Kickin' It with Robbie Gould: Questions for Chicago's Pro-Bowl Kicker

What is one thing most people don’t know about kickers?

Is there a position in sports that has more pressure placed upon it than an NFL kicker?

How do you deal with the pressure that comes with a late-game field goal or extra point attempt?

What goes through your mind as you walk onto the field before every kick?

What has been the biggest kick of your career in your opinion, and why that kick?

How did growing up playing soccer help you as a kicker?

When you were preparing to go to college, what made you decide to pursue football as opposed to soccer?

What was it like meeting Joe Paterno for the first time? Any good stories about you and Paterno from your time at Penn State?

What was your reaction after the New England Patriots signed you as an undrafted free agent in 2005?

While with New England, what is the biggest thing you learned from kicker Adam Vinatieri?

What was harder for you, getting waived by the Patriots in August of 2005 or being released by Baltimore less than one month later?

After the Ravens let you go, did you think your football career was over?

So I know that you went to work in a construction company near your hometown after Baltimore released you and before the Bears offered you a tryout. What was your job description when you were there?

What were you doing when you received the call from the Bears?

What do you consider to be your biggest football accomplishment?

What do you say to critics who argue that, despite your efficiency, you don’t have a strong-enough leg to be a dominant kicker in the NFL?

Who is the best kicker in the NFL? What makes him so good?

If you could be commissioner for a day, what’s one rule you would add or change?

What was your reaction to the Bears trading quarterback Kyle Orton for Jay Cutler?

Who are you closest with in the locker room? How did that relationship start?

What do the Bears need to do to win the NFC North in 2009?

Do you ever get tired of hearing fans or reporters say that a kick of yours was, "Good as Gould"?

Is there anything else that you would like to add?