1 00:00:04,559 --> 00:00:10,879 Speaker 1: Welcome back to South show ye black excellent spot lights. 2 00:00:11,560 --> 00:00:14,680 Speaker 1: You know that's where we try to spot light excellent 3 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:19,400 Speaker 1: black excellence. How are you doing today? We have a 4 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:22,680 Speaker 1: very special guest in the trap with us today. It's 5 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:28,480 Speaker 1: r J. White. How are you doing? What you tell 6 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:30,520 Speaker 1: me a little bit about yourself? Give the pick a 7 00:00:30,640 --> 00:00:33,760 Speaker 1: camera and give him a dope rundown. I'm r J. White. 8 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:36,640 Speaker 1: I'm owner of my first pro men's basketball team, um 9 00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:40,479 Speaker 1: also buying into Division one level men's pro basketball and 10 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:47,800 Speaker 1: inspiring to be the first black NBA team owner. I'm 11 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:50,800 Speaker 1: telling you're not getting real major up in here. What's that? 12 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:53,760 Speaker 1: What got you in the business? Like? What was your start? 13 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:56,240 Speaker 1: How did all this come? About six years old, I 14 00:00:56,280 --> 00:00:58,280 Speaker 1: told my dad, a six year old six years old, 15 00:00:58,280 --> 00:01:00,000 Speaker 1: that the NBA wasn't doing it right. That's what That's 16 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:01,880 Speaker 1: what he told me. He was like, I said, they 17 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:05,440 Speaker 1: ain't doing it right. They need me. And ever since then, 18 00:01:05,520 --> 00:01:08,680 Speaker 1: it's just been pilot. Like I said to myself, I 19 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:10,839 Speaker 1: want to own the NBA team like I got something 20 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:13,240 Speaker 1: to prove. I've been studying this since I was six 21 00:01:13,319 --> 00:01:16,920 Speaker 1: years old. I've looked at from general manager role all 22 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:18,680 Speaker 1: the way to now on the team, which is VIFS 23 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:23,039 Speaker 1: Pro Basketball. How's the experience being to know that you like, 24 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:26,120 Speaker 1: you set your mind on something you write, then you 25 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:29,040 Speaker 1: know what, it's actually mind boggling. Sometimes it really is 26 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:31,760 Speaker 1: kind of really tweaking sometimes when I hear all the 27 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:35,200 Speaker 1: accomplishments that I have and and to me it's like, oh, 28 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:38,760 Speaker 1: it's just normality. Like so it's this pretty cool thing though, 29 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:42,760 Speaker 1: That's what's up. So at a very young age, I 30 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:45,440 Speaker 1: take it you had a love and passion for sports. 31 00:01:45,440 --> 00:01:47,520 Speaker 1: Did you play sports? No? I'm six ft and a 32 00:01:47,560 --> 00:01:50,280 Speaker 1: half six four with hills and I did not play sports. 33 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:54,440 Speaker 1: Ran track, I did not play basketball. My father told 34 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:56,480 Speaker 1: me until I got my attitude together, he was not 35 00:01:56,480 --> 00:01:58,760 Speaker 1: gonna put me out there to get technical files every 36 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:01,160 Speaker 1: single day. He told me, I was gonna find another 37 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:04,200 Speaker 1: way to burn off all of that attitude. And one 38 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:06,520 Speaker 1: of my cousins contacted me for tracking. That's kind of 39 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:10,840 Speaker 1: where I was at. That was my lane. I like that, man. 40 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:13,440 Speaker 1: So just to be sitting here, you know, with a 41 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:17,079 Speaker 1: future NBA on it? What what I mean? What do 42 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:19,919 Speaker 1: you like? Do you scout talent or like some of 43 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:22,079 Speaker 1: some of the roles that you you take on as 44 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:24,519 Speaker 1: our owner Lane as owner of Virus from Basketball on 45 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:29,200 Speaker 1: the CEO Executive Officer UM. I handle everything from staffing 46 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:35,120 