1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:02,880 Speaker 1: Calm Down with Aaron and Carissa is a production of 2 00:00:02,920 --> 00:00:07,360 Speaker 1: I Heart Radio. I just realized when it came on, 3 00:00:07,440 --> 00:00:11,720 Speaker 1: I looked like Andy Dufrain from Shawshank Redemption, Am I 4 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:15,000 Speaker 1: and jail not at a time like this get out 5 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:17,720 Speaker 1: of Jail Free card. Well, I'll tell you what. This 6 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:19,840 Speaker 1: is not going to be jail for the next thirty 7 00:00:19,880 --> 00:00:24,360 Speaker 1: minutes of this. How a transition. Yeah, that was a 8 00:00:24,360 --> 00:00:29,080 Speaker 1: hard segment. That was Andrew Whitworth Ladies and Gentlemen will 9 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:31,800 Speaker 1: join us on the Calm Down Podcast. A sixteen year 10 00:00:31,920 --> 00:00:35,520 Speaker 1: NFL VET, a four time pro bowler, Walter Peyton Man 11 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:38,760 Speaker 1: of the Year, National champion and now Super Bowl champion, 12 00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:42,360 Speaker 1: the Captain joins us on the Calm Down Podcast and 13 00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:47,199 Speaker 1: it is gonna be a storyteller. Love it, m M, 14 00:00:48,080 --> 00:00:56,720 Speaker 1: Let's do it. Sixteen kid, you could drive a car 15 00:00:58,120 --> 00:01:01,480 Speaker 1: with the a number of years that you played the 16 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:06,280 Speaker 1: Ladies and Gentlemen super Bowl winning you really don't need 17 00:01:06,319 --> 00:01:08,840 Speaker 1: an introduction. Andrew with you know who had a great 18 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:11,479 Speaker 1: introduction last night, you and Matthew Stafford in the Yes. 19 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:15,360 Speaker 1: Oh my goodness, go Kings go Andrew what Worth. You 20 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:17,319 Speaker 1: have won a super Bowl. You are the Walter Peyton 21 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:19,400 Speaker 1: Man of the Year and you played sixteen years in 22 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:22,920 Speaker 1: the NFL. Welcome to the Calm Down Podcast. This is 23 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:26,759 Speaker 1: your gift for that incredible resume. I was gonna say, 24 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:28,680 Speaker 1: how low is your life now that you're a dog 25 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:32,679 Speaker 1: kidding joking. The highlight of everything that's been brought together 26 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:36,160 Speaker 1: at this moment pulmonates right here in the wine fridge. 27 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 1: I mean, grab a bottle, pop a bottle, and let's 28 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:41,839 Speaker 1: talk about it. You're a retired man, how do you feel. 29 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:44,520 Speaker 1: It's a pretty good feeling. I think it's one of 30 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:46,959 Speaker 1: those things that the actual retired part probably won't hit 31 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:50,680 Speaker 1: until training NFL training camp starts, but right now it's 32 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:53,560 Speaker 1: it's a lot of fun and just enjoying, you know 33 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:56,200 Speaker 1: what has been an insane rod for sixteen years and 34 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:58,920 Speaker 1: some amazing experiences and getting enjoy it with my family 35 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:01,520 Speaker 1: and all the friends and the teammates and coaches have 36 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 1: been a part of it. We call um in our 37 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:07,559 Speaker 1: house when either my seasons done or Jared's season is done. 38 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:10,160 Speaker 1: Re entry where it's like you get to know your 39 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:13,840 Speaker 1: partner against sometimes good, sometimes bad. You guys have kids, 40 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:16,080 Speaker 1: so your dad again, even though I know you do 41 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:19,560 Speaker 1: a great job during this season. What's been maybe the hardest, 42 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:24,080 Speaker 1: slash funniest part of re entry retirement for you? I 43 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:26,680 Speaker 1: think probably you know, when I walk in an NFL 44 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:30,120 Speaker 1: locker room or facility, I'm I'm the captain for the 45 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:34,399 Speaker 1: last years, right, um, and I call I. I don't 46 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:37,360 Speaker 1: call the shots, but I think you have the you know, 47 00:02:37,639 --> 00:02:40,079 Speaker 1: freedom to probably call a couple of shots here there 48 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:42,120 Speaker 1: and kind of run the room, in the locker room 49 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:45,200 Speaker 1: and everything else. And when I walk in the re 50 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:49,359 Speaker 1: entry time in the off season, I'm quickly reminded that 51 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:54,400 Speaker 1: Melissa is the captain of the house. So I, um, 52 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:56,520 Speaker 1: I might suggest a few things every now and then 53 00:02:56,560 --> 00:02:59,480 Speaker 1: they get shot down pretty quickly, and I usually get 54 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 1: hit with some thing like this is what I do 55 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:05,240 Speaker 1: three five days out of the years. Yeah, is there 56 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 1: a snap with that? Your girl is sassy and we 57 00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:11,600 Speaker 1: love her. She's that. It's usually a snap and maybe 58 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:14,280 Speaker 1: a choice word or two that just lets me know, um, 59 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:16,600 Speaker 1: you know, go back to my seat and enjoy my 60 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:21,840 Speaker 1: sparkling water instead of her way, you know, Andrew, I mean, 61 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:23,760 Speaker 1: there's not a person out there that is not a 62 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:26,000 Speaker 1: fan of yours. You have done it the right way. 63 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:29,519 Speaker 1: On and off the field, and to have the exclamation 64 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:33,080 Speaker 1: point of an incredible season for you culminating in a 65 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:35,720 Speaker 1: Super Bowl victory. When we had Matthew on, we had 66 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:37,880 Speaker 1: him walk us through that moment when he knew that 67 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:40,400 Speaker 1: you guys did it. What was that like for you? 68 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:42,480 Speaker 1: Take us back to that moment where you're like, holy 69 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:44,600 Speaker 1: sh it, I'm about to win a Super Bowl? It 70 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:47,040 Speaker 1: was pretty wild. I mean, obviously the last draw for 71 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:50,000 Speaker 1: offensively to go down and score that touchdown was just this. 72 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:52,240 Speaker 1: You know. Ever, how long it took six minutes, it 73 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:54,720 Speaker 1: felt like it took three years, but it was one 74 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:56,560 Speaker 1: of those things that once you did it, you were like, 75 00:03:56,600 --> 00:03:58,480 Speaker 1: all right, we got one of the best defenses in 76 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:00,640 Speaker 1: the NFL. We have a guy any Maren Donald. You 77 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:03,160 Speaker 1: just know this guy's gonna make a play at some point. 78 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:06,160 Speaker 1: But there's still obviously the nerves of anything can happen 79 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:08,760 Speaker 1: in a football game, and standing on that sideline, I 80 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:11,120 Speaker 1: can remember when he actually makes the play and takes 81 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:14,040 Speaker 1: brow to the ground. The ball hits the ground incomplete 82 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:17,640 Speaker 1: and I literally was just frozen. I can remember Jake 83 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:19,280 Speaker 1: Jervas when of the guys walks up and gives me 84 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:21,520 Speaker 1: a hug, and I'm just like scaring as hard as 85 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:24,880 Speaker 1: I could, Like, what just happened? Was that fourth down? 86 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:28,240 Speaker 1: Was that the end? Like what happens now? Like there's 87 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:33,520 Speaker 1: gotta be some other right, So, but it was unbelievable. 