David Smith - “Just Truly Inspirational” All the feedback from David’s episode so far has talked about how inspirational and grounded he was. The trials and tribulations he has overcome in his life must have helped him become such a master of the mind. This can’t be taught in books, it has to come through living life. Always the student, never the …

How Laura has cultivated her resilience and ‘positive stubbornness’ You just need to chase your dreams and desires. You figure out the rest on the way. You may fail, but if you never try you never know. When Laura fails she just goes on to the next thing. Laura remembers breaking her shoulder in 2021, and even on the way to the hospital she was pla…

Pete’s Cycling Career Pete loved cycling from a young age. That’s what made him work so hard to make a career out of it. His passion. It was internal, he doesn’t feel he was ever pushed too hard externally. Pete used to visualize the race all the time, unprompted. He didn't get trained to do this, it was really natural. He would also visualise peop…

Dealing with “The Afterlife” Ed and Colin first met in the greenroom of Question Of Sport. They had a conversation about the transition of being an athlete to “The Afterlife”; life after being an athlete. Colin’s advice for getting through the afterlife: 1 - Take your time. 2 - Be forgiving of yourself when learning new things. You don’t become a c…

Dave’s Life Dave grew up on the highlands. All he wanted to do was to get out and do sports, as there wasn’t much else to do. He wasn’t interested in academics, only sports. Sports gave him the skills he needed to deal with Cancer and Paralysis and Cancer and Paralysis taught him how to live. Karate gave him resilience and taught him how to deal wi…

The hosts history with uncertainty Ed’s thoughts about the Tokyo 2020 delay and how it impacted his career. He was ready to go in for one last hurrah for 2020 and had already been spending 18 months preparing for it, so it was really hard to deal with the ambiguity of it getting pushed back. He couldn’t keep up the momentum, and it ultimately led t…

Today our hosts talk about… What Pursuit Line is all about: helping people to achieve peak performance. They strive to achieve this through a three pronged approach: Ed delivering inspirational talks, workshops both online and in-person, and ongoing consultancy programmes for businesses. They believe that the unique pairing of Phil’s military backg…