Pau Gasol
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José Manuel Calderón talks to Pau Gasol
We kick off season two of UNIQ with a conversation between two Spanish titans of basketball. This time, José Manuel Calderón talks with his teammate and friend, Pau Gasol.
We all know Pau Gasol for the unforgettable plays he made during his 20 years in the NBA, the Spanish National Team and the Spanish basketball league ACB. Gasol is considered by many to be the best Spanish player of all time and one of the most revolutionary International Basketball Federation (FIBA) players ever.
President of the Gasol Foundation, member of the IOC Athletes' Commission and UNICEF Global Champion for Nutrition and Ending Childhood Obesity, he talks with José Manuel Calderón, who is also a UNICEF ambassador, about family, leadership, teamwork, the use of technology in sports, the Olympic Games and the investments they have made in startups.
Highlights of the conversation
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Wanted to be a doctor
Gasol surprises us by revealing that the vocation of solidarity that he embodies by exercising, among other activities, as a Goodwill Ambassador with UNICEF is the result of the need he feels to give back to society the recognition and success he has achieved and, at the same time, the result of a vocation: medicine.
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My relationship with technology
Gasol discusses how technology has been a key factor for athletes, starting with a concept that is so close but so complex at the same time: awareness of one's own body. Modern tools make it possible to analyse the movement and plays of teams, which provides a new conception of the world, greater connectivity, with others and with oneself, and effectiveness.
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The training of athletes
Gasol tells how the end of his professional career as a basketball player has opened many doors for him, including being the vice-president of the NBA Players Association and being one of the representatives for the Athletes' Commission for the Olympic Games in Tokyo.
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