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Speaker 1: So for us, it's about coming out and quality, working

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Speaker 1: be a thing good for our football. Took it years,

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Speaker 1: that happened everything, but how much did Yeah, it'll be

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Speaker 1: great to see Joe. There are very few people who

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Speaker 1: have been as influential and line football careers. Joe has

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Speaker 1: Man challenged me in so many different ways. He encouraged

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Speaker 1: so much. Every time I named George Judge, I'm just

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Speaker 1: grateful because like man that he was, from what he's

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Speaker 1: we're both very competitive. Joe's a very competitive guy. I'm

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Speaker 1: expected to be a highly competitive practice. I'm sure we'll

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Speaker 1: we look forward to that. Like I said, it's just

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Speaker 1: They all carried themselves with a great deal of humility

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Speaker 1: no matter what I did, no matter how well I played,

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Speaker 1: and the time away from the field, but to see

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Speaker 1: the same, I tell you that, So we just keep

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