Shaun Wright-Phillips
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Podcast Appearances
Even though I was shy back then, I would still go on the stage with the kids and have a laugh and stuff.
So there was all things like that at the time that was just going to get taken away from me.
So it was like having to start again almost.
The lucky thing was when I went to Chelsea at the time, there was a few players that I already knew.
They helped me settle in pretty quickly, but walking into the stadium with dad and obviously my agent at the time,
He was just like a big kid.
Dad was just laughing and giggling.
And I'm just like, I'm quite a laid back person.
So I'm just going with the flow.
And he just looked at me and said, well, son, why aren't you smiling?
Ain't you happy?
I said, yeah, I'm happy.
I just don't need to act like you, basically.
And I always remember it.
And he was just so happy at the time.
But after signing there and getting settled with the boys, I'll never regret anything about it.
There was a few of them, but that would have been one.
Not only, obviously, made it a family, but at the time, like, he just... He was so particular about things and...
One of the main things that stand out to me from him as a man was like, because at the time my kids like DiMaggio and my other oldest, Danae, would come training with me.
And like, while training is going on, he would just tell us what to do.