it was all a dream

My journey through diving began with a dream whilst watching the 2004 Athens Olympic Games on my TV when I was 9 years old. Barely months after the sport of diving had found me, I saw two British divers by the name of Leon Taylor and Peter Waterfield win an Olympic Silver Medal. From that moment, I decided that I was going to be an Olympian… because how cool would that be!! Now, almost two decades later I think back to my 9 year old self and imagine how proud he would be of what I’ve achieved. But more importantly, I thank him for understanding the task of what it takes to make a dream come true.

Planning. Persistence. Patience.

In 2011, I chose to take a leap into the unknown by representing my fathers nation of Jamaica, an island which hadn’t seen an Olympic diver of their own since the 1972 Munich Games. By doing this, I gave myself the opportunity to achieve my dream, but I only had 4 years to learn what it takes to be a high-performance athlete and how to execute under pressure at a world-class level. The (sometimes very harsh) lessons I learned through the highs and lows of this process, I believe, are transferrable from sport to business and to life.