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This Sports Conversation represents a new series in which leading personalities from athletics and entertainment join presenter the interviewer for candid and detailed discussions about the beautiful game.
We'll explore mindset and drive, discussing pivotal experiences, career highlights and individual insights. The Football Interview reveals the individual beyond the player.
Reece James began practicing with Chelsea at six years old and - having progressed through the youth system and into the first team - is now club captain.
James announced himself to the Stamford Bridge faithful in style, netting on his first appearance in a 7-1 victory over the opposition in 2019.
Currently twenty-five, James' career highlights so far include earning his England debut against Wales in 2020, claiming the European Cup with his club in 2021, and being appointed team skipper in 2023.
Nevertheless, things have not always gone smoothly, with multiple fitness issues impacting him over the past four seasons.
The athlete spoke with the interviewer to talk about his career highs, Thiago Silva's influence, and his relationship with seven-time F1 world champion the racing driver.
The defender discusses Thiago Silva's impact on his professional journey
The interviewer: First question: identity, your origins, and what's your coffee order?
Reece James: The name is Reece James, I grew up in Mortlake, near Richmond - I'm sure many will recognize that location. My beverage is a specific coffee type.
The host: Has it always been a flat white?
Reece: No, it started with, such as, vanilla lattes and stuff.
The presenter: Let's start by talking football. What significance does soccer hold to you?
The defender: I mean, from childhood, it was practically my entire focus in education. I wasn't the most academic student, and I just loved playing football.
The interviewer: What's your earliest memory of playing? Is this tough to answer because it represented a significant aspect of your early years and growing up?
Reece: Not particularly, just because my memory is so bad. My first remembrance was likely, I don't know, going to watch my brother play. He is two years older than me, and he used to play as well.
Kelly: It was big in your household, wasn't it, because your dad was deeply engaged? He's a football coach too, isn't he? Share with me a bit about that.
Reece: Well we were three of us during childhood. It was all football mad, and he obviously was a trainer as well, and we used to train a lot with him.
The presenter: Can you recall many of those sessions? Because I learned that as young as the age of four, you practiced outdoors and he conducted drills with you in the yard.
James: Yes, I recall - the drills started young. Fortunately, they proved beneficial for myself and my sibling [Chelsea and England forward his sister].
Kelly: Talk to me about your first ever team that you played for as a child, its name, and what can you remember?
The defender: My recollection is limited, to be honest. That was Kew Park Rangers in the area. I believe I played for about twelve months. It was from there that talent spotters noticed me for the professional club.
Kelly: And you weren't a defender at initially, correct? Explain about your positional journey and how that changed...
James: I started off as a forward, and then subsequently moved to the wing, left wing, right side, and eventually to central positions, and then finally at right-back, and I hated it at the time.
The presenter: Why did you hate it?
The athlete: Since I consistently desired to play midfield. There was less involvement with the football as much but one day everything fell into place and I became a defender since.
The defender claimed the Champions League in that year when Chelsea defeated Manchester City by one goal in the championship match in Porto
Kelly: You mentioned you started as an attacker - who was your role model?
Reece: The player I admired was [Didier] Drogba. I grew up as a Chelsea fan during youth and he represented the athlete I looked up to.
Kelly: Can you think of a turning point in your career - a moment that has influenced your development and the professional you have become?
The defender: I'd likely identify going on loan. Transitioning between youth and first-team football is the hardest and this represents probably what many athletes transitioning upwards find challenging.
Kelly: You're referring to the club, naturally. What made did Wigan become the ideal team for you at that period? It was distant from everything you were familiar with in the capital - what made it successful so well?
James: The primary factor is that I featured week in week out, which proves beneficial. I gained valuable exposure - I relocated from my companions and relatives and had to mature fast. Playing on a regular schedule helped a lot.
The interviewer: Who has had the biggest impact on your career?
Reece: I would say [the experienced Brazilian] the veteran. He is almost sufficiently experienced to be my father and has competed at the highest level for many years. He always tried to assist me from the moment he arrived and still does, even now he is departed [having left Chelsea in 2024].
The host: How specifically would he help you?
James: It was little messages away from games. During matches, he would sometimes observe situations that I perceived differently and try and paint a different picture.
The presenter: It must have been nice to see him recently [during the tournament]?
The defender: It was wonderful to see him again. I'm pleased that his club did well in the competition [they were defeated in the semi-finals to eventual winners his team]. It is consistently positive to see him.
The interviewer: Were you able to return and experience again one match in your professional history, what would you choose?
James: Assuming the result is going to be the identical - I'd select the European Cup decider.
Kelly: Besides winning, what was so special about that night
Margaret Houston
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