Ownership. Taking ownership. Making sure you’ve done everything you can to end up where you want to be. In my upcoming book – #TheToughAthlete – I identified 10 areas you need to be good at to achieve overall mental toughness. Tracing the athletes who end up tough I’ve found that they have taken ownership of their …
Be Brave. Heights. I never feared them. Or loved them. But I remember when, as a teenager, I got the opportunity to go ab-sailing. I didn’t really think about it too much. But when I had to put on the appropriate gear and walked closed to the edge of the ledge I had to sail …
Talent. Seeing athletes achieve new heights gets everybody excited about sport. It remains the one example of what we as humans can really do if we give it a shot. The sportsmanship, success and pride fill our hearts. Inevitably, kids look at it and start to dream about it. 12 or 16 years from now …
This is your journey. Young athlete. This is your journey. Meaning: it will be like no one else’s. The quicker you realise it, the better. Maybe you will be successful from the start. Probably not. You will have disappointments along the way: losses, injuries, people, schedules not working out, not getting selected for a team. …