Q: Between football, school, public speaking, community service and mentoring, what do you do to relax?Ī: “That’s a good question. I kind of consider myself a book worm, but not the kind with the glasses and all that.” It is not something that was required of me it was something I wanted to do. I wanted to make good grades and receive accolades from my parents.
It is something I prided myself on when I was a kid. Q: With a 3.6 GPA and dreams of graduate school, do you consider yourself a “book worm?”Ī: “My friends say I am, but I say I just study when I need to. But it is something that I am glad she did because it really helped me out in life.” She got frustrated because they all seemed to overlap soccer, basketball, football, baseball and track. As I got older I ended up liking sports and I got into a lot of sports. But it really helped me out a lot growing up as a young man. She wanted me to have some toughness, so she wanted me to play football. Q: What was your mother’s influence like on your football career?Ī: “Growing up in a single parent home with an older sister, my mom didn’t want me to just watch her and my sister do female things. I definitely see myself in the Southeast to be close to my friends and family.” I would like to do a lot in Selma, where I am from. I would also like to be in real estate and have some stocks. But at the same time, I would also like to be married and probably having two kids. Q: Where do you see yourself 10 years from now?Ī: “Mostly everyone’s dream is to play in the NFL and I do see myself playing in the NFL being on a productive team and being a productive receiver. I would also say a television so that I can at least know what is going on in the world that I am missing out on.” I know everyone says they need their cell phone, but if I had my cell phone I probably would not be stuck on an island.
Q: If you were stranded on an island, what three items would you need for survival?Ī: “The Bible so that I might be able to keep my sanity a little. Everything was literally a team aspect this year.” Sometimes things didn’t go the way we wanted them to, but we just kept fighting as a team. No matter what happened in the game, we were all going to go out there and give our best. And it wasn’t confident like cocky, but confident knowing we could depend on each other. Q: What was your favorite part about being on last year’s team?Ī: “My favorite part was the team unity and being so confident before every game we were going to win. Maybe when I get older if I can keep that same mindset then I can continue to work with kids.” It’s fun to be with them and let them know that even though I am older than they are I am not an adult yet. I really like working with kids, interacting with them and realizing how they think and what things they enjoy. Q: Do you see a future working with kids?Ī: I do. So when I leave Auburn and leave the ‘lime light’ so to speak, I want to be able to have had a positive impact on people.” I want to be able to leave a good example for other people. I feel that in my short life, I have experienced some things like they have and that I can relate to what they are going through. Can you talk a little bit about what you speak on?Ī: “I really try to share my life experiences and share with them and share Christ with them so that they can have some kind of motivations and direction. Q: You do a lot of speaking to youth groups and FCA. Q&A With Auburn Senior Wide Receiver Ben Obomanu
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