Mike Matheny

“If you want to teach a kid a life skill, teach him reality. Give him a picture of what the world will throw his way. Even the rich and famous have their share of heartache and loss. People go broke. People get sick. Loved ones die. There are setbacks, cutbacks, rollbacks, buyouts, layoffs, bankruptcies. Is it fair to reward a kid for everything he does until he’s eighteen, filling his room with trophies regardless how he performs, and then find him shocked the first time he fails a course or loses a girlfriend or gets fired from a job?”
― Mike Matheny, The Matheny Manifesto: A Young Manager's Old-School Views on Success in Sports and Life

“1.  Physical toughness (“The easiest quality to find,” he said.) 2.  Mental toughness 3.  Moral toughness (He described this as “Doing the right thing all the time, even when nobody’s looking.”) 4.  Team orientation (“A belief that the needs of the team are greater than your own.”) 5.”
― Mike Matheny, The Matheny Manifesto: A Young Manager's Old-School Views on Success in Sports and Life