My secret to staying focused under pressure | Russell Wilson

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🗓️ 16 June 2020

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Athletes train their bodies to run faster, jump higher, throw farther -- so why don’t they train their minds, too? Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson talks about the power of “neutral thinking,” which helps him thrive under pressure (both on the field and off) -- and shows how you can use this mindset to make the right moves in your own life.

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0:00.0	I'm Elise Hugh and you're listening to TED Talks Daily.
0:06.9	Today on the show, Russell Wilson, I'm a big fan.
0:10.1	He's the Super Bowl winning quarterback of the Seattle Seahawks,
0:13.1	and Wilson has more than just physical trainers.
0:16.3	He has a mental conditioning coach.
0:19.0	From that coach and his own experiences, he has learned to turn around
0:22.6	negativity and the difficult circumstances of his life to cultivate a calm mind. He uses what he
0:29.6	calls neutral thinking, and he explains it in his TED 2020 talk. It's a useful approach to overcome
0:35.7	the pressures of painful times.
0:40.6	June 8th, 2010, Russell Wilson, fourth round pick to the Colorado Rockies baseball. I'm fired up.
0:48.9	One of the highest moments of my life. Every kid's dream to be drafted by a major league baseball team.
0:55.2	June 8th, 2010. June 8th, 2010.
1:04.3	June 9th, 2010, the line goes flat. My dad passes away.
1:11.2	Highest of the high to the high to the lowest of the low, just like that. My dad laying in his deathbed and just tears running down my face and, you know,
1:15.5	what do I do next, you know, and my mind racing, memories, flashbacks, moments, early mornings
1:21.2	getting up, taking grounders and throwing speed outs and deep post routes to my brother and my dad,
1:27.1	to early morning car rides to a
1:29.3	you baseball to my dad being the third base coach fast forward to the championship high of winning a
1:36.5	super bowl holding up the Lombardi trophy and then motions and the excitement of it all and blue and green
1:40.8	confetti all over the place and knowing that you just won the Super Bowl to a year later the pressure of the game and the ball in the one yard line and this is the chance
1:50.1	to win the game and it doesn't work and however many millions and millions of people all over
1:55.5	the world watching and having to walk to the media and what do I say next? What do I do? What do I think? Being married
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