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Unpredictable is Underrated: Appreciating Thierry Henry

By Eric Beard

Some things - albeit in increasingly rare quantity - transcend time. 

Some artists find ways to extend their craft, their respective careers, into moments that make others stop.

It isn’t about turning heads. It isn’t about showing up to do the spectacular that is expected.

It’s about slowing down in a world that never stops. It’s about sacrificing the speed of life for a distinct purpose. To question. To challenge. To allow others to imitate, or simply enjoy.

Thierry Henry established himself as an invincible. Before that, he was a world champion. But alongside every achievement, Thierry remains the master of evading any recognition of the praise and hyperbole that fans and journalists prescribed to him every day.

There was a conscious ignorance, a near negligence when it came to publicly acknowledging his talent that made Thierry like no other. 

A refusal to focus on himself brought about an attribution of supreme confidence. Thierry could pull off the absurd, but there was always more.

More. More. More.