Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
If a man is running down the street with everything you own, you won't let him get away. That's tackling.
Football is blocking and tackling. Everything else is mythology.
Mental toughness is essential to success.
Winning is not everything - but making the effort to win was... If you can't accept losing, you can't win.
You've got to keep yourself in prime physical condition, because fatigue makes cowards of us all.