Gary Brennan: If Clare believe they’ve already overachieved, they will go no further

'The last time we got to this stage of the championship (2016) we never raised a gallop. Kerry were a better team and beat us comfortably but what hurt most was that we didn't fire a shot.' 

STEPPING UP TO THE MARK: Eoin Cleary and Gary Brennan of Clare. ©INPHO/Tommy Dickson

“I knew I could have done better, that it was not my ability or the quality of my game that had failed me, but my head…Losing always hurts, but it hurts much more when you had your chance and threw it away. I had beaten myself as much as Federer had beaten me…I had flagged mentally, I had allowed myself to get distracted; I had veered from my game plan. So stupid, so unnecessary. So obviously, so exactly what you must not do in a big game….had I played as if this were the first set and not the last I could have won it.” 

- (Rafael Nadal – My Story)