BBC SPOTY: Thierry Henry reflects on career after lifetime achievement honour

Thierry Henry reflects on career after lifetime achievement honourCredit: The Independent

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00:00I feel privileged because I had the opportunity to play with great players and great teams and

00:04great coaches. So yeah, that wouldn't have been possible without that. So yeah, I feel privileged.

00:11A lot of people along the way, whether I can name people that did believe in me and the one that

00:16didn't believe in me. Anyway, you have to use that as a way to make it yourself. It always has to come

00:24from within. You meet people along the way that will help you, obviously, but it has to come from

00:28within. Like I always say, do you want it or not? Believe in yourself. I know it's a cliche one.

00:33People always wait for others to help them and they forget to help themselves in the first place.

00:38So do that first and then the rest will come.