Kilkenny star TJ Reid accepts he'll never reach the heights that Henry Shefflin did as an inter-county hurler.

Speaking at the launch of the GAA's Cúl Camps, Reid branded his Ballyhale club mate as "the king of hurling" and explained how he began to learn from the 11-time All Star winner from a young age.

"I'll never be Henry Shefflin," said Reid. "He's the king of hurling. I'm doing the best for myself and I'm looking to do my best out on the hurling field and looking to be the best out there.

"Certainly, I watched Henry from a young age and he's luckily from Ballyhale. I went training with him. He brought me training, he brought me home from training. I did learn a lot from him. His work ethic is on and off the field is phenomenal.

"All the legends that have retired have those ingredients. You have to be honest, you have to be 100% committed. The spirit has to be 100% each time you go into that dressing room and hit that field. Every time you hit that white line in Nowlan Park; train hard; put your bodies on the line and then off the field you can wind down.

"They did leave a lot behind for us to pick on. So it is a lot easier for us because we watched those lads do it for so many years. When things were down in the dressing room, those boys stood up and were counted."

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