no gain without pain

Wikipedia gave me this definition below and the origin dates to a Greek poet back around 700 BC.

No pain, no gain (or “No gain without pain”) is a proverb, used since the 1980s as an exercise motto that promises greater value rewards for the price of hard and even painful work. Under this conception, competitive professionals, such as athletes and artists, are required to endure pain (physical suffering) and stress (mental/ emotional suffering) to achieve professional excellence.

I played competitive sports when I was a kid and still compete in golf tournaments today. I have been lucky to have many great coaches in my life. I played basketball and golf at

Jim Porter

Sacred Heart High School in San Francisco and for a couple of years and had retired Green Bay Packers coach Mike Holmgren as our golf coach. As an adult, I coached kids’ basketball for 15 years and tried to pass on what I learned from my athletic mentors as well as what I have learned from my business coaches over the years.

The one thing great coaches have in common is they all

See Porter, Page 10