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Date of upload: Jan 8, 2024 ^^
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"As an athlete, you die. People don't teach you how to die"
It hurts to hear but a lot of people don't recognise this also happens to the ones who don't make it or are forced to quit. There's a death to a life you once knew and coming out of it really takes strength because you can so easily become the "He was gonna be a blah blah but ever since blah blah he hasn't been the same"
It's a real fight to get out of it and learning about how many even went as far as ending themselves is heartbreaking. Athletes need a different kind of therapy, like entertainers. It's their real lives and often it's just a game for people to critique and continue
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I was avoiding watching this because I knew how gut wrenching it would be. Eventually watched it, and it was as I expected. Had a little cry as it forced me to also look at how I grew up. I didn't have an unhappy childhood. Far from it, but as Thierry says, the affection was absent. It's insane how many people grow up without ever hearing "I love you" from their parents. My father died when I was 13 and I never heard him say it once, and he never hugged me. I was in my 30s when I heard it from my mother for the first time. Perhaps it's one of the hardships of growing up in a country that had just gone through apartheid. Gut wrenching interview that forces one to look more on the inside.
As a United fan, I never liked Thierry. Had a lot of respect for him, but I never liked him. I love the dude now.
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I grew up in Les Ulis, Thierryās hometown. His brother Willy and I were on the same team. Titi is about 6 years younger than us, but one thing that I remember clearly is how focus he was. Titiās training started 4 hours before ours. But after our training which lasted about 2 hours, you could see Titi still striking the ball against the ciment wall with a painted goal. It is true what he said. His dad Tony programmed him.
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It now makes sense why I felt a strong connection to Thierry as a young girl, in Africa, no real interest in soccer except curious why the boys in my 6th grade where so passionate about the football teams they supported and they would talk/argue about the weekend matches every new week on season. So one day I decided to start watching football during a school break, determined to be able to join in the emphatic discussions when school opens. I studied and learnt about the game, the leagues and ended up supporting Arsenal and Thierry specifically. When Thierry left Arsenal, so did my soccer fan days end. I also became a supporter of Arsene Wenger as well. So when that era came to an end, so did my journey with soccer. But the connection I felt, feel is beyond just the game, the team.
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This interview resonated so much as an immigrant daughter of a very ambitious father. Always living your life for your parent and measuring your success by their mood. As a girl it was really tough to be forever in a bootcamp when I just wanted to live a normal life like other girls. The control became too much and I broke free just before getting married. Have since then repairing the psychological damage and learning to realise my self worth. So well articulated and brought me to tears in some parts.
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