:00:26. > :00:31.greatest sons was struck down early. John Hartson was being treated for
:00:32. > :00:35.testicular cancer at the local hospital when suddenly he stopped
:00:36. > :00:38.breathing. Doctors flew into the room and the doors were going in and
:00:39. > :00:43.out and people were putting masks on and everyone was doing this. Alarms
:00:44. > :00:48.went off and I was kind of what's happening? What's going on? Loads of
:00:49. > :01:04.nurses came in. I was ushered out, they were putting on aprons. My bad,
:01:05. > :01:08.I think he collapsed, and... I'm looking at my son laying on a bed,
:01:09. > :01:15.that is when I was screaming, "please don't go, please don't go".
:01:16. > :01:19.John was rushed across his home town for an emergency brain operation,
:01:20. > :01:23.past the council estate where he was raised, the streets he kicked a ball
:01:24. > :01:28.around as a lad, the schools and clubs he represented with honour.
:01:29. > :01:37.The journey alone was life threatening, the brain operation was
:01:38. > :01:41.his only chance. The news was already out. The former Wales
:01:42. > :01:45.footballer John Hartson has had emergency surgery to relieve
:01:46. > :01:49.pressure on his brain. John Hartson, the former Celtic striker, is in a
:01:50. > :01:54.critical condition in hospital. It is not good news, we are told he's
:01:55. > :01:58.in a critical condition being cared for around the clock after emergency
:01:59. > :02:03.neurosurgery last night. The football world held its breath. I
:02:04. > :02:07.will never forget it, it is one of those JFK moments you have. I was on
:02:08. > :02:12.my way into Lennox Town, the training ground, and it came on the
:02:13. > :02:19.national news. My heart stopped for a minute. When I heard it, you just
:02:20. > :02:24.think the worst. Every day I was praying he was going to survive.
:02:25. > :02:29.John had a high-profile roller-coaster career, the record
:02:30. > :02:34.signing teenager, the addicted gambler, the goal-scoring saviour,
:02:35. > :02:41.the light-night hell raiser, the idol of Scottish soccer, the devoted
:02:42. > :02:44.family man. Swansea, Wales and football waited anxiously to see if
:02:45. > :03:13.cancer had cruelly taken Big John. Five years after his emergency brain
:03:14. > :03:16.operations and treatment for testicular cancer, which spread
:03:17. > :03:21.throughout his body, Big John has bounced back, literally grabbing a
:03:22. > :03:27.new life by the balls. This is his golf day for h charity, the John
:03:28. > :03:31.Hartson Foundation, raising awareness about testicular cancer,
:03:32. > :03:37.the most common cancer in young men, a cause his famous friends are happy
:03:38. > :03:41.to support. I'm here to support John, great lad, been through a
:03:42. > :03:46.tough time, come through the other end. He's a fighter, he's a warrior,
:03:47. > :03:53.and you can tell by how many people are here today what people think of
:03:54. > :03:56.him. And when he asks them he will get a good turnout because he's such
:03:57. > :04:00.a nice lad. I have travelled everywhere with John on the golf
:04:01. > :04:07.days all around the British Isles, it is nice to see the old face,
:04:08. > :04:16.Wright, Shearer, even Robbie Savage is a pleasure to see every now and
:04:17. > :04:20.then! We have got super stars here today that have come along, it is
:04:21. > :04:23.great to catch up with so many old friends, players I played with,
:04:24. > :04:30.players I played against, managers who have managed me, Neil Lennon,
:04:31. > :04:34.the Celtic manager, sat next to in the Celtic dressing room for five
:04:35. > :04:38.years. Players I went to battle with, the likes of Neil Ruddock and
:04:39. > :04:44.other guys that are here today, it has been brilliant. Fully fit, clean
:04:45. > :04:51.of cancer and raring to go, John now reflects on moment was ecstacy and
:04:52. > :04:56.agony in his glittering career. Hery rest veals how his near-death
:04:57. > :05:01.experience has changed him and exposes the life-long gambling
:05:02. > :05:09.addict behind the media pundit. So Big John is back, bigger and braver
:05:10. > :05:15.than ever. John came from good, solid South Wales centre forward
:05:16. > :05:21.stock. His father, Cyril, a talented big man up front for several local
:05:22. > :05:24.clubs. He was nowhere near as talented as me. He wouldn't like me
:05:25. > :05:29.saying. That he was a good player, my dad. He says himself that I was a
:05:30. > :05:34.little bit special when I was a kid. And I would pick the ball up, take
:05:35. > :05:39.the ball off my own goalkeeper and I would beat every single player and
:05:40. > :05:44.score a goal at 11 years of age against 13-year-olds. Growing up on
:05:45. > :05:48.a council estate in Swansea, most of John's early memories involve
:05:49. > :05:53.football or submerged in family life with his mum, Diana, Big Brother,
:05:54. > :05:59.James, big sister Hayley, and little sister, Victoria, who loved to watch
:06:00. > :06:04.John play. Even as a toddler, John appeared gifted. I would say John
:06:05. > :06:10.was as young as three when he noticed that he had something. I
:06:11. > :06:14.started taking a few kids across the park and OK give him a bit of
:06:15. > :06:24.coaching for what I knew. He didn't have to be taught anything. John was
:06:25. > :06:28.a natural as he was progressing, when he was seven Scouts started to
:06:29. > :06:32.come and watch him. He would use his strength and he had a wonderful
:06:33. > :06:36.first touch, he could pass the ball and what John said to me again from
:06:37. > :06:42.a young age, scoring goals for money, everywhere, everies team --
:06:43. > :06:53.every team he played for, he found scoring goals so easy. He was very
:06:54. > :06:56.fiery and rough I diets of his own age at that time wouldn't provoke
:06:57. > :07:01.John, because they wouldn't get the better of him. You know, being
:07:02. > :07:14.brought up on a fairly rough council estates, he was up on the streets
:07:15. > :07:18.playing with friends up the fields or the park. He wouldn't be
:07:19. > :07:22.provoked. My dad put a lot of time and effort into me as a kid. He
:07:23. > :07:26.could see I had a talent. He would never shout at me on the touch-line
