The Karl Stefanovic Show: Alexander The Volk Volkanovski

I have this curious beast that lives inside my head and I'm about to unleash it. Alright, let's go. Oh, good night, Skare! What are you munching on my man? We had a sandwich, that's a pretty good aerobin of sorts. A sandwich? What is it like a multi-gainer or a sandwich? A bird's street bakery? I don't know if you're maybe in a bird's-y-battle. No, I'm a good brother. How are you? Nice to see you. So, what are we talking about? What? What are we going to talk about? What have you won, mate? Talk about feet? Okay? No, that's me. That's me just getting warmed up for the big day. Whew, I'm excited. How are you? I'm good, man. I'm good. Alright, let's roll. Volk, wonderful to talk to you again. You always make time for me. I'm grateful for it. How are you feeling? I feel good. Very good. You know, the fights announced now in Sydney, home town. So, it doesn't get much better than that. So, very, very exciting times. You have been a warrior for so bloody long now. I mean, why aren't you too tired? We get tired, everyone gets tired, right? It's just how do you deal with that? How do you deal with being tired? That's sort of just how it is, you know what I mean? Like, I'm 37 years old. I'm not young, but it's always been tough. It's always been hard, and I've always dealt with it fine. Things may get tougher and tougher, but I know I'll deal with it because that's just who I am. I don't mind it, mind a bit of hard work. I don't mind being a little uncomfortable. Uncomfortable. Bring it on. Where does that come from, though? Good question. Really good question. Because it's a good question because I couldn't put it down to one thing. I really couldn't, I think, as so much comes into it. I think how you're raised, life experiences. It's a weird one. I'm just thankful that I've always had the right mindset, even though I didn't know, I had the right mindset. You know, I wasn't thinking about it. I wasn't thinking that I, like, it wasn't like, "I need to do this, I need to do that." I didn't know. I just did it. I don't know if that's just how I was raised. I don't know where it comes from, but I understand it now. I know what made me champion. What's made me a defending champion. And what's made me a two-time champion. I understand that I'm still learning, but I do understand that a lot more now. I understand what it takes. Where did I get that from? I couldn't point it down to anything. I'm very, very thankful that it just ended up this way, I guess you could say. Alexander! Look the rage! Oh, good night! Skiii! It's wonderful you've come so far and been through so much. So much pain, anguish, torture, the whole lot. You've climbed the mountain. To understand that, does it make it easier? Or is it still just bloody hard? It's always going to be hard. I mean, anything, if you want to be successful in anything in life, you know, it doesn't have to be just sport, business, whatever it is, it's going to be hard work. You know what I mean? A lot of people always ask me, you know, what does it take to be a greater work you do? I think everyone actually, I've said this a couple of times, I think everyone knows the answer to it. It's like, everyone knows that it's, you know, the discipline, sacrifice is hard work. But who's willing to just do that every single day? Who's willing to actually be that disciplined, you know, be that uncomfortable for so long to be successful? I think we all know what to do, but only very few will actually do it. And I think I'm just thankful that I was raised away, I was able to do that, and now that I understand it, I know what it takes. Now I totally understand what it takes, and especially at 37, I know what it takes. And now that I'm 37, it's going to take even more, but I understand that. And I'm welcoming them challenges. He's too old, he's too washed up, he's been around for too long, he's been beaten too many times. Yada, yada, yada, response. Yeah, I love it. I'll keep showing you that I'm different. As I said, there's challenges coming in so many different ways. Right now, there's, you know, diversity will be that I'm not young anymore, I'm older. You know, all that sort of stuff. But we've got the right mindset as we've been talking about right now. And do what you need to do to get it done. And you can be successful, and I proved that obviously my last fight, and I'm going to keep proving it. The thing is, you could give, you could sit anyone down now, Volk at any age, and you could say, this is the blueprint for how you do what I did. But still they won't be able to do it. You are so unique. Yeah, it is, it is true. I know as we were just chatting about, I know success will come through disciplines, sacrifices. And as I told you, like, there's no secret. But then sometimes there might need to be that little bit more, right? For you to obviously be successful, I think that will work every time. But I mean, if you want to be, you