In the world of high performance sport there is only the present - no future or past

In the world of high performance sport you live in the present. You only have now. There is no future or past.

Last Friday I was on the Dublin to Cork train.

As we pulled into Kent station there was an older couple discussing sport and what the weekend had in store. The lady was speaking about the Irish women’s rugby win against New Zealand and the possibility of the team going all the way to win the World Cup. Herself and her partner were debating why this might or might not happen.