I came across this excellent and truthful article by Gary Neville on www.dailymail.co.uk, citing how important the mental side of winning trophies is. I couldn't agree more, and have seen how helping people understand their own mental proceses can help their performance.

It happened to me in 2000. I had an awful game against Vasco da Gama in the World Club Cup in Rio de Janiero, making mistakes that cost us the game. It preyed on my mind afterwards. The headlines the next day were: ‘Fiasco Da Gama.’ Stupidly, I read them and my confidence began to ebb away for months afterwards.

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