Gazza magic - money can't buy happiness part two
Like most people I could do with a bit more cash. A lot more cash to be perfectly honest – enough cash to roll around in, throw out of windows and behave like Richard Pryor in Brewster’s Millions.
Were I to win the lottery I would indulge in some serious purchasing and acts of generosity before heading snowboarding at various locations around the world for the next six months.
I don’t go in for any of this I wouldn’t want the money, it would change my life, wouldn’t know what to do, couldn’t trust anyone stuff.
But money can’t buy you happiness and sometimes, as I wrote about Watford footballer Al Bangura a while back, it doesn’t mean a thing.
Luckily, Al has been given leave to stay in the country and not be deported back to Sierra Leone, but another football-related incident brought the 'money doesn’t matter' thought to light again for me today.
Paul Gascoigne was in the news again today for the wrong reasons, having been arrested and sectioned. Like many of my generation, Gazza was the first superstar English footballer to really grab our attention and while he was a genius footballer he was no angel and often brought his problems on himself.
You can trace a path from how his every movement was watched and analysed by the media to today's millionaire superstars like David Beckham, John Terry and Wayne Rooney.
Sadly, it hasn’t turned out too well for Gazza since finishing playing football and I wish him luck getting himself sorted.
So, just because I can, here is some Gazza magic. Enjoy.
- Simon Lambert, This is Money
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