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Speaker 1: my favorite listeners. Welcome to a very special, a very
Speaker 1: different episode of Off the Beat. But as always, I'm
Speaker 1: your steadfast host Brian Baumgartner. Today is very exciting for me, everybody.
Speaker 1: I am here. I've always wanted to say this. I'm
Speaker 1: coming to you live from Lake Tahoe, Nevada slash California,
Speaker 1: right on the border there. I am here at Edgewood
Speaker 1: Country Club, home of the American Century Championship. That's right,
Speaker 1: thirty three years this event has been going on. This
Speaker 1: is my fifteen consecutive year participating in the American Century
Speaker 1: Championship here in Lake Tahoe. And as I've told many people,
Speaker 1: this is my favorite week of the year. And it
Speaker 1: is also my most difficult week of the year. I'm
Speaker 1: going to talk to you a little bit about that later.
Speaker 1: The people out here, the celebrities we have, some of
Speaker 1: them have become great friends, my favorite people in the
Speaker 1: world really to play golf with and to hang out with.
Speaker 1: As most of you know, I'm a big sports fan,
Speaker 1: and I would say of the guys are sports celebrities, legends,
Speaker 1: some might call them Hall of famers, all stars in
Speaker 1: their respective sports. We also have stars from music industry,
Speaker 1: music artists, and of course some actors as well. I
Speaker 1: thought it would be cool to talk to a few
Speaker 1: guys here. We are preparing for the pro am Day,
Speaker 1: which is always that phrase I have an issue with
Speaker 1: because I am not a pro Okay, I think celeb
Speaker 1: am might be a little more accurate. But I we
Speaker 1: are here on on on pro am Day, so we're
Speaker 1: gonna play with some some great supporters of American Century
Speaker 1: in this tournament and the South Lake Tahoe area for charity.
Speaker 1: I'm so excited to be here. It's a beautiful day,
Speaker 1: seventy five degrees here on the lake in Lake Tahoe.
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Speaker 1: has my back? And on that note, I wanted to
Speaker 1: find out who had the backs of some of these
Speaker 1: actors and athletes as they rose to fame, what tour
Speaker 1: or who gave them the confidence to overcome difficult challenges
Speaker 1: that ultimately lead them to make it big. And also
Speaker 1: why they're here, why they come back to Lake Tahoe
Speaker 1: every year for this event. You know, as I said,
Speaker 1: it's my favorite week, but it's also the most difficult.
Speaker 1: I've told this story many times, I've I've never told
Speaker 1: it on this podcast, And was asked about this the
Speaker 1: other day when I arrived, like why why do you
Speaker 1: do it? Why do you love golf? Why do you
Speaker 1: play in this tournament? And I be honest with you.
Speaker 1: I was a golfer, but not a passionate golfer, and
Speaker 1: I have moved to Los Angeles shortly before the office started.
Speaker 1: And you know, I've said many times I like charity,
Speaker 1: Charity is important to me. I also like cocktails, but
Speaker 1: the like charity cocktail party thing this was not something
Speaker 1: that was for me right, and so I wanted to
Speaker 1: find a way an outlet really for charity, and so
Speaker 1: for me it became golf, and for me it was
Speaker 1: much more interesting and valuable to have a real connection
Speaker 1: with three four guys who I played golf with for
Speaker 1: four or five hours for a good cause outside as
Speaker 1: opposed to you know, casual cocktail party type conversation. So
Speaker 1: that's really why I started to play golf and then
Speaker 1: became passionate about golf, as most of you know. And
Speaker 1: this event is so special because of the collection of
Speaker 1: people that they have here. The amount of money that
Speaker 1: American Century donates to cancer research is astounding. One of
Speaker 1: my favorite events here happened last night. It is a
Speaker 1: mandatory players only meeting that takes place on the Wednesday
Speaker 1: night before the tournament, and they talk about rules and
Speaker 1: the CEO, Jonathan Thomas of American Century is there, and
Speaker 1: John Miller from NBC Sports is there and and talks
Speaker 1: to all of us. And in the middle of the meeting,
Speaker 1: Jonathan Thomas had already spoken introduced some special guests that
Speaker 1: that they had. Jonathan Thomas came back up on stage
Speaker 1: and said to John Miller, I'm sorry I have to
Speaker 1: interrupt here for just a minute. And introduced a couple
Speaker 1: who were there as his special guests, who had during
Speaker 1: this meeting, donated one million dollars to cancer research through
Speaker 1: American Century Investments. It was such an amazingly powerful moment.
Speaker 1: I can't tell you. I'll tell you a couple of
Speaker 1: other stories that happened. That there are two people here
Speaker 1: who have played in this event every single year. Jack Wagner,
Speaker 1: actor and Jim McMahon, quarterback of the Chicago Bears. They've
Speaker 1: played in every event. Jim McMahon has a broken foot
Speaker 1: and is on a wheel thing. He only can walk
Speaker 1: on one leg, yet he is here playing in this
Speaker 1: event because of how much it means to him. Jack
Speaker 1: Wagner has had a very difficult year and it was
Speaker 1: an emotional moment last night when John Miller talked about
Speaker 1: the family that this has become, this event has become,
Speaker 1: and I feel it with the guys as I see
Speaker 1: them sometimes just once a year here, how special this
Speaker 1: place is and how special this event is. It means
Speaker 1: a lot to me. So I'm very happy that you
Speaker 1: have decided to join me here from the beach at
Speaker 1: Lake Tahoe for this very special episode of Off the Beat,
Speaker 1: brought to you by Airbnb, Bubble and Squeak. I love
Speaker 1: Bubble and Squeak on Bubble and Squeaker cookie every month
Speaker 1: left over from the NAT before. All right, everybody, I
Speaker 1: am so happy to be joined by an amazing guy
Speaker 1: who I met for the first time last night his
Speaker 1: first year here. Adam Napier joins us. Adam, tell me
Speaker 1: a little bit about well, why why are you here?
Speaker 1: Why are you here? Playing in the American Century Championship. Right, So,
Speaker 1: I'm a part of Team forty three, which is President
Speaker 1: Bush's group. He he does a bike ride and a
Speaker 1: golf tournament every year for wounded veterans post not eleven
Speaker 1: Wounded Veterans, And once you become a part of one
Speaker 1: of those events, you become of a part of a
Speaker 1: team Team forty three, and we go across the country
Speaker 1: and do different things. So how I ended up here though?
Speaker 1: Was I won his tournament? Uh this past Veterans Day
Speaker 1: it lost Cleanest Country Club in Dallas, and the winner
Speaker 1: of that gets once in a lifetime. My opportunity didn't
Speaker 1: take part in this event. It's so incredible, you know,
Speaker 1: for the last I would say about ten years, there's
Speaker 1: always a veteran who is here and it means so
Speaker 1: much to all the guys. I was talking about the
Speaker 1: players only meeting that happened last night, And it's hard
Speaker 1: to explain as you you not being an athlete. You're
Speaker 1: in a room and you know, you would think about
Speaker 1: like when you're in school and you're like, you know,
Speaker 1: an assembly or something, except this assembly is some of
Speaker 1: the greatest athletes that have ever played the game. As
Speaker 1: a sports fan myself, it's kind of an incredible thing
Speaker 1: to be just be in the room, right, It's incredible
Speaker 1: just to be in the room. And that doesn't even
Speaker 1: start into how the atmosphere in the room is. In
Speaker 1: being recognized in the room, I mean, it's just an
Speaker 1: incredible experience, Like it's now I'll remember till the day
Speaker 1: I die, and till lies about it until I die. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, it's uh, it really feels like a brotherhood.
Speaker 1: You were immediately embraced and brought into that as all
Speaker 1: the veterans are who come in. And the moment Adam
Speaker 1: is talking about is that he was introduced by John Miller.
Speaker 1: All the first time players are always introduced by John
Speaker 1: Miller and they're recognized and when Adam was was introduced
Speaker 1: last night. Everyone in the room stood and and I
Speaker 1: find it a really emotional moment just being in the
Speaker 1: room with you, a person who has done so much
Speaker 1: for our country, and really what what this is about?
