they re doing a lot of stuff across london as well. so i try to go and spend time with the kids and interact with them efe is a fantastic story. you know, he s been through so much to get to where he is and trying so hard to play at the level he s now playing at. and he s really, you know, someone for the young people to look up to. he came from london and and they re from london, too, and he can do it. it allows those young people to believe that they can as well. what s it been like getting to meet efe? oh, it s been quite lovely. has it changed much from when you first got 0h, he s been quite loud! has it changed much from when you first got here and you were growing up there in terms of american football? yeah, definitely. like the sport s grown immensely. like it s it s honestlyjust taken over and it s becoming a part of the english culture. does it help remind you of how far you ve come yourself? it does. just being able to play in the league for this long and then also seeing th
efe s a fantastic story. you know, he s been through so much to get to where he is and train so hard to play at the level he s now playing at. and he s really, you know, someone for the young people to look up to. he came from london and they re from london, too, and he can do it. it allows those young people to believe that they can as well. what s it been like getting to meet efe? 0h, he s been quite loud, hasn t he?! . has it changed much from when you first got here and you were growing up there? in terms of american football, yeah, definitely. like, the sport s grown immensely. like, it s honestlyjust taken over and it s becoming a part of the english culture. does it help remind you of how far you ve come yourself? it does. just being able to play in the league for this long and then also seeing the new generation of kids, notjust going off to just traditional football and they re talking about american football, you know, flag football and just
yeah. especially i do some work with the big kids foundation and they re based in south london. they re doing a lot of stuff across london as well. so i try to go and spend time with the kids and interact with them it s a fantastic story. you know, he s been through so much to get to where he is and trying so hard to play at the level he s now playing at. and he s really, you know, someone for the young people to look up to. he came from london and and they re from london, too, and he can do it. it allows those young people to believe that they can as well. what s it been like getting to meet efe? oh, it s been quite lovely. has it changed much from when you first got here and you were growing up there in terms of american football? yeah, definitely. like the sport s grown immensely. like it s it s honestlyjust taken over and it s becoming a part of the english culture. does it help remind you of how far you ve come yourself? it does. just being able to play
throughout the sporting career, your 0lympic career. congratulations on that. to stalk us through how difficult it was to reach those heights given the fact that you come from a place that doesn t have much experience in this sport. it is difficult for me to honestly just to train and it is difficult for me to honestlyjust to train and to a the hardest stuff in figure skating because first of all, the sport is not as popular in the sport is not as popular in the philippines before and second of all, at the travel outside of the country to train and it gets pretty expensive to really train and to get the coachesin really train and to get the coaches in the living expenses and everything. so that s pretty difficult. and everything. so that s pretty difficult. yes indeed. i am so sorry. pretty difficult. yes indeed. i am so sorry, we pretty difficult. yes indeed. i am so sorry, we have - pretty difficult. yes indeed. i am so sorry, we have to - pretty difficult. yes indeed. i l am so
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