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Peyton Manning made a Hall of Fame career out of changing the play at the line. A fused neck, a new city and a second career later, he is still calling audibles.
Candace Parker’s mom called her “Can-Do” as a nervous kid. Three rings, the Hall of Fame and a seat in the boardroom later, the nickname still fits.
Different sports, different paths, same lesson: the plan will change. Your job is to be ready when it does. Read both stories below and maybe even call your own “Oklahoma” this week.
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Peyton Manning Never Stopped Calling Audibles. Neither Should You.
Super Bowl 50. Peyton Manning was 39, playing with a surgically fused neck and an arm that had lost its Indianapolis zip. Carolina had the best defense in the league. The play came in, he read the formation and did what he had done ten thousand times before. He pointed, he barked, he changed it. Denver won 24–10 and Manning became the first quarterback to win Super Bowls with two franchises. The arm was never the secret. The habit was: see the picture faster, prepare so well that changing the plan is an option instead of a panic, then make the call and own it.
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Candace Parker Built the Can-Do Mindset and Then Kept Using It
Before the dunks, the rings and the Hall of Fame, Candace Parker was a nervous kid in Naperville whose mom gave her a nickname that stuck: “Can-Do.” It was less a compliment than an instruction. Show up, try the hard thing, figure it out. She carried it through Tennessee, the WNBA, motherhood, the broadcast booth and now the business side of the game. The mindset never retired. It just found new courts.
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Member Feature · Megan McClish
Megan McClish scored 122 goals at West Jefferson High School, a program record, before becoming NCCAA National Player of the Year and a D2CCA All-American midfielder at Cedarville. When soccer ended, she didn’t slow down. Within a year she finished an Ironman 70.3 and a full marathon. Now she’s building strength, chasing her next race, eyeing youth coaching and working toward her CPA license, all while leaning on her faith.
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