I didn't feel that I really fit in anywhere. So when I was young I always had to prove myself through my sporting ability.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
In many ways, I feel I'm still as physically fit as I was 20 years ago because I've always been athletic.
Even though arguably I could have done much better at school, I'd decided at a young age that I was going to be a professional sportsman at some sport. And at that stage, there was a bit of luck: I was fortunate to meet the right people at the right time to get me to where I am now.
I was an athlete when I was growing up.
I was heavily into sport from 10 to 15, I was in all the teams, and it was everything to me. But I was very young for my school year and when puberty kicked in for my classmates I got left behind.
I wasn't athletic as a kid, and I was self-conscious about my body, but then in eighth grade I won a school contest, and the prize was a bunch of personal training sessions.
I went from a player who was never fit to a person who actually worked hard to get myself in shape.
Growing up, I wasn't an athlete or anything like that. The only place I felt like I belonged was in the theater.
Ever since I was young, I played sports.
I was no great achiever at school, either academically or in the sporting field... I was always tending to be in trouble.
I was very, very large as a kid and never athletic, and my home life was a little upside down and I never felt comfortable.