Thierry Henry's difficult career: How he handled racism situations and see what he advises now

The former French striker, world champion in 1998, recounted several racist incidents that he suffered throughout his career. During his time at Arsenal, where he is one of the best players in his history, he recalled an event that he experienced against Valencia. "In the Champions League, we was once away at Valencia. I went to take a corner and people were spitting on me and I remember, I looked at my shirt and I could see a lot of...you know what. And so I ran across to the referee and I made him look and he said "Play, what you want me to do? Play" And I was like "what do you want me to do? What about if I turn and punch someone?" Henry said. 

"I remember playing away in Greece. At one point, I scored a goal and I stood up, like, in a very arrogant way just because they were doing some monkey noises. And after I got hammered because I was arrogant looking at them. That was my only way to say, "You can do whatever you want. It won´t affect me" remember. 

Between 2010 and 2014, Henry played 135 games for the New York Red Bulls. During that period he also experienced acts of racism: "When people don´t recognise me, the security guard is following me. And when you ask for a cab in New York, sometimes people don´t stop. 

About what to do in cases of racism, he said: "Next time, stop the game. It shouldn´t be the decision of a player where after he´s going to have to face the whole press alone. If you stop the game, then you ask all the players, the player will say yes. Then suddenly, they go to the UEFA of FIFA and say "why did you stop the game?".