In this week's show we chat with powerlifting and karate champion Antoine ‘Papa Tony’ Mallia about discipline, the learnings from pro sport that could carry over into corporate life, and what it was as a small boy with big ambition growing up on the small island of Malta. 

Antoine tells a fascinating tale of finding his way through the minefield before sports nutrition and supplements were mainstream. He speaks of depression, and how his strict Jesuit and home upbringing were instrumental in helping him to build the mental toughness required not only to succeed in sport but in the corporate world. Antoine hustled gym space at a local hotel (the only decent gym on the island) and cajoled friends to train with him. But his frenetic drive and push-the-limits training schedule soon left him alone with his weights, unable to compete with the attraction of girls and surf. Today, outside of his day job, Antoine trains sportspeople from a variety of disciplines. He also trains their trainers. 

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