1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:03,920 Speaker 1: Welcome to the show everyone, Happy fourth of July. We've 2 00:00:03,920 --> 00:00:06,680 Speaker 1: got a special one for you tonight, as training camp 3 00:00:06,920 --> 00:00:10,039 Speaker 1: for the Houston Texans begins in two weeks now. In 4 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:13,119 Speaker 1: four weeks, four weeks from tonight, we will have the 5 00:00:13,160 --> 00:00:15,280 Speaker 1: Hall of Fame game. And the reason why the Texans 6 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:19,440 Speaker 1: are in is because of number eighty, Andre Johnson, the 7 00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:23,079 Speaker 1: first Texan to be inducted into Canton. In light of this, 8 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:27,840 Speaker 1: let's check in to the OG's podcast and d Kalou 9 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:30,360 Speaker 1: with none other than Andre Johnson. 10 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:32,000 Speaker 2: I've been trying to get you in the studio for 11 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:34,320 Speaker 2: ten years now, so I'm glad I finally got you. 12 00:00:34,479 --> 00:00:38,159 Speaker 2: But does it ever get you know, we're gonna be transparent, 13 00:00:38,159 --> 00:00:40,200 Speaker 2: We're gonna have some fun here over the next thirty 14 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:45,080 Speaker 2: forty minutes. Did you ever get annoyed or like, oh, 15 00:00:45,200 --> 00:00:47,960 Speaker 2: here we go again. Another congratulations on the Hall of 16 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:50,239 Speaker 2: Fame because as soon as I heard about it, and 17 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:52,600 Speaker 2: I just told y'all sitting in my living room and 18 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:55,400 Speaker 2: I was screaming like it was my blood brother when 19 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:58,200 Speaker 2: I found out. But I know every time somebody sees you, 20 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:00,880 Speaker 2: they want to hear the story, they want to congratulate you. 21 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:04,760 Speaker 2: Are you getting tired of it yet. Nah, Actually, I 22 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:07,080 Speaker 2: don't think it's something you can really get tired of. Man. 23 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:13,919 Speaker 2: For me, it's just it's just like just the city 24 00:01:13,959 --> 00:01:17,840 Speaker 2: of Houston and what it means to everybody, you know, 25 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:22,600 Speaker 2: like your teammates, coaches. You know, I got a chance 26 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:29,440 Speaker 2: to see coach Kobiakt this weekend and it's like, you know, 27 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:31,400 Speaker 2: it's like they made it, you know what I'm saying, Like, 28 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:35,759 Speaker 2: it's so exciting for everybody. So I don't think it's 29 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:38,679 Speaker 2: something you could get tired of because it's made so 30 00:01:38,800 --> 00:01:42,319 Speaker 2: many people so happy, you know. So I think for me, 31 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:45,720 Speaker 2: I just enjoyed that. Like to I don't want it 32 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:48,440 Speaker 2: to be just about me, you know what I'm saying. Like, man, 33 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:50,240 Speaker 2: you wouldn't the battle on the field together, So I 34 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:52,680 Speaker 2: want you to feel a part of that too. So 35 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:55,560 Speaker 2: I think that's what makes it special, because everybody else 36 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:58,480 Speaker 2: feels a part of it, you know what you just said. 37 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:01,440 Speaker 2: I think that's why so many of your teammates, you 38 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:04,400 Speaker 2: know that you played with, even guys that you weren't 39 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:07,680 Speaker 2: that close with, were so excited because of how genuine 40 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:09,560 Speaker 2: you are. Like in my twelve years, I played with 41 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:12,360 Speaker 2: like six Hall of Famers. I was never more excited 42 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:14,520 Speaker 2: than when I heard your name. And I'm if Brian 43 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:16,840 Speaker 2: Dawkins was sitting here, I would literally say the same thing. 44 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:20,200 Speaker 2: It's because of what you just said and how humble 45 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:23,480 Speaker 2: you were. I'll never forget my first week here, and 46 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:26,359 Speaker 2: you won't remember this conversation. But I remember after a 47 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:29,280 Speaker 2: week of practice, I pulled you aside and I was like, man, 48 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:31,440 Speaker 2: you practiced like a rookie trying to make the team, 49 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:34,240 Speaker 2: and I'll never forget you said that's the only way 50 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:36,080 Speaker 2: I know. Like you weren't even like, oh thanks man, 51 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:38,800 Speaker 2: it's because you were like, that's it was almost like 52 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:41,639 Speaker 2: you were saying, that's a stupid ass statement because that's 53 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:43,560 Speaker 2: the only way I know how to go. But I 54 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:46,320 Speaker 2: don't know if you realize how that that resonates with 55 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:49,959 Speaker 2: your teammates, Like just kind of talk about that thought process. 56 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:54,920 Speaker 2: It's so for me as a as a player, I 57 00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:59,480 Speaker 2: just always was like, cause you know, you you coming 58 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:04,799 Speaker 2: into the end and you hit a story, so it's 59 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:06,960 Speaker 2: always a story or they're gonna try to replace you 60 00:03:07,040 --> 00:03:11,800 Speaker 2: every year. So I just had a mindset where I 61 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:13,960 Speaker 2: was like, I ain't gonna give him no reason to 62 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:17,120 Speaker 2: replace me, you know like that, And that's that's how 63 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 2: I approached it. And it was never in a selfish 64 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:23,480 Speaker 2: way though, Like I always wanted to help and bring 65 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:26,880 Speaker 2: other guys along with me. So that was just always 66 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:29,680 Speaker 2: my approach. You know, I'm gonna go out here, I'm 67 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:33,359 Speaker 2: gonna work my ass off, and whoever want to follow 68 00:03:33,639 --> 00:03:37,920 Speaker 2: following who don't they not? And you know they they'll 69 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:41,400 Speaker 2: fall off on the wayside. So that was just always 70 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:44,120 Speaker 2: my approach to it. When did you realize because when 71 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:47,640 Speaker 2: you hear the leader, you know, you think of the raw, 72 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:50,000 Speaker 2: raw guys. And I'm not saying a negative way like 73 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:52,760 Speaker 2: Dimico Ryans was a leader, but it was obviously the 74 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:55,680 Speaker 2: way he carried himself and the things he said. You 75 00:03:55,720 --> 00:03:58,600 Speaker 2: were a quiet leader. Like the few times you said something, 76 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:02,160 Speaker 2: I was like, shut up, man, Like when you realize, like, man, 77 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:04,400 Speaker 2: my voice has power? Like about what year in the 78 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 2: league did you did you realize that? Man? This is 79 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:14,760 Speaker 2: this is crazy? I remember my rookie, Yeah, Jonathan Wells 80 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:18,480 Speaker 2: probably could tell you about this story. Dumb Capers was 81 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:22,480 Speaker 2: out head coach when I first got here, and I remember, like, man, 82 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:27,159 Speaker 2: like you know, dumb old school, like you grinding every day, 83 00:04:27,279 --> 00:04:31,359 Speaker 2: and dudes was like really like beat down, like you know, 84 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:35,320 Speaker 2: just tired, you know. And it was like, Dre, man, 85 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:38,600 Speaker 2: you're the only person here listen to as a rookie. 86 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 2: As a rookie, so I'm like what they was like, 87 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:45,800 Speaker 2: I'm talking about they they It was like it was 88 00:04:45,839 --> 00:04:48,240 Speaker 2: so funny, Broke. We were sitting in the team lounge 89 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:50,960 Speaker 2: and I got all these veteran dudes around me telling 90 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:53,080 Speaker 2: me what I need to say, the dumb capers. So 91 00:04:53,839 --> 00:04:56,080 Speaker 2: I go up there, I say what I say to him, Man, 92 00:04:57,240 --> 00:04:59,320 Speaker 2: you know, they gave me told me everything. What they say, 93 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:04,120 Speaker 2: it was all and you know he actually he actually listened. 