"Be willing to be uncomfortable. Be comfortable being uncomfortable. It may get tough, but it's a small price to pay for living a dream."

I don't know where I first heard the quote. I can't even remember who said it. I have no idea who he was referring to when he said it. But when you apply it to what we witnessed in the NRL grand final between the Cronulla Sharks and the Melbourne Storm, it all makes so much sense.

Rugby league at this level is such a tough game, both physically and mentally. What the players from both sides put themselves through in this contest is difficult to describe. It was simply extraordinary.

Pushing themselves to such physical exhaustion, every player on the field has to be feeling more than just uncomfortable. Yet in the face of such extreme fatigue and pain, not to mention the battering that awaited you every time you ran the ball, not one player on this field backed away from the challenge. In fact, the tougher it got, the harder they played.