88 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:35,440 Speaker 1: I can remember just me and Matthew just kind of 89 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:38,000 Speaker 1: make an eye contact and it was like what just hap? 90 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:40,800 Speaker 1: I mean, it was just an amazing emotional moment. So 91 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:43,479 Speaker 1: Matthew said that, you know, he Cooper, they didn't know 92 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:45,320 Speaker 1: it was fourth down at all? What I mean you 93 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:47,800 Speaker 1: just said it is it fourth down? Did you not know? 94 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:50,760 Speaker 1: Or were you like it is? But your mind is boggy? 95 00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:53,880 Speaker 1: What was you know? What was happening there? I wouldn't 96 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:57,040 Speaker 1: say I'm a superstitious guy, but in the NFC Championship, 97 00:04:57,120 --> 00:04:59,760 Speaker 1: at a point in the game, I just stopped sitting 98 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:02,279 Speaker 1: on the bench and I started going down on the 99 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:04,279 Speaker 1: edge of the sideline, just like sitting on a knee, 100 00:05:04,279 --> 00:05:06,799 Speaker 1: almost out of the area of the team per sedge, 101 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:10,279 Speaker 1: watching the game, like on a knee from a link. 102 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:12,320 Speaker 1: And so I was like it just fell for some reason, 103 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:14,000 Speaker 1: like just sitting on the bench just waiting, it felt 104 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:16,400 Speaker 1: like I was engaged more and so I was watching 105 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:18,600 Speaker 1: the game that way in the n FC Championship, and 106 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:21,040 Speaker 1: obviously things worked out, and so at some point in 107 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:22,520 Speaker 1: the Super Bowl I was like, you know what, I'm 108 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:25,080 Speaker 1: going down there, I'm gonna just kind of get way 109 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:28,160 Speaker 1: away from everybody and watch from an angle. And that's 110 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:29,760 Speaker 1: where I was standing down there, so I knew it 111 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:31,640 Speaker 1: was fourth down, But it was like when the ball fell, 112 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:35,320 Speaker 1: you still start questioning every rule you've ever been taught 113 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:38,279 Speaker 1: back because it's like they're a situation where they get 114 00:05:38,279 --> 00:05:41,560 Speaker 1: the ball back somehow, Like what what rolodecks do I 115 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:44,919 Speaker 1: have of situations where there's something that could happen and 116 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:48,400 Speaker 1: something bad could happen. So it was took a moment 117 00:05:48,440 --> 00:05:51,600 Speaker 1: to just be like nope, that's it. Okay, all right, 118 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:54,799 Speaker 1: it's it. We won. But it's like once it hits you, 119 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:57,440 Speaker 1: you're just you know, obviously all the emotions go, but 120 00:05:57,520 --> 00:06:01,040 Speaker 1: you wanted to question the moment so much at first. Well, 121 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:03,080 Speaker 1: and this is coming from me as a Seattle fan 122 00:06:03,279 --> 00:06:05,599 Speaker 1: growing up there, Yeah, we thought we had won that 123 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:08,160 Speaker 1: second one and you're like, holy ship, this is it. 124 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:11,160 Speaker 1: We got it. And then an interception, So to your point, 125 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:14,080 Speaker 1: like in a second, anything can change and so when 126 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:17,080 Speaker 1: you actually know that times expired, you're not seeing an 127 00:06:17,080 --> 00:06:19,840 Speaker 1: official and make some ruling that we're going back on 128 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:22,160 Speaker 1: the field for one second or whatever it was, it's 129 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:24,839 Speaker 1: got to be pretty incredible. And going back to I 130 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:28,159 Speaker 1: won't I won't make you pick, because that's not fair. 131 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:31,359 Speaker 1: Was the Lombardi or the Walter Payton a bigger reward 132 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:34,080 Speaker 1: for you? Because they're both incredible in their own right? 133 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:36,440 Speaker 1: But when you found out that you were the Walter 134 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:39,640 Speaker 1: Payton Man of the Year, how did you feel when 135 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:41,480 Speaker 1: you were when you were gonna know that you were 136 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:43,320 Speaker 1: going to be a recipient of such an incredible award? 137 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:47,400 Speaker 1: I think, um, it was an amazing experience and something 138 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:50,599 Speaker 1: that's so humbling to be chosen amongst your peers that way. 139 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:53,880 Speaker 1: I do feel like for me personally, I'm a complicated 140 00:06:53,960 --> 00:06:56,320 Speaker 1: human being sometimes when it comes to that stuff. What 141 00:06:56,279 --> 00:06:58,719 Speaker 1: do you mean? I love doing things for people. I 142 00:06:58,839 --> 00:07:01,120 Speaker 1: love charity work. I'll love people that that's how their 143 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:03,320 Speaker 1: hearts driven and like that's what they want to do, 144 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:05,960 Speaker 1: is make things about more than just themselves. That that 145 00:07:06,080 --> 00:07:09,280 Speaker 1: just I love that, But I hate the attention around 146 00:07:09,279 --> 00:07:12,040 Speaker 1: it sometimes. And so it was always like, you know, 147 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:14,160 Speaker 1: obviously I was nominated I think four or five times, 148 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:17,640 Speaker 1: and I never wanted to play Alonge like you have 149 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:19,440 Speaker 1: to post about it, you kind of have to, like 150 00:07:19,520 --> 00:07:21,640 Speaker 1: they want you to, like, you know, get followers, and 151 00:07:21,640 --> 00:07:24,080 Speaker 1: so I never posted in the five years. Ever, I 152 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:27,480 Speaker 1: always refused I was a bad you know, NFL player, 153 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:30,120 Speaker 1: if you want to say, in the marketing of Walter 154 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:32,160 Speaker 1: Payton in the year because I just felt like it 155 00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:34,320 Speaker 1: was one of those things that I always wanted. Maybe 156 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:36,640 Speaker 1: it was just for me personally. I always wanted to 157 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:38,640 Speaker 1: keep it about the people I'm doing it for and 158 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:42,560 Speaker 1: about the causes that matter, and not about myself, and 159 00:07:42,640 --> 00:07:44,360 Speaker 1: so it was hard to kind of like it took 160 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:46,880 Speaker 1: a lot from Melissa and my wife to get me 161 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:49,520 Speaker 1: to like just accept it, like it's okay, Like there's 162 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:52,800 Speaker 1: nothing wrong with being acknowledged that way. It's real, it's 163 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:55,040 Speaker 1: who you are. So it took me a little while 164 00:07:55,080 --> 00:07:57,640 Speaker 1: to honestly accept it. And then once it kind of happened, 165 00:07:58,040 --> 00:08:03,800 Speaker 1: and honestly, the video before I went out to speak, 166 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:08,080 Speaker 1: that's just that makes any sense, like like watching out 167 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:10,560 Speaker 1: in the community and made me feel like, Okay, that's 168 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:12,640 Speaker 1: just who I am, and that's okay, and I'm gonna 169 00:08:12,640 --> 00:08:15,000 Speaker 1: go out here and talk about it. But then you 170 00:08:15,120 --> 00:08:18,760 Speaker 1: go out there and you I mean, you should teach 171 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:23,280 Speaker 1: a class on either memorizing that speech or reading the teleprompter, 172 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:26,080 Speaker 1: because I mean, I'm sitting next to Jared and he's like, 173 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:29,960 Speaker 1: is he reading this or is this you know from memory? 