:07:27. > :07:31.F we got back in the car he would tell me what he thought in no
:07:32. > :07:35.uncertain terms if I did the wrong thing on the pitch. He was always
:07:36. > :07:38.there for me. He was my number one fan. Whenever I scored a goal I had
:07:39. > :07:42.the special little bond with my dad, I would look up to him and he would
:07:43. > :07:46.go like that or that and I would do the same back. I always knew if he
:07:47. > :07:49.was in the crowd. No, my dad has been huge to me. Probably the
:07:50. > :07:55.biggest influence on my life, certainly my career. Scouts had
:07:56. > :08:00.always circled John, Luton swooped first and the 16-year-old packed his
:08:01. > :08:05.bags and was off, determined to make a success of it. But it nearly ended
:08:06. > :08:09.before it began. John had already developed a gambling addiction and
:08:10. > :08:13.to fuel the slot machines he stole from a Luton team-mate whose family
:08:14. > :08:19.were looking after him. I came home for about two weeks and my parents
:08:20. > :08:23.were very, very disappointed in me, I was embarrassed, I had this big
:08:24. > :08:25.opportunity to do something with my life in terms of being a
:08:26. > :08:30.professional footballer and it looked like I had very much blown it
:08:31. > :08:35.all because of this addiction. You know. I was accepted back, I think
:08:36. > :08:41.they might have seen the fact that I did have a talent and you know, and
:08:42. > :08:46.eventually I got in the youth team and I progressed and I had spells of
:08:47. > :08:51.times where I didn't gamble and other times where I did. The specter
:08:52. > :08:57.of gambling has always loomed over John. But in the earlier days it was
:08:58. > :09:03.outweighed by his sparkling talent. A succession of goals in Luton's FA
:09:04. > :09:10.Cup run of 94 by this fiery teenage striker caught the attention of the
:09:11. > :09:13.big clubs, with Luton manager David Pleat fielding offers. He said he
:09:14. > :09:18.wanted me to do him a favour the afternoon, he said can you go home,
:09:19. > :09:25.have a shave, put a nice shirt and tie on, we're going to go and meet
:09:26. > :09:30.the manager of Arsenal Football Club, George Graham. He didn't have
:09:31. > :09:34.a manage at the time, I didn't know nothing about this. I was driving
:09:35. > :09:38.and working for a company putting "for sale" signs up for estate
:09:39. > :09:43.agents. I had a battered old van, and I used to travel back and forth
:09:44. > :09:49.to Luton and John said dad can you come up Arsenal want to buy me. Well
:09:50. > :09:53.I remember actual low I went to meet John, he brought his father up from
:09:54. > :09:58.Wales, which I was pleased about, obviously a lad at that age, 19,
:09:59. > :10:04.speaking to the manager of Arsenal with a potential move there, it is
:10:05. > :10:09.really, it must have been such an occasion of the boy. He said is it
:10:10. > :10:13.OK if I bring my dad. I said it is not only OK it is imperative you
:10:14. > :10:17.bring your father. Heads up to Highbury, never been to Arsenal or
:10:18. > :10:23.North London before. His phone is ringing all the time in the car,
:10:24. > :10:28.David Pleat said the world is out that Arsenal is going to break the
:10:29. > :10:34.British transfer fee for a teenager, ?2. 5 million, which at the time was
:10:35. > :10:40.a huge deal. Overnight the teenager from Swansea has become the world's
:10:41. > :10:46.third-most expensive player ever. The ?2. 5 million man and all at the
:10:47. > :10:50.age of 19. I was so excited thinking my brother will be famous and play
:10:51. > :10:55.for Arsenal. I was just so excited as a child, and there was so much
:10:56. > :10:59.fuss around, it was great, a great memory. We used to go and watch as
:11:00. > :11:03.many games as we could, my dad and I would travel up in the morning, and
:11:04. > :11:07.we would stop off for breakfast and watch the game, have a couple of
:11:08. > :11:18.hours with John and then we'd drive back most of the time. But nearly
:11:19. > :11:23.every game we saw then, yeah. Overnight John was lining up
:11:24. > :11:29.alongside the England captain, Tony Adams, and centre forward Ian
:11:30. > :11:35.Wright, his strike partner. When he came to Arsenal he wasn't phased by
:11:36. > :11:41.the players or the place he just came and did his stuff, it was
:11:42. > :11:47.admirable. Goal for Arsenal! He was a bag -- big man with a lot of skill
:11:48. > :11:51.and touch, great right foot shot on him, he was just fantastic.
:11:52. > :11:56.Obviously I was in and around him, feeding off him and that. You build
:11:57. > :12:06.up partnerships and things when you play football, and respect for each
:12:07. > :12:12.other, Ian write was 11 stone 2 and I was 14 stone. If you are playing
:12:13. > :12:17.against the Colin Hendries, and these guys are monsters, the
:12:18. > :12:22.physicality of these guys, if you are in the shout too soon they will
:12:23. > :12:25.take your head off. They are so physically strong these people. If
:12:26. > :12:32.one of them centre-halfs is kicking lumps out of Ian write then Wright,
:12:33. > :12:39.in so uncertain terms I would say, can you stop kicking me, kick me.
:12:40. > :12:45.People taking liberties on the pitch i would say to Harts, I would say I
:12:46. > :12:50.think I might be on for a cup of tea in the tunnel. It was very small and
:12:51. > :12:55.really compact and if something happened in there it would kick off
:12:56. > :13:03.and be a racaus thing, with somebody like John behind me, he was a big
:13:04. > :13:07.old fella. If Wrighty thought he could look to me, an England centre
:13:08. > :13:11.forward and wonderful player, if he thought he could look to me, not
:13:12. > :13:17."protection", that is the wrong word, but somebody who would have
:13:18. > :13:22.his back in a game, then that is a compliment to me. A tough man. A
:13:23. > :13:28.silly Welshman isn't, have you ever tried to hurt one of them, they
:13:29. > :13:32.don't feel it! After Arsenal a full international cap for this proud
:13:33. > :13:37.silly Welshman wasn't far behind. Taking over from his childhood hero,
:13:38. > :13:41.Liverpool legend, Ian Rush. It didn't take long for John to make
:13:42. > :13:53.his mark with a decisive goal against Scotland.
