00:02Please welcome to the stage, my friend, the incredible Toni Kroos.
00:22Yeah, first of all, good evening, everybody.
00:25I have to be honest, it's truly special to receive this award from this man over here.
00:34I told him before, I mean, he has how many, one, five, six?
00:38So he got bored that he said, okay, I'm going to host this, this one.
00:42So, no, it's, it's truly crazy because for different reasons, I think first of all, this
00:48award is very special because just have a look around who's here this evening, this, this
00:55gives this award a big value.
00:57I think how many, how many people are here, inspiring people, people that achieved crazy
01:02things in their sports and they stay together here for the same values, that's, that's pretty
01:07important.
01:08I think second to receive this award here, especially here in Madrid means a lot because when I came
01:17here like around 12 years ago from, from Munich, I didn't know what to expect.
01:22I mean, it's, it's not easy.
01:23Obviously, I was still very young to, to leave your country with a small family that grew
01:29over the years.
01:30But, but, and I can say not only because of what happened on the pitch, all the trophies
01:37we won, I can definitely say that I found a new home here and I still live here even
01:42two years after, after I finished my career and, and, and there are no other plans for the
01:47future.
01:47So, so it's incredibly special to, to receive this award here in Madrid, which I call my
01:53home now and, and, and that makes it even more special.
01:55And third, I think the most important reason is, um, that I don't only achieve this award
02:02because of what happened on the pitch, you know, um, great things happened there.
02:06I was truly blessed to, to, to play with, yeah, I mean, for me, the best team in the world
02:11for such a long time, uh, I think the trophies show this, but also that what Novak said and
02:17what the video showed, uh, the things, what happened off the pitch.
02:21I think it's, uh, it's, it's very important, you know, um, to, to present these values because
02:28I think the situation, and I'm definitely the last one that is going to hold a political
02:34speech or whatever.
02:35It's, it's, I'm not in the position to do that, but I think, uh, we can see that things
02:40are going crazy in the world, and I think he has so many people with such a big, uh, such
02:45a big fan base, with such a big community, and if we stand together, I think for the right
02:51values, for the right things, for, for, for peace, for the respect, I think, uh, we can
02:56achieve a lot because other things we can't control, but we can control ourselves, and I
03:01think, uh, we can, we, we have to try to be a good example.
03:04We have legends, I mean, he's still playing, that's crazy, but he's still a legend.
03:08We have, we have Yannick, we have Carlos, who is going to do that for the next 10, 15
03:13years, hopefully, and, and I think, uh, if we, if we unite these generations and, and,
03:19and show the, the right values, it's, uh, we, we can make a big step forward.
03:23So, thank you, and, uh, yeah, it was way too long.
03:26Sorry.
03:26Uh, have a good evening.
03:28Great round of applause.
03:29Well done.
03:30Thank you.
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