Your teammates won’t quote your pep talk. They’ll copy the way you tie your shoes when you’re losing.

What gets transmitted in a group is behavior under pressure, not language. Nobody remembers the words, and everybody remembers whether you were still doing things properly when it was going badly. Small physical habits in bad moments carry more weight than anything said in good ones.

Pay attention to what you do with your hands and your face when the score turns. Keep the ordinary routines intact: same preparation, same care, same pace. That steadiness is what people will still be copying next year.