I've come over so many obstacles over the years, so now when things get chucked at me, I know that I can get through to the other side with the mindset that I've got.
Jarrod Bowen
Bowen is a Welsh name and the family background is more rugby than football, but we're English through and through.
It is nice to see your name linked to some teams, but I am a Hull City player and as far as I'm aware it is just rumours.
In the end, it was a no-brainer to join West Ham, but I still needed to take five minutes to myself because it's a big moment for anyone to move club, especially off the pitch when it involves moving to a big city. You've got to take every single factor into consideration because it's a big decision in your life.
I'm going to have to get used to the pace of the Premier League and the technical side of it. I had a little taste of it at Hull before they were relegated in 2017, but I've developed a lot as a player since then.
I went to Cardiff on trial for six weeks and felt I did really well, but then they turned around and said they weren't going to sign me. It was a bitter pill to swallow because Hereford, where I was playing at the time, were scrapping their youth team, so I didn't have any other options.
Like I've always said, I'm with Hull no matter what the interest.
Sometimes you just hit that form and everything goes in; you get chances and you're more ruthless with them, more clinical.
I think off the wing and just behind the striker are probably the two go-to positions, so to speak. I'm comfortable with playing both.
For me, it's good to have that versatility of playing in different positions. Wherever I'm playing, I try to change my game.
Then me and my dad came up to Hull, our heads were turned and then the next week I was signing for Hull at 17. It all happened quite quickly but I was buzzing for it and it has benefited me now. It's been an unbelievable journey so far.
Luckily for me, Hereford restarted their youth team. I trained a few times with the first team before my first stroke of luck, when the club's youth team coach Pete Beadle, someone who knew me well, became the first-team manager.
I'm confident that I can score goals in the Premier League.
I'm playing in the Premier League and my first two games could be against Manchester City and Liverpool. I don't think it gets much better than that.
