Overview
- In a March 2 interview reported by Italian outlets, the former national-team opposite outlines his shift into journalism and stage work that interprets volleyball for broader audiences.
- He highlights collaborations that began with Kataklò and says a new show will examine how volleyball has been used by institutions, governments and political parties.
- He reveals that doctors advised his mother to end the pregnancy because he was not expected to survive birth, a warning she rejected as both ultimately lived.
- Describing his bond with coach Julio Velasco, he recalls an initially fantastic relationship that later featured phases of mutual respect punctuated by occasional sparks.
- He says the missed Olympic gold remains a softened but persistent fixation for his generation and criticizes today’s win-or-fail judgments, calling his past ‘sex symbol’ image a media construction.