3. Seahawks! World Champions!..but did you know to get them there, the team demonstrated many

4. was fired as an NFL coach…. Did you know… TWICE?! PETE CARROLL

5. didn’t give up! However… to review his beliefs and goals for himself as a person & a coach, filling journal after journal with notes on what he wanted out of life. He used his AS AN PETE CARROLL

6. PETE CARROLL & THE NFL DRAFT Pete is known to draft players seen as average. WORK ETHIC and MOTIVATION He doesn’t look for superstars, he looks for things like Pete knows people can change…

7. In his fourth season, Carroll has led the Seahawks to Superbowl 48 with a 13-3 record!

8. DERRICK COLEMAN Nobody would draft him or believe in him... So he believed in himself! is the first legally deaf player in the NFL? Did you know… He is now the fullback for the Seattle Seahawks. At training camp in 2013, Derrick proved to the Seahawks coaching staff that he wouldn’t let his impairment stop him.

9. “Trust Your Power” GROWTH MINDSET!

10. RUSSELL WILSON Wilson was told “NO” several times in his football career. “No, you can’t play two college sports!” “No, you’re too short to be a quarterback!” But Wilson was PERSISTENT.

11. RUSSELL WILSON At 5’11, he is currently the shortest starting quarterback in the NFL...and a nominee for NFL’s most valuable quarterback. transferred to Wisconsin to play two college sports.

12. RICHARD SHERMAN grew up in Compton, California… an area notoriously riddled with gang violence. His best friend was shot and killed, an innocent victim of gang violence… But did Sherman let his surroundings affect his success? His own father was hit by a stray bullet and still bares the scar…

13. RICHARD SHERMAN EARNED A SCHOLARSHIP TO STANFORD GRADUATED WITH A 3.9 GPA Sherman refuses to let the odds get the best of him. With a growth mindset, he maintains positivity and continues to strive for excellence!

14. MARSHAWN LYNCH BEASTMODE is in constant Off the field… He endured the hardships of growing up in Oakland, CA, but still goes back to volunteer! On the field… He was let go of an NFL team… But was picked up by the Seahawks! He used this opportunity to GROW and LEARN.

15. It takes 4-6 people just to tackle him! Marshawn Lynch REFUSES to take “NO!” for an answer! He is PERSISTENT! Even after he’s tackled, he never stops moving his feet forward…

16. BE LIKE THE SEAHAWKS; HAVE A GROWTH MINDSET!

17. DON’T LET ANYONE HOLD YOU BACK

18. SUCCESS TAKES EFFORT AND DETERMINATION! DON’T BE AFRAID TO STRUGGLE

19. FIND YOUR AMBITION & HOLD ONTO IT!

20. Turn your failures into OPPORTUNITIES to learn and grow! Seahawks lose to the Steelers, Superbowl XL 10-21 (2005)

21. THE RESULTS ARE WORTH IT

22. WHETHER YOU ARE WILSON, SHERMAN, COLEMAN, LYNCH, OR EVEN THE 12 TH MAN… AND LET’S WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE IT A GREAT SEMESTER!

23. HAVE A GROWTH MINDSET! SUCCESS TAKES EFFORT AND DETERMINATION!