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I'm a Christian who happens to be an athlete, not the other way around.

I am highly variable in my devotion. From a doctrinal point of view or a dogmatic point of view or a strictly Catholic adherent point of view, I'm first to say that I talk a good game, but I don't know how good I am about it in practice.

I do devotion in the morning. I pray and I read the word.

I'm an athlete. I go out there and fight my heart out.

My faith inspires me so much. It is the very reason that I run. I feel that my running is completely a gift from God and it is my responsibility to use it to glorify him.

I play basketball on Sundays and I'm a very spiritual guy; I read a lot of Eastern philosophy and I meditate.

I mean, as an athlete, as a competitor, you have to have that belief in yourself.

So much of football relates to Christian life - sacrifice, commitment, discipline.

Even now I want to keep my amateur spirit, to spend my time, to be in the sport with all my heart.