have the best job in the world?
[laughs] It’s probably not as glamorous as it looks or sounds. I know how lucky I am. Listen, I’m not at the top of my profession by any means. I’m one of the middling people probably in the sports room. There are people who have got the actual dream job that I work with and I think, “Wow, your job is amazing!”
But there is not one day where I don’t think about how lucky I am, particularly when I’m at big games. I have commentated on two Africa Cup of Nations finals now, and I do stand there and think, “God, you are lucky, enjoy this because you’re getting paid to watch football, something you’d do anyway.”
I know how lucky I am. You have to enjoy it as well, the day you stop enjoying it is maybe when you should finish it. You can’t help but get swept up in an atmosphere when you’re watching an Africa Cup of Nations final, like we did in South Africa two years ago, with 80,000 people. It’s just incredible.
By Salim Masoud Said (@salimosaid)