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If there’s one sport that Carlos J. Valdes hopes to prosper in the country, it’s football.  


"We’ll never be a world power in basketball but in football, I think we have a chance," said the 86-year-old former Ateneo football and La Salle basketball player. "I understand the international federation gives us a big subsidy every four years. With this money, we could pump up interest in football down to the grade school level. The key is to give the kids a lot of balls to play with."


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Malonso suggested the visit because he thought an interview with Valdes, his good friend, would reveal valuable insights on sports from a man of substance. 


Valdes, 86, owes his long life to an unflinching devotion to God whom he calls "my co-pilot" and to sports. His list of achievements is something an average person wouldn’t be able to compile in 10 lifetimes.


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An appeal for football

By Joaquin M. Henson | September 21, 2006 - 12:00am

If there’s one sport that Carlos J. Valdes hopes to prosper in the country, it’s football. "We’ll never be a world power in basketball but in football, I think we have a chance,"...

Sports

A man of substance

By Joaquin M. Henson | September 20, 2006 - 12:00am

A few days ago, I was accompanied by former Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Col. Julian Malonso to visit Ambassador Carlos J. Valdes in his home on Paterno Street, San Juan. Malonso suggested the visit...

Sports