Speaker 1: to all general manager duties, marketing, UM Travel, international travel. UH. 47 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:39,000 Speaker 1: We're one of the largest UM analytics teams the opposed 48 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:41,040 Speaker 1: to the NBA. We have about two point one million 49 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:44,480 Speaker 1: and analytics. UM. I've been to twelve different countries. Our 50 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:47,840 Speaker 1: name is valuable in twelve different countries. Headed to Tokyo 51 00:02:48,040 --> 00:02:52,919 Speaker 1: and headed to London within t minus ninety days. Man, 52 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:58,239 Speaker 1: I'm loving man. I don't even want to that. I 53 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:01,000 Speaker 1: could just listen and look what You've got a lot 54 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:05,639 Speaker 1: going on, and you know you're seeing success. Yeah. We 55 00:03:05,639 --> 00:03:09,280 Speaker 1: we started out from nothing literally like I remember actually 56 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:11,800 Speaker 1: opened up the gym doors and I just had all 57 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:14,160 Speaker 1: the paperwork and stuff ready and I'm like, okay, we're 58 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:17,480 Speaker 1: gonna have a rush of people. And literally it was grasshoppers. 59 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:20,920 Speaker 1: You're seeing a little Haye blow across the gym and nothing. 60 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:24,480 Speaker 1: We went from that to having over four thousand, two 61 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:27,440 Speaker 1: hundred people in attendance. What did it take to turn 62 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:32,400 Speaker 1: that around? Marketing? It took marketing like dedication marketing, believing 63 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:34,840 Speaker 1: in your brand because you know when you're building a business, 64 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:37,200 Speaker 1: you hear a lot of you know, nay say. You know, 65 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:38,680 Speaker 1: people tell you like, you know, you need to just 66 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:39,840 Speaker 1: give it up and you need to just let it 67 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 1: go or you know, you know if I'm mean, I'm 68 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:42,960 Speaker 1: a woman. You know a lot of people will say, 69 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:45,120 Speaker 1: you know, women don't belong in sports to you know, 70 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:47,000 Speaker 1: to a degree when it comes to executive roles. But 71 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:50,960 Speaker 1: just getting bypassed that and actually doing what you love 72 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:54,040 Speaker 1: to do and having fun with it, yeah, sky's limit. 73 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:58,240 Speaker 1: What has been some of your motivations? So like my 74 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:01,440 Speaker 1: kids motivating my mom, my dad and motivate me. Family 75 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:04,400 Speaker 1: motivate me. And that's just really my motivation, Like because 76 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:06,200 Speaker 1: I do have moments where I'd be like, you know what, 77 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:08,400 Speaker 1: forget everything and they'd be like, yeah, okay, you'd be 78 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 1: you'd be trying the twenty minutes like over and you 79 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:13,160 Speaker 1: don't get yourself together. But um, other than that, just 80 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:15,880 Speaker 1: knowing the overall goal, which is NBA ownership, Like you 81 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:18,200 Speaker 1: can't give up when you have a goal that big 82 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:21,400 Speaker 1: and you're so close, that's so dope. It's dope that 83 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:25,800 Speaker 1: you even if it's not the NBA yet, you still Yeah, 84 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:28,839 Speaker 1: what advice would you give to this six year old 85 00:04:28,839 --> 00:04:31,440 Speaker 1: girl who might be watching right now, who say she's 86 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:34,440 Speaker 1: going on the team. To believe in yourself, regardless of 87 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:36,520 Speaker 1: what anybody else has to say. Believe in yourself and 88 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:39,560 Speaker 1: make sure that make sure that you stay focused on 89 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:41,920 