The One Thing I Wish a Coach Told Me Sooner

Real talk. If you're crushing it right now—raking at the plate, getting recruited, putting up numbers—I'm fired up for you. But I need you to hear this...

Winning isn’t the goal. Becoming a winner is.

Too many athletes think a good weekend means they’ve arrived. That they’ve got it figured out. But here’s the hard truth: If you don’t know how you won, you should be worried.

Anyone can win once.
Champions know why they won—and how to do it again.

It's about repeatable success. It's about becoming the kind of person who performs well consistently, under pressure, and when it matters most. It's about turning success into a system, and adversity into an advantage.

Because in this game—and in life—your identity is everything.

When I played in the Major Leagues, I wasn’t the flashiest. But I outlasted, out-toughed, and out-prepared guys with more natural talent because I built a system—routines, visualizations, breathing, mindset habits, and daily disciplines. That system became who I was. It made me unshakable.

And that's what I want for you as an athlete: To have a blueprint to build your best self. To not rely on streaks or luck. To become so grounded, so process-driven, that no result—good or bad—can shake you.

Just like the quote says, “Sometimes destruction hides in the disguise of victory.”

I’ve seen it. Players win without understanding why, and when the pressure ramps up—boom. They drown.

You want to avoid that?
Build your skills. Anchor to values and identity. Establish routines. Control what you can control.
Show up. Every single day.

That’s what MLM is. That’s what we do.

You’re not here to win a game.
You’re here to become a winner.
And once you do? That mindset will carry you—not just through athletics, but through life.

Let’s go to work.
Let’s build the identity.
Let’s win the right way.

See you on the inside.

In your corner,

-Brandon