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So long Damien! Here are 7 ways to live your life like the Duffer

You’ll need to get 14 hours’ sleep per night.

1. Make an effort when you go abroad

FROM ORDERING YOUR cerveza in Spanish to doing a little bow when you score in the World Cup finals in the Far East. Whichever is applicable.

2. Go play football, don’t hang around at Chelsea/Newcastle when you’re dropped/relegated.

Duff with then-Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho in 2006. Mike Egerton/EMPICS Sport

3. Trust your team-mates

Ireland U-20 team-mate Barry Quinn gives Damien Duff a hair cut. Pic : INPHO/Lorraine O’Sullivan

4. Say your prayers

5. Work hard to get to the top yourself…

Pic: INPHO/Patrick Bolger

6… but don’t forget to celebrate your enemies’ defeats

Robbie Keane and Duff tweeted this story of them dancing after France’s exit for the World Cup in 2010.

7. Be positive:

Reply to every question with ” Eh,, definitely, Yeah.”

Handout/UEFA via INPHO


A version of this piece was originally published on 1 March 2013

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