Patty Mills: ‘I don’t consider my actions to be political activism’ | Mike Hytner

The face of Australian basketball just does what he was brought up to do: give back to his community and help those in need

Patty Mills has spent much of the past two weeks horizontal on the bed of his hotel quarantine room, drinking coffee and waiting for the next Covid test. It is a world away from Tokyo and a quiet haven in Sydney’s deserted CBD that has allowed the Australian basketball star time to decompress and reflect on his Olympic accomplishments.

Speaking to Guardian Australia towards the end of his stint of government-mandated isolation, the emotions of his team’s historic bronze medal win are still raw and Mills’s voice wavers as he revisits one particular moment which encapsulated so much of what his journey – both on and off the court – represents.

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