Dina Asher-Smith

Eddie Hearn: No Passion, No Point

BBC

Sports, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.4 • 867 Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2020

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

One of the world’s best-known sports promoters Eddie Hearn chats to some of the biggest names in sport, entertainment and business. This series includes in-depth interviews with Frank Lampard, Maya Jama and Ant Middleton. Eddie learns about their passions, what gets them up in the morning, and how they dealt with the world grinding to a halt this year.

This time out, Eddie is joined by the fastest British woman in history, sprinter Dina Asher-Smith. They discuss her life growing up, how to peak at the right moment, and how to be a good role model.

No Passion, No Point is produced by Gwyn Rhys Davies, and is a BBC Studios Production for BBC Radio 5 Live.

Transcript

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0:00.0	For all things football,
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0:25.0	listen on BBC Sounds.
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0:34.6	My
0:36.6	My name's Eddie Hearn and this is no passion, no point.
0:43.0	When I look back now, I just think that I've been through so many different emotions in lockdown.
0:49.0	You know, I sort of, I lied to myself at the start and I said it's only going to be a couple of weeks you know just
0:53.7	make the most of it home with the kids and the missus and you'll be back to it back to it you know
0:58.0	I haven't got on a flight since the end of February I mean I was flying to
1:02.0	America every other week for two years.
1:04.7	So it's been a bit of a shock for me to slow down over the last few months.
1:08.9	During lockdown I've been trying to run things from the living room. To be honest, I'm not very good at
1:13.2	twiddling my thumbs. I've decided to reach out to other people who like me lead
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