1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:02,679 Speaker 1: Kind of the same message I got as as a rookie. 2 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:05,400 Speaker 1: I mean, I came here the big bad wolf and 3 00:00:05,559 --> 00:00:07,880 Speaker 1: l s U and it's MVP and my team and 4 00:00:08,720 --> 00:00:11,080 Speaker 1: all that other stuff. I got in and became real humble, 5 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:14,760 Speaker 1: real quick. And I think when you come into a 6 00:00:14,800 --> 00:00:18,040 Speaker 1: situation like this where you know one, you get a 7 00:00:18,120 --> 00:00:22,360 Speaker 1: chance to play game that you love or respect, you're 8 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:24,279 Speaker 1: a big bad wolf. You walk in the veteran locker 9 00:00:24,360 --> 00:00:28,680 Speaker 1: room that's in transition with a veteran coaches transition. Um, 10 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:32,240 Speaker 1: there's a lot of pressure in and on winning, and 11 00:00:33,760 --> 00:00:35,920 Speaker 1: we had to learn and girl as a football team. 12 00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:38,599 Speaker 1: And I think that the pinnacle of it was the 13 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:42,200 Speaker 1: turn of time in when our team won the first 14 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:45,720 Speaker 1: playoff game, you know, and the Bill Parcels who a 15 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:51,560 Speaker 1: year before almost lost his job. And then incomes Carl Banks, 16 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:55,200 Speaker 1: and comes William Roberts, incomes a whole host of other 17 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:57,720 Speaker 1: players to play with, Joe Morris and Launch Tail and 18 00:00:57,760 --> 00:00:59,720 Speaker 1: Phil Sims and some of the guys that were here. 19 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:08,759 Speaker 1: And I think that what I remember is we started 20 00:01:08,800 --> 00:01:12,600 Speaker 1: adding guys that became all pro players. The game is 21 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:15,440 Speaker 1: to get as many guys as you came to become 22 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 1: All Pro players, I mean all pro people, Guys who 23 00:01:18,959 --> 00:01:21,240 Speaker 1: trust in the process, guys who believe in the system 24 00:01:21,240 --> 00:01:23,800 Speaker 1: that they play, and guys that compete and play with 25 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:27,600 Speaker 1: each other. That's what I learned. That's what all these 26 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:30,080 Speaker 1: guys here learned, and these kids need to learn that. 27 00:01:31,120 --> 00:01:32,520 Speaker 1: And the other thing they need to do in this 28 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:36,880 Speaker 1: time is understand that it takes a lifetime to build 29 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:40,520 Speaker 1: up to who they become, but it takes thirty seconds 30 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:44,640 Speaker 1: today to tear it all down. I mean with Instagram 31 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:47,560 Speaker 1: and social media and TikTok and every other thing there is, 32 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:50,720 Speaker 1: the challenges are by far greater because everybody has a 33 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:54,000 Speaker 1: camera phone and you just need to make good decisions 34 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:56,120 Speaker 1: away from the game as you would in the game. 35 00:01:56,760 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 1: So that's my that was my message to kids. I see, 36 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:02,080 Speaker 1: just just contin need to grow, trust in process, and 37 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:05,240 Speaker 1: grow and believe in one another and remember what this 38 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:08,040 Speaker 1: is because this is a special moment. You know, you 39 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:12,959 Speaker 1: got true legends of the game sharing their journey with you. 40 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:15,959 Speaker 1: Take something from it. We're not just here to talk 41 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:18,400 Speaker 1: to talk I talk about what we did. We're here 42 00:02:18,440 --> 00:02:21,320 Speaker 1: to help empower you guys to become that next level 43 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:27,400 Speaker 1: of representation of the New York giants. I didn't. I 44 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:31,679 Speaker 1: was just here the day before. Yeah, I mean I 45 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:35,120 Speaker 1: brought my neighbor and his two kids there, Chance and 46 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:38,239 Speaker 1: and and Ace, and I showed them those those two 47 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:41,480 Speaker 1: trophies down and I said, you find something ideal especial 48 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:44,760 Speaker 1: about those two trophies. And the one kid points up 49 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:46,840 Speaker 1: he says, I can't see very well. As to Marshall, 50 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:49,800 Speaker 1: he said, but I see your name up there. And 51 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:51,959 Speaker 1: so I explained that on what it was, and he 52 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:54,680 Speaker 1: clearly got it. Not granted, he said, seven eight nine 53 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:58,239 Speaker 1: year old twin boys. So they missed that whole thing, 54 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 1: but they understand what this is, and they understand what 55 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:04,200 Speaker 1: those are everything else. So it was it was a 56 00:03:04,240 --> 00:03:08,160 Speaker 1: good thing. Now I can be a stadium and do that. Yeah, 57 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:09,919 Speaker 1: what does it mean to you that it's going to 58 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:13,280 Speaker 1: be up there in the stadium? You know? I think 59 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:15,960 Speaker 1: it puts it puts a whole emphasis of respect on 60 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:21,040 Speaker 1: what I did, what we did collectively as a football team, 61 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:25,680 Speaker 1: and and for my guys from six and my guys 62 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:29,160 Speaker 1: Front nine and the teams that I played on that 63 00:03:29,320 --> 00:03:31,080 Speaker 1: four of the five years that I was here, we 64 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:34,880 Speaker 1: won NFC divisional titles. It's a big deal. It's a 65 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:39,160 Speaker 1: big deal. So um, you know, I'm happy for that. 66 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:42,040 Speaker 1: I'm happy for Oldis. Oltis wasn't drafted as a giant 67 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:47,680 Speaker 1: oldist chemer from St. Louis, a k Phoenix, and Uh 68 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:51,680 Speaker 1: finished his career here and it's as if he's one 69 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:55,200 Speaker 1: of us his whole career. So I'm happy for guys 70 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 1: like that. Joe Morris, I can't say enough about Uh. 71 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:03,040 Speaker 1: Rodney Hampton player came in, walked into the veteran locker room, 72 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:05,920 Speaker 1: made himself, made it all work for him. You know. 73 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:09,120 Speaker 1: It was a great, great player in the system. And 74 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:13,120 Speaker 1: there's some things to help us win games. So puts 75 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:15,160 Speaker 1: a lot of it. And Ronnie Barnes that goes without 76 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:19,320 Speaker 1: saying Ronnie Barnes is just bating, you know. I can't 77 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:21,440 Speaker 1: I can't say enough good things about Ronnie Barnes.