Speaker 1: the goal, because on a trail you get so many 90 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:44,400 Speaker 1: different avenues that you could go on. As long as 91 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:49,840 Speaker 1: you stay focused, um energetically balanced, you could pretty much 92 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:51,480 Speaker 1: do anything you want to do. A lot of times 93 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:53,240 Speaker 1: we get into business, we get around people with bad 94 00:04:53,320 --> 00:04:55,520 Speaker 1: energy or you know, just like I said, the naxtsayers, 95 00:04:55,720 --> 00:04:57,520 Speaker 1: and we get steered off of our track thinking that 96 00:04:57,560 --> 00:04:59,800 Speaker 1: they're the ones that knows what's right for us. But 97 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:02,600 Speaker 1: ulimately is your vision, it's your goal, so you can't 98 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:05,920 Speaker 1: listen to nobody. You gotta just stay the course. I 99 00:05:06,360 --> 00:05:09,120 Speaker 1: saw that you're interested in on this some other teams 100 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:14,600 Speaker 1: and other sports as well. Yeah, I'm thinking about varying out. UM. 101 00:05:14,720 --> 00:05:18,040 Speaker 1: Right now, I'm still in still developing in Europe, as 102 00:05:18,279 --> 00:05:21,000 Speaker 1: like I said, to order as a pro men's team there. Um. 103 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:23,720 Speaker 1: I've gotten some calls from Asia. UM, I got some 104 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:27,080 Speaker 1: calls from China and uh, I've been having some conversations 105 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:31,719 Speaker 1: likely obviously with the NBA and um obviously w NBA 106 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:34,719 Speaker 1: just keeps being thrown at me, so you never know 107 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:36,560 Speaker 1: what might happen within the next couple of you know, 108 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:39,760 Speaker 1: in years, have you done any business in Africa? You 109 00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:41,679 Speaker 1: know what? I've gotten a call from them to actually, 110 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:43,960 Speaker 1: which is really funny to say, Um, but I haven't yet, 111 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:48,120 Speaker 1: But that is on the itinerary. For three. Are you 112 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:51,520 Speaker 1: interested in getting a soccer team? You know, that's the 113 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:54,360 Speaker 1: biggest sport in the world. I've heard how big soccer 114 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:56,760 Speaker 1: is and especially in Europe. It is something that's very 115 00:05:56,800 --> 00:06:01,200 Speaker 1: valuable there. But I haven't had the right um proposal 116 00:06:01,279 --> 00:06:04,800 Speaker 1: in if it makes sense literally, then it's something I 117 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:08,240 Speaker 1: would exercise. It. It all got like you get a 118 00:06:08,279 --> 00:06:11,440 Speaker 1: black super you get a super team, all the black players, 119 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:13,880 Speaker 1: but it's so racist and then you put them all 120 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:15,960 Speaker 1: on one team and they just beat everybody. To make 121 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:22,720 Speaker 1: a movie about it. Trun doing my NBA team. So yeah, 122 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:26,080 Speaker 1: if you had your choice right now to buy an 123 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:29,080 Speaker 1: NBA team or would you which one? Would you go for? 124 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:33,880 Speaker 1: The Pelicans? Yeah? What is it about the pelicanst Well, 125 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:36,400 Speaker 1: roots for me start in New Orleans. All of my 126 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:39,599 Speaker 1: family from is from the Louisiana area, in New Orleans area, 127 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:42,400 Speaker 1: Jonesville area. Um. And it's just something about the South 128 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:46,200 Speaker 1: for me, you know. Um And obviously it's a it's 129 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:49,600 Speaker 1: a good franchise to rebuild right now. They got a 130 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:51,800 Speaker 1: lot of good, viable parts that I could work with. 131 00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:54,080 Speaker 1: I got a couple of prospects of matter. I argue 132 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:56,000 Speaker 1: with people about all the time that when if I 133 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:58,279 Speaker 1: do on this team that I'm bringing