Sports > November 20, 2008

By Connor Swarbrick | Sports editor

Ever since sophomore Corben Bone stepped onto Spry Stadium field last season as a freshman, he’s been making big plays and contributing to the Deacons’ incredible, unprecedented success the last two years. This postseason, his plans are no different.

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On how he decided to come to Wake:

One of the reasons why I decided to come to Wake was mainly because of the people and the camaraderie of the team and the friendships that I saw team members had made.

It’s not an individual team. Everybody plays collectively, and I could tell that on my visit here.

On taking a PK:

When I’m taking a PK, I normally just go up there and I try not to think about anything except where I’m going to shoot it. I have a spot picked out in my mind, and I concentrate on that spot and nothing else around me and hopefully it goes in.

On how he got involved in soccer:

Whenever I was real little, I played basketball, baseball and soccer just like every other kid.

And I just kept on going – and eventually I just stuck with soccer.

On the most satisfying way to score a goal:

My favorite goal is probably a long distance shot, from far out. Those are pretty exciting and I get pretty psyched about them.

On this season’s goals:

The goals for the season were to win the ACC regular season championship and then the NCAA Championship.

So far we have won the ACC regular season and we just missed out on the ACC Tournament Championship, but now we get to go after the big one, so hopefully we’ll achieve that goal.

On playing another sport:

I would probably play basketball. I like the game, I like the way it’s quick and fast.

On playing a pick up game with anyone:

I’d probably play with this guy named George Best.

He’s pretty old, but I’ve watched a lot of tape on him, I’ve done a presentation on him and I really like the way he plays.

On pregame rituals:

I love listening to music. I listen to music a lot and try to get in the mindset of the game.