what your psyche still believes it needs for protection. Take the quiz: offers.lorwenharrisnagle.com/protection-pat…

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A BYU metabolic scientist spent 20 years studying why belly fat is impossible to lose. His finding: it's not about calories. It's about your HPA axis — and most people have NEVER heard of it. Here's what it is, why it's storing belly fat, and 6 ways to calm it down:👇

Who does Troy Polamalu credit for saving his career? Todd Marinovich’s dad

“I think that’s inspired a lot of players…” Jeeno Thitikul on the inspiration she takes from Nelly Korda’s practice routine.

Be humble in preparation. Slay in execution. Jocko Willink’s exact mindset: Stay extremely humble while training. Assume you’re not ready, rehearse more, question everything. But the moment it’s go time? Flip the switch and go full “I’m about to slay this right now.” That mental shift is rare and powerful. Humility drives the preparation. Total confidence drives the win. When was the last time you made that switch and absolutely crushed it?

Dana White straight fire on Lex Fridman: “If losing wrecks you, get the hell out of the game.” Winning feels god-tier; business, fighting, gambling, life. But the beatdowns? They break most people. He’s seen guys sink into depression after one bad night. Social media hate? Same thing. If you can’t handle it, this arena isn’t built for you. The real ones? They wake up, lace the shoes, and charge back into war the next day. I’ve eaten some brutal Ls — projects that flopped, threads that got ratio’d hard. The easy move is to disappear. But every time I swallowed it and kept swinging, the next win felt earned. Dana’s been through it at UFC scale and still talks like this. Respect. In a soft era of safe spaces and highlight reels, this is the uncomfortable truth most creators, founders, and fighters need to hear. What’s the hardest loss you’ve taken that ended up leveling you up?

Sports psychology that will make you dangerously good