LEGENDARY AMERICAN FOOTBALL coach Vince Lombardi, for whom the Super Bowl trophy is named, once said that “Winning means you’re willing to go longer, work harder and give more than anyone else.” In sport, victory comes at a price. Jy Simpkin, captain of the North...
KHANH ONG IS THE type of person that lights up a room when he walks in. He’s bright, earnest and unflinchingly honest. When I meet him, he’s posted up in his modern Melbourne apartment, surrounded by contemporary décor and what I assume, given his love of cooking, to...
Since becoming captain at North Melbourne, Jy Simpkin has transitioned from a roaming midfielder to a half-forward flank, revamped his mental strategy and gone to great lengths to become a better leader. None of it has brought the Kangaroos much closer to playing finals footy. What it has done is instil a sense of hunger at the club, make Simpkin a better man and, for the first time in his career, give him reason to believe his all-consuming pursuit of glory will soon pay off
Khanh Ong once believed that the kind of strength celebrated in mastheads like this one wasn’t for people like him. In his journey from refugee to reality star, amateur cook to restaurateur, fitness dilettante to Men’s Health cover guy, he’s learned that being strong is less about fitting moulds than it is about breaking them
