The Kerry superstar tries to ‘take the emotion out of the game,’ as Pep Guardiola often references.
The Kerry superstar looks to Australia when he’s asked what he’d like to see the new Football Review Committee introduce.
“Very happy with it. Just from a selfish point of view. This is as a teacher and no-one wants to really hear about a teacher talking about their holidays! But we get to have a month of the summer holidays after the All-Ireland so that’s very enjoyable. You get to go away or whatever, not that anyone wants to hear about that.
The Pittsburgh Steelers were in Dublin last week, while Clifford and some of his Kerry team-mates were recently put through their paces in an NFL challenge.“It’s only come up this year but it hasn’t crossed my mind. I’m a relatively safe person, settled in a job and in life. Having to turn my life upside down now would not be something that would appeal to me.
His two-year-old son, Óigí, doesn’t pay much attention to results, that’s for sure, but he’s starting to understand it all. “He loves coming along with me to watch Fossa games. He’s great craic now at the moment. He’s copying celebrations of the soccer players that he sees or whatever. He’s getting to that age alright where you’d have an extra reason to go and play.”There are comparisons and parallels drawn weekly, the ‘generational talent’ tag one that has followed him for quite some time.“From my parents, I learned there was never any need to be cocky or appear arrogant.
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