Matt Williams: The young player asked ‘what do i have to do to become a champion’. The answer is more complex than perhaps he could grasp
The young player asked ‘what do i have to do to become a champion’. The answer is more complex than perhaps he could graspWhen we see great players perform, what we are really watching is the quality of their training habits. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho
Dan Sheehan: ‘Ulster do a great job of suffocating you in your own half ... we need to impose our game on them’ So while our young mate was on the path to possibly becoming a champion rugby player he had not yet learned that being a champion has a far wider scope than he was currently imagining. This is because the journey of striving for sporting success is far more important than the destination of lifting a trophy. Which is the very essence of why sport is played in our youth. The lessons we learn in our struggle to achieve our sporting goals unwittingly provide us with the tools to achieve the truly important missions across our lives.However, at this moment he thought there was what is so annoyingly termed a “hack” to success.
Working to gain the discipline to follow your dreams is hard. Being ill-disciplined and abandoning your dreams is also hard. So choose your hard.“What have you learned about those who make it and those that don’t?”There is a long, almost spiritual pilgrimage that must be undertaken to achieve success. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho
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