How Soccer Explains Leadership Podcast

Interview with a Legend (Part 2) with Clyde Best, MBE, Former West Ham United Striker and Bermuda National Team Manager


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In Episode 31, Clyde Best, MBE, former player with West Ham United, Feyenoord, Tampa Bay Rowdies, Portland Timbers, and Toronto Blizzard, former youth coach, former Manager of the Bermuda National Team, and member of the Bermuda Hall of Fame, talks with Phil about mentorship, self-awareness, the value of team sports in other areas of life, integrity and doing the “next right thing,” the infamous VAR, his beloved West Ham United, his faith, and how he has used lessons learned in his incredible playing career in other areas of life. Specifically, Clyde discusses:

  • The value of mentors in football and in life (3:18)
  • How he took the lessons learned from his mentors in the game and used them in his life after playing football (7:32)
  • The importance of honing both your mental and physical parts of your game (11:17)
  • How he can tell if someone has played team sports in their life (12:41)
  • The importance of self-awareness and why it is important (17:39)
  • Living a life of integrity and doing the “next right thing” (20:56)
  • How he really feels about VAR, diving, and other not-so-great parts of the game (25:03)
  • Life lessons we’re missing due to the introduction of VAR (27:16)
  • What he learned from the game that he took to coaching youth and professionals (38:27)
  • Things he loves about West Ham and things he wishes were different (42:30)
  • Lessons he learned from the game itself that he used in his business (47:32)
  • How his faith played into his playing, coaching, and other areas of life (48:52)
  • Lessons he learned from the game that he has used in his marriage and parenting (50:10)
  • What he has listened to that has informed his thinking of how soccer explains life and leadership (52:36)
  • The importance of having a learning posture (55:14)

Resources and Links from this Episode

  • Clyde Best Foundation
  • Uncut Video of the Episode
  • HSEL Facebook Group
  • Phil and HSEL on Clubhouse -- @phildarke
  • The Acid Test: The Autobiography of Clyde Best, by Clyde Best
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