He said, “When I started playing tennis, I went through a lot of struggles; I had no tennis shoes, no rackets. Later I had the opportunity to travel to America on a tennis scholarship and right now I’m the head tennis coach at the Springdale Area Recreational Club. I asked the club for their donation (of tennis kits) to help the Nigerian youths playing the game and they did.”
Ó sọ pé, Nígbàtí Mo bẹ̀ẹ̀rẹ̀ sí ní ń gbá bọ́ọ̀lù àfigigbá, oríṣiríṣi ìdojúkọ ni Mo là kọjá; Mi ò ní àwọn ohun èlò kankan. Lẹ́yìn rẹ̀ ni mo ní àǹfààní láti tẹkọ̀ létí lọ sílẹ̀ Amẹ́ríkà láti tẹ̀síwájú nínú ẹbùn eré-ìdárayá náà. Ní báyìí, Èmi ni akọ́nimọ̀ọ́gbá àgbà ẹgbẹ́ Springdale Area Recreational, èyí tí ó fún mi láǹfàání láti bèèrè fún ìrànwọ́ àwọn ohun èlò lọ́wọ́ ẹgbẹ́ náà láti pín fún àwọn ọ̀dọ́ tó ń kópa nínú eré-ìdárayá yìí.