Brian Magee: ‘Antrim see Croke Park as their Olympics’

Shortly after he was appointed as Antrim’s new strength and conditioning coach last October, Brian Magee implored the players to aim high.

“If Everest is in your way,” he told them, “then you get over it.”

Coming from someone with no background in Gaelic football, that might have sounded a little glib and contrived but Magee was speaking from experience.