Beyond The Game Podcast Paul Cahill & Jonny Holland
Beyond The Game explores the mindset, resilience, and high-performance habits of elite athletes, expert coaches, and experienced business leaders from the world...
Episode 2 - Patrick Horgan On Mindset, Motivation and What Really Matters.
What does it take to sustain elite performance for almost two decades?
In this episode of Beyond The Game, Patrick Horgan gives a rare insight into the mental toughness, discipline, and obsession with improvement that have made him one of hurling’s all-time greats.
From the heartbreak of All-Ireland final defeats to the relentless drive to keep coming back stronger, Hoggie shares how he stays motivated, managing his mindset over time and what wearing the Cork jersey truly means to him.
Topics Covered:
- The elite mindset—how to stay at the top for over a decade.
- Leadership in the face of setbacks & finding motivation again.
- The power of knowing your ‘why’ in sport & life.
- How resilience & reflection fuel long-term success.
- Cork pride, passion & what it really means to wear the jersey.
Listen and subscribe to the Beyond The Game Podcast for unique insights into the mindsets, resilience and habits of athletes, coaches and business leaders from the world of high performance sports.
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Episode 1 - Simon Zebo: Rugby, Business & The Struggles Beyond The Smile.
In this exclusive and unfiltered episode of Beyond The Game, Simon Zebo opens up like never before. From the pressures of elite sport to the hidden struggles behind his signature smile, he shares how family support, resilience, and mindset shifts helped him navigate career transitions, missed selections, and injuries. Now, stepping into entrepreneurship with Black Emerald Irish Whiskey, Zebo reveals the high-performance habits and transferable skills that drive his success beyond rugby.
Topics Covered:
How sport shapes character and fuels long-term success
The high-performance habits that fuelled Simon Zebos’ success.
The realities of professional sport—beyond the fanfare and smiles.
How transferable skills from rugby apply to business and leadership
The mental resilience needed to handle setbacks like missed selections & injuries
Listen and subscribe to the Beyond The Game Podcast for unique insights into the mindsets, resilience and habits of high performance athletes, coaches and business leaders from the world of high performance sports.
Beyond The Game explores the mindset, resilience, and high-performance habits of elite athletes, expert coaches, and experienced business leaders from the world of high performance sport.
Hosted by Paul Cahill and Jonny Holland, each episode examines the success and the struggles—revealing lessons learned along the way that have allowed our guests find success within their professional and personal lives.
Expect conversations and applicable learnings on:
Resilience – Overcoming setbacks & staying mentally strong
Mindset – The psychology behind peak performance
Leadership – Lessons from sport that apply to business & life
Winning Habits – The routines & discipline that drive success
The principles and tools of leadership, resilience, and high performance don’t just belong in sport—they belong everywhere.
New episodes every fortnight. Listen, learn, and level up.