know, the one of ones or the one of very few, it all needs to end up working out. For me to have that never give up attitude, to have the positions I've been in and just fight my way out of it. The problem solving under those adversities. I don't know if that much training can get you prepared for that. Maybe it is something that was just built to me at a very young age. I don't know, as I told you, I'm still learning, I'm still figuring all this stuff out. But you're right. You know, there's a lot of people that are being in my position. They've been successful, but they've also failed as well. Maybe because it's just, maybe it is unique. What is unique about it? If you want the exact answer, I don't know if I can give that to you. All I can do is keep doing what I'm doing. Maybe at the end of the day, when it's all said and done, maybe I can point it down to something. Maybe we'll save that for a documentary or something like that. I like the sound of that. The bit is in already in the bottom. You have good that. I love the way you think, man, because you do think like that. But, you know, I was watching this wonderful vision of you the other day when you were playing rugby league. And you're like a cannonball on legs. You know, just that physicality before you even crossed over. You do have fond memories of that? Yeah, yeah, yeah, for sure. All contact sports are going to be pretty, you know, I think a lot of that helped me, you know, transition into fighting. I mean, contact sport, you know, we talk about being comfortable in uncomfortable positions. And, you know, years ago, it was going to be times you vulnerable. When you're, you know, I'm five foot six. If I'm lucky, I sound five foot six, I don't even think I am. But anyway, like, you know, I know I was a front rower, you know what I mean? I was a front rower. And I would have to run you, you know, you could imagine you've got a lineup of monsters. And you got no choice, but, you know, it's going to get uncomfortable. You're going to feel vulnerable. If I need to run straight at them, I'll go nowhere else to go through these guys. But you need to just be like, all right, it needs to be done. And just do it, you know what I mean? So, I do have memories of that. And, you know, I've always been able to hold my own, even at the size that I was. And I think that has transitioned well into my sport. I think of me, or I've always felt like I was down the door. Or I've always put myself in an underdog position. I don't know, I just feel like I've always been that way. I feel like I've arrived when it's like that. And I think it goes to the 40 days. Because again, everyone would have looked at me, goes, look at this little fellow. What's he doing in the front row? And I would have to prove myself, you know what I mean? I still feel like I'm trying to prove myself. I don't feel like I need to. I think I have proven myself. But just in my head, I've always got something to prove. And I think I'll always will. And that's just who I am. And I think that comes with that mentality that I have and that mindset. And that's why I'll always try and push the boundaries to be better. The success of the UFC, when you eventually went to it and, you know, continued success through those years, almost mirrors the success of the UFC. They grew big when you grew big. How was that process like? You know, what was it like to go on for this magical ride? Yeah, it's been incredible, really. I think it's because I still remember watching the sport when you had a barely anyone you were about it in Australia. And then now it's just, it's growing so far, so around the world, especially here in Australia. Like we've got one of the biggest markets over here. The UFC love Australia. Obviously we've had so many champions now. Well, a few champions and so many great athletes from this side of the world. We've got, we have a great athletes in all the sports. And now that we've got so many of them that if they were in other sports and our transitioning name, I may or even starting in the main. You're only going to see so many more champions from this side of the world. But it is growing so fast and I feel like guys like Rob Whitaker, myself, So, you know, Jack Dillon, yeah. like, you know, so many of these great athletes just feel like we're a part of that. It's a special, special to see. I feel like even when it comes to you seeing paper views and the numbers that you're doing and you're breaking records and arenas and now you've got all these new deals or paramount deals, all these sort of stuff, everything that's going on. And I know just I feel a part of it and it's it's it's it's pretty special and I'm glad that I guess everyone has done such a great job that now we're we're building such a good platform for the young athletes. In the process of all of that, you have without a shadow of a doubt become one of the great Australian athletes. I know you'd be aware of those comparisons but how