Look at people for an example, but then make sure to do things your way. Surround yourself with positive people.
We all have these tendencies in us that could go this way or that. I think that's the real key in writing. To look at a character without judgment.
Going in, I knew I wasn't one of the top ones, because I didn't even make the pre-season All-American team. That shows you what people thought of me right there, so I knew I had to go to work.

