Sag: Is it more important to get a win or lose and learn?

AF: Get a win, always. I’ve had enough losing and learning these past couple years. I’m a senior. It’s time to win.

Sag: As a captain, what do you do to be a good leader?

AF: I try to lead by example. I set a high standard for my teammates to follow both on and off the field.

Sag: Do you still enjoy practice?

AF:  Practicing is both physically and mentally exhausting, but we need to do it in order to win, so that pulls me through it.

Sag: What is your biggest challenge, and how have you tried to overcome it?

AF: I am undersized to be a middle linebacker in this league but I try to overcome it by working speed and agility into my game.

Sag: What is the best advice you have ever been given?

AF: Coaches always tell me to listen and grow from criticism, not to take it personally. This has helped me grow as a human being in all aspects of my life.

Sag: How many times have you been injured this year?

AF: Not once this past year. You can’t hurt steel.

Sag: Is there anything you would like to add?

AF: Please come out to our games.  I promise we will put on a show like none you’ve seen from a Brookline football team in the past. The sky is the limit.

Jamie Francona can be contacted at [email protected]