Neil Adams
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It means so much. And I think, you know, but I've got to say this, and this is honestly, you know, if it meant that if I'd have won that Olympic Games and it had to change my life into a different direction, which I probably would have not competed in the 88 Olympic Games then. All right.
So if it had changed my life and then I didn't have, I didn't meet my wife and I, you know, didn't have my family that I've got now. I wouldn't swap that, what I've got now, for anything.
So if it had changed my life and then I didn't have, I didn't meet my wife and I, you know, didn't have my family that I've got now. I wouldn't swap that, what I've got now, for anything.
So if it had changed my life and then I didn't have, I didn't meet my wife and I, you know, didn't have my family that I've got now. I wouldn't swap that, what I've got now, for anything.
Yeah. And it is, isn't it? You know, and I think that there's a lot of Olympic champions and world champions that win and then are forgotten. And I said to Nikki, I said, my wife, I said, I don't want to be forgotten and I want to be remembered. So if I'm going to do anything, anything I do, if I'm going to do commentary or whatever it is, or coaching, I want to do coaching to a high level.
Yeah. And it is, isn't it? You know, and I think that there's a lot of Olympic champions and world champions that win and then are forgotten. And I said to Nikki, I said, my wife, I said, I don't want to be forgotten and I want to be remembered. So if I'm going to do anything, anything I do, if I'm going to do commentary or whatever it is, or coaching, I want to do coaching to a high level.
Yeah. And it is, isn't it? You know, and I think that there's a lot of Olympic champions and world champions that win and then are forgotten. And I said to Nikki, I said, my wife, I said, I don't want to be forgotten and I want to be remembered. So if I'm going to do anything, anything I do, if I'm going to do commentary or whatever it is, or coaching, I want to do coaching to a high level.
And I want to commentate at a high level. I remember the first commentary I ever did, it was terrible. And I just thought, I've got to do better than this. And I thought, I need to do it well. And I've got to do it professionally.
And I want to commentate at a high level. I remember the first commentary I ever did, it was terrible. And I just thought, I've got to do better than this. And I thought, I need to do it well. And I've got to do it professionally.
And I want to commentate at a high level. I remember the first commentary I ever did, it was terrible. And I just thought, I've got to do better than this. And I thought, I need to do it well. And I've got to do it professionally.
I think great champions are made up of the people that handle it in the right way. And you could say, well, I don't like losing. And you could throw your dummy out the pram and you can be a bad loser in front of everybody. And actually, people pick up on that very, very quickly. You know what it's like in broadcasting, right? Somebody has a bad word to say about somebody.
I think great champions are made up of the people that handle it in the right way. And you could say, well, I don't like losing. And you could throw your dummy out the pram and you can be a bad loser in front of everybody. And actually, people pick up on that very, very quickly. You know what it's like in broadcasting, right? Somebody has a bad word to say about somebody.
I think great champions are made up of the people that handle it in the right way. And you could say, well, I don't like losing. And you could throw your dummy out the pram and you can be a bad loser in front of everybody. And actually, people pick up on that very, very quickly. You know what it's like in broadcasting, right? Somebody has a bad word to say about somebody.
But actually, the ones that endear themselves to you are the ones that handle it in the right way, the correct way. It doesn't mean that you've got to like it. I didn't like it. And I thought that I handled it certainly in later years in the right way. And I like to see athletes do it in the right way, you know, and I think that it's a make or break situation. It's not all the contests they win.
But actually, the ones that endear themselves to you are the ones that handle it in the right way, the correct way. It doesn't mean that you've got to like it. I didn't like it. And I thought that I handled it certainly in later years in the right way. And I like to see athletes do it in the right way, you know, and I think that it's a make or break situation. It's not all the contests they win.
But actually, the ones that endear themselves to you are the ones that handle it in the right way, the correct way. It doesn't mean that you've got to like it. I didn't like it. And I thought that I handled it certainly in later years in the right way. And I like to see athletes do it in the right way, you know, and I think that it's a make or break situation. It's not all the contests they win.
It's the one that they lose and then how they pick themselves up and handle themselves after. So I think that that is a big one for me. And also I, I mean, I went through, you know, obviously a later divorce, and that was difficult on my son, really difficult on Ashley.
It's the one that they lose and then how they pick themselves up and handle themselves after. So I think that that is a big one for me. And also I, I mean, I went through, you know, obviously a later divorce, and that was difficult on my son, really difficult on Ashley.
It's the one that they lose and then how they pick themselves up and handle themselves after. So I think that that is a big one for me. And also I, I mean, I went through, you know, obviously a later divorce, and that was difficult on my son, really difficult on Ashley.
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