All White Ben Waine is finding a better balance between football and life.
All White Ben Waine said learning to step back from his football "obsession" may have been just as important as anything he has developed on the pitch ahead of his first Football World Cup.
The 24-year-old striker will head to this year's tournament in North America having spent the last three years navigating the highs and lows of professional football in England.
But as his career reached new heights, Waine realised football had begun to consume everything else around him.
"I am obsessed with my football, but I was probably maybe a little bit too much to the obsessive side," he said.
