10 Questions for Cardinals DE Calais Campbell

PHOENIX - It isn’t always the big events that make us turn our head when we hear about politicians, celebrities and athletes.

Sometimes, we just want to know that when you boil it down, they’re all ordinary people like us.

What's in their fridge? What are they reading? What do they do in their off time?

Each Tuesday, ABC15.com is asking the same 10 questions of a newsmaker.

But don't jump to any conclusions these aren't the typical interview questions.

They are not meant to be probing or controversial. Instead, they're fun questions that let you get to know the person – in ways you probably don’t already.

This week, we're getting to know Arizona Cardinals defensive end Calais Campbell.

Campbell started dominating the football field at South High School in Denver, Colorado.  He was widely regarded and ranked as one of the nations top defensive end prospects.

Campbell was also an All-State high school basketball star.

After turning down at least a half dozen football scholarship offers, Campbell chose the University of Miami, where he was named MVP in 2006.
Following his junior season at Miami, Campbell was drafted to the Arizona Cardinals.  At 6'8", he was the tallest lineman ever to suit up for the Hurricanes and was the tallest defensive lineman in the 2008 draft.

Campbell, #93, wouldn't mind turning his success on the football field into a career in Hollywood.  Read more...

10 Questions for Calais Campbell:
1. What is your all time favorite movie or song?
The Matrix or Forrest Gump

2. Do you have a Smartphone? If so, what's your favorite app?
I think the one I use the most is Lumosity or Brain Toot 2. It is kind of cool to keep my brain sharp and play the different games to see how smart I am.

3. Who do you count as your mentor(s)?
Growing up it was my father. Ray Lewis is one of my favorite people to watch and then outside of football I like Jay-Z on the business side about how he took entertainment and made it a business.

4. What was your very first job?
I worked at a small construction site during the summer time in college but really I consider the NFL to be my first job.

5. If you could change one thing about yourself what would it be ?
I like who I am right now so I wouldn’t change anything.

6. What do you consider your greatest success?
It is definitely making it to the NFL. I worked so hard for it my whole life and for it to come true is huge.

7. Tell us something about you most people don’t know?
I have scoliosis. I think that probably helps me on the football field. My spine is kind of twisted. They call me big tilt because sometimes my shoulder is higher than the other.

8. If you could have dinner with any three people, living or dead, who would they be?
Barack Obama, Michael Jordan, and Halle Berry

9. What is in your fridge right now?
A lot of fruit, some turkey bacon and then steaks and frozen burritos in the freezer part and probably some kind of frozen fish for when my mom cooks. For drinks I have Gatorades and Vitamin Waters.

10. If you could have a different career, other then what you’re doing now, what would it be?
I am going to get into movies when I am done playing. I think it would be kind of cool to be a movie star but it would also be kind of cool to be a basketball player. I think I would be pretty good at basketball. I like football a lot more then basketball but if football didn’t work out I think that is what my next goal would be.

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(abc15.com)