in my biography, i m lucky. i think without the football i would probably be dead or be injail right now. and i m not ashamed to say it because that s a fact, that s the truth. like i say, i had to survive. i m not proud about things i ve done in the past. when my brother died because he was a drug addict, that s when i knew unfortunately, well, fortunately and unfortunately for my brother, i knew i would never touch any drug. but you did deal drugs for a while? i did some marijuana because when my dad left there wasn t any authority. and for my mum to feed because it one point we were 13 kids at home. 13? yeah. i ve got 2a brothers and sisters. my dad never watch tv or use the remote, he was a busy man. and 89 nephews and they all call me santa.
and i said, nothing, nothing. and i burst into tears. and after that i tell her everything. she was the first person, i didn t say it to my mum, to my dad, to any of my brothers and sisters. so when i talk to her i said finally, i think it s time also to tell to my mum. and when i read the book, it was finished one year ago, just three months ago called the writer i said we need to change something important. to answer to your question why did it, it s not for patrice, i ll survive. i m 0k. we don t want to go into too much detail, it s not fair, it s not right, butjust to give our viewers and listeners just a sense of what happened to you. you were temporarily staying with the head teacher of a school, you d been put in school
in some ways it s a miracle that you didn t fall out of the system. when i look at it, when i talk about my life in my biography, i m lucky. i think without the football i would probably be dead or be injail right now. and i m not ashamed to say it because that s a fact, that s the truth. like i say, i had to survive. i m not proud about things i ve done in the past. when my brother died because he was a drug addict, that s when i knew unfortunately, well, fortunately and unfortunately for my brother, i knew i would never touch any drug. but you did deal drugs for a while? i did some marijuana because when my dad left there wasn t any authority. and for my mum to feed because at one point we were 13 kids at home. 13? yeah. i ve got 2a brothers and sisters.
for my brother, i knew i would never touch any drug. but you did deal drugs for a while? i did some marijuana because when my dad left there wasn t any authority. and for my mum to feed because it one point we were 13 kids at home. 13? yeah. i ve got 2a brothers and sisters. my dad never watch tv or use the remote, he was a busy man. and 89 nephews and they all call me santa. so i need to fight for them. i needed to play and do something, a job and having money so everything was possible then. i would try to make using any opportunity to get money. there was something that happened in your childhood that i know has taken you many years to talk about. something that wasn t about you being defiant, being strong, running on the street, but actually about you as a very vulnerable boy. it happened when you were 13 years old.
you are such a good person and funny, positive but she said i can feel something wrong with you. and i didn t want to know the reason but we watch a documentary about the paedophile and she looked at me and she said, what s wrong? and i said, nothing, nothing. and i burst into tears. and after that i tell her everything. she was the first person, i didn t say it to my mum, to my dad, to any of my brothers and sisters. so when i talk to her i said finally, i think it s time also to tell to my mum. and when i read the book, it was finished one year ago, just three months ago called the writer i said we need to change something important. to answer to your question why did it, it s not for patrice, i ll survive. i m 0k. we don t want to go into too much detail, it s not fair, it s not right, butjust