1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:01,560 Speaker 1: Do you want to take your shirt offer? How do 2 00:00:01,560 --> 00:00:05,960 Speaker 1: you read this? I've been working out because yeah, I know, 3 00:00:06,040 --> 00:00:09,520 Speaker 1: because we got free that might not be appropriate from 4 00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:12,600 Speaker 1: my position to the I have some do some things 5 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:21,680 Speaker 1: I'm trying to come in the world were vulnerable considered 6 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:25,439 Speaker 1: we come and remote available entertainment elite. It's a difference 7 00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:27,720 Speaker 1: between what it's real and with the public seas. So 8 00:00:27,880 --> 00:00:31,200 Speaker 1: here's your favorite celebrities behind the scenes. It's refreshing up 9 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:34,240 Speaker 1: then the whole story specific like all to rennivent to 10 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:36,440 Speaker 1: shape the person that you had. We got a champion 11 00:00:36,479 --> 00:00:39,080 Speaker 1: and carry champion the girl you didn't. It's the greatest 12 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:46,760 Speaker 1: of sports and entertainment connected with Hey, everybody, welcome to 13 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:50,760 Speaker 1: another edition of or episode if you will, of Naked 14 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:54,360 Speaker 1: Carry Champion. And I'm still getting emails like okay, so 15 00:00:54,440 --> 00:01:00,240 Speaker 1: naked are you dressed? He asked pervert. However, today I'm 16 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:05,360 Speaker 1: brazire less. That's professional for no bra, but that that 17 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 1: helps me relax, That helps me get into the moment 18 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:09,080 Speaker 1: where I can talk to you guys, the way in 19 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:12,240 Speaker 1: which I choose to talk to you, and that's just 20 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:15,679 Speaker 1: from a very naked, honest, vulnerable place. That's what this 21 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:23,600 Speaker 1: podcast is all about. Today's guest is a favorite fan favorite. Well, 22 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:27,680 Speaker 1: I'm the fan and he's a favorite Rich Paul, super 23 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:31,000 Speaker 1: duper agent Rich Paul. And if you don't know who 24 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:36,399 Speaker 1: he is Google, I'm pretty sure you do. Though. Here's 25 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:40,559 Speaker 1: the thing. People often say, how are you so successful? 26 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:44,000 Speaker 1: How have you been able to maintain smart? Yes, you've 27 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:46,520 Speaker 1: got to be smart. That's as you gotta be street smart, 28 00:01:46,520 --> 00:01:48,760 Speaker 1: you gotta be book smart. You have to be intelligent, 29 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 1: you have to be savvy, you have to be polished, 30 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:54,440 Speaker 1: all of those things to determine where you will land 31 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 1: and how long you will last and if you have 32 00:01:56,880 --> 00:02:00,680 Speaker 1: staying power. But one of the things we don't her mentioned, 33 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:05,440 Speaker 1: it's not a a popular word, if you will, um 34 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:09,720 Speaker 1: is wisdom. Very few people are wise and and and 35 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:12,560 Speaker 1: quite frankly, those who claim to be wise annoy the 36 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:14,400 Speaker 1: hell out of me. We know you wise, you ain't 37 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:18,120 Speaker 1: got to tell us. Wisdom is knowing not to say 38 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:21,160 Speaker 1: you're wise. One of my dearest friends, you guys know her, 39 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:24,760 Speaker 1: a Jamal Hill. She's so wise, refuses to say it. 40 00:02:25,639 --> 00:02:30,800 Speaker 1: She's comfortable with you know the adjectives, you know, good, 41 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:38,760 Speaker 1: gel letto, get too. My other elegant hood lady, um 42 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:41,959 Speaker 1: you know, Detroit bond like. She likes all of those things. 43 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:44,120 Speaker 1: But when you call her wise, when you give her 44 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:47,120 Speaker 1: too much attention, it makes her uncomfortable. But I'll share 45 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 1: a story with you. I'm a big believer in having 46 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:55,400 Speaker 1: a mentor mentee relationship. And it's so weird that I'm 47 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:58,960 Speaker 1: even describing her as a mentor of mine. But the 48 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:01,520 Speaker 1: reason why I can sider her a mentor in so 49 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:05,040 Speaker 1: many ways is because she's wise. She knows how to 50 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:09,680 Speaker 1: give information, to hold back information, to receive information. She 51 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:12,800 Speaker 1: knows when to share and not to share, not always 52 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:17,880 Speaker 1: but most most times. But she knows how to take 53 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:21,600 Speaker 1: the emotion out of a situation and give you some real, 54 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:25,959 Speaker 1: true survival tools. Those tools paid dividends for me while 55 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:29,160 Speaker 1: I was at ESPN, Which leads me to our guests, 56 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:32,799 Speaker 1: Rich Paul. I have been told over and over again 57 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:37,880 Speaker 1: about Rich Paul and who he is and how he's 58 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:39,960 Speaker 1: made it and what made him get here. He hears 59 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:43,040 Speaker 1: the noise too, all right, he hears what people say. 60 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:48,280 Speaker 1: So by way of background, Rich Paul, Maverick, Carter, Lebron 61 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:52,280 Speaker 1: James best friends. There's a couple more people in the crew, 62 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:57,560 Speaker 1: but best friends, young black kids from acarn Ohio who 63 00:03:57,600 --> 00:04:04,000 Speaker 1: decided to take a dream and make it a true reality. 