over there, I 134 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:00,480 Speaker 1: argue about all the time, I can't tell them because 135 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:02,880 Speaker 1: then they just go get somebody the opportunity to use 136 00:07:02,920 --> 00:07:05,200 Speaker 1: my idea, right, but just know it would be a 137 00:07:05,240 --> 00:07:08,240 Speaker 1: super team. Okay, No, no disrespect to the fraud. He 138 00:07:08,279 --> 00:07:12,080 Speaker 1: could stay over there. He's not one of them. Nor's Curry. Okay. 139 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:15,680 Speaker 1: So it's some people that are very small in the game, 140 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:18,160 Speaker 1: but very valuable if you were to put them together. 141 00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:21,840 Speaker 1: That's what I was saying. Yeah, the strategy I definitely do. 142 00:07:22,160 --> 00:07:25,400 Speaker 1: That's dope, man, Damn. I'm pulling up some more of 143 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:31,240 Speaker 1: these facts because it's so many of them. You can 144 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:46,440 Speaker 1: definitely ask a question. Cat I didn't hear about it, actually, 145 00:07:46,640 --> 00:07:50,280 Speaker 1: and um, I wasn't really interested in it because my 146 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:53,400 Speaker 1: ultimate goal right now was NBA, to be honest, but 147 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:56,960 Speaker 1: I've had plenty offers before that sale and getting into 148 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:59,640 Speaker 1: the w n B. A hold on this. This is 149 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:01,680 Speaker 1: another the one that stood out to me too. It 150 00:08:01,760 --> 00:08:04,640 Speaker 1: says you started your first company when you were seventeen 151 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:08,000 Speaker 1: years old. Actually it was sixteen, sixteen years old. I 152 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:10,640 Speaker 1: was working and in high school, was like trying to 153 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:12,720 Speaker 1: figure out, you know, how to go to sleep and 154 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:14,960 Speaker 1: get up and go to school and do work. I 155 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:19,080 Speaker 1: started a credit repair company, and I ended up reaching 156 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:20,760 Speaker 1: out to like, you know, some well, I ended up 157 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:23,080 Speaker 1: running across a military somebody was in the military, and 158 00:08:23,080 --> 00:08:24,760 Speaker 1: they were like, well, I can't you know, I'm about 159 00:08:24,760 --> 00:08:26,320 Speaker 1: to get deployed. I need help with my credit. I 160 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:28,280 Speaker 1: need help paying my bills when I'm deployed, like you know, 161 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:30,520 Speaker 1: they were in distress, and ultimately, back then they didn't 162 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:32,280 Speaker 1: have a service for that. So I said, okay, well, 163 00:08:32,280 --> 00:08:34,760 Speaker 1: you know, I got a credit you know service um, 164 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:36,040 Speaker 1: and I could actually add that as a part of 165 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:38,559 Speaker 1: my service. It's not a problem. And one person turned 166 00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:41,160 Speaker 1: into fifty people, and fifty people turned into two hundred 167 00:08:41,160 --> 00:08:43,520 Speaker 1: forty people, and two forty people turned into a one 168 00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:48,120 Speaker 1: of the largest military contractor companies in the world. So yeah, 169 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:53,280 Speaker 1: as six teams. You see what I was saying, You've 170 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:56,120 Speaker 1: seen what I'm saying. That's exactly what this platform is 171 00:08:56,200 --> 00:08:59,640 Speaker 1: forward man, so people can see people such as just 172 00:09:00,559 --> 00:09:04,000 Speaker 1: to know, yes you can do this, Yes you can 173 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:08,440 Speaker 1: be black and be successful and change your dreams whatever 174 00:09:08,559 --> 00:09:12,360 Speaker 1: they may be in many forms and fashion A B 175 00:09:12,559 --> 00:09:14,599 Speaker 1: A tell me a little bit about the A B N. 176 00:09:15,120 --> 00:09:18,679 Speaker 1: So most of every mostly everybody knows about Julius Irving 177 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:20,520 Speaker 1: when he had at the Red White and Gouge ball. UM, 178 00:09:20,760 --> 00:09:24,480 Speaker 1: same league, a little bit more revamped, UM, a little 179 00:09:24,480 --> 00:09:27,679 Speaker 1: bit more eclectic. And for us, the good thing is 180 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:31,480 