There has never been a rugby player quite like Paul O'Connell. His name is synonymous with passion, heart and determination. But he is also the thinking man's rugby player, a legendary student of the game.
Paul O'Connell was born in Limerick in 1979. He was selected for three British and Irish Lions tours, including as captain in 2009. He won three Six Nations championships with Ireland, including two as captain, in 2014 and 2015; and he won two Heineken Cups with Munster.
The years of O'Connell and O'Driscoll were as close to a golden age
as ever Ireland will get and O'Connell's book tells you how it all
happened ... It should be mandatory for every Irish squad member to
read O'Connell's book to better understand what it takes to make a
team
*Sunday Times*
The intense physicality of his rugby upbringing is an abiding theme
... along with humour, the craic and an extensive knowledge of how
teams work
*Daily Telegraph*
I found The Battle entrancing
*Sunday Times*
Excellent ... [an] eye-opening account of the never-ending battles
he fought
*Rugby World*
Fascinating ... the recollections of life with the British and
Irish touring team leap out as highlights
*Daily Mail*
A fascinating insight into what has driven him and how his approach
to the game changed over time. The inner tensions of possibly the
most intense competitor of his generation are laid bare in The
Battle.
*Sunday Times*
Revelatory ... Unflinchingly charts his personal evolution ... He
is not at all easy on himself
*Irish Times*
It is pure O'Connell ... Players and coaches from all sports will
have the pencil out, finding nuggets
*Irish Examiner*
Absorbing and compelling ... The O'Connell who dominates this book
is the one who becomes fixated on the mentality of champions
*Irish Times*
O'Connell has emptied the tank here. ... What has come out ... is a
psychological profile that is almost shocking at times in what it
reveals about the bloody single-mindedness of the competitive
gene
*Irish Independent*
A fantastic book
*RTE Radio One*
He is a standard-bearer for the country and someone whose
principles, moral compass, ideals and heroic virtue make us wish
our children would aspire to be someone like him
*Sunday Independent*
An exceptional book ... tremendously honest
*Today FM*
Engaging, honest and insightful. Terrific
*Ryle Nugent*
Honest, fair and devoid of self-pity ... reflects on his life
without a shred of hypocrisy or recrimination
*Observer*
A stunning achievement
*Irish Mail on Sunday*
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many revealing insights into the mind of a born winner
*Sunday Business Post*
Brilliant, bruising
*Sunday Independent*
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