Now that 2013 has arrived, lions.com.au figured it was an appropriate time to ask some of the Lions players if they had made any resolutions for the New Year.

Swearing off alcohol, maintaining a better diet, and exercising more are among the most popular self-promises that are guaranteed to surface at this time of year.

So what sort of challenge do professional footballers, who already abide by the above rules, set themselves for the New Year?

Here are the responses from a selection of Lions players:

Todd Banfield – To beat Niall McKeever at FIFA

Steve Wrigley – To call my mother more

Sam Michael – To learn how to ride my bike properly

Callum Bartlett – To play a senior AFL game

Jesse O’Brien – To win a Brownlow!

Ryan Lester – To talk more

Aaron Cornelius – To play regular senior footy

Justin Clarke – To call my mum once a week

Claye Beams – Not to get injured!

Andrew Raines – To stop picking my nose

Dayne Zorko – To look after my diet

Rohan Bewick – To beat Beamsy at golf every single time we play

Patrick Wearden – To ring my dad more often

Ryan Harwood – To get my turtle a friend

Josh Green – To buy a house

Brent Moloney – To get to know James Polkinghorne better, he is an interesting character