A mantra the Eagles have been saying all year.
It always interests me the power of mantras with teams. We were the first to say “We all we got, we all we need!” That phrase was adopted years later by several other teams.
It just intrigues me how a team of 53 human beings can rally around a quote.
There must be something to it.
Its science. Real science.
There are a ton of studies that have been done in sport and other areas that examine the effect process, ritual and suggestion can have on sensory experience and human performance, whether physical or otherwise.
its been shown that the tradition of japanses tea preparation and the process it takes, requiring patience, accuracy and carefully plotted steps, actually results in heightened enjoyment of the drink and its taste.
Traditional Samurai warfare (staying in Japan) relied on ritual before battle to put warriors in a heightened sense of being so that they were able to fight more effectively... essentially, a force multiplier.
Mantras function in a similar way, instilling in a person or people the belief that they have something more than their opponent - destiny, fate, fortune... that 'something' that allows them to push that 1 percent further or focus 2 percent more than without it.
It all tickles the same senses and synapsis that can give a person hyper focus and heightened strength in a situation where, say a loved one's life is in danger and they are required to act to save them.
its all chemical, man.
