Thursday
Aug112011
Maradona and the
power of motivation In his book, The Inner Game - Improving Performance, Sven Goran-Eriksson recalls the 1987-88 season when he was Fiorentina coach and his team met Napoli away in the Cup - and won the game: "Diego Maradona mostly loafed around on the field but after the match he came up to me and said 'Congratulations on the win mister, but on Sunday you will be dancing to a different tune.' We met Napoli again four days later - this time in the league. We weren't given a chance. Napoli won 4-0 and Maradona was brilliant throughout the match. That just shows what motivation can do. Maradona was simply incredibly motivated in the league match but not in the cup match." |
"Don't think about it - just do it - just score"
Udo Lattek to Gerd Mueller |