174 00:08:30,080 --> 00:08:31,840 Speaker 1: Or is he just going I'm like, I don't know. 175 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:34,480 Speaker 1: I don't know. I mean, you got it. You could 176 00:08:34,520 --> 00:08:38,320 Speaker 1: teach presidents, you could teach me. I mean, you nailed it. 177 00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:41,640 Speaker 1: What went into it, memorizing it or reading it? Tell 178 00:08:41,720 --> 00:08:44,640 Speaker 1: us everything because you nailed it. Well, what was cool 179 00:08:44,679 --> 00:08:47,120 Speaker 1: was that Tuesday before they kind of they said, look, 180 00:08:47,160 --> 00:08:49,280 Speaker 1: you're one of the finalists. You need to write speech. 181 00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:52,840 Speaker 1: And so I just came home from the infamous Breakfast 182 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:55,200 Speaker 1: Club and I was like, you know what I just 183 00:08:55,240 --> 00:08:57,640 Speaker 1: did with Matthew and Coop and everybody and and all 184 00:08:57,679 --> 00:08:58,760 Speaker 1: the wives, and so I was like, you know, I 185 00:08:58,760 --> 00:09:00,520 Speaker 1: want to sit down and just reflect for a second. 186 00:09:00,559 --> 00:09:02,920 Speaker 1: If this is really what happens, what would I want 187 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:05,200 Speaker 1: to tell people? And so I just sat out like 188 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:07,400 Speaker 1: with my computer and just started typing and kind of 189 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:09,560 Speaker 1: text what I thought I would say. And then obviously 190 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:11,440 Speaker 1: Melissa helped me not sound like an idiot, and she 191 00:09:11,520 --> 00:09:15,440 Speaker 1: came home for me. Um. You know, I'm not exactly 192 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:17,960 Speaker 1: the best speller and writer in the world, but I 193 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:20,360 Speaker 1: can talk if you give me something to talk about. 194 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:23,560 Speaker 1: So I felt good about that part. But when I 195 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:25,800 Speaker 1: went out there, it really just became a mixture of 196 00:09:25,920 --> 00:09:28,800 Speaker 1: kind of the thoughts I put together that Tuesday and 197 00:09:28,880 --> 00:09:30,440 Speaker 1: what was on my heart, and I kind of just 198 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:34,040 Speaker 1: blended both. And I really have always kind of had 199 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:37,000 Speaker 1: a knack for when I have a message or something 200 00:09:37,040 --> 00:09:39,280 Speaker 1: I want to talk about, I don't really need anything 201 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:41,680 Speaker 1: any any prompters or notes or any of that stuff. 202 00:09:41,720 --> 00:09:44,040 Speaker 1: I just kind of go from a place of what 203 00:09:44,120 --> 00:09:46,760 Speaker 1: I feel comfortable is a representation of what I believe 204 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:49,400 Speaker 1: and think. And so it was really cool. I think 205 00:09:49,440 --> 00:09:51,360 Speaker 1: part of that speech, I'm up there like looking around 206 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:55,360 Speaker 1: the room, like, Wow, he's in this room, how cool 207 00:09:55,440 --> 00:09:58,440 Speaker 1: this is. You know, as an offensive lineman, we don't 208 00:09:58,480 --> 00:10:00,280 Speaker 1: even know what that means. The only time as us 209 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:02,760 Speaker 1: my attention is like whether they're throwing a flag or 210 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:05,640 Speaker 1: saying we did something wrong. So uh, that's about the 211 00:10:05,679 --> 00:10:07,520 Speaker 1: only time you get attention in the NFL. So it 212 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:18,440 Speaker 1: was a really cool moment for an old one. So 213 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:21,880 Speaker 1: sixteen years you could go back to your first year 214 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:23,720 Speaker 1: in the league. You're a rookie. What advice do you 215 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:26,959 Speaker 1: give yourself? Oh, man, I think there's so many things 216 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:29,040 Speaker 1: that you know, it's probably a rough couple of years 217 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:30,360 Speaker 1: there where I had a lot of things I needed 218 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:34,760 Speaker 1: advice about. But you know, I think, really just embrace 219 00:10:34,840 --> 00:10:37,200 Speaker 1: the moment, put your head down and realize that if 220 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:40,640 Speaker 1: you'll just invest your energy and time and then chasing 221 00:10:40,679 --> 00:10:43,880 Speaker 1: that better version of yourself and realize it'll be greater 222 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:46,040 Speaker 1: or later if you'll do that, and you'll sacrifice a 223 00:10:46,120 --> 00:10:50,079 Speaker 1: little bit and just trust the plan, trust the passion 224 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:53,280 Speaker 1: you have for yourself, and realize that you're your own 225 00:10:53,280 --> 00:10:56,480 Speaker 1: best investment. And if you can invest in you, um, 226 00:10:56,520 --> 00:10:58,920 Speaker 1: you'll have a chance to be successful in one way 227 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:01,679 Speaker 1: or form or fashion and one day down the road 228 00:11:01,679 --> 00:11:04,320 Speaker 1: that I think this is one of the coolest stories, 229 00:11:04,520 --> 00:11:06,680 Speaker 1: just being able to sit with you guys off the field, 230 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:09,880 Speaker 1: you and Melissa, Um, you're just telling us how close 231 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:12,280 Speaker 1: you are to Peyton Manning and some of the things 232 00:11:12,360 --> 00:11:14,640 Speaker 1: he's taught you along the way, and I know you've 233 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:16,760 Speaker 1: kind of used them in your life and with other 234 00:11:16,800 --> 00:11:19,080 Speaker 1: players you didn't play with the guy. Can you talk 235 00:11:19,120 --> 00:11:21,400 Speaker 1: a little bit about how the relations started and maybe 236 00:11:21,440 --> 00:11:24,640 Speaker 1: some of the cool things that Peyton maybe taught you. Um, 237 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:26,839 Speaker 1: was there something about a handwritten note? Maybe I don't know. 238 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:28,600 Speaker 1: I don't want to steal the thunder, But I just 239 00:11:28,640 --> 00:11:30,800 Speaker 1: sat that night and listened to all these stories and 240 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:34,360 Speaker 1: I love them. Yeah. I think that for me, really, 241 00:11:34,400 --> 00:11:37,440 Speaker 1: Peyton our relationship as unique because it's one of those 242 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:39,600 Speaker 1: things that obviously when you admire somebody as an athlete 243 00:11:39,920 --> 00:11:41,840 Speaker 1: and you look up to what they've accomplished and maybe 244 00:11:41,840 --> 00:11:44,600 Speaker 1: that way they've done it. Um, I got an experience 245 00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:47,959 Speaker 1: that my very first Pro Bowl was actually after years 246 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:50,160 Speaker 1: of trying to get in being an alternate all the stuff, 247 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:53,200 Speaker 1: I finally make it. And it's actually Peyton Manning's last 248 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:56,640 Speaker 1: Pro Bowl. And I went there and this is like 249 00:11:56,679 --> 00:11:59,160 Speaker 1: the fourth, thinks time he'd been to the Pro Bowl, 250 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:02,040 Speaker 1: and that week I was at all I just followed 251 00:12:02,080 --> 00:12:03,880 Speaker 1: him and obviously were both from Louisiana, so there's a 252 00:12:03,920 --> 00:12:06,000 Speaker 1: little bit of a connection there of knowing each other already, 253 00:12:06,040 --> 00:12:09,160 Speaker 1: and um, we had some similar friends from Louisiana and 254 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:10,880 Speaker 1: so we we spent a little time that week, and 255 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:14,000 Speaker 1: I think I was basically just the young guy who 256 00:12:14,080 --> 00:12:16,160 Speaker 1: was job it was to keep people away from Peyton 257 00:12:16,160 --> 00:12:20,800 Speaker 1: and asking him for autographs and you're the bodyguard. Yeah, 258 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:23,080 Speaker 1: and break anybody's phone that tried to take one. You know, 259 00:12:23,080 --> 00:12:26,199 Speaker 1: it's a lineman. You know, these bettering quarterbacks, they know 260 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:27,840 Speaker 1: what they're doing. They see a young lineman, they