Tom Brady says his career turned around when a sports psychologist told him to stop complaining about what he wasn’t getting and start stewarding what he had the right way
“Greg said to me, ‘Why don’t you quit bitching about all the things you’re not getting, and how about you do the best with whatever opportunities you get?’, ‘Stop worrying about what the other quarterback’s getting. Stop worrying about what the coach is saying to you.’”
“‘Every time you get in there, you bring the juice. You bring the energy. You bring the enthusiasm. You treat practice like a game.’ Because if you just decide to go out there and you’re blaming everybody else, where does that get you? So I started to change my attitude.”
“I didn’t have a lot of confidence in myself. And when you don’t have a lot of confidence in yourself, you blame other people. When you gain confidence in yourself, you start pointing the finger at yourself.”
“I would encourage every athlete to look in the mirror after every day of practice or a game and say, ‘What can I do better to help the team? What can I do better?’”
“Not, ‘What does the coach need to do better?’ Not, ‘What do my teammates need to do better?’, ‘What do I need to do better?’ If every player does that, you’re going to have an incredible team.”
“You can’t have a false confidence. You don’t only gain your confidence because of your physical ability. You gain your confidence because you’re prepared, because you’re competitive. I couldn’t just show up and be better than everybody.”
“I had to show up prepared. I had to show up with energy. I had to show up with my body feeling right. I had to show up like I was on a mission.”
Every single club should be reaching out to him bc the sheer level of incompetence brings the league down and affects the game. Doesn't matter if it's your club or not, have to improve the processes and standards
Arsenal executives have already had dialogue with Howard Webb after the controversial penalty incident at Sunderland @Football_LDN with @kieran_99999
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When Mikel complained about officials before, it was just "he's just a sore loser" yet he's now a PL champion, won a match and is still complaining. It's always been about raising the standard of officiating to the standard of the clubs in the league. So much work and preparation goes into these matches only to consistently be undone by processes and officials who are not fit for purpose and, most alarmingly, no improvement across the board. If anyone knows an organization that needs to be completely torn down and rebuilt, it's Arteta as that's exactly what he did at Arsenal.
Best league in the world with some of the most incompetent processes I've ever seen. There's so many other sports that use replay technology so well, highlighted by the NFL this weekend. You gotta tear PGMOL down and rebuild it to actually see improvement.
Pro Ref has admitted an 'error of judgement' in awarding Manchester City's winner at Manchester United in their 1-0 victory at Old Trafford.
Erling Haaland's goal was initially disallowed for offside on the pitch before VAR overturned the decision.
Counter intuitive but from a gameplan standpoint, the red actually hurt United (and lets be honest, Foden isn't integral to how City play, regardless of how many pobrecito Phil headlines you'll see). Had to actually open up and play while City could sit and counter, with the hope they snatch a goal which they ultimately did. Credit to City for their organization defensively as well.
Last thing - if Timber is close to healthy for the CL final, Gunners win that match relatively easily. To be that sharp after that long of a layoff...absolute baller. Time to enjoy the rest of the day. Cheers.
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@CarlBovis_AFC Not even for a second. They're both hooking and hand fighting but because Ballard goes down and pulls Konsa onto him, it's somehow a foul. Such naive officiating.
Mikel rightfully fuming over the penalty decision. Absolute garbage, the levels of the officiating continue to be so miserable compared to the league. Additionally, the VAR threshold in the box makes it essentially pointless now.
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Never want to see John Brooke's officiate a match on the road at a "scrappy" side every again. Allowed a completely different threshold of physicality and no control over the match, esp in the 2nd half. Just poor.
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🗣️ Granit Xhaka on seeing Arsenal win the Premier League last season after coming so close during his time at the club:
“First of all, I was very, very happy for one guy, and that’s Mikel Arteta.
“He is the guy who brought me to another level, where I am today.”
“I’m more than happy for the players I played with because they deserve all the respect.”
Arsenal's failed pursuits of Vinícius Jr and Julián Álvarez gave Arteta evidence that the club's American owners are willing to spend heavily on elite talent.
That level of ambition is understood to be something he wanted to see as contract talks progressed. [@SamiMokbel_BBC] 📈