by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Jan 8, 2024 | Getting Fired, Limitless Possibilities, Overcoming Obstacles
“God grant me the courage to not give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless.” Chester Nimitz July 7, 1908 – USS Decatur, Batangas Harbor, Philippines: The USS Decatur, the first destroyer commissioned in...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Oct 23, 2023 | Getting Fired, Never Give Up, Overcoming Adversity
“If I had not gotten fired from my job as head football coach at Arkansas, I never would have realized my dream of coaching football at Notre Dame and winning a National Championship.” Lou Holtz. Sunday, December 18, 1983 –...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Mar 6, 2023 | Determination Despite the Odds, Getting Fired, Long Shots
“When I got fired on a Saturday morning, I didn’t see it coming. I learned that no matter how devastating it may seem at the time, something good can always come out of it. When one door closes another door opens is a cliché, but it was true for me.” ...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Oct 18, 2021 | Adversity, Getting Fired, Tests and Trials
June 16, 1995 – St. Louis, Missouri: Cardinals baseball team manager Joe Torre was at home when he got a call from team General Manager Walt Jocketty saying he was on his way to Torre’s house. Torre told his wife, Ali, “I think we’re getting fired here.” After five...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | May 29, 2018 | Adversity, Chasing Your Dream, Getting Fired, Uncategorized
Sunday, December 18, 1983 – Fayetteville, Arkansas: Arkansas Head Football Coach Lou Holtz had just returned from church when Athletic Director Franks Broyles called and asked him to come by his office. When Holtz arrived, Broyles got right to the point, “Lou, I want...
by peteblack4ua@gmail.com | Aug 24, 2017 | Adversity, Getting Fired, Never Lose Heart, Refusing to Quit
On June 16, 1995, St. Louis Cardinals baseball team manager Joe Torre was at home when he got a call from team General Manager Walt Jocketty saying he was on his way to Torre’s house. Torre turned to his wife, Ali, and said, “I think we’re getting fired here.” After...
