In 2013, Ellis was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia aged just 16. He underwent 3 and half years of daily chemotherapy and finished in 2016 aged 19.
He began his return to basketball, making his professional debut for Leicester Riders under a year later and has been playing elite basketball ever since.
In the episode we spoke about:
- What was it like being diagnosed with cancer?
- Were there dark days in those 3 1/2 years?
- Did you ever think you would ever set foot on a basketball court again?
- Do you think having Hoops Aid, even if it was as spectator helped?
- What has it been like for you with the lockdown? (Recorded during Lockdown)
- What was it like going from remission to getting back to basketball?
- Why did you pick Loughborough University to study at?
- Did you ever think in your wildest dreams you would play professional basketball given where you had been with cancer?
- Do you think because you have faced adversity, it has set you up better to deal with pro basketball?
- 'My approach was very different to the norm of dealing with my illness'
* Elliot Cockrell's reference about tangibles to exercise and performance in
episode 209
- What is your take on bullying in sport? (Recorded when British Gymnastics was in the press about bullying) * I spoke to Olympic Rower, Matt Langridge off air on
his episode about it.
- Sean Quinn, Director of Mental Conditioning and Operations at Moawad Consulting Group: Allen Iverson viral comment about "We talking about practice"
- Which athlete would you like to sit down with died or alive? and why?
amongst others
