The big interview with Barry Geraghty: Mastering the mind game

Barry Geraghty has endured a terrible run of injury in the past 12 months but as the 37-year-old prepares for his latest comeback, at the Galway Festival on Monday, he proclaims himself fitter and stronger than ever. And despite broken arms, fractured ribs and a punctured lung in the last year, he isn’t even considering retirement.

“I needed to know two things — was he conscious and was he moving his legs? And if the answer to both those questions was yes, anything else was a doddle. Broken bones and punctured lungs are always fixable; head injuries and paralysis are not.” — Chanelle McCoy

The very best golfers tend to be the very best liars because in one of the most psychological sporting pursuits on the planet, the enemy invariably lies within.