 All it takes is one person to believe in you, to change your life, and to make you believe in yourself. People do start playing soccer when they're really young. I mean, a lot of professionals start when they are very small children. I think that because of that, people condition themselves to believe that if they didn't do something soon enough that they can't achieve it. And I think that that's just not true. I think that what I'm doing by playing college soccer at MATC, especially as a 29-year-old for the first time ever, is defying conventional notions of what people think is possible to achieve. It takes hard work and it takes commitment, but it also takes an unwavering belief in yourself to do something that a lot of people are telling you isn't possible. I think that by doing something like that, especially in the form of playing college soccer, it can help other people realize that the things that they thought were impossible or that they've discounted as not being something that they could ever achieve is just all in your imagination. It's really easy to consider just the academic merits or what you'll learn specifically in terms of technical skills from the coursework, but it's the stuff that extends beyond that that I'm really grateful for. It's the opportunities I've been afforded by going there. It's the relationships that I've built with the people that work and teach there and with the other students that have been really enriching to my life and have helped me feel more confident in myself and what I'm capable of.