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The Importance of Mental Strength
New Zealand rugby union reappointed the coaching group and they said your mission is to learn from this failure. They realized that we're not mentally tough. We haven't actually spent any time working on our mental strength. It was such a huge learning. The next four years with the same coaching group really creating an environment that was full of high pressure. We actually learned a lot about our mind so we realized that moment in the quarterfinal against France when you put under pressure that our mind went into a state of what we called a redhead. When your mind's in a state of red you're not thinking clearly, you're going quiet, you're playing within yourself,. You can do one