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E49 - Stephen Hendry: No compromise; the cost of high performance

The High Performance Podcast

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The Importance of Being Cold at the Table

I wasn't there to laugh and joke and have you. I was there to win, that was just my natural way. People always say to me, there's no personalities in the game anymore. There is, but just when they're on a table, they're there to win. My dad never criticized me ever. If I played a bad match or in the car going home, he would never say anything. The only one thing he ever did was just keep your head up. He blows the big moment that chaos is... And people love him for it as well. It feels to me like control is a real recurring theme in your career. Whether it's playing seven hours a day

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