The good night and good goals program, directed by Pablo Parra, tried in his gathering a matter of huge human draft: Ricky Rubio's confession about his mental health problems in the sixth interview in the program “Lo de Évole”. The emotional talk resulted in a deep analysis of the difficulties that elite athletes are going through beyond the track or grass.
Pablo Parra expressed his sensitivity to the subject, recognizing that the player's testimony deeply hit him. “I was already a little sensitive, Albert, because Morata's little one saw, and it is also true that it attracts a lot of attention how he almost does not go to the Eurocup and during the Eurocup herself is assumed in a depression”. Confessed. “The Ricky Rubio has really put my hair on end, to think that Ricky at a given time even wanted to put an end to his life.” Parra said.
Ricky Rubio during the interview with Jordi Évole.
“A brilliant and intelligent guy” During the gathering, Ricky Rubio's empathic personality stressed, highlighting that this feature, although admirable, can also be a reason for suffering in professional sport. “When you listen a bit Ricky's interview you realize that he is a very empathic person. People with that empathy suffer more because they have trouble understanding certain things, because they do not value money so much, but other things that they surely don't have”.
One of the Tertullians confessed to feel identified with Ricky: “I empathize with him because I look a little reflected in what Ricky Rubio is like. I know him from Barça's time to interview him and he is a brilliant, intelligent guy, an impressive player. But yes, he is afraid to listen to him because one knows that he has gone through very very dark times.”
The Spanish Base Ricky Rubio (D) exceeds the Latvian Base Kristers Zoriks during the Eurobasket 2025 qualifying meeting played between Spain and Latvia
Visible the human side of sport The debate resulted in the importance of speaking without taboos about mental health in sport. “It is appreciated what Ricky Rubio has done, which Álvaro Morata did in his day, and that we start talking about these issues more naturally.”. In the program athletes were humanized. “Behind each elite athlete there is a person. Sometimes we see only money, the day to day of an industry that consumes you. We have even seen footballers who, in the midst of a duel for the loss of a partner, have had to play games while broken inside.”
Pablo Parra and his Tertulians agreed that, although steps have been taken forward, there is still a way to go to understand that the mind is ahead of the physicist. “The athlete is first, but the head goes ahead of what the body can do, and that ends up greatly affecting. Ricky has done today to normalize something so important.”
