Himself: “I was half-Japanese, half-Australian in a white Australian society where, if you weren’t good at sport, you weren’t considered to be worthy of the group – and I wanted to be part of the group. I was little, and I looked different, but I wanted to be good at sport, so I had to find a way. I didn’t have any athletic gifts, so I became a competitor. I fought.”
On his battle to belong.
Mellowing: “People always ask if the stroke changed me. It did. I think I became less intense and learned to relax more. I’m sure the England players will find that amusing.”
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- March 12, 2022
