20 Questions with William Cole

[TulsaHale74]

20 Questions with William Cole (http://www.okstate.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=1426&SPID=143&DB_OEM_ID=200&ATCLID=1153974)

I like answer #15.

20 Questions With William Cole
Courtesy: okstate.com
Release: 08/20/2007

After practices in fall camp, okstate.com visits with first-year members of the Oklahoma State football team to provide fans with an insider's look into what makes the newest Cowboys tick. Today's installation highlights freshman defensive back William Cole.

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William Cole and the Cowboys have Monday off for the first day of school.

1) Who is the biggest influence in your life?
My older sister

2)What reality TV show would you have the best chance of winning?
The Real World/Road Rules Challenge

3) Do you have any football superstitions?
No. I don’t believe in that.

4) If you could only listen to one song for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Get Rich or Die Trying by 50 Cent

5) If your home was on fire and you could only save one possession, what would you save?
My Xbox 360

6) What is your favorite thing about football?
Scoring a touchdown

7) If you could have dinner with any three people, living or dead, who would they be?
Tupac, Lil Wayne and Kobe Bryant

8) Who is your favorite super hero?
Superman. He’s the man of steel.

9) What is the one TV show can you not miss?
Southpark

10) What is the best gift you ever received?
My Xbox 360

11) If you could play any other sport in college, what would you play?
Basketball

12) Who is your favorite stand-up comic?
Dave Chappelle

13) What is your favorite movie of all-time?
Friday

14) What is your biggest fear?
Failure

15) What one word would you use to describe yourself?
Fast

16) What was your first job?
I’ve never had a job.

17) What is your favorite restaurant and your favorite thing on the menu?
McDonalds. Three double cheeseburgers with no onion, fries and a large sprite.

18) What is your least favorite food?
Meatloaf

19) What is your dream job other than playing football?
I would like to make video games.

20) Who is the funniest guy on the team?
I would have to say Orie Lemon.

[SLC93]

Still can't believe they're gonna waste this kid as a db. He is electricity with the ball in his hands. Why not put him position to get more touches than just the return game? Waste of talent, imo.

[chhspantherfan]

Still can't believe they're gonna waste this kid as a db. He is electricity with the ball in his hands. Why not put him position to get more touches than just the return game? Waste of talent, imo.

ala' deion at FSU? he got his touches and made em count.

[CedarHillDad]

#14 is a doubled bladed sword. You can be crippled by the fear or rise above it. I am glad he is doing well.

[78 Spartan]

Sounds like he is going to major in XBox.

Hope he has time to crack the books once in awhile. Unfortunately, the questioner seemed to have zero interest whatsoever in Will's academics. I hope Will has more interest in it than the PR guy who conducted the interview. To me that tells alot about the Oklahoma State program.

Oh, and what kind of world are we in now where a kid is 18 or 19 and in college and has never, EVER, had a job???

[Humblefied]

Sounds like he is going to major in XBox.

Hope he has time to crack the books once in awhile. Unfortunately, the questioner seemed to have zero interest whatsoever in Will's academics. I hope Will has more interest in it than the PR guy who conducted the interview. To me that tells alot about the Oklahoma State program.

Oh, and what kind of world are we in now where a kid is 18 or 19 and in college and has never, EVER, had a job???

Hey, I haven't ever had a job.

and I'm doing just fine.

[Matthew 2000 Eagle]

ala' deion at FSU? he got his touches and made em count.

Don't forget Terence Newman at Kansas State!

[Bobcat81]

Hey, I haven't ever had a job.

and I'm doing just fine.

Unbelievable!!

..and you are how old?

[SLC93]

ala' deion at FSU? he got his touches and made em count.

I'm not saying he can't transition to the defensive backfield but let's not overplay his talent or underappreciate the ability of Deon. Sanders was the best defender coming out of hs his senior year and one of the most physically gifted players of all time. Cole will not be the ballhawk that Sanders was. In the return game, he'll be special. I just feel the better/easier transition would be to wr.

[78 Spartan]

Hey, I haven't ever had a job.

and I'm doing just fine.

Our society is in big trouble if we don't teach our kids how to go to work, how to say "yes sir" to a boss that they might not like, or how to drag yourself out of bed and go to work even if you have the sniffles.

I live in a neighborhood with a lot of overpriviledged kids whose parents don't think it's a big deal that they don't work in the summers. Many of them would never dream of letting their son flip burgers or mow lawns for the summer. I think that's very sad and not at all good for their kids or for society. My kids will work, will pay for at least a major portion of any vehicle they will own, will buy their gas and their movie tickets and ice cream cones.

I'm not saying Will Cole is a bad guy, heck with a football scholarship to OSU he owns what amounts to a lottery ticket that might give him, say, a one in ten chance (that's generous) of making a living playing football some day in the future. I just hope somebody at Oklahoma State is trying to help him get a degree there.

Call me old fashioned .....

[SLC93]

Our society is in big trouble if we don't teach our kids how to go to work, how to say "yes sir" to a boss that they might not like, or how to drag yourself out of bed and go to work even if you have the sniffles.
I live in a neighborhood with a lot of overpriviledged kids whose parents don't think it's a big deal that they don't work in the summers. Many of them would never dream of letting their son flip burgers or mow lawns for the summer. I think that's very sad and not at all good for their kids or for society. My kids will work, will pay for at least a major portion of any vehicle they will own, will buy their gas and their movie tickets and ice cream cones.

