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E162 - World Cup Roundtable: Rio Ferdinand, Peter Crouch & Joe Cole

The High Performance Podcast

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My Mindset Was Different to These Boys

My mindset was totally different to these boys, because Joe and Rio were like 18, 19. I wasn't ready for the Premier League till I was 23. So when I got in England's squad, it was the back end of the season and it was like the Tour of America. And I thought this is my chance. There's two games. My mindset was I've got to play both of them, so I'm not a one-cap wonder. That was genuinely because I thought, you know, there's a way of fear, was it? Of course it was. Mine was, I know I'm not better than Wayne Rooney or Michael Owen. But my goal was to

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