64 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:05,720 Speaker 1: But not only did they make it a reality, in 65 00:04:05,760 --> 00:04:11,000 Speaker 1: my opinion, they literally moved the needle. How do you 66 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:16,200 Speaker 1: do that? You're wise? I can give and I use 67 00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:19,560 Speaker 1: my example with my foundation, Brown Girls Dream. I have 68 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:24,480 Speaker 1: a foundation where I literally mentor young girls and I 69 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:27,480 Speaker 1: let them in my life and I'll give them access. 70 00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:29,360 Speaker 1: I give them keys to the castle, and by that, 71 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:32,119 Speaker 1: I give them access to whomever they want to talk 72 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:35,480 Speaker 1: to and whoever they could or possibly could not work for. 73 00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:38,400 Speaker 1: I give them access to people who are and there 74 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:40,599 Speaker 1: are people they would never meet in their wildest dreams. 75 00:04:40,839 --> 00:04:43,960 Speaker 1: Not a brag, just like you deserve to be pushed 76 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:45,960 Speaker 1: to the front of the line because you have it, 77 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:49,120 Speaker 1: and you will be overlooked in society because of what 78 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:53,120 Speaker 1: you look like, but you have it. Now, what they 79 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:55,160 Speaker 1: do with that opportunity that I give them is up 80 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:57,640 Speaker 1: to them. I can bring them in and put them 81 00:04:57,680 --> 00:04:59,839 Speaker 1: on my platform, but then I'm going to give you 82 00:04:59,880 --> 00:05:03,000 Speaker 1: the introduction the opportunity. What shall you do with it? 83 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:06,159 Speaker 1: What rich Paul has done with it, and that is 84 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:09,640 Speaker 1: that opportunity that he was given by being Lebron's best friend. 85 00:05:10,640 --> 00:05:15,280 Speaker 1: Unheard of. He's no longer Lebron's best friend. He's Rich 86 00:05:15,320 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 1: Paul super duper agent. He's the bronze agent too. Now 87 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:21,160 Speaker 1: people will be like, that's because he's just a bronze 88 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:26,279 Speaker 1: agent who cares. That's a big, wonderful accomplishment, Like, come on, 89 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:28,960 Speaker 1: being lebron'ze agent is a big deal. I was trying 90 00:05:28,960 --> 00:05:30,440 Speaker 1: to wrap him, but he didn't want to. He don't 91 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:34,440 Speaker 1: want me to wrap him. But what you do with 92 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:38,039 Speaker 1: the keys to the castle, what you do with your access, 93 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:43,160 Speaker 1: really defines whom you will be. Clutch Sports has become 94 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:47,480 Speaker 1: a major player in sports. That's his agency, That's Rich 95 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:52,120 Speaker 1: Paul's agency. He represents so many great people. Gosh, where 96 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:56,640 Speaker 1: do I begin? Traymond Green, Anthony Davis, the list goes 97 00:05:56,680 --> 00:05:59,440 Speaker 1: on and on, Miles Bridges, the list goes on and on. 98 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:04,080 Speaker 1: He has a bevy of wonderful clients. But they're not 99 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:06,920 Speaker 1: just with him because of who he knows. There with him, 100 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:13,719 Speaker 1: because of who he is and that wisdom. It's invaluable. 101 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:17,200 Speaker 1: You know why, it's invaluable because wisdom will have a 102 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:20,240 Speaker 1: friend like Jamal Hill tell me listen, ho girl, you're 103 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:23,960 Speaker 1: a star. You don't let anybody in this in this 104 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:27,400 Speaker 1: world tell you you don't matter. And this is how 105 00:06:27,440 --> 00:06:30,760 Speaker 1: you win. Literally writing out a brown print. I call 106 00:06:30,839 --> 00:06:33,680 Speaker 1: it not a blueprint, but a brown print of how 107 00:06:33,760 --> 00:06:36,560 Speaker 1: I am able to push forward and succeed. Here are 108 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:39,600 Speaker 1: the tools, this is what you do. Here are the keys. 109 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:44,560 Speaker 1: I'm gonna let you drive my brand new Lamborghini. Don't 110 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:46,839 Speaker 1: wreck it, just get it home safely. And if you 111 00:06:46,839 --> 00:06:48,360 Speaker 1: want to take it out and do some other things, 112 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:51,480 Speaker 1: you can do that too. That's on you. But here 113 00:06:51,480 --> 00:06:56,600 Speaker 1: are the keys. Whoa, whoa, y'all sit back and relax. 114 00:06:56,640 --> 00:06:58,680 Speaker 1: I'm about to give you all some some keys. And 115 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:01,560 Speaker 1: what I mean by that is some wisdom. Him Rich 116 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:06,839 Speaker 1: Paul is so wise and he don't even really know it, 117 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:08,440 Speaker 1: or he doesn't even like to be He doesn't even 118 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:10,400 Speaker 1: like to talk about it. He knows he's wise, but 119 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:12,160 Speaker 1: he don't like to talk about it, much like my homegirl, 120 00:07:12,240 --> 00:07:16,560 Speaker 1: Ja Ja's like, I don't want to hear that. I 121 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:18,480 Speaker 1: can tell you about my liver and how much alcohol 122 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:20,520 Speaker 1: I've been drinking, but I definitely don't hear about how 123 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:23,920 Speaker 1: wise I am. Because she's humble as is rich about 124 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:28,880 Speaker 1: all of his accomplishments. You will hear. So, you guys 125 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:31,760 Speaker 1: might be thinking, what's the difference between being wise and 126 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:35,200 Speaker 1: not wise? Here's here's an example, my homeboy, Paul Pierce. 