Greatness is a lifestyle.
When greatness becomes a lifestyle, you become unstoppable.
The Kansas City Chiefs are one of just nine teams in NFL history to win 15+ regular season games. Quarterback, Patrick Mahomes has the most passing records in the first 100 starts of any quarterback in NFL history en route to breaking the Chiefs’ franchise record for most touchdown passes in a career. Travis Kelce has become the fastest tight-end in NFL history to reach 12,000 career receiving yards and has surpassed Tony Gonzalez for most receptions in franchise history. Kelce also holds the most receptions in Super Bowl history. The Chiefs have made it to the Super Bowl five times in the last six years and have won three Super Bowl titles.
Despite a record-setting season, we watched the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl 59.
This season, Eagles running back Saquon Barkley set a combined rushing yards record with 2,504 yards in 20 games. He is also the ninth player in NFL history to rush for over 2,000 yards in a season. Jalen Hurts has the record for the most rushing yards by a quarterback in Super Bowl history and most total touchdowns in a quarterback's first two Super Bowl starts. The Eagles have had three Super Bowl births in the last eight years with two Super Bowl titles.
In 2024, the University of Oklahoma Women’s Gymnastics Team was ranked #1 the entire season with an almost untouchable Regional Qualifying Score.
They were slated to win another National Championship to add to their impressive six titles in the last ten years. After having a shockingly rough meet, they failed to qualify for the NCAA Finals. This opened the door for the #2 Louisiana State University Women’s Gymnastics Team to clinch their first ever National Title in women’s gymnastics.
In many sports, the success of one team or individual is often determined by one game, played on one singular day in time.
Checking the boxes, putting in the work, and doing everything right gets you to the big stage. But failing to execute on the most important competition of the year doesn’t discriminate. There are many examples throughout history of the upsets that occur in sports regularly. These two examples are no different.
You have to be mentally and physically ready AND execute when it matters. However, the commonality lies in the pursuit of greatness.
Greatness is not typically defined by one event, but by the decisions made to show up each and every day.
The discipline required to chase the goals you set relentlessly. The sacrifices made to say, “No,” to everything that does not help you take one step closer to the ultimate goal.
Greatness is cumulative. It’s cumulative in the years devoted to a single craft or goal. It’s cumulative in the amount of milestones, records, and achievements over an extended period of time. It’s cumulative in starting out as a nobody and becoming one of the greatest names to ever live. It’s cumulative in the legacy one leaves behind.
Getting back up and choosing to fight again after defeat is one of those legacies.
Just like Hurts and the Eagles winning a Super Bowl rematch against Mahomes and the Chiefs. His loss fueled his fire. His patience and dedication to the process helped him rise back to the world’s greatest stage, but this time, going away with a win.
Much like professional athletes, you are not defined by one major event, but by the way you show up each and every day. The inspiration you give others. The impact and legacy you leave behind.
When greatness becomes a lifestyle, you become unstoppable.
How will you define and chase your own greatness?
