Mind Games
Inspirational Lessons from the World's Biggest Sports Stars
Chapter One
TRUE GRIT
What does it take to be a champion? Talent, certainly. But talent
isn't enough to be a world-beater. In sport, as in other areas of life,
personal characteristics and mental qualities make the difference
between repeated success and failure, between taking a champion's
title and finishing in the last four.
These characteristics - the desire to win, the ability to learn from
failure, the willingness to try new techniques, to name a few - arise
time and again in the elite sportsmen and women who have managed
to maintain their form over repeated competitions. Such personal
features are considered throughout in this book. First up for examination
is the requirement for discipline and determination, a touch
of selfishness and the essential killer instinct.
EARLY DISCIPLINE
Champions generally have to start training at a young age. That
means they often show a natural sense of discipline.
Ellen MacArthur surged to fame when she became the fastest
woman and the youngest person ever to circumnavigate the earth in
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