Like every Saturday evening, Léa Salamé welcomes on the set of her second-evening talk show What an era! on France 2, many guests from cultural, media and… sporting circles. Accompanied by Christophe Dechavanne and Philippe Caverivière, the journalist received this Saturday, April 22, 2023, two great champions who marked their generation in the person of the footballer David Ginola, converted into a host and sports consultant for Canal + as well as the international basketball player Tony Parker . After a brilliant American career in the United States, in San Antonio, the latter will be the very first Frenchman in history to be inducted into the NBA Hall of Fame. His famous “N°9” shines now and forever with the other stars of US basketball and near his absolute idol: Michael Jordan. A consecration for this former Spurs, who has become a brilliant businessman and who does not forget his modest origins…
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“When you see a bailiff come to your house and take the TV…”
Faced with Christine Ockrent, who came to defend her latest work on Xi Jinping The Emperor and the Red Billionaires to the editions of the Observatory, the 40-year-old man pours out: “My parents raised me with the idea of never forgetting where we come from. We grew up in a very modest environmentand there are things that mark you in your life, for example when you see a bailiff arrive at your house and take the TV, take a piece of furniture… it leaves you with scars…” recounts the champion revived by the journalist: “How old were you?”, “I was 9”, he replies soberly before being interrupted by Christophe Dechavanne: “Your mother didn’t speak Spanish? Because my mother stood behind the door when there was a bailiff who came to take things and she said (imitating an Iberian accent) ‘the monchieur, he’s not laaache’ talking about my father” let go of the former presenter of Hi it’s us making the audience laugh. “And that’s true ! revive Léa Salamé and turn to Tony Parker: and you were 9 years old and you saw the ushers taking the TV…” she asks him. “Yes and that, it marks you and it gave me a certain motivation for all my life (…) and I played basketball for the right reasons. It’s true, it’s a shame when you see young people and their first question is how does it feel to be rich? or what does it feel like to be known?’ Me, when I was playing and doing basketball camps, my first questions were ‘how do you do this “moove” there, how do you shoot there…’ You shouldn’t play sports for the wrong reasons…” A beautiful life lesson, quite simply…
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️ “There are things that mark you in your life, like when you see a bailiff at home taking your TV and a piece of furniture, it leaves you with scars” reveals @Tony Parker when he was 9 years old #QuelleEpoque@France2tv@LeaSalamepic.twitter.com/jxEkBo0yrF
– What an era! (@QuelleEpoqueOff) April 22, 2023