:13:54. > :14:00.I loved playing for Wales, I really enjoyed representing my country. I'm
:14:01. > :14:04.a very proud Welshman, I speak the language and I think when you play
:14:05. > :14:12.for the senior national side I think that is the pinnacle. I think it is
:14:13. > :14:17.the pinnacle of player's career. Very proud to see the red shirt on,
:14:18. > :14:21.I would go to Cardiff at 10.00 in the morning, the kick-off wouldn't
:14:22. > :14:26.be until 8.00 at night. A fabulous day in Cardiff floating around until
:14:27. > :14:31.the game. You are just waiting for that moment to see your son come out
:14:32. > :14:35.and sing The National Anthem. When I wore that number nine shirt for
:14:36. > :14:42.Wales, that red number nine, the red shirt. You know, Trevor Ford, John
:14:43. > :14:46.Charles, Rush, Hughes, Saunders, heros of mine growing up as a child.
:14:47. > :14:51.I looked up to these guys, to have taken the shirt off these great
:14:52. > :14:54.players and held on to it for the best part of eight or nine seasons
:14:55. > :15:03.untouched was a really massive moment for me. You know. I always
:15:04. > :15:15.played with massive amounts of pride and passion when I represented my
:15:16. > :15:22.country. We had a very good side, Hartson, Giggs and Bellamy, not bad
:15:23. > :15:27.forward three. The way he brought people into play, the way he was
:15:28. > :15:32.unselfish, all night he was a legend and I had the privilege of rooming
:15:33. > :15:40.with him for seven years, some great stories, about the times he took
:15:41. > :15:46.into a tray of sandwiches at 3. 30am and a Di Canio of coke and say he
:15:47. > :15:52.always had a snack at this time in the morning. In 2003 Wales had the
:15:53. > :15:55.chance of a lifetime to get into an international tournament, beat
:15:56. > :15:59.Russia and they were through to the European Championships. We thought
:16:00. > :16:03.we would get it done and beat Russia in Cardiff in a full house.
:16:04. > :16:08.Unfortunately a few of us didn't turn up, I wasn't at my best, one or
:16:09. > :16:12.two players weren't at their best, we got beaten 1-0. It was just a
:16:13. > :16:17.real big opportunity that we let slip through our hand really. You
:16:18. > :16:22.know, one of the closest situations that we had been in to qualify for a
:16:23. > :16:28.major tournament. That is disappointment and disbelief, shared
:16:29. > :16:37.by practically 71,000 people in this stadium. Playing for Wales and
:16:38. > :16:43.Arsenal, enjoying the wealth, married to his first wife, still in
:16:44. > :16:51.his early 20s, John was living the dream. But with Arsenal signing the
:16:52. > :16:59.Dutch striker begin this Bergkamp, John suddenly found himself on the
:17:00. > :17:06.bench. Struggling West Ham snapped him up for another record fee ?3. 2
:17:07. > :17:12.million. John paid them back with a partnership with Paul Kitson. Harry
:17:13. > :17:16.red snap and West Ham gave me the platform to go and be a number nine
:17:17. > :17:21.at West Ham. And Harry would build his team around me, playing to me,
:17:22. > :17:25.get the wide men to cross balls into me so I could tackle goal and play
:17:26. > :17:30.the way I wanted to play, he was paying massive money for me, ?3. 2
:17:31. > :17:34.million. I was a bit reluctant to leave Arsenal, I wanted to be there,
:17:35. > :17:39.they offered me a new contract, there was a contract on the table,
:17:40. > :17:43.but it was about playing. I couldn't stop scoring goals. I was flying. I
:17:44. > :17:48.scored goals when I first arrived there. I scored 24 goals the season
:17:49. > :17:52.after, which was my best in the Premier League. I was one goal
:17:53. > :17:58.behind Michael Owen for the Golden Boot that year. He was phenomenal,
:17:59. > :18:07.him and Kitson would score so many goals, and he kept them up on his
:18:08. > :18:14.own virtually. John was now in his prime, a formidable, prolific and
:18:15. > :18:22.aggressive goal scorer. I think you have to be slightly cynical to be a
:18:23. > :18:27.modern day good footballer. I don't mean dirty and I don't mean overly
:18:28. > :18:32.aggressive, I just mean you have to have the ability to grit your teeth
:18:33. > :18:38.and to go in for challenges and be strong. And protect yourself. Now if
:18:39. > :18:43.that means your opposite number gets hurt, then so be it. But I can
:18:44. > :18:49.honestly say I never went in to break anybody's leg, I never went in
:18:50. > :18:55.to you know throw in my elbows on purpose. You wouldn't last on the
:18:56. > :19:06.pitch if you did that. But while playing hard at West Ham, he partied
:19:07. > :19:11.hard. We taught the West Ham squad how to drink. There was one or two
:19:12. > :19:17.nights where I spent the night in a sell, nothing too serious -- in a
:19:18. > :19:23.cell, nothing too serious, it was just being out late drinking, and
:19:24. > :19:28.again being boisterous. As well as the drink, John's gambling got out
:19:29. > :19:32.of hand. I didn't really want help, I was enjoying it, I was enjoying
:19:33. > :19:36.the lifestyle, I enjoyed the buzz of going to the paper and just
:19:37. > :19:42.choosing, it is a gamble isn't it, all the time. I told him many times
:19:43. > :19:49.that he is silly, he's foolish, it is a short career, and John seemed
:19:50. > :19:53.to think because he was earning so much money that if he gambled
:19:54. > :20:02.?50,000 at the end of the month he could replace it with the wages.
