The Pressure of Coaching | Former USWNT Coach, Jill Ellis

Jill Ellis (0:00)

You know, I have this saying when I was in my tough moments. I'm like, everything I've experienced to this point is preparing me for this moment. You know, I was like, because I just, you know, worked through the fact that I've dealt with certain things. And sure, this is maybe a bigger platform, but the reality is trust what's inside of you. Trust, you know, what that compass is or that space is that you've dealt with things and you've come through it.

And, you know, again, it's not life or death.

Michael Gervais (0:37)

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Now, this week's conversation is with Jill Ellis, the former head coach of the US Women's National Soccer Team.

Jill's a legend. And if you want to understand culture, if you want to understand how to create environments that are amazing to get the most out of humans and to leave shine on the people that are in it, I mean, she definitely has created and inherited, in her own words, some amazing practices to help people become their very best. So Jill understands winning. She is the all-time winningest coach in US soccer history.