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Welcome to New Orleans and

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The Game Inside the Games presented

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by Microsoft Co-Pilot. I am sport

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and performer psychologist Dr. Michael Gervais.

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This week we are streaming a

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daily series from Super Bowls Radio

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Row. I'll be joined by former

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NFL stars Greg Olson and Brandon

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Marshall. In my experience working with

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the world's best at the Olympics

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across two Super Bowls, the World

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Cup, one truth stands out. There are

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two games happening at the same

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time. There's the one we all

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see. The game played under the

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brightest lights in front of millions

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where champions are crowned and history

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is written. It's the game that

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carries the hopes of cities and

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nations where every move is analyzed,

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every mistake magnified, and every play

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has the power to define a legacy.

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But the real competition, that

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happens in the mind. The inner game.

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the way you work with your

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thoughts and emotions, the battle against

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doubt, the ability to manage pressure,

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the capacity to trust oneself in

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the face of uncertainty, distinguishes

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those who meet the moment from

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those who come up short. This

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game... has been largely hidden from

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view. It doesn't play out in

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highlight reels or show up in

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stat sheets, yet this is where

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the Super Bowl's outcome is determined

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in these amazing athletes' ability to

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eloquently adjust to the demands of

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the moment. That's why we

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created this series the game inside

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the games We pull back the

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curtain revealing the unseen psychological battles

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that shape champions Because if you

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want to understand greatness you have

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to start where the game is

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won or lost Inside. In

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this series we are really excited

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to introduce a new special segment

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called The Confidence Playbook presented by

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Macweldon where we explore the inner

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workings of confidence and how it

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shows up in high performance environments

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because if there's one stage that

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demands confidence it's the Super Bowl.

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Confidence is misunderstood. People often think

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that confidence comes from past success

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from stacking up wins or that

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you can fake it until you

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make it as if... pretending to

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be confident magically makes you unshakable.

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Confidence is a skill. It's built

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over time. There's a science to

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it. It comes from what you

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say to yourself, which is always

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under your control. And underneath that,

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it's built by consistently putting yourself

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in uncomfortable, sometimes downright challenging circumstances,

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where you earn the right to

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say to yourself. I can do

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difficult things. And then you practice

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speaking that way, until one day

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it feels like the heat no

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longer phases you. It's not about

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knowing that you'll succeed. It's about

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knowing that you'll figure out how

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to adjust whatever the outcome is,

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whatever happens. And as you'll hear

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in this segment throughout this series,

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many athletes on the world stage

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like the Super Bowl have mastered

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this skill. the skill of getting

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to their edge, the skill of

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building confidence. And here's the kicker.

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Confidence isn't for the select few,

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it's available to anyone willing to

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lean into discomfort and put in

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the reps. And the best part,

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finding mastery at checkout. All right,

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now it's time for the AI

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insights brought. by Microsoft Co-Pilot. In

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my preparation for the series, I

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asked Co-Pilot to identify iconic pivotal

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moments in Super Bowl history. And

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here's the first thing that came

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up. Here's the title. Super Bowl

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49. Malcolm Butler's interception. A legendary

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moment in Super Bowl history. This

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was a pivotal moment. And I

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know because I was there on

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the sidelines with the Seattle Seahawks.

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26 seconds left. Second in goal

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from the one-yard line. we were

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inches away from back to back

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titles. In the Patriots, they're just

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seconds away from a heartbreak. The

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energy in the stadium was electric,

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it was tense, like everybody knew

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something massive was about to happen,

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but nobody knew what. And then

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in the blink of an eye,

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everything flipped. I saw Malcolm Butler

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break on the ball and the

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force of his body colliding with

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Ricardo Lockett. The ball was secured,

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the shock was settling in. We

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had victory in our grasp and

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in a fraction of a second,

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he was gone. At first it

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looked like instinct, like pure reaction,

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but it wasn't. Malcolm had not

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seen this play before, but he

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was prepared. He had trained his

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mind to recognize this formation, to

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anticipate the throw, to react before

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the ball had even left Wilson's

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hands. That's what made this moment

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so profound. It wasn't luck, it

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wasn't magic, it was preparation, meeting

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opportunity at the highest stakes imaginable.

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That's why we're starting here. Because

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the game inside the games isn't

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about skill or talent, it's about

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mental sharpness, real-time decision-making, and the

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ability to execute under pressure when

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the moment chooses you. So the

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question is, what separates the people

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who sees the moment from the

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ones who hesitate? And that's what

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we're here to find out. Thanks

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for joining us and please hit

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the subscribe button. Seriously, it helps

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think and while you're at it,

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tell your friends because let's be real.

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The real game is the game inside the game.

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And make sure sure you tune in tomorrow.

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Greg Olson unlocks a high stakes, high

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pressure part of the of the Super rarely

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seen. seen.