127 00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:38,400 Speaker 1: Gotta love you. If you're listening, PAULA, I love you, 128 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:41,920 Speaker 1: but you are not wise. Y'all saw what Paul did. 129 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:46,400 Speaker 1: It's okay to go on i G Live and you know, 130 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:50,760 Speaker 1: show someone massaging said shoulders, his shoulders and stuff. There's 131 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:53,840 Speaker 1: nothing wrong with that. It's not okay to show the 132 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:56,880 Speaker 1: ladies dancing when you work for an entity because you 133 00:07:56,920 --> 00:08:00,240 Speaker 1: are a representative of an entity. I mean, I think 134 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:01,880 Speaker 1: it would have been okay for him to be a 135 00:08:01,880 --> 00:08:04,120 Speaker 1: little tipsy too. We've been tipsy on i G. I 136 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:09,480 Speaker 1: know I have, So that is not wise, okay. Wise 137 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:12,000 Speaker 1: is realizing that you are of a generation that didn't 138 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:15,560 Speaker 1: grow up broadcasting every single moment of your life, so 139 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:18,520 Speaker 1: you don't have to broadcast now as an adult. You 140 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:21,560 Speaker 1: hear what I'm saying, y'all folks that are late thirties 141 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:23,680 Speaker 1: and forties, I gotta put everything on I G. Y'all 142 00:08:23,720 --> 00:08:26,280 Speaker 1: do know that, right? Because you didn't grow up doing 143 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:28,440 Speaker 1: that there's no excuse for these kids nowadays, but that 144 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:30,880 Speaker 1: you didn't grow up doing that. So why you gotta 145 00:08:30,880 --> 00:08:33,600 Speaker 1: put everything on I G. Now do you know how 146 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:36,640 Speaker 1: hard I'd like to flex some? I G by my 147 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:40,440 Speaker 1: hose and how I'm living now, I'm flashy. Now I 148 00:08:40,480 --> 00:08:43,680 Speaker 1: got this, and how I got that? I would love too, 149 00:08:43,920 --> 00:08:45,920 Speaker 1: But everything ain't for I G. I don't even feel 150 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:49,160 Speaker 1: comfortable giving it to you on the Graham. That is 151 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:55,720 Speaker 1: not wise? Wise is Derek Jackson, the self love Love ambassador, 152 00:08:56,240 --> 00:08:59,160 Speaker 1: who got caught cheating and then set his wife promptly 153 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:02,240 Speaker 1: down next to him, him to say, okay, baby, let's 154 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:04,079 Speaker 1: talk about this, you know, and and try to flip 155 00:09:04,080 --> 00:09:06,920 Speaker 1: the script. Why is this him realizing that that was 156 00:09:06,960 --> 00:09:10,640 Speaker 1: a bad move? Why drag your wife into that? Why? Why? 157 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:13,600 Speaker 1: Why have her be subjected to all the social media 158 00:09:13,679 --> 00:09:18,480 Speaker 1: nonsense and hatred and ridicule and complaints? Why? Why? Why? Why? 159 00:09:18,520 --> 00:09:21,800 Speaker 1: Why go sit down somewhere, say I'm sorry and be quiet? 160 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:26,199 Speaker 1: He's he has as of late as I take this podcast, 161 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:32,559 Speaker 1: he has been quiet. Stay quiet, Be wise, be wise. 162 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:36,040 Speaker 1: You got the keys to the castle, and you correct it. 163 00:09:36,920 --> 00:09:44,679 Speaker 1: Be wise? My man? Who wise is me saying to myself, Carrie, 164 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:47,160 Speaker 1: there is a reason why you end up in certain 165 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:52,760 Speaker 1: situations and you repeat yourself, and you consistently find yourself 166 00:09:52,840 --> 00:09:56,199 Speaker 1: fighting yourself. You don't always have to be in charge. 167 00:09:56,240 --> 00:09:58,440 Speaker 1: You don't always have to be impatient, you don't always 168 00:09:58,520 --> 00:10:01,600 Speaker 1: have to have the last word. You don't always have 169 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:04,719 Speaker 1: to sit and brood and think yourself into an attitude 170 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:09,720 Speaker 1: when you don't get your way. Whoa, oh, father, that 171 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:12,240 Speaker 1: was that was released right there? Because that was real? 172 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:18,040 Speaker 1: I digress. Yeah already, I'm ready. Let's welcome super duper agent. 173 00:10:18,720 --> 00:10:30,800 Speaker 1: I termed him that Rich Paul to naked. I've kind 174 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:33,839 Speaker 1: of always been that motivator to the to the group 175 00:10:33,920 --> 00:10:38,600 Speaker 1: and too you know, young men and women, friends in school. 176 00:10:38,880 --> 00:10:43,160 Speaker 1: You know, I always try to treat people a certain way, uh, 177 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:47,240 Speaker 1: you know, laugh and joke and be inclusive, even for 178 00:10:47,320 --> 00:10:51,199 Speaker 1: those that didn't have when I mayle looked have had 179 00:10:51,640 --> 00:10:55,640 Speaker 1: have had much. So it buries, you know, It's it's 180 00:10:55,760 --> 00:11:00,320 Speaker 1: layers to it. But I am I'm appreciative of what 181 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:04,000 Speaker 1: people think of men in terms of my character. That's 182 00:11:04,040 --> 00:11:06,920 Speaker 1: that's important. At thirty nine years old, Rich Paul is 183 00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:11,320 Speaker 1: president and founder of Clutched Sports Agency. Again President and founder. 184 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:15,600 Speaker 1: Now by way of background, Paul was about maybe ten 185 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:18,080 Speaker 1: years old when he went to go live with his 186 00:11:18,160 --> 00:11:21,640 Speaker 1: grandmother after his father passed away. Uh Now, he says 187 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:25,920 Speaker 1: that made him be forced to at the time watch 188 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:28,680 Speaker 1: television shows like Larry King in the News. But I 189 00:11:28,679 --> 00:11:31,160 Speaker 1: think ultimately, as we can see, it did help him. 190 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:34,480 Speaker 1: But it gave him a sense of maturity and responsibility. 