E177: 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

⏱️ 73 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 Apraxia, 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. Chris: Twitter - https://bit.ly/3eGUuT3 Instagram - https://bit.ly/3xiaTUl Watch the episodes on Youtube: https://g2ul0.app.link/3kxINCANKsb Follow us on Telegram: https://g2ul0.app.link/E5re0ADNKsb Sponsors: Craftd - https://g2ul0.app.link/gZ8in6Dsvsb Huel - https://g2ul0.app.link/wjmvak5nAsb

Transcript

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0:00.0	Every day I wake up the first thing I think
0:03.8	I'm going to be able to talk today.
0:10.4	There's been a red card but for who, Chris, tomorrow?
0:14.2	I don't know, Jeff, has it?
0:15.4	On a Britain's best love for all pundits.
0:17.8	Get me an egg, I get you.
0:19.2	You have you, Jeff!
0:21.4	I believe what you have won a crushing game.
0:23.4	There's a young black kid thinking that one day I'll play for Middlesa.
0:29.8	And more leads, ambition and dream achieve.
0:36.0	The story of your mother, a family difficult to read.
0:38.6	It was difficult in those days.
0:41.2	Men were physical towards women.
0:45.2	I made the mistake of telling my doubt on his deathbed that it was wrong.
0:53.8	I should have kept it to myself.
0:56.8	Why?
1:03.8	For someone that has never experienced a praxia,
1:07.8	what does it feel like for you and your head?
1:10.8	I feel a fraud now in terms of broadcasts.
1:14.8	You feel a fraud?
1:15.8	Yeah.
1:16.8	I was going to quit everything.
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