Recently, Irving participated in Ferdinand's podcast program, and he talked about the only two players who made him feel admired.

Irving: Delusion is actually very important. If you always feel that you are stronger than the actual situation, you will eventually be able to catch up with it. I can tell a lot of players, who were probably very, very ordinary when they were kids, and now they are household names and record-breaking figures.

Irving: They have no skills, no speed, no everything, but have the tenacious willpower to reach their peak. But there are only two players that I have ever admired. When I was about 15 or 16 years old, when I saw Da Luo’s game, I was thinking: Oh no.

Irving: I think I'm already very good, I think I'll become a world-class player, etc... But seeing his game, I might just be like that.

Irving: Another person is Henry, and when he came to the Premier League, I thought to myself, "I will never get the Golden Boot again", and it turns out that my idea is right.