Motivation Quote by Tony Greig

Greig’s line lands because it’s not really about investigators at all; it’s about the emotional bill that arrives when institutions move slowly and expect gratitude for finally showing up. The phrasing is plainspoken - “a lot of anger,” “why has it taken you five or six year” - which reads like someone replaying a confrontation that still stings. As an athlete, Greig isn’t performing bureaucratic neutrality. He’s describing a moment where the “field” stops being a procedural space and turns into a human one, charged with the resentment of being ignored.

The intent feels partly defensive, partly revealing. By saying “we were faced on occasion,” he frames the anger as something that happens to investigators, almost like bad weather. That’s the subtext: the system’s delay is acknowledged, but the discomfort is repositioned onto the people tasked with hearing it. The quote quietly exposes a common dynamic in large inquiries - the investigators arrive late, and the first thing they learn is that their presence doesn’t automatically equal justice. It can reopen wounds, trigger suspicions, and confirm a narrative of neglect.

Contextually, the “five or six year” detail is the grenade. It implies backlog, inertia, maybe even avoidance. It also captures the clash between timelines: institutions count years as process; victims count them as life. Greig’s candor gives the anger legitimacy without romanticizing it, and that’s why it resonates. It’s an admission that accountability begins, awkwardly, with being told you’re too late.