Thierry Henry (EXCLUSIVE): "I Cried Every Single Day", Dealing With Depression, My Childhood Trauma & Fighting For My Dad's Love!

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

FlightStory

Society & Culture, Business, Education

4.6 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2024

⏱️ 114 minutes

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Summary

If you enjoy hearing about the beautiful game, I recommend you check out my conversation with Frank Lampard, which you can find here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEDzn83BxFo What does it take to become a Premier League GOAT, and what does it take from you when you walk away from the game? Thierry Henry is a French professional football coach, broadcaster and former player. He is regarded as one of the best strikers and Premier League player of all time, and France’s highest-ever international goalscorer. He began his professional career in 1994 and played for Arsenal from 1999 to 2007, he is the club’s all-time leading goal scorer with 226 goals. He was PFA player of the year twice, in 2003 and 2004, and European Golden Boot twice, in 2004 and 2005, he retired as a player in 2014 and is now coach of the under-21 French national team. In this interview, Steven and Thierry discuss everything from the expectations of Thierry's family that he would become a great football player, never feeling good enough, always wanting to get his father’s approval, ‘dying’ when he stopped playing football and his mental struggles after the game. Watch the episodes on Youtube: https://g2ul0.app.link/3kxINCANKsb My new book! 'The 33 Laws Of Business & Life' is out now: https://smarturl.it/DOACbook Follow me: Instagram: http://bit.ly/3nIkGAZ Twitter: http://bit.ly/3ztHuHm Linkedin: https://bit.ly/41Fl95Q Telegram: http://bit.ly/3nJYxST Sponsors: Huel: https://my.huel.com/daily-greens-uk WHOOP: https://join.whoop.com/en-uk/CEO Uber Trains: https://p.uber.com/creditsterms Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I was lying for a very long time because society wasn't ready to hear what I had to say but I would be honest with you I was Make up. History Make up. A score.
0:13.0	Throughout my career, I must have been in depression.
0:16.0	Did I do something about it?
0:18.0	No.
0:19.0	But to understand the person that I became, you have to understand what happened early.
0:23.0	When I was young, I didn't see a lot of love, affection, hugging.
0:27.0	My dad, the first time he took me in his arms, said,
0:30.0	this baby will be an amazing football player.
0:33.0	From that point, I was programmed to succeed.
0:36.0	My dad took control of my body, and it was tough.
0:39.0	One day, we played a game. I was 13 years old.
0:42.0	We won a game 6-0. I scored six goals, but it was always what I didn't do.
0:46.5	You miss that control, you miss that cross, you miss this, you miss that that.
0:49.4	And it can make you or break you.
0:50.8	I decided it was going to make me. I wasn't scared of failure.
0:56.0	You're going to fail.
0:57.0	That's what shapes you.
0:58.0	But I was more scared not to please people.
1:00.0	Even when you were playing at Arsenal
1:02.0	and you were winning golden boots and inv were still trying to please your dad.
1:05.5	Yeah. But were you happy?
1:11.0	For so long you think what you're doing is to please over
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