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Speaker 1: like I said before I was even in the NFL, UM,

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Speaker 1: I want to be legendary. Not about Yeah, the money

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Speaker 1: I've never seen you have so much fun as you

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Speaker 1: How important was that for you to have that kind

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Speaker 1: it just happened with life, you know, and being in

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Speaker 1: long process. My agent was talking to me about it

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Speaker 1: you know, there's days where you're gonna be frustrated, there's

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Speaker 1: And I'm here where I'm at today because I kept fighting.

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Speaker 1: it make you emotional to think pure and him when

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Speaker 1: and he have accomplished. I mean, the coast, through your mouth, everything,

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Speaker 1: I want to do some legendary things. And honestly, he

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Speaker 1: you know, when it was his day, how happy I was.

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Speaker 1: I felt like it was my own. UM truly truly

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Speaker 1: amazing story, how far we've came. And UM, I love

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Speaker 1: him to death and I can't think him enough for everything.