94 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:08,200 Speaker 2: And but I think in that moment it was just 95 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:14,719 Speaker 2: like even though I was a rookie. And another story, 96 00:05:15,279 --> 00:05:17,479 Speaker 2: we was playing against Buffalo. I think it was my 97 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:20,560 Speaker 2: second some of either my second or third year in 98 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:24,039 Speaker 2: the league. Jay Well, same dude he came up to 99 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:25,640 Speaker 2: He was like, man, you need to speak to the 100 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:29,719 Speaker 2: teams before the game, and like that was my first 101 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:33,080 Speaker 2: time ever doing that, like in my life, like in 102 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:36,760 Speaker 2: all my years of playing football, high school, college, first 103 00:05:36,760 --> 00:05:39,800 Speaker 2: time ever, like I actually spoke in front of the 104 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:45,760 Speaker 2: genest and the way like could do. Dudes was listening 105 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:48,880 Speaker 2: to what I'm saying, Like it's just kind of like damn, 106 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:52,800 Speaker 2: like like they you know, it's it's a sense of respect, 107 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:57,160 Speaker 2: you know. So I'd probably say that's probably the first 108 00:05:57,160 --> 00:05:59,400 Speaker 2: time I really really like realized because it was the 109 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:02,080 Speaker 2: first time I did it. So with the success you 110 00:06:02,120 --> 00:06:05,440 Speaker 2: had in high school college, you know, early on in 111 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:08,880 Speaker 2: the NFL, did you think they wouldn't listen or you 112 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:10,719 Speaker 2: just didn't think about it you were so focused on 113 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:13,560 Speaker 2: just the grind. I was just more just a grinder, 114 00:06:13,720 --> 00:06:17,359 Speaker 2: Like I didn't really I always felt like that was 115 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:22,600 Speaker 2: for everybody else, like to be talking, and I just 116 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:26,200 Speaker 2: never really that just wasn't me. I wasn't my who 117 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:30,320 Speaker 2: I was. Eventually I had to grow into that, you know, 118 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:34,400 Speaker 2: but early in my career now, I just even in 119 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:36,960 Speaker 2: high school growing up, I just never was that guy. 120 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:39,440 Speaker 2: Like I never felt like I needed to talk to 121 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:43,480 Speaker 2: the team or but I used to always have coaches 122 00:06:43,760 --> 00:06:47,200 Speaker 2: tell me like you're the leader, you know, But I 123 00:06:47,279 --> 00:06:49,960 Speaker 2: just wasn't a row rock guy. Did you feel like 124 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:54,360 Speaker 2: the way you worked, like your work ethic, could you 125 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:56,320 Speaker 2: tell people were trying to get in Like for me 126 00:06:56,440 --> 00:06:59,560 Speaker 2: when we became teammates. It was like year nine or ten. 127 00:06:59,640 --> 00:07:02,080 Speaker 2: For me. I had two knee braces. My knees were hurt. 128 00:07:02,080 --> 00:07:04,040 Speaker 2: But when I saw you working, I was like, you 129 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:05,520 Speaker 2: know what, I need to step it up. Like I 130 00:07:05,520 --> 00:07:07,760 Speaker 2: actually thought that I need to step it up. Like 131 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:10,560 Speaker 2: could you sense like even though I'm not a vocal guy, 132 00:07:10,640 --> 00:07:12,360 Speaker 2: guys are kind of getting in line of them. Well, 133 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:15,840 Speaker 2: I just for me, man, Like I had some great 134 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:19,240 Speaker 2: guys like in college, like Santana Moss and Reggie Wayne, 135 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:22,640 Speaker 2: you know guys I played behind. If you you know, 136 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:25,840 Speaker 2: I always tell people those are like my big brothers. 137 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:29,320 Speaker 2: Like that's where I learned that from. Like if you 138 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:34,800 Speaker 2: saw these guys like work. Like I remember my receiver 139 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:38,360 Speaker 2: coach Curtis Johnson, he was you know, I was a 140 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:42,120 Speaker 2: freshman and you know, back then we had a freshman 141 00:07:42,240 --> 00:07:45,160 Speaker 2: practice before the you know, the veteran guys would come 142 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:49,200 Speaker 2: in and he was like, don't worry, way to these 143 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:51,880 Speaker 2: other guys. Wait to Santana REGI don't get here, y'all 144 00:07:51,880 --> 00:07:54,920 Speaker 2: gonna really see what it is. Cause like our first day, 145 00:07:55,520 --> 00:07:59,240 Speaker 2: me and Kevin Beard, the other guy named Anthony Johnson, Like, man, 146 00:07:59,280 --> 00:08:02,320 Speaker 2: we he used to make us do cone drills before, 147 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:04,600 Speaker 2: like that was our first name. We would do like 148 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:06,800 Speaker 2: right out of warm ups and we would be like 149 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:12,040 Speaker 2: dead like and I didn't really realize like how greatest 150 00:08:12,080 --> 00:08:14,600 Speaker 2: shape you had to get in like all that. That 151 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:19,240 Speaker 2: was a real like learning experience for me. So, but 152 00:08:19,440 --> 00:08:22,240 Speaker 2: just being around those guys, Reggie, like they gave me 153 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:25,400 Speaker 2: like the blueprint of what it was as far as 154 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:30,120 Speaker 2: like just working and grinding and really working on your craft, 155 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:32,800 Speaker 2: you know as a wide receiver. So you know, that's 156 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:35,960 Speaker 2: interesting because everyone always talks about the culture, the culture, 157 00:08:36,040 --> 00:08:39,000 Speaker 2: but it sounds like y'all really had the culture of 158 00:08:39,160 --> 00:08:41,240 Speaker 2: when you get to the U and for those under 159 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:43,840 Speaker 2: a rock who don't know he went to Miami, once 160 00:08:43,880 --> 00:08:45,280 Speaker 2: you get there, you know you're gonna have to put 161 00:08:45,320 --> 00:08:49,040 Speaker 2: in the work. Michael Irvin way before your time, they 162 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:51,679 Speaker 2: even had that same mentality. So do you even know 163 00:08:51,720 --> 00:08:55,839 Speaker 2: where it started from as far as that culture, Well, 164 00:08:55,920 --> 00:08:58,520 Speaker 2: I mean it had to stop from the guys that 165 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:05,400 Speaker 2: was you know. Yeah, I think Mike, like Mike, Lonzo 166 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:10,240 Speaker 2: hot Smith, Jerome Brown, god Reschie saw all those guys 167 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:16,280 Speaker 2: like they laid the foundation, you know, and it was 168 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:18,560 Speaker 2: a standard that was set, Like you knew when you 169 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:20,800 Speaker 2: went to the university Moam it was a certain standard. 170 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:25,079 Speaker 2: You had to carry yourself a certain way. But at 171 00:09:25,080 --> 00:09:28,160 Speaker 2: the same time, it was just like when you come 172 00:09:28,160 --> 00:09:31,480 Speaker 2: out that tunnel on Saturday. It was you would see 173 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:34,720 Speaker 2: so many guys like former players, like the support was 174 00:09:35,040 --> 00:09:40,880 Speaker 2: crazy so and you ain't want to let them dudes down. 175 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:44,760 Speaker 2: Because for me, I grew up watching it, you know, 176 00:09:44,880 --> 00:09:47,760 Speaker 2: so I knew what it was about. And I as 177 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:49,400 Speaker 2: a kid, I used to always be like, man, I 178 00:09:49,440 --> 00:09:52,160 Speaker 2: want to be a part of that, Like it's something 179 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:54,840 Speaker 2: special about you know, them dudes that were that you 180 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:57,160 Speaker 2: on their helmet. So I always wanted to be a 181 00:09:57,200 --> 00:09:59,400 Speaker 2: part of it. And you know when you got that 182 00:09:59,520 --> 00:10:05,319 Speaker 2: man like, man, I don't seen dudes get called out. Man. 183 00:10:05,320 --> 00:10:08,440 Speaker 2: We used to have we used to have a some 184 00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:11,320 Speaker 2: couches set up in the locker room. We used to 185 00:10:11,320 --> 00:10:15,439 Speaker 2: call it the ring. And you want to do it 186 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:16,920 Speaker 2: what you were supposed to do, you had to get 187 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:19,840 Speaker 2: in that ring like it was. It was it was 188 00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:24,840 Speaker 2: like that, oh yeah, no, you're gonna wrestle, okay, like 189 00:10:25,080 --> 00:10:27,640 Speaker 2: with somebody who calls you out, Yeah okay, yeah, like 190 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:30,800 Speaker 2: it's going down, like someone's real about that if you 191 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:33,679 Speaker 2: call someone out, you better handle your business. It was definitely, 192 00:10:33,760 --> 00:10:36,000 Speaker 2: But if somebody called you out, trust me, you're gonna 193 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:39,400 Speaker 2: be in for a fight. Like it was. It was, 194 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:41,400 Speaker 2: it was. It was just different. Man. I tell people 195 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:43,040 Speaker 2: all the time because they always be like, man, how 196 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:45,560 Speaker 2: was it that? How was it at Miami? I'm like, man, like, 197 00:10:46,520 --> 00:10:48,640 Speaker 2: I don't think words can really describe it. You had 198 00:10:48,679 --> 00:10:50,920 Speaker 2: to be there to see it, but it was a standard. 