Alistair was one of those guys who was on the team but never really committed to being part of it. He would run his own camps, bring in his own guys, train by himself, so him going somewhere else won’t make much difference, it isn’t a huge loss.
Most people who come to the team buy into [the team ethos]. He was probably the only one who hasn’t wanted to do the team thing.
The funny thing was, he would run his own camps and bring his own people in, then go out there and lose and blame everybody but himself. So now if he goes to Jackson’s and doesn’t learn to open up and step out of himself then he is going to get the same results.
He just doesn’t trust people.
And at the end of the day as an athlete you have to be coachable. And being coachable is a humbling thing. You have to be like, ‘let me put aside all my own thoughts and let me hear what is coming in’. Then afterwards you might weigh up what you want to take on and what you don’t.
The thing with Alistair is he only does what he wants to do. He doesn’t want to get out of his comfort zone. He doesn’t want to do anything to get out of his comfort zone, even in training. He doesn’t want to train too hard or push himself too hard because it’s out of his comfort zone"
I hope he learns to change that. I hope he says to himself that he wants to be different, he wants to be a champion - ‘F--k just wanting to compete, I want to be the best.’ I don’t think he really believes in himself.
His mindset works against him and that is the biggest challenge that faces people who work with him. Getting him to change his mindset, getting him to say ‘OK, let me be uncomfortable, let me suffer a little bit.’ But I personally don’t think it will happen for him, though I hope it does.
There’s no hard feelings, I just think he is always going to be that rolling stone. He is always going to be in between places, trying to figure out where he belongs. And the problem is that when he gets somewhere that he may belong, he doesn’t open up enough or trust enough to really let a relationship develop.
To be 100 per cent honest, given the Jackson’
s Gym that I knew, I don’t think he is really going to fit in. But I haven’t been there for a long time so I don’t know what the place is like these days. But as far as I can tell they still seem to be a close team,
So I don’t know if that is going to be something that he is able to adapt to. Right now he is at the end of his rope as far as being with a team so maybe he will feel the need to try harder.
If he doesn’t do that, I don’t know…. Honestly speaking, I don’t even know why he wants to join a team. All he is going to do is bring in his own guys so I don’t know why he is even joining a team rather than making his own team.
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