Chris Kamara: The Untold Heartbreaking Story Of A Football Legend

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

FlightStory

Society & Culture, Business, Education

4.6 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2022

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Chris Kamara is a former professional footballer and pundit who lit up our screens as part of Sky Sports punditry team for 25 years before he left Sky this year. He now has a podcast, Kammy and Ben’s Proper Football podcast. But there’s more to Chris than meets the eye. Behind the cheery facade is someone who’s had to overcome an incredibly hard start in life, from being one of the few black kids in his area to his family at times having to resort to beg for food. After a diagnosis with Asphyxia, he is one of the most high-profile people with the disease. Chris has always managed to look for the positives in life no matter what it throws at him. A self-described ‘people person’, despite going through experiences most of us can only imagine he’s always found his glass half full. And if he can, any of us can. Follow Chris: Twitter - https://bit.ly/3eGUuT3 Instagram - https://bit.ly/3xiaTUl Follow me: https://beacons.ai/diaryofaceo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Every day I wake up the first thing I think am I going to be able to talk today.
0:07.0	There's been a red card but for who, Chris Camaro?
0:14.0	I don't know, Jeff, has it?
0:16.0	One of Britain's best love football pundits.
0:18.0	It's been a cricket, Jeff!
0:20.0	Yeah, a beauty!
0:21.0	Unbelievable, Jeff, what a cracking game!
0:23.0	As a young black kid, thinking that one day I'll play for Middlesford and for Leeds,
0:31.0	ambition and dream achieved.
0:35.0	The story of your mother, I found really difficult to read.
0:38.0	It was difficult in those days.
0:41.0	Men were physical towards women. I made the mistake of telling my
0:49.4	doubt on his death bit that it was wrong. I should have kept it to myself.
0:57.0	Why?
1:10.0	For someone that has never experienced apraxia, what does it feel like for you in your head? I feel a fraud now in terms of broadcasting.
1:15.0	You feel a fraud?
1:16.0	Yeah.
1:17.0	Hmm.
1:20.0	Hmm. Hmm.
1:22.0	I was going to quit everything.
1:27.0	Without further ado, I'm Stephen Butler, and this is the diary of a CEO.
1:30.0	I hope nobody's listening, but if you are are then please keep this to yourself. Chris what do I need to know about your earliest years to understand the man that you are today?
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