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The pleasing thing is being able to be in an environment where, even though I'm a rookie, everyone wants to help you out. ”
To be part of something special, to be an Olympian and have the chance to win a medal - it's an amazing feeling. ”
I just don't want to fail, to be honest. ”
Being a young Kiwi lad, a young Polynesian boy, I was pretty close to my family. But when I moved to Sydney, I went from training twice a week, playing touch footy with my mates, to working full-time as a labourer and training professionally. ”
That's the beautiful thing about being a father for the first time; it has really made me get my concentration levels in check. ”
It was too hard to understand marrying someone I didn't know. When you don't like someone, if he touches you, it's harder than anything. ”
When my mother told me they have to sell me, I couldn't breathe; I couldn't speak. ”
There is a great power in speaking your truth and standing for something important. ”
I saw my friends being beaten because they said no to child marriage. ”
When I was being sold into marriage, it was hard to see a future for myself. ”