199 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:54,120 Speaker 2: Like man, you might have had some guys that didn't 200 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:57,599 Speaker 2: get aloan, but we got on that football field. We 201 00:10:57,679 --> 00:10:59,720 Speaker 2: knew it was about one thing and one thing only, 202 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:04,000 Speaker 2: you know. So that's what made it special. Man, it 203 00:11:04,040 --> 00:11:06,280 Speaker 2: was it was. I tell people all the time, I'm 204 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:08,800 Speaker 2: talking the best days of my life. I'm getting goose 205 00:11:09,800 --> 00:11:11,920 Speaker 2: because I could, I could feel it. But I didn't 206 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:14,439 Speaker 2: experience that in my college, which is kind of hard 207 00:11:14,480 --> 00:11:16,559 Speaker 2: to believe considering I went to rights. You probably thought, yeah, 208 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:19,280 Speaker 2: that's same. You know, don't laugh too hard, but you 209 00:11:19,320 --> 00:11:22,160 Speaker 2: know that I'm getting goosebumps listening, and you kind of 210 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:24,920 Speaker 2: answered what my next question was gonna be. I was 211 00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:27,400 Speaker 2: going to ask you, But it sounds like from day 212 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:29,120 Speaker 2: one you knew that was the school you wanted to 213 00:11:29,120 --> 00:11:32,000 Speaker 2: go to When did you know that that was gonna 214 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:36,040 Speaker 2: be a reality? Like what year in high school? So 215 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:42,520 Speaker 2: I probably say my it probably didn't really hit me 216 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:47,559 Speaker 2: until my senior year. I think for me, I was 217 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:50,960 Speaker 2: just kind of enjoying high school, you know, while I 218 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:55,280 Speaker 2: was there. And I remember my my high school coach. 219 00:11:55,320 --> 00:11:57,320 Speaker 2: One day, he put me to the site. He's like, hey, man, like, 220 00:11:58,280 --> 00:12:00,520 Speaker 2: you don't talk about college, Like you don't talk about nothing. 221 00:12:00,559 --> 00:12:02,560 Speaker 2: Like he was like, what what you playing on doing? 222 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:05,920 Speaker 2: You know, Like I was just focused on I was 223 00:12:05,960 --> 00:12:08,480 Speaker 2: just having fun playing football man, like, you know, I'm 224 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:12,760 Speaker 2: a kid like so, but my senior I remember my 225 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:15,080 Speaker 2: senior he put me to the side. He was just like, 226 00:12:15,480 --> 00:12:18,640 Speaker 2: you know what schools you like? You know, so he 227 00:12:18,720 --> 00:12:21,840 Speaker 2: was like, if you had to give me five schools, 228 00:12:22,040 --> 00:12:24,720 Speaker 2: give me five schools. So that's kind of like where 229 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:29,360 Speaker 2: it started, like when I really started taking a I 230 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:32,480 Speaker 2: always wanted to go to college, but I just didn't, 231 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:34,720 Speaker 2: you know, I ain't really know the whole process of 232 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:38,120 Speaker 2: getting cleared by the clearehouse and after you know, to 233 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:43,600 Speaker 2: do certain stuff before you're able to go. But so 234 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:45,280 Speaker 2: that's when it kind of like really took off. It 235 00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:47,520 Speaker 2: like once he told me about it, that's when I 236 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:49,880 Speaker 2: really just like after that, it was just like, Okay, 237 00:12:49,960 --> 00:12:51,480 Speaker 2: I need to do this. I need to make sure 238 00:12:51,520 --> 00:12:54,640 Speaker 2: I got certain GPA, got to take my SA T, 239 00:12:54,760 --> 00:12:57,400 Speaker 2: A C T, all that stuff. So it was I 240 00:12:57,480 --> 00:13:00,280 Speaker 2: probably say that some of my going into my year 241 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:02,760 Speaker 2: was when it really like just kind of hit me. 242 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:04,920 Speaker 2: So he asked for five, I'm only going to ask 243 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:09,800 Speaker 2: for two outside of the U. What was your second choice? Yeah, 244 00:13:09,840 --> 00:13:12,520 Speaker 2: I tell people this, they don't believe it. I almost 245 00:13:12,520 --> 00:13:15,439 Speaker 2: went to the USC, to be honest. That's a long way 246 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:18,840 Speaker 2: from home. Yeah, did you take a visit? Yeah? Is that? 247 00:13:18,880 --> 00:13:22,080 Speaker 2: What did it? Yeah? Okay, we'll leave that one or 248 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:29,480 Speaker 2: that's for the after hours. Ojeron was recruiting. Oh wow, Yeah, 249 00:13:29,679 --> 00:13:33,840 Speaker 2: Now Keishawn Johnson has already gone. Right, Yeah, he's gone. 250 00:13:33,920 --> 00:13:37,320 Speaker 2: He's what he's definitely, yeah, he's he's with the Jets. 251 00:13:37,440 --> 00:13:42,360 Speaker 2: At the time, Paul Hackett was the coach, Hugh Jackson 252 00:13:42,400 --> 00:13:45,920 Speaker 2: was the offensive coordinator. Huh. Ojeron was the d Lion coach. 253 00:13:46,400 --> 00:13:49,640 Speaker 2: Cossa pomer Yeah was the quarterback. Okay, So I could 254 00:13:49,640 --> 00:13:52,520 Speaker 2: definitely see why that would have been excited. I like, 255 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:55,720 Speaker 2: what you said, because you know, you've met my sons 256 00:13:55,720 --> 00:13:57,719 Speaker 2: there of the age, and I think a lot of 257 00:13:57,760 --> 00:14:01,800 Speaker 2: their friends don't appreciate having fun in high school because 258 00:14:01,840 --> 00:14:05,400 Speaker 2: now it's what are you rated? Who's looking at you 259 00:14:05,440 --> 00:14:07,439 Speaker 2: as a sophomore, And I always feel like a lot 260 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:10,439 Speaker 2: of these kids aren't enjoying just the process and playing 261 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:12,360 Speaker 2: a high school ball. So now I'm going to ask 262 00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:13,959 Speaker 2: you a tough one. I'm gonna ask you a tough one. 263 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:16,880 Speaker 2: You you obviously played in Florida. You're a Miami guy. 264 00:14:17,320 --> 00:14:19,320 Speaker 2: You've been here, and I know you love the sport 265 00:14:19,360 --> 00:14:21,320 Speaker 2: of football. You go to some of the high school games. 266 00:14:21,440 --> 00:14:23,600 Speaker 2: I don't know if you know where I'm going Texas 267 00:14:23,640 --> 00:14:28,240 Speaker 2: high school football, high school football or Florida. Hey, you 268 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:31,840 Speaker 2: know I'm biased. I'm taking Florida all day. Speed. It's 269 00:14:31,880 --> 00:14:34,760 Speaker 2: because of the speed or just now, I wouldn't say speed, 270 00:14:36,280 --> 00:14:41,320 Speaker 2: I think And this is just my personal paid upon 271 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:44,240 Speaker 2: and what I see from just being here. So I've 272 00:14:44,280 --> 00:14:47,440 Speaker 2: been here twenty twenty years now. If you go see 273 00:14:47,480 --> 00:14:49,520 Speaker 2: a little league football game in Miami and you go 274 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:52,240 Speaker 2: watch a littleague football game in Texas, it's different. It's 275 00:14:52,280 --> 00:14:56,440 Speaker 2: totally different. How the league football in Miami is different. 276 00:14:56,880 --> 00:14:59,600 Speaker 2: Like when I say different, like you might go to 277 00:14:59,640 --> 00:15:02,840 Speaker 2: the par it might be ten thousand people out there 278 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:06,880 Speaker 2: for a little league game. Yeah huh okay, that's all 279 00:15:06,880 --> 00:15:11,080 Speaker 2: you have just said. No, But it's like it's different, bro, 280 00:15:11,560 --> 00:15:15,760 Speaker 2: Like little league football in Miami is crazy. I'm talking 281 00:15:15,760 --> 00:15:17,760 Speaker 2: about people coming out there seven in the morning with 282 00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:21,360 Speaker 2: they barbecue grills. You want to see the pretty ladies 283 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:25,800 Speaker 2: for pee wee football, little to go to the park? 284 00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:30,040 Speaker 2: Wow football season. Look, I've never seen You've seen both, 285 00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:31,960 Speaker 2: so I guess I can't argue with that. I will 286 00:15:31,960 --> 00:15:34,720 Speaker 2: say this the guys that I and you don't like 287 00:15:34,760 --> 00:15:38,800 Speaker 2: to put these umbrella statements because there's outliers. But growing 288 00:15:38,880 --> 00:15:41,000 Speaker 2: up in Texas, I'm a little biased. But I will 289 00:15:41,040 --> 00:15:45,080 Speaker 2: say this. When I played with somebody, I could tell 290 00:15:45,120 --> 00:15:47,920 Speaker 2: before I asked, Oh, he probably from Florida, you know, 291 00:15:48,040 --> 00:15:49,760 Speaker 2: just by the way they care in a positive way, 292 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:52,680 Speaker 2: the way they carry themselves on the field, the grind. 