“He chained himself to mining equipment in rural New South Wales to protest the expansion of a coal mine. He and his longtime partner, Emma Palandri, famously refused to get married until gay couples were allowed to do the same … He has been active supporting anti-poaching initiatives, sustainable farming, and poverty reduction back in Zimbabwe … Pocock even paints his cleats all black to obscure any logos. Because he can’t be sure of the labor conditions that produced the shoes, he explained when I interviewed him two years ago, he doesn’t want to be seen as endorsing the manufacturer.” The Atlantic: The Best Athlete Americans Have Never Heard Of.