Jim McGuinness has said he doesn’t know anyone as obsessed with the game as Donegal skipper Michael Murphy.
McGuinness was writing in his weekly column with The Irish Times, and was talking about players from different sports being obsessed with the game.
The former Donegal manager believes being obsessed in sport is not a bad thing, and identified how the best players in the world in their respective sports have a single-mindedness to be the best.
McGuinness made Michael Murphy the Donegal captain when he took over in November 2010, despite Murphy being only 21 years of age.
The Celtic FC sports psychologist formed a very close relationship with the Glenswilly clubman during his tenure as manager.
McGuinness wrote, “The best player in Donegal for the last number of years has been Michael Murphy and I don’t know anyone as obsessive about the game as him.
“It’s just a matter of applying a simple idea: I am going to make this the focal point of my life for the next few years.
“Utter single-mindedness. If you have a set number of people on a county board locked into that frame of mind and coaches with the same mentality and the patience to transfer that to players, you had better wait to see what will happen.
To read McGuinness’s full column in The Irish Times simply click on the link below.
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