Now, Nigel was lovely, but he was terribly posh. He lived in Wimbledon with his wife Karina and their three children. And I said, Nigel, best will in the world, I don't think Karina's going to want me turning up with 46 racing bikes, pit bulls, and chinchillas, and chickens,
A few other events that we can spot. Murray winning Wimbledon here on a hot day. Hot days of above about 25 degrees, you get a really big spike in happiness.
before that, he proceeded to flub every single dive that week. This was the Wimbledon of freediving. Aside from Worlds, it was the only competition that mattered to him and most others in the sport, and Nick was out of juice.
Only four players. By the way, we had a little bit of excitement about this just a couple weeks ago with Roger Federer trying to win Wimbledon. He's 32 years old.
And so one study I love, which came out of professional sports, was an analysis of 100 top professional tennis matches on the level of Wimbledon, US Open, et cetera. During the finals, if the trophy is displayed prominently on the court, the favorite, the champion begins to struggle and lose points--
When the cup's in the building, it's a lot harder to win. And that's very similar to the Wimbledon example. I didn't know that.
They always looked at the place first. They hired caravans and went out on Wimbledon Common and spent the night out there and had a party.
He'll be 33 in the fall. It's simply no one has won Wimbledon over the age of 30 since Arthur Ash did it in 1975. So it was really-- it just shows you how amazing Federer is.
We've talked about it with professional athletes. But a lot of us aren't playing for Wimbledon. And so how can we think about this from our own workplace, our own environment, or other parts in our own life?
So, what gets results from peak performing athletes is not effort, but optimum effort. If you think about a tennis player at Wimbledon, the difference between a winning shot and a losing shot is infinitesimally small. So, it's that absolute optimum effort.
or woman who thinks and knows he thinks. Novak Djokovic, who did reasonably well at Wimbledon not too long ago, a meditator.
They always looked at the place first. If you tried to make a speech outside, perhaps in Wimbledon Common or wherever, the crowd could be really hostile.
If you're going to be a great cellist and go to Carnegie Hall, you're certainly not going to go there without practicing everyday. And the same thing is true if you're going to be a tennis player and play at Wimbledon. You're going to practice every day.
and which for one reason or another, is of general interest. They include, for example, those with long memories, the murder of Rachel Nickell on Wimbledon Common, when I defended a man called Colin Stagg, who was charged and found not guilty of her murder.