Manchester City's teenage Treble-winner Rico Lewis tells BBC Sport about Pep Guardiola's intensity, Phil Foden's support and his Thai boxing upbringing.
Meeting Rico Lewis, the first thing that strikes you is just how normal and down to earth he is. This is a young man who won the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League treble with Manchester City before he turned 19.
Martial arts can help develop confidence, footwork, co-ordination and balance - all helpful attributes for any aspiring footballer - but Lewis says the most vital traits developed at the gym were self-discipline and humility. That path into professional football, especially at the very elite Premier League clubs, is well documented for its difficulty.
"I think it's something that you just have to kind of take in your stride and if you're meant to be in that environment, you will do."Fortunately, he had a team-mate in Phil Foden who had already made the same journey from local academy starlet to first-team regular. "It's definitely intense. It's probably 10 times more intense than you think coming from the outside," Lewis said.
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