IF YOU’RE ALIVE THEN ACT ALIVE. I mean what the hell. fall in love with something. get carried away. give yourself a reason to be absolutely exhausted by the end of the day and still wish you had a few more hours. this is your life. get your hands dirty
I want to remind everyone that in the 9 seasons Klopp managed Liverpool, he only ever finished in the top 2, three times. In fact, only TWICE did Pep stop him from winning the league.
Arteta on the other hand, is competing for the fifth consecutive season right now.
Yes, Klopp’s Liverpool were more explosive. But fortune rewards the tenacious and consistent. Competing for the title 3 times in 9 years does not reflect the dominance we are claiming. If you competed for the league 3 times and won 1, that’s a fair return.
IF Arteta wins the league again it’s because he competed OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. He dusted off one heartbreak and competes AGAIN.
Bottles the league? He competes the next season. Loses the league by two points? He competes the next season. Finally won the league? He’s competing the next season.
Arteta may not have finished with 90+ points in one season, but he’s in his 7th full season and is competing for the 5th time, having finished top 2 FOUR TIMES.
He, more than anyone else, more than Klopp in fact, deserves to win as many league titles. Maybe if Klopp competed more than 3 times he would have won more. Please don’t disrespect Arteta like this again.
Presenting British GQ’s first Men of the Year cover star: Declan Rice.
#DeclanRice isn’t done. He’s won the Premier League with Arsenal – ending a 22-year drought – to become one of the most feared midfielders in the world. The scary part? The more he wins, the hungrier he gets. Read his #GQMOTY cover story: https://t.co/0NRuq0jdet
Declan Rice deciding big matches with his technical quality too. Unbelievable cross to assist Havertz. Then he turns into the usual defensive monster that we know he is in the 2nd half. What a player.
That’s one of the best defensive performances that you will see from Arsenal in the 2nd half. At Anfield too. Compact team shape at different defensive block heights, reading of space and duels - all of it is world class. Obvious that they are one of the best defensive teams ever.
Sit with people who have failed. They don't talk ego. They talk reality. They've lost money, screwed up good opportunities, trusted the wrong people, made bad moves, and taken some hard Ls. A broke man talks differently about money. A man who's been betrayed talks differently about loyalty. A man who's lost talks differently about winning. He doesn't need to sound smart or act like he knows everything. He's already learned the hard way. That kind of wisdom hits different because he paid for every lesson himself. Sit with people who have failed. They don't sell an illusion. They tell the truth
There is an unwritten rule to life that most people never get told. After every long stretch of hardship and uncertainty, a period comes where you make quantum leaps across multiple areas of your life at once. It happens all at once, and it happens because of everything you survived before it. The only requirement on your end is simple. Do not give up on yourself before that period arrives.
Do something that almost will kill you, at least twice a year. Something that if you fail it will be epic and if you succeed, it will be epic. To hope for opportunity is to leave your life to chance.
With respect to my colleagues in the football writing industry, I am stunned that Bruno Fernandes has been named FWA Footballer of the Year instead of Declan Rice. Rice has literally won more matches this season (35) than Fernandes has even played (34).
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