191 00:11:34,559 --> 00:11:36,760 Speaker 1: And that is key here because by the time he 192 00:11:36,840 --> 00:11:41,199 Speaker 1: was nineteen, he purchased his first home. Think about that 193 00:11:41,559 --> 00:11:43,240 Speaker 1: and nineteen I was just trying to go to the club. 194 00:11:43,679 --> 00:11:45,000 Speaker 1: I was trying to get a fake I d I 195 00:11:45,040 --> 00:11:48,800 Speaker 1: one thing about buying a home. Fast forward to today. 196 00:11:48,840 --> 00:11:52,120 Speaker 1: He runs one of the most powerful sports agencies. And 197 00:11:52,160 --> 00:11:55,320 Speaker 1: what I mean by that is he really truly determines 198 00:11:55,360 --> 00:11:58,360 Speaker 1: who's on that court for some of your favorite teams, 199 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:01,960 Speaker 1: fair or unfair. He is a major player in the 200 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:06,839 Speaker 1: sports industry. I don't think that there's a specific blueprint forward. 201 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:10,240 Speaker 1: I think you just number one, you have to believe 202 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:13,560 Speaker 1: in and in yourself and believe and what you think 203 00:12:13,720 --> 00:12:16,640 Speaker 1: is the right thing to do. That's where I started. 204 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:20,120 Speaker 1: That was my starting point. I believe I can be 205 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:24,200 Speaker 1: who I am. I believe that how I view the 206 00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:27,120 Speaker 1: athlete and the things that needed to be done and 207 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:31,720 Speaker 1: what fashion, what's coming from a great place. I saw 208 00:12:31,760 --> 00:12:36,360 Speaker 1: examples of guys who were treated different, and I didn't 209 00:12:36,400 --> 00:12:39,240 Speaker 1: feel good about it. I saw examples of guys that 210 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:43,880 Speaker 1: we're told this was the best decision, this was the 211 00:12:43,880 --> 00:12:46,559 Speaker 1: only decision to be made, when it really wasn't, and 212 00:12:46,559 --> 00:12:49,280 Speaker 1: I didn't feel good about that. And you know, when 213 00:12:49,320 --> 00:12:51,640 Speaker 1: you're in a position to where you can't really do 214 00:12:51,679 --> 00:12:55,000 Speaker 1: anything about it, it's um and you actually care. It's 215 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:59,200 Speaker 1: not just about a paycheck. Eventually, it's gonna cause you 216 00:12:59,360 --> 00:13:03,960 Speaker 1: to persevered towards what your passion really is and what's 217 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:09,199 Speaker 1: really important to you and and and have the impact there. 218 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:12,920 Speaker 1: So that was the starting point for me. You see, 219 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:16,640 Speaker 1: Rich grew up in a household where details were very important. 220 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:20,120 Speaker 1: He says, his mom used to always tell him I 221 00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:22,199 Speaker 1: don't care if we live in a cardboard box, make 222 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:25,559 Speaker 1: sure it's clean. And of course his mother got that 223 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:30,760 Speaker 1: from her mother, his grandmother. It's interesting when you think 224 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:34,840 Speaker 1: about why he's so good at what he does. I 225 00:13:34,880 --> 00:13:38,640 Speaker 1: believe that it's just simple home training. Simple home training 226 00:13:38,679 --> 00:13:42,679 Speaker 1: provides a skill set that most quote un traditional agents 227 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:44,880 Speaker 1: don't have, and I think you know what I mean. 228 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:48,760 Speaker 1: It's attention to detail. It's attention to everything that matters. 229 00:13:48,880 --> 00:13:51,360 Speaker 1: Make sure all your eyes are dotted, in your teas 230 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:54,360 Speaker 1: are cross, but in a way that holds you accountable. 231 00:13:54,920 --> 00:13:57,080 Speaker 1: It's interesting because I think that skill set sets him 232 00:13:57,080 --> 00:13:58,920 Speaker 1: apart when he walks in a room, when he wants 233 00:13:58,960 --> 00:14:01,520 Speaker 1: to make a deal, when he wants to decide who 234 00:14:01,559 --> 00:14:05,000 Speaker 1: in fact he will try to recruit. All of these 235 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:08,120 Speaker 1: things come into play as he tries to tell us 236 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:11,439 Speaker 1: about his childhood growing up with his grandmother. I used 237 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:15,080 Speaker 1: to watch my grandmother and she ran the house like 238 00:14:15,160 --> 00:14:17,640 Speaker 1: you were run in corporation. And I'm ten years old, 239 00:14:17,679 --> 00:14:21,960 Speaker 1: living with people's seventy plus, and I'm watching Larry King live, 240 00:14:22,640 --> 00:14:25,080 Speaker 1: you know, may rest in peace and meet depressed and 241 00:14:25,160 --> 00:14:27,360 Speaker 1: all these types. As a kid, you know, I'm ten 242 00:14:27,440 --> 00:14:30,560 Speaker 1: years old, but I'm watching my grandmother do these things 243 00:14:31,640 --> 00:14:35,120 Speaker 1: very very very detail. Or the first time I've ever 244 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:39,640 Speaker 1: seen my underwear be ironed that folded a specific way, 245 00:14:39,840 --> 00:14:42,480 Speaker 1: like this was every day, but this wasn't like this 246 00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:46,400 Speaker 1: was every day. But prior to that, you know, I 247 00:14:46,480 --> 00:14:49,760 Speaker 1: had lived with my other grandmother and we moved around 248 00:14:49,840 --> 00:14:52,840 Speaker 1: and and so never had a long clock came. I 249 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:54,360 Speaker 1: never had a long I don't use a long clock 250 00:14:54,440 --> 00:14:57,000 Speaker 1: to this day. Never had. I never use a long clock. 251 00:14:57,680 --> 00:15:01,440 Speaker 1: I don't need it. It was just create those tabits 252 00:15:01,560 --> 00:15:04,880 Speaker 1: and you learn it over time. So a lot of 253 00:15:04,920 --> 00:15:08,040 Speaker 1: things shape you. And I try to have these conversations 254 00:15:08,600 --> 00:15:12,480 Speaker 1: amongst us young men who got going to have families 255 00:15:12,520 --> 00:15:15,320 Speaker 1: and and nobody's perfect. By the way, I'm not perfect. 