:20:03. > :20:09.Caught on camera kicking fellow West Ham player Brkovich in the head, he
:20:10. > :20:14.made the papers for all the wrong reasons. This marked a decline in
:20:15. > :20:19.all his fortunes. You got a stigma with you, I have had to carry that
:20:20. > :20:24.around for a long time. I'm not trying to defend myself. I took what
:20:25. > :20:28.I did, not trying to defend what I did, it is there for everybody to
:20:29. > :20:31.see. What I did do, I held my hand up straight away and said that was
:20:32. > :20:36.wrong, I never tried to shy away from it. I couldn't really any way
:20:37. > :20:42.because it was on news at ten that night, the main news. I took it on
:20:43. > :20:46.the chin. The incident affected John's form, a few months later West
:20:47. > :20:52.Ham sold him to Wimbledon, although again he still warranted a record
:20:53. > :20:58.fee, over ?7 million. We got relegated at Wimbledon and that
:20:59. > :21:04.wasn't a nice feeling. I should have got my he had done -- head down and
:21:05. > :21:08.done a lot more there. I was gambling and drinking, and I took my
:21:09. > :21:13.eye off the ball slightly I would say at Wimbledon. Wimbledon put John
:21:14. > :21:18.up for sale, but he failed medicals due to a weak knee at Spurs,
:21:19. > :21:28.Charlton and Rangers. However, struggling Coventry ignored that and
:21:29. > :21:34.signed him. Manager Gordon track ham need -- Stracham needed a goal
:21:35. > :21:41.scorer and John needed a club to save his career. Even today John is
:21:42. > :21:45.haunted by his gambling addiction. For 40 years he would bet on
:21:46. > :21:50.anything going, horse, football, even golf. He would open account
:21:51. > :21:54.after account with bookies offering no limit on bets. He lied and
:21:55. > :21:58.deceived all around him, secretly gambling even after his football
:21:59. > :22:02.career was over, the huge wages had gone and he had returned to Swansea
:22:03. > :22:06.earning more modest money. But he couldn't hide the truth forever. I
:22:07. > :22:11.was always aware that John was gambling, but I suppose when I
:22:12. > :22:14.realised how big a problem it was was when he became ill. Because I
:22:15. > :22:19.had to take over charge then of all the money and the finances and as I
:22:20. > :22:23.started to do that I started to realise just how much he was
:22:24. > :22:30.actually spending. I tried everything, you know, my agents, my
:22:31. > :22:36.parents, my wife, my children, my managers, my team-mates, my friends,
:22:37. > :22:42.everybody tried to get me to stop, no way. Wasn't interested. 30 wild
:22:43. > :22:46.horses wouldn't have stopped me. But I thought that when he came round
:22:47. > :22:51.and got over the cancer that would be an end, but it wasn't. He
:22:52. > :22:58.continued and I thought this is just going to make him ill again. She
:22:59. > :23:05.said I'm away today and I'm taking the girls with me. I said what? She
:23:06. > :23:09.said I'm not sitting back any more watching you, one, put yourself
:23:10. > :23:16.through this, and two you won't put me and the girls through this. And I
:23:17. > :23:24.thought well I just as well be dead without my family. You know. What am
:23:25. > :23:27.I without them, I'm nothing. So the penny dropped and she said to me you
:23:28. > :23:37.better get yourself on that computer, I'm not doing it for you,
:23:38. > :23:41.get yourself on that computer, Google GA, Gamblers' Anonymous,
:23:42. > :23:48.which is what I did, to save my marriage and everything really. Down
:23:49. > :23:57.this Swansea street John attends twice weekly two-hour sessions with
:23:58. > :24:01.Gamblers' Anonymous, striped of his superstar status. At the start of
:24:02. > :24:06.the meeting I will stand up and say I'm gambling addict. I will always
:24:07. > :24:10.be a gambling addict, a recovering one, I will be here when I'm 70. One
:24:11. > :24:15.of John's biggest regrets is the thousands he threw away over the
:24:16. > :24:19.years. I should have retired with a lot more than I had, I have a chance
:24:20. > :24:25.again, I have a second bite at it. And I will be a millionaire again,
:24:26. > :24:32.I'm sure of that, if I stay clean of the gambling. Back at Coventry in
:24:33. > :24:36.2001 John tried to save them from relegation scoring twice against
:24:37. > :24:41.league champions Manchester United. But he had arrived too late to stop
:24:42. > :24:50.them going down. Still his performances caught the eye of
:24:51. > :24:54.Celtic boss Martin O'Neill, and with Stracham's encouragement John signed
:24:55. > :24:58.for Celtic. I didn't sign John Hartson on potential, he's a proven
:24:59. > :25:05.player in the Premiership. Moving north of the border with his then
:25:06. > :25:11.wife and toddler daughter rebel beck what -- Rebecca, John found himself
:25:12. > :25:16.in the middle of the Old Firm rivalry. The Derby games are like
:25:17. > :25:20.nothing else. I tell people, if you have ever the chance to witness one
:25:21. > :25:25.of these games, Celtic or Ranger, you must do it. Nothing touch it is
:25:26. > :25:31.for me, the hatred between the two sets of fans, hatred. It boils down
:25:32. > :25:37.to hate and passion, and the noise, you know, when you take to that
:25:38. > :25:42.field is just amazing. After a shaky start, John fell in love with the
:25:43. > :25:48.club and the club with him. He never misses an opportunity to pop back.
:25:49. > :25:53.Nice to see you again, how are you? Are you OK, nice to see you. How are
:25:54. > :25:57.you keeping? Good, just going to show the guys around a little bit.
:25:58. > :26:03.As you can see there is nothing blue, it is all green, green and
:26:04. > :26:08.white. As you are coming out here, you start to hear the crowd and it
:26:09. > :26:13.is a magnificent arena, I probably didn't appreciate it playing here
:26:14. > :26:17.for five years, really how nice and spectacular and awesome it is
:26:18. > :26:25.really. As you come out here and there is 60,000 fans here, it is a
:26:26. > :26:29.wonderful place to play. When it is full, of all the places I have
:26:30. > :26:46.played for some big clubs there is no atmosphere like this one, it is
:26:47. > :26:50.out of this world. I had a fantastic relationship with the crowd. I think
:26:51. > :26:53.they saw something in me, similar to themselves, I'm from a council
:26:54. > :26:58.estate, you know, I did very well and I gave everything every time I
:26:59. > :27:01.played, and a lot of these guys, you know, they save up their money, they
:27:02. > :27:06.are working-class and they come and watch their beloved Celtic every
:27:07. > :27:10.week, and when they see a player like myself who battles for
:27:11. > :27:13.everything and gets goals and wins headers and sweats for the shirt,
:27:14. > :27:24.that is what I did probably at this club more than any other. They had a
:27:25. > :27:31.special song for me "he's got no hair but we don't care"! Which I
:27:32. > :27:37.used to give them a little clap. They used to play the song "Big
:27:38. > :27:40.John" every time I scored, my kids would love it and I would give a
:27:41. > :27:57.thumbs up when I scored a goal. A club like no other, that is true for
:27:58. > :28:00.me. What a goal from John Hartson. John Hartson what a start for
:28:01. > :28:18.Celtic. He played in great Celtic team for a
:28:19. > :28:23.start, absolutely the amount of goals he scored, well documented, he
:28:24. > :28:27.nearly game to Rangers! Our loss, obviously, and without a doubt
:28:28. > :28:33.Celtic's gain. There were match that is he won for us just when he might
:28:34. > :28:36.have had a 10-20 minute spell were things weren't going so well and
:28:37. > :28:42.suddenly it is played into him, he would back into the centre half, he
:28:43. > :28:48.would roll him, turn around and smash something into the net and
:28:49. > :28:54.turn the game for us. I think there were times when he was a bit lazy in
:28:55. > :29:05.the field, you know, I remember saying to him once, John, get warmed
:29:06. > :29:10.up you are coming off. I had genuinely nothing but great times
:29:11. > :29:14.with him. He was great, am I delighted I signed him? Absolutely
:29:15. > :29:23.delighted I signed him, he was great for me and the football club.
