Quote of the Week...from Ray Allen

I know you want me to let you in on some big secret to success in the NBA.  The secret is there is no secret.  It's just boring old habits.                                             ---Ray Allen

Ray Allen, one of my favorite pro basketball players, was a great all-around star who was instrumental in two National Basketball Association championship teams as well as being an All-Star for ten seasons.  I particularly liked it when he got hot behind the three-point line, and he was an excellent clutch free throw shooter...something crucial at the end of close games.  In basketball, as in other sports and endeavors, when the player or participant is engaged in the heart of the struggle and process, they don't have time to think out every stratagem and course of action...habit rules supreme and they had better already developed the ones necessary to guarantee success long before they ever step out into the arena, either for a game or any other activity.  Allen knew this as do others who have been consistently successful in their own careers and life journeys: writers, musicians, athletes, businessmen, academics, students, parents, couples...you name any area of concerted effort over time and good habits. replacing the bad ones, are indispensable elements of producing enduring excellence.  It's like the massive invisible ice in the water underneath the very top tip of an huge iceberg...you just see the results on top, not the massive bulk below: habits are like that submerged ice...