Rupert Graves
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I started playing football too old.
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Not being truthful to everyone from an earlier age.
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That I couldn’t bridge the gap with my parents before they died. My mother died 10 years ago of Alzheimer’s, and my father died two years ago. He left when I was 11 and we got back in touch when I was 22.
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To my daughters and my partner, Tracey, for what I put them through with my transition.
At the birth of my children; when Lennox Lewis was crowned undisputed world heavyweight champion; and the day I had my final gender reassignment operation.
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