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Pat Mcafee on the mental game

26 Aug 2025 · 0 min

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Short excerpt from a YouTube video featuring Pat McAfee discussing the mental side of athletic development. McAfee emphasizes that the "in between the years" — the intervening periods of practice and growth — determine whether an athlete becomes a pro or merely had brief success, and that confidence in one’s ability to complete tasks is a central factor in becoming "all Pro."

In between the years is where you become a pro or you're just a guy that was good at sports. In between the years is when you become an all Pro or just somebody that has a cup of coffee. In between the years is everything. And everybody thinks that's like IQ all the time. No, no, no. That is a confidence that you have to have in yourself that you're going to be able to complete the task that is going to make you be great for you.