:29:24. > :29:30.I had a wonderful time against Rangers, you know, I scored the
:29:31. > :29:35.winning goal in four consecutive derbies, people dream of scoring a
:29:36. > :29:39.winning goal, once-in-a-lifetime, I did it in four consecutive games, I
:29:40. > :29:48.got nine goals against Rangers in total. You score against Rangers and
:29:49. > :29:52.you get to the keys for one hour to the city. You really do, you get the
:29:53. > :29:58.keys to the city. If you ever went out after an Old Firm game you would
:29:59. > :30:02.be carried into bar, you know. A taxi driver would take you home and
:30:03. > :30:09.say don't be stupid, that's on me big man! In five seasons John scored
:30:10. > :30:22.110 goals for Celtic in 220 appearances, including vital strikes
:30:23. > :30:34.in Europe in 2002/03. A crucial away goal against Spanish side Celta Vigo
:30:35. > :30:40.put them in the UEFA Cup for the first time in decades. Next up
:30:41. > :30:49.Liverpool at Anfield. I have never won at Anfield, the whole stadium
:30:50. > :30:55.was full of Celtic fans, it was. It was 1-0 to us at the second half and
:30:56. > :31:01.getting fraught. I said get hold of the ball John, he was an amiable
:31:02. > :31:08.guy, and he said shut up you or I will rip your head off, two minutes
:31:09. > :31:28.later 2-0 into the corner, he runs to me and gives me a big hug, he
:31:29. > :31:31.said I needed that to get me going. It was us just a brilliant feeling,
:31:32. > :31:35.a great goal and important goal that put us into the semifinal, for it to
:31:36. > :31:40.happen against Liverpool, my parents were behind the goal that I had
:31:41. > :31:46.scored in, my mam said if the net wasn't there she would have caught
:31:47. > :31:51.the ball. So my dad was signing autographs that night. It was a
:31:52. > :31:57.fantastic night, I'm probably thinking the highlight of my time
:31:58. > :32:02.wearing the hoops. Celtic made it to the final but without John, he was
:32:03. > :32:05.suffering from a back injury. Losing to Mourinho's Porto left fans
:32:06. > :32:10.wondering what could have been with Hartson up front. Nevertheless, it
:32:11. > :32:18.was the club's best European run in the modern era, reinforcing John's
:32:19. > :32:23.heroic status in Celtic folklore. Give me a ring, next time you are up
:32:24. > :32:27.we will get a beer. Top man. I know it has been hectic for you. Even
:32:28. > :32:32.today fans still follow John's life, even his battle with testicular
:32:33. > :32:38.cancer, and for one fan it helped save his own life. He was great
:32:39. > :32:45.player, I mean he was a great big strapping centre forward, which we
:32:46. > :32:56.didn't really have at that point in time. I started reading John's book
:32:57. > :33:01.and I thought, there's some serious similarities here. Further on into
:33:02. > :33:11.the book I started realising maybe I should go to the doctors here.
:33:12. > :33:16.Doctor very quickly referred me on to a urologyist and got an
:33:17. > :33:23.ultrasound done which confirmed that it was testicular cancer. If I
:33:24. > :33:28.hadn't read his book got knows where I would have been. Speaking to John
:33:29. > :33:35.and him giving me a big hug, it was quite emotional, quite emotional for
:33:36. > :33:40.me. I couldn't believe it really. It was surreal, you know. It was
:33:41. > :33:48.like here is one of my heros giving me a big bear hug. Although I kind
:33:49. > :33:52.of felt a connection with him. You know, obviously because of what we
:33:53. > :33:57.had both gone through. I would say there has been at least a dozen
:33:58. > :34:00.incidents where people have got in touch with me through the
:34:01. > :34:06.foundation, through a friend of a friend of a and said John, John,
:34:07. > :34:11.reading your story, reading your book made me go to the doctors, I
:34:12. > :34:16.had a lump and I would never have gone if I hadn't read your book.
:34:17. > :34:21.That makes me feel, well, I have saved people's lives. But ultimately
:34:22. > :34:25.I was only doing, I don't want credit for that, I was doing what
:34:26. > :34:30.comes naturally to me, like somebody saved my life. Back at the golf day
:34:31. > :34:35.and it is time to sign soccer shirts for the charity fundraising auction,
:34:36. > :34:40.followed by the golf day prize giving. I wouldn't say shocked is
:34:41. > :34:44.the word, but very, very overwhelming, the amount of support
:34:45. > :34:48.I have had, people coming from all over Great Britain today and for me
:34:49. > :34:53.to play in my golf day, and to support the foundation. So something
:34:54. > :35:01.that is very DLOES my heart and hopefully we can do this type of
:35:02. > :35:05.event annually. The foursome led by former manager and player Neil
:35:06. > :35:08.Lennon put in the top round. It was while at Celtic that John first
:35:09. > :35:19.discovered a lump around his testicle, but rather than get it
:35:20. > :35:24.checked out he ignored it. Meanwhile his marriage was in trouble, he
:35:25. > :35:28.separated from his wife, and she moved back to Wales with his
:35:29. > :35:32.daughter and son. John had met a new partner, Sarah. The turmoil in his
:35:33. > :35:37.private life and the long distance commute to see his children took its
:35:38. > :35:43.toll. I believe the stress I put myself under, the constant worry,
:35:44. > :35:55.the constant guilt, that I was feeling deep inside. Something blew.
:35:56. > :36:01.I lost my fight and I lost my fight with football and playing, I think.
