“It's the thing that sticks in your mind, walking through Adelaide during the week before a Showdown. You'll get stopped by every single person you see, either saying 'you can't let them beat you' or 'you guys have got no chance',”
“They'll be laughing, that the two teams they could play are going to bash the living suitcase out of each other. Whichever team wins, West Coast is going to meet a very sore side next week,”
“Any player who tells you this is just another final or just another game we've got to get through, that's just rubbish, ... It's a whole lot more than that.”