In English, we say Arsenal are Champions. In Poetry, we say History wears RED tonight. — JayKSpeaks
Somewhere between glory and heartbreak lies the real test. Rebuilding. Persistence. Resilience. Fortitude. Arsenal taught me something deeper about life itself.
I became an Arsenal fan around the Thierry Henry era. The days of the “Whassup?!” Budweiser adverts, flowing football, and Arsène Wenger quietly changing English football forever. Wenger fascinated me. While others spent recklessly, he saw talent where nobody else looked. He built greatness through discipline, patience, vision, and belief.
Some of the greatest lessons I learned about leadership, recruitment, and human potential came not from a boardroom. They came from watching Arsenal.
And then came the difficult years.
Near misses. Public ridicule. Seasons where hope collapsed at the exact moment it mattered most. An entire generation of Arsenal fans grew up never seeing the club win the Premier League.
Then came the haters. Many of them are rival clubs; they are not worth mentioning. People who envied our system, our flow, our passion, the audacity of achieving greatness with less. We call these people foxes. They gossip behind you at work. They envy the creativity you keep sharpening. They are jealous of the talent you refuse to waste.
Yet we stayed. Never looked down on ourselves. We turned their hate into a catalyst. Into speed. Into excellence.
That is why this moment hits differently.
When life is easy, there is no resilience. When everything goes your way, persistence has nothing to prove. True character is built when disappointment becomes repetitive. When doubt grows louder than your own voice. When people queue up to tell you to stop believing in yourself.
They said we’d bottle it. Today, they are celebrating against their own will. God prepared a table and our enemies had front row seats.
This will happen to you. But only if you learn to turn off their noise. Stay consistent. Stay disciplined. Stay faithful to your vision even when the vision cannot yet defend itself.
The breakthrough rarely arrives on schedule. That is the whole point. Keep building. Keep learning. Keep improving.
The best revenge is served cold.
Football reminded me of something life keeps trying to teach us:
Never abandon the process simply because the results are delayed.