NIGEL REDMAN - England Rugby Player to Olympic Swimming Elite Development Coach

Imagine never consciously setting yourself any goals… then having a hugely successful career playing England Rugby. Enter, Nigel Redman. Making his first cap for England at just 20 years old, his decade was spent training, supporting his team mates, and adapting to the ever challenging lifestyle of being an international athlete. He played in two world cups, was voted England’s best player of the year, and beat the formidable All Blacks team, all before retiring in 1999 to pursue a career in coaching. Nigel now works as an elite coach developer for British Olympic Swimming, using his unique perspective on goal setting and personal development to help other athletes achieve their goals and dreams. Nigel and I chat all things England Rugby, balancing a busy career with your personal life, retirement, saying YES, and how attempting to better yourself to who you were yesterday, is often enough to get you to where you want to be...‘If I was a video game, my super strength would be I could play while hurt and no one would know. And so when you talk about people with 'natural talent', I think an attitude and a mindset can take you and awfully long way. If you’ve got natural talent, brilliant - use it. If you’ve got natural talent AND a terrific mindset - wonderful. It's when you see the two of those things in tandem, you really do see somebody who’s a super star.’  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.