Thierry Henry
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And I didn't flinch.
Okay?
Three o'clock, closed the door.
The guy, the press officer was like, Michael is in the corridor coming.
Closed the door.
Three o'clock, three o'clock.
But I didn't punish him not playing the day after or that day or whatever it was.
I don't know if it was on the day or the day before.
I closed the door.
did the meeting, came in with my assistant after, rewatched the meeting alone, we explained what was supposed to happen the day after, and he played.
Why am I going to shoot myself alone, in my foot alone, for not playing my best player, just because he was late for a meeting?
In my time, that wasn't accepted.
The way I was before, I was mad inside.
I was like, why is he doing this?
But what's the bigger picture here?
Us to win or what I believe is right at that particular moment that he's disrespecting his team because he's late or myself.
Put your ego on the side.
This guy has to play.
That's my best player.
That's what I said.