Dear football,
Today, I want to share with you that this season will be my last as a professional footballer. After so many years living my dream, I feel it’s time to start a new chapter in my life.
Being honest, even though I have been preparing myself for this moment, I found it hard to write this letter. After 20 seasons , many people have played an important role in my career.
When I first kicked a ball as a child in Pamplona with my schoolmates, I never imagined the amazing journey ahead. I’m grateful for every moment: the wins, the tough losses, the challenges, and most of all, the people I’ve met and the friendships I’ve made along the way.
To my teammates, coaches, and every staff member at all the clubs I’ve been lucky to be part of, thank you for helping me grow as a person and a player every day. Wearing the shirts of CA Osasuna, Olympique Marseille, Chelsea FC, Atlético de Madrid, Sevilla FC, and representing my country at the biggest stages has been a true privilege. Every moment has meant so much to me…
Sabastian Sawe didn't break the 2-hour marathon barrier just because of the Adidas "supershoe." He's a damn good athlete. These East Africans all are.
I had to tell the whole world on CNN. Everyone be guided. Thanks for your attention to this matter!
Pale Blue Dot is a photo of Earth that was taken by the Voyager 1 space probe in 1990 from a distance of about 6 billion kilometers (3.7 billion miles) as it was leaving our solar system. This is what Carl Sagan said about the photo:
"Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it, everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor, and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every 'superstar,' every 'supreme leader,' every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there — on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand. It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.”
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🌊 She was drowning.
And the world was still cheering.
No one noticed the silence beneath the applause.
No one… except one person. 💔
It was June 2022, at the World Championships in Budapest.
American artistic swimmer Anita Álvarez had just finished a breathtaking routine — grace and control woven into water and light.
But when the music stopped… she didn’t rise.
Her body floated for a moment — still, suspended.
Then it began to sink.
Quietly. Slowly. Out of sight.
The crowd kept clapping. Cameras kept rolling.
No one saw her fading — except Andrea Fuentes, her coach.
Andrea didn’t need to think. She felt it.
She knew Anita’s rhythm, her limits, her breath.
And without a word, she leapt into the water — clothes and all —
diving deep, wrapping her arms around her unconscious swimmer,
lifting her back to the surface.
Back to air. Back to life. 🫶
Since then, I keep thinking —
Who sees you when you start to sink behind your smile?
Who would dive in for you, no hesitation, no waiting for help?
And maybe even more important —
Would you notice someone else going under?
Sometimes, saving a life isn’t about heroics.
It’s about paying attention. 👁️
Feeling. Acting. Loving.
Don’t let the people around you disappear beneath their silence.
Be the one who sees.
Be the hand that reaches through the water. ❤️
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A 107-year-old Chinese grandmother pulls out a sweet from her pocket and gives it to her 84-year-old daughter,
You’re always mums baby no matter how old