The Importance of Passion

I never really believed that I was going to become the best in the world, not just because it wasn't the funding of support, but because I didn't believe that I was as good as anybody else. My dream was to make the team for the come off games or maybe even make the Olympic team if I managed to squeak on there. In the early days, Jason Quilly, winning the gold medal in Sydney, you know, Jason was just an ordinary bloke. This guy who was your mate, your teammates who won a gold medal at the Olympic Games. And it changed my view on what Olympic champions were - until that point, we didn't have any in our team