know 261 00:12:27,880 --> 00:12:30,960 Speaker 1: that meets an instant security game. So I followed him 262 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:33,200 Speaker 1: around and I thought it was the most amazing thing 263 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:36,600 Speaker 1: that in his fourteenth Pro Bowl he walked around with 264 00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:40,640 Speaker 1: a notepad and like took notes, and when he didn't 265 00:12:40,679 --> 00:12:42,559 Speaker 1: have a notepad still ask the questions. And you could 266 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:44,720 Speaker 1: tell it was really like trying to memorize every little 267 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:49,480 Speaker 1: detail he could get out of somebody's You know, he's 268 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:51,480 Speaker 1: just walking up to Jason Witten and saying, hey man, 269 00:12:51,800 --> 00:12:53,400 Speaker 1: you know what do you What days do you guys 270 00:12:53,440 --> 00:12:55,440 Speaker 1: work on red zone during the season, or how do 271 00:12:55,520 --> 00:12:57,360 Speaker 1: y'all put in your third down package? You know, you 272 00:12:57,520 --> 00:13:01,040 Speaker 1: just you just you know him. He's almost like a 273 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:03,160 Speaker 1: reporter to say that. He's like he knows he's like 274 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:08,079 Speaker 1: the Larry David of football, and he kind of gets 275 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:10,680 Speaker 1: every guy to just get super comfortable, those a couple 276 00:13:10,720 --> 00:13:13,120 Speaker 1: of jokes, pops of beer, and next thing you know, 277 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:15,760 Speaker 1: you've given him the entire game plan for like next 278 00:13:17,840 --> 00:13:20,319 Speaker 1: It's amazing. So I thought it was so cool how 279 00:13:20,360 --> 00:13:22,960 Speaker 1: well he related to guys and what just a passion 280 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:24,959 Speaker 1: he had to figure out a way to be better. 281 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:27,240 Speaker 1: And that was something that I really took from that 282 00:13:27,280 --> 00:13:28,840 Speaker 1: Pro Bowl and said, you know what, I've got to 283 00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:31,880 Speaker 1: get more invested in relationships with guys across the league, 284 00:13:32,360 --> 00:13:35,000 Speaker 1: always seeking that information, because here's the guy that does 285 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:37,440 Speaker 1: it as good as anybody in the world, and he's 286 00:13:37,480 --> 00:13:40,199 Speaker 1: looking for every little nuance he can to find a 287 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:43,040 Speaker 1: way to be better. Who is your favorite player growing up? 288 00:13:43,760 --> 00:13:46,240 Speaker 1: Who was the guy in any sport? I mean, Aaron 289 00:13:46,280 --> 00:13:48,360 Speaker 1: and I share affinity like most people do. From Michael 290 00:13:48,400 --> 00:13:50,840 Speaker 1: Jordan or herds was Larry Bird or mine was Dean Sanders. 291 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:52,920 Speaker 1: Like for you, who was the guy that you're like, 292 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:55,800 Speaker 1: I want to be, not even be, but like that 293 00:13:55,880 --> 00:13:58,120 Speaker 1: you wanted to emulate And then did you get to 294 00:13:58,160 --> 00:14:00,839 Speaker 1: meet him or who? How did that play out? I 295 00:14:00,880 --> 00:14:02,880 Speaker 1: would say, you know, obviously I was. I was a 296 00:14:02,920 --> 00:14:05,680 Speaker 1: multi sport kid. I loved everything and they played every sport. 297 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:08,320 Speaker 1: You know, and I'm a big I know I've heard 298 00:14:08,360 --> 00:14:10,079 Speaker 1: you all talked about different things. You you know, you 299 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:12,800 Speaker 1: kind of hunkered down on. I'm a big genre person. 300 00:14:12,880 --> 00:14:15,240 Speaker 1: So when somebody says, what's your favorite food, I have 301 00:14:15,360 --> 00:14:17,440 Speaker 1: to like lay out the different cuisines of food. I 302 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:20,080 Speaker 1: like saying, all right, if I was gonna say Italian, 303 00:14:20,120 --> 00:14:23,280 Speaker 1: it's this, I don't like labeling one of one, so 304 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:27,760 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go score tennis. I was an andre Agassi guy. 305 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:31,960 Speaker 1: I don't want that hair I get. I thought I 306 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:35,760 Speaker 1: was the man um and then if I went to basketball, 307 00:14:36,120 --> 00:14:38,120 Speaker 1: I would say, you know, being an L s U guy, 308 00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:40,560 Speaker 1: being big. I was a shot guy. I loved shot 309 00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:44,480 Speaker 1: chat was my guy uh personality. I got big feet too, 310 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:46,720 Speaker 1: so you know, I had some shock pumps. You know. 311 00:14:46,760 --> 00:14:51,040 Speaker 1: The reason I'm a seventeen eighteen kind of depends cleats. 312 00:14:51,040 --> 00:14:54,480 Speaker 1: I'm eight teens and Tennishoe was seventeen, so my shoes there. 313 00:14:54,520 --> 00:14:56,360 Speaker 1: You have to you have to you have to orders 314 00:14:56,360 --> 00:14:58,720 Speaker 1: you right, there's no seventeens or eight teens in the world, 315 00:14:59,360 --> 00:15:01,560 Speaker 1: just like you're not walk and yeah, no chance. So 316 00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:05,240 Speaker 1: you know, would be my basketball guy. You know, baseball 317 00:15:05,320 --> 00:15:07,440 Speaker 1: is and Nolan Ryan, Randy Johnson. I was a left 318 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:10,440 Speaker 1: handed pitcher, so I loved those guys. And then football, 319 00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:13,480 Speaker 1: the big unit, the big unit. Baby, when he made 320 00:15:13,520 --> 00:15:20,600 Speaker 1: that bird explode, do you guys, well, yes, it's with Peta, 321 00:15:20,840 --> 00:15:24,000 Speaker 1: but yes, I mean it was it was outside of 322 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:26,760 Speaker 1: that yes, right, I do live in California. Careful. Um, 323 00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:30,880 Speaker 1: so football, it's a weird one because he's actually a 324 00:15:30,880 --> 00:15:33,320 Speaker 1: guy who has been so cool to me with kind 325 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:34,840 Speaker 1: of the last couple of years of my career and 326 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:37,320 Speaker 1: then possibly what I want to do next. Um, And 327 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:39,560 Speaker 1: I don't even think I've actually told him this, but 328 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:42,720 Speaker 1: it's I was a massive Troy Aikman guy, and so 329 00:15:42,920 --> 00:15:46,000 Speaker 1: I loved I grew up in North Louisiana. Most people 330 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:48,880 Speaker 1: are Cowboy fans or Saints fans. I was a huge 331 00:15:48,920 --> 00:15:52,960 Speaker 1: Cowboys fan. I love Troy Aikman and so, um, it's 332 00:15:53,080 --> 00:15:55,720 Speaker 1: really surreal for me sometimes when because he's just such 333 00:15:55,720 --> 00:15:58,480 Speaker 1: an awesome dude to talk and have a cool conversation 334 00:15:58,520 --> 00:15:59,800 Speaker 1: with him, and I'm like sitting here going like, oh, 335 00:15:59,840 --> 00:16:03,040 Speaker 1: my twelve year old meat, don't come out. Oh that's cool, 336 00:16:04,840 --> 00:16:07,760 Speaker 1: so cute. But he's a such an awesome dude, so 337 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:09,400 Speaker 1: it's been it's been really cool to get to know 338 00:16:09,480 --> 00:16:12,000 Speaker 1: him personally. And the one thing I know about Trey 339 00:16:12,040 --> 00:16:14,960 Speaker 1: Aigman is he loves his lineman and he loves lineman 340 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:18,080 Speaker 1: in general, just because obviously the position he played in 341 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:22,000 Speaker 1: his appreciation, I too, am a huge offensive lineman. Girl. 342 00:16:22,040 --> 00:16:23,720 Speaker 1: I've said this to you before, I've said it to 343 00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:25,760 Speaker 1: all my guys that I love you. Guys remind me 344 00:16:25,880 --> 00:16:28,680 Speaker 1: so much of hockey players. You are selfless. You don't 345 00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:30,680 Speaker 1: get a lot of credit the what you put your 346 00:16:30,680 --> 00:16:34,080 Speaker 1: body through. What is the one thing, even people that 347 00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:37,680 Speaker 1: are die hards of NFL or football, that people don't 348 00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:40,280 Speaker 1: know about offensive lineman? And it could be funny, it 349 00:16:40,320 --> 00:16:42,680 Speaker 1: could be gross, Like, what is the one thing people 350 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:45,960 Speaker 1: do not realize about that position. I think the most 351 00:16:46,040 --> 00:16:48,880 Speaker 1: unique thing that I would tell people is maybe to 352 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:51,120 Speaker 1: some people, when you watch a game, you think about 353 00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:54,080 Speaker 1: who blocks people, who doesn't, and what the laman out 354 00:16:54,120 --> 00:16:56,240 Speaker 1: there are some of the best players in the world. 