Bad Coaches Will Make You Better! | Stevie Camilleri

Champions Connect Podcast · Oct 23, 2025 · 1h 14m

What does a 23 year water polo career teach you about ego, criticism and bad coaches?

Stevie Camilleri is a Maltese water polo player who joined the Neptunes first team at 15, played 16 years professionally in Italy and still represents the Malta national team at 38.

Stevie was six when a teacher told his parents he needed discipline and might find it in sport. His grandfather was president of Floriana Football Club, so he tried football, then basketball, then swimming, where with his head in the water he could not distract anyone. At around 12 he chose water polo, partly because the season…