Dan Carter
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when the All Blacks got knocked out of the Rugby World Cup quarterfinal.
We were the worst performing All Black side in history.
We were the number one team in the world.
We were expected to go there and win that World Cup.
We were deemed chokers because we hadn't won a World Cup for 20 years, being the number one team in the world for so long.
So we went away and we actually really dived into the reasons why we were unsuccessful.
And a lot of it was around pressure.
We didn't like pressure.
We struggled to perform under pressure and we just didn't have the tools to be able to perform under pressure.
So once we changed our mindset around that, all of a sudden we're able to perform.
So for me, high performance is all about performing under pressure.
And as soon as you realize that you...
You have pressure in your life.
You should get excited.
And I know you had Ben Francis on here from Gymshark recently talk about pressure being a privilege.
And it's as simple as that.
I want pressure in my life.
If I'm going through a week and it's all too easy, then I know that I'm not on the verge of greatness anymore.
So what I used to do at the back of my run up when I was kicking a goal in front of 80,000 people, the last thing I want to be thinking at the back of my run up is like, oh my God, 80,000 people are watching me.
What if I miss?