355 00:16:56,720 --> 00:16:59,480 Speaker 1: But if you really think about what's expected of alignement 356 00:16:59,760 --> 00:17:03,120 Speaker 1: and is a grain analogies to tell people, if a 357 00:17:03,320 --> 00:17:08,400 Speaker 1: defensive lineman gets one sack of game, he'll go down 358 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:10,560 Speaker 1: as one of the best pass rushers in the history 359 00:17:10,560 --> 00:17:13,480 Speaker 1: of the game and go to Hall of Fame. If 360 00:17:13,520 --> 00:17:18,680 Speaker 1: an offensive lineman loses one sack of game, he'll never 361 00:17:18,760 --> 00:17:23,119 Speaker 1: have an NFL career and make it in any team. 362 00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:26,400 Speaker 1: So the threashold of difference, obviously it's harder to get 363 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:31,679 Speaker 1: to the quarterback, is that seven to the time. As 364 00:17:31,680 --> 00:17:34,159 Speaker 1: a lineman, you've got to do your job to be 365 00:17:34,240 --> 00:17:37,200 Speaker 1: considered a really, really good one. And you look at 366 00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:39,800 Speaker 1: the really the difference there is a d lineman you 367 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:42,399 Speaker 1: could win one out of eighty reps and you're the 368 00:17:42,440 --> 00:17:47,040 Speaker 1: best ever. So it's it's it's a crazy discrepancy when 369 00:17:47,080 --> 00:17:50,440 Speaker 1: you really think about old lineman, what it really takes 370 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:52,679 Speaker 1: to be a really good one, The consistency it takes 371 00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:55,520 Speaker 1: to be good play in and play out. Those guys 372 00:17:55,560 --> 00:17:58,159 Speaker 1: have to be so diligent and so on top of 373 00:17:58,240 --> 00:18:02,560 Speaker 1: everything they do, because one little technical mistake and you're cooked. 374 00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:04,720 Speaker 1: And so I think what it's harder for people to 375 00:18:04,760 --> 00:18:06,760 Speaker 1: wrap their heads around is really, you see the one 376 00:18:06,800 --> 00:18:08,760 Speaker 1: holding call, you see the one mistake, but what you 377 00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:12,520 Speaker 1: don't realize is there's sixty five seventy other plays that 378 00:18:12,560 --> 00:18:16,080 Speaker 1: they did their job, and you're really getting someone who 379 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:19,439 Speaker 1: messed up once out of seventy times, you know what 380 00:18:19,440 --> 00:18:21,800 Speaker 1: I mean. And so it's it's a pretty wild discripancy 381 00:18:21,840 --> 00:18:24,160 Speaker 1: when you really think about it. Not to mention fun fact, 382 00:18:24,880 --> 00:18:26,800 Speaker 1: y'all might be able to figure out if I'm lying. 383 00:18:27,480 --> 00:18:29,760 Speaker 1: Only position in the world where you play with your 384 00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:32,120 Speaker 1: back to the ball. I love when you say that, Yeah, 385 00:18:32,280 --> 00:18:34,840 Speaker 1: that's cool. Think about that. The only position in the 386 00:18:34,840 --> 00:18:36,479 Speaker 1: world where you have no idea where the ball is 387 00:18:36,920 --> 00:18:44,040 Speaker 1: only yeah, in the world like times like you, you don't. 388 00:18:44,680 --> 00:18:45,960 Speaker 1: You don't know where the running backs going. You know 389 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:48,280 Speaker 1: where the quarterback is with the ball you're getting like TV, 390 00:18:48,840 --> 00:18:50,880 Speaker 1: you don't think about it, but that lineman has no 391 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:53,040 Speaker 1: idea where the quarterback is expect like think about the 392 00:18:53,040 --> 00:18:54,879 Speaker 1: guy who played for Patrick my homes. You have no 393 00:18:54,920 --> 00:18:59,000 Speaker 1: idea where he's standing. Yeah, he's running around all over. 394 00:18:59,800 --> 00:19:01,800 Speaker 1: But even another fun fact, this has nothing to do 395 00:19:01,840 --> 00:19:03,800 Speaker 1: with anything. I just learned the other day that the 396 00:19:03,880 --> 00:19:06,040 Speaker 1: only sport that you can't wear a white shirt in 397 00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:11,760 Speaker 1: is ping pong. You can't see the ball. Get a 398 00:19:11,800 --> 00:19:14,679 Speaker 1: little trivia for you. You know, guys, you one of 399 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:17,920 Speaker 1: my after dinner drinks trivia questions. Now I got a kid, 400 00:19:18,760 --> 00:19:20,679 Speaker 1: so your this is we gotta do this one night. 401 00:19:20,720 --> 00:19:22,919 Speaker 1: We gotta have a game night. I feel like this 402 00:19:23,040 --> 00:19:26,119 Speaker 1: group would like be really good with whether it's fictionary 403 00:19:26,320 --> 00:19:29,159 Speaker 1: or trivia or something like that. What you go to 404 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:34,119 Speaker 1: board game? Oh, you know, obviously at this stage of life, 405 00:19:34,119 --> 00:19:36,360 Speaker 1: I got the kids that are just now old enough 406 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:39,080 Speaker 1: to understand. We go to a lot of monopoly. There's 407 00:19:39,080 --> 00:19:41,920 Speaker 1: a big you know, we got We're teaching a little 408 00:19:41,920 --> 00:19:44,600 Speaker 1: bit of finances and money, you know, every time for 409 00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:48,760 Speaker 1: a stipend to get on you know, Madden Football games, 410 00:19:48,760 --> 00:19:50,680 Speaker 1: I need to buy you know, the Aaron Donald card 411 00:19:50,840 --> 00:19:52,960 Speaker 1: or you know, I'm trying to re create a little 412 00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:56,119 Speaker 1: value of how many cards they don't need because in 413 00:19:56,119 --> 00:19:58,480 Speaker 1: their allowance money. But yeah, so we play a little 414 00:19:58,480 --> 00:20:00,320 Speaker 1: monopoly every now and then to get a little except 415 00:20:00,359 --> 00:20:02,800 Speaker 1: of that. So there's a lot of monopoly competitions in 416 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:05,920 Speaker 1: the house. Usually it's a fight between mom and dad 417 00:20:05,920 --> 00:20:09,639 Speaker 1: because one of us is winning. But it's okay, what 418 00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:12,160 Speaker 1: what what are we calling it? The symbol? What are 419 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:14,159 Speaker 1: what are? What are you? Usually? What do you go for? 420 00:20:14,440 --> 00:20:17,399 Speaker 1: I go through for the thimble because it's easy. They 421 00:20:17,720 --> 00:20:21,080 Speaker 1: have that. Yeah, they still have that. Um, I'm a 422 00:20:21,080 --> 00:20:24,199 Speaker 1: Scottish dog person use because I'm the dad, so you 423 00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:27,080 Speaker 1: know Mom's gonna choose hers, and then the girls are 424 00:20:27,080 --> 00:20:30,240 Speaker 1: definitely choosing theirs, and then the boys get their feelings 425 00:20:30,280 --> 00:20:32,119 Speaker 1: hurt if there anything that they don't think seems like 426 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:35,760 Speaker 1: the boy symbol. So I usually just get handed whatever 427 00:20:35,840 --> 00:20:37,719 Speaker 1: object it is and told Dad, this is the one. 428 00:20:37,760 --> 00:20:49,119 Speaker 1: You are so cute. You can say this now because 429 00:20:49,160 --> 00:20:51,800 Speaker 1: you are retired. I need a I mean, you have 430 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:55,679 Speaker 1: so many stories from you know, sixteen years in the league. 431 00:20:55,840 --> 00:21:00,480 Speaker 1: I need a story that most people wouldn't know, or 432 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:03,800 Speaker 1: just something funny with a former teammate or a situation 433 00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:07,120 Speaker 1: just opened up the playbook of stories in the NFL 434 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:09,480 Speaker 1: that you have that you can share for the Calm 435 00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:12,280 Speaker 1: Down podcast. You know, one that doesn't get talked about 436 00:21:12,320 --> 00:21:14,040 Speaker 1: because you get praised all the time. And I already 437 00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:15,840 Speaker 1: told you I'll have a really bad problem with that 438 00:21:16,040 --> 00:21:18,000 Speaker 1: is that I've actually the Walter Paynton Man of the 439 00:21:18,040 --> 00:21:23,120 Speaker 1: Year has actually been ejected twice in his career for fighting. 440 00:21:23,240 --> 00:21:28,360 Speaker 1: So I actually have two NFL ejections. In two thousand 441 00:21:28,359 --> 00:21:30,800 Speaker 1: and eight, uh in a fight that was pretty big 442 00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:33,919 Speaker 1: all across the field, involved a lot of people and 443 00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:37,600 Speaker 1: then I actually got ejected with Lamar Houston for fighting 444 00:21:37,640 --> 00:21:40,719 Speaker 1: in two thousand and twelve. Um, so I've actually been 445 00:21:40,720 --> 00:21:43,919 Speaker 1: ejected in the NFL twice, which I haven't really informed 446 00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:47,320 Speaker 1: the boys about yet, but one day we have that conversation. 