Dion Fanning: Maybe they’re right when they say sport and politics don’t mix

Dion Fanning: Maybe they’re right when they say sport and politics don’t mix

Dion Fanning: Maybe they’re right when they say sport and politics don’t mix


If you were to pick an area of politics as far removed from the sporting arena as possible, it might be an Irish presidential election.  Jim Gavin’s sporting success was built on the idea of committing to the process but he achieved recognition because of outcomes.  Gavin was a leader of the Trust The Process school. It became a mantra, a design for life, a way of achieving all you had to in this world. The thing about trusting the process was that it sounded better if you had achievements behind it.  Trust the process Gavin said, but people listened…