WEBVTT - Bonus: Aussie Born Michael Dickson Is Playing In The Super Bowl

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<v Speaker 1>Our next guest is an NFL football star from Australia

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<v Speaker 1>who's made a.

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<v Speaker 2>Reputation for being one of the best punters in the game.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll tell you what, if I'm a scout, I'm going

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<v Speaker 1>to Australia.

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<v Speaker 3>I want to fight me another one alone tonight.

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<v Speaker 4>His team, the Seattle Seahawks, are in the Super Bowl

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<v Speaker 4>Finals place. Welcome to the show, Michael Dixon.

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<v Speaker 3>Good morning morning.

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<v Speaker 5>I mean, what time is it where you are? We're

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<v Speaker 5>saying good afternoon, good night, good evening.

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<v Speaker 3>No, it's eleven eighteen am.

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<v Speaker 5>Okay, so it's still good morning.

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<v Speaker 4>How's yeah? Yeah, how's big filler? What is your world spinning?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 1>I mean the last couple of the days, just trying

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<v Speaker 1>to handle logistics and family and hotels and everything like that.

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<v Speaker 3>It was a bit hectic and trying to find like

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<v Speaker 3>a suit for the Super Bowl. But now it's seems like.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just normal, normal routine, getting my reps in and

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<v Speaker 1>doing my thing.

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<v Speaker 6>Is that the mindset you've got to get into this week,

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<v Speaker 6>that it's just like another normal week.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, one hundred percent.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, so we have like a week at the facility

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<v Speaker 1>and then we have another week once we get to.

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<v Speaker 3>San Fran of practice and media and prep.

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<v Speaker 1>So it's a bit of a longer gap between games,

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<v Speaker 1>but really just viewing it as another game.

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<v Speaker 5>Can you believe that this is your life a boy

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<v Speaker 5>from Sydney who is representing the entire country like Australia

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<v Speaker 5>are all behind you in the Super Bowl?

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<v Speaker 3>Nah?

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<v Speaker 1>I mean it's going to be one of those things

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<v Speaker 1>that I get through it and kind of embrace it

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<v Speaker 1>during the moment, but really look back at and being disbelief.

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<v Speaker 3>There's been a few moments in my career.

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<v Speaker 1>Where I've had that that chance to reflect and it's

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<v Speaker 1>been incredible.

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<v Speaker 3>So I'm looking forward to that now.

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<v Speaker 4>No pressure.

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<v Speaker 2>Can we call you Dicko by the way, of course,

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<v Speaker 2>no pressure. But we're coming as well. We'll be at

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<v Speaker 2>the super Bowl. We're bringing the show.

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<v Speaker 4>So we're bringing the entire show just for you. Who

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<v Speaker 4>have you got coming from? Oz?

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<v Speaker 1>My parents, sister, brother in law, niece, nephew.

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<v Speaker 3>And then my wife's parents, brother.

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<v Speaker 4>Dicko.

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<v Speaker 6>How how far back of people come out of the woodwork,

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<v Speaker 6>like as a primary school mate reached out gone, I

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<v Speaker 6>always wanted to stay in contact me in any chance

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<v Speaker 6>of tickets.

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<v Speaker 1>Nah, I mean it's all been love and support from

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<v Speaker 1>friends that I've grown up with and I love it.

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<v Speaker 1>No one's ever asking for a handout or anything. So yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I've really had really good people in my life. To

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<v Speaker 1>be honest, I don't really deal with much of that.

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<v Speaker 5>Hey, dick O, Now you grew up in Sydney and

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<v Speaker 5>then you started at the Sydney Swans Academy. Is that right?

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<v Speaker 5>And then you transferred over to the States to become

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<v Speaker 5>a punter. Can you just give us a snippet of

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<v Speaker 5>how that process worked.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>So I was in the Swansea Academy from age fifteen

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<v Speaker 1>to eighteen or fourteen to eighteen, and then I was

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<v Speaker 1>hoping to get drafted in play by a team in

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<v Speaker 1>the AFL. That didn't happen, and I kind of wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>loving the team that I was at at the time,

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<v Speaker 1>so thought I'd take a gap year from footing. In

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<v Speaker 1>the meantime, while I took the gap year, I thought,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, I'm going to try and give this punting

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<v Speaker 1>thing a go because I would hit torpies in Aussie

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<v Speaker 1>rules and guys would often say you should give American

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<v Speaker 1>footballer cracks. So I found a guy my stepdad found

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<v Speaker 1>found a guy who coached Izzi guys to get to

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<v Speaker 1>the US and reached out to him, had a trial,

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<v Speaker 1>trained with him for a few months in Melbourne, then

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<v Speaker 1>had a scholarship offer from Texas, played there for a

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<v Speaker 1>few years and got drafted, so it was like really

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<v Speaker 1>draftid fighter.