:36:02. > :36:06.Celtic sold John to West Brom and he moved to the Midlands for a quieter
:36:07. > :36:11.life with Sarah, he still failed to get the lump examined. I was sad, I
:36:12. > :36:17.was sad. I never saw him play for West Brom, I didn't want to. Because
:36:18. > :36:21.it wasn't John's best days, I knew he was coming to the end and he was
:36:22. > :36:30.down in his personal life, he was only about 32, 33. Not seeing my
:36:31. > :36:34.kids sort of played really heavily on my mentally and physically. I was
:36:35. > :36:40.driving back and forth to Swansea twice a week to see my kids, and I
:36:41. > :36:46.didn't have a house, and I would book into the Marriott Hotel and cry
:36:47. > :36:53.my way back to Birmingham in the car, Big John Hartson and I would be
:36:54. > :36:57.crying, leaving my kids. He was missing his children dreadfully and
:36:58. > :37:01.taking it out of him travelling backwards and forwards, I think he
:37:02. > :37:06.was worried about them and it was taking his mind off his training and
:37:07. > :37:10.I think that if things had been different he may have carried on
:37:11. > :37:15.playing football. But I think it was the right time for him to move on
:37:16. > :37:23.and do something else. You know, maybe to move away from Birmingham,
:37:24. > :37:28.move back to Swansea. So in 2008 John hung up his boots for good, his
:37:29. > :37:33.heart wasn't in it any more. He moved with Sarah pregnant with
:37:34. > :37:39.John's third child, Lena, home to Swansea and was revitalised with all
:37:40. > :37:50.his family round him and a new job commentating. Finally in 2009, after
:37:51. > :37:56.three years of ignoring the lump, he had it examined. The doctor put some
:37:57. > :38:01.gloves on and he sort of got this fob and scanned around my testicle,
:38:02. > :38:07.he said John, you have a tumour underneath your scrotum, and this
:38:08. > :38:14.tumour was connected to one of my testicles. He said that it is
:38:15. > :38:19.testicular cancer. I never had been told anything on the scale as
:38:20. > :38:24.something like that. It is silly when they say cancer your initial
:38:25. > :38:29.thoughts are I'm going to die. That is what you think when you get told
:38:30. > :38:36.you have cancer. I went out to the car park, having been given the
:38:37. > :38:41.diagnosis and, sorry the news, and then I started to cry really, and it
:38:42. > :38:47.hit me that the full scale of what I had just been told. Days later, on
:38:48. > :38:55.top of the shock of the diagnosis, John was suffering with severe
:38:56. > :39:01.headaches andlet that ghee, which he --let that ghee -- Lethargy, he was
:39:02. > :39:05.on the point of collapse. I was on the way to hospital, he had his head
:39:06. > :39:10.in his hands, he was in agony, we got to the hospital and faced with a
:39:11. > :39:13.million questions, I don't suppose everyone goes to hospital with a bad
:39:14. > :39:19.head. He was being sick, he was sick, it was like mud, it was black.
:39:20. > :39:25.It was just awful. He just said, I feel terrible. I feel so ill. Any
:39:26. > :39:31.way they thought he had a virus on the Friday evening. And they kept
:39:32. > :39:36.him in overnight, on the Saturday they ransom tests. At this point
:39:37. > :39:40.John is in a ward and he was lying in the bed, there was myself and
:39:41. > :39:44.Cyril, John's dad in the room and the doctor came in, that was the
:39:45. > :39:53.first time that they told us then that this was cancer. That had
:39:54. > :39:58.spread, testicular cancer, spread up through John's lungs into his brain,
:39:59. > :40:02.he had seven or eight tumours, the reason for the headaches is because
:40:03. > :40:07.one of the tumours had started to haemorrhage. I have never been an
:40:08. > :40:12.overly religious person, but I started to pray, pray for my life,
:40:13. > :40:20.pray to be around for my children. There were multiple deposits in the
:40:21. > :40:24.brain, no way there could be taken out surgically, too many of them,
:40:25. > :40:32.but it was important to relieve the pressure in the brain, which the new
:40:33. > :40:39.surgeon did with a procedure. I wouldn't have fancied his chances if
:40:40. > :40:46.we hadn't got in to theatre that night. This is high pressure inside
:40:47. > :40:51.the brain that can kill. I knew I was in serious trouble, I knew I
:40:52. > :40:57.was, I knew it was very serious, I could tell on the looks of my
:40:58. > :41:02.family's face. There was one period, there was one moment where I asked
:41:03. > :41:06.my brother James, because I felt I could really trust James to make
:41:07. > :41:15.this happen for me, and I was feeling very low at one stage, and I
:41:16. > :41:27.said to my brother I said I think I'm going... I... . I said to my
:41:28. > :41:49.brother James, because I felt I could trust him, and I said I think
:41:50. > :41:57.I'm going to go tonight. And... I can remember saying to him just make
:41:58. > :42:10.sure my children are OK. You know. I wanted him to make sure that my
:42:11. > :42:15.children were going to be sort of well looked after. I was going off
:42:16. > :42:21.duty that morning after a long night shift here in ICU. I said to my
:42:22. > :42:25.partner who also works here and a member of the team, I said that poor
:42:26. > :42:39.man and his family, I honestly don't know if he will be here tonight when
:42:40. > :42:43.we come back on duty. And he was. That seemed a turning point, with
:42:44. > :42:47.Sarah expecting his fourth child, Stephaine, Big John was refusing to
:42:48. > :42:53.go. But he was still in a coma and needed further operations. I was
:42:54. > :42:58.pregnant then again, I had just found out that I was pregnant,
:42:59. > :43:04.obviously the week before. So I talked to him about this new baby
:43:05. > :43:12.coming and about Lena, about John and Rebecca, and trying to give him
:43:13. > :43:17.positive thoughts. He was in intensive care for I think it was
:43:18. > :43:21.about four weeks, and the lounge up there we called it the John Hartson
:43:22. > :43:26.Lounge, because it was just never empty except at nights when I would
:43:27. > :43:32.sleep there, you know, on the seat, I wouldn't leave there. He had I
:43:33. > :43:40.think about 70 sessions of chemotherapy. He had radiotherapy.
:43:41. > :43:46.He was so ill in bed, so, so ill, and I said you will walk out of here
:43:47. > :43:52.with me John, you will walk out. He also was surrounded by the most
:43:53. > :44:01.fantastic supportive family. They were you know there all the time and
:44:02. > :44:05.in credit and fairness to the family, throughout they let us get
:44:06. > :44:09.on with our job to that I know we remain eternally grateful. There
:44:10. > :44:13.were cards and sacks of cards coming to the house, coming to the
:44:14. > :44:19.hospital, it is one of the things that I did, when John was in
:44:20. > :44:23.intensive care, when he was on the ventilator, I would read out the
:44:24. > :44:28.cards. I don't know whether he could hear me or not, but in case he could
:44:29. > :44:33.I would read the cards out to him. As the days went by you became aware
:44:34. > :44:37.that all of a sudden this was someone for whom there was a huge
:44:38. > :44:44.amount of respect throughout the world for his career. But when he
:44:45. > :44:52.came in I didn't realise the love that there was for John out there.
