Former Olympic marathon medallist Lorraine Moller refuses to "believe this rubbish" that New Zealand sport needs more funding.

The newly inducted member of New Zealand Sport's Hall of Fame gets a little toey when she hears excuses of that ilk.

She has heard it all, including the complaint that "everyone else is on drugs and that somehow we are at a disadvantage".

"If I had bought into any of that, I would never have got what I got. People were saying the same thing 15 years ago."

Moller insists New Zealand athletics and sport in general has "everything we need".

"Historically, it's been done before. It can be done again. All it takes is one person who can inspire a whole community."

Lorraine Moller
SELF DETERMINATION:
Lorraine Moller says New Zealand
athletes face the same challenges
they have always faced and
more funding won't change that.
IAIN McGREGOR
Waikato Times