does that sit with you? It's weird because if you were chatted me every day like you would notice that I literally forget that I do this fighting thing like it's weird like it's something that I guess I mean like it's like I literally forget that people know me from the sport and all that like I walk the streets and there's people be like, hey, what's happening? Thinking I'm from school or something and they're like, oh, massive fan and I'm like, oh, yeah, I forgot it, you know, well, champion, all that sort of stuff. It's it's weird. I don't look at myself like that but then you do have these conversations and you hit people who you know, the you know what they say and like I don't even fans like how excited they are to meet me and things they'll say it's still surprised me to this day because I feel like I I live on a farm and I'm pretty chill. I go back home and my kids don't care about world champion. You know, I'm just dad that you know that helps out on the farm here and then still trains and still has that drive to be better and it's just yeah. So sometimes I forget about all the success somewhere I'm at. So it's weird but when I when I am reminded by you know, people like yourself and you know, fans and whatnot, it's it is special because sometimes I will sit there and be like, I mean, that's pretty cool, you know what I mean, but I do I do quickly forget about it. You know, I look at you and I marvel at you, your courage, but for me watching you, it's like you're something I could never be and and I mean that with the greatest respect, you're just getting into the octagon is something I could never do and I wanted to know from you what that is like in front of a home crowd to take that final hundred meters into the octagon, what's going through your mind, what are the thought processes, how do you keep yourself calm? It actually changes every through through your career, it changes so much. I remember early in my career, I would want to be so composed, I didn't want to, you know, I didn't want the atmosphere, I didn't want to drill in rush, I didn't want it to take over and me not be able to perform. So he's trying to control my emotions, how you have full control over it and stay composed as composers I could be and then I got to a stage where I would be too composed, I'll be too chill, well I felt like I was under done. I'm in a position where I'm so experienced, I'm so composed, now I feel like I need to use that energy, what that energy to, I feel like I perform better now with a bit of atmosphere, with a bit of a general rush, maybe you could say, like I actually thrive in those situations where early in my career I'll try not to let that really get the better of me. Now, that energy you guys bring is going to help me in this, so bring it on please, get it, I'll wait to hear it. You know you raised Perth, I reckon there was a moment during that fight with Islam where I don't know you're all over him, you know, like a blue heeler on a posty and I thought he's got this, you know, and it felt like the crowd was almost, they could feel it. So is it a delicate balance, you know, just feeling that and also going about your business? Yeah, it is, you know, having that right energy, putting the right energy, using the right energy at the right time, you've got to, like yeah, there is definitely a balance, someone like Islam or the person in front of you, you get too excited, you know, that can, you could get yourself into a takedown and right now he's fresh, now we can control that little bit better, or in someone like Lopez, Diego Lopez, okay, so he's dangerous, right, he's going to have that K.O. power, you get a little too excited, he can catch you, you know, you've got to find the right time to use the right energy, but keep that pressure on. I know I can last the five rounds, I know that I can, oh, I can tie any of my opponents. So putting the right amount of pressure where I can slowly, slowly build that chaos enough where they start to crumble, I stay in the right safe position, there maybe was a couple of times that I was a little too excited and did get taken down luckily for through my preparation and the competitor I am, I was able to get back to the feet and put that pressure back on, but then I got to a point where as you're saying, where everyone started to feel like, oh, this is turning, you know, even when you would get it taken, I would turn that right back around, I was in his face and not only the crowd, you always letting him know it's like, this is, you know, this is where you're going to start to crumble, I'm not coming for you. And that's what everyone felt. You know, we obviously finished very, very strong. We all thought we did enough, but we didn't get their hand raised. It was a very, very competitive fight. Obviously, these lums are incredibly athlete, but yeah, it was an incredible moment. I didn't get it done. I would have been unreal to have that atmosphere with my hand being