Andrew Haley: Battling Cancer & Losing a Leg, to Canadian Paralympic Glory | Ep.90 - Gent's Talk
Gent's Talk PodcastMarch 18, 202400:49:41

Andrew Haley: Battling Cancer & Losing a Leg, to Canadian Paralympic Glory | Ep.90 - Gent's Talk

In this week's episode of Gent's Talk, presented by BULOVA, host @SamirMourani sits down with Paralympic gold medalist Andrew Haley to talk about his journey from battling cancer twice and losing his leg in the process to becoming a World Champion gold medalist in swimming. Andrew shares his recipe for how to turn failure into success and how to keep a positive mindset in the midst of what feels like insurmountable obstacles. #gentstalk

In this week's episode, we discuss:
00:00 Intro
01:30 Backstory on Andrew Haley
03:50 Parents with kids battling cancer are the true heros
05:50 "Trying to be as normal as possible"
07:00 "I wanted to live..."
08:19 "I didn't want to let that define me."
08:56 How did you choose positivity in that situation?
10:10 "I would tell people, I'm going to be a World Champion"
11:00 "Sometimes we let circumstances hold us down."
11:40 "You had every excise to call it quits"
12:20 "I really hated people seeing me without my artificial leg on."
14:00 "I went from the lowest of lows, to the top of the podium."

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