“By empowering players - not just players, but grown men - to think for themselves outside of the game, you hope that they will be more likely to adapt to a situation and seize the moment in a sporting contest.”

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This suggests that performance on the field is tied to independence of mind off it. The line can be read as saying that when people are trusted to think for themselves, they respond better under pressure and spot chances more quickly. It lands in team settings where guidance matters, but so does giving people room to act.

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