I just bought a little pocket-sized book this morning called Sh*t Happens So Get Over It. Here are a few quotes that I thought were worth sharing.

Never be afraid to try; remember: amateurs built the ark, professionals built the Titanic – Anon

The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success – Paramahansa Yogananda

Some days you’re the bug. Some days you’re the windshield – Price Cobb

To succeed in life, you need 3 things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funny bone – Reba McEntire

You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take – Wayne Gretzky

When life looks like it’s falling apart, it may just be falling in place – Beverly Solomon

The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking places – Anon

The darkest hour has only 60 minutes – Morris Mandel

There’s nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you – Woody Hayes

My Grandfather always said that living is like licking honey off a thorn – Louis Adamic

Experience is what you get when you don’t get what you want – Dan Stanford

When your dreams turn to dust, vacuum – Desmond Tutu

Tough times never last. Tough people do – Robert Schuller

Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you – Maori proverb

The harder you fall, the higher you bounce – Doug Horton

Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm – Winston Churchill

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials – Chinese proverb

Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labour does the body – Seneca

Everything is OK in the end. If it’s not OK, then it’s not the end – Anon

Here is a very interesting look inside a special forces selection process. My country is credited with inventing special forces. The Special Air Service ( SAS ) was founded in England and is the blueprint of special forces worldwide.  This clip is a look inside the Australian SAS, with some unique psychological methods and brutal physical tests.  This is a course that only the really tough pass. Be sure to check out the 5 episodes if you have time.

This video features a dog being knocked over on a motorway. It is hard to watch a dog getting hit by a car, but it is amazing to see another dog come to help in this way. You may have saw this already, but I thought it was incredible !

Dear lord Stevie, this video is so bloody hard to watch, it just tore my heart out, it was so upsetting to me. This tells you how human dogs are, OMG. Did you see how the helper dog was looking left to right for oncoming cars. I am so glad the injured dog lived. 
Renene

I was glued to this video when I found it. Michael Watson, Nigel Benn and Chris Eubank were the big names in british boxing when I was in my teens and early twenties. They fought some great battles with each other, entertaining fight fans when boxing was shown on live TV and not pay per view. Sadly Watson suffered brain injuries in his re-match with Eubank. I realise parts of the interview may be hard to understand, but I feel his character and positivity just had to be shared. He fought his greatest battle coming back from the injury. I highly recommend his book ” The Biggest Fight ” as its very inspiring. You can see clear as day that he still has his fighters spirit in this video. He still has great pride ,and its obvious the respect he has for the guys he fought, who brought out the best in him. What a classy fighter and man !

Hi folks, this is a video of an up and coming fighter in my country. I like his trainer Jim McDonnell, who combines old school training with new methods. This video shows the type of drills DeGale does to improve his speed, power and agility. The first drill sees him close his eyes and wait for a hand clap before firing off a heavy bag combo. This helps his reaction speed and fine tunes his hand-eye co-ordination.

He trains using low-weight strength building moves, old school gym kit and partner moves to build the power, speed and agility for boxing. The second clip improves footwork and agility, weaving in and out of 5 objects on the floor. After skipping for agility he does bar rotations, which are mimicking the south paw straight left and right hook. This is followed by fist-less shadow boxing, and then one arm med ball presses for power. He finishes the video with agility and endurance, with sweeping lunges testing your balance.

I like this video showing the type of men who brought down Bin Laden.

Deviating away from boxing for a moment with this video that I really wanted to share. I admire Laird Hamilton for his outlook on life and his willingness to push himself into huge challenges. Nothing in the world of surfing comes bigger than Teahupo’o (pronounced Cho-poo). Laird is a solid physical specimen,  you need to be to ride a powerful wave like this. In a way it compares to boxing because you face up to your opponent (the wave) putting your life on the line. Like a prize fighter, he has that same self belief, tenacity and bravery.

Here is the brother of Micky Ward ( portrayed fantastically in The Fighter movie by Christian Bale ) knocking out Allen Clarke. The referee was shockingly late stepping in. I counted 6 heavy shots too many, only the ropes kept him up.

These are slightly different to the drills I used with some Irongloves members. I would recommend the use of these types of exercises for boxing. They will strengthen your arms and shoulders, and give your muscles added endurance to fire off lots of punches.