After winning the 2022 Brownlow Medal, Carlton captain Patrick Cripps said, "The first sort of seven, eight years of my Carlton journey have been really tough.
"I'm big on optimism and hope and always finding a way forward.
This year it was the first time in my career we've actually been ahead of the ledger. I just love winning games of footy, I love playing with my mates and this is just a bit of reward for effort. But there is a lot of other people that to win this award had to help you out, so there are a lot of people I need to thank."