The Disease of Me

I remember my first two years of college at FSU, my coach would preach to us about a sickness. A diabolical disease that kills all hopes for a championship. Although his delivery came across as a joke, I now see how important it is. As the great Pastor Bell Of Lively Stone Church in Bowling Green Kentucky would say "you might not need this right now but you can set this on the shelf and use it when you need it" she would say that to me when she would hit me with some deep spiritual lessons that I wasn't ready to understand. Much like Pastor Bell, Coach Hamilton at FSU would always talk about the disease of me. I never really understood what it really meant. I never forgot the saying, and I think about it all the time. I finally decided to learn about the disease of me. Apparently, this is a saying from coach Pat Riley, he spoke about it in his book. I think that I should share what I found on it. This is what I am commited to for the rest of the season. Thanks coach Ham.

The Disease of Me=the defeat of us
6 symptoms of the disease of me
1. Chronic feelings of under appreciation-focused on oneself
2. Paranoia of being cheated out ones rightful share.
3. Leadership vacuum resulting from formation of cliques and rivalries.
4. Feelings of fraustration even when the team performs sucessfully.
5. Personal effort mustered solely to outshine ones teammate.
6. Resentment of the competence of another-refuse to admire his contribution.