As the Olympics in Rio start today two of my favourite sports stars have been in the media.
The bbc showed an excellent hour long documentary on Mo Farah's preparation for his defence of his Olympic titles.
As ever, he cam across as humble and self effacing, shy even, but also completely dedicated. He has achieved greatness in his sport by being absolutely dedicated to his training, it was mentioned that he loved training and the process of recording his training results and comparing them with historical data.
The main concern from his coach was in fact over training.
What if we were to treat building confidence like an olympic sport. Train every day and write a log of our efforts. Would that have an impact?
The second athlete that springs to mind today is Andy Murray who will be carrying the flag for the UK team today . Now here is a man who is also shy in the limelight. It is clear he'd much rather be playing tennis or mixing with close family and friends than answering questions in a press conference.
However, like, Mo Farah, he has real grit and determination. He has been unfortunate enough to be a contemporary of Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Raphael Nadal three of the greatest players ever yet he has kept going and never given up even after losing so many finals and semi-finals.That is why I was so pleased to see him win Wimbledon this year to gain his third grand slam title. Being a fellow Scotsman made be doubly proud.
I think we could all do with a bit of the grit and determination shown by Mo and Andy in our battles with confidence and life.
Cheers
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