Gold Coast Suns skipper Gary Ablett once quit football. Now he wants to win a flag up north. Picture: Darren England. Source: News Limited
GARY Ablett lost interest in football as a teenager and hoped to launch a professional surfing or skating career.
The Gold Coast captain has revealed he quit footy for two years, partly because of the pressures of his name, and chose to follow the sporting interests of his mates before returning to join TAC Cup club Geelong Falcons.
"I stopped playing from the age of about 14 to 16,'' Ablett said in an interview to air on Fox Footy's Open Mike tonight (Monday).
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"Football was something I wasn't that interested in. There was a year there where I didn't play at all and the following year I played every second or third week.''
Ablett, 28, also confirmed reports that after the 2006 season senior Geelong players, led by Cameron Ling, sat the Brownlow medallist down and had a frank discussion about his lack of training intensity.
He admitted "it was hard to take'', but reflected on the moment as a turning point.
"When I first got to the club I just used to go through the motions a bit,'' he said.
"I didn't realise how hard you had to train to make it. I thought I was going to make it off the talent I had and I kind of went along like that for three or four years.''
The Cats' leaders told Ablett: "look mate, you're not training hard enough, you're not working hard enough, it's just not acceptable''.
One year later Ablett led the Cats to a drought-breaking flag, won his first of four Leigh Matthews Trophys and the first of four club best-and-fairests.
Ablett also:
- ADMITTED he was homesick for his first year at the Gold Coast, but adamant he made the right decision to walk away from Geelong.
-TRIED to talk brother Nathan Ablett out of quitting Geelong.
-RATED his father as the best to ever play the game.
-REVEALED he had enjoyed a laugh with Mark Thompson since their feud in 2010.
Ablett downplayed speculation he would seek a return to Geelong when his Suns contract expires at the end of 2015.
"It's hard to say because I don't know where I'll be,'' he said.
"I'm loving it at the Gold Coast at the moment and I really want to win a premiership up there.''
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