:44:53. > :44:58.During one memorable break in the treatment, he took a trip to
:44:59. > :45:03.Scotland visiting his in-laws. Seeing Britain's biggest mountain,
:45:04. > :45:08.John vowed to climb it one year after his emergency surgery, if he
:45:09. > :45:11.could conquer the mountain he could conquer cancer. We were in the
:45:12. > :45:17.garden one day sitting outside, he said when I get better I'm going to
:45:18. > :45:23.climb Ben Nevis, I'm going to climb ma mountain. I thought -- climb that
:45:24. > :45:30.mountain, I thought that is not Ben Nevis, but I didn't have the heart
:45:31. > :45:34.to tell him it wasn't. The Ben Nevis climb is an annual event, with
:45:35. > :45:38.friends and family and others fundraising for his charity.
:45:39. > :45:43.Sometimes I feel the reason why I lived was to help others. Because I
:45:44. > :45:47.was so drastically ill. I was on death's door, you know, I really
:45:48. > :45:51.was. I feel very blessed, I feel very lucky to still be here. People
:45:52. > :45:57.say to me John why do you bother with the foundation, it must be a
:45:58. > :46:02.bit of a ball ache now and then, typical, "ball ache", that is what I
:46:03. > :46:07.want to say about that. But it must lie heavy on you, you have your BBC
:46:08. > :46:14.stuff, and your four kids. And I say back to them when I go and give a
:46:15. > :46:21.cheque for ?50,000 to a Children's Hospital, cancer unit, you cannot
:46:22. > :46:25.replace that. The joy on the nurses and the doctors, these incredible
:46:26. > :46:29.people who do so much for kids' cancer, you cannot put a price on me
:46:30. > :46:37.handing that cheque over and how that makes me feel. At Yorkhill
:46:38. > :46:41.Hospital in Glasgow, special electronic tablets paid for by the
:46:42. > :46:44.foundation help children understand their treatment and overcome their
:46:45. > :46:53.fears, which in turn improves their rate of recovery. "The needle may go
:46:54. > :46:59.in your hand, or foot". The young little boy is having a needle in the
:47:00. > :47:06.hand, same as you. Is it that one? Bobby gets an IV, canula, that one I
:47:07. > :47:13.think. Even in a Children's Hospital John is recognised by a dad and West
:47:14. > :47:22.Ham fan. Checky, can I have a picture? Of course you can, how are
:47:23. > :47:35.you doing. I'm John. I'm good thanks. I'm a fan of yours, you and
:47:36. > :47:40.Paul Kitson. West Ham fans everywhere, even in Glasgow! Even in
:47:41. > :47:46.Glasgow. As well as raising money, John also has to earn it. A second
:47:47. > :47:50.talent for story telling and straight talking his led to a
:47:51. > :47:55.flourishing career in the media. First of all I'm working, I'm
:47:56. > :47:59.working tonight for BBC Radio 5 Live, part of my contract, I do the
:48:00. > :48:04.BBC television and also the radio as well. Obviously up at this fantastic
:48:05. > :48:08.new stadium, the Emirates, and of course they are playing the team I
:48:09. > :48:11.have supported since I was a young boy, Swansea City, both teams
:48:12. > :48:17.looking for points it is a great game. Both sides of the division
:48:18. > :48:21.really, both ends of the division. So looking forward to it, I'm just
:48:22. > :48:25.going to take my place there now and do a little bit of prep work and
:48:26. > :48:29.have a look at the recent form which I pretty much know any way. I'm very
:48:30. > :48:34.much looking forward to it, it should be a good night. Does a good
:48:35. > :48:38.job, he's insightful, he likes his job, I know that. He would still be
:48:39. > :48:47.watching football if he want getting paid for it from the BBC. They have
:48:48. > :48:51.asked me to go on the pitch at half time, the Arsenal back room staff.
:48:52. > :48:55.They get a former player every home game to come on to the pitch and
:48:56. > :48:59.they ask you a few questions about when I first arrived at Arsenal, why
:49:00. > :49:04.was it Arsenal. So I'm very much looking forward to that as well, I
:49:05. > :49:11.will probably get a better reception from the away fans as the home. As a
:49:12. > :49:14.man who wears his heart on his sleeve, Big John sometimes struggles
:49:15. > :49:19.to suppress the passionate fan inside. If, instead of his favourite
:49:20. > :49:24.Swansea it was rivals Cardiff at Arsenal, where would his loyalties
:49:25. > :49:29.lie, with the fellow Welsh team? Absolutely not. Don't be so
:49:30. > :49:33.ridiculous, I played for Arsenal, at 19 years of age. It has nothing to
:49:34. > :49:40.do with Swansea and Cardiff, I played for Arsenal. But a Welsh club
:49:41. > :49:45.playing an England club? Were you there when the Cardiff City fans
:49:46. > :49:49.booed me playing for Wales, were you there when I was 19 playing for
:49:50. > :50:04.Luton Town and I got slaughtered by the Cardiff City fans, were you
:50:05. > :50:09.there? You weren't. Conscious of Cardiff City's enmity to them, John
:50:10. > :50:16.tries to be impartial as he reaches the pinnacle of pundit as he has
:50:17. > :50:21.appearances on Match of the Day. I'm a Swansea fan, that will never leave
:50:22. > :50:26.me, but if Cardiff City play well, I'm honest enough and brazen enough
:50:27. > :50:32.to say that they will play well. That might upset a few Swansea City
:50:33. > :50:34.fans, you really can't win. Even selecting goal of the month is
:50:35. > :50:40.controversial. A lot of great goals I have to say. Some great volleys.
