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Prof Tim Noakes Personal Excellence
1. Personal Excellence The role of self-belief Professor TD Noakes MBChB, MD, DSc, FACSM, (hon) FFSEM Discovery Health Professor of Exercise and Sports Science, University of Cape Town and Sports Science Institute of South Africa GBE Pursuing Excellence Conference Lord Charles Somerset - Somerset West - September 18th 2009
2. One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat in a tree. Alice in Wonderland ‘ I do not know,’ Alice answered. ‘ Which road do I take?’ she asked. His response was a question: ‘Where do you want to go?’ ‘ Then,’ said the cat, ‘it does not matter.’ ”
9. The issue of character Brad Adler. Coaching Matters (2003) Brown’s ideal player was one of impeccable character and intellect. His conception of building a successful football team was based on his determination that the game was as much about people as it was about strategies, tactics and motivational techniques. He contended that if he placed the best individuals (not necessarily the most talented football players) in the most advantageous positions, winning would almost come naturally. A Paul Brown individual was one who was totally devoted to winning football games and was willing to sacrifice his entire lifestyle in order to achieve that ambition.
10. The Issue of Character - And Intelligence Brad Adler. Coaching Matters (2003) He had to possess an unselfish attitude and never put personal considerations ahead of the organization’s goal of championship football. In addition, Brown greatly valued a player’s learning capacity. ‘Knowing a man’s capacity to learn before we drafted him helped us calculate his potential’. In Brown’s system his intelligence-level measurement was even more important than it was with other teams. He required every player to know the entire playbook. Brown felt that if the players were aware of all functions on a given play, there was a much better chance for a successful outcome.
11. J. Dent. The Undefeated. September 2001. Coach Wilkinson - The will to prepare The will to prepare is the juncture of where it all happens. It is about the player who can get out of bed at six-fifteen in the morning when he is sore and he is stiff and he does not want to practice. But he goes to practice. And he gears up and does his best totally in every drill of that practice. The will to prepare is what develops the discipline and the know-how that transforms itself on game day into the will to win. More importantly, preparation engenders the confidence that enables the will to win. Attitude determines preparation. Preparation determines performance. Hence the performance is decided by the player’s attitude which is pre-determined by the player’s character.
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13. Focus on the process “ I may say that this is the greatest factor – the way in which the expedition is equipped – the way in which every difficulty is foreseen, and Roald Amundsen precautions taken for meeting or avoiding it. Victory awaits him who has everything in order – luck people call it. Defeat is certain for him who has neglected to take the necessary precautions in time; this is called bad luck”.
14. Preparing the 2008 Ikey Tigers Concept of team Character Intellectualism Self belief
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16. The role of self-belief “ You have just won the under-21 Rugby World Cup. You will win the 2007 Rugby World Cup”. Jake White on his first meeting with the Springboks - May 2004
17. J. White with Craig Ray. In Black and White p.1, 2007. Seventeen year-old Jake White’s essay on his future goals What are my dreams for the future? My greatest dream is to play rugby, especially for the Springboks. But even to become their coach. I have seen how you can make people believe in themselves ; how you can show people that every single person can be a winner if you want it.
18. “ I want to speak to you tonight about the most important lesson I have learned in 38 years of studying the human body. For you would think that after studying the body for so long I would say that it is your perfectly trained bodies that will win the Rugby World Cup for you. I used to think that but I do not anymore”. “ What I now believe is this: What you really believe will happen is exactly what will happen”. Cape Town, August 13th 2007 The role of self-belief: An untestable hypothesis
19. “ In other words for something to happen, you really have to believe it is going to happen”. “ Now I am not sure how you achieve this - if we knew, none of our teams would ever lose”. “ But what I am certain about is that to win the World Cup, even before you play the first game, all 30 of you have to believe absolutely that it is your destiny to win the 2007 Rugby World Cup”. Cape Town, August 13th 2007 The role of self-belief: An untestable hypothesis “ I have a premonition that this is going to be a great tournament for you and for South African rugby and that you have the opportunity to be remembered as one of the greatest Springbok rugby teams of all time”. August 13 th 2007
20. In the end, the players achieved what the coach said they would on the first day he coached them.
21. The Race to be the first to run the mile in less than 4 minutes Roger Bannister (UK) 3:59.4 6 th May 1954 “ Mile of the Century” Vancouver Empire Games Saturday 7 th August 1954 John Landy (AUS) 3:58.0 21 st June 1954 Sir The Governor Self - Coached Coached by an Australian Franz Stampfl
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23. Progress in the Mile record 1931 - 1954 3:54 4:00 4:06 4:12 Time (min:sec) 46 days “ Frankly, I think the four minute mile is beyond my capabilities. Two seconds may not sound much, but to me it’s like trying to break through a brick wall. Someone may achieve the four-minute mile the world is wanting so desperately, but I don’t think I can”. John Landy, 1954 7 Years 9 Years Glen Cunningham 1934 Jules Ladoumegue 1931 Sidney Wooderson 1937 Jack Lovelock 1933 Roger Bannister 1954 Gunder Haegg 1942 Arne Andersson 1942 Gunder Haegg 1942 Arne Andersson 1943 Arne Andersson 1944 Gunder Haegg 1945 John Landy 1954 Glen Cunningham 1934 Jules Ladoumegue 1931 Sidney Wooderson 1937 Jack Lovelock 1933 Gunder Haegg 1942 Arne Andersson 1942 Gunder Haegg 1942 Arne Andersson 1943 Arne Andersson 1944 7 Years
