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Message: [QUOTE="McHunt, post: 3366211, member: 9853"] [I][B]Billy:[/B][/I] [INDENT]“To be honest I don’t have many memories of Mum. I was pretty young when she passed away. Kevvie used to talk about her a lot when we were growing up and about how great a person she was. We remind him of her a lot, which is pretty special."[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]“We’ve got a lot of videos and photos I look back on. She did a diary of when I was younger as a kid. Kevvie gave me that when I had my first son Hugo six months ago, which is cool to look back on. I can see when I first started crawling, walking and talking, compared to what my son’s life is like. I’m doing the same thing for him now.”[/INDENT] [IMG alt="Kim Walters holding baby Billy in 1994. She died after a battle with breast cancer in 1998."]https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/ffe86641281a1749b6583a0f2fe061a7[/IMG] [INDENT]“I used to follow dad everywhere. He would go into the Broncos and I was the only child allowed in there because I’d sook and whinge at home if he didn’t take me with him. I’d roll into Red Hill with my footy boots on and hang with him the whole day. Having a child now, I don’t know what he would have done with me while he was training, but I survived somehow. I lived a childhood dream going to training with him every day.”[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]“I was proud of being a Walters. It’s pretty cool having your dad and two uncles play in the NRL. It gave me something to live up to. It was always going to be hard to be better than Kevvie. He will tell you he won six premierships and played 250-plus games. I knew it was in my blood to play footy so I had to be proud of the name and enjoy it. My goal was to make the NRL and play some consistent footy. I’ve made it now and hopefully I can stay there.”[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]“I always thought it would happen. Towards the end of high school I hadn’t had my growth spurt and everyone else had. I knew I had the skills for footy but I wasn’t big enough to compete with the other boys so I wasn’t making the top teams. I started to think it might not happen and I may have to do something else outside of footy, but I never gave up on the dream. I spent 2018-19 in Melbourne. I made my NRL debut at 25 and it was a long time coming. It was a night I’ll never forget.”[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]“We’d always spoken about it growing up. If it was at the Broncos or somewhere else, we always wanted to work together at an NRL club. He signed with the Broncos but we didn’t want to push it too early because of what it might look like."[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]“We spoke about it and knew people would say things but it didn’t turn us off. We both knew we could work together professionally and have the hard conversations if needed. He can drop me without feeling bad that I’m his son or me feeling angry that he’s my dad.”[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]“It’s been really good because I know he backs me and has a lot of confidence in me and what I can do,” he said. It’s made me more confident in my game. I know I don’t have to overplay my hand or try to be the best player on the field to impress the coach. I know if I do my role really well he will pick me. He just wants everyone to be the best they can be and that will take us to where we want to go. I’ve got Kevvie on my side knowing I can bring a lot to the team and showcase what I’ve got to the NRL.”[/INDENT] [I][B]Daddy-o:[/B][/I] [INDENT]“We’ve had those discussions of nepotism. He is Billy Walters when he is at training and when he is not here, he is Billy Walters my son. I am extremely proud of him with my dad’s hat on. It’s a great opportunity for Billy. It’s not about what other people think, it’s about what we think as a playing group and the only way to silence all the doubters is for Billy to go out and play the way we know he can play.”[/INDENT] McHunt [/QUOTE]

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