Growing Up Thierry Henry (Reebok Ad)
By: Laurie | April 7th, 2008This is kind of a cool ad/video from Reebok, in the up-close-and-personal mold of last year’s “Impossible Is Nothing” Adidas ad campaign. The subject is Barcelona and France striker Thierry Henry, and on what it was like for him growing up in a rough banlieue outside of Paris. (Listen closely. The accent is difficult to understand, but worth it.)
Henry has a reputation for being a bit hard-headed and egotistical. This kind of ad is a reminder that there tends to be more to most stories than we can see from the outside.
(This video was previously posted on the Euro2008 page at World Cup Blog, which should, of course, be your main stop for all of your Euro ‘08 coverage.)
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Great ad … has nothing to do with his boots … but great ad. It’s interesting to me that he chooses van Basten as the one role model he mentions in that part of the commercial. So THAT’S who he wanted to be when he grew up.
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He said it all in one sentence.
‘I just play football’
And that he does. Just like I’m just a professor, and we are all just who we are.
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What a graceful piece.
Thank you, Laurie.
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great piece
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Great video, its good to see another side of TH-14, other than the side that the media portrays.
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