With Good Coaching, Proper Motivation And The

A Coach Once Told Me There Are Four Factors That Determine A Players' Performance: His Tactical Awareness, His Physical Condition, His Technical Ability And His Mental Strength.

I Developed A Mechanism So That Whatever Mistakes I Made, I Would Bounce Straight Back. Whatever Was Happening Off The Pitch, I Could Put It To One Side And Maintain My Form. Call It Mental Resilience Or A Strong Mind, But That Is What We Mean When We Talk About Experience In A Football Team.

We Don't Give In And We Don't Stop. We Are Relentless And In The End We Usually Get To Where We Want To Be.

They're Crying. It Was Drogba, It Was The Angels, It Was The Heavens, It Was The Stars, It Was The Gods, It Was Everything For Chelsea. This Is Not Anything To Do With Football. This Is More Than Football, This Is Spirit. Never Giving In, Fighting To The End, That English Spirit Running Right The Way Through This Champions League For Chelsea.

I Would Have Been About Seven Years Old When The Formative Years Of My Competitive Football Education Began. I Was Playing In The Local Leagues Around Manchester, Playing Against Lads From Tough Areas Who Had Been Taught They Had To Fight For Everything.