First Day of Classes

Happy First Day of Classes to everyone at F&M!  A good quote to start the semester:

I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.  - J.B. Priestly

Closing Out the Summer

Time has just flown by this summer.  I feel like I was just standing at graduation, watching our Class of 2012 walk across the stage to receive their diplomas.  Throughout the summer, our players have been busy with various jobs and internships, while continuing to improve their game for the 2012-2013 season.  Our coaches attended a number of tournaments and worked several camps - always on the lookout for the special players who will be future Dips!  

I am so excited for our team to return to campus next week.  I always enjoy seeing all of our players together - there is a special energy and chemistry - and I've missed that this summer.  We will be welcoming our new teammates to campus in just over a week, then classes will begin several days later.  Pretty soon we will be saying that the fall semester has flown by!  

HOOP THOUGHTS: CHOICE NOT CHANCE

This comes from Joanne P. McCallie's new book, "Choice Not Chance," by way of the Hoop Thoughts blog.  I really like number 2 - how our little choices do matter just as much as the big choices we make.  Take a look:

HOOP THOUGHTS: CHOICE NOT CHANCE: When I coached at Maine, we created a program called "Choice Not Chance," which stemmed from a philosophy that I thoroughly believe in and...