Farmer Focus: Sophomore Trey Taylor
‘Showing up every day with 100 percent effort [is the most challenging thing about football]…but the trick is just always giving 100 percent.’
This week’s Farmer Focus is on sophomore Trey Taylor who plays football on the junior varsity team.
SNAPSHOTS
Favorite color: Blue
Favorite TV show: Family Guy
Favorite app: Twitter
Favorite song writer: Drake
Favorite type of music: Rap
ZOOMING IN
Q: What position do you play in football? Why?
A: “Fullback because it has a lot of different aspects. For example you can run, block, catch and do a lot of stuff that isn’t tied to one position.”
Q: What’s the most challenging thing about being in football? Why?
A: “Showing up every day with 100 percent effort because there’s a lot of days you want to take off or you just want to give half effort because you’re tired or just not feeling it, but the trick is just always giving 100 percent. A lot of days it’s between school and lack of sleep and all the different things on your mind; it’s just hard to put the task at hand at a central focus.”
Q: What’s your favorite part about being on the team?
A: “My favorite part about being on the team are the results and the wins within the team. The individual’s [quickly improve] because we do a bunch of exercises, and you can see a lot of physical and mental preparation to life in general…and the wins are great.”
Q: Who inspires you to play football? Why?
A: “Probably all of the professional athletes because I want to be successful at what I do and football is one of the things I do and I want to be successful at it. I look at the people who are successful and I want to be like them.”
Q: What’s your victory dance?
A: “We dab on them folks here at Lewisville.”
Q: What’s your game day routine?
A: “Listen to a lot of music and get in the zone.”
Q: What brings you and your team together?
A: “Honestly winning because it’s hard to stay together as a group and have a good effort if you’re always losing.”