S2 E6: Gabby Logan: How grief drove my ambition
Big Fish with Spencer Matthews
Global
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 9 May 2023
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Gabby Logan is one of the UK's most notable sports broadcasters but before she turned her hand to presenting, Gabby was a gymnast for Wales and Great Britain - something she got into accidentally.
Gabby comes from a family of professional athletes, all with incredible talent and discipline. But it wasn't this alone that motivated Gabby to achieve all that she has. Her brother Daniel - a professional footballer - died at just 15 from a congenital heart defect and his death accelerated her drive to succeed.
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| 0:32.1 | This is a Global Player Original podcast. I think Daniel's death made me question everything. |
| 0:39.3 | I had more ambition for myself, I think, because it made me realize how fragile life is and what a gift it is. |
| 0:51.5 | Welcome to Big Fish with me, Spencer Matthews. |
| 0:54.0 | Each week, I speak to inspirational people about what it takes to become the best at what they do. |
| 1:02.1 | Gabby Logan is one of the most notable sports broadcasters in the UK, having presented the World Cup, Champions League and the Olympics. |
| 1:09.6 | But before deciding to turn her hand to broadcasting, |
| 1:11.9 | Gabby was an international gymnast, something that she apparently got into accidentally. |
| 1:16.9 | Gabby is one of those people with immense talent and resilience, and her drive to succeed is utterly |
| 1:21.4 | inspiring. Gabby and I also found common ground having both lost a brother at a young age, |
| 1:26.4 | and I was particularly impressed by |
| 1:28.3 | her ability to turn his death into strength and a desire to do more with her own life. |
| 1:37.6 | Gabby, thanks so much for joining me. Thank you for having me. You're one of the country's most |
| 1:42.2 | famous sports presenters, but before that you were an athlete. |
| 1:46.2 | Can you tell me a bit about your childhood? So my dad was a professional footballer and that meant |
| 1:52.4 | that we moved around a lot because footballers get sold and bought and you might be at school |
| 1:58.2 | one day, go home and he'd signed for somebody else and that |
| 2:01.4 | meant that he was moving on and we'd probably move a few months later so I got to live in different |
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