293 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:55,320 Speaker 2: And if I'm wrong and they're not from Florida, they're 294 00:15:55,360 --> 00:15:58,920 Speaker 2: typically from Misissippi, Alabama. There's just something about where the 295 00:15:58,960 --> 00:16:02,800 Speaker 2: Texas high school play. I think they call them stars 296 00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:06,040 Speaker 2: before they're stars. Where y'all are very talented, but y'all 297 00:16:06,040 --> 00:16:08,600 Speaker 2: still have that grind. But I tell you the difference too, 298 00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:17,400 Speaker 2: is like it's the the facilities and things you guys 299 00:16:17,520 --> 00:16:21,400 Speaker 2: have here. We don't have that, gotcha, so to me. 300 00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:25,800 Speaker 2: And it's no disrespect to anybody that's played in Texas, 301 00:16:25,880 --> 00:16:29,560 Speaker 2: uh within our high school here. Like like like you said, 302 00:16:29,560 --> 00:16:33,040 Speaker 2: I go to games. I think Houston has a lot 303 00:16:33,040 --> 00:16:36,680 Speaker 2: of talent Texas period, just in football, but I think 304 00:16:36,960 --> 00:16:40,320 Speaker 2: there may be a little spoil a little more spoiled 305 00:16:40,320 --> 00:16:43,720 Speaker 2: than we are because like I go to these stadiums 306 00:16:43,760 --> 00:16:47,200 Speaker 2: and I'm like, damn, yeah, in Miami, you ain't playing 307 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:50,840 Speaker 2: in that like you playing they might have to covered 308 00:16:50,920 --> 00:16:53,600 Speaker 2: up with some dirt, like you know, Like it's just 309 00:16:53,720 --> 00:16:58,200 Speaker 2: it's just different. Now. You know, they're starting to put 310 00:16:58,200 --> 00:17:00,600 Speaker 2: a lot of the field turf down now and a 311 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:02,520 Speaker 2: lot of the stadium like the stadium I played and 312 00:17:02,520 --> 00:17:05,240 Speaker 2: they probably put you know, phield turf and stuff in 313 00:17:05,280 --> 00:17:07,600 Speaker 2: and now there we're doing a lot of the parks 314 00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:10,800 Speaker 2: and stuff down there. But like when I got here 315 00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:13,280 Speaker 2: and I saw some of the high school facilities, I'm like, 316 00:17:13,840 --> 00:17:15,600 Speaker 2: if you just saw my high school weight room, bro 317 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:21,000 Speaker 2: like trash terrible. But when I came here I saw 318 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:23,399 Speaker 2: some of the stuff, I'm like, damn, this this is 319 00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:26,760 Speaker 2: high school. Like we don't we don't have that back on. 320 00:17:27,119 --> 00:17:28,920 Speaker 2: Do you think that it gives y'all more of an 321 00:17:28,960 --> 00:17:32,199 Speaker 2: appreciation when you do have? Oh, definitely the facilities that 322 00:17:32,560 --> 00:17:36,640 Speaker 2: definitely like you because when you see it, when you 323 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:40,639 Speaker 2: see it, it's almost like even when I when I 324 00:17:40,680 --> 00:17:43,199 Speaker 2: first got here, bro I'll never forget I went to 325 00:17:43,280 --> 00:17:47,960 Speaker 2: north Shore. I want to watch north Shore play. That 326 00:17:48,080 --> 00:17:49,879 Speaker 2: was the first time I ever seen the jumbo trun 327 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:53,720 Speaker 2: in the high school stadium and Earl Mitchell was played 328 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:56,919 Speaker 2: on that. Like I was like when I walked in 329 00:17:56,920 --> 00:17:58,679 Speaker 2: the States, I'm like, this is a high school. Like 330 00:17:59,320 --> 00:18:01,080 Speaker 2: I'm like, we don't have had is back home, Like 331 00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:04,800 Speaker 2: you know, So if I if I had to say 332 00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:09,000 Speaker 2: the difference with that between the Miami and the Florida 333 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:12,880 Speaker 2: and the Texas thing, that's probably what I would kind 334 00:18:12,880 --> 00:18:16,359 Speaker 2: of compare it to. Within Florida are the rivalries Like 335 00:18:16,440 --> 00:18:21,080 Speaker 2: here you have Houston versus Dallas Austin area, they have something. Yeah. 336 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:30,520 Speaker 2: So in Miami, man, like Northwestern Central those are like 337 00:18:30,720 --> 00:18:33,639 Speaker 2: booger t Like those are like the heart columb Like 338 00:18:33,720 --> 00:18:37,719 Speaker 2: Columbuses has has really came up from when I was playing. 339 00:18:39,560 --> 00:18:45,560 Speaker 2: But Northwestern Booger t Caarras City Central, like those teams 340 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:54,240 Speaker 2: have always been pretty consistent. Saint Thomas they have a man, 341 00:18:54,280 --> 00:18:57,480 Speaker 2: I think you you could go look at Saint Thomas History. 342 00:18:57,600 --> 00:18:59,560 Speaker 2: That's where Michael Irvane went to school at. But like 343 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:05,960 Speaker 2: the Bosha brothers, like, oh they went the same thumbs. Yeah, 344 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:11,000 Speaker 2: but that's up and brower. But they they they got 345 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:13,840 Speaker 2: to Saint Thomas got some players that came up out 346 00:19:13,880 --> 00:19:16,720 Speaker 2: of the Yeah yeah, all right, So that's what helped 347 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:19,280 Speaker 2: mold you to become the Hall of Fame player. Uh, 348 00:19:19,520 --> 00:19:21,119 Speaker 2: you know that you are today. You'll always be a 349 00:19:21,119 --> 00:19:23,520 Speaker 2: part of the Hall of Fame. When how did you 350 00:19:23,560 --> 00:19:25,720 Speaker 2: truly find out? What was it what we saw on 351 00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:28,440 Speaker 2: TV the knock on the door? Or was that more 352 00:19:28,520 --> 00:19:30,600 Speaker 2: just for the cameras? Like did you know that was actually? 353 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:34,840 Speaker 2: I actually didn't know. So before the knock, you didn't 354 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:37,159 Speaker 2: know you were about to be bro I had no clue. Really, 355 00:19:37,960 --> 00:19:41,000 Speaker 2: So somebody said that up. Good? Yeah, so Canard, my agent, 356 00:19:41,440 --> 00:19:45,920 Speaker 2: he said it up. So I was I tell people 357 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:50,240 Speaker 2: this third day laugh. So he told me he called 358 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:53,120 Speaker 2: me one day he was like, hey, man, I need 359 00:19:53,119 --> 00:19:55,520 Speaker 2: to come by the house. Uh, me and my wife 360 00:19:55,560 --> 00:20:00,919 Speaker 2: were gonna come by the house on Thursday, and I 361 00:20:00,960 --> 00:20:04,879 Speaker 2: need you to he said, I'm changing my will. And 362 00:20:04,920 --> 00:20:10,120 Speaker 2: he was like, his dad is, you know, going through cancer. 363 00:20:10,200 --> 00:20:14,040 Speaker 2: He said it's sister ad cancer. So it made sense, 364 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:16,600 Speaker 2: you know, like when he was telling me. So he 365 00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:19,959 Speaker 2: was like, man, I just want to you know, if 366 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:21,640 Speaker 2: something ever happened to me, I just want to make 367 00:20:21,640 --> 00:20:23,639 Speaker 2: sure my son is okay, and I want you to 368 00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:27,560 Speaker 2: be the person to be responsible for him. So he 369 00:20:27,680 --> 00:20:30,639 Speaker 2: was like, I'm gonna have my lawyer come over, you know, 370 00:20:30,840 --> 00:20:33,960 Speaker 2: sign some papers. And he was like, but we got 371 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:39,520 Speaker 2: to have two witnesses. He said. I'm like okay. He 372 00:20:39,640 --> 00:20:42,040 Speaker 2: was like, so your mom and your brother gonna be 373 00:20:42,119 --> 00:20:45,280 Speaker 2: the witnesses. So I was like all right, cool, So bro, 374 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:48,119 Speaker 2: I ain't thinking nothing. Yeah, I'm like all right whatever, 375 00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:51,520 Speaker 2: Like we get this over with. I gone about my day, 376 00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:56,640 Speaker 2: you know. So we're at the house and my mom 377 00:20:56,720 --> 00:21:00,560 Speaker 2: my brother comes, so is he already there? He gets 378 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:05,840 Speaker 2: that first him and his wife and then my mom 379 00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:08,719 Speaker 2: and my uh my mom gets the next day. My 380 00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:11,600 Speaker 2: brother gets there like two minutes after and they know 381 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:17,280 Speaker 2: they don't know. Oh, they don't know either. He the 382 00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:19,720 Speaker 2: only one who know. That's why my mom screamed when 383 00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:24,040 Speaker 2: when I opened the door. She had no clue. So 384 00:21:26,480 --> 00:21:28,800 Speaker 2: we were at the house and he gives this whole 385 00:21:28,800 --> 00:21:33,080 Speaker 2: speech about hey, you know, obviously we know why we 386 00:21:33,280 --> 00:21:37,000 Speaker 2: hear what's going on, and you know, I'm changing my 387 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:40,560 Speaker 2: whib blah blah blah. You know, I just want Andre 388 00:21:40,720 --> 00:21:44,080 Speaker 2: to be responsible for a little canard. It was a 389 00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:47,760 Speaker 2: whole speech like I'm like all right, like you know, 390 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:50,840 Speaker 2: I'm like yell, like, liten, get this over there, let's 391 00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:52,359 Speaker 2: sign in these papers. So he busts out and they 392 00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:56,960 Speaker 2: say what the lawyer. The lawyer's playing. His flight was delayed, 393 00:21:57,200 --> 00:21:59,360 Speaker 2: so he was like he'd be about thirty minutes late. 394 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:05,719 Speaker 2: So it was like all right. My brother him and 395 00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:08,919 