“It’s very hard to put into perspective unless you lived it, unless you’ve really known struggle it really hard to put into words and be meaningful, I didn’t know struggle until I had to do it and I don’t think I realized what I went through until I actually got through it, at the time It wasn’t what I was thinking but on reflection I can be proud of myself that I stuck with it and battled through the many tins of spaghetti and tasteless meals to get to training”
My special guest is Nikolai Topor-Stanley. Nikolai is an Australian professional footballer who plays his club football with the Newcastle Jets. He was a fan favorite at the Western Sydney leading them to 3 grand final appearances and a win in the Asian Champions League, while he is also capped 4 times for the Socceroos.
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You will learn plenty from Nikolai Topor-Stanley in episode 29 of Talking with TK.
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WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE
2:22 – Why he came back to the Jets
3:19 – Major goal right now
4:44 – Ernie Merrick & Tony Popovic
6:00 – The season ahead
8:15 – How he got into the sport
9:37 – Moving to Sydney
11:49 – Knowing he wanted to play soccer professionally
13:55 – Sacrifices
15:00 – Stability at the Wanderers
16:00 – The Olympic experience
19:00 – Challenges of playing overseas in Dubai
21:22 – Favorite venue to play Football
22:15 – Superstitions
22:55 – Posters on his bedroom wall growing up
23:30 – Dwight Yorke
24:40 – 5 people he would invite to a private dinner party
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