Sweet Chariots Tuesday, BBC Two, 1930

Just because you have broken your neck it doesn't mean you have to give up.

Brave words, but then wheelchair rugby is not for the faint-hearted.

Teams of four battle it out on a basketball court using wheelchairs built like tanks.

It's a relatively new sport, but one that British players have excelled in - they arrived at the Paralympics in Athens ranked fourth in the world and beat Belgium and Canada in their first two games.

Success may be on the horizon, but it has not been an easy road to Athens, as Tuesday evening's 'Sweet Chariots' documentary demonstrates.

Troye Collins is one of the stars of the British team, and at 32 one of the more experienced members.

He used to play prop for his local team, before a scrum collapsed and broke his neck.

Some people think you can get to the Paralympics just because you are in a wheelchair Troye Collins

"I remember screaming and telling people to help me get up," Collins says, "All I could feel was pain.

"I remember waking up on the X-ray table and asking the doctors what was going on."

That was in 1992. But then a friend suggested he took up wheelchair rugby, and he has never looked back.

"Wheelchair rugby is my life, it is what I live for, " he says. "The people I play with are like my adopted family."

The documentary focuses on several of the stars who are competing for Britain in Athens, following their lives on and off court.

Training for an event like the Paralympics means there is little time for family, friends or loved ones, and Collins is keen to stress just how much time goes into their preparation.

"Some people think you can get to the Paralympics just because you are in a wheelchair," he says.

"It often means you don't have any time for a social life, because you have to give up everything to compete at this level."

For Collins, and his British team-mates, a gold medal would be the perfect reward for all their hard work.

In this sport a broken neck means you can compete - but giving up is not an option.