00:00 12 years old,
00:02 Roxborough Middle School, first day of Pagans.
00:10 I've been asked many times why did I choose football, what drew me to the game,
00:15 and I never have an answer that gets it right.
00:18 The best way I can explain it is what draws you to your favorite song, your favorite book,
00:25 what it makes you feel,
00:28 the seriousness of it, the intensity of it.
00:31 Stepping on the field was the most alive and free I had ever felt.
00:36 There was a visceral feeling of football unlike any other sport.
00:40 The hairs on my arms would stand up.
00:44 The hairs on my arms would stand up.
00:47 I could hit somebody, run around like a crazy lunatic, and then get told good job.
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