Joel Parkinson

I walked out and Monica's like, and I was like, this is amazing.

And it was like the first moment that I'd probably had any private, you know, like time.

When all the noise and people go away and you have that moment, it was just like back in your base and in your safe spot.

I was like, that's when it sunk in.

How often do you think about that moment?

Never.

Never.

No, never.

Until I talk with someone like this, then I never really do.

I guess unless I'm talking with someone else, like in a coaching role or something like that, it's not something you're going to sit down and talk to your best mate about all the time.

Do you ever give a shit for that?

No, I always just rub it into him because he's a three-winery world champ and he stole one in 2009.

I always say, well, give me back my 2009 one.

Yeah, we'll do it too, you cockhead.

Yeah, I suppose.

I guess for me it was – maybe it's just because of the way I thought.

But definitely I thought there was a lot more – there was a lot of people that – it was so sweet to win after so much bitterness.

So it was really nice.

A lot of people recognized probably that.

Plus I'd been putting a fair bit of effort in at the time too to really win one.