When Mikel Arteta was a toddler, he had open heart surgery.
Arteta opened up to his players in a team talk about receiving life-saving surgery when he was a child.
Arteta talked about the moment on the breakfast show.
He said that he had never opened up like this before.
The majority of the boys or staff wouldn't know about it. It's not anything that I planned, it's how I felt before that moment.
Arteta made 150 appearances for the Gunners between 2011 and 2016 after spending six years at the club.
He played for two years at Rangers before moving to Real Sociedad.
Doctors told the Spaniard at a young age that he wouldn't be able to do much exercise because of his heart condition.
Arteta said that she was too little to have a big heart issue.
They had to open my heart in order to do that. It was one of the first surgeries done in Spain and we didn't know how it would end up.
The doctor told my father and mother that he wasn't going to be able to do much exercise because of the problem.
After losing their first three games of the season, Arteta gave a team talk.
The documentary shows Arteta trying to inspire his players by comparing elite sports teams to high- performance medical teams that saved his life.
They are willing to work around the clock. They love what they do, so they do it. That's their purpose, that's what he said in the trailer.
Arteta was able to pursue his love of football because of the medical staff that performed his surgery 38 years ago.
He said that he was able to fulfill his dream of becoming a professional footballer.
He said that the experience did shape him as a young person.
I was told that I couldn't expose myself so much and that we couldn't take you to the limit of your heart capacity.
I pushed myself to the limit.
The support from my parents was great, and then they had the courage to look for the best possible specialist - and those specialists always had the courage to push those barriers a little bit further because they could see how important it was for me.
Manchester City and Spurs are the other two English teams to have taken part in Amazon Prime's documentary series.
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