5 MINUTES WITH INTERVIEW FAVOURITES Travel destination: I’ve been lucky to travel a lot with football and go to places you wouldn’t ordinarily go to, but I’d like to see more of Europe. A lot of the time, we’d fly over there, play a few games and fly back, but it would be nice to spend a bit of time there What do you say to those kids In your sporting career, what’s and explore it properly. I’d love with cerebral palsy, or perhaps been the best piece of advice to get back to South America too. an acquired brain injury, who are that you’ve gotten from Sport to play/watch: Football, anxious about giving sport a go? someone you respect. but I like a bit of everything. I love watching Liverpool FC in the I’d love for them to come down and I’ve always looked for that one English Premier League, the have a try at least once, because tag-line that I could live my life by; A-League and I really like the 95% of the time, they come back. something that really resonated with W-League here. I really appreciate It’s not only about playing the game. me. It’s probably come in the last the hard-work that the women We’re using football for a little bit couple of years with really having to have had to put into to grow their of our physio treatment and therapy, fundraise and grow the sport that game and it shows in the way they but it’s also the social and mental has emphasised the importance of play: with grit and determination. aspect which plays such a big part working hard for what you want— A lot of these guys here are trying of the picture. A lot of the kids it’s not meant to be easy. I think the to do the same thing, so I really playing here today, are the best of biggest hurdle that a lot of these connect with that. friends already, and it’s just because guys face, is not only the disability they can connect and discuss things. – but the mental side of it and Cuisine: Indian or Thai So, give it a shot— it offers so much knowing that they can do it, but it more than just the sport aspect. feels good when you work for it, you Movie: I really like ‘I Love You Man’ Always try things out. know. It shouldn’t be easy. with Paul Rudd— I think it’s really funny. TV program: ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ Song: I really like ‘Bad Bad News’ by Leon Bridges and my son is obsessed with Khalid, ‘Young Dumb Broke,’ so I’ve listened to that a good 700 times in the last three months, so probably those two! Book: ‘Tuesdays With Morrie’ is one that I got into when I was quite young and it really resonated with me. Gadget: I quite like my Myzone heart rate monitor. At my gym that I train at, they make your own competitions to earn as many points as you can over a few months, so it’s a good little goal to make sure I’m getting in as much training as I should be, so I’m a bit hooked on that at the moment! And I just got a SPT GPS, which is a Melbourne-based GPS unit and really affordable and really good. I’ve just been able to replicate my games in training. VOLUME 36 • JUNE ISSUE 2018 7