Speaker 1: You know, I'm a actor on a television show and
Speaker 1: Jerry Rice catches footballs for a living, and you know,
Speaker 1: the idiot pittures just throw a ball, which seems really easy,
Speaker 1: but you know, what you, what you have done and
Speaker 1: what you've endured is truly incredible and is worthy of
Speaker 1: being recognized in that way. And it's just a really powerful,
Speaker 1: powerful moment in that room, everybody acknowledging you and your service.
Speaker 1: It absolutely gave me chills last night. I mean it, yeah,
Speaker 1: I was glad they didn't find a baby picture of me,
Speaker 1: but but uh, just unbelievable. And you know, and I
Speaker 1: want to take a moment to to thank all of
Speaker 1: you guys, and you know, the football players and baseball players,
Speaker 1: because you can be in the the middle of nowhere
Speaker 1: Afghanistan and Iraq, you know, and you have an hour
Speaker 1: a couple hours where you get to watch football game,
Speaker 1: a baseball game, have a movie night, and it doesn't
Speaker 1: matter where you are when you get together with a
Speaker 1: group of guys in in gals and and and have
Speaker 1: a minute, it's like being home for a little bit,
Speaker 1: you know, just little things like that. You know, there's
Speaker 1: no telling how many times that we would bene watch
Speaker 1: The Office when we when we would have time, you know, um,
Speaker 1: the super Bowl games and just you know, anything that's
Speaker 1: a little bit of a break and makes it seem
Speaker 1: like you're back home. I mean it it it helps
Speaker 1: you get through right. So well, that's that's very emotional
Speaker 1: for me, I tell you. You You know, I've said many
Speaker 1: times the greatest gift that this show, really The Office
Speaker 1: gave me was knowing that the show brings comfort and
Speaker 1: a sense of normalcy to people in their most difficult times.
Speaker 1: To talk about the Office of being a show that
Speaker 1: brings comfort. And you know, when I talked to either
Speaker 1: active military or veterans, or or people going through a
Speaker 1: difficult medical situation or family issue, that that show, you know,
Speaker 1: has brought them something is amazing. And to hear from
Speaker 1: you that in Afghanistan and and that's bringing you just
Speaker 1: a little bit closer to home is an awesome, awesomely
Speaker 1: powerful thing. So thank you. So this is no, lie,
Speaker 1: I'm not making this up for this, but we have
Speaker 1: watched episodes of the Office in Afghanistan on our projector
Speaker 1: that we'd use for for meetings up against a rock,
Speaker 1: you know, we had a clear flat rock, and you
Speaker 1: know we would get back in and you know we'd
Speaker 1: see stuff that you needed to laugh. You know, laugh.
Speaker 1: It's true. Laughter is the best best medicine. And so
Speaker 1: you know we may not have time to watch movie,
Speaker 1: you know, like, hey, you know, let let's watch The
Speaker 1: Office US or you know, whatever, anything to make a laugh.
Speaker 1: You know. Stepbrothers was another one that we watched, no
Speaker 1: telling how many times. Napghans, but uh, it just it
Speaker 1: helps your soul, you know, it lightens the move it
Speaker 1: helps you remember it's not all bad, and you know,
Speaker 1: gives you something to look forward to getting back to too.
Speaker 1: That's awesome. All right. Well, first off, are you gonna
Speaker 1: be nervous this week? You're obviously an excellent golfer. I'll
Speaker 1: be I'll be a little nervous. Since seventeen I don't
Speaker 1: want to hit anybody. I think I'll be okay with
Speaker 1: I'll give you one when one exception, if I if
Speaker 1: I somehow I played with Anica's Hornstown. That's that's gonna
Speaker 1: that's gonna get to me a little bit because I
Speaker 1: followed her since I was a little kid, you know,
Speaker 1: and being a golf fan, you know that would be
Speaker 1: that would be nervous. Yea ten time major winner, Uh,
Speaker 1: that's different. But I think I would have been nervous.
Speaker 1: But you know, you guys have been so accepting to us.
Speaker 1: And I was lucky to Caddy in two thousand nineteen
Speaker 1: for the Warrior and y'all have just opened y'all's arms
Speaker 1: to us and made it such a relaxing experience and
Speaker 1: and made it feel like, you know, this is a
Speaker 1: once in a lifetime chance that you know, I want
Speaker 1: to play good, but if I don't, it's not gonna matter,
Speaker 1: you know. And that mentality helps you play better too.
Speaker 1: But you know, I'm glad to be here, and you
Speaker 1: know I want to do my best. But I've already
Speaker 1: won for the week. Well that's that's amazing. What what
Speaker 1: gives you the confidence to go out there and make
Speaker 1: a run at winning this thing? So I've put a
Speaker 1: lot of work in getting ready for it. Luckily, the
Speaker 1: Warrior Open moved a little bit this year, because because
Speaker 1: of COVID and stuff, so I've I've had more time.
Speaker 1: Normally it's in you know, the May time frame, so
Speaker 1: it's a pretty quick turnaround coming here. So we played
Speaker 1: it in November, so it gave me time to prepare
Speaker 1: and that helps. I got out here early, a little
Speaker 1: bit before it started getting crowded, right, And then I
Speaker 1: was lucky the first day that I thought I was
Speaker 1: playing in a program and I show up and I'm
Speaker 1: playing with Justin Timberlake and Adam Feeling, and and I'm
Speaker 1: just like, well, you know, if if I can play
Speaker 1: with these guys and I get nerves and I can
Speaker 1: handle this weekend, that's awesome. Thank you so much for
Speaker 1: being here, Thanks for coming and talking to me, but
Speaker 1: mostly thank you for your service and your dedication and
Speaker 1: and what you've given not just me but but all
Speaker 1: of us listening. So thank you so much. Glad to
Speaker 1: be here. Thanks all right, cheers, What is up, Jerome man?
Speaker 1: How are you? I'm good? The bus where you're joined
Speaker 1: here by Jerome bettis thirteen years in the National Football
Speaker 1: League for the Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl champion played into right,
Speaker 1: which is where you're from. That was a special, uh
Speaker 1: special thing for you. Hall of Famer from No tra Dame.
Speaker 1: I think that's how we say it. Um, it's so
Speaker 1: good to see you. Always great to see you. We've
Speaker 1: known each other now, I think it's been a long time.
Speaker 1: Uh tell me, why do you come to this event?
Speaker 1: You know what? It's great because as an as an
Speaker 1: amateur golfer, it gives us an opportunity to actually feel
Speaker 1: as though we're professionals. Right. We're all terrible golfers, by
Speaker 1: the way, I will say that, But but you have
Speaker 1: one weekend in which your competitive juices come out. You
Speaker 1: say to yourself, this is my opportunity, right, And you
Speaker 1: go out and you have an opportunity to compete, and
Speaker 1: you compete with guys that you know, Guys that you
Speaker 1: were fans of, guys that you're friends of, and so
Speaker 1: it's just a great mix of people that you get
Speaker 1: an opportunity to play with and get a chance to
Speaker 1: know fellowship with them all. But at the end of
Speaker 1: the day, you're competing, you're looking at that score. You're like, man,
Speaker 1: I gotta get that. I gotta make a ball no
Speaker 1: double ball games, right, and I just gotta get a point.
Speaker 1: I got you. So you're very competitive with Yeah, I
Speaker 1: think I think we all are. I don't. I don't.
Speaker 1: I don't think it's competitive in a sense where I'm
Speaker 1: coming here, man, I gotta win, right, it's competitive saying
Speaker 1: I want to beat my score from last year. I
Speaker 1: want to I want to go out and play a
Speaker 1: stress free, mistake free round. Uh, you know, I want
Speaker 1: to be the best version of myself I can be, right,
Speaker 1: And so that's that's kind of the competitive nature that
Speaker 1: you that you put on yourself. And then when obviously
Speaker 1: you you get paired up with some guys, you're like, oh, crap,
Speaker 1: here we go. Here we go. All right, guys get
Speaker 1: to talk and crap, You're like, all right, let's go.
Speaker 1: So so, you know, it's one of those opportunities that
Speaker 1: you get very very rare to come out compete with
Speaker 1: yourself and with that with guys that you you know,
Speaker 1: and like, yeah, it's it's a crazy you know, thinking
Speaker 1: about last night and that meaning that had, you know
Speaker 1: that we had, and just the collection of people that
Speaker 1: are in that room, and you know, you've got Adam Napier,
Speaker 1: who gets introduced, the wounded warrior who's playing in the
Speaker 1: thing is like a powerful, powerful moment and then you
Speaker 1: hear the amount of money like that, It's yes, right,
Speaker 1: it made a difference, made a difference, made a significant
Speaker 1: difference in this community that we're playing in. And it's
Speaker 1: one of those that it's it's commendable is to be
Speaker 1: commended and to know that that you're part of that, right,
Speaker 1: that you're using your collective celebrity to benefit others, right,
Speaker 1: So that makes it a win win. Obviously you come
Speaker 1: out here and get a chance to play golf in
Speaker 1: a beautiful setting, beautiful course, but also you're doing a
Speaker 1: lot of good and that that makes it even that
Speaker 1: much more special to get on the plane to come
Speaker 1: out here and then know it's benefiting a lot more
Speaker 1: than just you playing golf. Yeah, do you go into
Speaker 1: shame spirals of self hatred for sure? For sure, because
Speaker 1: what happens, it always happens. You hit that bad shot,
Speaker 1: shank or something you like, you go right in the tank.
Speaker 1: You could been playing well, I mean soon did you
Speaker 1: You're like, oh man, here it comes and everybody's watching. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and then don't hit the second one because now you
Speaker 1: want to quit, You want to throw the clubs and
Speaker 1: just absolutely walk off the course if you could. The
Speaker 1: problem is you got the shame walk. You gotta walk
Speaker 1: over there, you gotta drop it from the water, you
Speaker 1: gotta do all the stuff. And then you said yourself,
Speaker 1: I don't leave this. I do have to tell you though.
Speaker 1: I played in the event in Greenville, South Carolina BMW,
Speaker 1: and I'm playing with a professional on the corn Ferry Tour.
Speaker 1: These guys are really good, really good. And one of
Speaker 1: them on our second hole that my partner made a
Speaker 1: nine on a part five. Now, this is a professional, which,
Speaker 1: as you discussed, we are not. So when happens, it happens.
Speaker 1: But he had a two fifty yard walk of shame
Speaker 1: back to his ball, which I was like, my heart
Speaker 1: was breaking for him, knowing how it feels. Who who's
Speaker 1: the guy that you're looking at? Because right it's online
Speaker 1: live streaming. Who's the guy when you're done with the round?
Speaker 1: Who who are you looking at? First guy? Who's the
Speaker 1: first guy beside yourself? First guy? I'm looking at Larry.
Speaker 1: He talked so much smack to me, and we're really
Speaker 1: good friends. I've known him since he was back in
Speaker 1: college at Pitt because I was playing with the Steelers
Speaker 1: and you know we were right there. So if there's
Speaker 1: one guy who who you know, we always are looking
Speaker 1: at the scoring so so sweet as soon as we
Speaker 1: see each other, uh huh rough day to day, you
Speaker 1: know he's so He's the first guy I look at
Speaker 1: every single time. Who has helped you the most to
Speaker 1: give you the confidence to be able to do this?
Speaker 1: That's brought you out here? That's a good question. Mm hmm.
Speaker 1: You know what it hasn't really been. Yeah, I tell
Speaker 1: you who's really helped me. I brought in a Caddy
Speaker 1: from Shadow Creek in Las Vegas. Course amazing course we
Speaker 1: played many times, many times, and and he was always
Speaker 1: the young caddy was always a sense of comfort for me.
Speaker 1: Right when I was playing there. He could kind of
Speaker 1: talk me off the ledge, so to speak, right, And
Speaker 1: so I said to myself, you know what I need
Speaker 1: to see if I can get him here, because I
Speaker 1: can get that same calmness, that same conversation, that same attitude,
Speaker 1: I can get him on the bag and it will
Speaker 1: really and it and it has. He's come the last
Speaker 1: couple of years and I felt much better in terms
Speaker 1: of my game. How I'm going out there with a
Speaker 1: strat g and idea. So he's been he's been very
Speaker 1: beneficial to my confidence because I know I've got a guy.
Speaker 1: He's a really good player in his own right. So
Speaker 1: I got a guy who understands and knows kind of
Speaker 1: what I'm capable of and what I'm not capable. And
Speaker 1: that's the one thing, because the majority of times we
Speaker 1: wanted to try to hit the hero shot, no is right,
Speaker 1: and you take up that five percent, you can take
Speaker 1: it in half because now your body is tense and
Speaker 1: it's tight, and you've got these people looking. You're like man,
Speaker 1: and and now all of I said, you got no chance,
Speaker 1: absolutely no chance to hit it. I'm just gonna hit
Speaker 1: this cut three would over the crowd to come back
Speaker 1: and its water on the left, and all right, cut
Speaker 1: it and I'll get it in there and let it
Speaker 1: drop right in of course, not how how many points?
Speaker 1: What are you looking at? How many points this week?
Speaker 1: What's your best? What's your best finish? Here? My best
Speaker 1: finish I think was TIF That was a couple of
Speaker 1: years ago, uh, the COVID year, because I was tuned up,
Speaker 1: you know, that was all I was doing, was I
Speaker 1: didn't do much else, so I was in great form.
Speaker 1: And so that was that was that was number one.
Speaker 1: That was That was pretty good. How how many points
Speaker 1: is that? That's probably was? Yeah, that's probably a day. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I was. That's very good. I played very well. Now,
Speaker 1: I will say this, I regressed last year. I think
Speaker 1: I was. I only finished with about almost fifty or
Speaker 1: maybe twenty. I think I was right right in the
Speaker 1: fifteen twenties something Ryan, it wasn't not very good. All right, Well, listen,
Speaker 1: I hope that it goes great for you this week.
Speaker 1: But more than that, it's great to see you have fun.
Speaker 1: We always have fun. But let's let's have fun and
Speaker 1: score up there. Let's put a score up there and
Speaker 1: kick Larry's ass. I'm going for him, all right, let's
Speaker 1: get it all right? Thanks, thanks, thank you. I am
Speaker 1: joined here on off the beat by my old friend,
Speaker 1: good friend like legendary. Is that the right phrase? Come on,
Speaker 1: legend legendary sportscaster Jimmy Roberts joins us here. How many
Speaker 1: years have you been coming here? This is twenty two
Speaker 1: for me. You know, I almost died here one year
Speaker 1: literally yes, wait tell me, yes, I remember this. So
Speaker 1: this is about ten years ago, ten twelve years ago
Speaker 1: just doing the tournament, and uh, I didn't feel well.
Speaker 1: And you know, those of us who travel for a living,
Speaker 1: you're used to being on the road not feeling well. You'
Speaker 1: deal with it somehow. I just felt different. So I
Speaker 1: ended up taking myself to the hospital. My appendix that exploded,
Speaker 1: That's right, my appendix that exploded. And then um, they
Speaker 1: did the surgery, took it out, and I was recovering
Speaker 1: and there was a complication and had to do another surgery.
Speaker 1: I was in the hospital here for two weeks here. Yeah,
Speaker 1: And I was lucky because the surgeon. It's a small
Speaker 1: regional hospital. The surgeon was a guy who had spent
Speaker 1: his entire professional career as a combat surgeon. He's from
Speaker 1: in the Air Force, so he'd seen everything. He'd seen
Speaker 1: every kind of trauma, and he took such good care
Speaker 1: of me. But I mean, it was in my family.
Speaker 1: When you say like Tahoe, it has the best of
Speaker 1: connotations and the worst. So wow, that's that is amazing?
Speaker 1: What what what it makes this event special? People like you?
Speaker 1: I mean, listen, when would I, no, seriously, when would
Speaker 1: I get to meet and hang out and make friends
Speaker 1: with people like you? When would our paths cross they wouldn't,
Speaker 1: you know, I mean they might and and I'd be
Speaker 1: curious to know what you think about this. But the
Speaker 1: thing that I think makes this event so special is
Speaker 1: that you you guys, people who compete in it, get
Speaker 1: to cross paths with people that you would never cross
Speaker 1: paths with. And everybody lets their hair down. There's no pretense.
Speaker 1: Everybody's just you know, not necessarily thinking that they have
Speaker 1: to worry about very much. Everybody just hangs out together.
Speaker 1: It's a very casual vibe. I mean, I've always felt
Speaker 1: that way. It's the most relaxed broadcasting experience I will
Speaker 1: do all year, and I get to just you know,
Speaker 1: a lot of it is for many many years, I
Speaker 1: was out on seventeen, you know, doing the interviews and
Speaker 1: that was fun. And now I'm gonna booth calling golf
Speaker 1: and it's a totally different narrative. I just get to
Speaker 1: be up there and talk about golf, you know. And
Speaker 1: you know, like I found out yesterday, I was talking
Speaker 1: to Justin Timberlake. And when do I get to say
Speaker 1: that just yesterday I was talking to Justin Timberlake. Anyway,
Speaker 1: I was talking to I was talking to Justin and
Speaker 1: he was, there's a commonality about it, like for all
Speaker 1: of us, what do we talk about? What's the first
Speaker 1: thing I said to you? How's your golf? How's your golfka, right,
Speaker 1: we're all golfers, you know, for better for worse. And
Speaker 1: so justin it launches into her in there having a
Speaker 1: sandwich and hey, hey, doing what's happening? What he've been
Speaker 1: up there? Has your family? This? That? And he said,
Speaker 1: and how's your golf? And he says, well, yeah, you know,
Speaker 1: and I got this thing going on with my with
Speaker 1: my left side. And he starts telling me about how
Speaker 1: he his shoulder. Guess it's his left shoulder. He's double jointed,
Speaker 1: so it kind of pops in and out. Oh jeez.
Speaker 1: And he says, here, check this out. He puts my
Speaker 1: hand on his shoulder. It's clicking in and out. Yeah.
Speaker 1: But anyway, and it's like, so that's all I said. Okay,
Speaker 1: well that'll end up on the air this weekend. But
Speaker 1: it's just it's listen, this is it's just fun. You know.
Speaker 1: I enjoy coming here because I just get to talk.
Speaker 1: Can I curse? Yeah, of course I get to talk shit. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, you know, I listen, I think you've actually
Speaker 1: touched on something that I haven't thought about quite in
Speaker 1: this way. I mean, I would like to think and
Speaker 1: I do think it is true that there's just an
Speaker 1: amazing collection of really good guys and gals we're together,
Speaker 1: but that commonality that you just talked about, like there's
Speaker 1: also we're all working on the same thing, and there's
Speaker 1: no pretense, there's no there's no I'm better than you.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna you know, because we all suck. We're all
Speaker 1: just doing the rest weekend outside of Mark Maulder and
Speaker 1: Marty Fish and that's you know, Jack Wagner, we all suck.
Speaker 1: It's just a degree to which we suck, you know,
Speaker 1: and that you know, we're all equally as consumed by
Speaker 1: the game befuddled by it. But you know, I also
Speaker 1: think there's a it feels like a sense of community here,
Speaker 1: you know, like you come here and whether you're a
Speaker 1: broadcaster or a participant, or you're justin timber Lake or
Speaker 1: you're somebody that could walk through the crowd and nobody
Speaker 1: would know, it doesn't matter. We're all here just part
Speaker 1: of this community and it's fun and it's it just
Speaker 1: it just feels so good. You know, it really feels good.
Speaker 1: I could not agree more. I have said already today
Speaker 1: it's my favorite week of the year. It's also the
Speaker 1: most difficult week. It's a most listfficult thing that I
Speaker 1: do every year. Dude, listen, I don't know how you
Speaker 1: guys do this. I I this morning I was doing
Speaker 1: I'm doing a story for the weekend on the seventh hole.
Speaker 1: You know, the seventeenth gets all the attention, but the
Speaker 1: seventh hole is becoming a little bit of you know,
Speaker 1: a ship show out there, and so we're going to
Speaker 1: do a story about the seventh hole. And so I'm
Speaker 1: out there and I go out there with a camera
Speaker 1: coon and this is golf, you know, so these people
Speaker 1: know who I It's not like I'm a celebrity or anything,
Speaker 1: but these people know who I am as Jimmy. Jimmy, Jimmy.
Speaker 1: You gotta hit a shot now. It's eight already in
Speaker 1: the morning. You know, I'm not ready. I haven't loosened up,
Speaker 1: I haven't done anything. They shamed me into hitting a shot.
Speaker 1: Fortunately it wasn't awful, But then they shamed me into
Speaker 1: I just like subject to such peer pressure. They shamed
Speaker 1: me into shotgunning a a corona worse a smear novice.
Speaker 1: You know. Yeah, they tossed me one yesterday. It hit
Speaker 1: the ground and they just immediately got sprayed by me.
Speaker 1: That's that's how I That's how I roll. Can I
Speaker 1: ask you a question? Sure? Let me turn this around
Speaker 1: because I figured you would. Well, I'm you know, it's
Speaker 1: what I do for a living. My wife says, I
Speaker 1: don't have conversations with people. I interview with them. Do
Speaker 1: you ever get tired of talking about the office? You know?
Speaker 1: Because I could see how you could. I will answer
Speaker 1: the question this way. I am so fascinated. But and
Speaker 1: I know you are an author and and and life
Speaker 1: fascinates you as well. I truly became fascinated with what
Speaker 1: happened to our show afterward, like that that it became
Speaker 1: more popular after five six years when we had not
Speaker 1: filmed anything, and that the show exploded. That is a
Speaker 1: truly fascinating question with me that I think. I think
Speaker 1: even smarter people than me should try to explore why
Speaker 1: that is. But the journey that I've been on and
Speaker 1: trying to answer that question of why has truly brought
Speaker 1: me joy. I think I think it's I think it's
Speaker 1: fascinating and that and that young people a show that
Speaker 1: wasn't being made for young people, you know, not just survives,
Speaker 1: but thrives this year later. And you know, we were
Speaker 1: a big show. You know, we were on NBC. And
Speaker 1: but you know, for me and for all of us,
Speaker 1: we weren't friends at the time. We weren't Seinfeld even
Speaker 1: you know, we were we were we were the NBC's
Speaker 1: number one show, but we weren't that, and now became that.
Speaker 1: Plus that's that's the crazy thing. Yeah, And I've told
Speaker 1: you this before, and you know, many many times. I mean,
Speaker 1: I have my youngest son is eighteen years old, and
Speaker 1: at one point he became this probably five years ago,
Speaker 1: became so fascinated with the show that every day he
Speaker 1: he binged the whole thing three, three times through. And
Speaker 1: when he found out that I knew you, you know,
Speaker 1: I know, listen, I've met Muhammad Ali Michael Jordan's I mean,
Speaker 1: I could not have been elevated to higher status in
Speaker 1: his life. I've been to the White House for dinner
Speaker 1: and I listen, none of that matters. Okay, What matters
Speaker 1: is that I you know, Kevin, Okay, so wait, can
Speaker 1: I I'm sorry to turn this around on you. But
Speaker 1: I have always been fascinated with the acting that you
Speaker 1: were able to do. When I first met you, I
Speaker 1: could not get it out of my head that you
Speaker 1: weren't that character because that character probably was so challenging
Speaker 1: to become, and it's so different from who you are.
Speaker 1: He's different from who I am. But that's what I say.
Speaker 1: That's the thing that's crazy is that you know, it's
Speaker 1: like me trying to be a golfer, Like I mean,
Speaker 1: I did go to school for it, you know, I was,
Speaker 1: you know, but yes, thank you, thank you for what
Speaker 1: I will consider to be a compliment. It is all right, dude,
Speaker 1: I've hijacked your podcast. No, please, Jimmy, thank you so much.
Speaker 1: I'm yeah, I'm excited to spend some time and just
Speaker 1: do me a favor. Just don't Dan Hicks be one,
Speaker 1: be kind to obviously give me some screen time, Dan Hicks,
Speaker 1: There a lot of people don't know this. The most
Speaker 1: famous wrestler in the history of the US. Actually I
Speaker 1: believe his name is Bruce bamb Gartner and everyone he
Speaker 1: calls me Bruce. Let's go to Bruce bamb Gartner five
Speaker 1: or whatever. Yes, he did and I've given him hell
Speaker 1: about that before. So just just just remember my name.
Speaker 1: Just remember my name, remember my name, number, my name.
Speaker 1: Thanks Jimmy, always great to see you, all right, Cher Steve, Brian,
Speaker 1: thank you, Thanks Bud. Sure do I can with cream
Speaker 1: fucking made that song. It's incredible. All right, ladies and gentlemen,
Speaker 1: A very very special guest. He's promised me to come
Speaker 1: back for another episode and and really talk about his
Speaker 1: life and his career. But I am joined here by Well,
Speaker 1: you're like Beyonce, right, it's just one word. I guess
Speaker 1: it's to the miss. That's right, professional wrestler with the
Speaker 1: w W E and and personality. I guess is that
Speaker 1: superstar superstar specifically superstar. I remember the first time I
Speaker 1: met you, which was a long time. I was wondering.
Speaker 1: So yesterday for those that were there was like a
Speaker 1: players meeting at the a C SEE and I saw Brian.
Speaker 1: I wasn't sure if you remembered me. I wanted you
Speaker 1: to know how much I love your podcast, how much
Speaker 1: I love Off the Beat. I loved all the office stuff.
Speaker 1: I think you're tremendous interviewer. Your voice and your transitions
Speaker 1: are absolutely incredible. The dialogue. I love hearing acting and
Speaker 1: how people do their process. I just didn't really enjoy that.
Speaker 1: And so what you do and what you dissect you
Speaker 1: do such a phenomenal job, but I didn't. I didn't know.
Speaker 1: If you know where where do you? Where? Is your
Speaker 1: first recollection of where we met? My recollection, which I
Speaker 1: think I was accurate, is we were playing in a
Speaker 1: celebrity poker event and you had the wrestling belt over
Speaker 1: your shoulder and you really made me laugh and we
Speaker 1: hung out there. I think it was a couple of days,
Speaker 1: or it was at least a really long day. It
Speaker 1: was a long day. That was it right now. I
Speaker 1: don't know if you'll remember this. Okay, lay do do
Speaker 1: you remember a club named lay Do? If I do
Speaker 1: remember we met there, I don't remember. It's okay, you don't.
Speaker 1: Because there were so many people and I was a
Speaker 1: huge office fan, and I was like, oh my god,
Speaker 1: Brian's here. So I came up, introduced myself. It was
Speaker 1: very quick, and so you wouldn't. It's not something memorable,
Speaker 1: and I wasn't really I was off the real world.
Speaker 1: Maybe it challenges and I think I was just starting
Speaker 1: in w w A and so that's probably why. Well
Speaker 1: let me tell let me tell you something that this
Speaker 1: should make you feel better. I was, I was at
Speaker 1: I think it was a reconstructing it. I was at
Speaker 1: a bar in Los Angeles to watch Sunday football and
Speaker 1: occasionally people come up and I take pictures. So years later,
Speaker 1: there's a photo that surfaces of of myself Brian bam Gardner,
Speaker 1: but Kevin Malone with me and post malone, and this this, this,
Speaker 1: this picture starts surfacing round and I see it if
Speaker 1: you're trying out pay any mine. And then my my
Speaker 1: niece sends it to me and says, oh my god,
Speaker 1: is this real? And I had on a black shirt
Speaker 1: and I think he had on a white shirt. As
Speaker 1: my recollection, I'll post the picture again, but there's kind
Speaker 1: of a line it looks photoshopped, right, so it's like
Speaker 1: your post Malone Kevin post malone thing. I thought it
Speaker 1: was photoshopped. And then this it just keeps coming up.
Speaker 1: And it had been like a long time before, you know,
Speaker 1: since this picture it allegedly happened. So I finally do
Speaker 1: the easiest thing in the world and google Kevin Malone
Speaker 1: post Malone. The first thing that pops up his post
Speaker 1: Malone's Twitter page. Now, I've not ever met him or
Speaker 1: talked to him, and he posted the photo, so it
Speaker 1: clearly was him and I at this place in Los
Speaker 1: Angeles that took a photo and I didn't remember that,
Speaker 1: and his name is post Malon. Well it's also, by
Speaker 1: the way, like before, iPhones were really popular and camophones
Speaker 1: are really popular. So we didn't We never got the picture.
Speaker 1: We didn't have a picture that picture to remember it
Speaker 1: by that. But yes we did do uh, we did gamble.
Speaker 1: I'm not I think you beat me by the way
Speaker 1: I did because you were you were really good one
Speaker 1: at that. I want to see that the World Series
Speaker 1: of Poker. You did that. Have you played this week
Speaker 1: at all poker? Yeah? Maybe a little black jack, a
Speaker 1: little black jack, maybe a little all right, okay, okay,
Speaker 1: maybe it's legal here. Do you know what happened to
Speaker 1: me yesterday? So I was walking out of my elevator
Speaker 1: and you saw me. I looked, no, no difference, that
Speaker 1: did happen. That happened. But I walked out of my
Speaker 1: larry because I was really tired after yesterday, I mean,
Speaker 1: eighteen holes doing all the media that is here at
Speaker 1: a c c and then I get out of the
Speaker 1: elevator and there's a chip. What do you how much
Speaker 1: you think that chip was worth five thousand dollars? I
Speaker 1: said five thousand dollars it was, and I thought it
Speaker 1: was a joke. I looked down and I looked around
Speaker 1: and I was like, oh my god, there's a five
Speaker 1: thousand dollar chip here. And I was like, hello, Hello,
Speaker 1: is anyone here? I thought this someone was like pranking me.
Speaker 1: So I pick it up and it's a real five
Speaker 1: thousand There's no one in the hall. What do you do?
Speaker 1: So I'm I'm trying to think what do you do? Like,
Speaker 1: so if I would call down to the lobby and say, hey,
Speaker 1: I found a five thousand dollar chip, so it's gonna
Speaker 1: someone's gonna be like, yeah, that's me. But I was
Speaker 1: also thinking, man, if I lost five thousand dollars, I
Speaker 1: would be so upset. But also I feel like, if
Speaker 1: you have a five thousand allar chip, there's probably a
Speaker 1: bunch of other chips to it, and you don't even
Speaker 1: know how much you really have. So it's one or
Speaker 1: two ways. But I feel so bad and I don't
Speaker 1: know what to do with it. And today someone was
Speaker 1: messing with me. I told one of my buddies and
Speaker 1: then he told someone. I was telling the person the story.
Speaker 1: He goes, yeah, I lost five thousand chip. I was like,
Speaker 1: I felt a sense of relief. I was like, oh,
Speaker 1: I have it. I haven't. And he's like, I'm joking.
Speaker 1: I knew that you found one. And I was like,
Speaker 1: what do you do with that? Here's what I think
Speaker 1: you should do. I think you should give me the chip.
Speaker 1: And I'm gonna I'm gonna go, no, seriously, and I'll
Speaker 1: go I'll take care of it for you, one way
Speaker 1: or the other. I'll take care You're the guy. I'm
Speaker 1: the guy. I'm the guy. I all I do is
Speaker 1: fixed problems for people. That's all I do. Here at
Speaker 1: the American Century Championship. We're here. This is your first year.
Speaker 1: That's why I really wanted to talk to you today
Speaker 1: about this. This is your first year. Talk to me
Speaker 1: about the experience thus far. We haven't even teed off
Speaker 1: on Friday yet, But tell me, tell me about your experience.
Speaker 1: It's incredible so far. I mean, everyone has been above
Speaker 1: and beyond nice. And usually when you have and this
Speaker 1: is not saying anything, but when you have a group
Speaker 1: of celebrities, there's usually one that's kind of like, hey,
Speaker 1: how you doing it, and they look at you and
Speaker 1: roll their eyes and walk away or try to find
Speaker 1: someone that's more important than you to talk to. I
Speaker 1: have not had that at all, And if if anything,
Speaker 1: more people are like, hey, Hi, nice to meet you. Hey,
Speaker 1: let me introduce you to this person and this person this,
Speaker 1: And I'm like, wow, this is unlike any other celebrity
Speaker 1: event I've ever been to. And not only that, I
Speaker 1: get to golf. The weather is beautiful here I've been.
Speaker 1: I'm begetting lessons from like just some of the top
Speaker 1: people at Golf Channel and NBC Sports, and it's really, honestly,
Speaker 1: it's made my game horrible because whenever you could take
Speaker 1: a lesson before takes I don't know, I don't have
Speaker 1: an opportunity to get these type of these teachers, these
Speaker 1: legendary teachers to come and say hey, you know so
Speaker 1: I'm like, yeah, I'll do a lesson. And I'm like,
Speaker 1: oh my god, my swing is going bad right now.
Speaker 1: I heard someone tell you yesterday. It's like, we're gonna
Speaker 1: take your game to the next level. What is the
Speaker 1: next level for you? I think I think the next
Speaker 1: level for me is is would be to be a four.
Speaker 1: That would be the that would be then your handicaps
Speaker 1: of four. No, that would be it. That would be it. No,
Speaker 1: I'm like a seven, eight, seven or an eight, depending
Speaker 1: on how I'm playing, and you know, whatever I enter
Speaker 1: my score, that's pretty good it is. It turns into
Speaker 1: a Tahoe twelve. Very part of these greens Man very difficult.
Speaker 1: It's gonna get more difficult, That's all I can say.
Speaker 1: It's gonna get faster. Yeah. I was talking to Charles,
Speaker 1: and Charles like, I was like, I think I'm gonna
Speaker 1: be pretty good here, and he's like, yeah, I wait
Speaker 1: till you hit your first patron. And I go wait
Speaker 1: what He goes, Yeah, when you hit your first person,
Speaker 1: it will ruin your entire game and you'll you'll have
Speaker 1: no idea. And I go, wait, you think I can
Speaker 1: actually hit someone? He goes, do you hit the ball straight?
Speaker 1: I go not all the time. He goes, hey, exactly,
Speaker 1: and I go, oh my gosh. And so that's when
Speaker 1: I first realized how Charles got that swing that is
Speaker 1: so legendary. To look at where he stops and because
Speaker 1: you get in your head and I found myself getting
Speaker 1: in my head yesterday. And the only time I wasn't
Speaker 1: in my head was when I got the audience to
Speaker 1: actually cheer for me. You know, I want people chanting
Speaker 1: ba ba booie, you know behind my swing? You know
Speaker 1: what what what? What gives you the confidence this week
Speaker 1: to play honestly, you know, just having fun. I am
Speaker 1: here to compete. I have competitive juices, but in all honesty,
Speaker 1: it's it's here to just enjoy myself, enjoy the fresh
Speaker 1: cut grass, the beautiful setting, the audience giving them a show,
Speaker 1: entertaining and just having fun and just meeting a ton
Speaker 1: of cool people who I've watched, you know, I've I've
Speaker 1: watched The Office, and I listened to every one of
Speaker 1: your podcasts, listen to the deep dives and just hearing
Speaker 1: the stories behind the stories, like I love the insights
Speaker 1: of different shows and how they started, how they got
Speaker 1: their process. Like you know, sometimes with my show Miss
Speaker 1: and Misses, you know, I feel like every season we're like, man,
Speaker 1: are we gonna get re uped? Are we gonna re up?
Speaker 1: Even though the ratings are great, but you never know.
Speaker 1: And to hear a legendary show like the Office one
Speaker 1: of the biggest shows now that you look at and
Speaker 1: you go, how can this show even be like looked
Speaker 1: at as not brought up again and again and again
Speaker 1: for new seasons. It's crazy. I well, I'm so happy
Speaker 1: you're here. It's great to see you again. If you
Speaker 1: need help dealing without five thousand dollar chip, let me know.
Speaker 1: And I might see you in the high rollers and
Speaker 1: be like, hey, hey, you're better than me at this.
Speaker 1: Let's let this happen happen, you know, let's see where
Speaker 1: we go with it. Uh. Miss the miss is here
Speaker 1: just a such an amazingly gentle kind, positive spirit. Well, thanks,
Speaker 1: congratulations on your success and good luck this weekend. If
Speaker 1: there's one guy, last question, one guy or gal that
Speaker 1: you want to beat Pat McAfee, The dude came here
Speaker 1: in sleeveless shirt on a golf course, like with no muscles,
Speaker 1: you know. So, I mean, honestly, me and me and
Speaker 1: him been talking a lot of smack because he's a
Speaker 1: SmackDown commentator for w w A and he's just a
Speaker 1: really good, positive, fun guy to be around. Like, honestly,
Speaker 1: if you want to have a good time, hang around
Speaker 1: Pat McAfee. But but you want to. I want to
Speaker 1: beat him so badly because we have a bet that
Speaker 1: we we rip each other a lot. The one person
Speaker 1: has to say three days of just compliments NonStop, on
Speaker 1: like social on like his radio show, like in w
Speaker 1: w A, whatever it is. You just have to compliment
Speaker 1: that person for three straight. And that's the hardest thing
Speaker 1: for either of us to do. So good what what uh?
Speaker 1: What's your what's your handicap? Again? Because I lose so
Speaker 1: many balls and now moms all in my head. The
Speaker 1: guy has the ugly He's a cross between Charles Barkley
Speaker 1: and John rom I say this because he has an
Speaker 1: ugly swing. This swing looks terrible, but he hits and straight.
Speaker 1: I'm nervous because my game. I thought I was coming
Speaker 1: in here. I felt pretty competent, and then I started
Speaker 1: getting in my head and now I'm just I don't
Speaker 1: know what's gonna happen on Friday. Wow, are you lefty? Yeah? Okay?
Speaker 1: Because I say he has on a right glove, a
Speaker 1: glove on his right hand. That was how I That
Speaker 1: was my investigative journalism right there. That's how I knew
Speaker 1: good luck. And yes, I'm wearing a golf club while
Speaker 1: doing a podcast. Yes, that's from the race. We're about
Speaker 1: to tee off. Thanks so much for being here. We're
Speaker 1: gonna have you back on the show. We're gonna talk
Speaker 1: about about your your your life and career. All right,
Speaker 1: thanks so much, dude, Thank you guys. I'm so happy
Speaker 1: to be joined here by the legendary running back from
Speaker 1: the National Football League, the l A Raiders, etcetera, etcetera,
Speaker 1: Marcus Allen, Hall of Famer, My good friend, Marcus. Thank
Speaker 1: you so much for joining me. Briefly, we're here on
Speaker 1: the lakes. About time you ask me? Yeah, and listen,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna I've been waiting. Actually, I'm I'm gonna. I'm
Speaker 1: gonna call you and we're gonna sit down and we're
Speaker 1: gonna really talk about your career. But I wanted to
Speaker 1: take a couple of minutes today. I know this event
Speaker 1: means so much to you as it does to me.
Speaker 1: You and I have known each other now, which is
Speaker 1: a crazy thing. Such a huge fan of yours, and
Speaker 1: for me to be able to play and get to
Speaker 1: know guys like you, this is what brings me the
Speaker 1: greatest jo And I'm a big of my review as well.
Speaker 1: And you as a person as well. Why do you
Speaker 1: keep coming back here every year? It's the best, man,
Speaker 1: this is the best. I mean you talk about the golf,
Speaker 1: of course, yes, we can begin there, and then we
Speaker 1: can talk about the scenery, and then we can talk
Speaker 1: about the actual you know, the event, the sponsors, American
Speaker 1: Century and what they've done. It's just and then the
Speaker 1: guys that are here, I mean, we've all become a
Speaker 1: blank family, you know. I mean we see each other
Speaker 1: every year, we're looking forward to seeing any each other
Speaker 1: and stuff. And then the competition, I mean, and the fans.
Speaker 1: You you can't. He has all the elements, and this
Speaker 1: is why it's the best celebrity event around. It is
Speaker 1: you talk about the camaraderie. The event last night exemplified
Speaker 1: that all of these Hall of Famers and idiots like
Speaker 1: me in a room together, the brotherhood that's there and
Speaker 1: the support that we have for each other. It truly,
Speaker 1: it's it. It touches me and it makes me sort
Speaker 1: of emotional to even talk about the Wounded Warrior and
Speaker 1: Jack and Jim McMahon and it was just awesome. Well, yeah,
Speaker 1: we've listen here, guys are great and we've had some
Speaker 1: guys that have gone through some challenges and I'm really
Speaker 1: thankful that they're here so we can support them, right,
Speaker 1: And that's one of the big things. Jack obviously, and
Speaker 1: what he's going through. I mean, I'm knowing Jack forever man,
Speaker 1: and he's been a big support of mine. And he's
Speaker 1: just been a solid individual, right, and um, you know
Speaker 1: Jim obviously, those are two guys that have you know,
Speaker 1: thirty three years playing in the h this event, right,
Speaker 1: thirty three years and and and Jim has been sort
Speaker 1: of you know obviously, um, not able to walk, but
Speaker 1: he's going to. Yeah, you know what he told me.
Speaker 1: He told me, he said, I wasn't gonna let Jack
Speaker 1: be the last one. That's why he's one of a
Speaker 1: kind man and we're all pulling for him and hopefully
Speaker 1: he'll get through with flying colors. Yeah what what what?
Speaker 1: What do you what's gonna give you confidence this week
Speaker 1: to play? Well, I'm just letting it go. You're just
Speaker 1: gonna let it, just gonna let it go. Yeah, and
Speaker 1: don't don't worry about anything, just playing all right, And
Speaker 1: and that's it, I mean, just get out of your head.
Speaker 1: You have supported each other along and thing. Yeah, and
Speaker 1: most of us you know, we get we hit one
Speaker 1: bat shot in the sticks with us, spiral through four
Speaker 1: holes and stuff, and then we go out here. We
Speaker 1: practiced for an hour and a half afterwards, and then
Speaker 1: we're worn down, right, We have no more energy for
Speaker 1: the next day. So I practiced thirty minutes yesterday did
Speaker 1: it was short game and that was it, and I
Speaker 1: didn't do anything else. And I'm taking my time. I'm
Speaker 1: going to go out here and just let it go
Speaker 1: and have some fun. Yeah, thank you so much for
Speaker 1: coming by, Thank you for being here, and uh yeah,
Speaker 1: we'll see. Oh who's the guy that you look at
Speaker 1: when you finish? Who's the guy that you look at
Speaker 1: besides yourself? The score of who? Who you want to
Speaker 1: beat the most? Who? What is there a score that
Speaker 1: you look at on the little computer for? Yeah, well
Speaker 1: I can't. I can't mention my name. There's always a
Speaker 1: couple of running banks here that you know, I can
Speaker 1: never let beat me. So you know, you know, you
Speaker 1: know who I'm coming for this year. You. Oh you, hey,
Speaker 1: be careful what you ask for you, I'm coming for you.
Speaker 1: Thanks Mark, you Here we go. I could not be
Speaker 1: happier than to be joined briefly here at the American
Speaker 1: Century Championship by Vince Carter. Now I have to start
Speaker 1: by saying, you know, like a lot of the guys,
Speaker 1: you and I have gotten to know each other over
Speaker 1: the years. I don't know if we've ever had this conversation.
Speaker 1: You know, my dad went to Duke. No, my dad
Speaker 1: went to do So let's just say there were there
Speaker 1: were years that I did not root for you. Of course,
Speaker 1: specifically specifically did not root for you. Those are good
Speaker 1: years to my my college years we were one and two.
Speaker 1: Always go away, back and forth. I know, no, I remember,
Speaker 1: why why do you keep coming here every year? I mean,
Speaker 1: it's just so now that I've retired, golf is my
Speaker 1: competition and like all of us here, we want to
Speaker 1: be good at it, and golf gets the best of us.
Speaker 1: But it's like coming here and making new friends. But
Speaker 1: the celebrity types to athletes, that people coming from whatever
Speaker 1: their profession, here for friendly competition. But yet you know
Speaker 1: it's real competition. There's always somebody here you want to
Speaker 1: beat or you want to play well in front of her.
Speaker 1: So so so the first year was, like probably everyone else,
Speaker 1: was a little nerve wracking, and by the second by
Speaker 1: the end of the second day. With the third day,
Speaker 1: I felt good. I'm like, man, I hope they bring
Speaker 1: me back. And now you know you get that email. Hey,
Speaker 1: we're we would like to invite you. I'm like, yes,
Speaker 1: every year, every year I planned everything around here. Now
Speaker 1: that's right, this this week. What's who's the guy or
Speaker 1: gal that you look at when you're done to see
Speaker 1: where they are. Who's the guy you most want to
Speaker 1: beat and you've got in your sights. Everyone gets a
Speaker 1: similar smile on their face when I asked this question.
Speaker 1: There's there's a few. I mean obviously the basketball guys. Uh,
Speaker 1: you know, Giggy's here. Kyle and I we played golf
Speaker 1: a lot, so it's like we root for each other,
Speaker 1: but we want to do better than each other. You
Speaker 1: know how I leave Vinningdale Niggro alone. You know he
Speaker 1: wanted last year. So that's that's as you need that
Speaker 1: guy alone. Marcus, I know who's on here, and Jerome
Speaker 1: Bettis are here. We all come out of the same
Speaker 1: golf club, Golf Club of Georgia in Atlanta. Okay, I'll play,
Speaker 1: so of course I'll be watching those guys and like
Speaker 1: there again, we root for each other, but we want
Speaker 1: to do a little better than what what what brings you?
Speaker 1: Let me say this everybody, I'm sure we will say
Speaker 1: just lungs. You do better than Berkeley as well. And
Speaker 1: I had to play with in the group last year.
Speaker 1: I was like, what does that say about my game? Right?
Speaker 1: But yeah, but trust me, I have played a number
Speaker 1: of years in his group. Yes, and it's but I
Speaker 1: tell you what he taught me something honest, honest to god.
Speaker 1: When I started coming here, I think I was paired
Speaker 1: with him. The first year was fifteen years ago now,
Speaker 1: and he and I were playing together, and you know,
Speaker 1: his swing at that point, I hope it's a little better.
Speaker 1: Last year it was, it was, it was it was
Speaker 1: starting to look look good. Yeah, you know he can't
Speaker 1: hit the ball. He's Hank Haney is walking with us.
Speaker 1: At one point puts on sunglasses and I'm like, like,
Speaker 1: right before he swam, I'm like, what is he doing? Why?
Speaker 1: Why does he keep putting this on? Right before and
Speaker 1: I realized they were blacked out. He was black down.
Speaker 1: So it wasn't just close your eyes, it was like
Speaker 1: black out this and just swing to try to get
Speaker 1: over this mental this mental thing. I mean, it's crazy
Speaker 1: and not very successful, but I will tell you walking
Speaker 1: around here with him, I've said this many times. He
Speaker 1: knows everybody's name, He asks about their family. The volunteers
Speaker 1: that are here have been here in some cases for many, many,
Speaker 1: many years, and he cares about everybody. He looks everybody
Speaker 1: in the eye, he says hello and asks about them.
