The media didn't blow it up. We knew it was a big deal.

These games are exciting. I would rather have a blowout.

We wanted to go up and down the court real fast, but it didn't end up happening. We just had to make sure we were crisp with our offense and play hard D, and stay together and play focused.

We won it. We're the first. No one's going to forget that we were the ones to do it.

Coach told us that we just needed to get a good night's sleep. That we had to keep the game and that other stuff out of our minds. I tried.

Acknowledgements!
My thanks to Hollywood
When you showed me John Rambo
Stitching up his arm with no anaesthetic
And giving them “a war they won’t believe”
I knew then my calling, the job for me

Thanks also to the recruitment adverts
For showing me soldiers whizzing around on skis
And for sending sergeants to our school
To tell us of the laughs, the great food, the pay
The camaraderie

I am, dear taxpayer, forever in your debt
You paid for my all-inclusive pilgrimage
One year basking in the Garden of Eden
(I haven’t quite left yet)

Thanks to Mum and thanks to Dad
Fuck it,
Thanks to every parent
Flushing with pride for their brave young lads
Buying young siblings toy guns and toy tanks
Waiting at the airport
Waving their flags