A new film is on the way about former England international striker Jermain Defoe
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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:02 My life was just--
00:05 it was just all about golf.
00:06 But when you finish playing and you reflect on everything,
00:09 I could see it's not just about, you know, football.
00:13 There's other stuff that's important.
00:15 Here's Defoe.
00:16 Charge, goal!
00:18 Dream debut for Jermaine Defoe!
00:20 I strive to see all the strikers and see how good they are.
00:23 And then you train, and they start, bam, bam, bam.
00:26 And you're thinking, wow.
00:28 Listen, I've got the ice with you.
00:29 There are times where I thought you could have passed me,
00:31 and I'd have a lot more.
00:32 What a goal!
00:38 I grew up in East London.
00:39 So my mom was, yeah, 17, which got pregnant.
00:42 I was still living at home with my parents.
00:45 I was a baby.
00:46 I still remember it was my first Sunday team.
00:48 We had the best players in East London.
00:50 And I think about it now, it's like, so much pressure.
00:53 This ain't no normal kid.
00:55 He just said that Jermaine Defoe was here,
00:56 and we might be able to get him out.
00:58 It's a bit of a sore point, really.
00:59 West Ham came in.
01:01 Charlton claimed the under-16 internationals,
01:03 poached by the Hammers.
01:05 I had all rights posted all over the wall.
01:07 And then, yeah, I shook his hand, just like a kid.
01:10 I just wanted to put my boots on.
01:11 I wanted to show right how good I was.
01:13 That was the master and the apprentice there, right there.
01:16 England footballers are becoming massive superstars.
01:23 Editors realised their private lives
01:26 suddenly became of interest.
01:28 Yeah, of course I've poked people over the years,
01:29 but no-one's perfect.
01:31 You're young and successful and, you know, single.
01:33 They build you up, and then they knock you down.
01:37 That's what they were doing there.
01:39 I think it was just the way he looked at me.
01:45 It was like, I've never experienced anything like it before.
01:47 Jermaine said that he was going to come up
01:50 and see Bradley in hospital.
01:52 Me, just sort of not trusting people.
01:54 You're sort of having a go at it,
01:55 and not connecting, and not getting close to people.
01:58 But then with Bradley, all he wanted was to meet me.
02:01 There's nothing else he wants from me.
02:02 That's genuine love.
02:04 Because, yeah, it's more than just kicking a ball.
02:11 [Music]
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