James Milner: Turning doubters into believers (E229)
The High Performance Podcast
High Performance
4.8 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 11 December 2023
⏱️ 84 minutes
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Summary
This conversation offers valuable insights into leadership, resilience, and the key components of high-performance teamwork.
James Milner is a professional footballer with a 21-year long career and over 600 appearances; currently playing for Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion. James shares with Jake and Damian how he has sustained his career, namely due to consistency and hard-work. Reflecting on the beginning of his career in early 2000s, James describes the 'old-school' values that shaped him – how cleaning boots earned him the right to be in the dressing room. He discusses how these common sense values have stayed present throughout his career.
They explore his role as a cultural architect, outlining how he sets high standards both on and off the pitch by being communicative with players and leading by example. James shares his experience mentoring younger players at clubs such as Liverpool, underlining the importance of respect and camaraderie within the team and why it is crucial to build friendships with players off the pitch. James highlights how he has developed his adaptability and how he navigates new environments, citing experiences working alongside football legends like Vincent Kompany. He also sheds light on his decision to leave Manchester City and the most difficult moment of his career.
James, Jake and Damian explore consistency, team-building, longevity and how to turn doubters into believers.
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| 0:28.3 | Hi there, you're listening to high performance, the award-winning podcast that unlocks the minds of some of the most fascinating people on the planet |
| 0:37.0 | I'm Jake Humphrey and alongside Professor Damian Hughes we learn from the stories |
| 0:42.3 | successes and struggles of our guests allowing us all |
| 0:45.2 | to explore be challenged and to grow here's what's coming up today I think the |
| 0:52.1 | only way I know how to combat something is by working harder. |
| 0:57.0 | Can I do more? Can I work harder? Can I push myself more? |
| 1:00.0 | And it's almost like a head loss thing that I'm fuming. |
| 1:02.7 | So I'm going to go out and punish myself. |
| 1:04.3 | I'm going to go out and run on the pitch |
| 1:05.5 | and I'm going to met myself hurt. |
| 1:08.0 | I went home and cried to the Mrs and I was like, |
| 1:10.5 | it was just that frustration of, I feel like I'm doing everything. I go and knock on the manager's door |
| 1:15.4 | what can I do to get in your team what reason am I not playing? Even now I know I can't play three games in a week |
| 1:21.6 | but even now when the manager names the team and I'm not in the team I'm annoyed and the day that I'm not annoyed from not being in a team I think it's time to hang it up |
| 1:30.0 | coming back the next year getting 97 points and not winning a league title is obviously obscene |
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