Bobby Okereke

So I just have an immense respect for all of them.

So for them to...

vote for me to represent them, it meant the extreme honor.

uh first and foremost i'd probably say my discipline you know i mean um i think my teammates just can understand and respect they're gonna get the same guy day in and day out and that intensity that i first show up with a lot of guys can kind of fake that and show up in the building and put on this bravado but uh when you see a guy you see a guy in his locker three four months in a row and he's studying film every time you get or he's he's texting everybody hey we're having an extra meeting here or he's

packing lunch because he needs to have a certain diet.

Like you see those habits over and over and you start to kind of trust a person like that.

And

I guess for me, I've always kind of thought of leadership in terms of servant leadership.

I've always been a guy who thought making, I mean, in a team game, especially like football, when you put your emphasis on making the people around you better, you ultimately get the team goal that you want, which is winning.

So I've definitely put that first.

Awesome.

Yeah.

I mean, it goes back when I was in high school and Stanford was recruiting me.

uh that was their big pitch they always said you know this is a 40-year decision this is not a four-year decision and i guess i've kind of leaned into that mantra for sure um i understand i'm in a very unique position uh as a professional athlete the influence i have whether it's social media with fans i have uh all this relationship capital and so for me i'm trying to be strategic and think about how i can convert this

influence that I have into sustainable infrastructure, whether it's business.

Yeah, please.

Whether it's finance, whether it's nonprofit charitable work and whether it's building my brand even past an athlete.

So

I have a lot of internal passions.

I definitely love entrepreneurship.