Army life was rough. Would you believe it, they actually wanted me to pitch three times a week.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I loved being back out on the pitch. Although I have not been in full training, I felt pretty good.
I wanted to join the Army when football failed. That was my only realistic form of making an honest living.
I hated pitch meetings. Pitch meetings were my least favorite part of the week. I just gave up. I was so terrible at them.
I started playing football young, and my career was on the pitch.
The Army was my bread and butter.
The day after high school, I was off to basic training at the Great Lakes Naval Station. You gotta understand, we didn't care about sports. We wanted to win the war. We wanted to win the war! And at the time, we didn't know if we would.
If I wanted to pitch that bad, I probably would. But I don't think I'm in that stage.
Whenever I was on the pitch, I always tried to win.
I was determined to get it right on the pitch. Then, if I had to leave at the end of the season, so be it. I never felt threatened or isolated by the arrangement. We worked together and it worked out.
Back then I said to myself 'screw football.' Actually I just took part in this camp as there was nothing better for me to do. They also didn't draft me because they thought I was too wild and undisciplined.