raised, but I get to do it in Sydney, February 1st, literally, I could call it home, you know, hometown. So it's pretty incredible. Cannot wait. Like I said, it always excites me talking about, you're bringing up that fight with ease love. And that's getting me excited. And I'm glad we have in these conversations because I want to compare, I want the comparisons, because that's where it's going to be. This is going to be a massive event. And I want to break records. I want the crowd, I want the atmosphere to top the last time, and I want my performance to top the last time. So thank you. Thank you for asking the right questions. Well, I like to think that I'm playing a significant role in this title defense. As I said, the Dana White, when he was out in Australia last time, how long would I last in the ring with the Volk? And he goes, two to three seconds. That's it. I reckon you would last more than two three seconds, you know what I mean? Because I've got a, you know, my take me two three seconds to get to you. Then after that, I'm not sure. But you will last more than two three seconds. I'll give you that. You know the other thing I love about your brother is that you face adversity and you pull yourself out of it. You get up off the deck. That's a purier stuff. I mean, did you have your moments after that? We thought that's it for me. I mean, I'm at the point in my career where, you know, the last couple of years, you're going to, you're going to go through, through times where you're like, how much longer do I have left? Well, a big thank you to Quattas for helping us get here to LA for the Halstead for Novik Show. Thank you guys for bringing the crew and myself over. We got here safely and we got here in fine form to record these interviews. So Quannas, we love you. Like a training is not easy. Like I said, for me to have this mindset mentality and for me to be able to do what I do in that octagon, you know, it ain't easy. So you know, how many more training sessions or training camps can I do like that? Is there times in fights where you're like, that adversity is real. There's going to be times where you can't stay composed and there's going to be times where there is panic. There isn't going to be times where your head isn't exactly where it needs to be. But you still get yourself out of it. And that's something that I feel like I got to prove in the last time. I won't get into too much detail with that. But yeah, I feel like I'm still surprising myself every single time. That's why I'm excited to get back in there and because there was definitely them questions. And I don't like having them questions, you know. Again, you know, I'm a pretty switched on guy. I'm a, I'm pretty real. I'm a, you know, I could say what's the word I'm looking for? Like how could I say this when it comes to reality? Like I understand it. You know, I'm not going to be too delusional. I know, I know I'm old. I know, you know, I know, you know, it's hard to explain. So sometimes I'm, and I'm so what I'm figuring ways around that. And I continue to do that for every fight camp. And I'm a, you know, obviously that's going to happen again this time. I'm already like straight after that fight. It's like, oh, you know, where's your head out exactly? And already where my head's out right now compared to straight after that fight is, it's just incredible. I'm already starting to feel like all right, that same vault that always turns up in that off to go on starting to come back. And, you know, perfect timing as well because this is where we really pick up. So I feel sorry for the training partners. I'm starting to get very excited as we look, you know, you are too. Look, you know, I mean, here we go. This is long as it's not your last bloody flight and fight mate because I will cry like a school boy on day one of primary school and when that happens. Now, I will look at, I love it. There's actually been a lot of people that have been bringing that up. There's been a lot of, I don't know, memes would you call or media saying that this is a retirement for me. fired and I've obviously told everyone that that's not the case you know what I mean I'm I'm planning to go out there and I'm thinking oh I don't want to go out there and just win I actually really do want to go out there and set a statement I don't want to take any damage in there I want to go out there and make this look easy and I believe I can I really do believe and that's no disrespect to Lopez yeah go Lopez I just think that I can go out there and and really make this look easy but only because of my approach how I'm going to approach this my skills where my head's at and I'm going to do what needs to be done to to to get this fight and get my hand race and I believe I do that and I get and and the way I do it I think it's going to be very exciting for the crowd and I think I think I'll I'll I'll I'll say I don't think I've taken any damage so I'm going to be like all right