Podcaster Mark Howard is about to hit 100 episodes, featuring a raft of huge names in sport. The moment that stood out most: Grant Hackett's 'pure hatred'.
The "pure hatred" Grant Hackett showed towards his Olympic silver and bronze medals has been named by podcast host Mark Howard as his most startling moment in 100 episodes.will reach its century this week and Howard said that Hackett's venom towards his perceived failures stood out among all the responses he'd received from a raft of big-name guests.
Hackett, the champion Australian swimmer, won three Olympic gold medals but also claimed three silvers and a bronze during his career. "I was floored that one of our greatest Olympians of all time viewed coming second in such a brutal light,""I guess Grant's pure hatred of what he perceived to be 'failure' is one of the main reasons he was so good."The exchange between Hackett and Howard about the minor medals went as follows.
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