Senior forward Kurt Martin was named to the <i>College Soccer News </i>National Team of the Week on Sept. 10 after scoring a pair of goals at the Mike Berticelli Memorial Tournament.

20 Questions With Kurt Martin

Sept. 18, 2007

1. Use five words to describe yourself.
Honest, hardworking, ambitious, creative, spontaneous.

2. Describe your perfect day- who would you spend it with, what would you do, where would you be?
My perfect day would be with all my close friends; we’d be on the beach back home, and we would go fishing.

3. What is your pre-game routine?
Nothing too special, I do put on my left sock before my right sock and I just listen to music.

4. Other than the Irish, what is your favorite sports team?
I don’t really follow a lot of sports, but I’ll go with the Cowboys.

5. What do you miss the most about being at home?
Mexican food, because I live really close to the border.

6. Who was the most famous person you have ever met?
I never met him, but I was about 10 feet away from Pelé.

7. If your life was to be turned into a movie, what genre would it be; what would the title be; what actor would you have star in it?
I don’t know what movie it would be, but if I could be in a TV series, I would choose Entourage and the character Turtle.

8. If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go?
I would go to China. I’m not sure why, but I would like to.

9. What was the most embarrassing thing that has happened to you?
Freshman year, I had to wear a dress to class, and dance to the Party Boy song in front of the whole class.

10. What is the best advice you have received? Who was it from?
It would be from my trainer when I was younger who told me to never let anything stop me.

11. What are you listening to on your iPod right now?
Seventies music.

12. If you had the choice to travel either forward or backward in time, which would you choose? Why?
I go backwards, because I like the movie Back to the Future.

13. Where is your favorite place at Notre Dame?
The North Dining Hall. I went there more then South.

14. What is your major? Why did you choose this major?
My major is entrepreneurship. I chose it because I hope to own my own business one day.

15. What is the first thing you think about when you wake up?
What I’m going to eat.

16. Do you have any siblings?
I have one brother.

17. What is your favorite class or professor so far at Notre Dame, and why?
Carl Ackerman, a finance professor. He was really funny and he supports our team.

18. If you could eat only one thing for the rest of your life, what would you eat?
Marshmallows

19. Who was your role-model as a child? Why? Has your role model changed now that you are older?
When I was younger it was my soccer trainer because he played professionally. I think he still is my role model.

20. How has being a student and athlete at Notre Dame influenced your life?
It has taught me discipline and you need to work hard for the things you want to get in life.