Pirlo autobiography waterstones

The Italian midfielder Andrea Pirlo’s autobiography I Think Therefore I Play does what most books of its kind sadly fail to do, stay truthful.

Pirlo autobiography waterstones piccadilly circus hotelThis was a strange one.

This book consists of the achievements and challenges that he faces. But I also see a man who's completely happy with the figure staring back at him. There is a talk about his younger days, then to World Cup win, then back to somewhere in a middle - few circles of that.

Pirlo can be best described as one of the most intelligent players of this generation and in his book he speaks his mind; no holds barred.

The title of the book gives us a little bit preview of what to expect and is a clever restatement of ‘Cogito ergo sum,’ which means “I think, therefore I am”, famously said by Rene Descartes, the renowned French philosopher of the 17th century.

Not many footballers quote great philosophers but then