Max Walker Quotes

#1. My father Big Max told me many years ago that 'anything you are good at will contribute to your happiness'. Great advice.

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#2. I used to want to be a lawyer, but I didn't want to have half my brain sucked out.

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#3. I was good at football and cricket at school. My dad said, 'Son, be an architect,' and I came to Melbourne passionate about becoming an architect.

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#4. My sister died and my mum was really distant, as you do - you don't expect your offspring to die before you. I thought I was bulletproof up until that stage.

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#5. I was the son of a publican and a master builder. He ran the Empire Hotel in North Hobart. His name was Max, too. Big Max.

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#6. I practised as an architect for 10 years. I qualified in 1973 with a fellowship diploma of architecture. World Series Cricket gave me the freedom to go out and pursue architecture.

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#7. We're all crazy and the only difference between patients and their therapists is the therapists haven't been caught yet.

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#8. Norm Smith personally came and signed me up to the Melbourne Football Club. The fact that I then played cricket for Melbourne Cricket Club - the footy club didn't like it that much.

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#9. Given how well the cards have been dealt to someone like myself, I think there's an inherent obligation to try to reach out and make a difference.

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#10. When I go and speak now at all sorts of conferences, later in the night there's always a better Maxie Walker than me. Billy Birmingham's legendary for basically being able to verbally kneecap any of a number of Australia's characters, particularly in the commentary box.

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#11. I try and open a few doors to the mind, encourage people to embrace change and to stretch their capabilities.

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#12. About 1998, when 'Wide World of Sports' and the 'Footy Show' came to an end for me, I couldn't type. When I started architecture, it was a very aesthetic, creative, an almost art process, where lettering and thick line were how you expressed yourself on the paper.

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#13. Fame and fortune should never get in front of your passion. The passion will generate the fame and fortune, if you're good enough.

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#14. It's been amazing to step out of a bottle of ink on to an iPad. There's no better time than right now to embrace this fabulous sandpit of technology. Because intuitively, at the touch of a finger, most of it is possible.

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#15. One of the most obvious parts of my character is the smile, and if I wasn't comfortable in myself then I wouldn't be able to smile so much.

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