24. Why did Bannister really break the four minute mile? Sir Roger Bannister. May 6 th , 1954.
25. The influence of Australian coach Franz Stampfl “ The crucial thing that he (Stampfl) said was: ‘Well I think you can run a 3:56 mile. If he believed that - I hope he did - it certainly was a helpful comment. And he said if you have the chance and you don’t take it you may regret it for the rest of your life ”. Sir Roger Bannister. May 6th, 1954.
26. The role of the coach N. Bascomb. Excerpts from The Perfect Mile. P.264 Chris Chatataway best explained what these conversations with their coach provided: ‘It was a sort of pre-race mental calisthenics. I would say I was tired, and he would explain why he was absolutely convinced that my finishing burst would be strong. In a way, I knew he didn’t know any better than I did whether or not I would win, because it was a totally unknown quantity, but just hearing someone say the things … was useful’.
27. The influence of Coach Stampfl “ Training is principally an act of faith. The athlete must believe that through training he will become fitter and stronger… He must believe that through training his performances will improve and continue to improve indefinitely as long as he continues to train to progressively stiffer standards”. Franz Stampfl, 1954. “ The great hurdle was the mental barrier”. Franz Stampfl, 1954. The same is true of all aspects of life.
28. Let’s talk about goals,” he began. “What do you think you can do a mile in?” “ This year?” I said. “Oh, I don’t know, maybe-” “ Not this year,” interrupted the coach. “I mean by the time you’re a senior… ultimately.” I’d never really given it any thought. “I maybe 4:10,” I said… “I’m talking about the four-minute mile, Jim. No high school boy has ever run one. I think you can be the first… I’m convinced you can do it.”… “Coach, I think you’re crazy!
29. At the time, I had no idea what a four-minute mile signified. … I was only fifteen years old, basically still a child. …He was certain of my ability, even if I wasn’t myself. He had already tutored several very successful milers and believed in his coaching system. …As difficult as it was to make the adjustment to consider myself a champion, a front runner, as a “good” athlete, I did my best to trust in the coach’s judgment and to believe his words. Though I was initially dumbfounded by his prediction, it did in fact prove not only to be accurate but to set me on target for what would be the essence of my life for some time to come.
30. Greg Noll - Hawaii 1969 G. Noll & Andrea Gabbard. DA BULL - Life Over The edge, p.149, 1989. I looked out the window and listened to this incredible symphony as we banked over Honolulu, and I was overwhelmed by the feeling that there wasn’t a wave that God could produce that I couldn’t ride . I visualized men going into battle in the days of King Arthur, not knowing if they would live or die, but feeling supremely confident and alive, full of adrenalin and raw enthusiasm.
31. Paul Tergat, Kenya Hendrik Ramaala South Africa “ What I realise is that once the mind accepts anything, the body will respond. … If you don’t convince yourself that you are going to win, then you aren’t going to win it. For New York, I have to tell myself thousands of times that I am going to win this thing. I have done it before and I must do it again – before the start, at the start, during the race and at the finish. I have to tell myself that I am going to win it and that I am better than the other guys. You have to talk to yourself otherwise you are not going to win… You have to say: ‘Whatever happens I am going to win’. In my opinion, the person who wins the race has already won it inside his head before the start of the race ”. Hendrik Ramaala - Lawyer - Johannesburg, South Africa But how much time do we spend developing this self-belief, either in sport or in our professional lives?
32. Atlantic rowing race “ You must believe you are going to win even before your start”.
33. The philosophy of Coach Stampfl “ Its simple. All you have to do is want to do it enough , then go and do it”. Franz Stampfl, 1954.
37. Viktor Frankl 1946 Man’s Search for Meaning He who has a why to live for, can bear with almost any how . Friederick Nietzche What man actually needs is not a tension-less state but rather the striving and struggling for some goal worthy of him.
38. Viktor Frankl 1946 Man’s Search for Meaning Goal setting See the future as the past Preparation The special nature of successful teams The mental hurdle is the great barrier Self belief Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms - to choose one’s attitude in any given circumstances, to choose one’s own way. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answers to its problems and to fufill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual.
39. Mike Horn to NASA “ If you drop me on the moon, I will walk around it”. Personal excellence begins with vision, is determined by character, sustained by preparation and willed by self-belief
40. Personal excellence Is grounded on honesty Begins with belief Is expressed in humility Is sustained by passion
41. Thomas Paine The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow brave by reflection. The Rights of Man
42. President Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt It is not the critics who count, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by the dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly, who errs and who comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who at the worst, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
