Would-be Olympians may have done it but Kurt Fearnley can't see a day when an athlete would throw away the chance to represent Australia at a Paralympics.
The wheelchair racing champion and three-time Games gold medallist has been part of Olympic teams (when he raced in demonstration events in 2000 and 2004) and Paralympic teams, and reckons the difference in culture and athlete behaviour is stark.
You would not find characters like Bernard Tomic, Nick Kyrgios or Michael Diamond in disability sports, Fearnley suggested, "because of the reality of what we do".
While proud of his Olympic counterparts and not wanting the actions of a few to tarnish their reputations, he said there was something special about every Paralympian's journey.
"I can't imagine an athlete that can't appreciate and be humble within this team," Fearnley told AAP on Tuesday, following the official unveiling of Australia's Paralympic uniform for Rio in Sydney.
"Look at every single person that's next to you and you will be humbled by their journey. There's no question about it.
"We experience that every single day within our movement and every single time you compete ... and I can't see how you would stray away from that path."
However, Fearnley - who will co-captain the team with table tennis player Daniela Di Toro in Brazil - admits the Paralympic movement hasn't been devoid of its own issues.
"I wouldn't say that we would be free of them," he added.
"And if we do have an issue between now and the Games - which we may - we would hopefully be able to deal with it with the grace and integrity that the AOC has dealt with their issues."
"I think that everyone in the country would agree that the AOC has dealt with it really well."
Australia's Paralympic team boss Kate McLoughlin said the level of exposure also played a part in athletes' behaviour.
"There's not the pressure on Paralympic athletes in the media, but at the same time when our athletes are in the media they do us proud," she told AAP.
"They speak so well, they're respectful and each of them have got amazing individual stories which I think Australians just fall in love with."
McLoughlin and Fearnley showed off the team's ceremonial, competition and casual uniforms for Rio, designed by R.M. Williams and 2XU, incorporating indigenous artwork by design studio Balarinji.
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