Kerry's double Footballer of the Year on Gaelic football and how he has learned how to deal with other people's opinions of him.
The back-to-back Footballer of the Year reckons people should leave football alone and that the commentary should be more positive like hurling is.Read Next: Respect for GAA players 'sadly lacking' as Ulster heavyweights set to clash“The amount of analysis that goes into it, the power and pace of the players.
“Then you look at the football and it all seems to be so negative. You’re nearly saying ‘Leave it alone’ in one sense.”It was far removed from traditional Kerry football. “But when you are able to take the sting out of a game like that and bring something that you’ve worked on to the pitch, it’s very satisfying.“I suppose you can see the other side of it and if you are watching the game, it’s not exactly exhilarating stuff but that’s just the way it is, I suppose.”At 25 and constantly in the public glare, he says he doesn’t get ‘pissed off’ by other people’s opinions of him.
“It's interesting. When you're inside of a bubble, it's probably no harm to see what the opinions are.
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