Dillon Boucher is one of New Zealand’s most decorated basketballers. In this wide-ranging conversation he opens up about everything: from being cut from the Olympic team and his relationship with Steven Adams, to his championship runs with the Breakers and being labelled a thug for how he played.

He also shares personal struggles around imposter syndrome, family sacrifices, leadership, and transitioning from player to executive in the sport he loves.

Whether you know him for his stare-downs on court or his legacy off it—this is the real Dylan Boucher.

🔗 Topics include:

• 2002 Tall Blacks World Champs run
• Life as a Breakers icon (and getting his jersey retired)
• Supporting Steven Adams’ journey
• His most emotional career moment
• Leadership, legacy, and life after the final whistle

Dillon is a guy who has devoted his entire life to NZ basketball so this was a huge honour to sit with him and pick his brains for a long form conversation like this. I loved the chat and I hope you do too.

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This podcast with Ryan Fox originally came out in February 2023.

I thought I’d re-share the episode in case you missed it when it first came out two years, because Ryan is playing the best golf of his career in 2025.

In this conversation, recorded during his Christmas holiday in New Zealand, we talk about loads of stuff:

+ What it feels like to win $1.1 million dollars in a week, and how much of that he must pay out to his team.

+ Life growing up as the son of Grant Fox – one of the greatest all blacks ever.

+ What lessons he got from Steve Hansen about dealing with adversity when he was going through a bad patch.

+ His friendship with the late Shane Warne and much more.

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Cam Webster was part of the Team NZ crew who won the Americas Cup in Barcelona in 2024.

What made this moment of sporting success even more significant for Cam was the journey he took to get there.

Before joining Team NZ, Cam spent 15 years dedicating his life to rowing. He even endured the devastation of missing out on the Olympics, twice, and watching on TV has his mates went on to win gold medals.

In June 2022 Cam retired from rowing. Then in December that year he trialed for Team NZ and the rest is history.

This is part of the Cam Webster story. It is his first ever podcast and it is an absolute honor that its here with me.

Some of the stuff we talk about include:

+ The frustrations of trying your absolute best and it not being quite good enough.

+ Being told, after years of grinding, that you weren’t quite good enough to go to the Olympics. Then watching your best friends and former teammates go on to win a gold medal.

+ Adapting to life after rowing and how that drastic life shift looked.

+ Then the Team New Zealand stuff from the grueling trials right up to winning the Americas Cup.

Cam Webster is a hard-working guy with a great attitude. His story is a reminder that sometimes your best is not good enough.

This is also a masterclass in positivity, adversity, resilience and bouncing back from disappointment. So many cool gems and takeaways in this conversation.

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