Geno Smith: The Pen Is Still in Your Hand

The Daily Coach: Sports Leadership Lessons · Mar 10, 2026 · 4m

This episode of The Daily Coach: Sports Leadership Lessons revisits Geno Smith’s Monday Night moment and the line that became a leadership lesson: “They wrote me off, but I didn’t write back.” It explores what it means to keep the pen in your hand when critics doubt you, setbacks pile up, and the loudest voice is your own fear.

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