The best advice champion jockey Kerrin McEvoy ever received

Welcome to Quick Q – Monday Media’s weekly Q&A series dedicated to finding out more about the personalities that matter most in the media landscape.

Every week, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age asks key figures across corporate media, business, sport, federal politics, radio, television and culture to answer questions about their lives, careers, hobbies and news habits.

This week’s conversation is with Kerrin McEvoy, champion jockey and three-time winner of the Melbourne Cup. He will ride favourite Deauville Legend in this week’s Melbourne Cup.

How did you get your big break?
The 2000 Melbourne Cup.

What are daily news media habits?
Online via Twitter and also afternoon news on television if I’m home.

Which living person do you most admire?
My wife.

Your guilty streaming pleasure?
Netflix.

Which phrase do you overuse?
I rotate my phrase terms fortnightly.

What did you want to do when you grew up?
Jockey.

What was your first job?
Jockey.

Facebook or Instagram?
Insta.

Recommend a podcast...
Haven’t hit the podcasts yet!

What’s one vice you wish you could give up?
I am vice free!

The song that’s always on high rotation?
Constellations by Jack Johnson.

What are you reading?
Just finished Frankie Dettori’s book (Leap of Faith: The New Autobiography).

Favourite movie of the past decade?
Ride Like a Girl.

Top of your sporting bucket list?
NBA finals.

What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received?
Be patient.

What are the three things you couldn’t live without?
Family, ocean, sport.