447 00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:49,679 Speaker 1: So I got that's a definite story. When you talk 448 00:21:49,720 --> 00:21:52,840 Speaker 1: about John Henderson, big bad John. This guy was six 449 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:55,159 Speaker 1: nine sixty pounds. He was a big man. I'm a 450 00:21:55,160 --> 00:21:58,000 Speaker 1: big man. He's a really big man. Uh. That was 451 00:21:58,119 --> 00:21:59,679 Speaker 1: that was a young That was kind of the one 452 00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:01,480 Speaker 1: I'd came a captain in the NFL. A lot of 453 00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:03,679 Speaker 1: people don't know that story. But Cincinnati was oh and 454 00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:06,560 Speaker 1: eight that season, and that was my second year. They're 455 00:22:06,600 --> 00:22:08,280 Speaker 1: a third year there, and we had not been very 456 00:22:11,640 --> 00:22:15,960 Speaker 1: okay O and eight I can remember Justin Smith saying 457 00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:18,240 Speaker 1: that all the time. But we literally were oh and 458 00:22:18,280 --> 00:22:20,560 Speaker 1: eight and I had just come from l s U. 459 00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:23,480 Speaker 1: We won a national championship and been really good. I'd 460 00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:25,160 Speaker 1: want I'd done fifty eight and two in high school. 461 00:22:25,200 --> 00:22:27,199 Speaker 1: I never lost like this in my life. So I 462 00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:29,119 Speaker 1: was very frustrated. And I actually had a moment as 463 00:22:29,119 --> 00:22:32,119 Speaker 1: a young player right after I walked through where I 464 00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:34,240 Speaker 1: pulled the offense up and just kind of said, look, 465 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:36,560 Speaker 1: I'm just tired of us like being this kind of organization, 466 00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:38,800 Speaker 1: this kind of team. At some point we have to 467 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:41,560 Speaker 1: prove that we're not just take it from people and 468 00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:44,920 Speaker 1: lo and behold. There's always situations. When you open your mouth, 469 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:47,879 Speaker 1: you get put in that situation. The next day, we 470 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:50,280 Speaker 1: end up having an amazing game, best we've played all 471 00:22:50,359 --> 00:22:53,639 Speaker 1: year with beating Jacksonville. And John Henderson takes a swing 472 00:22:53,680 --> 00:22:56,080 Speaker 1: at me in a game and I end up taking 473 00:22:56,080 --> 00:22:58,600 Speaker 1: swings on him too. We both get ejected. I get 474 00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:01,120 Speaker 1: thrown out of the game. He was trying to gouge 475 00:23:01,119 --> 00:23:03,760 Speaker 1: your eyes out. I'm I'm reading about it right now, 476 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:08,600 Speaker 1: a picture where you stuck yeah, and stuck his stainers 477 00:23:08,640 --> 00:23:10,760 Speaker 1: in my eyes and try to galange my eyes out. 478 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:13,280 Speaker 1: So I ended up fighting him, and I'm waiting in 479 00:23:13,320 --> 00:23:15,359 Speaker 1: the tunnel when we win the game, and every single 480 00:23:15,400 --> 00:23:18,800 Speaker 1: guy who's Carson giving me hugs, like and from that 481 00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:21,840 Speaker 1: day on, I was the captain of the team, like 482 00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:26,880 Speaker 1: a big wit. Getting injected getting out of that daddy. Yeah, 483 00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:29,159 Speaker 1: pretty cool story. A lot of people don't think about it, 484 00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:31,800 Speaker 1: but that's actually how I became a captain in the NFL. 485 00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:33,919 Speaker 1: And the leader of a team is um. In a 486 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:35,920 Speaker 1: moment where I got pushed around a little bit, I 487 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:38,320 Speaker 1: had to stand up. What do guys do in the 488 00:23:38,359 --> 00:23:40,600 Speaker 1: locker room when they're ejected? What do you guys do? 489 00:23:40,840 --> 00:23:42,840 Speaker 1: We know some players just leave or some go back 490 00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:46,720 Speaker 1: into the stands. Yeah, what if guys usually do? You're 491 00:23:46,720 --> 00:23:49,240 Speaker 1: having a snap? What's happening? You're texting your wife, Hey, 492 00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:50,919 Speaker 1: drive home because you're not gonna want to be in 493 00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:53,320 Speaker 1: the car with me. From texting Melissa because she's probably 494 00:23:53,320 --> 00:23:55,880 Speaker 1: trying to get down on the field to fight herself. Yeah, 495 00:23:56,680 --> 00:24:03,520 Speaker 1: she's had whatever bad fan every day is called on pretzels. 496 00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:07,520 Speaker 1: I'm calling her and say, hey, calm down, and but yeah, 497 00:24:07,560 --> 00:24:09,879 Speaker 1: I think I literally was so mad and upset. I 498 00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:11,639 Speaker 1: think it just walked around in my paths like can 499 00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:15,400 Speaker 1: circles for the Yeah, could not calm down and finally 500 00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:17,639 Speaker 1: got calm enough to like take a shower, get dressed 501 00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:19,399 Speaker 1: and wait for the guys when they came to the tunnel. 502 00:24:19,440 --> 00:24:22,120 Speaker 1: But it's, uh, it's definitely interesting. Even when you get hurt, 503 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:24,400 Speaker 1: it's like the weirdest feeling ever for the whole team 504 00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:26,119 Speaker 1: to be out there and you're in the locker room 505 00:24:26,119 --> 00:24:28,800 Speaker 1: in the training room. Uh, it's it's pretty pretty weird. 506 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:31,000 Speaker 1: But yeah, I get dejected twice. That's uh, that's one. 507 00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:32,919 Speaker 1: Eventually I'll have to tell the boys the story of 508 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:35,360 Speaker 1: but I'll have fanagul in a way that I was right. 509 00:24:35,359 --> 00:24:38,560 Speaker 1: Probably you always find the silver lining and things. So 510 00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:41,359 Speaker 1: turning the page forward in the chapters of your life, 511 00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:44,560 Speaker 1: what's next for you? You You mentioned, of course we um 512 00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:48,159 Speaker 1: you know, Aaron talked about how great you are on 513 00:24:48,240 --> 00:24:50,240 Speaker 1: stage and how easy it is for you to speak 514 00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:52,320 Speaker 1: in front of a group, and being a captain also 515 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:56,280 Speaker 1: prepared you for maybe the next chapter. Is it broadcasting? 516 00:24:56,359 --> 00:24:59,159 Speaker 1: What do you want to do next? I think right 517 00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:01,360 Speaker 1: now it's really true to find where you could fit 518 00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:03,920 Speaker 1: in and be something that you're passionate about and get 519 00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:05,280 Speaker 1: to be a part of a game that I love 520 00:25:05,359 --> 00:25:08,359 Speaker 1: so much. So I really I've explored the media route. 521 00:25:08,359 --> 00:25:10,960 Speaker 1: I think that's something I'd be really interested in doing. Obviously, 522 00:25:11,119 --> 00:25:13,440 Speaker 1: I'm not somebody that likes to speak in absolutes before 523 00:25:13,440 --> 00:25:16,159 Speaker 1: I do something specific, whether that be calling games or 524 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:19,199 Speaker 1: being in a studio. I think for me, just covering 525 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:22,480 Speaker 1: the game and talking about something I love was super 526 00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:25,520 Speaker 1: exciting and fun. And also I think whenever you're with 527 00:25:25,560 --> 00:25:28,480 Speaker 1: the team, I'm so team center can like I was 528 00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:30,399 Speaker 1: worried about what you do that I think it'll be 529 00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:33,720 Speaker 1: a lot of fun to learn more about the inside 530 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:35,600 Speaker 1: part of what certain players in the league that I 531 00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:37,520 Speaker 1: might not have played with or that I've always been 532 00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:40,159 Speaker 1: fun of. Just from afar, what makes them tick, what 533 00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:42,240 Speaker 1: makes them great at what they do and who they are, 534 00:25:42,359 --> 00:25:44,840 Speaker 1: and what makes them special to their building, I think, 535 00:25:44,880 --> 00:25:46,520 Speaker 1: but just finding the ins and outs of that and 536 00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:48,600 Speaker 1: talking about it would be so much fun because to me, 537 00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:51,600 Speaker 1: the game of football is so complex. There's so many 538 00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:54,480 Speaker 1: different people from equipment managed to trainers to coaches to 539 00:25:54,560 --> 00:25:57,200 Speaker 1: everyone that make it so special and every unique building 540 00:25:57,280 --> 00:25:59,960 Speaker 1: you go to in the NFL, And it's more learning 541 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:02,399 Speaker 1: more about that and articulating it to people, to to 542 00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:04,520 Speaker 1: know the stories they may not know, and to cover 543 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:06,800 Speaker 1: the games in a new way I think would be 544 00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:09,320 Speaker 1: a lot of fun. So I'm excited about that opportunity 545 00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:11,840 Speaker 1: and hopeful that I can continue to find a way 546 00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:13,640 Speaker 1: to chase the next chapter the same way I did. 547 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:17,560 Speaker 1: I think, Yeah, I think I just realized to show 548 00:26:17,640 --> 00:26:20,880 Speaker 1: you also could pitch potentially if you wanted to Chris, 549 00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:22,960 Speaker 1: and I got to see it firsthand a night with 550 00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:27,200 Speaker 1: you at Georgio. You are one hell of an orderer 551 00:26:27,640 --> 00:26:30,520 Speaker 1: And there's prep that goes into this right with I mean, 552 00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:32,679 Speaker 1: we know you can nail a game plan. We know 553 00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:34,639 Speaker 1: you're studying you had to do throughout the week to 554 00:26:34,680 --> 00:26:37,840 Speaker 1: get ready for your big matchup. But when you get 555 00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:40,840 Speaker 1: ready to go to a restaurant, you've got it nailed. 556 00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:43,800 Speaker 1: You've got a blueprint as well, right, take us through it. 557 00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:46,840 Speaker 1: It's a lot of pressure to order to the grove. Yeah, 558 00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:48,879 Speaker 1: that's one of our favorite things in the world to do, 559 00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:50,280 Speaker 1: is is to be the guy who puts in the 560 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:52,320 Speaker 1: order and kind of have a plan for everybody at 561 00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:54,200 Speaker 1: the table and what they're going to kind of create 562 00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:57,600 Speaker 1: the experience if you will. Uh you know. So I 563 00:26:57,600 --> 00:26:59,359 Speaker 1: think that comes with having a little juice, being a 564 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:01,959 Speaker 1: little fun, and being a plan of what people like. 565 00:27:02,320 --> 00:27:04,600 Speaker 1: And so I love to do that kind of thing. 566 00:27:04,680 --> 00:27:07,040 Speaker 1: But you really think about it, there's little things that 567 00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:09,600 Speaker 1: you don't realize. But to me, like being a captain 568 00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:11,439 Speaker 1: does not mean that I'm in charge of people. It 569 00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:14,119 Speaker 1: means that I have an ability to find out what 570 00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:16,280 Speaker 1: kind of makes people tick and what makes them who 571 00:27:16,280 --> 00:27:18,480 Speaker 1: they are, and I know how to speak to them 572 00:27:18,560 --> 00:27:20,560 Speaker 1: or relate to them, or find ways to make them 573 00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:24,240 Speaker 1: enjoy what they do. And to me, leadership is about 574 00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:25,840 Speaker 1: the ability to make people want to walk in a 575 00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:28,560 Speaker 1: room with you, not tell them to go in there. 576 00:27:28,760 --> 00:27:31,560 Speaker 1: And so I think that part of that is just 577 00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:33,439 Speaker 1: that's what I love to do. I want guys to 578 00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:36,320 Speaker 1: have an awesome experience when they're playing the game, or 579 00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:38,119 Speaker 1: they're sitting around the locker room, or they're hanging out 580 00:27:38,119 --> 00:27:40,639 Speaker 1: in the cafeteria thinking about what's next for him. And 581 00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:42,240 Speaker 1: so to me, I look at dinners like that the 582 00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:44,560 Speaker 1: same way, like I want people to be like, that's 583 00:27:44,560 --> 00:27:46,359 Speaker 1: somebody I want to be around. That's somebody that I 584 00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:48,280 Speaker 1: want to go to dinner with, their walking a room with. 585 00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:51,280 Speaker 1: And I think for me that's kind of been a 586 00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:53,200 Speaker 1: part of who I am as a leader, creating those 587 00:27:53,280 --> 00:27:55,720 Speaker 1: kind of cool opportunities where we all spend time together. 588 00:27:56,040 --> 00:27:57,960 Speaker 1: I'll order a bunch of food or go to a 589 00:27:58,000 --> 00:27:59,560 Speaker 1: pick out, a really cool place for us to all 590 00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:02,479 Speaker 1: go hang out. And um, I think that's been one 591 00:28:02,520 --> 00:28:05,439 Speaker 1: of the things I'll miss the most with the guys APIs. 592 00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:07,879 Speaker 1: But I always got you guys that I'll you know, 593 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:11,080 Speaker 1: we'll do another dinner advenution. You know, you know, I'll 594 00:28:11,119 --> 00:28:14,240 Speaker 1: know my word skills. I don't play around take it away. 595 00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:16,199 Speaker 1: That's why you want the captain. I want nothing to 596 00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:18,360 Speaker 1: do with that because it's so much pressure. There's only 597 00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:20,000 Speaker 1: a fail in it when people like, oh, I don't 598 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:22,919 Speaker 1: like this, I don't like this. So he had six 599 00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:25,800 Speaker 1: pastas on one plate, all divided for all of us. 600 00:28:25,840 --> 00:28:29,560 Speaker 1: It was the best night of my life. It was everything. 601 00:28:30,119 --> 00:28:34,639 Speaker 1: Somebody's bound to like something right, But you gotta have 602 00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:36,480 Speaker 1: a plan, and then there's gonna be trial and error. 603 00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:39,040 Speaker 1: But eventually, once you figure out you know what everybody likes, 604 00:28:39,120 --> 00:28:42,000 Speaker 1: you can create a good experience, plan your work and work. 605 00:28:42,040 --> 00:28:45,120 Speaker 1: Your plan is what my father always says. We're gonna say. 606 00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:47,400 Speaker 1: I'm gonna lose my mind. I cannot believe I didn't 607 00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:50,160 Speaker 1: ask this earlier. And I know we've got to let 608 00:28:50,160 --> 00:28:54,640 Speaker 1: you go. But Andrew Whitworth played for Nick Saban in college, 609 00:28:54,920 --> 00:28:58,800 Speaker 1: and I have we haven't really, you know, off the field, 610 00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:00,800 Speaker 1: gotten to talk much about that wit. I know you 611 00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:03,800 Speaker 1: said you have great stories. I'm obsessed with him. I 612 00:29:03,840 --> 00:29:06,720 Speaker 1: would like to name our first child Saban even though 613 00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:09,120 Speaker 1: I'm a Florida Gator, but I love him so much. Chris, 614 00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:12,040 Speaker 1: I got to meet him at the Masters. Can you 615 00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:14,880 Speaker 1: give us your best Knick Saban story? I'm sure you 616 00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:19,240 Speaker 1: have a thousand. Oh man, Uh, there's a lot of 617 00:29:19,280 --> 00:29:22,480 Speaker 1: really good Nick Saban stories. And I was actually going 618 00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:25,320 Speaker 1: to relate Nick to my ordering skills because one of 619 00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:29,160 Speaker 1: the things I learned from him is that most people 620 00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:32,640 Speaker 1: don't understand that Nick's explosive things and things he goes 621 00:29:32,680 --> 00:29:35,760 Speaker 1: off on, they are already predetermined, Like he already knows 622 00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:38,960 Speaker 1: what it is that drives him crazy, and he's prepared 623 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:42,440 Speaker 1: a statement that the right person asked the question, He's 624 00:29:42,440 --> 00:29:45,600 Speaker 1: gonna let it rip. He's not actually out of control. 