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🗓️ 12 February 2024
⏱️ 100 minutes
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Petr Čech is a former professional footballer, regarded as one of the greatest Premier League goalkeepers of all time. During his 20-year career he played for Arsenal, Chelsea and for the Czech Republic national team. This episode is a deep dive into Petr’s illustrious career and the drive behind his unwavering consistency.
Jake, Damian and Petr discuss the concept of commitment and how daily improvement and learning are essential components of his routine. He reveals the steps he takes to ensure consistent peak performance, whilst highlighting that performance should not be solely measured by outcomes.
They explore Petr’s early days at Chelsea and his unique perspective on working with legendary manager Jose Mourinho. Petr provides insight into the intense training culture Mourinho instilled, making training emulate game days through rigorous repetition. Reflecting on the importance of fostering an honest culture within a team, Petr shares how this allows individuals to openly share their struggles. He also opens up about the near-fatal incident on the football pitch, recounting the moment he realised something was wrong.
Petr delves into his experience navigating managerial changes at Chelsea and how he successfully dealt with change. He reflects on his relationship with Arsène Wenger and the profound impact it had on his career. This episode explores resilience, commitment, and triumphing over challenges.
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0:00.0 | Hi there you're listening to High Performance, the show that unlocks the minds of |
0:06.1 | some of the most fascinating people on the planet. I'm Jay Humphrey and alongside |
0:10.8 | Damien Hughes, our expert in high-performing team cultures. |
0:14.4 | We learn from the stories, successes and struggles of our guests, |
0:18.0 | allowing us all to explore, be challenged, and to grow. |
0:22.4 | Here's what's coming up today. |
0:25.0 | We had fights. |
0:26.0 | Every week there was somebody fighting each other in the training |
0:29.0 | because there was a crazy tackle or there was something like that. But the level of training, the |
0:35.8 | intensity of the training session, it was insane. You know, imagine you were on the bed |
0:40.9 | in the hospital and the doctor keeps coming and ask you your |
0:44.9 | name people around the day the month the year which country you are and it's something you know is the exact, it's the easiest question |
0:57.8 | all your life you knew the answer. And suddenly he asks you and you go, like the simplest question and you could |
1:07.8 | announce, I could answer. I play a year and a half with broken shoulders, both |
1:11.5 | actually. Before I had the surgery I had it for 14 months like |
1:16.0 | broken labrum couldn't lift my arms. Nobody knew. I was training, I was playing, I was doing |
1:21.0 | everything and every single time I dive and made a safe I had tears coming |
1:26.3 | like that. This was a terrible pain. But I knew I can perform. |
1:32.4 | So welcome to the show the brilliant Petta Check, a goalkeeper who played |
1:37.0 | 443 Premier League games, won four Premier League titles, the first and the last, were a decade apart. |
1:45.3 | I mean that in itself is incredible. |
1:47.3 | Five times he lifted the FA Cup. |
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