As a player you sometimes need to be reminded to savour every positive moment on a pitch because you never know when it might be your last. Regrets and mistakes are part and parcel of life, never mind sport, but it’s important that you don’t let them define you.
Things don’t fall your way, fine move on and try to salvage something from the disappointment. I wasn’t always that philosophical. I can remember sitting in a hotel lobby in Rome in 2007, watching French number eight Elvis Vermeulen score an injury time try against Scotland to deny us a Six Nations title on points difference.
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- March 23, 2022
