Manchester United striker Javier Hernandez admits he almost gave football away less than two years ago.
He credits his faith for stopping him giving the game up altogether just 12 months before Manchester United bought him.
Hernandez, 22, said: "I started doing that when I was thinking of quitting. When I started playing a bit more, I started to do that only to say thank you for helping me.
"I feel He helped me a lot and always he is there.
"That's why I like to say thank you for letting me be part of another game, for letting me play in another game.
"I started thinking if this is what God wanted for me, I needed to work hard.
"That's the thing for me. I want to play every game, I want to play a lot, and I do that because I'm thankful."
But why did Hernandez want to quit so early in his career at Mexican club Chivas?
He said: "I wasn't playing the minutes that I wanted to at the time and the coach wasn't playing me. I don't know why that was, but I was frustrated.
"My confidence started to go down and I asked my father and my family whether I was still right to play football.
"I just wanted to play, but I was training with the squad all week and wouldn't play in the games. I would always go to the reserves.
"My family told me I had spent a lot of my time doing this and trying to make my dream come true, so not to give up on it.
"They said to keep fighting, keep focused and concentrated and that the most important thing was to keep enjoying the game because I am very lucky."
