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21 " Ross Lyon: Matthew is a little like the champion racehorse Might and Power - you just need to give him a niggle in the ribs every now and then and away he goes. "
― , Purple Heart
22 " It made for a stark contrast with the booing of Sydney star Adam Goodes, which re-emerged in force in his team’s Round 17 match against West Coast in Perth.The booing and jeering had been going on for the best part of a year but intensified again against the Eagles to a remarkable extent. For a champion of our game, it was disrespectful and hard to fathom. "
23 " When something like the booing of Adam happens we take so many steps back as a game and a country. "
24 " The Fremantle Football Club has needed me. But I have needed the Fremantle Football Club more - it owes me nothing at all. All the players and coaches who have represented the club, the staff, our sponsors and corporate supporters, our members and fans, and the families of the players - we have all endured. For me looking in the rear view mirror, it’s about celebrating us and our journey, not just one person. "
25 " Nothing has been handed to myself, or the team, on a platter. The team and I had to work unbelievably hard for every bit of success we have achieved. "
26 " Despite those struggles, I prefer the difficult and uncertain times like we’ve had. We had to work our way out of it - there was no other way - and as such, it feels earned and it feels right. Gifted success has a veil of worthlessness that no one wants to wear. "
27 " The West Australian Football Commission (WAFC) got a second team but was not prepared to invest in that team because any investment would drain funds from other parts of the WA football system. The AFL also firmly wanted a second club in Perth to continue its growth as a truly national competition, but after seeing the Eagles play in three and win two of the five Grand Finals between 1990 and 1994, rival clubs were loathe to allow recruiting concessions that might create a second western juggernaut.Hence, the Dockers were not well resourced and light on for talent, left to fend for themselves and somehow expected to make money from day one. By the time the AFL established new clubs on the Gold Coast and in western Sydney nearly 20 years later, they had learned from previous mistakes and invested in those clubs to give them the best chance of success. The support and concessions those clubs received were phenomenal compared to Fremantle’s. "