You’ve talked to many people over the years that have said your story inspired them. "The first part is it's exciting that you live the life, you live through the journey, you’ve heard people talk about it for years that it would be a great story on the big screen. View Gallery: See photos of 'American Underdog,' Kurt Warner movie with Zachary Levi That was the first moment where it kind of hit me like, 'I get it, I understand what they’re saying and I understand why they say it’s like a Disney movie because that’s so much of what it is, the struggle, the overcoming and then find yourself on the mountain top.'" Warner is excited his story being told, says he's 'extremely proud' of 'American Underdog' ![]() “You have different check marks along the way as a professional athlete, like I want to be on 'SportsCenter,' I want to be on the cover of Sports Illustrated, I want to be guy that says, 'I’m going to Disney World.' So you go through the season and we win the Super Bowl and I get chosen for that commercial and I remember doing that commercial and having somebody come up to me right after and said, 'You know this is perfect because your life is a Disney movie.' And that I think was the first time that it really kind of sunk in like, 'I mean really, is that how people see it?' . ![]() View Gallery: Photos: Super Bowl champion and NFL Hall of Famer Kurt Warner
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