Träningsmetodiken och -planeringen baseras på forskningsdevisen att rätt sorts övnings som utförs under tillräckligt lång tid leder till förbättring. Det krävs tillfälle, motivation och ansträngning för att nå förbättring.

Planeringen bygger på handledd övning (deliberate practice), mentala representationer och målmedveten övning.

"I set another goal… a reasonable, manageable goal that I could realistically achieve if I worked hard enough. I approached everything step by step."

-Michael Jordan

Source: How to be like Mike (2005)

"Ive missed over 9,000 shots in my career.
Ive lost almost 300 games.
26 times Ive been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed.
Ive failed over and over and over again in my life.
And that is why I succeed."

-Michael Jordan

Source: As quoted in Nike Culture : The Sign of the Swoosh (1998), by Robert Goldman and Stephen Papson, p. 49