You might use this saying when talking about someone who has done a fantastic job at something. You can say “you really put your best foot forward today!” This might be said, for example, after a football game and the coach says it to his winning team. 11. Riding High / Riding a Wave The idiom ‘riding high’ refers to surfing culture, where someone who manages to catch a wave rides it as far as they can. Once the wave catches them, they can cruise at the top of the wave and enjoy the thrill. Sepinwall, Alan (October 8, 2021). " 'Ted Lasso' Season 2 Finale Recap: The False Nine and True Feelings of Richmond". Rolling Stone . Retrieved March 14, 2023.

Mistakes made while expanding boundaries are what I wanted. If we weren't making mistakes, we weren't far enough out on the edge. If we weren't pushing against the walls of our capabilities, we weren't practicing correctly. If people are going to become all that they are capable of becoming it is important that they work hard; but it is also important that they are intentional about the hard work. Planning places effort where effort is most needed. People who put these two components together have a firm cornerstone of industriousness upon which they can build toward success. On the other hand ... look, not to dwell from week to week, but this Roy and Keeley thing just does not hang together. The idea that Roy would look at pictures of Keeley by herself and decide, based on that, that maybe they should break up? That seems ... silly. And anyone deciding to schedule a six-week vacation without asking their partner and then being upset when it doesn't work out? That also seems silly. I'm glad they didn't break them up and particularly glad they didn't go with a love triangle. But the treatment of this relationship has been so smart before now, and this last chapter in it has been not so great.Keeley, on the other hand, is moving on. She’s received an offer to head up her own PR firm, and she can’t say no to that, no matter how much it pains her. It pains Rebecca, too, but she knows it’s the right choice for her apprentice. Her reaction bears out Higgins’s bit of wisdom that “a good mentor hopes you’ll move on. A great mentor knows you will.” He claims that Ted abandoned him after all the attention he gave him the previous season, when he knows that Ted has been busy dealing with his own mental health issues and had no idea how Nate was feeling because Nate never reached out to him. Nate also refused every opportunity to bring this up through the Diamond Dogs, despite the club having been formed partly for his benefit. I Take Offense to That Last One: After Akufo insults his nationality and ethnicity, it's being called "medium talent" that Sam objects to. But it wasn’t until years later that Bridges understood just how big an impact Wooden and his iconic Pyramid of Success had on his life. In a notable inversion which shows how far he has come, Jamie hands over the responsibility for taking the penalty to Dani, even though taking it himself would have earned him redemption for dooming Richmond to relegation in the previous season.

Faith (through prayer): Coach Wooden saw the value in having a spiritual practice to support success, another key to not only winning, but living a successful life. It’s clear that we haven’t seen the last of Nate, and it’s likely the show will explore his path to redemption once Rupert’s whispers turn into the type of judgment and ridicule that Ted never actually directed toward him. But it’s a bizarre way to move into that story because it cuts off the actual implications of his descent into darkness, as Ted simply sips champagne with Rebecca and toasts to their future in the Premier League as though this chapter of the show is over. If you were to distill the qualities of successful people, you’d find common traits. They demonstrate habits that prime them for success. They’re clear on their purpose. They’re aligned with their values. Although there is an element of mystery involved, anyone can learn to live a successful life. And fortunately, one man has done the groundwork in pulling together these qualities and presenting them in a clear way. Coach Wooden: Success Story So, you would usually use this saying to refer to someone who found success but is now bored and doesn’t know what to do with themselves. Orr, Christopher (October 8, 2021). " 'Ted Lasso' Season 2, Episode 12 Recap: Nate Makes a Choice". The New York Times . Retrieved March 14, 2023.John Wooden was born and grew up in Indiana. He graduated high school in 1928 and played four years of college basketball for Purdue University until graduation in 1932. His basketball accolades are well documented (and easily found) with a simple Google search. This particular book does not have a “plot” necessarily. Coach Wooden talks about how he used strategies to make himself and his UCLA basketball team successful and efficient.

Imagine if a dog actually caught the bus it was chasing. What would it do? Bite it? Eat it? Unlikely. It would probably be confused and unsure about what the next step is. He effectively lays into Ted for not getting enough attention, explaining that he had made him feel special and then didn’t offer him enough positive affirmation afterwards. It’s his Daddy Issues jumping to the forefront, but it turns into the whole emotional core of his frustration, and frankly if I were Ted I would feel as though there was nothing I could have done to keep this from happening. If Nate needed that level of babysitting, he was always going to lose touch with reality such that he perceived Ted agreeing to go along with the “False Nine” strategy as a plot to blame him for a loss as opposed to a vote of confidence.You could also phrase this as someone being “hungry for success”. In other words, you’ve got a real desire to achieve it and you’re willing to go through pain (or perhaps mild discomfort) to achieve it. It will be all the sweeter once you achieve it because you’ll know it was something you have been wanting for so long. You might savor every bite. I don’t think I understood the profoundness of it until I got a bit older and finished playing basketball. Yeah, it’s about basketball, but it’s about life,” Bridges says. ‘Once I learn something, I have it down pretty good.’ Find out what made Coach John Wooden such a powerful influencer from the very people he mentored one-on-one in his now famous den Comically Missing the Point: It takes Higgins four tries to get it right in advising Keeley about the possibility of taking a new job.

A win-win situation is a situation where everyone comes out successful! For example, if you sell a house and you’re really happy with how much you sold it for, but the buyer is really happy with the price they paid, you both walk away feeling like you won! You might say: “that house sale was a real win-win situation for everyone involved.” 15. You’re the Dog that Caught the Bus Respect without fear. May come from being prepared and keeping all things in proper perspective. The Pinnacle COMPETITIVE GREATNESS:Fight (determined effort): nothing worthwhile in life is achieved without effort. Many successful people sacrifice their personal interests to pursue their dreams. Any structure must be built on a solid foundation and the cornerstones of the foundation are the most significant part of it. You will note that the cornerstones of this structure are industriousness and enthusiasm. Nate's excuse for lashing out at Ted and the team throughout the season turns out to be that he felt Ted had been ignoring him, despite Ted having clearly been dealing with significant issues both personally and due to the team's poor performance. Like, are they giving Trent Crimm his own spinoff? I feel like there wasn’t nearly enough information to understand why he would purposefully burn Nate, resign from his job, and go off in search of himself. Schwartz, Ryan (October 8, 2021). "Ted Lasso Season 2 Finale Cliffhanger Raises the Stakes for AFC Richmond". TVLine . Retrieved March 14, 2023.