Our 'School Days' feature delves into the formative years of Manchester United's stars. Here, Bastian Schweinsteiger discusses his option of becoming a professional skiier and why he loved scoring goals as a striker...
How was school life for you?
I remember that school was always, more or less, from 8 o'clock in Germany – you had to start at eight. Afterwards, I went straight to playing football, to Munich, or went to skiing actually. So I was always leaving home and having to go to school to also be allowed to go to the mountains for skiing or off to play football.