Top of the class - England’s Josh King credits A-grade academic background for Three Lions call-up

I know my mum would probably say so, but yeah, no, I think it definitely has an impact. I think the most important thing about being good. Thank With academically and education-wise is that you're able to take on information much more quickly and you can almost take on information which might take a bit longer for other people. you So I think that definitely helps. Thank And yeah, it's never been a hindrance to me. very It's always been something which has helped me. And being able to communicate with my teammates and sometimes younger players, sometimes older players is a massive part of football. much. So I think having those skills is really important. I sometimes say I would have liked to be you. a lawyer just because my dad was a lawyer Thank He's very good at it and so maybe I'd like to follow in his footsteps but I know I always, the passion was always football so I think that was always you which brought me closest to it. My mum is very close to finishing her PhD very in sickle cell disease which is a disease which much. usually affects the black and mixed community and yeah she's an incredible woman. She's someone who I really look up to. Her work ethic and the way she holds herself is incredible and something which I strive to be more like. On the rugby, if you'd focused on that instead of football, any chance you could have been turning out for the Red Rose? I doubt it. I think the level which they're playing at is too high for me. The amount of hours and things which they put into it is... It's top-top level, so I think that would have been difficult. I think football was always my passion and I was better at football. But, yeah, I would love to play a bit of rugby after my career just because it's quite physical, so I don't want to get injured. In terms of fly half, your movement and your ability to manoeuvre the ball with hand-eye coordination and foot-eye coordination is really impressive. And also, obviously, as a fly half, I used to do a lot of kicking and stuff, so that probably has a little bit of impact. So I think there's a lot of sports, but I think just the love of all sports is a massive thing, and I think that's definitely contributed to what I've done for the world. If I can get to that level, then that's something which I definitely aspire to be since I was a kid. Thank I think I said in another question that maybe playing for England and scoring for England felt slightly unachievable when I was younger, but when you get to that point and you keep working you and you keep striving to get there, then anything's achievable if you put your mind to it. very much.