That positive expression and happy mindset never drops.
Olarerin loves what he does and wouldn't have it any other way.
"I play my best basketball when I'm having fun," Olarerin grins. "I think everyone sees it when I'm having fun and smiling; that's when I play my best."
Joining the Rockets also represents a full-circle moment for the North London man. Picking up a basketball relatively late into his teenage years, he was keen on John Madejski Academy to improve his game but was turned down.
"I was about 16-years-old when I picked up a basketball, and I instantly loved it," Olarerin reflects.
"At the time, I didn't really know of any basketball clubs or anything like that, but from what I was told, Reading Rockets was like the biggest club where I lived or near where I lived.
"Everyone I knew was at JMA, was at Reading Rockets. If you wanted to get better at basketball, they had professional coaches and everything. So, I reached out, out of me being a raw talent but me just not being a great basketball player.
"I just thought, 'Let me just try and email as many basketball academies as I possibly can.'
"Obviously, at the time, I wasn't good enough to play, but times change, and I playfully still talk to Ben Fisher about it, and it's all jokes."
Before Olarerin developed a passion for basketball, football dominated his early life; growing up in Tottenham, the old White Hart Lane wasn't far from his family home.
But despite the white that Tottenham Hotspur is famed for, Olarerin chose red for his football side.
But not Arsenal, as many expected from him.
"I'm Manchester United, man," Olarerin laughs. "I'm from Tottenham, but I can't support Spurs, and I can't follow Arsenal either. I just can't."
With heroes such as Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo, Victor's love affair with football was firmly in the North West, but it was in the west part of London that Olarerin got his first break in football.
Several football clubs surround the London area, and it was Brentford who took a liking to an impressionable Victor.
But not at first.
"So, what happened was my younger brother actually got scouted for a game," Olarerin explains.
"I remember the scouts had come to because my brother's two years younger than me, so they came to watch one of his games that we had actually ended up playing after, and the development coach was like, 'We'll take him as well. Like, we'll take him for a six-week trial or whatever,' meaning me.
"So, I ended up having a six-week trial at Brentford. My brother and I were in the same age groups for some reason, so the sessions were the same.
"I ended up going there for like six weeks. They ended up keeping me on, and I wasn't even meant to be like their prodigy or anything, and after a while, basketball took over."
Switching from football to basketball was a smooth transition for Olarerin, but he admitted to setbacks, especially as a teenager, when Reading turned him down.
He has flourished, spending almost his entire senior basketball career in NBL1, bouncing from Nottingham Hoods to Thames Valley Cavaliers before joining Essex Rebels last season.
What coaches have come to expect from Olarerin is his versatility and willingness to adapt to whatever is needed.
And what the fans see is an exciting player who can change the complexion of a game and score from anywhere on the court, making him a must-see attraction.
And it might have taken two bites of the cherry, but Victor feels at home in Berkshire.
"Reading feels like a home-style environment, and I settled incredibly quickly here," he admits.
"It is a challenge, but it pushes me, which is good; it's really professional here, and I've enjoyed it; it's something new, like bouncing from team to team, different teams. It's like everything's the same. But then here, it's like something different; it's just fun.
"Everyone has made me feel welcome and at home. The style of basketball they play is great for me, and it's close to home, too, so I'm able to go back to London regularly and see my folks.
"My mum actually lives in Uxbridge, which is minutes from where Thames Valley plays their home games, so it's odd in that sense, but regardless, I'm happy to be a Rocket."
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Main image credit - Charlie Dodd
Words by John Hobbs
