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19th June 2018
12:48pm BST

"I hurled with him down in W.I.T in Fitzgibbon games as well, you kind of got first hand of how he trains more than anything. You just step back and look at him and go, 'Jesus, this is the standard.'"For a man man like JJ Delaney, a seven-time All-Star, a nine-time All-Ireland winner to be blown away by a man's manic drive and instaiable intensity - that tells a story in itself.
"He was setting the standrard back then," continued JJ. "He was just a phenomenal player. He was a team player, he'd always do the right thing with it. It doesn't matter if he ever scored at all, once he was doing the best thing for the team.
"He was one of our vital players in the Fitzgibbon, we won a few Fitzgibbons with him. He was in midfield and he was just everywhere in the games."
Longevity has obviously been the key. That also, is no coincidence. Colm Parkinson struck on a good point during The GAA Hour Show when he claimed that Brick's avoidance of injuries, an avoidance that saw him start 51 championship games in a row for his county, is a testament to his own commitment rather than luck.
"It was actually Dan Shanahan who was saying, 'yeah, he's never injured, but that's not luck. That's down to how he looked after his body and how he prepared, trained, stretched and recovered. "You can complain about getting injured but when I look back on it, you'd ask yourself, 'did I stretch right?' A lot of your injuries, are you really preparing the way you should have. If you're honest with yourself, did I do the rolling instead of watching tv?"Brick was honest to himself. That's why he's one of the games most revered. You can listen to JJ, Wooly and Michael's thoughts on the weekend's action right here. https://soundcloud.com/sportsjoe-gaa-hour/john-meyler-interview-clare-tactics-dalo-psychology
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