@Chriswarcraft (Chris Kluwe)

Chris Kluwe is the punter for the Minnesota Vikings, avid gamer, and a bassist for Tripping Icarus. You can find him on Twitter talking music, games, sports and just about anything else you can think of. In 2007 Chris signed a 6 year $8.3 mil contract extension making him one of the ten highest paid punters in the NFL at the time. Chris has also found himself in the news lately for a letter he wrote to a Maryland official in regards to a letter Emmit C Burns wrote to the team owners of the Baltimore Ravens. Here is a copy of Chris' letter it is vulgar so read it with discretion. A short time later he did an interview with MSNBC and here is that video.

 I tweeted Chris about doing an interview and he asked me to send him the questions in his email. He answered very quickly sending his answers the next day.

Q: What influenced you to play football?
A: "I didn't start playing football until I entered high school, was a baseball and soccer player growing up. Found out I was pretty good at kicking a football and decided to work hard at it since a lot of people felt I could play at the college and possibly NFL level if I practiced."

Q: What is your favorite city to play in?
A: "Detroit, the stadium is my favorite stadium to play in, it has an awesome atmosphere."

Q: What is your favorite thing to do on the road?
A: "Read books to make the time pass quicker on flights."

Q: What is your best football memory?
A: "Going out on the field for my first regular season NFL punt my rookie year. I was excited and nervous, and I hit a 60 yard bomb."

Q: What was it like when you were drafted?
A: "I actually wasn't drafted, Seattle picked me up as an undrafted free agent and then they were going to put me on their practice squad at the end of the preseason but the Vikings claimed me off waivers and I've been here ever since."

Q: Have you ever waken up and said "I don't want to go to work today"?
A: "All the time. Football isn't just playing games on Sundays, it's doing all the practice and meetings and workouts during the week also. That being said I enjoy what I do greatly and it's easy to ignore that voice."

Q: What is the best locker room prank you pulled/saw/had pulled on you?
A: "No one's really pulled anything on me, but I saw one guy get his clothes thrown on the hood of his car and then get hosed down. It was about 12 degrees outside and he didn't find out until around 5 hours later. Needless to say, it took him a while to get them off."

Q: What's your favorite off season activity?
A: "Hanging out with my family and not playing football."

Q: What is your favorite sport other than football?
A: "I don't really watch sports, but I would love to try playing baseball again. I really enjoyed pitching."

Q: Who was your childhood role model?
A: "My parents."

Q: What is the weirdest thing a fan has asked you to sign?
A: "That's probably a tie between a dictionary and an XBOX."

Q: What is the biggest personal change you've had since becoming a pro-athlete?
A: "None that I can think of. I just try to be myself."

Q: What are your feelings on fan mail?
A: "It's fun to answer, and I've definitely received some interesting letters."

Q: With the replacement refs stepping in for the beginning of the season do you for see any problems with blown calls etc.?
A: "I think there might be some issues because the replacement refs just aren't used to the speed of the game. Hopefully the NFL can get something worked out with the regular guys."

Q: During training camp you often tweeted about "operation Adrian abs", what did those workouts entail?
A: "I did a complete description in one of my blog posts at Out Of Bounds."

Q: With all of the off season players the Vikings acquired is there one player in particular you are excited to watch play?

A: "It should be fun to watch Jerome Simpson, he's very dynamic and makes a lot of very athletic plays."