625 00:29:46,080 --> 00:29:48,160 Speaker 1: He knew what he was doing, and that's why he 626 00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:51,200 Speaker 1: can go from like explosion to our next question because 627 00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:53,080 Speaker 1: he he are He kind of knew he was about 628 00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:55,560 Speaker 1: to do that. And so I have always been someone 629 00:29:55,880 --> 00:29:57,240 Speaker 1: the way I can go to a dinner and do 630 00:29:57,320 --> 00:29:59,360 Speaker 1: that is that I'm preparing ahead of time, like I 631 00:29:59,440 --> 00:30:02,520 Speaker 1: kind of know exactly. I don't ever walk in a 632 00:30:02,520 --> 00:30:05,239 Speaker 1: situation that I don't I've already thought through or prepared that. 633 00:30:05,240 --> 00:30:07,000 Speaker 1: That's what I'm gonna be doing and I learned that 634 00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:09,960 Speaker 1: from him, and so yeah, my best nick saving story 635 00:30:10,320 --> 00:30:13,800 Speaker 1: is that exactly his ability to actually come off as 636 00:30:13,920 --> 00:30:18,640 Speaker 1: this jerk who like rips people and creates this scene. 637 00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:21,080 Speaker 1: But what people really don't know about him is that 638 00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:23,400 Speaker 1: that's actually kind of funny to him, and he actually 639 00:30:23,480 --> 00:30:26,480 Speaker 1: enjoys it. There's plenty of times of like in a practice, 640 00:30:27,240 --> 00:30:30,480 Speaker 1: a young dB messes up, He'll walk by like, hey, win, 641 00:30:31,040 --> 00:30:34,840 Speaker 1: watch this, and then just float all over the kid, 642 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:38,160 Speaker 1: the coach, everybody's you know, and he's just coming by 643 00:30:38,240 --> 00:30:40,959 Speaker 1: with a little smile, little snicker in his face, like 644 00:30:41,080 --> 00:30:44,240 Speaker 1: you know. He he loves that control that he has, 645 00:30:44,840 --> 00:30:47,520 Speaker 1: and I've seen him knew it so many times that 646 00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:49,680 Speaker 1: it's great because like for me, him and I had 647 00:30:49,680 --> 00:30:52,520 Speaker 1: a great relationship because I'd just be like, what's up, jerk, 648 00:30:52,880 --> 00:30:55,640 Speaker 1: you know, and he's just like he loved like he 649 00:30:55,640 --> 00:30:57,880 Speaker 1: he like all right, you know, like he knew that 650 00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:00,640 Speaker 1: I knew it was kind of like playing it prepared. 651 00:31:01,280 --> 00:31:02,960 Speaker 1: And I think that's one of the unique things about 652 00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:06,040 Speaker 1: him is his ability to be on every day and 653 00:31:06,040 --> 00:31:09,360 Speaker 1: in every moment and of pre thought of situations and 654 00:31:09,440 --> 00:31:11,240 Speaker 1: how he's going to handle him, and what he's gonna 655 00:31:11,240 --> 00:31:14,040 Speaker 1: do to address him is so rare. I mean, it's 656 00:31:14,040 --> 00:31:16,000 Speaker 1: just hard for people to ever have days where they 657 00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:19,080 Speaker 1: can do that consistently day in and day out, be 658 00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:22,280 Speaker 1: locked in as he is. What a incredible I mean 659 00:31:22,520 --> 00:31:24,840 Speaker 1: I've gone and on, but I had never met him 660 00:31:24,840 --> 00:31:26,920 Speaker 1: because I didn't cover the sec I always covered the 661 00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:29,520 Speaker 1: big ten. So when he walked in the room, he 662 00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:33,520 Speaker 1: has this presence that is, you know, there's only a 663 00:31:33,520 --> 00:31:37,000 Speaker 1: few guys that really haven't Jeter has it. He has it. 664 00:31:37,160 --> 00:31:39,840 Speaker 1: I mean, Michael Jordan's there's just those few guys and 665 00:31:39,840 --> 00:31:41,600 Speaker 1: he is, you know, the upper echelon. So what a 666 00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:43,480 Speaker 1: gift that was for you to be able to, you know, 667 00:31:43,560 --> 00:31:45,320 Speaker 1: play for him. I'm gonna leave this. This is the 668 00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:47,000 Speaker 1: last question I have and we'll let you go it. 669 00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:52,440 Speaker 1: You got to go enjoy retirement. Um. Football has taught 670 00:31:52,480 --> 00:31:59,320 Speaker 1: you blank oh um. I think one of the greatest 671 00:31:59,320 --> 00:32:03,880 Speaker 1: things for has taught me is how important who you 672 00:32:03,960 --> 00:32:07,400 Speaker 1: are in the good times and the bad really defines 673 00:32:07,480 --> 00:32:10,120 Speaker 1: you as a person. Because to me, sports is the 674 00:32:10,120 --> 00:32:12,600 Speaker 1: greatest thing in the world because it combines people from 675 00:32:12,640 --> 00:32:16,760 Speaker 1: every walk of life. Every you know, humor, there is 676 00:32:16,920 --> 00:32:19,920 Speaker 1: to everything you're into and not into, to every color 677 00:32:20,040 --> 00:32:22,920 Speaker 1: skin of person that's out there, to every zip code 678 00:32:22,920 --> 00:32:25,600 Speaker 1: and economic background, and you all come together for one 679 00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:28,239 Speaker 1: common goal, and that's to chase the goal of that 680 00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:31,600 Speaker 1: team that you're on, and and whatever that inspiration is 681 00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:33,560 Speaker 1: that you each give each other. You find ways to 682 00:32:33,560 --> 00:32:36,360 Speaker 1: put all your differences aside and find a common goal 683 00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:39,560 Speaker 1: to chase together. And so to me, really being able 684 00:32:39,600 --> 00:32:42,240 Speaker 1: to understand what it means to find out how to 685 00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:44,880 Speaker 1: relate to people that aren't just like you and chase 686 00:32:44,960 --> 00:32:46,960 Speaker 1: the good times the bad times, and be there for 687 00:32:47,080 --> 00:32:49,160 Speaker 1: them in all of those times, and be able to 688 00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:53,560 Speaker 1: be somebody who really is a part of that process 689 00:32:53,680 --> 00:32:56,360 Speaker 1: and understands that there's gonna be ebbs and flows to 690 00:32:56,440 --> 00:32:59,080 Speaker 1: everything we do, but we're all going to do it together, 691 00:32:59,200 --> 00:33:01,840 Speaker 1: and we're all gonna have an investment in one another 692 00:33:01,840 --> 00:33:03,680 Speaker 1: while we do it. I think, to me, that's what 693 00:33:03,960 --> 00:33:07,600 Speaker 1: sports is so amazing and why there's nothing greater in 694 00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:09,280 Speaker 1: the world, and why there's so many people that cover 695 00:33:09,320 --> 00:33:11,040 Speaker 1: it and so many channels that have it on TV, 696 00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:14,080 Speaker 1: is that you just it's hard to emulate that. I 697 00:33:14,120 --> 00:33:17,480 Speaker 1: think football is one of those great representations of what 698 00:33:17,520 --> 00:33:19,240 Speaker 1: we all could be if we could figure out a 699 00:33:19,240 --> 00:33:21,760 Speaker 1: way to all be on the same team and chase 700 00:33:21,840 --> 00:33:24,680 Speaker 1: what everybody really wants in life. And so to me, 701 00:33:24,760 --> 00:33:27,200 Speaker 1: football has given me the greatest example of what life 702 00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:29,640 Speaker 1: could be if we all work together and just put 703 00:33:29,720 --> 00:33:32,040 Speaker 1: us out our differences and had a passionate love for 704 00:33:32,080 --> 00:33:35,760 Speaker 1: each other to achieve one goal. The ladies and gentlemen, 705 00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:39,240 Speaker 1: I mean this is taking steps. When you're getting your 706 00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:41,880 Speaker 1: eyes gouged out in two thousand eight, you know I'm 707 00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:48,320 Speaker 1: kidding I on the prize, you're the ultimate teammate. Congratulations 708 00:33:48,320 --> 00:33:52,080 Speaker 1: on an incredible career culminating in the opportunity to hoist 709 00:33:52,080 --> 00:33:54,720 Speaker 1: that Lombardi Trophy. Well do Thank you, my friend. We 710 00:33:54,760 --> 00:33:58,600 Speaker 1: appreciate you. And you're ordering skills. Yes, that's right, coming 711 00:33:58,640 --> 00:34:01,240 Speaker 1: to a theater near you. Against don't worry. I'll have 712 00:34:01,280 --> 00:34:05,680 Speaker 1: an order prepared. The ultimate teammate and hopefully maybe you're 713 00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:11,560 Speaker 1: our teammates soon. Love you, buddy, Thank you, that'd be fine. 714 00:34:12,680 --> 00:34:15,120 Speaker 1: Calm down with Aaron and Chrissa is a production of 715 00:34:15,200 --> 00:34:18,040 Speaker 1: I Heart Radio. For more podcasts from my Heart Radio, 716 00:34:18,120 --> 00:34:21,120 Speaker 1: visit the I Heart Radio app, Apple podcast, or wherever 717 00:34:21,239 --> 00:34:22,480 Speaker 1: you get your podcasts.