I am a very strong believer that, in order to have performance at the highest end of our national team program, we must have a strong foundation of trust, accountability and free communication among our athletes, our coaches and our leadership.
Without that, I don't feel that athletes are put in a position to perform. We may end up having top-level athletes being able to overcome obstacles, but our goal at Boxing Canada isn't to support only top-level athletes. Our goal is to improve the ability of our national team to compete at whatever level they are able to obtain until such time as they are unable to compete with the national team anymore, at the end of their career or should they choose to move on.