[Copas Tulisan] Buffon's Letter to His Younger Self
Dear 17-year-old Gianluigi, I write this letter to you tonight as a 41-year-old man who has experienced many, many things in life, and has made some mistakes. I have some good news and some bad news for you. The truth is that I am really here to speak to you about your soul. Yes, your soul. You do have one, believe it or not. Let’s begin with the bad news. You’re 17 years old. You’re about to become a real footballer, like in your dreams. You think that you know everything. But the truth is, my friend, you don’t know shit. In just a few days, you will get the chance to start your first Serie A match for Parma, and you don’t know enough to be scared. You should be in bed, drinking warm milk. But what are you going to do? You’re going to go to the nightclub with your good friend from the Primavera. You’re just going to have one beer, right? But then you exaggerate a bit. You play the movie character. The strongman. This is how you usually cope with this pressure that you don’t even k...