Eddie - Strongman Page #6

[Alex] Just recently, obviously

with Eddie going away more and more...

as well as me being in a bad place,

now Max has just started speaking.

He's actually saying to me:

"Where's dadda? Where's dadda?"

And that is the hardest thing for me.

I think that's made it so much worse.

It makes me wanna cry. It makes me...

It makes me angry that he's not there.

It makes me angry that we're not there.

[Eddie] I was doing 50, 60 hours a week

at work.

I was training four hours a night.

And I wasn't seeing my wife and kids

for more than one or two hours a week.

It got to the point, you know,

where I've got to do something.

You know, I've got to do something where

I can cover my mortgage, cover my bills...

-and do what I love.

-[people talking]

Oh, thank you. You really

shouldn't have though.

[Eddie] I kept kidding myself.

And I think that's what you've got

to do to be successful.

Is just keep f***ing kidding yourself

that what you're doing

is gonna lead to a big...

you know, a big dream one day.

And that's what I've been doing

for the last ten years, is just...

just f***ing kidding myself

that it's gonna get somewhere.

And then, the day came.

The realization that I was a pro Strongman

hit me. When I was handed a job.

And just f***ing said: "You know what.

This is what that ten years has been for."

All those f***ing hours in the gym

and not seeing my family and friends.

And basically not having a life

for the last ten years has paid off

and I'm now a pro Strongman.

Last couple of months

I've been talking to a few companies.

You know. Just sort of got

a good deal with a few guys.

You know, spit a bit of deal with them.

Sort of said:
"How can you help me?"

I've just said:

"You can help me financially.

Donate any products

or any of that crap."

And I ended up with

a good amount of sponsorship.

You know, enough

to quit my job and sort of...

turn full time Strongman.

So, I can actually call myself

a pro Strongman for once.

So, I'm gonna sip

on my Protein Dynamix Gainer.

That tastes absolutely amazing.

Like little drops of heaven.

And that's what I do. I'll just put my

Xplosvieape hoodie on

to keep me nice

and warm during the winter.

This is definitely the...

What's gonna make the difference

to me winning World's Strongest Man

and not winning it.

I've got it where I can sort of quit

my job and literally do nothing.

I can just live

off the sponsorships. So...

I'm in a great place at the minute.

So I'm feeling really good.

Anyway. Suck my sausage.

[laughing]

Knob.

[playful laughter]

[Eddie] There's a saying, you know,

"That behind every great man,

there's an even greater woman."

And my wife,

she genuinely is a great woman.

Everything I've said,

she's supported and backed me up and...

You know, she's... Over the years

she's been through some f***ing sh*t

with me, you know.

I haven't been there for probably the

first two, three years of relationship.

And it's great that now I've sort of...

turned pro.

And I'm spending a lot more time

with my wife and I'm sort of realizing...

[exhales]

[interviewer]

What have you realized about Alex?

[sniffles]

Just sort of realizing

how amazing she is and...

[clears throat]

That...

You know, I've basically missed

the first two years of my child's life.

And she always say, you know,

she would kept nagging me and saying...

I'm a sh*t dad and...

-But you know, uhm...

-[clears throat]

I always kept saying to her: "You know,

it's for a reason. It'll pay off one day."

And it finally has.

Instead of getting up every morning

and working

for a multi-billion-pound company,

I'm now getting up and working for myself.

And that is a great feeling.

I'm so glad I did it. So glad I did it.

I don't want to be the granddad...

in 20 years' time,

that says:

"Oh, I could've won World's Strongest Man.

But I couldn't afford..."

You know, I'll be the granddad

in 20 years' time that said:

"You know, I quit my job,

I took a f***ing risk,

and I won World's Strongest Man."

I wanna be that guy.

Today, I drove nearly 300 miles

to Kalmora, Plymouth.

I've been invited down to do like

a seminar, talk about my life

-and a bit about my training, diet.

-[applause]

It's nice when people

pay money to actually wanna learn...

you know, from me, from the best.

So, I've got huge legs. Why not use them.

So, I had to consume

over half a kilo of protein a day...

which is again, is like

five or six chickens.

I'm sat in front of a hundred people

and I'm giving lectures.

You know, I'm a lecturer in a certain way.

I'm giving people life coaching.

You know, I'm telling them

how to be better than they are now.

I'm telling them how to progress.

My eyeball actually came out of my skull

and I had to push it back in.

That's the kind of intensity I train to.

It's a 100 percent all the time.

You know, to the point where

your eyeballs are popping out your face.

That's nosebleeds...

passing out, I've done it all.

I've pushed myself to the limit

in every session.

That's what it's all about.

You know, I genuinely appreciate the fans.

You know. And I love to give back and I go

and do these seminars and appearances.

It's cool. It's very tiring.

You know, I'm here for three days.

And this is what I'll do basically

for ten hours a day for three days.

This is my way of sort of

paying back to the fans a little bit

and showing my appreciation.

These guys is how I made my living, so...

The least I can do is sit here

and do some photos and signatures.

You all right, guys?

I've had a little dabble in promoting

my own Strongman event and...

actually running an event

in my hometown, Stoke.

It was the World's Strongest Team event.

Team events are fun,

cause normally Strongman

is obviously an individual sport.

With a team event you can

obviously rely on your team mates.

So, it makes it easier. You know,

play on your teammates' strengths

and your strengths and...

basically come up with a strategy

that way to do the best you possibly can.

-Hey up, brows. What you up to?

-[muffled speech over telephone]

There'll be some finer touches

and barriers to put up, no doubt.

All right. Sorry about, dude.

That's not my fault. It's f***ing Glen.

-[Eddie] All right. See you in a bit.

-[man] All right.

-[Eddie] Bye.

-[man] Bye.

-[belches]

-[Eddie] This is a big day for me,

because it's my first big show

that I've run.

And it could be the first of many.

So, I hope it's a f***ing success.

Me and Terry Holland.

We have Brian Shaw, Dave Ostlund.

We've added all the guys

from all round the world.

Weve got Americans over, Germans,

Polish, Lithuanian. I organized it myself

with Glenn Ross.

Yeah, like every show...

If there's no stress in it, no hard work,

you haven't done enough.

And one thing about

the Ultimate Strongman,

all the team,

we all worked our arses off...

-to produce a great show for everybody.

-You know, this has been in...

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