Special to JohnFMurray.com – Feb 08, 2007 – Trivia – What do people search for online? Below is a list of the top 50 searches, according to Lycos.com, in early February, 2007. What does this say about human beings? Let me know your thoughts!… Read the rest
Mental Equipment Syndicated Column – Jan 1, 2000 – Dr. John F. Murray – First … Your 5 Year Review. As this article completes the 1st five-year installment of Mental Equipment (July 1995-June 2000), I sincerely hope you’ve become a stronger and healthier competitor.… Read the rest
Mental Equipment Syndicated Column – Sept 1, 2001 – Dr. John F. Murray – As a sport psychologist, Im always looking for ways to help players gain the mental edge. This can be accomplished in many ways, but the correct attitude and drive are necessary before any technique or strategy can be properly implemented.… Read the rest
Mental Equipment Syndicated Column – Apr 1, 2001 – Dr. John F. Murray – The recent Citrix Championships in Delray Beach, Florida was a week filled with exhilirating men’s tennis. It only seemed like yesterday when the explosive Austrian, Stefan Koubek, brushed aside his 2nd set collapse, re-focused, and claimed the 2000 Citrix title over the qualifying Spaniard, Alex Calatrava.… Read the rest
ESPN.com – Sept 2, 2005 – Patrick Hruby, Page 2 Columnist – Wasteful, infantile, wantonly destructive. All of this is true. Yet to hear Bud Collins tell it, there’s an even better reason tennis players are discouraged from smashing their rackets.… Read the rest
Florida Today – Feb 5, 2006 – Carl Kotala – Let’s face it, some Super Bowls are just flat out boring. Take Super Bowl XXIV: San Francisco 55, Denver 10. Or Super Bowl XX: Chicago 46, New England 10. Both games were over so fast, you barely had time to work up a good heartburn because you just had to have those extra three or four buffalo wings with the five-alarm hot sauce.… Read the rest
Sports psychology comments from the Orlando Sentinel – Ethan J. Skolnick – September 5, 2009 – Towards the end of this article, the coach of the Miami Dolphins, Tony Sparano, is quoted as saying, “So nothing is owed to you. Nothing is guaranted.”… Read the rest
San Antonia Express-News – Jun 17, 2007 – Richard Oliver – So the Spurs weren’t watched in Wichita. So their act didn’t play well in Peoria. So they didn’t register in Rancho Cucamonga. “Every one of those who are criticizing this franchise wish they were boring enough to hold a victory parade on Sunday,” former City Councilman Chip Haass said.… Read the rest
