Focus: What Drives the World's Top Athletes

- Season 1

(2013)

In Episode 1 of Focus, we take an inside look at how motocross superstar Robbie Maddison and Brazilian surfer Maya Gabeira face fear.

The second episode of the series centers around motivation and the challenges veterans Craig Lowndes and Ryan Sandes face in rediscovering the drive that saw them crowned champions of their respective sports during the infancy of their careers.

The third episode of the series centers around the expectations of Julian Wilson and Lexi Thompson. Their faces graced the pages of magazines the world over before they were even tall enough to reach the newsstand counter. But when your reputation precedes you for nearly half a decade before you turn pro, the weight of expectation can become an avalanche and bring one crashing back down to earth.

International freestyle BMX champion Corey Bohan contemplates giving up the sport he loves to pursue a Hollywood lifestyle. Athlete Ellyse Perry is charged with making her own career-defining decision - which sport does she forfeit to prolong her career, soccer or cricket?

In this episode, we document how Tim Cahill and Ben Brown attempt to push their respective boundaries even further, as they perpetually seek the undiscovered in an effort to redefine themselves and what it is to be a professional athlete.

As Mark Webber winds down his F1 career and Mick Fanning contemplates a future beyond the world surfing tour, the pair reveals that they're determined not to bury their secrets with them but give back to the sports that made them household names.