Jack Singleton

Gav

It started with a conversation about The Australian newspaper a couple of

years ago.

You'd just done the new ads for The Australian and I told you I thought they

were pretty good.

You being you, you asked me if the ads were so good that they actually made

me put my hand in my pocket and buy The Australian.

I replied “yes”, and that I usually picked up a copy on Monday - for the

media section - and on Saturday - when I had time to read.

You replied "Not good enough, mate. You need to buy it and read it every

day".

In the weeks and months that followed we'd see each other on the track and

greet each other simply “Every day, mate. Every day.”

If we hadn’t seen each other training for a few days, we’d point out to each

other that there’s little point training only once or twice a week, it

should happen “every day”.

Soon “every day” started to mean a lot more than reading a newspaper or

training.

For me it started to mean that there’s no point doing anything if you’re not

going to do it properly. And for things to be done properly, effort needs to

be put in “every day”. Family. Work. Friends. Training.

“Every day.”

Gav, to me you stand for doing things properly.

It’s not about making a massive all night effort the day before the big

presentation.

It’s not about seeing how fit you can get in two weeks.

It’s not about telling the people you love that you love them once a year on

their birthday or at Christmas.

Life is about the things you do every day.

Thanks for helping me realise that.

Every day, mate.

Every day.

Jack Singleton