URBAN MEYER WEEK: Investment and Responsibility

We've looked at the "what", now let's dive into the "why". Why is this guy so successful? (cont.)

I recently heard an entire speech about Urban Meyers and his "investment" philosophy. Simply put, success comes to the ones who invest in being successful. In football terms it means the team doesn't just show up to the game. They have conducted extensive weight and strength training to be fully prepared physically. They have studied the game to be prepared mentally. They have practiced their game plan so that it has become perfect. They have anticipated the opponents game plan so they are not surprised or unable to adapt. They have become fully invested in the game.

"There's no such thing as luck, there's a big word called investment. If there was luck, why work as hard as we do. I've never been involved in a game where the most invested team lost.

Taking responsibility is a trait that is getting more lost everyday. A winner assumes responsibility for his or her own actions. In the life of a college coach that also means taking responsibility for the lives of many young people who have never ventured away from home before.

"Our coaches are responsible for every aspect of the kids' lives - academic, spiritual, social. We are their fathers away from home."

Besides football games he wins, Urban Meyers takes responsibility for the ones he lost and the kids that play for him.