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Ponder prepares for the NFL season with Weinke's help

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"First time I played, I was 8 or 9 years old. I was one of the bigger kids stuck me on the line. Stuck me on the line? Well that's alright, but I wanted to play quarterback. Everybody wants to play quarterback. The coaches son got put in the position. Oh boy. Little bitterness there. There's a little bitterness, and we were 8 or 9 years old and the coach was pretty hard on us. He was cussing us out Yeah, so I hated footbal at that point., didn't even last the whole season. That's a perfect example of how a coach can change your love for a sport. Defintely. Didn't enjoy it because of that, didn't enjoy because didn't want to play the line? or both, defintely both."