One of my favorite stories is about how I loved Ronaldhino, the legendary Brazillian, before I ever knew who he was, or what Brazil even was.

I used to always play World Cup 98 on the N64, I was also four years old when I started playing it (2 years late), and at a young age I started liking yellow (which is my favorite color), and in that came the only team with a yellow jersey was Brazil. I would always play as them, didn't know if they were good or bad or anything.

On top of that, I would always pick to play (or customize) #10. They didn't have names in that game, or even modeled the players after the real players (even by skin color) but I always without fail would do whatever I could to score with #10.

It became my favorite number, the number I chose in every sport I played, in every way I could.

And I'll never forget the one day I saw Brazil playing on TV. I told my mom that it was the "yellow shirt people" I would play as in the "ball game" and when I saw #10 dancing around I smiled because I would tell her that was me. And then that's when I saw who it was, the greatest player to ever grace the sport (in my opinion), Ronaldhino. His touch, his class, his flair, his finesse, and his joy for the game has not been matched by anyone else. I have never seen anyone do something with as much joy as he played football.

Do you guys have any stories like that?