when's the next one you know you've got like one house card and all this sort of stuff the timing for that is pretty incredible I don't know if they want every title fight on that card I'm not sure but we do have other guys that are on that uh you know underfeed it you've got your mob's are uh leroan Murphy who's pretty much underfeed it that is most likely I'd save surely they're they're at least uh fighting each other or we'll be fighting someone hopefully they do it asap so we can get in there and we'll see taking out an underfeed at fighter could that be the last I don't know the finish and all that would be incredible I don't know but finish a career on a rematch especially before you beat the bar so let's make this one look easy let's get back in there and then let's see what happens from there well I just imagine though a white house UFC I mean come on in front of Trumpy yeah it's it's uh it's crazy I mean like it just seems like it's uh not real that it's um yeah it's wild I think the world would be watching just people say is this actually happening like is this really going to happen like oh I figure we need to tune in and you'll see if this is actually happening hey mate I want to ask you this what are your preparations like in the days like can you give everyone at home outside of the sport and the purists an idea you know most people get up and morning go for a run for an hour about bar what is your regime like in preparation for fight night yeah it's a very structured you know it needs to be structured especially at the age that I'm at you know we're going to keep bringing that up but I'm always being well pretty well excuse me pretty well structured it's and ain't easy so you need to make sure you focus on your recovery but we we have so many disciplines in this sport you know you wrestle you grapple uh you know you strike and kickbox and you know multi like you know all these different uh disciplines and then you still need your strength and conditioning you still need a your cardio session you fight simulators there's so much that goes into it so there's there are some hours that are put in the gym uh so there's some days where we're doing uh four sessions a day I'll do four sessions a day or on some of these days but in-cap we sort of uh take the volume down a little bit and just the intensity goes up and I really need to do that now at this point of my career you know I can't be doing four sessions a high intensity just you know it's just going to be more detrimental for me you know mentally and physically so it's just yeah you know you've got to it's a lot it's a lot of a lot of work we're literally in the middle of Beverly Hills not far from all the great restaurants all the great tourist destinations all the great shopping literally when we finish filming we can go do all that it's unbelievable airbnb and puts up with this terrific house and it's all work in the day and all not work at at night and that's the beauty of Airbnb but don't party in the house it's no good for anyone especially the Beverly Hills locals yeah look I I mean I the one thing I wanted to say is with four girls at home and and a beautiful wife I'm surprised you're not in training camp it's more with all that all those women at home well as we're a little bit you know I think I think I need to you know I mean like yeah four kids that ain't cheap so I mean like yeah so it's I need to keep fine that's not too far I probably would have retired if I didn't have to look after four meals now so I still I love the sports too good at what I do so I'll keep doing it but yeah again trying to balance all that sort of stuff can obviously get difficult but I mean it's just yeah that's something that I think you know I I remember bringing it up and I know exactly what it means can be talked about it because a lot of people want to talk about discipline I think a lot of people have discipline and all that and then then I think it really comes down to the sacrifices you are going to be willing to to make especially if you've got a family like you know if you want to like maybe if I didn't have a family maybe I could have more I wouldn't have to sacrifice so many other things because you know you don't have the feeling because I've got a family and I want to make sure every spare bit of time that I have it's going to be it's going to be within it's going to be me trying to be you know the best bother I can which I that ain't easy as we all know you know being a being a being a parent a being easy but just trying to have the right amount of energy to to get back to the family and and yeah sacrifice a lot a lot you lose a bit of yourself that's one thing that I noticed I want to have the break from fighting I got to really understand what it took for me to be champion because I was like oh wow like now I put training or you know you know I lived life and trained second if that makes sense so it was like a family and then myself and then