The High Performance

Tyrone Mings is a defender for Aston Villa and England, with a real life story of rags to riches in English football.

Tyrone joined Southampton as a kid but suffered rejection when he was released by Saints in 2009 for being 'too small'. He dropped down to Non-League, playing for Yate Town and Chippenham Town while working as a mortgage advisor.

He seriously considered packing football in all together but got his break when Ipswich signed him up for a fee of £10,000 before sealing an £8 million move to Bournemouth and realising his dream of becoming a Premier League player. A serious knee injury restricted his early appearances before a loan switch to Aston Villa in 2019 saw him help the Midlands club to promotion from the Championship.

Tyrone sealed a permanent move to Villa for £26.5 million and was called up to Gareth Southgate's England squad in 2019.

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Steph Houghton MBE is the current captain of England & Manchester City and one of the most recognisable faces in women’s football.

Steph has 120 caps for England and represented Team GB at the 2012 Olympics, scoring in all three group matches, including the winning goals against New Zealand and Brazil.

Steph has led Manchester City to two FA Women's Cups, three Continental Cup successes and the FA Women's Super League title as well as landing the PFA Merit Award in 2019.

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Nirmal ‘Nims’ Purja MBE became the fastest person to climb all of the 14 worlds highest 8000 meter mountains in 2019. The previous record for this achievement was just under 8 years. Nims achieved this in just 6 months and 6 days. Aptly named Project Possible, Nims delivered on his promise and what many claimed to be ‘impossible’.

Previously, Nims served in The Gurkhas for 6 years before passing Special Forces selection and joining the SBS (Special Boat Service) where he served for a further 10 years.

Nim’s book ‘Beyond Possible: One Soldier, Fourteen Peaks — My Life In The Death Zone’ is out now.

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Singer-songwriter Kelly Jones is the frontman of rock band Stereophonics. Kelly was born in South Wales, has achieved more than 10 million sales, six No 1 albums and 11 Top 10 singles (including the chart-topping Dakota), along with 23 platinum sales awards and one BRIT Award.

Kelly spoke about the requirement to embrace - and "walk towards" - vulnerability, in order to access creativity. He recounted the benefits and cost of a furious work ethic and he shares the high performance lessons taught by Bono, Bowie and Bob Geldof.

Kelly’s solo album 'Don't Let The Devil Take Another Day' is out 4th December and the accompanying documentary is in cinemas (where possible) from 11 December and premiere online from 18 December.

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Our guest this week needs little introduction. He is one of Hollywood’s most sought after leading men, who launched his career in the cult classic Dazed and Confused and has since then has won an Academy Award for his portrayal of Ron Woodroof in Dallas Buyers Club and appeared in more than 40 feature films.

Matthew McConaughey is an actor producer, director, philanthropist and best selling author of ‘Greenlights’. Matthew graces the show to talk us through his life lessons, anecdotes and wisdom.

His book 'Greenlights' is out now. We loved it and know fans of this pod will too.

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Billy Monger is an elite motorsport athlete who suffered a catastrophic accident in his Formula 4 car in 2017 where he received amputations to both of his legs.

The way Billy recovered and returned to the sport despite the huge personal challenges that lay ahead is simply remarkable. Billy has not only started competing at the same level but has also carved out a successful TV career.

Billy tells Jake and Damian the lessons he’s learnt through his life to date and how he's adjusted to life without legs.

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Sir Clive Woodward is the head coach who led England’s rugby players to World Cup glory in Australia in 2003. A former England International and British & Irish Lion himself, prior to his full time coaching career Clive established a successful business career working for nine years with Xerox.

During Clive’s tenure as Head Coach England moved from 6th in the world to being the number one ranked team, winning every trophy an England team can win.

In 2006 Clive Woodward joined the British Olympic Association. As Team GB’s Director of Sport he worked in close partnership with key stakeholders in British Sport to support the national coaches and athletes at the Beijing & Vancouver Olympics as well as deliver Team GB’s most successful Olympic Games in the modern era at London 2012.

Clive is currently the Founder and Chairman of Hive Learning – an app which has digitised Clive’s coaching methods and is designed to improve the quality of learning in business and sport.

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Lily Cole is an author, actress, entrepreneur, philanthropist and former supermodel.

Lily was well known for her modelling career but is now better known as co-founder of Impossible.com: a technology company that uses tech to solve social and environmental problems.

Lily was the youngest model to appear on the cover of British Vogue, and was listed by French Vogue as one of the top 30 models of the 2000s. As an advocate for sociopolitical and environmental issues, Lily has employed technology, writing, filmmaking and public speaking as means to build awareness.

Lily has also spoken at Davos, Google's Zeitgeist, Wired and Web Summit.

LIly’s has a podcast and book called ‘Who Cares Wins’. https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/who-cares-wins-with-lily-cole/id1526708048 https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/305695/who-cares-wins/9780241309124 https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/305/305695/who-cares-wins/9780241309124.html

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Eddie is one of the world’s most prominent sports promoters and the current managing director of Matchroom Sport. He is the son of promoter Barry Hearn, the founder of Matchroom.

Eddie’s company, Matchroom Boxing, expertly promotes more than 90 boxers, including several world champions such as Anthony Joshua. In 2018 Eddie negotiated boxing's first ever billion dollar streaming deal.

Relentless: 12 Rounds to Success by Eddie Hearn is out now (Hodder & Stoughton, Hardback, £20)

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This week Jake and Damian are joined by successful entrepreneur, Grace Beverley. Named in the Forbes 30 under 30 list in 2020, Grace is founder and CEO of two successful businesses, Tala and Shreddy, which she launched in her final year at Oxford University. 

At just 23 years old, what gave her the confidence to get started? How does she manage those around her with more experience? What are her views on social media and navigating modern life? How important is external validation?

Grace’s new book, 'Working Hard, Hardly Working', recently debuted as No. 1 in The Sunday Times best seller list. It’s available to buy now.

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