Esera Tuaolo
aka big daddy!!
Answers out spoken’s questions

Esera Tuaolo, is a former professional American football defensive lineman in the National football league for nine years, including participation in The Super Bowl. In 2002, having retired from sports, he came out on HBO's "real sports". Tuaolo's Autobiography, "alone in the trenches: my life as a gay man in the NFL ", was released in spring, 2006. He has since worked with the NFL to attempt to combat homophobia in the league and is a board Member of the gay and lesbian athletics foundation.

What are you most known for?
Playing in the NFL

Where did your life begin?
When i came out of the closet

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Having a family

What is your greatest fear?
Loosing my mother
        
Which historical figure
Martin luther king jr.

What is your greatest extravagance?
Willingness to save lives

What is your favorite journey?
Flying halfway around the world to pick up my children, mitchell and michele, my m&m

What do you dislike most about your appearance?
Nothing, i like myself

What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
Patience!  Things need to happen faster for equal rights for the glbt community.  Society needs to realize that we are here!  

Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
Aloha, it’s a good one to use

What is your greatest regret?
Staying in the closet for as long as i did!  Surrendering to societies demands and way of life!

What is the greatest love of your life?
My children and mother (mainaiavasa tavai tuaolo)

When and where were you happiest?
When Mitchell and i got the phone call from my mother that the twins were born and that they were born on Mitchell’s (aka little daddy) birthday.

Which talent would you most like to have?
I have them all, haha! Just kidding!

What is your current state of mind?
I'm happy and i tingle between my legs...lol  You said current!

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
Would like to fit in a size 30 armani jeans. (my grade school size.

What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Coming out of the closet! Being true to myself

If you could choose what to come back as, what would it be?
Porno star! Haha! Just kidding! The president of the united states of america and be a president for all people, how it should be! Not how it is now!

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Loosing my mother.

What is your favorite occupation?
A father, singer!  Love to sing!

What is your most marked characteristic?
My samoan, german, french features..lol

What is the quality you most like in a man?
Kindness

What is the quality you most like in a woman?
Kindness

Who are your favorite writers?
The Bible, David Kopay, both books saved my life growing up

Who is your favorite hero of fiction?
Wonder Woman

Who are your heroes in real life?
Mother, David Kopay

What is it that you most dislike?
Discrimination towards another human being and a child of god

How would you like to die?
With my children, Mitchell and grand children around my bed so the last thing that my eyes see when i depart this world is the people that most loved me.

What is your motto?
To try things, you never know what you will be good at!

What is your favorite word?
Aloha!  Means hello, good bye and love

What is your least favorite word?
Faggot!

What turns you on?
Beautiful men

What turns you off?
Women, just kidding! Close-minded people! Like George W. Bush

What sound or noise do you love?
The laughter of my children

What sound or noise do you hate?
Morning alarm! 

What is your favorite curse word?
Kefe!

What profession, other than yours, would you like to attempt?
Victoria Secret super model!! Hahaha! Not a good visual, well maybe for some.  

What profession would you absolutely not like to participate in?
Don’t like to discriminate! A job is a job!

Who should play you in the movie of your life?
The Rock, Tom Cruise...wink!

Finally, do you have a shameless plug?
Oh! Yah!!! I wrote a book called "alone in the trenches" that is in stores now, amazon.com. I heard it's a good book, easy read! Great motivating story of success also working on my one man show with Bill Russell and Henry Krieger. We are hoping to launch it next spring so look out for it.  Also my debut album will be coming soon and on my web site. Aloha, mahalo. eseratuaolo.com!