‘I went for it, put my ego aside’: Robin van Persie on coaching, Wenger and horses

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Feyenoord coach on how a chat with his daughter changed his life, memories of Arsenal and Manchester United and a lunch with GuardiolaRobin van Persie was warming to his theme, imparting wisdom to his children, Shaqueel and Dina, then 14 and 10. “We were at the kitchen table in our new house and I was giving them a speech: ‘You have to find your passion as soon as possible!’” He is, however, self-aware enough to realise how parental monologues are received. “I was ‘passion this, passion that’. It went on and on and on.”It was Dina who brought him up short. “Yeah, Dad, but what is your passion now?” Continue reading...