Speaker 2: his girlfriend just had a baby boy, so he he 396 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:11,960 Speaker 2: had his son with him. So my nephew. I grabbed 397 00:22:11,960 --> 00:22:14,600 Speaker 2: my nephew, I go outside and I'm just walking around 398 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:19,680 Speaker 2: in the backyard, walking around the pool. So my brother 399 00:22:19,760 --> 00:22:22,040 Speaker 2: came outside. He was like, hey, Kana, I say, come 400 00:22:22,080 --> 00:22:25,080 Speaker 2: in the house. So I'm thinking, like, okay, the lawyer here, 401 00:22:25,119 --> 00:22:27,880 Speaker 2: like we're finished sign these papers and we're going by 402 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:32,280 Speaker 2: our business. So I go in, I give my brother 403 00:22:33,680 --> 00:22:38,199 Speaker 2: his son back, and I'm kind of like standing in 404 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:41,399 Speaker 2: the kitchen and cause I think I had went to 405 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:43,920 Speaker 2: get like a bottle of water. So and then I 406 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:47,480 Speaker 2: heard his knock at the door. So Conna was like, hey, man, 407 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:51,480 Speaker 2: grab that. So I was like all right, Like but 408 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:53,800 Speaker 2: I'm in my head, I'm like, why you can't grab it, 409 00:22:53,920 --> 00:22:56,680 Speaker 2: like you know, like it's your lawyer, like you I 410 00:22:56,760 --> 00:22:59,840 Speaker 2: need to grab it. So but I ain't think I'm 411 00:22:59,920 --> 00:23:02,840 Speaker 2: just I was like, yeah, right. So the way my 412 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:05,480 Speaker 2: house is like I had to kind of like walk 413 00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:08,320 Speaker 2: around because I can't see the front door from where 414 00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:13,080 Speaker 2: I'm standing at So when I walked out, I seen 415 00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:16,680 Speaker 2: like you can't see who's out. You can make out 416 00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:20,040 Speaker 2: what's outside, but you can't tell who it is. Okay, 417 00:23:20,119 --> 00:23:22,320 Speaker 2: so I could tell that somebody's standing there, but I 418 00:23:22,359 --> 00:23:26,720 Speaker 2: can't see, like you still don't know. No, That's when 419 00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:30,480 Speaker 2: I knew. When I when they knocked on the door 420 00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:33,240 Speaker 2: and I walked around and I saw it, I was like, 421 00:23:34,520 --> 00:23:37,119 Speaker 2: I know this is not about to happen. Like I 422 00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:38,800 Speaker 2: was like, I know this is not about to happen, right, 423 00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:42,120 Speaker 2: now because I can see a guy, I can see 424 00:23:42,119 --> 00:23:44,320 Speaker 2: a camera, and I can see a guy in a 425 00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:50,040 Speaker 2: gold jacket. So like, I'm just like, bro, I'm literally 426 00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:53,600 Speaker 2: walking to the door and I'm nervous as hell, Like wow, 427 00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:56,879 Speaker 2: I'm like, man, like, I know this is not about 428 00:23:56,880 --> 00:23:59,800 Speaker 2: to happen. So when I open the door and I 429 00:23:59,840 --> 00:24:03,160 Speaker 2: was Chris, I was just kind of like that's why 430 00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:04,960 Speaker 2: I like you saw, Like I just turned around and 431 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:07,159 Speaker 2: put my hand around my mother and I was just 432 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:11,879 Speaker 2: like damn, like I made it. That's awesome. Yeah, shout 433 00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:15,320 Speaker 2: out to Kenor because that's an elaborate plan right there. 434 00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:18,240 Speaker 1: Oh, it certainly was. And there's more to the story. 435 00:24:18,520 --> 00:24:22,200 Speaker 1: Travis Johnson in Vegas, Andre try to keep trapped from 436 00:24:22,320 --> 00:24:25,080 Speaker 1: finding out if he's in or not, and a whole 437 00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:27,720 Speaker 1: bunch of other stuff that'll be covered by Andre Johnson 438 00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:31,640 Speaker 1: and Andy Kalou on this holiday edition of Texans All Access. 439 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:34,800 Speaker 1: Stay tuned, It's Texans Radio. Back to it here on 440 00:24:34,840 --> 00:24:38,160 Speaker 1: Texans Radio on a holiday edition of Texans All Access, 441 00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:41,720 Speaker 1: where we honor Andre Johnson, who four weeks from tonight, 442 00:24:41,760 --> 00:24:44,800 Speaker 1: will be interviewed on the sideline at the Hall of 443 00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:47,520 Speaker 1: Fame game in Canton. The first preseason action for the 444 00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:51,600 Speaker 1: Houston Texans this season, and then a couple of days 445 00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:55,280 Speaker 1: later go into the Hall of Fame, the Pro Football 446 00:24:55,320 --> 00:24:59,240 Speaker 1: Hall of Fame officially enshrined. Back to the story Andre 447 00:24:59,359 --> 00:25:02,159 Speaker 1: Johnson told us about the knock. Now, he tells us 448 00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:05,560 Speaker 1: about having to keep things sort of under wraps until 449 00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:08,160 Speaker 1: he could be announced as a Hall of Famer at 450 00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:09,320 Speaker 1: NFL honors. 451 00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:13,280 Speaker 2: Karl already knew, but he didn't tell Hannah. But the 452 00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:16,800 Speaker 2: funny thing was meet Kyle and Hannah and Travis. We 453 00:25:16,840 --> 00:25:19,200 Speaker 2: was at the Rockets game the night before it happened. 454 00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:23,840 Speaker 2: So it's funny because Cayl asked me, he said, you 455 00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:26,800 Speaker 2: think you're gonna get in this year? But he already 456 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:29,720 Speaker 2: knew the answer. So I told him, I said, yeah, 457 00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:32,880 Speaker 2: I say I think. I said, if it's any year 458 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:36,040 Speaker 2: that I felt the most confident about it, it was 459 00:25:36,119 --> 00:25:40,720 Speaker 2: this year. And he was like, okay. So when I 460 00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:43,040 Speaker 2: called inform him I made it, he was like, oh 461 00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:47,119 Speaker 2: I already knew. Wow, that's a great story. Yeah, So 462 00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:49,919 Speaker 2: it was. It was. It was a good it was 463 00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:53,080 Speaker 2: a good time, good moment. My daughter, she didn't have 464 00:25:53,119 --> 00:25:55,960 Speaker 2: a clue, like because she's like why she was like 465 00:25:55,960 --> 00:25:58,320 Speaker 2: why all these cameras here, like what's going on? Like 466 00:25:58,840 --> 00:26:05,480 Speaker 2: oh she now wow fat wow. So so you probably 467 00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:08,520 Speaker 2: can't even explain the emotion. I mean, so you knew 468 00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:10,600 Speaker 2: before you open the door because you saw a camera, 469 00:26:10,840 --> 00:26:14,919 Speaker 2: because so that's when I that's when I knew. Like 470 00:26:16,240 --> 00:26:20,280 Speaker 2: I was like damn, like because I started thinking about everything. 471 00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:23,000 Speaker 2: He was telling me the whole story. So I'm like 472 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:28,520 Speaker 2: going walking to the door. Yeah, probably like one of 473 00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:33,959 Speaker 2: the most nervous like I I it was almost like 474 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:36,560 Speaker 2: you didn't I don't want to say I didn't want 475 00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:39,359 Speaker 2: to open it, but it was just like it was 476 00:26:39,400 --> 00:26:42,000 Speaker 2: it was a nerve like it was a I don't 477 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:43,960 Speaker 2: even I don't even know if you can explain the 478 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:48,320 Speaker 2: feeling it was. It was just different. So you open 479 00:26:48,359 --> 00:26:51,600 Speaker 2: the door, which we all saw Chris Carter's there after 480 00:26:52,040 --> 00:26:54,919 Speaker 2: the cameras are off, what's going I mean, are you 481 00:26:55,040 --> 00:26:57,719 Speaker 2: just still processing it? Like when the cameras are turned off? 482 00:26:58,040 --> 00:27:01,160 Speaker 2: What's going on in the Johnson household? Man, I ain't 483 00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:04,159 Speaker 2: gonna lie in d I I had to take a moment, 484 00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:07,800 Speaker 2: like I was sitting on the couch, bro just like 485 00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:14,320 Speaker 2: just trying to like gather your thoughts, like like what 486 00:27:14,560 --> 00:27:19,080 Speaker 2: just happened? Right like, and like I'm sitting there, I 487 00:27:19,080 --> 00:27:23,080 Speaker 2: got my hands and I'm just like nobody's around me 488 00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:26,840 Speaker 2: because they were just like, you know, letting need to Yeah, 489 00:27:27,040 --> 00:27:31,200 Speaker 2: So it was just bro, You're just sitting there trying 490 00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:36,480 Speaker 2: to take it all in, you know. Afterwards, you know, 491 00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:40,760 Speaker 2: we sat around for a while. Even Candas was at 492 00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:43,400 Speaker 2: my house. Candis was like crying. She was like, these 493 00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:45,960 Speaker 2: people