Almost 40 years ago Terry Orlick wrote a chapter titled “From Hero to Zero”: “The challenge is not only in pursuing excellence but in doing so without destroying the rest of your life.” How many top athletes has been committed to pursue this positive goal? That is to say, be aware and committed to distinguish between “my career is the only thing” or “my career is the most important thing I have” or better “my career and my life out of sport are both important.”
Today it seems that many football players in UK do not live following the goal to pursue their personal wellbeing.
- The average career of a footballers is 8 years
- 5 years after the retirement 40% of the players declare bankruptcy
- After 1 year, 33% of footballers get divorced
- Today the average salary in Premiere League is 2,5 millions of pounds, not sufficient to guarantee a happy life
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