Aug 22, 2020
In 2013, Ellis was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic
leukaemia aged just 16. He underwent 3 and half years of daily
chemotherapy and finished in 2016 aged 19.
He began his return to basketball, making his professional
debut for Leicester Riders under a year later and has been playing
elite basketball ever since.
In the episode we spoke about:
- What was it like being diagnosed with cancer?
- Were there dark days in those 3 1/2 years?
- Did you ever think you would ever set foot on a basketball
court again?
- Do you think having Hoops Aid, even if it was as spectator
helped?
- What has it been like for you with the lockdown? (Recorded
during Lockdown)
- What was it like going from remission to getting back to
basketball?
- Why did you pick Loughborough University to study at?
- Did you ever think in your wildest dreams you would play
professional basketball given where you had been with cancer?
- Do you think because you have faced adversity, it has set
you up better to deal with pro basketball?
- 'My approach was very different to the norm of dealing with
my illness'
* Elliot Cockrell's reference about tangibles to exercise and
performance in
episode 209
- What is your take on bullying in sport? (Recorded when
British Gymnastics was in the press about bullying) * I spoke to
Olympic Rower, Matt Langridge off air on
his episode about it.
- Sean Quinn, Director of Mental Conditioning and Operations
at Moawad Consulting Group: Allen Iverson viral comment about "We
talking about practice"
- Which athlete would you like to sit down with died or alive?
and why?
amongst others