biggest show began age 20. far from the glitz and glamour in south london. one of my friends, josh hastings, played american football for the warriors and he saw my size. we were similar built. we went to college together. and at the time, he was, he was very skinny. and when i saw him again, you know, he had some size on him. and he told me that he was playing american football and i would be a good fit. so i went down and i thought nothing of it. like, honestly, it was the first time seeing helmets and pads and all these things. it was very strange. like i never saw. i ve never seen anything like that in south london. i think i knocked someone on the ground, thought i did something wrong. everybody was cheering and happy and it was just that, embrace and that, you know, 0k, well, if i can, if i do this and i can be physical, and that kind of what s drawn me to it. obada s progress was rapid and he became the first player to go straight from the european football league to t
in a new interview prince harry describes writing his memoir as an act of service he says he hopes sharing details of his life will help others. you are watching bbc news. efe 0bada: against all odds honestly, the way i got into the nfl was a miracle. london is definitely still home for me, 100%. do you still head back to your old haunts? i still do, yeah. one, two, three. let s go. the more people to see your story, the more inspiration that gets people to think that to themselves, i mjust like efe. i can do exactly what he did. the road to the nfl is well travelled, but littered with pitfalls and broken dreams. typically, thatjourney begins age five or six and encompasses high school and college, before a select few reached the promised land. efe 0bada s route wasn t like many who ve gone before, but then again, his story is far from typical. hisjourney to america s biggest show began age 20. far from the glitz and glamour in south london. one of my friends, josh hastin
living concept wasn t a remake. it was this thing with bell in it. feel daunted or oppressed by the original fell by the situation. i just felt that i was very fortunate. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for efe obada: against all odds. honestly, the way i got into the nfl was a miracle. london is definitely still home for me, ioo%. do you still head back to your old haunts? i still do, yeah. one, two, three. let s go. the more people to see your story, the more inspiration that gets people to think that to themselves, i mjust like efe. i can do exactly what he did. the road to the nfl is well travelled, but littered with pitfalls and broken dreams. typically, thatjourney begins age five or six and encompasses high school and college, before a select few reached the promised land. efe obada s route wasn t like many who ve gone before, but then again, his story is far from typical. hisjourney to america s biggest show began age 20. far from the glitz and glamour in s
after years of talks. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for efe 0bada: against all odds. honestly, the way i got into the nfl was a miracle. london is definitely still home for me, 100%. do you still head back to your old haunts? i still do, yeah. one, two, three. let s go. the more people to see your story, the more inspiration that gets people to think that to themselves, i mjust like efe. i can do exactly what he did. the road to the nfl is well travelled, but littered with pitfalls and broken dreams. typically, thatjourney begins age five or six and encompasses high school and college, before a select few reached the promised land. efe 0bada s route wasn t like many who ve gone before, but then again, his story is far from typical. hisjourney to america s biggest show began age 20. far from the glitz and glamour in south london. one of my friends, josh hastings, played american football for the warriors and he saw my size. we were similar built. we went to college t
ioo%, yes. how does life in the usa compare to life in england? it s totally different, you know, because life in the uk, it was different because i was younger. i went through the traditional school system and working, normaljob. and then in the nfl, i m some nfl player, i m an nfl player, you know, i m a star! so, yeah, it s definitely different. how do you feel whenever you come back home? i feel grounded. i feel humbled. the nfl is such this. it s this all consuming thing, you know, and it s this. we re all in this echo chamber of football then, these large amounts of wages and, you know, and salaries and, you know, and just having, being around the best of the best of everything. and then you come back home and it sjust, you know, you get to see just the disparity and, you know, and it s just different. it s just different. do you still head back to your old haunts or do you try to avoid that? oh, no, no, istill do. yeah, listen, i ll go back.