Andre J. Carter

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  • Pressure is a Privilege

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    I haven’t slept well the past several night, which gave me a chance to watch more of the British Open than I really wanted to see. With that came watching Jordan Spieth perform under the pressure of potentially being the first golfer in the modern era to win the Grand Slam. He seems to be…

  • Doing the Right Thing

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    “The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.” – Robert H. Schuller

  • Truth Hurts, Lies Kill

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    “Sometimes you have to be mean and hurt someone’s feeling to help and save their heart. The truth hurts, but lies kill.”

  • USASF Baltimore

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    Last weekend I was in Baltimore for the 2nd USASF meeting. I didn’t see any of Baltimore. I think the only times I left the hotel was when I accidentally took the fire escape stairs from the 2nd floor to outside of the 1st and when I went to the airport. This meeting involved more…

  • Education & Brains

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    “To repeat what others have said, requires education; to challenge it, requires brains.” – Mary Pettibone Poole

  • The Hidden Reason for Poverty the World Needs to Address Now by Gary Haugen

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    Gary Haugen presented The Hidden Reason for Poverty the World Needs to Address Now as a TED Talk.

  • Shadows & Sunshine

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    “Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

  • Break a Sweat

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    You should break a sweat every day. That’s the advice Bowd gave me a while ago and I try to do it. Sometimes I run in the mornings, but don’t want to run every day to avoid the pounding on my body. The other days I need to make sure I at least go on…

  • Do It Alone

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    “Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.” – Mother Teresa

  • Lock & Key

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    “Your attitude is either the lock on, or the key to the door of success.” – Denis Waitley

  • USASF: Three New Dates for Safety Judge Certification

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    We’ve added two additional cheer and one additional dance Safety Judge Certification opportunity for 2015! All Safety Judge candidates are welcome to select any Regional Meeting location or one of these new locations in August and September for Certification. Click below to register. CHEER Saturday, August 29th, 12:00pm-6:00pm in Charlotte, NC Sunday, September 6th, 12:30 –…

  • Independence Day 2015

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    After London I went to Mississippi for Independence Day Weekend. There was little sleep and a lot of friends, food, beer, and water. Unfortunately a lot of the water came from the sky.

  • Change Direction

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    “If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.” – Lao Tzu

  • Similar Repercussions?

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    I watched the video of the Florida State football player getting into an altercation with a female at a bar and it has me wondering two things. The first is how much trouble is he going to get in. He’s been dismissed from the team, which I assume means he has lost or will lose…

  • Time Attention Love Concern

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    “The greatest gift you can give someone is your time, your attention, your love, your concern.”

  • World Cup Champions

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    Congratulations to the United States Women’s National Team for winning the World Cup last night. It’s the teams 3rd title, going along with 1991 and 1999, making them the only team with 3 titles. The US team beat defending World Cup champion Japan 5-2 after jumping out to a 4-0 lead in the first 16…

  • The Best Kindergarten You’ve Ever Seen by Takaharu Tezuka

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    Takaharu Tezuka presented The Best Kindergarten You’ve Ever Seen as a TED Talk.

  • Freedom to Make Mistakes

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    “Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.” – Mahatma Gandhi

  • London Legacy

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    I took my first trip to London last week. The trip was for the Legacy Cheer & Dance “Live Your Legacy” event in Olympic Park. After some flight delays I got there Thursday afternoon and went to dinner with Aly, Andrea, Chad, Kahuna, and the kids. Dinner was at Petrus, which is a Gordon Ramsey…

  • Lawrence “Herkie” Herkimer

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    Lawrence “Herkie” Herkimer, the founder of NCA and the inventor of the spirit stick and pom-pons, passed yesterday. CheerDaily.com published Remember Herkie as tribute to the man that did so much for cheerleading.

  • Success Without Happiness

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    “When all is said and done, success without happiness is the worst kind of failure.” – Louis Binstock

  • Body Mass Index

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    Last month I went to the doctor and he said I’m obese according to the BMI. Not only obese, but around 60 pounds away from optimal and 20 pounds away from just being overweight. I’m well aware I’m no longer in the shape I was in the last time I competed, but needing to lose…

  • In Review – June 2015

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    Here’s a recap of news from June 2015: On June 1st the San Jose Mercury News published Cheerleading Would be a Sport Under California Bill. On June 2nd SiouxlandNews.com published Family 411: Cheerleaders Fight Bullying. On June 4th KWCH.com published Law Would Force NY Pro Teams to Pay Cheerleaders. On June 8th USA Cheer announced…

  • Clear Vision

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    “Sometimes, our vision clears only after our eyes are washed with tears. Sometimes, we have to be broken so we can be whole again.”

  • The Summer of Weddings

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    I’m not talking about this summer, I’m talking about next. Now that the Supreme Court has made gay marriage legal across the entire United States I expect next summer to be full of weddings of friends that have been waiting on this decision. So many are ready to have the opportunity to legally share the…