Dan Carter: The Autobiography of an All Blacks Legend

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I’d developed from being a naïve, quiet kid at the start of my career to taking on one of the key leadership positions in the team.

He has three times been named World Rugby's Player of the Year, most recently the day after his Man of the Match performance in the 2015 Rugby World Cup final. As the 2023 Rugby World Cup goes into the finals, it's worth pausing to think about what happens to rugby players when they hang up their boots.This may result in small marks to the dustjacket and title page, please also bear in mind that each signature will be a little different from the one we show here. Some days I had to remind myself to be grateful, but what I discovered is that gratitude is like so many other habits: it can be developed over time. I’d dabbled in business during my sports career, but if that was where I saw a future, where would I fit in? I know I’m in a fortunate position to have had a long and successful career, to be in good health and not face the financial and physical troubles many players face upon retirement.

I’m not arrogant enough to say I’m at the top of my game, or any game for that matter, but another version of me might have ripped into The Art of Winning. Instead I was going to change my game, and take the book for what it is: a decent collection of helpful tips, written by somebody who has achieved quite a bit in their career and deigned to put it down onto paper. A true superstar of international rugby playing 112 test matches for the All Blacks winning two Rugby World Cups.My confidence grew when organisations like AstraZeneca, who were trying to develop a Covid vaccine at the time, and a team at the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, part of the University of Oxford, wanted to hear my thoughts on managing pressure.

Please Note: By their very nature, all signed books will have been handled several times before they get to you. He has been crowned the record points scorer in Test rugby and the most capped All Blacks fly-half of all time.Some of the greatest moments of your life will be when you hold your nerve in a crisis, so learning better ways to do it is always time well spent. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. The Art of Winning" is a powerful read, not only for sports enthusiasts, but for anyone keen on personal development and mastering the art of winning in life.

He is the highest point scorer in test match rugby, and is considered by many experts as the greatest ever first five-eighth (fly-half) in the history of the game. So, instead of “retiring” he began a process of repurposing – where he established his own set of values and beliefs. Upon international retirement, he had played 112 Tests for his country and scored 1,598 points in their legendary jersey. And so began a process that is still ongoing in my life, a process that has forced me to look inwardly in a way I’ve never had to before, that has proven challenging, frustrating, rewarding and left me full of gratitude. And I loved the social diversity: the fact that everyone can play the game - different shapes, sizes, religions; boys and girls, old and young.How would a rugby player ever be able to pen advice that would resonate with someone who views a rugby ball as a hazard, and Jockeys as plan B when I’m on holiday? A lot of the book is intended to be read by people who are responsible for a team, a business, or a business that refers to itself as “a team”, so if none of those refer to you, you might get limited use out of it. At a time when many people are contemplating the next step in their career, working hard towards achieving their goals, those of us in sport are contemplating the end. During his 20-year career he broke several world records and scored the winning points in the 2015 Rugby World Cup final, earning him his third World Rugby Player of the Year Award and a second consecutive World Cup win for New Zealand.