I was never too much into school. I liked lunchtimes and breaks, but nah, I hated sitting at a desk. I was always looking out of the window, looking at my watch, thinking about when I could play football.

As a kid, you obviously dream of being a professional footballer. I would watch players like Ronaldo of Brazil and pretend to be him in the playground. But I don't think about trying to become one of the best in the world or anything like that. I just play football.

I've never liked rehearsing too much.

You probably choose x-country because you were too small to play football.

For a kid who didn't play football until his sophomore year of high school, he's come a long way to be a scholarship athlete.

My dad was the football coach for the high school a few years ago and I wanted to play football with my older brother Gary on the unlimited,