Let s say one of us goes to him with a problem we think is big. Well, he ll tell us to think about his life and what he s gone through. You think about that, it gives you perspective. And since it s coming from a guy just a little bit older than us, you tend to buy it more than maybe you would from a coach or somebody. Yeah, he s older, but not real old.
Train s really just one of the guys.
Mobley s already lived five lifetimes compared to many of his teammates. After graduation from Plymouth-Whitemarsh High School in 1988, Mobley enrolled in Spring Garden College. That summer, it closed. Ga. I knew the Army wasn t going to go out of business, he joked. At the age of 20, while others his age might have been trying to stay alive for the playoffs on a basketball court, he was trying to stay alive while being fired upon in Operation Desert Storm.