Comments on: What if Muhammad Ali Believed He Would Fail? http://crawdaddycove.com/2007/01/30/what-if-joe-montana-believed-he-would-choke/ Insights and ideas on personal impact, parenthood, education, and sports from the Vice President of Red Sox Nation. Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:38:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: ggwfung http://crawdaddycove.com/2007/01/30/what-if-joe-montana-believed-he-would-choke/#comment-166 Sat, 03 Feb 2007 03:41:03 +0000 http://crawdaddycove.com/2007/01/30/what-if-joe-montana-believed-he-would-choke/#comment-166 Ali’s big at the moment, I think we are all searching for cultural heroes.

ggw

]]> By: BillOGoods http://crawdaddycove.com/2007/01/30/what-if-joe-montana-believed-he-would-choke/#comment-42 Wed, 31 Jan 2007 23:21:20 +0000 http://crawdaddycove.com/2007/01/30/what-if-joe-montana-believed-he-would-choke/#comment-42 Short, sweet, but oh, so powerful. If only people knew what a transforming experience it is to, as you say, learn to speak to themselves.

In high school in the 60s, I discovered Maxwell Maltz’s technique that he called “Psycho-Cybernetics” when a professional baseball player suggested it helped him. His theory remains, in my view, the bedrock of useful techniques in this area. A number of his books are still readily available and still highly relevant. I continue to benefit from them today.

My favorite more or less current books are James Loehr’s “The New Toughness Training for Sports” and Saul Miller’s “Hockey Tough.” Don’t be mistaken. These books don’t just speak to athletes, but provide techniques for everyone to really improve their self-image.

If your kids play sports only for the purpose of training themselves to “self-talk,” it will be a life changing and enhancing experience for them, the benefits of which will be seen for rest of their lives.

Nice post, Craw.

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