Fatherhood 'changed my world'
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Luton captain Tom Lockyer, who suffered a cardiac arrest during a match against Bournemouth in December, says becoming a dad for the first time has changed "everything" for him.
The 29-year-old Wales international told Gary Lineker's podcast The Rest is Football, the arrival of his daughter had "changed my world".
The defender said he had thought "football was the most important thing in the world" but the birth had given him a new perspective.
"This little girl came along and changes everything for me," he said.
The Wales international has previously told how he was "technically dead" for nearly three minutes and was resuscitated by medics.
He told presenters Lineker, Alan Shearer and Micah Richards: "The first thought I had when I came round was 'My missus is in the stand and she's seven months' pregnant.'
"But she seemed to have handled it really well and was amazing throughout the birth. I can't speak highly enough of her."