I'm not saying Will Cole is a bad guy, heck with a football scholarship to OSU he owns what amounts to a lottery ticket that might give him, say, a one in ten chance (that's generous) of making a living playing football some day in the future. I just hope somebody at Oklahoma State is trying to help him get a degree there.

Call me old fashioned .....

Amen, Spartan. The simple rules of courtesy and diligence will always yield far more than they require.

[HebronHawk]

Sounds like he is going to major in XBox.

Hope he has time to crack the books once in awhile. Unfortunately, the questioner seemed to have zero interest whatsoever in Will's academics. I hope Will has more interest in it than the PR guy who conducted the interview. To me that tells alot about the Oklahoma State program.

Oh, and what kind of world are we in now where a kid is 18 or 19 and in college and has never, EVER, had a job???

He could always go to OU and work at Big Red Auto. :D

[CedarHillDad]

Our society is in big trouble if we don't teach our kids how to go to work, how to say "yes sir" to a boss that they might not like, or how to drag yourself out of bed and go to work even if you have the sniffles.

I live in a neighborhood with a lot of overpriviledged kids whose parents don't think it's a big deal that they don't work in the summers. Many of them would never dream of letting their son flip burgers or mow lawns for the summer. I think that's very sad and not at all good for their kids or for society. My kids will work, will pay for at least a major portion of any vehicle they will own, will buy their gas and their movie tickets and ice cream cones.

I'm not saying Will Cole is a bad guy, heck with a football scholarship to OSU he owns what amounts to a lottery ticket that might give him, say, a one in ten chance (that's generous) of making a living playing football some day in the future. I just hope somebody at Oklahoma State is trying to help him get a degree there.

Call me old fashioned .....

I will say this from my perspective. My son is an AP student and an athlete, during the Football season he gets up at 6am and goes to bed during the week no earlier than 11pm, most nights it is 12pm . During the weekend he is trying to get ahead with his homework for the upcoming week, so he rarely goes anywhere other than church. During the off-season it is still homework daily until 7 or 8 at night. During the summer he goes to Football camps and campus visits during the month of June. So in reality that leaves July and 2 weeks in August to go to work (6-7 weeks). We tried this past summer to get him a job during that time frame but of course all the neighborhood kids had all the jobs already. I have worked from the time I was 16 and my wife has as well. The problem is not that I do not want him to work, the problem is he has a job already it just does not pay him. Education, and Athletics are his job right now and believe me it is FULL-TIME.

I see your point about teaching our kids about the real world and working, but sometimes even that is an unrealistic approach. Growing up all I had was time, but in this day and age for some of our young people TIME is at a premium.

[SLC93]

I will say this from my perspective. My son is an AP student and an athlete, during the Football season he gets up at 6am and goes to bed during the week no earlier than 11pm, most nights it is 12pm . During the weekend he is trying to get ahead with his homework for the upcoming week, so he rarely goes anywhere other than church. During the off-season it is still homework daily until 7 or 8 at night. During the summer he goes to Football camps and campus visits during the month of June. So in reality that leaves July and 2 weeks in August to go to work (6-7 weeks). We tried this past summer to get him a job during that time frame but of course all the neighborhood kids had all the jobs already. I have worked from the time I was 16 and my wife has as well. The problem is not that I do not want him to work, the problem is he has a job already it just does not pay him. Education, and Athletics are his job right now and believe me it is FULL-TIME.

I see your point about teaching our kids about the real world and working, but sometimes even that is an unrealistic approach. Growing up all I had was time, but in this day and age for some of our young people TIME is at a premium.

Very well said. I would argue that when kid is keeping the school schedule & athletic schedule your son is, the value of work is being instilled the same as it would be were he working a job. An AP courseload coupled with a commitment to athletics is a tough road. The hours he's putting in are equal to, if no more than, a hs kid with a pt job. Congrats to your son. His hard work will pay off.

[CedarHillDad]

Very well said. I would argue that when kid is keeping the school schedule & athletic schedule your son is, the value of work is being instilled the same as it would be were he working a job. An AP courseload coupled with a commitment to athletics is a tough road. The hours he's putting in are equal to, if no more than, a hs kid with a pt job. Congrats to your son. His hard work will pay off.

Thx. I was just putting another perspective out there. It is tough for some of our young people.

[78 Spartan]

I am glad to hear he is an AP student, I wish that had come through in the twenty questions thing on the OSU site. Sometimes the athletic departments are their own worst enemies in perpetuating stereotypes about their athletes and I am sorry I took the bait.

Best of luck to him. I was at the Cedar Hill / Cy Falls game last December and I was blown away by his skillset and loved the way he led the team.

[CedarHillDad]

I am glad to hear he is an AP student, I wish that had come through in the twenty questions thing on the OSU site. Sometimes the athletic departments are their own worst enemies in perpetuating stereotypes about their athletes and I am sorry I took the bait.

Best of luck to him. I was at the Cedar Hill / Cy Falls game last December and I was blown away by his skillset and loved the way he led the team.

no MY son is an AP student, I am not sure about W.Cole