Is It Any Fun Being a Premier League Player?
The High Performance Podcast
High Performance
4.8 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 16 August 2024
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
With the new Premier League season around the corner, Jake and Damian catch up to discuss and reflect on the conversations they’ve had with top footballers and their perspective on playing at the top level.
Drawing from past interviews with legends like Rio Ferdinand, Steven Gerrard, and Robin Van Persie, they uncover the dedication required to succeed at the highest level. From choosing the right people to surround yourself with, to dealing with the highs and lows of football, Jake and Damian explore the real price of success in football and whether the pursuit of greatness leaves any room for fun.
Listen in as Jake and Damian offer valuable life lessons on balance, expectations, and the true meaning of success in the world of football.
Listen to the episodes mentioned:
Rio Ferdinand: https://thehighperformanceapp.com/episodes/4GvqDDiTLotLg7NoIkZsnC
Steven Gerrard: https://thehighperformanceapp.com/episodes/210TnKOqtCIwSQJPIY8sH3
Robin Van Persie: https://thehighperformanceapp.com/episodes/3E3zhq6JSAGDKLRvWgY75P
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone welcome back to high performance this is the show that aims to |
| 0:06.3 | understand the stories the successes and the struggles of the planet's |
| 0:10.4 | highest performers and I'm so pleased to say that my fine friend and now |
| 0:14.4 | global traveler Damien Hughes is with us as always Damien how's your summer been? |
| 0:19.3 | Yeah really good thanks Jaye just got back from a billion three week trip to Canada. So I realized how |
| 0:26.3 | Nackada was just before we went and took me about three days to unwind and then after that it was blissful. |
| 0:33.0 | Well I don't know if you heard it actually Damien but last Friday I had a really fun |
| 0:36.6 | episode actually I spoke to Tom Pidcock and Josh Kerr two medalists from |
| 0:40.6 | the Paris 2024 Olympics and I must be honest I've been messaging |
| 0:44.4 | you I've not had a reply from you so I assume that's because you took your other |
| 0:48.3 | phone because you've got this cool thing where when you're on holiday with your |
| 0:51.4 | family you have a second phone only for pictures and for booking restaurants and finding out where you are right? Absolutely, yeah, yeah, so yeah, I did that again. The second phone and I've got to give credit again to Dr Peter a tear when we sat down with him it was in that |
| 1:06.7 | shared the idea so I nicked it off him and yeah I find it so helpful I put my work stuff in the safe so I still do an hour in the |
| 1:15.6 | evening just before we go out but then for the rest of the day you can direct |
| 1:20.8 | your time and energy and attention to the people that count most for me. |
| 1:24.4 | I suppose in some ways we're quite lucky that we get the opportunity to |
| 1:27.9 | decelerate because I was thinking about footballers and I wonder whether we should have a slightly longer |
| 1:31.6 | conversation about the life of a |
| 1:32.8 | footballer because you know a lot of them have played in the Premier League or other |
| 1:37.1 | divisions straight away into the euros and straight away they're back into football |
| 1:41.3 | again and look if you are a professional footballer, there are loads of great things, |
| 1:46.0 | but also it consumes your life completely. |
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