Harte tells transplant athletes: Do your best

IT’S not the number of medals you bring home, it’s all about achieving your personal best, football manager, Mickey Harte, told Irish transplant athletes yesterday.

The Tyrone manager took time out from preparing his team’s first match in next month’s GAA Ulster Championships to give a motivational talk to the 34 Transplant Team Ireland members in Dublin.

All of the athletes preparing for the 18th World Transplant Games in Göteborg, Sweden, in just under a month have received major organ transplants, including heart, lung, liver, kidney and pancreas.