Building Mental Toughness in Sports

And by the way,

you pushing your teammates and them crying, that tells me

in the big moments,

that's probably not the guy I want out there with me.

Because I want to push them to the point where they're really uncomfortable.

Because believe me, the opponents,

they're going to push you till you're uncomfortable.

And if you're going to break in practice, you're going to break in the game.

If you're going to break in front of no fans,

you're going to break in front of 70 000 fans.

If you're going to break against me and my voice yelling at you,

you're going to break when there's 70

000 fans screaming at you and calling you names. So let's figure it out quick.

Like, I want to pressure test you early.

If you break, I don't need you anyway.

Because when you're losing in big moments, you can't break. You're already broken.

I need you to build yourself back up.

If I know you can't build yourself back up, because believe me,

when you're in the World Cup, you're going to be losing in these games.

You're going to be losing in the second half.

It's going to over, you're going to have to overcome the challenges of losing.

I need to figure out if it's in you. If it's in you, let's go.

You're my team, let's ride. If you're not, get the out. I don't need you.

Let's get someone else who can.

How was your buildup from the regular season and then you went in the playoff?

Yeah. Was that a different approach or you just kept going?

I think a lot of it,

when I was on really high performing teams, we kept going.

But then when you reach the playoffs,

there's another level of focus and concentration

because the stakes are higher.

So to me, it would be,

you only have a certain period of time.