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Do what you have to do first and do what you love to do after – Hislop
– congratulates E-Networks for its professionalism and commitment on 10th Anniversary
In an inspiring pep talk aimed at young sportsmen and women, former Trinidad and Tobago ‘Soca Warriors’ goalkeeper and English Premiership player Shaka Hislop told a gathering of media operatives on Friday last that “ you first do what you have to do and then you do what you would love to do afterwards”.
From left: His Excellency President Donald Ramotar, Managing Director Vishok Persaud, Prime Minister Samuel Hinds and Director Rakesh Puri seen in a light conversation Friday evening, at the Georgetown Club.
Hislop, a current football analyst with ESPN, was in the country as part of cable provider E-Networks 10th Anniversary where the entity unveiled three new services (DreamTV, OnFiber and Control4) as part of its growing stature within the cable industry.
The former World Cup player for Trinidad and Tobago was part of a team that also included Turner Group representative Irwin Inman who made presentations at the Company’s anniversary celebrations and Launch of the new services which was held at the Georgetown Club Friday evening.
The former TT national player, who also played for English clubs West Ham, Portsmouth, Reading and Newcastle United, gave a detailed account on how he got started in the sport as well as the sacrifices he made along the journey that took him to where he is today.
Born in England, Hislop said he moved back to TT after his father had finished his studies in Law and took up the sport of football at a tender age, but soon found out that there was little scope at that time for young aspiring footballers who wanted to make the sport their profession so he made the decision to focus on his schoolwork at which he performed creditably.
That prompted a move to the United States of America where he attended Howard University and played for the Baltimore Blast and it was during an exhibition game against Aston Villa in 1992 that he was spotted by a scout and offered the opportunity to play in England.
Hislop revealed that his first contract netted him 20,000 pounds a year and he took it readily even though there were times when he had to endure some rough times to get to where he ideally wanted to be.
According to him, he never lost focus because he knew what he wanted to achieve so even though there were times when he had to take the train to practice sessions he remained singularly focused on the end result and the rest is history.
“A lot of people see the end result and do not appreciate the journey which at times could be arduous, but if you have a singular focus you could achieve what you set out to,” Hislop reminded.
Meanwhile, both Hislop and Inman spoke highly of E-Networks and ESPN’s flourishing relationship and congratulated the Company on its professionalism and commitment to outstanding service.
E-Networks also marked its official partnership with HBO at the event. This partnership will include 21 channels with many of them being high definition channels. To show its support for this momentous occasion, HBO provided guests with authentic HBO merchandise including: pens, key chains, notebooks, water bottles, DVD’s, CD’s and plethora of other unique merchandise.
Among those present were Managing Director Vishok Persaud, His Excellency President Donald Ramotar, Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee, Directors of the Company Alan Parris and Rakesh Puri, members of the Diplomatic Corps and the business community.
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