Michelle Heyman – Learn to love; love to learn
Article by Tate Wilkins
A name or a destiny
People often wonder how the fastest human ever ironically has a lightning bolt as his last name.
If the greatest golfer was destined from birth to carry Irons and Woods around for a living.
Maybe it is fitting that Michelle Heyman lists her initial motivation in sport was to “be better than the boys”. Perhaps the initial spark that ignited the flame of one of our great footballers was a playground sporting taunt from the boys where the South Coast native stood up and said “Hey, Man – I can do this! Michelle should know – she’s been standing up and proving people wrong her whole life.
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Do what you love
Michelle Heyman was born an athlete. “Since I was 12, I wanted to go to the Olympics. I didn’t know what sport, but I just had to go to them one day”, realising that dream with the Matildas in 2016. In her first season of soccer, she won the Golden Boot for most goals in the W-League. Next season, she’s in the national squad. Growing up, even though she ran circles around the boys in soccer, it was more love for Rugby and Touch Footy. “I wish back then there was the NRLW” but luckily the W-League started when she was 21.
Despite this obvious natural talent, Michelle admits that “talent will only get you so far”, referencing the hardships of living overseas and being injured and it was only her “genuine love” for sport and learning the value of hard work from her housing commission youth which got her through times in which others may have quit.
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Do what you love
Michelle Heyman was born an athlete. “Since I was 12, I wanted to go to the Olympics. I didn’t know what sport, but I just had to go to them one day”, realising that dream with the Matildas in 2016. In her first season of soccer, she won the Golden Boot for most goals in the W-League. Next season, she’s in the national squad. Growing up, even though she ran circles around the boys in soccer, it was more love for Rugby and Touch Footy. “I wish back then there was the NRLW” but luckily the W-League started when she was 21.
Despite this obvious natural talent, Michelle admits that “talent will only get you so far”, referencing the hardships of living overseas and being injured and it was only her “genuine love” for sport and learning the value of hard work from her housing commission youth which got her through times in which others may have quit.
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