economy professional code? A retired sports star recently, in his farewell speech to fans, said that he did it for ‘the love of the game’. Yeah, right. Spoken like a true multimillionaire sports star. [The word fan is said to be an abbreviation of fanatic.]
The World’s Highest Paid Sport Stars The world’s highest paid sports stars (athletes) in 2015 according to Forbes were: 1. Floyd Mayweather - U$300 million (boxing), 2. Manny Pacquiao - U$160 million (boxing),
Highlight Reel: To maintain a clear vision of what your goals are, spend 30 seconds visualizing what you want your life to look like five years from now. Include as many specific details as possible. To ensure that you are maintaining the integrity to put in the work toward that future self, spend 30 seconds mentally rehearsing the important parts of your upcoming day.
3. Cristiano Ronaldo - U$79.6 million (soccer), The rise of professional sport is said to be 4. Lionel Messi - U$73.8 million (soccer), attributable to a combination of developments, namely mass media and increased 5. Roger Federer - U$67 million (tennis), 4. Identity Statement: Repeat your Identity leisure. As a consequence, it brought larger 6. LeBron James - U$64.8 million (basketball), Statement to yourself. audiences, which resulted in more sports 7. Kevin Durant - U$54.2 million (basketball), 5. Centering Breath: Repeat your codes turning professional. More sports 8. Phil Mickelson - U$50.8 million (golf), Centering Breath. people can now afford to make their chosen sport their primary career and devote 9. Tiger Woods - U$50.6 million (golf), and the training time necessary to increase According to Dr. Selk, it will work for you if 10. Kobe Bryant - U$49.5 million (basketball). their skills and physical condiyou commit to making it part of The first two earned it for tion, in their quest to be‘I want to be your daily routine. their boxing match that come sport stars. Due to what my dog lasted a mere twelve sports people improving The Best Quotes thinks I am’. rounds or 48 mintheir proficiency, it inutes. Mayweather creased the popularity As you contemplate your Identity earned U$4,994,681 per of the various sports. Statement, I leave you with a final thought. minute, whilst Pacquiao Bigger and more Why is it that when sports stars experiU$3,329,787. These modern stadiums ence adversity, they are able to come up salaries have turned these had, and continue, with the best quotes, something which sports stars in near gods to be built and sports politicians are seemingly unable to do? in the eyes of their fans. It clubs (teams) continue to With the European Union and Europe for reminds me of the boy who hunger for the service of that matter, on a knife’s edge with the imwas asked what he wanted to be the best sports stars, so enter pending Brexit vote, would a classic quote one day, replied, ‘I want to be what the sports agents. Sports clubs, or two not find favour? Even singers my dog thinks I am’. If you have a have become multinational companies seem to have the lyrics - possible dog, you will understand. public companies - listed on international slogans - if only, ‘Should I Stay stock exchanges, with directors, chairmen, or Should I Go’, The Clash’s and boards. But fans seems not content 1981 song. The Mental Workout with merely watching the sport (the game), If you want to get your be it live or in the privacy of their homes, ‘The way a team plays as head in the game, well tend to also want to wager (bet) on the a whole determines its more than that actually, outcome of the games, enter sports success. You may have the in life, to be the betting. Some prefer to bet on greatest bunch of indibest that you can a sure thing - match fixing (the These viduals in the world, but if domain of the informal econosalaries have be, you need to they don’t play together, the my). Though ‘all’s fair in love and turned these invest a mere 100 club won’t be worth a dime.’ – war’, it’s not so in sport, cheating sport stars in seconds a day. It is Babe Ruth. said that, inborn talent is not acceptable or condoned. near gods... takes you only so far, you need ‘Success isn’t always about ‘greatness’. It’s mental toughness to truly succeed. about consistency. Consistent hard work The World’s Most Valuable Sports Teams The Mental Workout was developed by Dr. gains success. Greatness will come’. – Jason Selk, Enhanced Performance Inc., to According to Forbes magazine, in 2015, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson. defeat the heavily favoured Detroit Tigers the world’s 50 most valuable sports teams in the 2006 Baseball World Series. were on average worth U$1.75 billion, up ‘Some people want it to happen, some wish 31% from 2014. Want to venture a guess it would happen, others make it happen.’ – 1. Centering Breath: To physiologically who the top 10 are, based on value? Michael Jordan. control your heart rate and combat the 1. Real Madrid FC - U$3.26 billion, physical symptoms of pressure, take a ‘The key is not the will to win. Everybody has 2. Dallas Cowboys - U$3.2 billion, 15-second Centering Breath (breathe in that. It is the will to prepare to win that is for 6 seconds, hold for 2 seconds, and 3. New York Yankees - U$3.2 billion, important.’ – Bobby Knight. breathe out for 7 seconds). 4. Barcelona FC - U$3.16 billion, 5. Manchester United FC - U$3.1 billion, 6. Los Angeles Lakers - U$2.6 billion, 7. New England Patriots - U$2.6 billion, 8. New York Knicks - U$2.5 billion, 9. Los Angeles Dodgers - U$2.4 billion, & 10. Washington Redskins - U$2.4 billion.
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‘You are meant to play the ball as it 2. Identity Statement: Create your is big lies, a fact that may help to touch on identity statement by putting togethbusiness. your own objective approach to life.’, er an I am statement that identifies Henry Grantland Rice, an early 20th one or two personal characteristics century American sportswriter, when refyou need to fulfill your goals with what erencing golf, which name is said to have you hope to achieve. been derived from Gentlemen Only, Ladies 3. 60-Second Vision and Integrity Forbidden.
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