While Yannick Noah is currently promoting the documentary series Noah, the meaning of winning which will be broadcast on May 20, 2022 on Prime Video, the singer confided frankly in the columns of JDD, May 14, 2022. He notably returned to the “big depression” he went through the day after the Roland-Garros tournament in 1983, from which he emerged victorious. His state of mind at that time? “I wasn’t ready at all. That wasn’t what attracted me to the idea of winning Roland. I thought to myself that maybe I’d have more chicks, more wheat, it’s pretty much everything. Fame, but no questions asked. My number was still in the phone book […] Once I reached this goal, it was not the same, even if I had my best ranking afterwards”, he revealed. It must be said that at the time, the young man was only 23 years old.
From now on, Yannick Noah has chosen to get involved in the “mental and psychological dimension of the French Tennis Federation” pole, which provides psychological follow-up to athletes. Indeed, “many athletes have had moments of depression. Today, there is a whole accompaniment which means that it is not just a question of kicking the ball. Otherwise, you become crazy. […] It’s to hold on, to survive, to manage stress, the expectation of the public, yours, this way of life… And, yeah, that thing, I lived it”, testified Yannick Noah on his mental health of the time. This sudden celebrity and star (…)
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