really just came and knocked on your door. She 494 00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:49,679 Speaker 2: came after No, she was there, oh during yeah, okay, 495 00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:53,560 Speaker 2: got so she for those that don't know, Kansas Maybury 496 00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:56,760 Speaker 2: does an awesome job. She runs the textan Ambassador. It's 497 00:27:56,760 --> 00:28:00,480 Speaker 2: called Texting Legends program, and she obviously the biggest and 498 00:28:00,520 --> 00:28:04,640 Speaker 2: best legends. She's very close with himself. So for those listening, yeah, 499 00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:08,919 Speaker 2: she couldn't even she was like she was just she 500 00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:10,920 Speaker 2: couldn't stop. She was just like, they really came and 501 00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:13,600 Speaker 2: knocked on your door. Like because we would joke all 502 00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:16,680 Speaker 2: the time, like she'll be like, we're going to Vegas 503 00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:20,679 Speaker 2: for Hall of Fame, just you know, like joking around. Yeah, 504 00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:23,880 Speaker 2: but you know, you don't you don't know when it's 505 00:28:23,920 --> 00:28:27,480 Speaker 2: gonna happen. So we would just be like yeah, all right, whatever, 506 00:28:27,680 --> 00:28:32,320 Speaker 2: like I just kind of brush it off and yeah, 507 00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:35,240 Speaker 2: like it was. It was like even tho I told you, 508 00:28:35,320 --> 00:28:37,320 Speaker 2: Like with my mom, like when I open that door, 509 00:28:37,320 --> 00:28:42,320 Speaker 2: she saw Chris, she just started screaping. So that's all. Yeah, man, 510 00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:46,280 Speaker 2: it couldn't happened to a better, better person, now you knew. 511 00:28:46,520 --> 00:28:49,640 Speaker 2: That's how they surprised people. And we all know. And 512 00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:52,320 Speaker 2: I guess it's different because it's actually you, but all 513 00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:54,720 Speaker 2: your teammates knew, like he's going in. It's just a 514 00:28:54,720 --> 00:28:57,200 Speaker 2: matter of this year, next year, but he's going in. 515 00:28:57,320 --> 00:28:58,720 Speaker 2: I felt like it should be at the first ballot, 516 00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:01,800 Speaker 2: like anytime something came to your house where you like, 517 00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:07,000 Speaker 2: oh man, it's the damn Amazon guy, Like, nah, you know. 518 00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:10,080 Speaker 2: I never and I tell people this all the time, 519 00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:15,200 Speaker 2: like when I made the finalist list, the first time, 520 00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:20,200 Speaker 2: I said to myself, I was like, like, I'm gonna 521 00:29:20,240 --> 00:29:24,840 Speaker 2: make it. It's just a matter of time. But I 522 00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:29,239 Speaker 2: never I never really worried about it though, really, like 523 00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:33,360 Speaker 2: I never, like like even when I was sitting there, 524 00:29:33,440 --> 00:29:38,080 Speaker 2: like I'm not thinking in my mind, like are they 525 00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:40,360 Speaker 2: gonna come knock on my door? Really a couple of days, 526 00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:43,800 Speaker 2: like I'm not because I'm just like when it's happened, 527 00:29:43,800 --> 00:29:46,080 Speaker 2: when it's gonna happen, it's meant to happen. So I'm 528 00:29:46,120 --> 00:29:50,800 Speaker 2: not And I think a lot of guys, like I 529 00:29:50,840 --> 00:29:53,240 Speaker 2: know some guys that's been up for the finals list, 530 00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:57,200 Speaker 2: like Devin Hester, he used to get pissed when he 531 00:29:57,280 --> 00:30:00,640 Speaker 2: didn't make it, Like I remember devid call what time? 532 00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:04,160 Speaker 2: He was like, Yo, they call you yet I'm like, yeah, Brian, 533 00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:07,680 Speaker 2: make it like but I'm not tripping, like I don't. 534 00:30:08,320 --> 00:30:12,000 Speaker 2: They don't. They don't bother me like that because like 535 00:30:12,040 --> 00:30:15,040 Speaker 2: I tell people, like I can't catch another pass, I 536 00:30:15,080 --> 00:30:18,840 Speaker 2: can't score another touchdown. What I've done, I've done. So 537 00:30:20,080 --> 00:30:24,040 Speaker 2: when it's due to happened, it happened. But you know 538 00:30:24,120 --> 00:30:27,400 Speaker 2: some guys are more passionate about it, you know. So 539 00:30:27,920 --> 00:30:31,120 Speaker 2: Devin was like, it's so funny. We were we were 540 00:30:31,160 --> 00:30:33,760 Speaker 2: actually Joe we were actually in Can not too long, 541 00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:37,920 Speaker 2: maybe about a month ago for our orientation and like 542 00:30:39,960 --> 00:30:43,320 Speaker 2: Joe Porter, he was like, man, I ain't want to 543 00:30:43,360 --> 00:30:49,280 Speaker 2: call Devin, you know. Yeah, like dev used to get upset, man, 544 00:30:49,360 --> 00:30:52,560 Speaker 2: but I never I never took it like that, like 545 00:30:52,640 --> 00:30:56,479 Speaker 2: they'll call me. I remember the first two times they 546 00:30:56,480 --> 00:30:58,480 Speaker 2: would call me in inform me I didn't make it, 547 00:30:59,040 --> 00:31:01,960 Speaker 2: and I would just be like, man, thank you, like 548 00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:05,480 Speaker 2: you know, it's just honor to even be mentioned to 549 00:31:05,520 --> 00:31:07,840 Speaker 2: be a finalist for the Hall of Fame, like, and 550 00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:11,200 Speaker 2: it was funny because they'll be like, well, Andre, we 551 00:31:11,280 --> 00:31:16,120 Speaker 2: wish everybody else would accept it, do you know? But yeah, yeah, 552 00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:19,760 Speaker 2: like that's just that's just how it was. Like, you know, you, 553 00:31:20,480 --> 00:31:23,720 Speaker 2: that's that's football royalty, you know what I'm saying. So 554 00:31:23,880 --> 00:31:29,280 Speaker 2: like to be in that, Like I mean, ain't no 555 00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:31,680 Speaker 2: more nothing else you can ask, right, you know what 556 00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:34,800 Speaker 2: I'm saying. So I was I was always like I 557 00:31:34,920 --> 00:31:37,880 Speaker 2: just respect it, man like. So that's that was just 558 00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:40,479 Speaker 2: always my approach to it. I still to this day. 559 00:31:40,520 --> 00:31:43,720 Speaker 2: I mean, obviously it's you. So you were had a process, 560 00:31:43,960 --> 00:31:46,280 Speaker 2: but I think we were more excited than you. I 561 00:31:46,280 --> 00:31:49,800 Speaker 2: don't know, are you part of the textan ambassador group chat? Yeah? Yeah, 562 00:31:49,800 --> 00:31:52,200 Speaker 2: I don't know if you saw all the messages going 563 00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:54,959 Speaker 2: back and forth, but you know, and I think what 564 00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:56,960 Speaker 2: you just said is partly what makes you special, on 565 00:31:57,000 --> 00:32:00,360 Speaker 2: why people appreciate it for you the way they do. 566 00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:03,520 Speaker 2: Like I've I've liked and loved most of my teammates. 567 00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:05,200 Speaker 2: I can't even think of any that I don't like. 568 00:32:05,480 --> 00:32:07,200 Speaker 2: And when I heard certain guys made to Hall of Fame, 569 00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:09,200 Speaker 2: it's kind of like, oh man, that's cool. That's cool. 570 00:32:09,560 --> 00:32:11,240 Speaker 2: And again, I don't want to get too corny because 571 00:32:11,280 --> 00:32:13,160 Speaker 2: you're sitting here, but when when we found out you 572 00:32:13,240 --> 00:32:16,080 Speaker 2: got in, like it was kind of like, hey, kids, 573 00:32:16,080 --> 00:32:20,200 Speaker 2: step away, you know, daddy's allergies acting up, just because 574 00:32:20,240 --> 00:32:23,680 Speaker 2: of the type of person you are. So and even 575 00:32:23,840 --> 00:32:27,200 Speaker 2: early in this podcast you mentioned like you've appreciate it 576 00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:30,360 Speaker 2: because it's like we all got in Kubiak, all the 577 00:32:30,400 --> 00:32:33,200 Speaker 2: guys that you play with, So that's what made it 578 00:32:33,320 --> 00:32:37,680 Speaker 2: special for us. So you've processed it. I'm surprised Travis 579 00:32:37,720 --> 00:32:40,880 Speaker 2: Johnson didn't mess up this surp was he there? I 580 00:32:41,040 --> 00:32:46,000 Speaker 2: proNT I was just about to bring him up. Andy, 581 00:32:46,040 --> 00:32:50,880 Speaker 2: you don't understand, so mind you. I found out a 582 00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:57,160 Speaker 2: week a week and a half before Super Bowl? Okay, yeah, 583 00:32:57,200 --> 00:32:59,000 Speaker 2: so I got my knock maybe like a week and 584 00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:04,040 Speaker 2: a half before, but you can't tell nobody, Oh for 585 00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:07,320 Speaker 2: how long? For that weekend? I didn't realize, So it 586 00:33:07,360 --> 00:33:11,360 Speaker 2: doesn't get unveiled until the NFL. Honest, got you? So 587 00:33:12,400 --> 00:33:15,040 Speaker 2: I couldn't tell my family. The only people that knew 588 00:33:15,040 --> 00:33:18,280 Speaker 2: who was knew who was at my house. So you 589 00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:22,080 Speaker 2: couldn't you had this high nda, you couldn't disclose it 590 00:33:22,120 --> 00:33:31,280 Speaker 2: to anybody. So we're in Vegas, Travis Johnson, so rap 591 00:33:31,440 --> 00:33:36,520 Speaker 2: Ja we were together. So he that was that was 592 00:33:36,520 --> 00:33:40,560 Speaker 2: that Thursday. It was announced for the show. We were 593 00:33:40,760 --> 00:33:45,800 Speaker 2: together earlier that day in Vegas. In Vegas, you and Travis, Yes, 594 00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:47,840 Speaker 2: so are y'all I just want to set the stage. 