Watford striker Troy Deeney’s “light bulb” moment came when the cell door slammed and he contemplated a 10-month jail term for affray five years ago, he told AFP.
The 28-year-old, locked up for assaulting a student outside a pub, entered prison with words from his mother ringing in his ears — that it was at times like that she wished he had not been born.
But Deeney rebuilt his life and his career and two years after he was released having served three months, he was appointed Watford captain, a role he retains to this day.
“It was survival mode after that. People will go ‘right yeah survival mode’ and say that’s a bit drastic but it was that.
“All my feelings and emotions cut off as I said to myself ‘you’ve got to get through this next few months’.
“I didn’t have enough time to sulk or cry and do all the things you would think are natural reactions.
“If my mum died now I’d be a mess. I’d be crying all over the place and drinking loads of beer like everyone else would. I didn’t have that luxury.”
Deeney said incarceration transformed him for the better.
“I always knew I would come out better but it was about how I went about doing it,” said Deeney.
“Part of the course was alcohol dependency which was compulsory if I was to be eligible for a tag (to wear on early release).
“I got into speaking, I used to be closed and have a lot of anger in me, at the group sessions.
“I still speak to a psychologist. People feel sorry for themselves and think the world owes them something and then you realise it’s not that bad.”
Deeney, now teetotal, was particularly close to the man he called his father, Paul Anthony Burke — his biological father left home early on. He has a tattoo which bears Burke’s date of birth and death.
It was to Burke that Deeney’s thoughts turned when Watford gained automatic promotion to the Premier League in the 2014/15 season.
“I just cried,” admits Deeney. “I remember I found out on the bus that we got promoted as other results went our way — everyone went crazy.”
He added: “I always wanted to be a footballer and always liked the idea of playing in the Premier League. I had played in League One (the third tier) with Walsall, then the Championship.
“My dad and granddad would be so proud. I rang my wife (Stacey and mother of their two children, Myles and Amelia) and said I’m going there to his graveside.
“However, at 6 in the evening it was shut so I went out with the team.
“Then the next morning I went with a thermos of tea to the cemetery and had a cup of tea and sat there talking to his gravestone.”
Deeney, who has set up his own foundation to help seriously ill children and distributes football kit to youngsters on the tough estate where he once lived in Birmingham, says he has used his prison experience to advise young offenders.
“I would probably stay away from talking in prisons because I had a career going in and I had one going out,” said Deeney, who invited two of the prison guards to the Championship play-off final in 2014 as a way of thanking them for encouraging him to go to the prison gym and keep fit.
“I can’t resonate with a lot of people there as there are a lot who have lived on that same road (crime) and once they are out they go back to doing the same thing.
“Driving out there in a Range Rover probably doesn’t sit well with them,” added Deeney, who nevertheless stays in touch with two of the inmates he considers friends.
Deeney spoke to AFP after speaking at Sport Industry NextGen in partnership with Barclays.
판다스 포춘
Chen Shisan은 책이 그의 운명을 바꿀 것이라고는 전혀 예상하지 못했습니다.
블랙 맘바
Zhu Xiurong은 무언가를 생각했습니다. “당신의 생각을 어떻게 볼 수 있습니까?”
더 도그 하우스 메가웨이즈
철갑선에 소식이 전해진 후 Fang Jifan은 안도의 한숨을 쉬었습니다.
카지노 슬롯
이 땅에는 밀집된 타타르 족이 돌진하고 있습니다.
123 슬롯
Liu Wenshan과 Wang Bushi는 알현하기 위해 궁전에 들어갔고 폐하와 3 시간 동안 대결했습니다.
맥심 슬롯
이에 비해 더 일반적인 수치가 더 신뢰할 수 있습니다.
슬롯 게임 추천
Wang Wenyu는 주저하지 않고 일어나 아무 말도하지 않고 떠났습니다.
돌리고 슬롯
이는 황제의 기질과도 관련이 있을 뿐만 아니라 황제 폐하의 눈과도 관련이 있다.
123 슬롯
당연히 그는 앞뒤를 보는 아버지의 모습을 견딜 수 없었다.
황제 슬롯
위대한 항해 이후 프란츠에는 셀 수 없이 많은 부가 모였습니다.
번개 슬롯
거래소에서는 여전히 거액의 자금이 투입되고, 미친듯이 주식을 환매하고 있다.
카지노 슬롯
그래서 그는 서기에게 편지를 던졌습니다. “당신이 와서 읽으십시오.”
토토 사이트 검증
주씨는 신분과 예절 때문에 지체하지 않고 시키는 대로 자리에 앉았다.
토토 보증 사이트
이는 2년간 서민의 소득과 맞먹는 금액이다.
메이저 슬롯
Fang Jifan의 말을 듣고 Hongzhi 황제는 Fang Jifan을 쳐다볼 수밖에 없었습니다.
메이저 슬롯
허리에 차고 있던 레이피어를 뽑아들었다 이제 덜 치고 많이 때리는 방법밖에 없다.
슬롯 토토
그는 쉬지 않고 도시에 들어갔고… 황제의 궁전을 바라보며 코를 골았다.
123 슬롯
이 녀석은 원래 목소리가 거친데 손이 너무 우연이다.
슬롯 게임 무료
카샤와 안에 있던 가신들은 서로 다른 표정을 지으며 속삭였다.
메이저 슬롯 사이트
그는 멍하니 눈을 동그랗게 뜨고 다가오는 사람을 바라보았다.
프라그마틱 슬롯 추천
Xiao Jing은 서둘러 고개를 저으며 말했습니다. “당신의 하인 … 모르겠습니다.”
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