Coaching and Heart Disease

It was great to be coaching again this year.  One of my first goals was to get back from my open heart surgery to coach again.  Working with young athletes and seeing the progress through the years is a great thing to experience!  In track & field it is very simple to measure improvement - the time, the height, or the distance.  And most of all, it teaches you men and women to handle adversity as well as success.

Your health is very similar.  How to you handle good and bad health?  Well, let's begin with good health. That is easy, when we have good health we usually take it for granted!  Now bad health is a different story!  We find out a lot about ourselves!  How do we handle adversity?  How do we handle our family & friends?  Are we good patients?

Jimmy Johnson, the Dallas Cowboy coach with the tons of hairspray, has battled heart issues.  He did not need open heart, but had blockage of 90% in one artery.  Fortunately, angioplasty & stunting solved the problem.  And exercise & diet after the procedures.  Take a look at the story at:

Two-Time Super Bowl-Winning Coach Jimmy Johnson Speaks Out About Heart Disease

What can Jimmy Johnson help coach you to do?  Take a look!