He had been so affected that he had even spoken about giving up his playing career.
I stressed to him that neither Sarah nor Vicki would want him to do that. I told John that if they knew he was thinking like that, it would make them very sad.

'I wanted what was next for me, I wanted my next adventure- my next challenge. I'm thankful for whoever heard me. You gifted me this. No matter how dark the world might get I will always know that the light is right around the corner.
My beautiful boy Ziggy.'
Donktum's account was revoked in last July for eight days, over a video depicting Trump as a cowboy attacking CNN journalist Jim Acosta.
(Reporting by Maria Ponnezhath in Bengaluru Editing by Peter Graff)
The 33-year-old Brazillian model and columnist is the daughter of three-time F1 world champion Nelson Piquet and ex-girlfriend of former-F1 driver Daniil Kvyat, who she shares a two-year-old daughter with, Penelope Kvyat
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'Who are these people?' I asked Trevor. But he had no more idea than I had. Later, we were told people had come from all over the city and beyond, Liverpool fans and others who had read about us burying our girls and had come out to support us.
I hated the girls being in Sheffield on their own, in a cold, clinical environment where they knew no one. I began to go and sit in their wardrobes where, pulling the sliding doors to, I would cuddle and smell their clothes.
It was the closest I could get to giving them a hug.
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"I received a DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) takedown order this morning for that video, and a few hours later a suspension letter", Donktum posted website on Locals, another digital content platform.
He showed us to the players' lounge, where we found members of the clergy, players and their wives.
We met Marina Dalglish, wife of the Liverpool manager Kenny, and she sat with us. It was still only four days after the girls had died.
His eye-catching arrival was not replicated on the track as Mercedes continued to struggle with Hamilton's fifth place on the grid likely to intensify fears of a poor season ahead for the previously dominant team.
The 33-year-old Brazillian model and columnist is the daughter of three-time F1 world champion Nelson Piquet and ex-girlfriend of former-F1 driver Daniil Kvyat, who she shares a two-year-old daughter with, Penelope Kvyat.
We talked about the lies that were circulating in some sections of the media, suggesting that drunken, loutish Liverpool fans without tickets had turned up late to the Hillsborough game and pushed their way in, contributing to the fatal crush - lies that had blackened the names of our children and the other victims who died or were injured that day.
World number one Belgian-Dutch racing driver Max Verstappen, 24, was pictured arriving at the paddock with girlfriend Kelly Piquet, 33 ahead of the third practice session of the Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix.
World champion Max Verstappen of Red Bull completes the front row as he launches his campaign for a second consecutive championship after the controversy surrounding his narrow victory at last season's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix which clinched his maiden win.
At our local chapel of rest, the undertaker's wife dressed Sarah and Vicki in their favourite clothes. I couldn't wait to welcome them home from their terrible ordeal and to have them back with me, in their own surroundings again.
She believes it's not something to be ashamed of and never used it as an excuse in life: I hate to make the excuse that I'm dyslexic. I've always found coping mechanisms, and I've got got on with my life.
World number one Belgian-Dutch racing driver Max Verstappen, 24, was pictured arriving at the paddock with girlfriend Kelly Piquet, 33 ahead of the third practice session of the Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix