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Speaker 1: First of all, Uh, it took me best surprise because

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Speaker 1: I was hearing it. I came here under false pretenses.

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Speaker 1: I thought I was doing something different. To be honest,

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Speaker 1: it threw me off and I just went like, oh

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Speaker 1: my god, okay, uh it's an honor. Uh. I really

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Speaker 1: wanted to be a part of this ring of owner.

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Speaker 1: I thought, I thought maybe sometimes. And my daughter asked

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Speaker 1: me that. She said, Dad, why are you not in

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Speaker 1: the ring of honer. I go, I don't know yet here.

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Speaker 1: I said that that too will come. I said, but

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Speaker 1: here's the thing. This is a fine organization. They've had

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Speaker 1: a lot of great players. You played there. My time

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Speaker 1: has just not come, and it's come down. I'm proud

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Speaker 1: of that. Uh. This is I mean. I kept asking

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Speaker 1: people like, why are we doing this? That's at Toronto.

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Speaker 1: What are we doing here today? I go, I go,

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Speaker 1: I said, look, think about this has been a or

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Speaker 1: how many years? Four? First time I ever spoke to

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Speaker 1: him today on the field, and all I wanted to

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Speaker 1: say to missus thank you for the way you play,

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Speaker 1: because you do what I used to do. I'm so

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Speaker 1: proud of you. That meant something to me to be

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Speaker 1: to say that to that young man. I get that

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Speaker 1: I was a giant. I'm very proud of that. The

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Speaker 1: Maros and the Tissues are great owners and that's why

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Speaker 1: I'm glad to be representing this Franchise's walk into that

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Speaker 1: building from here and you see your name. Okay, I've

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Speaker 1: seen pictures of myself in the city and before and

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Speaker 1: the first time I've seen it the kind of thre

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Speaker 1: me back for loop. But now with it up there,

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Speaker 1: it's always there. So hey, I can look into court

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Speaker 1: this and go, that's my name. And here's the thing.

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Speaker 1: You're a five ft seven guy. You played the Circus University,

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Speaker 1: you came here and now I'm not sure anything. I'm

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Speaker 1: not sure anybody tid I was gonna do this. Anybody

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Speaker 1: I'm was gonna do this. I had a belief that

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Speaker 1: I could play at this level. I had a belief

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Speaker 1: that I can make it. And you know what's funny,

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Speaker 1: It's worked out. We're you're supposed to do. And look

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Speaker 1: like guy asked me one day, says you ever pinch yourself?

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Speaker 1: And to say, what the hell? I go, yeah, and

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Speaker 1: I just keep doing. I go. I'm good, I get it.

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Speaker 1: I'm thankful, I'm God blessed and I'm i'm good