The Murcian tennis player Carlos Alcaraz the exhibition opened this Friday ‘feet on the ground’which reviews his career and can be visited from this Saturday until February 15 at Old Prison of Murciaand admits that as a child he never expected to achieve the successes he has and “be surrounded by the idols that he has.”
The young player from El Palmar, 21 years old, winner of four Grand Slams -two Wimbledon, one Roland Garros and one United States Open-, and who is number 3 in the world after becoming number 1, attended the inauguration started. with a presentation where a video was played with pictures of him as a child.
The exhibition, established by the Alcaraz Foundation, can be visited for several months in the capital of Segura and, in addition to showing the trophies won by the Palmareño, the clothes used and photos and descriptive objects, -offer it to those who come. in Prison Old the possibility to participate in interactive games.
José Ballesta, mayor of Murcia, participated in the inauguration and highlighted the “values represented by Carlos and also typical of Christmas.”
The first mayor spoke of “humility, modesty, closeness and naturalness” and stressed the need to “put our feet on the ground because it is important to know where we come from.”
Beatriz García, director of the Foundation and aunt of the tennis player, also intervened and emphasized Alcaraz’s “desire to contribute to the development of childhood.”
“The exhibition shows a reality and the possibility to influence it and do it through small gestures. We are all pure potential but it can be suppressed from childhood,” he explained.
The protagonist of the event then spoke: “This is a very important project. I can see the joy of many young people who approach me and I wanted to contribute my help and that is special to me,” he commented.
“I remember my childhood as a very good time. I still have the friends I made and my group was from the Sociedad Club de Campo de El Palmar. I lived happily and in a loving environment, without great luxuries but now I know that the Little things make a difference, I don’t need more to be happy,” he added.
“I was a kid with dreams, like everyone. I pursued them and today I am surrounded by the idols I had. I wouldn’t believe what I have already achieved,” he added.
Source: La Verdad
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