How does he build a player that might be struggling or having a difficult time's confidence? How does he keep other players from becoming overconfident or too cocky? If you believe and stand for certain principles and always maintain and uphold your philosophy, then the team will buy into the message.Īnother thing I asked Pete about was confidence. The consistency of the message is what's important. I've done that plenty of times.'Ĭonsistency. This is what we expect now.' If you are responding to the moment and trying to figure it out, then you are going to screw it up. 'Hopefully, I've done a good job, then I just remind them - 'This is how we act now. He does continue to emphasize the things he emphasizes when it was easy in the meeting room and it's happening here in the locker room at half-time.' So there is a staging all the way through the process of thoughts that encompass the situation no matter what they are. They think 'okay, alright, he does believe what he's saying. I may be, because I stay so tight to the message. 'I may shock them that I'm not affected by the situation (a loss) like they would think. If we lose and play like we are capable of playing, then the message is we did everything we could, but they were better on this day. If we go out and we win and we play like that, then the message is okay - that's exactly what we tried to get done. 'Meaning, that you know we are going to go out and play like we are capable of playing. 'Well, hopefully through the process, the message is really consistent and the message encompasses all of the situations,' he replied. I was fortunate to have a chance to actually interview Pete and I asked him specifically how he deviates his words and the delivery of them in different moments.

During the WinForever seminar on Thursday night, Pete was adamant that the impact of words and the use of those words, can have a monumental impact on the results you hope to achieve and the accomplishments you will achieve. Confidence, trust, and focus are all parts of the Win Forever philosophy.Īnother aspect of the WinForever campaign is the conscience reminder of the influence and impact of your words. But success can also be attained by the simple things. Not only have fans bought into what Pete preaches, but his players also seem to have a genuine belief in the philosophy and concepts that Pete is applying to the team.Ĭompetition breeds success. I'm not just being a homer here, but the more I've learned about Pete and the more I've had a chance to see the results of his philosophy and effort, the more I've bought into what Pete is selling. Plenty of premier college coaches have flopped at the NFL level and I was expecting Pete to be another Nick Saban flop. Sure, Pete won at USC, but this is the NFL. I'll be honest, when he left USC and was hired by the Seahawks, my initial thoughts were filled with skepticism and doubt. Pete created the college football dynasty of the 2000's at USC. The 'Win Forever, Always Compete' mantra was born. After Pete Carroll was fired from the head coaching position of the New England Patriots, he knew he had to step back and look at his career from every possible angle.

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