Speaker 1: we are where we are, um, I will say, in 181 00:09:31,559 --> 00:09:34,560 Speaker 1: the league, but independently. Like there's no money that's given 182 00:09:34,559 --> 00:09:36,199 Speaker 1: to us from marketing like you have for the NBA. 183 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:38,280 Speaker 1: There's no budget that's set for us like the NBA. 184 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:42,240 Speaker 1: There's no no you know, advantageousness. You know, everything that 185 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:45,040 Speaker 1: you see for Vicerus Pro Basketball is me like from 186 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:47,839 Speaker 1: the two point one million analytics twelve different countries too. 187 00:09:48,160 --> 00:09:50,920 Speaker 1: You know social media platform too. We just did to 188 00:09:50,960 --> 00:09:52,960 Speaker 1: work out not too long ago. A bone collector shout 189 00:09:53,040 --> 00:09:55,199 Speaker 1: to bone collector, UM and working on some stuff. You 190 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:58,240 Speaker 1: know the James Harden end up watching this and to 191 00:09:58,320 --> 00:10:02,560 Speaker 1: see stuff like that, you know, um, just really lets 192 00:10:02,559 --> 00:10:04,080 Speaker 1: you know, like you could start from the ground up 193 00:10:04,320 --> 00:10:06,880 Speaker 1: and expand out. You don't need help or bagging from 194 00:10:06,920 --> 00:10:09,160 Speaker 1: pretty much anybody like you just gotta have the plan 195 00:10:09,440 --> 00:10:19,720 Speaker 1: and execute. Brain health leaders snow damn like the trials 196 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:23,640 Speaker 1: try helps for us as June. It will be in Shoenburg, Illinois. 197 00:10:24,280 --> 00:10:28,720 Speaker 1: We are considered Lake County Gurney, Illinois protein Um. Additionally, 198 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:32,560 Speaker 1: besides that, we are, you know, doing a tour. We 199 00:10:32,640 --> 00:10:35,080 Speaker 1: do tours all over the globe. Like I said, we'll 200 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:37,960 Speaker 1: be in uh Tokyo, and we'll be in Hawaii, and 201 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:42,240 Speaker 1: we'll be in London. So you gotta bring it because 202 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:46,600 Speaker 1: I will cut you where the camera. Yeah, so you 203 00:10:46,640 --> 00:10:48,760 Speaker 1: gotta have the talent. You gotta have a professional listen 204 00:10:48,800 --> 00:10:50,400 Speaker 1: and like you said about that six year old six 205 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:52,360 Speaker 1: year old girl, like the guys on our team, they 206 00:10:52,440 --> 00:10:55,000 Speaker 1: gotta have that level of mentorship. Like if you're not 207 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:57,200 Speaker 1: a role model, if you're not a business leader, if 208 00:10:57,200 --> 00:10:59,600 Speaker 1: you don't have business acumen, if you're not here to 209 00:10:59,679 --> 00:11:02,200 Speaker 1: make something out of yourself and be an example for others, 210 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:04,640 Speaker 1: don't even bother it apply because we don't need that. 211 00:11:05,559 --> 00:11:09,480 Speaker 1: M hmm, more about that character. But you still gotta 212 00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:13,080 Speaker 1: have skills too. Absolutely, I'm trying to win championship. We 213 00:11:13,080 --> 00:11:17,679 Speaker 1: do need that championship really so. So some of your philosophers, 214 00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:22,800 Speaker 1: you know you're in the sports life philosophies, philosophy on winning? 215 00:11:22,880 --> 00:11:26,200 Speaker 1: Give me a philosophy on winning? Um, it's not about 216 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:30,160 Speaker 1: on the court, it's about off the court. Like ultimately, 217 00:11:30,760 --> 00:11:33,120 Speaker 1: in this sport, if you're not building with your team 218 00:11:33,160 --> 00:11:35,680 Speaker 1: off the court, you're not gonna see no chemistry on 219 00:11:35,720 --> 00:11:39,439 Speaker 1: the court. Another philosophy is, if you can't eat with me, 220 00:11:40,120 --> 00:11:46,400 Speaker 1: I don't trust you. So that's the same thing that applies. Yeah. 221 00:11:47,160 --> 00:11:49,880 Speaker 1: Another philosophy is if you have a lot of things 222 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:55,319 Speaker 1: that you do off camera, Um, it probably isn't beneficial 223 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:57,640 Speaker 1: for you to act in a certain way, you know 224 00:11:57,640 --> 00:12:00,079 Speaker 1: what I'm saying, like on camera because people will have 225 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:02,600 Speaker 1: the expectation of you because of what you showed them 226 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:05,400 Speaker 1: on camera. So those are just some of my philosophies. 227 00:12:06,040 --> 00:12:11,160 Speaker 1: What is what's philosophy on losing? Man? I hate losing. 228 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:15,160 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna lie, but sometimes you do need to lose. 229 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:17,000 Speaker 1: You need to fall in order to know where you 230 00:12:17,040 --> 00:12:19,920 Speaker 1: need to rebuild and to come back better. But it 231 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:21,920 Speaker 1: is a it's a hurt ful feeling, especially if you're 232 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:24,800 Speaker 1: really close and you end up feeling at something, but 233 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:26,920 Speaker 1: it's ultimately an opportunity to get up and rebuild and 234 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:30,440 Speaker 1: regrow you. Now, if you never fail, you'll never learned 235 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:35,200 Speaker 1: how to bounce back, absolutely lesson. I've seen a quote 236 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:37,280 Speaker 1: not too long ago and said, um, some of the 237 00:12:37,280 --> 00:12:42,120 Speaker 1: strongest people fail plenty of times, so there'll be another philosophy. 238 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:45,800 Speaker 1: That's a hard one. One of my favorite quotes is 239 00:12:46,120 --> 00:12:56,000 Speaker 1: people think it don't but it do. That's a it's 240 00:12:56,000 --> 00:13:07,520 Speaker 1: a good quote. One mode. Uh, the ceiling is the ruf, 241 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:15,320 Speaker 1: Michael Jordan, he really told them kids graduate. The ceiling 242 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:22,960 Speaker 1: is the rules. You can learn the light from people 243 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:25,920 Speaker 1: just listening and doing their thing. Where can we check 244 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:30,400 Speaker 1: out the Vipers, Vipers Basketball dot Com, viprus pro Ball 245 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:34,920 Speaker 1: on right. So if we had some people who are 246 00:13:34,920 --> 00:13:37,080 Speaker 1: watching this show and they really you know, it was 247 00:13:37,160 --> 00:13:40,520 Speaker 1: pursuing a hoop dream and they're really gonna show up 248 00:13:40,559 --> 00:13:42,720 Speaker 1: at the trials and I heard you on the show. 249 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:47,440 Speaker 1: So I'm here six o'clock in the morning. Well, I 250 00:13:47,559 --> 00:13:50,400 Speaker 1: just hang out to the start. We got some people 251 00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:52,760 Speaker 1: on here who you know, cat hoop and that ain't 252 00:13:52,760 --> 00:13:55,840 Speaker 1: gonna be sending me videos. I'm fine with that as 253 00:13:55,840 --> 00:13:58,320 Speaker 1: long as they got everything that we need off the 254 00:13:58,360 --> 00:14:02,040 Speaker 1: court as well as on the work. We gotta lord, 255 00:14:02,120 --> 00:14:07,280 Speaker 1: we gotta wire on it. I'm sure, I'm positive, but 256 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:11,160 Speaker 1: I got a lot of I put a lot of 257 00:14:11,240 --> 00:14:14,080 Speaker 1: energy and time into my company, you know, so ultimately 258 00:14:14,240 --> 00:14:16,160 Speaker 1: the time of energy I put into it, I expect 259 00:14:16,160 --> 00:14:18,000 Speaker 1: to get that out with my players, you know, um 260 00:14:18,040 --> 00:14:20,000 Speaker 1: as far as like their performance on the court and 261 00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:22,920 Speaker 1: the personalities and the impact that they make off the court. 262 00:14:22,920 --> 00:14:25,280 Speaker 1: It's part of our credo to our mission statement, like 263 00:14:25,360 --> 00:14:29,080 Speaker 1: you have to be a role model, Like yeah, that's dope, 264 00:14:29,760 --> 00:14:31,880 Speaker 1: and it's it's dope that you have that you know, 265 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:36,000 Speaker 1: have a platform outlet for people you know who can 266 00:14:36,120 --> 00:14:38,880 Speaker 1: go out there for real because this might you know, 267 00:14:38,960 --> 00:14:42,120 Speaker 1: somebody might see you on this platform. And really we're 268 00:14:42,120 --> 00:14:45,080 Speaker 1: accountable for sending fifty five guys into overseas k position. 269 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:52,520 Speaker 1: That's what I'm saying things now, See that's dope, man, 270 00:14:52,840 --> 00:14:56,080 Speaker 1: creating the opportunities like that, And we really appreciate you 271 00:14:56,200 --> 00:14:58,840 Speaker 1: stopping through the track. We need a jersey or something. 272 00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:03,840 Speaker 1: I got you this jersey eighty five. Who's nomber eighty five? Nobody, 273 00:15:03,840 --> 00:15:05,800 Speaker 1: but we can make it just for you. Thank you? 274 00:15:06,080 --> 00:15:09,720 Speaker 1: All right, then you have it. We wish your Muscli 275 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:15,280 Speaker 1: ships like eighty five South Black Excellence Spotlight. What more 276 00:15:15,560 --> 00:15:16,560 Speaker 1: could you ask for?