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lucky to be alive. I had a heart attack
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and I was dead and then I flatlined four
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times when I was in a coma. I went
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overseas with the New Zealand AllHWH
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whites to Mexico and starred for the
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AllHWH whites, played as the number one
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goalkeeper. We have our team talk and
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Ken Dougdell sort of said, you know,
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would anyone like to say anything? And
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Michael obviously what you've been
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through with breaking your neck and you
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know how how are your how are you how's
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your head? You're going to be busy mate.
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We're playing the best team in the
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world. We're ranked 101st to their
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first. So, how do you feel? And I said,
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"Are you guys [ __ ] serious?" I said,
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"Uh, 6 months ago, I caught a soccer
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ball for the first time in 2 years after
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being told I'd never walk, never play
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football again. And now I'm about to
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line up with the national anthem of New
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Zealand with my mates and I'm about to
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play against Rualdinho on the Brazilian
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national team in Mexico in front of
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70,000 people. If we score a goal, we'll
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win."
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>> Yeah.
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>> I said, "Cuz they're not going to
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score." You know, they ended up beating
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us 2-0, but it was it was no discredit.
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That's it's not a bad disgraceful, is
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it? Now it isn't. It isn't.