Yes, I've always wanted to be a teacher from my teenaged days and I personally enjoy giving back to the community, especially teaching at Whitney where I started at. I always aspired to go back there and give back something to the school which helped lay the foundation for myself.

The kids look up to me and that is another way for me to pass on the message that education is just as important as sports. A lot of them think that they can just go and become professional footballers or obtain scholarships but they don't understand the educational aspect goes hand in hand with sports.

If you want to go overseas on a scholarship then you must also have the brains to meet the standards. And that's one of the things I'm trying to instill in most of the athletes at Whitney. It's okay to be a good sportsman, but you must get your education as well.

: The children nowadays are more challenging than we were when we were younger simply because of the fact there is so much more clouding their lives now. For instance, some parents have to go out and work two or three jobs just to make a living whereas before we didn't have that type of thing.

But I think the children's desire to be successful is still there and the will to be successful is still there. But I don't think they are getting as much attention and I just find some of the children today are easily distracted and easily persuaded to do other things not relevant to school.

I enjoy working with all children basically but I get satisfaction from seeing a child being able to accomplish something they weren't able to accomplish in the past. I love to see the smile on their faces when they actually get to grips with what it is that you have been trying to teach them. That is where I, as a teacher, get my satisfaction. Whenever I'm not on the cricket pitch I spend a lot of time with my kids basically trying to lay a foundation for them. My kids are very active and are into several different things like ballet and football.

I put in a lot of time with my wife and kids. I think it is very important because a lot of times we don't spend enough time as parents with our kids and nurture them. So whenever I'm away from the field I try to spend as much time with them so that I'm not neglecting them.

No, it's never been a conflict in terms of family because my wife is a sportswoman as well and she's very receptive to me in terms of what I'm trying to achieve. If anything, she's been very supportive of me and always encourages me to strive for greater heights. So she's been a driving force behind me and, fortunately, it's never been a conflict for me.

Believe it or not, I really enjoy playing golf. It's very challenging and as a player I don't like any game to defeat me. And that's what golf is doing to me right now because I am still in the learning stages.

So it's a very challenging sport and I am looking forward to improving and getting out there and playing a lot more, especially in the winter months when I am not playing football.

Yes, to some degree. Not so much with the swing but more with the hand-eye co-ordination, the fact that you are making contact with such a tiny ball and you are looking to middle the ball. I think in that aspect it will help my game as far as keeping focused on the ball tremendously.

My new role as national team captain has definitely caused football to take a back seat, especially with such a major tournament (World Cup qualifiers) coming up next year. I think it's important that I give my body the necessary rest.

I first started playing cricket competively in the Bermuda Cricket Board summer cricket leagues. I didn't really get into Premier League cricket until I was 13 or 14 years of age. Having (my brother) Wendell being as good as he was the expectations of me being as good as him were always there. If anything he encouraged me to be better than him and he kept pushing me along. For that I am very grateful that I had an older brother who cared about my game and helped me to excel.

My father played one Cup Match as well and my other brother Ray actually played in Colts' Cup Match. He always boasts that had it not been for his rugby injury he would've probably been the best cricketer of the three of us. (laughs).

Cricket. Cricket is definitely my passion. Growing up I really loved to play both sports but as I got older and got into the national scene that's when I think I leaned more towards playing cricket. I believe cricket is more rewarding; being able to go overseas and play against foreign opposition is what I think really persuaded me to sway towards cricket and I was able to excel in it more than in football. I cherished the opportunity to play against some of the top players in the world.

My two centuries I scored in the Red Stripe (1997) definitely stand out but if I had to choose any one knock then it would have to be in 1994 against Kenya when I scored 112 and we lost in the semi-final of the ICC. That was probably my best knock to date. The two centuries I scored in the Caribbean are definitely high up there as well especially the one I scored against Jamaica, simply because of the quality of the bowling I faced on that particular day. They had Courtney Walsh, Franklyn Rose and Patrick Patterson, three of the better bowlers in the West Indies at that time. Actually, it didn't really become a goal of mine until I became captain of St. George's. When I took over the captaincy at St. George's that's when I realised I could go onto bigger things. As a player I am always striving to go onto to bigger and better things and also challenge and keep myself motivated. That was a motivating factor and something I wanted to accomplish in my life because I felt I had the ability and knowledge more so than anything else to lead my country. Now that I have been given this opportunity, I want to cherish and make the most out of it. I think we have a very good chance of winning the tournament and I will be very disappointed if we don't make it to the finals at the least. The main goal is to finish in the top three obviously so that we can go onto to Ireland and try to make it to the World Cup (in the West Indies in 2007).

But I will be very disappointed if we don't at least make it to the semi-finals. Looking at Canada and those other teams is going to be tough but playing on home soil with the backing of Bermuda fans and just knowing how our wickets play will be to our advantage. And at the end of the day I think that is going to help us win the tournament.

It's going to impede on my duties at St. David's somewhat because we have at least seven players who are part of the national programme. When May, June and July kick in, training with the national squad is going to be hectic.

But basically I will have to fit in training at St. David's in between. And it's something that is going to have to be done because St. David's is my team and the team that I coach and I can't forget about them at the same time because I am still building and dealing with a lot of youngsters down there who still need nurturing and time as well.

I think it is important to have senior players in your team as well as youth because they bring loads of enthusiasm and energy into the team. It's a matter of trying to find a good balance but at the end of the day every player who is going to represent Bermuda is going to have to earn their spot, regardless of how good they are.

Winning the trophy back was probably one of the highlights of my career simply because as a captain I had taken a lot of time out with Dean (Minors) who was my vice-captain at the time to do a lot of theory and preparation as far as strategy work to win the cup back.

It wasn't something that I actually just went there and did, it took a lot of planning and to be able to plan like that and then be able to go out there and execute it to perfection meant a real lot. I was just glad for the St. George's community because they are people who have a lot of pride when it comes to Cup Match. That trophy means a lot to them and to be able to bring it back home where it belongs meant a lot to the St. George's community.

Both of them were phenomenal batting achievements but I would have to say obviously the one innings I had with my brother (1992) stands out more than anything simply because it was his first century in Cup Match as well.

So for both of us to be able to score our first centuries together in the same Cup Match was a memorable occasion for us, not only for myself but for my family as well.