The athlete who I’ve spent more coaching hours with than any other in my career. We had many highs, a few lows, many laughs and the odd argument!!!!

 

Scott was a supreme athlete, and here are 3 lessons he taught me: -

 

1. HE DIDN’T LISTEN. – Now let’s not get it twisted. Scott was very coachable. He listened, absorbed and put into practise every day what his coaching team taught him to do. What I mean was Scott Quigg never had much of an amateur boxing career. Amongst the boxing fraternity it is said that without this, you cannot succeed as a professional. Scott never listened to this, and went on to win the British, Inter Continental and world title fighting at the Manchester Arena, O2 London, Monte Carlo, Los Angeles, Boston, and was chief support to Joshua Vs Klitscko at Wembley Stadium in front of 90,000 people. At this time that remains the biggest fight the world has ever seen.

 

2. DISCIPLINE. – As the old saying goes ‘talent isn’t enough’. Scott was super talented. Anybody who sparred him or trained with him will tell you that. However, this was built on a foundation of unbelievable discipline and sacrifice. Social life, personal time, plus much more all made way to the pursuit of improvement each and every day. We even trained on Xmas day as when there was a fight to be won this was simply just another day. Discipline, in 2020 is a dying art, and Scott had it in buckets full.

 

3. SELF BELIEF. – It’s a fairly well-known story now that Scott Quigg left high school aged 15, without a single qualification to pursue his dream of becoming a professional boxer (he doesn’t advocate that other kids should follow that path!!). But he believed in his vision, and he went for it 100%. I know that Scott was supported totally by his parents in this. But I also know there were many doubters. Scott always believed in his vision, never wavered from it, and backed it with relentless action.

 

These were 3 key lessons he taught me.

 

Have a great day.

 

Ric