Dad of Josh, 9, and Liam, 7, Tony Parker is not one of those former top athletes who absolutely want their children to follow in their footsteps. This is good, because the two little boys have no intention of taking up the torch!
Tony Parker has not been the same man since his sons Josh and Liam, fruits of his past love affair with his former wife Axelle Francine, entered his life in 2014 and 2016. After the birth of his eldest, the basketball player confided that he no longer saw life as before. “I think it changes priorities… He’s still little… But when he’s 2 or 3 years old, I’m going to start to slow down, to choose better what I want to do…”he explained, on RTL in 2014.
Since then, his little ones have grown up a lot and Tony Parker has only one idea in mind: to leave them free to choose their destiny. “My kids do whatever they want, as long as they have a work ethic and they have discipline. They will then choose the career they want, I give them freedom. Their education involves school, but also being a good person, treating others well, sowing the right seeds. I believe in this a lot“, he confided to the Obs last August. Tony Parker is therefore keen to pass on good values to his children. And it doesn’t matter which path they choose later. What is certain is that Josh and Liam don’t really want to play the same sport as their dad.
“As much as I watch games and show basketball to my children, they have no desire to be basketball players… It’s really something that you have within you and that you develop on your own“, he added. If basketball does not attract them, Tony Parker’s children have other passions. Thus, Josh was, until a few years ago, passionate about golf and baseball. As for to Liam, he is a true budding artist who expresses himself through the piano.”I am happy. I love the piano, I play a little, so I would like my little one to become a little artist, that would be nice“, enthused his dad in the show Good evening ! on Canal+ in 2019. The newcomer among the investors of the new season of Who wants to be my partner? ultimately has only one objective, as he confides to the Figaro : that his sons “be happy and healthy!“