this training schedule come after that that's when I had the break after the two care losses and it really made me realize it's like oh man I had no time for myself so like I literally forgot like yeah you lose a big chunk of yourself going when you are chasing the dream or you want to be elite and I'm thankful for that a lot of people are going to be like you know and they're going to say look at that as a negative it's like no that's what it takes you want to be the best that's what it takes you know and I am willing to sacrifice a big chunk of myself big chunk of my time to be able to provide for my family and then when it's all said and done then I can really appreciate all that now and I'm thankful that that break I really got to be me again you know what I mean and if then I feel like I'm still get to you know now I do a lot of content and a lot of people seeing a lot of that so I think that was very very good for me to have that break I feel like that worked well for me in so many different ways and that was very promising for me because I was going for a bit where I was like me and like am I going to be okay after this sport because that's all I know I don't know any different but that break was really got to figure out all the rest of it and gave me a lot of confidence to know that all these sacrifices and I know I'm going to be all right later and I'm glad I can talk about it and I will talk more about it as I said maybe in a documentary or something like that so be with that in the same position can understand and know that you're going to be all right do what you need to do the sacrifices are going to need to be you know you're going to need a sacrifice you know a lot but you're going to be all right in the end just remember that great words man that that's horrific words for people out there beyond the fighting and everything okay let's talk um Diego Lopez Astola Diego Lopez I want you to make a ghost out of the Patrick's Wazey from Brazil you seen I did there oh oh oh oh I feel I'm missing this I say this one again I want you to make a ghost out of the Patrick's Wazey of Brazil oh I know Patrick's Wazey it might be I'm missing something here he would I haven't seen it oh look mr you want me to give me some feedback I want you know this give me some feedback I want I want me to know this then what there may be other people there may be other people that don't get this so don't be more about it then just in case the people watching can understand or more or literally more the only one that doesn't get this the mother is it sacrifices like a told you the sacrifices going to be movies you don't get to watch and you're gonna you're gonna be getting punched in there too much in there a lot of these jokes are gonna go straight over your head you're making me cry oh my god I knew that gag wouldn't work like the Delo Lama gag hey buddy I don't want to be one else but maybe I just missed the idea no nah it's right no one ever gets my gags you know laugh I have to laugh myself because no one else will I'll get I'll figure it all out then I'm gonna do a post laugh when I'll send it to you it's a good movie it wasn't you done already come it wasn't you was me you're a beautiful man I do love your work I just want to thank my head of production over here Ricardo but man they'll want to thank George's cameras for all their wonderful cameras they make me look amazing the qualities incredible we're filming in an Airbnb it's a remote shoot and it looks exactly like a studio I love you guys all right um Diego how much how much of that is strategy meets opportunity in the octagon the crowd do you feel the pressure more you're using that do you wait for the opportunity I mean, tell me how the strategy works in the octagon for this guy. Yeah, man, it's a, he's a very dangerous opponent, very exciting. That's why he's getting another, another shot. You know, there's a lot of people that were like, oh, quite, you know, some of the people may be surprised that he got another title shot, but he's, he's a gamer. He will fight anyone anywhere and he's exciting, very, very dangerous. He's a type of guy that you know, you're standing in front of him. Sound big, powerful, dangerous shots are coming your way. So strategy is key. Strategy was key in the last one. Strategy will be key in this one. And yeah, I need to stay on my toes. You know, one's bad, one slip up and it could be, it could be good night. It could be, you know what I mean? And I've got to give you that respect. And I don't want a good night in front of all my family and I'm expecting everyone from Will Longot to be there. So I cannot lose. So strategy is going to be, you know, an endpoint and it really does, it needs to be with someone like Diego is actually got good jujitsu. I think no matter where this fight goes, I am better than him. But as I've always said throughout my whole career, the early way I see myself losing is getting cool. You know, someone catching