I played without fear. I've done that since I first kicked a ball in my back garden as a five-year-old, whether it's been my first game, my 100th game, or my 500th game.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
My biggest fear had always been getting hurt, and not being able to leave the game as a player on my own terms.
I've played soccer since I was five.
I've been playing American football since I was six years old. I was a captain of my high school team, playing strong safety.
I grew up playing every sport.
I don't fear anyone. We don't come to play in this sport.
I was the kid who always liked to take the ball down to the school even in my free time, kick it against the wall, juggle it in the front yard and so it was kind of a perpetual state of playing soccer for me.
Football became my life at five or six. The earliest memory I have is of playing in my first boots, a pair of black and white Alan Balls. It was 1970, four years after the World Cup, and I scored three goals at school.
I did everything I could to win every time I was handed the ball.
Before I pitch any game, from spring training to Game 7 of the World Series, I'm scared to death.
I get scared to death every time I have to play. I always get nervous because you never know what to expect. The crowd could be awful, or it could be amazing. You just never know what you're going to get until you get out there and do it. I just do my best and have fun.