'Everyone dreams of being a footballer and it was quite hard especially for it being so close to home.' Former England striker Michael Owen and his son James speak candidly about James' sight loss which hindered his hope of following in his Dad's footballing steps.
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00:00 I mean, everyone dreams of being a footballer when they were younger,
00:02 don't they? So it was quite hard, especially for it being so close to home.
00:08 But, yeah, it's just something you have to get over.
00:12 It was hard at the time, and I did used to struggle with it for a long time.
00:16 We've got an image of, you know, for those who don't suffer this condition,
00:20 to understand what you can see.
00:23 And I wonder, while we're looking at it,
00:25 whether you can just explain your Stargardt's condition.
00:31 Yeah, well, that is actually quite interesting,
00:33 because I get asked that all the time, like, how much I can see.
00:36 And to that answer is, I actually don't know.
00:39 And I see pictures saying that's what I see,
00:41 but since I was born this way, I don't know what to compare it to.
00:45 Because I know I've got a few blind spots,
00:46 and apparently some places are blurry,
00:49 but I don't know what any difference is.
00:51 For you, it's normal. Yeah.
00:53 It's perfectly normal, isn't it?
00:54 So, I presume that is what I see.
00:56 But, yeah, that's about it.
00:59 Thank you.
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