“Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything – all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. There is no reason not to follow your heart.”

-Steve Jobs

I wanted to share with you an incredibly moving song my old college buddy, Sean Rivers, wrote about the devastation in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Please keep Loryn Brown, her family and the families of all the others who lost their lives in the tornado in your thoughts and prayers. And Roll Tide Roll.

Here’s a little kick in the ass from my dad, Gary Raser…

My good friend and sports psychologist, Dr. Gio Valiante, emailed this little reminder to me earlier this week. I wanted to share it with you.

“People who want to resist and avoid adversity are cheating themselves. It is how you handle adversity that defines you as a person, as a golfer, and as a champion. I see guys out here all the time who let the littlest things undo them, undo their confidence, undo their motivation. I say, “Get in there and play the game with some courage, man! It is a part of the game to have bad times. It is built into it, I think, to weed the weak people out. Nobody has good times all the time, so get up and fight! Show me some courage! Show me some patience. Show me some determination, for goodness sake!”

– Gary Player