Aidan Walsh

And a friend of mine hadn't seen me in a long time and he said to me, Aidan,

You're literally glowing.

You actually look like a normal person again.

He says, like, for a lot of your career, and something similar to that French story, you were gaunt looking, you were, you know, lethargic looking, dull, no energy.

He says, you actually look, you look fresh.

You look like you've been on holiday.

I wasn't even on holiday or nothing.

He says, you look like you're on holiday.

And I said, that's just no pressure, enjoying life, doing what I want to do, spending time with the people I want to spend with.

And that was what sport was doing to me.

And people say, Ian, why did you step away from sport at such a young age?

Like, you could have went on to another two Olympics.

But when it's bringing you down that much, and it's not making you happy, you're giving up so much, and you're getting very little back.

Like, I was winning fights, and I was getting out of the ring, and I was going, I want to go home.

Like, I was at a tournament in Strangie, and I won two fights, and I was going to fight for a medal.

And I was like, I want home.

I had a breakdown.

I was like, just get me out of here.

I just want home.

People were like, what are you doing?