256 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:17,640 Speaker 1: Nobody's perfect. There's a lot of things that I can 257 00:15:17,720 --> 00:15:20,920 Speaker 1: work on person myself. I'm trying to do that every 258 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:25,600 Speaker 1: day and get better. Back in a moment with more 259 00:15:25,800 --> 00:15:30,840 Speaker 1: from Rich Paul. Every champion and carry champions, to be 260 00:15:30,920 --> 00:15:34,200 Speaker 1: a champion, a champion, and carry champion, and carry champion 261 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:37,600 Speaker 1: champion and carry chappion and carry champion afraid it's the 262 00:15:37,640 --> 00:15:44,880 Speaker 1: sports and enter Tainmking naked work. Hey, everybody naked is back. 263 00:15:44,960 --> 00:15:52,080 Speaker 1: We got Rich Paul. Enjoy the second half. If you 264 00:15:52,080 --> 00:15:54,560 Speaker 1: ask me, Rich Paul was destined for this. Uh, it 265 00:15:54,600 --> 00:15:57,720 Speaker 1: makes perfect sense, right because what he's telling us is 266 00:15:57,760 --> 00:15:59,440 Speaker 1: that he had the respect of the old, but he 267 00:15:59,520 --> 00:16:02,360 Speaker 1: also had the love of the new. He was the 268 00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:04,560 Speaker 1: middle child. Shout out to j Coole. He was the 269 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:06,840 Speaker 1: middle child that could speak the language of one but 270 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:09,480 Speaker 1: understand the language of the other. And he was able 271 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:13,040 Speaker 1: to communicate the two. But more importantly, once you have 272 00:16:13,280 --> 00:16:16,400 Speaker 1: their ear, once you can speak their language, how do 273 00:16:16,440 --> 00:16:18,720 Speaker 1: you move forward? How do you make a difference? He 274 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:23,560 Speaker 1: so eloquently explains that today's athlete is so much different 275 00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:26,720 Speaker 1: than the athlete of yesteryear. Michael Jordan's not walking through 276 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:29,520 Speaker 1: that door. Kobe Bryant may he rest in peace, is 277 00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:32,640 Speaker 1: not walking through that door. AI is not walking through 278 00:16:32,640 --> 00:16:37,160 Speaker 1: that door. Kevin Garnett not walking through that door. Today's 279 00:16:37,240 --> 00:16:40,360 Speaker 1: athlete is a different athlete. I had the privilege of 280 00:16:40,440 --> 00:16:46,640 Speaker 1: being with yesterday's stars. Yesterday's stars of the game respected 281 00:16:46,680 --> 00:16:50,400 Speaker 1: me to the utmost prior to me being in this position. 282 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:55,440 Speaker 1: You know when when when Hamilton's was in Washington or Detroit, 283 00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:58,280 Speaker 1: I went to his house at dinner. By the way, 284 00:16:58,280 --> 00:16:59,680 Speaker 1: I can go to his house and you don't even 285 00:16:59,680 --> 00:17:02,280 Speaker 1: have to be there. The same way was for an 286 00:17:02,280 --> 00:17:06,080 Speaker 1: ai Or as much as people see saw KG as 287 00:17:06,080 --> 00:17:08,600 Speaker 1: this person that didn't speak to people who whatever whatever, 288 00:17:08,840 --> 00:17:11,920 Speaker 1: always had words of encouragement for me and respect, and 289 00:17:11,960 --> 00:17:16,880 Speaker 1: the list goes on. Gilbert Arenas will come to mabpartment 290 00:17:17,200 --> 00:17:19,159 Speaker 1: soon as he get off the plane. You know, it 291 00:17:19,240 --> 00:17:22,480 Speaker 1: was just like b D. It was just every pretty 292 00:17:22,560 --> 00:17:27,480 Speaker 1: much every single player, and I paid attention. I paid 293 00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:30,960 Speaker 1: attention to people around them. We did at a very 294 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:33,919 Speaker 1: early age. We were obviously hanging out with guys like 295 00:17:34,040 --> 00:17:40,640 Speaker 1: Jay z And and Steve Stout. You know, just had 296 00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:44,160 Speaker 1: an opportunity to be Michael's Jim when we were young, 297 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:49,440 Speaker 1: very young, and so being able to blend those generations, 298 00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:54,639 Speaker 1: I believe is an unbelievable asset for me because I 299 00:17:54,680 --> 00:17:56,639 Speaker 1: got to see the old and the news. Here we 300 00:17:56,680 --> 00:17:58,919 Speaker 1: are here, I am sitting in the middle of the 301 00:17:59,080 --> 00:18:02,720 Speaker 1: athlete of yesterday and the athlete of today. I think 302 00:18:02,760 --> 00:18:07,320 Speaker 1: two different ways they viewed. They viewed the black face 303 00:18:07,480 --> 00:18:11,760 Speaker 1: a different way. Today they're more open minded to a 304 00:18:11,880 --> 00:18:16,080 Speaker 1: possibility of giving an opportunity, whereas of yesterday, there was 305 00:18:16,119 --> 00:18:21,080 Speaker 1: no There wasn't even a conversation about it, because if 306 00:18:21,119 --> 00:18:23,879 Speaker 1: you didn't again going back to the rue right, if 307 00:18:23,920 --> 00:18:26,399 Speaker 1: you didn't have if he wasn't a lawyer, if you 308 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:30,800 Speaker 1: didn't have a college degree that was used to get 309 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:35,520 Speaker 1: you to to discourage a position. The rule that Rich 310 00:18:35,520 --> 00:18:38,920 Speaker 1: Paul is talking about, it's called the Rich Paul rule. 311 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:40,399 Speaker 1: We'll get to that in a moment, but let me 312 00:18:40,440 --> 00:18:44,040 Speaker 1: give you background. Obviously, Rich Paul interned for a little 313 00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:47,879 Speaker 1: while with CIA also working with him. His internship, for me, 314 00:18:48,040 --> 00:18:50,560 Speaker 1: was just a formality. He was learning the game, he 315 00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:52,399 Speaker 1: was figuring out what he was going to do, but 316 00:18:52,520 --> 00:18:56,280 Speaker 1: do it better. He ultimately in started clutch sports. We 317 00:18:56,359 --> 00:18:59,119 Speaker 1: all know. That's why we're talking to him now. And 318 00:18:59,160 --> 00:19:03,160 Speaker 1: then from that moment on took off. Clutched Sports began 319 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:05,240 Speaker 1: to represent the big names that I talked about, the 320 00:19:05,320 --> 00:19:08,919 Speaker 1: Draymond Greens, the Anthony Davis, the John Walls, really huge 321 00:19:08,960 --> 00:19:14,800 Speaker 1: power players. However, some folks got annoyed, and by some folks, 322 00:19:14,840 --> 00:19:17,320 Speaker 1: I mean the n c a A. So in August 323 00:19:17,359 --> 00:19:21,879 Speaker 1: of the n c a A changed the rules for agents. 324 00:19:22,840 --> 00:19:26,720 Speaker 1: It said all agents had to have a college degree. 325 00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:29,359 Speaker 1: That was what which was just talking about. So wait 326 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:31,600 Speaker 1: a minute, let me let me get this right. The 327 00:19:31,720 --> 00:19:33,840 Speaker 1: n c a A has been around for how long 328 00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:40,120 Speaker 1: and then they just now decide agents need a college degree? Bullshit, 329 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:44,000 Speaker 1: I'm calling bullshit on a corrupt agency. Why in the 330 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:48,040 Speaker 1: world do you think they implemented what we call in 331 00:19:48,119 --> 00:19:52,480 Speaker 1: sports media the Rich Paul rule. Or Rich was running game, 332 00:19:53,240 --> 00:19:57,200 Speaker 1: he became powerful. Go ahead, starts a little agency in twelve. 333 00:19:57,240 --> 00:19:59,760 Speaker 1: But then hold up, hold on and turn around. Oh, 334 00:19:59,800 --> 00:20:05,200 Speaker 1: you're actually making waves. You're making influential decisions, You're stopping trades, 335 00:20:05,280 --> 00:20:09,119 Speaker 1: You're making trades happen. You are a player in this game. 336 00:20:09,480 --> 00:20:14,080 Speaker 1: How do we get rid of them? Okay, all agents 337 00:20:14,119 --> 00:20:16,440 Speaker 1: need a college degree now, so otherwise they can't talk 338 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:20,160 Speaker 1: to college players? What what? What? Hold on? What? They 339 00:20:20,160 --> 00:20:23,240 Speaker 1: can't talk to certain players until I graduate? Or to wait? 340 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:27,120 Speaker 1: What what are all these asterisks that you're adding? Well, 341 00:20:27,480 --> 00:20:30,640 Speaker 1: I simply said it was the Rich Paul rule. Rich 342 00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:33,680 Speaker 1: was changing the game and the only way they could 343 00:20:33,680 --> 00:20:36,440 Speaker 1: stop him, or at least try to stop him. Let's 344 00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:39,760 Speaker 1: say that all agents needed to college degree. That all changed, 345 00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:44,919 Speaker 1: and that is fine. But it's interesting because that, I 346 00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:49,000 Speaker 1: believe is when he knew he made it. But the 347 00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:52,480 Speaker 1: reality of this this and I said this before, it's 348 00:20:52,520 --> 00:20:56,960 Speaker 1: just about the discouragement. It's about the discouragement. People want 349 00:20:57,119 --> 00:21:01,480 Speaker 1: to discourage you due to their lack infinite and positioning 350 00:21:01,920 --> 00:21:04,399 Speaker 1: and you ever, you know how hard it is for 351 00:21:04,480 --> 00:21:08,239 Speaker 1: somebody to say, especially in our space, how is your 352 00:21:08,320 --> 00:21:10,760 Speaker 1: day to day? Is there anything I can do for you. 353 00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:14,040 Speaker 1: That's a nice shirt. I'm happy for you. And by 354 00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:17,760 Speaker 1: the way, this is me working me telling you, this 355 00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:20,600 Speaker 1: is me working on me. This is me working on me. 356 00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:25,240 Speaker 1: But why would I give my energy to that when 357 00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:27,720 Speaker 1: I'm a black man on the board of U t A. 358 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:31,480 Speaker 1: Let's talk about that. Let's talk about what that means 359 00:21:31,520 --> 00:21:35,760 Speaker 1: to a kid coming up behind me and breaking down 360 00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:40,439 Speaker 1: those barriers. It's not fake, It's not just something to 361 00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:45,840 Speaker 1: be done a voting member. You get what I'm saying. 362 00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:54,159 Speaker 1: Sugar water mannate sandwiches, transfers on the r T A, 363 00:21:54,320 --> 00:21:58,760 Speaker 1: which is that's our our transit system in Cleveland. You 364 00:21:58,800 --> 00:22:01,080 Speaker 1: get a transfer, you don't have to pay the on 365 00:22:01,119 --> 00:22:05,840 Speaker 1: the bus. But from that to being on the board 366 00:22:06,080 --> 00:22:13,960 Speaker 1: of this establishment called United Talent Agency, Wow, The United 367 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:18,280 Speaker 1: Talent Agency is one of three largest entertainment agencies in 368 00:22:18,320 --> 00:22:20,560 Speaker 1: North America. If you're in this business or you know 369 00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:23,000 Speaker 1: anything about this business, him being on the board is 370 00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:25,240 Speaker 1: a big deal. And I don't mind him talking to 371 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:28,199 Speaker 1: your key right now, because it is important to understand 372 00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:32,119 Speaker 1: what's happening here. The n c a A created this 373 00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:36,159 Speaker 1: Rich Paul rule, which they eventually got rid of because 374 00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:39,640 Speaker 1: they knew they would nothing for trying to stop Rich 375 00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:42,560 Speaker 1: Paul from trying to make changes. But what he decided 376 00:22:42,600 --> 00:22:44,639 Speaker 1: to do was pressed forward, which is what we all 377 00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:49,200 Speaker 1: should do. Make a difference, see change, do things differently. 378 00:22:50,520 --> 00:22:52,439 Speaker 1: And not only is he like, I'm still getting my 379 00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:56,639 Speaker 1: money and taking over this NBA and eventually football and 380 00:22:56,640 --> 00:22:59,960 Speaker 1: eventually every other sport if need be right, what he's 381 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:03,600 Speaker 1: doing is saying, I am in a position to own 382 00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:08,119 Speaker 1: the table. Being on the board of a huge, huge 383 00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:12,199 Speaker 1: corporation determines how decisions are made, how people are seeing, 384 00:23:12,240 --> 00:23:16,560 Speaker 1: how how you were hearing different voices in your environment, 385 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:19,000 Speaker 1: and how invaluable those voices are to me. That is 386 00:23:19,040 --> 00:23:22,439 Speaker 1: a huge deal, which is why he mentions it, and 387 00:23:22,520 --> 00:23:26,400 Speaker 1: you have to talk about it. A kid from Ohio 388 00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:31,399 Speaker 1: sugar water sandwiches, sugar water mayonnaise sandwiches and taking the 389 00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:35,399 Speaker 1: r T a r TD for me, it's some big deal. 390 00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:39,760 Speaker 1: He's pretty lucky, right. Jay Z has a record called 391 00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:46,960 Speaker 1: Lucky Man, and the hook is extremely powerful. I was 392 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:49,280 Speaker 1: told as I was four years old everything that God 393 00:23:49,359 --> 00:23:52,480 Speaker 1: does not go. But now that I've arrived, I see 394 00:23:52,520 --> 00:23:55,600 Speaker 1: those troops unfold, close my eyes in the world so cold, 395 00:23:56,440 --> 00:23:59,760 Speaker 1: that's that's one aspect, but then the third verse, it's 396 00:23:59,800 --> 00:24:02,280 Speaker 1: where he really, really and this is what hit home 397 00:24:02,320 --> 00:24:06,560 Speaker 1: to me in Cleveland, Ohio, in the Glenville community where 398 00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:10,560 Speaker 1: this happens, and it's it's at its height all day 399 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:14,640 Speaker 1: every day, rain, sleep, ella, snow, and I won't use 400 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:18,240 Speaker 1: the actual words, but he's saying, you know, people see 401 00:24:18,280 --> 00:24:21,560 Speaker 1: me in the streets and pretend to be friendly. But 402 00:24:21,680 --> 00:24:24,679 Speaker 1: I know any type of success breeds envy. I know 403 00:24:24,720 --> 00:24:26,639 Speaker 1: in the back of your mind you're conjuring ways to 404 00:24:26,760 --> 00:24:29,280 Speaker 1: him me leave my friends in the circle, pouring out 405 00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:33,000 Speaker 1: any but Jesus having bound, so I'm gonna receive anything. 406 00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:35,880 Speaker 1: You'll port the ground next time, throw it up because 407 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:38,639 Speaker 1: they ain't nothing changed, because even in my afterlife, I 408 00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:42,960 Speaker 1: show it up. Don't grief from me. Those words to 409 00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:47,200 Speaker 1: come throughout a speaker. When you're in those trenches, it 410 00:24:47,359 --> 00:24:50,600 Speaker 1: just hits different, so Rich says, it just hits different 411 00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:53,680 Speaker 1: when you're in the trenches. That song specifically, it's also 412 00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:59,760 Speaker 1: why Rich's autobiography is appropriately titled You Mean Luck You 413 00:24:59,840 --> 00:25:03,800 Speaker 1: Mean obviously a jay Z song, but also being published 414 00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:06,480 Speaker 1: by jay Z's new company, rock Lit One on one. 415 00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:09,280 Speaker 1: It's all one big family. I take a moment here 416 00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:13,040 Speaker 1: to say that to celebrate these black men for doing 417 00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:16,760 Speaker 1: something amazing. It's interesting how we often forget that they 418 00:25:16,760 --> 00:25:19,520 Speaker 1: came from the streets, they came from nothing, and when 419 00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:21,760 Speaker 1: they do make it, they go out of their way 420 00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:25,600 Speaker 1: to keep that hustler's mentality. It's easy to relax, it's 421 00:25:25,640 --> 00:25:28,160 Speaker 1: easy to get comfortable when people know who you are 422 00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:32,040 Speaker 1: and your name is being associated with the greats. But 423 00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:36,080 Speaker 1: for them, and more specifically for Rich, it really has 424 00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:37,919 Speaker 1: a lot to do with why he named his company 425 00:25:38,119 --> 00:25:45,199 Speaker 1: Clutch Sports Group. Take a lesson cluch as an acronym knowledge, longevity, understanding, trust, 426 00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:51,720 Speaker 1: commitment or communication and honest I was riding ones going 427 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:54,280 Speaker 1: home one day in Cleveland when I was decided to 428 00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:57,760 Speaker 1: start the company and thinking about a name, and I 429 00:25:57,840 --> 00:26:01,800 Speaker 1: thought about something that aligned with the sport and also 430 00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:04,560 Speaker 1: something you had to be in life. And I always 431 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:06,280 Speaker 1: think about these things anyway, and you had to be 432 00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:11,240 Speaker 1: clutching both. There's clutch moments, there's a clutch gene, and 433 00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:13,320 Speaker 1: you don't just need it on the court or on 434 00:26:13,359 --> 00:26:15,840 Speaker 1: the field. You need to clutch gene in life as well. 435 00:26:16,680 --> 00:26:21,720 Speaker 1: And so that's why it's made so I may be biased, 436 00:26:21,720 --> 00:26:24,399 Speaker 1: but I do believe that the greatest moment in Clutch 437 00:26:24,440 --> 00:26:29,760 Speaker 1: Sports history was on July one, other than when they 438 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:32,480 Speaker 1: actually created the company. But do you guys remember that 439 00:26:32,880 --> 00:26:38,879 Speaker 1: one sentence press release from Clutch Sports Group, Essentially, Lebron 440 00:26:38,960 --> 00:26:41,159 Speaker 1: James has agreed to a four year, one D and 441 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:45,720 Speaker 1: fifty four million dollar contract with the Los Angeles Lakers. Done, 442 00:26:46,119 --> 00:26:50,520 Speaker 1: No more, no fuss, That's all you get. I'm gonna 443 00:26:50,520 --> 00:26:54,040 Speaker 1: give you no more, no nothing. And I'm like, yo, Rich, 444 00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:57,600 Speaker 1: I mean, y'all just gonna drop a one sentence press 445 00:26:57,640 --> 00:27:01,280 Speaker 1: release and not respond to any media. Why is that? 446 00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:04,479 Speaker 1: I think less is more? You know, obviously he we 447 00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:06,879 Speaker 1: did the decision, and then we did the you know, 448 00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:11,040 Speaker 1: the return to home, the letter, and so in this case, 449 00:27:11,359 --> 00:27:14,160 Speaker 1: you know, less was more and it's very matter of fact, 450 00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:18,240 Speaker 1: and it was really fun because obviously, you know, you 451 00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:21,320 Speaker 1: grew up here, you grew up in l A. And 452 00:27:21,359 --> 00:27:25,800 Speaker 1: it was it's gonna it's gonna hit different for you anyway. Um. 453 00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:30,600 Speaker 1: But look, you know, coming there, Lebron was really passionate 454 00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:33,639 Speaker 1: about his conversations and what the conversation had with Magic 455 00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:36,040 Speaker 1: and the conversation that he had with with with Jennie 456 00:27:36,119 --> 00:27:37,840 Speaker 1: has such time and just let her know, like, look, 457 00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:40,840 Speaker 1: I'm committed. I'm committed, and the ultimate goal was to 458 00:27:40,880 --> 00:27:44,600 Speaker 1: bring a championship back to what I believe is one 459 00:27:44,640 --> 00:27:48,720 Speaker 1: of the best franchises our league has ever known. Obviously 460 00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:51,760 Speaker 1: how Dr Bus carried it and how Jennie has carried it, 461 00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:57,680 Speaker 1: uh since her takeover of the organization and whatnot. But yeah, 462 00:27:57,720 --> 00:28:00,760 Speaker 1: you know those are those are really cool moments. So 463 00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:03,600 Speaker 1: Rich has a lot of those cool moments, as he describes, right, 464 00:28:03,720 --> 00:28:06,359 Speaker 1: I'm a bit of a fan. I'm like a cool moment. 465 00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:08,040 Speaker 1: It's a little more than a cool moment, but I'll 466 00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:10,639 Speaker 1: let you have it, Rich. But it's full circle. This 467 00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:14,800 Speaker 1: entire experience is full circle. He describes the time when 468 00:28:14,800 --> 00:28:17,000 Speaker 1: the o G is like Kobe may rest in peace, 469 00:28:17,119 --> 00:28:21,159 Speaker 1: kg Ai. We're all giving him words of encouragement, giving 470 00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:24,000 Speaker 1: him wisdom, giving him game, and here he is now 471 00:28:24,119 --> 00:28:28,240 Speaker 1: doing the exact same thing. He said. He learned that 472 00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:31,399 Speaker 1: that would be the key to any type of success 473 00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:33,639 Speaker 1: or peace. And you want to have both, don't you, 474 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:37,159 Speaker 1: Which is why he is so honest with all of 475 00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:42,040 Speaker 1: his players. It has to be real. Look at all 476 00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:50,160 Speaker 1: the guys, Anthony Draymond to John, say, Darius, you know both, Darius, 477 00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:52,000 Speaker 1: you know, I mean the list goes on and on. 478 00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:55,480 Speaker 1: The guys that that we that we represent. In most 479 00:28:55,480 --> 00:28:59,560 Speaker 1: cases of a time, we do have a have a 480 00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:04,040 Speaker 1: comment ground respect, We value one another, we hold we 481 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:08,240 Speaker 1: hold one another accountable. There's no yes environment. You know, 482 00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:10,400 Speaker 1: I don't. I don't never feel with anyone that we 483 00:29:10,480 --> 00:29:13,280 Speaker 1: represent that I have to lie to them about anything. 484 00:29:14,760 --> 00:29:18,120 Speaker 1: And we know that has not been the case previous 485 00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:22,600 Speaker 1: years and current because in most cases, if I don't 486 00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:24,680 Speaker 1: tell you what you want to hear. In my position, 487 00:29:25,120 --> 00:29:28,080 Speaker 1: now I'm walking on eggshells. I don't walk on eggshells. 488 00:29:28,520 --> 00:29:31,280 Speaker 1: And by the way, players, I don't rep I shoot 489 00:29:31,320 --> 00:29:36,200 Speaker 1: a straight because that's the only thing I know. I 490 00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:40,640 Speaker 1: think Rich Paul's greatest quality, and his naked quality, is 491 00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:44,720 Speaker 1: that he's wise. And I think he learned that from 492 00:29:44,800 --> 00:29:47,400 Speaker 1: his grandmother. He talks about being a teen year old 493 00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:53,880 Speaker 1: living with his grandmother. Imagine all of the free jewelry 494 00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:56,360 Speaker 1: she was given out, just dropping gems day in and 495 00:29:56,440 --> 00:29:59,120 Speaker 1: day out. It's whether or not he received it. Clearly 496 00:29:59,160 --> 00:30:03,480 Speaker 1: it landed on fertile soil. So for that, I say respect. 497 00:30:04,040 --> 00:30:06,560 Speaker 1: We all know a lot. We all can read, we 498 00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:09,520 Speaker 1: can all find out information, we can talk to our mentors, 499 00:30:09,560 --> 00:30:12,640 Speaker 1: we can we can get whatever information we need. Now 500 00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:15,640 Speaker 1: it's what we do with that information, and that's why 501 00:30:15,680 --> 00:30:22,960 Speaker 1: I applaud Rich Paul. He was selling jerseys, authentic jerseys 502 00:30:24,160 --> 00:30:27,440 Speaker 1: in two thousand and three and he was making a 503 00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:30,400 Speaker 1: lot of money, and to a kid by the name 504 00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:32,400 Speaker 1: of Lebron, James said, come work in my inner circle 505 00:30:32,440 --> 00:30:34,520 Speaker 1: because I think I need you, I can trust you. 506 00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:40,040 Speaker 1: And next thing you know, fast forward to He couldn't 507 00:30:40,040 --> 00:30:42,320 Speaker 1: have envisioned this, no one could. But what he did 508 00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:48,360 Speaker 1: know and what he relied on was wisdom. Someone just 509 00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:52,360 Speaker 1: asked me, what is this is pretty funny. What is 510 00:30:52,360 --> 00:30:56,720 Speaker 1: the definition of wisdom? And it could be for me 511 00:30:57,560 --> 00:31:01,880 Speaker 1: many things, but the quality of having experience, knowledge and 512 00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:06,560 Speaker 1: good judgment, the quality of being wise, the soundness of 513 00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:10,000 Speaker 1: an action order decision with regard to the application of experience, 514 00:31:10,120 --> 00:31:13,600 Speaker 1: knowledge and good judgment. In short, what the hell you 515 00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:16,760 Speaker 1: learned today? I hope you learned something. Thank you for 516 00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:27,080 Speaker 1: listening to this edition of Naked with Carrie Champion. M 517 00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:00,840 Speaker 1: two