This week is about Australian basketball star Luc Longley, a fascinating peek behind the scenes of the elite performance life.

What happens when you team a chilled-out, empathetic guy with one of the most driven sportsmen in history, Michael Jordan?

It questions some of the usual assumptions about success.

For us un-athletic, regular-size people, it raises the question: are you holding yourself back by surrounding yourself by people just the same as you?

It's a story for quiet people who always get left out of things.