Arsenal star Theo Walcott admits football wasn't always his first love.
"Football did not really interest me until I was 10, I did not even know it existed, it was funny really," Walcott told Arsenal TV Online. "Athletics stood out for me when I was younger, I liked the 100 metres.
"When I did start playing football, I was in goal - and that was because I really loved the penalty shoot-outs, where I could save it and be the hero.
"Then I started playing for AFC Newbury, and scored more than 100 goals for them in just one season. It was basically just a long ball over the top and I would run on to it, I scored six in my first game.
"It was just natural for me, but although I was excited [after Southampton's interest], I was not really like, 'wow, I am going to be a professional footballer'.
"I just enjoyed playing and did not think I would be where I am now."