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<v Speaker 4>Iback for the D's and thereafter a key forward Richmond

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<v Speaker 4>need one. To be honest, I think he's coming back.

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<v Speaker 5>Who were the players who you sort of who you

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<v Speaker 5>followed and you admired when you were watching from the

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<v Speaker 5>sidelines or when you're an up and coming punter.

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<v Speaker 1>So I didn't really watch too many American guys. I

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<v Speaker 1>would I always had a fast fascination with kicking the

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<v Speaker 1>foot of those so I had on like vhs the

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<v Speaker 1>tapes of like the longest best AFL goals, and it

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<v Speaker 1>would always be like, you know, sav Rocca Anty Rocker,

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<v Speaker 1>So I'd always try and mimic that when I would

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<v Speaker 1>kick the footy before practice warming up. So I'd always

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<v Speaker 1>look at those guys, and I think that's probably how

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<v Speaker 1>I developed some of my skills from watching those tapes.

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<v Speaker 6>When a lot of Americans come out here and they'll

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<v Speaker 6>go to the football and watch IFL and they're like,

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<v Speaker 6>I don't know how these guys do it. They're not

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<v Speaker 6>wearing any pads.

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<v Speaker 4>It's you know, it looks barbaric.

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<v Speaker 6>Hit on an AFL field compared to being hit on

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<v Speaker 6>an NFL field all the pads and helmet, you still

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<v Speaker 6>feel it.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I mean the pads and helmet.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not like you're not like wrapped in bubble wrap

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<v Speaker 1>like the guys way, you know, twice the wait and

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<v Speaker 1>it's all about being explosive and it's head on. Some

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<v Speaker 1>of the hits these guys deliver are insane. Not saying

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<v Speaker 1>that Buzzie Rules doesn't have some crazy hits as well,

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<v Speaker 1>but for the most part, some of the hits in

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<v Speaker 1>the NFL maybe a bit more consistent, right.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, getting it? Yeah, Now, Jason and I are big

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<v Speaker 2>Seahawks fans. Now, Lauren, who are you do? You want

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<v Speaker 2>to tell Dicko who you're You're Seahawks?

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<v Speaker 5>Really was even a little last minute change now that

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<v Speaker 5>Dicko and I are made right, one of my very

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<v Speaker 5>good friends is from Boston and at the start of

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<v Speaker 5>the season he told me to barrack for the New

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<v Speaker 5>England Patriots. But now that Dicko and I are very

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<v Speaker 5>good mates, obviously because we're on the Seahawks.

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<v Speaker 2>As we were saying, we will be there. We're going

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<v Speaker 2>to the super Bowl. We're taking the show to the States.

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<v Speaker 2>Is there anything we should do? Anyone we should meet?

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<v Speaker 4>Parties? You can get us into decoy?

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<v Speaker 3>No, I mean and wrong person?

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<v Speaker 6>No, no, no, I got one for you. Who on your

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<v Speaker 6>family is a bit of a loose unit? Who we

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<v Speaker 6>should get on the show while we're while we're over there?

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<v Speaker 3>Is is your mum?

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<v Speaker 4>A bit of fun? They are super Bowl first. They

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<v Speaker 4>are focused on the press.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah or he knows his mumble embarrass him and he's

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<v Speaker 6>playing it down. Well mate, Honestly, we could not be

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<v Speaker 6>happier for you. You've worked your ass off to get

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<v Speaker 6>to where you are and you're on the world stage.

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<v Speaker 6>I hope you enjoy every moment of it.

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<v Speaker 3>I appreciate it. Guys. Thank you.

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<v Speaker 4>Hey, we'll bring a sign, okay, so you're to see.

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<v Speaker 5>Us to us johnnys on the good luck, have a

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<v Speaker 5>great week leading up to the super Bowl as well,

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<v Speaker 5>and we'll see you over there to go.

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<v Speaker 3>All right? Sounds good, Lauren, wake up feeling good. Following

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<v Speaker 3>them on the Socials

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah,