"Playing sport is about taking risks – the surge up-field in search of the winning goal, the lofted six to win the cricket match, the passing-forehand winner at full stretch. But the best players don’t perceive these decisions to be risks in the way that ordinary people might. If one quality separates the best players from the merely good ones, it is their ability to commit totally to their decisions. They swing the weight of their whole personality behind the risk. After all, any sporting play that begins with the mindset, “It’s a long shot, but I might as well have a go” is very likely to fail"