Seo Jang-hoon cries, "Divorce stands out more than basketball player retirement."

Seo Jang-hoon confessed his feelings when he retired from basketball.

On the 3rd, a video titled 'The reason why I take everything off when I enter Seo Jang-hoon's house' was posted on the YouTube channel 'Supermarket Sora'. Seo Jang-hoon appeared as a guest in this video.

Seo Jang-hoon said, "I am specialized in enduring and enduring things. Many athletes endure well. I can endure even if I don't eat for an entire day," and added, "When I watch broadcasts, I get low on sugar and eat something, but I don't have that experience." Lee So-ra couldn't sympathize, saying, "It's because you're young."

Lee So-ra brought up a story about Seo Jang-hoon's retirement as a basketball player. Seo Jang-hoon recalled, "I entered the professional ranks in 1998 and was fine until I was 38. In my 38-year-old season, I was the player who scored the most goals among Korean players. Until two years before I retired. No matter what, I was better than them." He continued, "The next season, at the age of 39, I changed teams due to various issues such as salary. I was sick, so I left. An athlete is like a person who is always pulling a rubber band tight. You have to keep maintaining your body. 39 years old. "I let go midway through the season. I gave up. The tension in my body was so tight. So I thought I should retire now," he confessed. He said, "I ended up getting divorced at that time. I could have divorced, but the timing was right. From my perspective, I've been playing basketball my whole life and it was my life, so I wondered what I should do because divorce was more emphasized than retirement. After thinking about it, I thought I should play for one more year, so I ended up joining another team. “I moved to ,” he confessed.

Seo Jang-hoon said, "I had a dream before that I would not receive any money in the last year and would donate my salary for the last year. I asked the director and said, 'If you give me your salary, I will donate it instead of taking it.'" He continued, "In my final year, I kept the elastic band taut and then when I let it go, my body goes away. To be honest, I can't say I did it right in my final year. I was much worse than I should have been. I was just thankful that they allowed me to play for one more year." He also said, "At the end, they held another retirement ceremony. I felt grateful. Then I retired."

Seo Jang-hoon confessed, "My knees were in so much pain. My cartilage was worn away, so I still have no cartilage on both sides. If there is no cartilage, the cartilage touches it every time I run." He added, "As a basketball player, you know whether the ball will go in or not when it leaves your hand. That's because. “Because I have been doing it for so long. I thought I didn’t get in at the end, but I felt like someone had caught me from heaven and put me in. It kept going in so many times,” he said, breaking down in tears as he said, “I feel sad when I talk about basketball.”

Kim Ji-won, Ten Asia reporter bella@tenasia.co.kr