Libertyville football coach Dale Christensen gave motivation a bad name last month when he faked his own shooting to inspire players before a state playoff game. Fortunately, there are better ways to ...

Motivation is the foundation of all athletic effort and accomplishment. Without your desire and determination to improve your sports performance, all of the other mental factors, confidence, intensity ...

Ever in need of an extra push? These 12 motivational Olympic athlete quotes will shove you, in the best way possible. If there's one personality trait that can be attributed to each and every Olympic ...

Adolescent athletes with high motivation for school also have high motivation for sports. Male students tend to be less interested in school than their female peers, a new study shows. Adolescent ...

Part of growing up is learning to make responsible decisions, even in the face of adversity and temptations. O.J. Mayo came to USC as a prized recruit. He was destined to join the ranks of ...

JENKINS TOWNSHIP -- More than 300 student athletes from all over Luzerne County gathered at Pittston Area High School for one hour, intensely focused on a speech from Lance Allred. Allred was the ...

As I prepare lazily for my gym workout, I can't help but to notice a fair percentage of this cardio killing population that, while tackling their caloric goals, are engrossed in their handheld ...

Antibiotics may decrease athletes' motivation and endurance via effects on the microbiome. The corresponding study was published in Behavioral Processes. "We believed an animal's collection of gut ...