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Michael Nicoletta has made quite a name for himself in football locally.
The youngster put up big numbers this season with the Ontario Football Conference’s Sault Sabercats junior varsity team, which included a five-touchdown game on July 20.
SooToday recently caught up with Nicoletta for our latest Q&A session.
Q: What’s your first sports memory?
MN: Probably on the way to my first football practice and not wanting to go in the car and my dad yelling at me. I about nine or 10.
Q: What other sports are you interested in that people wouldn’t expect?
MN: Baseball. I used to play baseball.
Q: Who are three people, dead or alive, that you would like to have dinner with and why?
MN: Probably Kobe Bryant, Donald Trump and Kanye West.
Q: Aside from your current job, what non-sports career are you interested in and why?
MN: Probably teaching because I like kids and my mom is a teacher.
Q: What person, living or dead, do you admire most and why?
MN: Probably my mom.
She’s one of the hardest working people I know.
Q: If you could be NFL commissioner for a day, what changes would you make to the sport?
MN: I would take away the targeting calls.
Q: What’s the most important life lesson you’ve learned?
MN: To quote (Korah football coach) Tom Annett, ‘No pressure, no diamonds.’
Q: What’s something people would be surprised to learn about you?
MN: I’m pretty good at ping pong.
Q: If you could have any super power, what would it be?
MN: Probably time travelling.
Q: If you were stranded on an island, what three things would you bring with you?
MN: A solar-powered radio.
A pet dog to keep me company and a football to keep myself busy.