E46 - Sol Campbell: The importance of roots and wings
The High Performance Podcast
High Performance
4.6 • 4.8K Ratings
🗓️ 15 March 2021
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Sol made 646 appearances for five different clubs between 1992 and 2011, as well as playing 73 times for England, taking part in three World Cups and three European Championships.
Sol, who began his professional career with Tottenham, enjoyed his most prosperous seasons with Arsenal after making a free transfer ahead of the 2001-02 season.
At the Gunners, Sol went on to win two league titles and two FA Cups, scored in the 2006 Champions League final and was part of the legendary “Invincibles” team of 2003/4.
Sol spent three years at Portsmouth, which included captaining the side's win in the 2008 FA Cup final. Since retiring from playing, Sol has managed Macclesfield Town and Southend United.
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| 0:00.0 | Well hello, welcome along to this week's High Performance Podcast. |
| 0:04.4 | Oh, we've got a great guest lined up for you today. |
| 0:07.1 | Let's just get straight into it and you can hear a quick snippet of the kind of stuff |
| 0:11.4 | coming your way in the next hour. |
| 0:13.8 | I've been dealt with these cards. |
| 0:16.4 | I don't like these cards, so I'm going to do my utmost to change these cards. |
| 0:20.5 | Basically, change my destiny. |
| 0:22.5 | And that's what I wanted to do. |
| 0:23.6 | I had to win. |
| 0:25.0 | If I did win, I don't know what would people say when I did the move, I don't know. |
| 0:28.9 | But I won and I was successful. |
| 0:31.3 | MUSIC |
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| 0:43.2 | support with expertise in a wide variety of mental health challenges. |
| 0:48.8 | And I've been there. |
| 0:49.8 | I have had mental health support. |
| 0:51.2 | I've had therapy. |
| 0:52.4 | My wife is exactly the same. |
| 0:54.0 | We go to the gym all the time to make sure that our bodies are in good shape. |
| 0:56.7 | We don't only go to the gym when we're injured. |
| 1:00.0 | And I think that it should be exactly the same when it comes to our mental health. |
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