me, you know, with a, you know, a KO punch. I'll say maybe a submission, but I believe that would be hard to do. I feel like my submission defense and I've proved that time and time again is, is pretty solid. And I'm expecting to, you know, I'm expecting if it goes through the ground. If he wants to take me there, I think that ends, ends worse for him. So what's just here, I just can't let him catch me and, you know, I know he's going to be looking for it. If I make one false move and that's why it's exciting. I think everyone like the last fight. Everyone was on the edge of their seat and probably watching the fight like, like this, you know what I mean, which is exciting, scary for a lot of people that are, that are, you know, obviously me coming off KO losses. I know a lot of people like me and I was panicking that whole fight. Now it's probably going to be another one of those ones, but at least that's still adds to the story, you know, what I mean, like I am the guy and I'm happy to say this. I'm happy to say him older, you know, you know, am I the exact same guy I was two, three years ago? No, I'm not. You know, that adds to the story. I'm still doing what a lot of people couldn't do at my age. You know, believe I'm going to keep doing it. So I want to keep separating myself from, from the rest. So, uh, they're, you know what I mean, they're, people should be at the edge of their seat because, yeah, he is that dangerous. And, you know, what I mean, is my timing exactly how it was. I don't want to bank on that. So I know, I need, you know, I mean, I just feel like my timing is incredible. I still feel like I'm fast, but I try and be real with it. I try and, uh, you know, I'll give him the benefit of the down, say the best version of the egg. I was turning up and maybe, maybe I won't be that same guy I was three years ago. So let's do everything that we need to to make sure we get a hand raised. And, uh, he doesn't catch me because I believe, like I said, I believe that's the only way he catches me. So, um, everyone will be on at the edge of their seat and, uh, they should be, but I'm glad. I'm glad I've, I hope that's a part of the story. Because I want people to be like, Oh, you know, I wanted to be this. Can Alex still do it? You know, I mean, as I told you earlier, I love this underdog mentality. I mean, people are probably, I've already beat the guy. Maybe people like us can be easy. I'm hoping it's not like that. I want people to be like, I don't know about this. You know, I mean, Alex is, yeah, got to rise to the occasion. Um, I feel like that's always a better story. So that's how I'm looking at it in my head. Um, and I hope that's an narrative going forward. I won't feel disrespected by that at all. Again, I just think it adds, adds to the story. I just wanted to ask you finally, what does it mean to walk out in front of a home crowd, to hear them cheering your name and willing you to win? What does that like you? Proud, obviously, uh, very proud to be in a position I am, but not only that, I'm just always wanted to set a good example. I feel like I don't try. I feel I'm glad I'm that type of human being that I'm just, being me and I feel I hope, you know, obviously from the feedback I get from so many people that I do set a good example for the younger generation. Uh, and then even athletes and whatnot. Um, yeah, I'm proud to be able to represent my country, but not only that, I want to be able to set a great example for people that, uh, you know, are chasing something, something people that, uh, you know, want to challenge themselves or having challenge themselves and maybe inspire them to challenge themselves to be. Successful in whatever way they choose, um, just to see a really, really set a good example with however that looks, because I think I, uh, me going out there and doing what I'm doing at this age and, uh, where I am in my career. I think no matter, uh, in all parts of life, I think something, I think that, I think that could mean so much to everyone. I think a lot of people can take a lot from that. So that's something that I plan on doing and to do it in Australia and, and maybe inspire, maybe motivate, um, everyone in this country. Um, that's something that would mean a lot to me. All right. When you win, I'll take you to a screening of ghosts with Patrick Swayzing in it. Okay. And it'll take a whole family. It'll, it'll be my shout. All right. Done. Sounds good. I'm, I'm going to watch it probably tonight now. I'm going to sit there and be like, I don't ever want to be putting that position again and not know what's going on. So, uh, I apologize on my end because I'm still feeling up for it. But they won't happen again. I love you. I love what you've done. I love watching you. I love watching you in this fight and I love you beyond because of what you've given myself and the whole country. Go get him, Tiger. No worries, mate. Thank you. I appreciate it a lot. All right. Thank you.