595 00:33:47,840 --> 00:33:50,240 Speaker 2: Are y'all just there just to hang out or no, 596 00:33:50,320 --> 00:33:52,200 Speaker 2: I'm in Vegas because I got to be there to 597 00:33:52,280 --> 00:33:56,520 Speaker 2: get to walk on the stage. Was already he was 598 00:33:56,560 --> 00:34:00,640 Speaker 2: just going to Vegas just for Super Bowl, So you know, 599 00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:03,760 Speaker 2: I'm sure he had his appearances. What is going out there? 600 00:34:03,800 --> 00:34:11,960 Speaker 2: But so me, Travis, my mom, my daughter, and my brother, 601 00:34:13,160 --> 00:34:17,279 Speaker 2: we were all like sitting in the food court. Mike 602 00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:23,320 Speaker 2: uh Parsons there used to be the equipment guy. So 603 00:34:23,360 --> 00:34:26,560 Speaker 2: we all kind of was just you know, just catching up, 604 00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:30,320 Speaker 2: you know, because I had seen Mike in a while. 605 00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:33,120 Speaker 2: So really we're just catching up with Mike and you know, 606 00:34:33,280 --> 00:34:39,640 Speaker 2: just talking whateverever. And so he said, Travis bus to say, damn, 607 00:34:39,680 --> 00:34:41,319 Speaker 2: dog is getting about that time. You ain't get no 608 00:34:41,320 --> 00:34:44,759 Speaker 2: phone call yet. So I say, I say, Travis, I 609 00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:47,080 Speaker 2: gotta go up to the room. I say, they're gonna 610 00:34:47,120 --> 00:34:49,680 Speaker 2: come knock on the door. But I'm lying. I already 611 00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:53,080 Speaker 2: know what's going on. Like but I'm lying because I'm like, 612 00:34:53,640 --> 00:34:56,320 Speaker 2: y'all gotta go. Y'all need to go get dressed, because 613 00:34:56,840 --> 00:35:00,520 Speaker 2: you know they they so they take the family over first, 614 00:35:01,080 --> 00:35:03,720 Speaker 2: so like I can't, like I can't take no picture 615 00:35:03,760 --> 00:35:05,920 Speaker 2: with my mama in the red carpet, none of that. 616 00:35:06,120 --> 00:35:09,840 Speaker 2: Like yeah, So like when you go, they take you 617 00:35:09,880 --> 00:35:12,440 Speaker 2: in the back, like you go later the show has 618 00:35:12,520 --> 00:35:15,760 Speaker 2: already started. They take you back through this little way, 619 00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:18,400 Speaker 2: put you in this room, and you sit there and 620 00:35:18,520 --> 00:35:21,520 Speaker 2: just watch the show on the TV until you actually 621 00:35:21,520 --> 00:35:27,600 Speaker 2: go out to Vietnaunce Hall of Fame. So Travis is like, 622 00:35:28,440 --> 00:35:31,680 Speaker 2: I'm in the run. So we leave from downstairs at 623 00:35:31,680 --> 00:35:34,239 Speaker 2: the little food court area because you know, I had 624 00:35:34,239 --> 00:35:35,879 Speaker 2: to get my mom and my daughter and I'm gonna 625 00:35:35,880 --> 00:35:37,520 Speaker 2: get to the area where they needed to get to 626 00:35:37,560 --> 00:35:41,520 Speaker 2: go to the show with my brother. And Travis is 627 00:35:41,560 --> 00:35:47,239 Speaker 2: blowing my phone up, like, dog, you ain't heard nothing. Yeah, 628 00:35:47,280 --> 00:35:50,200 Speaker 2: I'm like, Travis, were sitting in the room, bro, Like 629 00:35:50,280 --> 00:35:53,440 Speaker 2: we just waiting to see anybody cursing them out too. Yeah, Like, 630 00:35:53,680 --> 00:35:55,600 Speaker 2: I'm like, we just waiting to see what's happening. He like, 631 00:35:57,040 --> 00:35:58,960 Speaker 2: where your mama and everybody at. I'm like, we all 632 00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:01,520 Speaker 2: sitting in the room. But I'm lying my mom and 633 00:36:01,560 --> 00:36:06,200 Speaker 2: I'm in the room by myself. I'm not so uh. 634 00:36:08,719 --> 00:36:11,240 Speaker 2: He starts calling me again, you ain't heard nothing yet. 635 00:36:12,239 --> 00:36:15,319 Speaker 2: I'm like, so it got to the point where I 636 00:36:15,440 --> 00:36:18,760 Speaker 2: just stopped answering his call because I'm just like, he's 637 00:36:18,960 --> 00:36:21,880 Speaker 2: like trapped, doing too much. But he was so excited, 638 00:36:21,920 --> 00:36:24,080 Speaker 2: like he just wanted to know. He like, I need 639 00:36:24,080 --> 00:36:26,600 Speaker 2: to know. I need to know, man. So when I 640 00:36:26,640 --> 00:36:31,160 Speaker 2: stopped answering this cause he started calling my brother, so 641 00:36:31,239 --> 00:36:34,920 Speaker 2: like my brother was sending me the text messages and stuff. 642 00:36:34,920 --> 00:36:37,839 Speaker 2: He like, bro, what's the road with Travis? Man, I'm like, man, 643 00:36:37,880 --> 00:36:40,000 Speaker 2: he just wanted to know. I say, you know, how 644 00:36:40,040 --> 00:36:46,359 Speaker 2: trap is? He just excited so he found out. Of 645 00:36:46,360 --> 00:36:49,440 Speaker 2: course I didn't talk to him, like, I just literally like, 646 00:36:49,640 --> 00:36:51,960 Speaker 2: how hard was that? Just for you? Was hard? It 647 00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:54,879 Speaker 2: was hard because you know how close me. So like 648 00:36:56,560 --> 00:36:59,120 Speaker 2: it's like I want to tell you, but I can't 649 00:36:59,680 --> 00:37:01,760 Speaker 2: you know so, and he wasn't gonna keep no secret. 650 00:37:01,760 --> 00:37:03,400 Speaker 2: For those who don't go, Travis is one of the 651 00:37:03,400 --> 00:37:07,480 Speaker 2: most loyal dudes. He's a huge friend of Andre. There's 652 00:37:07,520 --> 00:37:09,440 Speaker 2: no way he would have kept that he was if 653 00:37:09,440 --> 00:37:11,560 Speaker 2: I would have told him, he would have went crazy. Yeah, 654 00:37:11,640 --> 00:37:13,960 Speaker 2: you know, he'd probably been yelling and all that stuff. 655 00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:20,200 Speaker 2: So so we go go to the show, do everything 656 00:37:20,800 --> 00:37:25,000 Speaker 2: I see, Uh the Mico. That was a great moment too, 657 00:37:25,040 --> 00:37:28,359 Speaker 2: man Like, after I came off the stage and we 658 00:37:28,360 --> 00:37:33,319 Speaker 2: were walking out, Man, Miko saw me. Man, he just 659 00:37:34,400 --> 00:37:37,799 Speaker 2: like bro We hugged and just laughed, you know, like 660 00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:42,359 Speaker 2: it was. It was a really really good moment afterwards, 661 00:37:42,520 --> 00:37:47,440 Speaker 2: And but Travis he found out. We went to dinner 662 00:37:47,719 --> 00:37:51,200 Speaker 2: that night after its public. Now yeah, after this crublic. 663 00:37:51,320 --> 00:37:56,279 Speaker 2: So me, Hannah, you know a couple of people here 664 00:37:56,320 --> 00:38:00,279 Speaker 2: with the organization. We all went to dinner. My moment 665 00:38:00,560 --> 00:38:06,279 Speaker 2: Steve travisman there and he uh he you could tell 666 00:38:06,320 --> 00:38:09,080 Speaker 2: he really hit him, man, Like, he got emotional. You know, 667 00:38:09,920 --> 00:38:12,120 Speaker 2: he did get old me though. He was like your 668 00:38:12,160 --> 00:38:13,719 Speaker 2: hands already knew anyone. 669 00:38:13,520 --> 00:38:17,640 Speaker 1: To fun stuff there from Andre Johnson and n D. 670 00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:20,600 Speaker 1: Kalu and the Texans OG's podcast about dre getting into 671 00:38:20,640 --> 00:38:22,879 Speaker 1: the Hall of Fame four weeks from tonight, the Hall 672 00:38:22,880 --> 00:38:25,400 Speaker 1: of Fame game and the induction two days after that 673 00:38:25,520 --> 00:38:29,360 Speaker 1: August third. More from that conversation coming up here on 674 00:38:29,440 --> 00:38:33,080 Speaker 1: Texans All Access. One more segment in tonight's show, we're 675 00:38:33,120 --> 00:38:36,040 Speaker 1: talking about Andre Johnson getting into the Hall of Fame 676 00:38:36,120 --> 00:38:42,280 Speaker 1: two weeks and two days from official induction enshrinement into Canton. 677 00:38:42,760 --> 00:38:44,440 Speaker 1: That'll be two days after the Hall of Fame game, 678 00:38:44,440 --> 00:38:46,200 Speaker 1: which is four weeks from tonight. 679 00:38:46,239 --> 00:38:47,560 Speaker 2: Can you believe that? Anyway? 680 00:38:47,600 --> 00:38:50,120 Speaker 1: Back to the conversation Andrey talking about getting into the 681 00:38:50,160 --> 00:38:53,600 Speaker 1: Hall and n d Kalu, host of Texans OG's, talking 682 00:38:53,640 --> 00:38:54,680 Speaker 1: about what it means to him. 683 00:38:54,840 --> 00:38:57,160 Speaker 2: I don't think you realized what even meant for me. 684 00:38:57,360 --> 00:39:00,239 Speaker 2: And it's just because of the type of teammge you were, 685 00:39:00,400 --> 00:39:02,879 Speaker 2: type of person you still are to this day. This 686 00:39:02,960 --> 00:39:04,680 Speaker 2: is a weird. I hope I can kind of let 687 00:39:04,680 --> 00:39:08,480 Speaker 2: people understand how this story is and they could get 688 00:39:08,520 --> 00:39:10,880 Speaker 2: a feel for it. I don't know if you remember this. 689 00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:13,960 Speaker 2: So my first year with the Texans, preseason were going 690 00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:17,040 Speaker 2: on in a way Trip and Antoine Peak for those 691 00:39:17,080 --> 00:39:20,520 Speaker 2: who don't know, outside linebacker, I love playing with Pete, 692 00:39:20,560 --> 00:39:24,360 Speaker 2: but he was deathly afraid of flying, and we had 693 00:39:24,400 --> 00:39:26,360 Speaker 2: we didn't have a signed seats, but for some reason, 694 00:39:26,400 --> 00:39:30,279 Speaker 2: he always sat behind Andre Johnson. And at the time, 695 00:39:30,440 --> 00:39:32,400 Speaker 2: keep in mind, this is my first trip as a 696 00:39:32,440 --> 00:39:36,120 Speaker 2: Houston Texan. It's a flight. And when I say Antoine 697 00:39:36,320 --> 00:39:39,080 Speaker 2: is deathly afraid of flying, like that's not an exaggeration. 