Speaker 1: It truly, and I, honest to god, I tried to
Speaker 1: model that behavior now because you know what, it takes
Speaker 1: just as much energy to be nice as it does
Speaker 1: to be an asshole. And and I promise you that
Speaker 1: came from from this event. Me getting to know him
Speaker 1: and his generosity of spirit. It's so incredible, and it's
Speaker 1: just it's amazing to see because you know, like you said,
Speaker 1: the everybody he just is this second nature to him.
Speaker 1: And to see how people respond to it's like it's
Speaker 1: a great feeling. You sit back and smile. It's not
Speaker 1: even you, you know, and it's just amazing. And like
Speaker 1: he said, he's just he's he's just a great person.
Speaker 1: I mean, you can say what you say about him,
Speaker 1: and he says he speaks his mind. You appreciate that,
Speaker 1: but but when you're around him, you're like, man, he's
Speaker 1: like I tell people all the time, what you see
Speaker 1: on TV is that, but when you're around him, he's
Speaker 1: like the life of the party and one of the friendliest,
Speaker 1: nicest people. He really is. It's you know, and I
Speaker 1: get asked about him, you know, and making fun of
Speaker 1: his swing or whatever. But like I just I always
Speaker 1: want to say, you just need to get to know
Speaker 1: him because this is like you would be rooting so
Speaker 1: hard for him, and I'm rooting so hard for him
Speaker 1: to play better. Um, what what gives the confidence for you? Like?
Speaker 1: What what gives you confidence out here when in the
Speaker 1: face of all the fans and once you get past
Speaker 1: the first hole, you know, that first shot southern. I mean,
Speaker 1: like I don't care how many years. Uh, my first
Speaker 1: year was like it's a few times that I can
Speaker 1: recall being terrified, and I was pretty close that first shot.
Speaker 1: The second day was better, got better. But the next
Speaker 1: year and year after that, you still have the nerves,
Speaker 1: but over the balls is a lot different than that
Speaker 1: first year. So I'm better and like I said, I
Speaker 1: feel good now, but you know it's still gonna be something,
Speaker 1: going to be some nerves. I just like to see
Speaker 1: the ball go forward and we can figure it out.
Speaker 1: We can figure it out from there. Events. Thank you
Speaker 1: so much, Thanks for for for coming by, Thank you
Speaker 1: for being here and being so great. And you know
Speaker 1: it it We've talked about it a lot with a
Speaker 1: lot of the guys. This it really has become like
Speaker 1: a brotherhood, this this event and the people here, and
Speaker 1: it is it is so truly my pleasure and my
Speaker 1: privilege to to have gotten to know you and and
Speaker 1: other guys. Yea, and I will say this and like
Speaker 1: you say, this your brotherhood. And you know, seeing you
Speaker 1: guys playing other events and catch it on TV and
Speaker 1: you root for It's like, hey, man, I hope you're
Speaker 1: playing well, you know, because because of this. And it's funny.
Speaker 1: It's just it's golf. It's a it's a it's a
Speaker 1: common denominator, which is golf that brings everybody here. And
Speaker 1: you have appreciated you get to meet somebody that you
Speaker 1: see admired but never really get a stance to sit
Speaker 1: face to face over the game of golf. Just golf
Speaker 1: has been great to a lot of people. Sure has vents.
Speaker 1: Thank you so much, dude, Thank you so much. Man,
Speaker 1: appreciate appreciate the time, good luck today. There is so
Speaker 1: much that I could say about this event. I'm sure
Speaker 1: after listening to this you you feel and know how
Speaker 1: much I love it. All of the guys, so so
Speaker 1: many relationships that I have made here that that me
Speaker 1: in the world to me, and I feel so lucky
Speaker 1: to call them now friends. Thank you so much for listening.
Speaker 1: I have so many more stories that I could tell
Speaker 1: talking about seventeen and my experience there, talking about playing
Speaker 1: with Charles and Aaron Rodgers, and you know, I'm gonna
Speaker 1: I'm gonna close with this story because someone I was
Speaker 1: playing with yesterday in one of the pro ams asked
Speaker 1: me this question, like why you're from Atlanta? And I
Speaker 1: had a Georgia Bulldogs sweater on yesterday and they were like,
Speaker 1: you're from Atlanta, Why are you a Packers fan? I
Speaker 1: don't think you've ever talked about it on the podcast.
Speaker 1: This guy had had listened to all of the episodes
Speaker 1: that we've done, so I'm gonna tell this story. I
Speaker 1: was here my first year was two thousand and eight,
Speaker 1: and I sit down at a blackjack table and there's
Speaker 1: a guy sitting next to me. I had no clue
Speaker 1: who he was, and we start talking and he's a
Speaker 1: big fan of the office, and I say thank you,
Speaker 1: and we're chit chatting. We're having a good time, and
Speaker 1: and he introduces himself as as Aaron Rodgers. Now as
Speaker 1: soon as he said, oh, I'm Aaron Rodgers, I was like, oh, yeah,
Speaker 1: you're the guy from cal and you know you're backing
Speaker 1: up Brett Farve. Now you've been named the starter. Congrats. Well,
Speaker 1: this day, Brett Farve had had decided he was retiring
Speaker 1: and and Aaron had been named the starter moving forward
Speaker 1: and he's playing in this event. And that day, the
Speaker 1: first day we meet, Brett Farve decides he's not going
Speaker 1: to retire. And this is their TV screens all throughout
Speaker 1: the hotel everywhere blasting sports of course because of this event,
Speaker 1: and he no at that moment whether Green Bay was
Speaker 1: going to bring that back bread, if he was going
Speaker 1: to go back to the bench, like what was going
Speaker 1: to happen with him, And it's just kind of an crazy,
Speaker 1: weird day for him and then me meeting him and
Speaker 1: we ended up hanging out and he and I from
Speaker 1: that day became friends. And I know he's been on
Speaker 1: the podcast before, but you know. I he was at
Speaker 1: the birth of my first child. His relationship means a
Speaker 1: lot to me, and that's why I'm a fan of
Speaker 1: the Green Bay Packers. It's really because of him and
Speaker 1: and my relationship with him, and then visiting Green Bay
Speaker 1: and getting to know other players like A. J. Hawk
Speaker 1: who plays here and has become a very good friend
Speaker 1: of mine as well, and Randall Cobb who we've had
Speaker 1: on the podcast, and obviously Charles Woodson, Jordy Nelson, so
Speaker 1: many of the Packers players that I've had a relationship
Speaker 1: here now. But it really was this event and and
Speaker 1: that interaction that we had because I was playing in
Speaker 1: the event and he was playing in the event, and
Speaker 1: that's all that mattered. So I wanted to close with
Speaker 1: that story because I was asked about it yesterday and
Speaker 1: didn't realize that I've never told that story. I love
Speaker 1: this event. This is my fifteenth year, and this year
Speaker 1: I'm going to do better than I ever have before.
Speaker 1: By the time you're listening, it'll be over, so you'll
Speaker 1: know whether or not I I came through. But I
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Speaker 1: enjoyed the episode. We'll be back next week with a
Speaker 1: with a more standard episode. But this has been so
Speaker 1: much fun for me to catch up with so many
Speaker 1: of of the athletes and celebrities that are here are
Speaker 1: wounded Warrior veteran who is here and Jimmy Roberts. Thanks
Speaker 1: to all of my guests, and thank you for listening
Speaker 1: and will root for me. And if you didn't watch,
Speaker 1: go check out the score and let's let's find out
Speaker 1: if I beat Marcus Allen. Until next time, Thanks everybody.
Speaker 1: Off the Beat is hosted an executive produced by me
Speaker 1: Brian Baumgartner, alongside our executive producer Langley. Our producers are
Speaker 1: Diego Tapia, Liz Hayes, Hannah Harris, and Emily Carr. Our
Speaker 1: talent producer is Ryan Papa Zachary, and our intern is
Speaker 1: Sammy Katz. Our theme song Bubble and Squeak performed by
Speaker 1: my great friend Greed Bratton, and the episode was mixed
Speaker 1: by Seth o'landski