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鈥淭here are no secrets to success, It is the result of preparation, hard work and learning from failure.鈥� - Colin Powell.

Once upon a time, Lisa Carrington wasn't an Olympic and World Champion. She was just a Kiwi kid, growing up in the Bay of Plenty: into netball in听winter鈥攎um听coached the听迟别补尘鈥攁苍诲听surf-lifesaving in summer. She was pretty good at sport, but not doing as well as she thought she should. 鈥淚 wanted to be a Silver Fern,鈥� says Lisa. 鈥淚f you play sport, you want to be the best.鈥� Most people wouldn鈥檛 describe Lisa鈥檚 achievements in netball and surf-lifesaving as '鈥榝补颈濒耻谤别蝉鈥欌赌攕丑别听was good at netball and she won national surf life-saving听尘别诲补濒蝉鈥攂耻迟听her sporting career wasn鈥檛 quite matching her dreams: she wasn鈥檛 going to be a Silver Fern. And so her听顿补诲鈥攖丑颈苍办颈苍驳听it would help her听蝉耻谤蹿-濒颈蹿别蝉补惫颈苍驳鈥攕耻驳驳别蝉迟别诲听she try canoeing, which led to kayaking and the听rest鈥攁s听they say鈥攊s history.

Except for鈥� that鈥檚 just the 鈥榣earning from failure鈥� part. It glosses over the other part, the bit about 鈥榩reparation and hard work鈥�. Again, Lisa鈥檚 parents were integral to the story. 鈥淢um and Dad could see I was good at sport and they'd keep encouraging me. They weren't pushing me鈥攖hey didn't tell me I had to win鈥攂ut听they did challenge me. I was quite a shy kid and they could see that if I wanted to succeed I needed to get out of my comfort zone. What they taught me was the importance of discipline: of turning up to training every day. What mattered to them was integrity, showing your appreciation for the people who help you, being aware of a situation and being realistic.鈥�

鈥淪port, for them, was a way I could learn some values for life, really.鈥�

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