KB's emotional tribute to Tommy on his show this morning ...
AUDIO:
https://soundcloud.com/sen1116/kb-remembers-tom-hafey“(I) have to be honest, it’s not an easy show to do today,” Bartlett began.
“I’ve lost a great friend and mentor with the passing of Tom Hafey.
“Tom was an inspiration to me and my family, and godfather to my daughter.
“(Tom) was loved by all who had the privilege of playing under him and with him.
“He loved his players as they loved him, and at Richmond there was no greater honour than to be one of Hafey’s heroes during the golden era of the Richmond Football Club.”
Bartlett said Hafey’s “zest for life” was contagious, his business card summing up his attitude.
“It read: ‘Every morning in Africa a gazelle wakes up.
It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed.
Every morning a lion wakes up.
It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death.
It doesn’t matter whether you’re a lion or a gazelle:
When the sun comes up you had better be running.’
And Tommy never stopped running.”
http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/richmond-champion-kevin-bartlett-says-former-coach-tom-hafey-was-an-inspiration/story-fndv8t7m-1226915572296
