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At a pep rally in the gym hours before game time, Martin grabs the microphone and raps. He wrestles, flirts with the cheerleaders, dances, grabs the school video camera, and is a human dolly, rolling on his skateboard, capturing the madness on the Bobby-Cam. Later, he races full speed past the basket. There's no way he can stop. No problem. He catapults into the cushioned wall, does a flip, and lands on his hands, laughing.

Martin is also the brunt of many jokes. Coach White will instruct his team to ''take a knee -- even you, Bobby."

Martin strikes the Heisman Trophy pose and urges photographers to shoot him gulping Powerade, with the hope that the energy drink company might sign him to an endorsement deal.

But right now his future is uncertain. He'd like to play college ball but has no firm offers. He wants to be a computer programmer and someday have children. But no matter what the situation, Martin never complains.

''That's just me," he says. ''I don't complain about anything."

And he loves his 15 minutes of fame.

''It's great, the greatest," he says. ''I feel warm inside. People care what I'm doing. I want to inspire people to get out and do something. I just want to inspire everybody to never give up, never give up, because I never gave up on anything a day in my life."