698 00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:42,000 Speaker 2: And me and Antoine are sitting in the same aisle, 699 00:39:42,320 --> 00:39:47,239 Speaker 2: but he's directly behind Andre. And when the engine starts 700 00:39:47,600 --> 00:39:51,160 Speaker 2: and we hit the runway, he literally wraps his arm 701 00:39:51,200 --> 00:39:54,760 Speaker 2: around Andre in the seat and he's like bear hugging 702 00:39:54,840 --> 00:39:58,719 Speaker 2: him because he's afraid. And I'm thinking, because I just 703 00:39:58,800 --> 00:40:01,120 Speaker 2: met Andre, but I obviously have. He was like, man, 704 00:40:01,360 --> 00:40:04,200 Speaker 2: I'm just gonna turn around start swinging on him. And 705 00:40:04,239 --> 00:40:07,000 Speaker 2: when when I tell y'all, who are listening, Andre just 706 00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:11,360 Speaker 2: acting like nobody was grabbing him. You just like it 707 00:40:11,480 --> 00:40:14,560 Speaker 2: was the weirdest but coolest thing at the same time, 708 00:40:15,120 --> 00:40:17,640 Speaker 2: like you weren't phased by it, you weren't bothering. And 709 00:40:17,680 --> 00:40:19,720 Speaker 2: in my mind, I'm like, does this happen every trip? 710 00:40:20,040 --> 00:40:22,800 Speaker 2: But when he grabbed you and he's shaking your seat, 711 00:40:23,280 --> 00:40:25,000 Speaker 2: you were literally like if you were on the phone, 712 00:40:25,040 --> 00:40:27,960 Speaker 2: you wouldn't have skipped a beat, like explain kind of 713 00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:31,120 Speaker 2: explain that relationship to where that didn't bother you. So 714 00:40:32,200 --> 00:40:34,520 Speaker 2: me and Pete were drafted. We were in the same 715 00:40:34,600 --> 00:40:39,000 Speaker 2: draft class, came in together, and the first time we 716 00:40:39,200 --> 00:40:43,839 Speaker 2: traveled my rookie year, it was when I experienced it, 717 00:40:43,960 --> 00:40:48,480 Speaker 2: like I was just like, damn, like this dude really 718 00:40:48,760 --> 00:40:52,399 Speaker 2: like I've never seen nobody scared of flying like that 719 00:40:52,440 --> 00:40:55,399 Speaker 2: ever in my life. It was one other time that 720 00:40:55,840 --> 00:40:58,440 Speaker 2: the people don't know about this, of course because they 721 00:40:58,560 --> 00:41:01,440 Speaker 2: not on a plane with us. Sleep one time before 722 00:41:01,440 --> 00:41:05,000 Speaker 2: we actually took off, he literally had me like my 723 00:41:05,120 --> 00:41:08,359 Speaker 2: face and everything like their hug, Like just like this 724 00:41:08,440 --> 00:41:11,880 Speaker 2: dude is crazy. But he was really really scared of flying. 725 00:41:11,920 --> 00:41:15,279 Speaker 2: And it just became something I was just used to. Like, 726 00:41:15,640 --> 00:41:20,320 Speaker 2: I'm like, if it helped him feel comfortable, I guess 727 00:41:20,400 --> 00:41:23,879 Speaker 2: to be able, you know, because it would only last 728 00:41:23,880 --> 00:41:27,080 Speaker 2: for like a few seconds, But it was just, you know, 729 00:41:27,360 --> 00:41:29,839 Speaker 2: he was I was just used to it. I ain't 730 00:41:29,840 --> 00:41:31,840 Speaker 2: gonna lie or I used to be like, well, they 731 00:41:31,920 --> 00:41:35,520 Speaker 2: keep putting in, but I did use I did used 732 00:41:35,560 --> 00:41:38,440 Speaker 2: to say that, but but it didn't really bother me. 733 00:41:38,520 --> 00:41:40,439 Speaker 2: It was something I guess it's something you just kind 734 00:41:40,440 --> 00:41:44,440 Speaker 2: of it just becomes y'all, uh yeah, yeah, process. Yeah. 735 00:41:44,480 --> 00:41:46,680 Speaker 2: But when I say and I wish I had the 736 00:41:46,719 --> 00:41:49,680 Speaker 2: words so people could kind of picture it, it was 737 00:41:49,719 --> 00:41:53,880 Speaker 2: like it wasn't happening, Like you weren't laughing, you weren't like, man, fool, 738 00:41:53,960 --> 00:41:56,560 Speaker 2: get off me. Like I don't know what exactly you 739 00:41:56,600 --> 00:42:00,000 Speaker 2: were doing. You might have been texting, but you just didn't. Yeah, 740 00:42:00,160 --> 00:42:03,000 Speaker 2: because kip a beat. Yeah, it becomes like and I'm 741 00:42:03,040 --> 00:42:05,000 Speaker 2: looking at him like, man, get it, get your hands off, 742 00:42:05,600 --> 00:42:08,840 Speaker 2: like it becomes it's almost like it it just became normal. 743 00:42:09,080 --> 00:42:12,160 Speaker 2: You know. I knew when we hit that run we 744 00:42:12,200 --> 00:42:14,240 Speaker 2: were about to take off, like all right, it's coming, 745 00:42:14,440 --> 00:42:18,520 Speaker 2: like you know, and it just it was just normal 746 00:42:18,560 --> 00:42:21,360 Speaker 2: for me. Man, Like it didn't like it got to 747 00:42:21,400 --> 00:42:23,520 Speaker 2: that point where it just didn't even phase you no more, 748 00:42:23,560 --> 00:42:26,480 Speaker 2: Like that's amazing, Like I don't know that that's always 749 00:42:26,480 --> 00:42:28,640 Speaker 2: stuck with me. And it just shows what type of 750 00:42:28,920 --> 00:42:31,440 Speaker 2: and you know, there's this stereotype that wide receivers in 751 00:42:31,440 --> 00:42:36,200 Speaker 2: the NFL are prima donnas, which you're the complete opposite 752 00:42:36,239 --> 00:42:39,839 Speaker 2: of that stereotype. But like that vision, it kind of 753 00:42:39,920 --> 00:42:43,200 Speaker 2: just encapitulates who you are, like the fact that you 754 00:42:43,239 --> 00:42:45,640 Speaker 2: know the most important person on the team, the best 755 00:42:45,640 --> 00:42:47,120 Speaker 2: player on the team. I know you would never say 756 00:42:47,160 --> 00:42:49,640 Speaker 2: it's almost say it for you and it's obvious, isn't 757 00:42:49,640 --> 00:42:53,520 Speaker 2: phase that a backup linebackers bear hug you know before 758 00:42:53,600 --> 00:42:56,040 Speaker 2: we're going on a flight, and that's when it first 759 00:42:56,160 --> 00:42:58,800 Speaker 2: kind of hit me, like, oh, Okay, this guy's a 760 00:42:58,800 --> 00:43:02,040 Speaker 2: little bit different, even from the way he practices and 761 00:43:02,160 --> 00:43:05,840 Speaker 2: the fact that he doesn't mind getting roughed up on 762 00:43:05,960 --> 00:43:09,279 Speaker 2: an away trip. He's a little bit different. Man. Look, 763 00:43:09,320 --> 00:43:12,000 Speaker 2: we've already reached our time limit. There's so many other 764 00:43:12,080 --> 00:43:14,799 Speaker 2: things that we want to discuss, but we'll probably get 765 00:43:14,840 --> 00:43:16,520 Speaker 2: to it another day another time. I just want to 766 00:43:16,560 --> 00:43:20,000 Speaker 2: congratulate you on behalf of the entire city, and more importantly, 767 00:43:20,120 --> 00:43:22,799 Speaker 2: all of your teammates, because, like I said, not even 768 00:43:22,840 --> 00:43:25,759 Speaker 2: the guys you and Travis are best of friends, we 769 00:43:25,800 --> 00:43:27,520 Speaker 2: all have a respect for you, but the guys that 770 00:43:27,560 --> 00:43:31,160 Speaker 2: you probably didn't even realize you've impacted. I just want 771 00:43:31,160 --> 00:43:33,799 Speaker 2: you to know how we feel and how excited we were. 772 00:43:33,920 --> 00:43:35,759 Speaker 2: So I'm gonna keep saying it. Next time I see 773 00:43:35,760 --> 00:43:37,560 Speaker 2: you in an event, I hug you to say it again. 774 00:43:38,239 --> 00:43:40,960 Speaker 2: My son was so excited. He still remembers when you 775 00:43:41,080 --> 00:43:43,239 Speaker 2: told him he was taller than me. Like little things 776 00:43:43,239 --> 00:43:47,000 Speaker 2: that you say, like they just last with people. But man, 777 00:43:47,400 --> 00:43:49,759 Speaker 2: from the bottom of my heart, like I've played with 778 00:43:49,880 --> 00:43:52,719 Speaker 2: hundreds of guys just like you have, and I don't 779 00:43:52,760 --> 00:43:55,400 Speaker 2: know if I could think of one guy that practices harder, 780 00:43:55,760 --> 00:43:59,440 Speaker 2: that holds himself, you know in a way that we 781 00:43:59,520 --> 00:44:03,280 Speaker 2: all should so much enjoy it. It's on my birthday, 782 00:44:03,320 --> 00:44:05,560 Speaker 2: so that's gonna be a present for me watching you 783 00:44:06,800 --> 00:44:10,440 Speaker 2: get honor publicly. But man, just just basically wanted you 784 00:44:10,480 --> 00:44:13,960 Speaker 2: on this podcast so we can say congratulations. I appreciate it. Man, 785 00:44:14,960 --> 00:44:18,720 Speaker 2: I think for me, like with this whole process is happening, 786 00:44:19,120 --> 00:44:21,960 Speaker 2: is like you say, like you don't realize how many 787 00:44:22,000 --> 00:44:25,840 Speaker 2: people you I mean guys I didn't even play with, 788 00:44:26,360 --> 00:44:31,040 Speaker 2: you know, and like here like hearing a guy like 789 00:44:31,160 --> 00:44:33,560 Speaker 2: Marshall and Lynch come up to you and be like, man, 790 00:44:35,120 --> 00:44:38,239 Speaker 2: you was a guy like I watched, like I just 791 00:44:38,239 --> 00:44:42,120 Speaker 2: watched the way you carried yourself. Like to hear that 792 00:44:42,920 --> 00:44:46,839 Speaker 2: from you know those guys, Man, it's it's a it's 793 00:44:46,880 --> 00:44:50,719 Speaker 2: a great feeling because you don't know who who you're Yeah, 794 00:44:50,800 --> 00:44:52,799 Speaker 2: who you're affecting? You know what I'm saying. So like 795 00:44:53,719 --> 00:44:56,160 Speaker 2: I never thought in a million years man, like playing 796 00:44:56,960 --> 00:45:00,080 Speaker 2: a game, man, the kids game, and you can you know, 797 00:45:00,239 --> 00:45:01,920 Speaker 2: just hearing people say, man, you the reason why I 798 00:45:02,000 --> 00:45:04,680 Speaker 2: play football? Are you the reason why I'm in Texans? Man? Like, 799 00:45:05,280 --> 00:45:08,400 Speaker 2: it's crazy, like to hear that stuff. So or even 800 00:45:08,520 --> 00:45:11,400 Speaker 2: like I've came in contact with guys who've been in 801 00:45:11,440 --> 00:45:13,680 Speaker 2: prison and they was like, man, you don't know how 802 00:45:13,760 --> 00:45:16,040 Speaker 2: much easier you made it for me when I was 803 00:45:16,160 --> 00:45:21,040 Speaker 2: locked up, Like really, yeah, that's strong. Yeah, so's it's crazy. Man. 804 00:45:21,120 --> 00:45:23,239 Speaker 2: So you never really know the effect you can have 805 00:45:23,360 --> 00:45:26,480 Speaker 2: on people by just carrying yourself the right way and 806 00:45:26,640 --> 00:45:29,759 Speaker 2: just doing you know, I'm not perfect, but you know 807 00:45:29,840 --> 00:45:33,680 Speaker 2: I tried to be the best person I can. All Right, 808 00:45:33,719 --> 00:45:35,799 Speaker 2: that's gonna do it. We went way over. But it's 809 00:45:35,840 --> 00:45:38,320 Speaker 2: only once you could have not just a Hall of Famer, 810 00:45:38,560 --> 00:45:41,120 Speaker 2: but the first ever. And they can never take that 811 00:45:41,160 --> 00:45:43,400 Speaker 2: away from a first ever Hall of Famer in the 812 00:45:43,520 --> 00:45:47,600 Speaker 2: organization's history. Andre Johnson appreciate the time. I'm gonna have 813 00:45:47,640 --> 00:45:50,120 Speaker 2: to give a canvas so we could do a part two, three, four, 814 00:45:50,160 --> 00:45:52,359 Speaker 2: and five because there's so much I want to talk 815 00:45:52,400 --> 00:45:55,799 Speaker 2: to you, but man, I know you busy, like I said, 816 00:45:56,160 --> 00:45:58,200 Speaker 2: and the words kind of express how proud and happy 817 00:45:58,239 --> 00:46:01,080 Speaker 2: we are for you. So congratulations, thanks for jumping in 818 00:46:01,160 --> 00:46:03,120 Speaker 2: with us, and thank you man, I appreciate you've having 819 00:46:03,440 --> 00:46:04,120 Speaker 2: that'll do it. 820 00:46:04,239 --> 00:46:06,840 Speaker 1: That's Andrey Johnson and n. D. Kalub, part of that 821 00:46:06,880 --> 00:46:10,480 Speaker 1: Texans OG's podcast that you can get on Houston Texans 822 00:46:10,480 --> 00:46:13,239 Speaker 1: dot com along with all the other podcasts. Back with 823 00:46:13,320 --> 00:46:18,200 Speaker 1: another show tomorrow. Have a great night, Happy fourth, Go Texans.