:50:41. > :50:45.Which one did you pick? I have gone with Jordan Much, Cardiff versus
:50:46. > :50:50.Fulham. I hope this clears up any conspiracy theories I have against
:50:51. > :50:54.Cardiff. This wins the game, last minute, Mackay would have been
:50:55. > :50:58.delighted to have Fulham with a point, but what a fantastic strike
:50:59. > :51:05.from Jordan. I have nothing to do with that decision whatsoever. It is
:51:06. > :51:09.great to go on there with Alan, Shearer and John, and we really
:51:10. > :51:15.enjoy working to the. It is quite nerve racking, but it is great job,
:51:16. > :51:18.representing south and North Wales on Match of the Day. It is the
:51:19. > :51:22.biggest show in football. It is iconic show. When you hear the
:51:23. > :51:25.music, you ask John, when we are both on it, you are on the most
:51:26. > :51:32.iconic footballing show in possibly the world. It is great. John is
:51:33. > :51:37.especially in his element when he savours the skill of a striker, such
:51:38. > :51:42.as the current Welsh wonder Gareth Bale. He may not grab all the
:51:43. > :51:46.headlines from Spurs win today, but he still played. He had a huge
:51:47. > :51:51.influence on the game. Gareth Bale, you can see him here, timed his run
:51:52. > :51:57.perfectly, on side. A lot of strikers would stick it there to
:51:58. > :52:02.Chesney, he lets it run across his body and equisite finish. As a
:52:03. > :52:07.leading pundit, how would John rate himself as a player? I would say I
:52:08. > :52:12.had a good touch for a big man. I would say I was a good character on
:52:13. > :52:16.the pitch. I was never quiet, I was never nervous, I always voiced my
:52:17. > :52:21.opinion in the dressing room if I had to. I was brave and I was a
:52:22. > :52:24.natural goal scorer. You know, and I think all throughout my career I
:52:25. > :52:30.scored goals. He enjoys the punditry, and I think he fancies it,
:52:31. > :52:36.I think I was nearly joking with him, he's now discrediting some
:52:37. > :52:42.players for work that he didn't do himself, he makes me smile when he
:52:43. > :52:45.said that player was rather lazy, he didn't get back into position, or he
:52:46. > :52:50.didn't get into the penalty box in time, or he didn't hold it up or do
:52:51. > :52:59.those things, I think John, not so sure you did all those things there
:53:00. > :53:06.for me! But the media work means more than just money. His growing
:53:07. > :53:09.popularity is leading to Big John becoming an ambassador for the game,
:53:10. > :53:14.travelling to Afghanistan with the Prime Minister to raise troop more
:53:15. > :53:19.rail, strengthen relations with the Afghani soccer set up and film the
:53:20. > :53:24.BBC's Football Focus. I have a question for John, John a few years
:53:25. > :53:28.ago you almost signed for Spurs, the word on the grapevine was because of
:53:29. > :53:34.the Arsenal connection you chucked a sicky on the medical, any truth in
:53:35. > :53:43.that? Absolutely not! No truth in that whatsoever. I think seeing the
:53:44. > :53:47.Prime Minister here this morning and talking about the FA's backing that
:53:48. > :53:50.they have given to the Afghan National League and the national
:53:51. > :53:53.side, I don't think it is a foregone conclusion in years to come that
:53:54. > :53:56.they could qualify for a major tournament. I think we heard this
:53:57. > :54:01.morning that they have a player playing in the Bundesliga for
:54:02. > :54:06.Dortmund and the National League of India, who knows maybe the Premier
:54:07. > :54:08.League one day, if we get players from Afghanistan playing in the
:54:09. > :54:19.Premier League it will enhance the National League and the national
:54:20. > :54:24.side. Five years on from the night he almost died, John still has to
:54:25. > :54:28.return to the hospital for regular check-ups, in case the cancer
:54:29. > :54:35.returns. Although I have been discharged from the hospital, in
:54:36. > :54:40.terms of being given the full clean bill of health, they still want to
:54:41. > :54:47.keep on seeing me in terms of every six or eight month or every 12
:54:48. > :54:51.months, just to see if I'm sort of staying all-clear, basically. But
:54:52. > :54:55.they were quite a nervous time initially because you always wonder
:54:56. > :55:05.whether it is going to come back at any stage, or whether the blood
:55:06. > :55:10.markers are normal. Lovely to see you again. Are you OK? Right John,
:55:11. > :55:18.if it is OK with you we will pop you on the couch and clinically examine
:55:19. > :55:22.your tummy and groin and see if you are OK. You know the form. This is
:55:23. > :55:26.where we pull the curtain for a couple of minutes. As you know
:55:27. > :55:30.everything is fine, clinically we have examined you and no lumps or
:55:31. > :55:33.bumps, nothing out of the ordinary, as far as we are concerned you are
:55:34. > :55:37.doing really, really well and disease-free, and we anticipate you
:55:38. > :55:40.being that. All I need you to do now is visit one of the receptionists at
:55:41. > :55:48.the desk and make an appointment to see me in six months time. OK? Thank
:55:49. > :55:52.you very much. Lovely to see you. While John remains clear of cancer
:55:53. > :56:01.he thought after the operations and treatment he would never be a father
:56:02. > :56:13.again. Then in April this year, Paige Faith Hartson was born, his
:56:14. > :56:16.fifth child. She was a little sur price, because I never really
:56:17. > :56:24.thought after Lena and Stephaine that we would have any more, but she
:56:25. > :56:33.appeared, and little miracle really, when you think of how your sperm can
:56:34. > :56:38.be affected with the cancer and all the chemotherapy I had, I had over
:56:39. > :56:58.70 sessions at one point. But she came and she's fantastic. She is our
:56:59. > :57:00.little special one. Keep going, 100. Meanwhile the next generation of
:57:01. > :57:05.Hartson footballers is up and running, with John's son Johnny
:57:06. > :57:12.playing for Swansea Academy with a bit of extra training from his dad.
:57:13. > :57:19.120 keep going. It will be dark in a minute! Very proud of my boy today,
:57:20. > :57:25.just the character and the spirit, just to keep going, look, mental
:57:26. > :57:30.strength that is. Good boy Johnny that is 240. The definition of bliss
:57:31. > :57:35.is having all my children around me at once. You know, that is one of my
:57:36. > :57:42.happiest, when I have all my children and I'm in a restaurant or
:57:43. > :57:48.I'm just in a cafe or I'm at the cinema, anything when I'm with my
:57:49. > :57:53.children, you know. That's when I'm totally at my happiest and my most
:57:54. > :58:12.contented is when they are with me. All different characters, all
:58:13. > :58:18.different, but all the same dad. You see that out there, him out there is
:58:19. > :58:25.a man. It is a dolphin. It is a man. It is a dolphin!
:58:26. > :58:31.# Don't let us get sick # Don't let us get old
:58:32. > :58:38.# Don't let us get stupid all right # Just make us be brave
:58:39. > :58:45.# Make us play nice # Let us be