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Speaker 1: Thank you everybody. They gave it all before. No, No,

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Speaker 1: Damon Clark. Thank you very much for coming out. Really

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Speaker 1: and full disclosure. Um demon accepted this pinch hit role

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Speaker 1: Ye can we clarify that? Yes? Did I say anything

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Speaker 1: appreciate your coming out. So, um, did you ever play

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Speaker 1: when we left off, we were talking about your surprise injury.

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Speaker 1: at the facility. You know they worked with me. You know,

425
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Speaker 1: we took a step by step. You know, it was

426
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Speaker 1: a it was a process. But like I say, I'm

427
00:24:33,119 --> 00:24:35,080
Speaker 1: just thankful for them. Can you give us a look

428
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Speaker 1: at like what the rehab for that looks like, like

429
00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:41,159
Speaker 1: are you doing specific exercises or what were the steps

430
00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:43,040
Speaker 1: that you kind of had to progress through. It's not

431
00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:46,639
Speaker 1: really a specific uh rehab that you can do for

432
00:24:46,720 --> 00:24:49,520
Speaker 1: the neck, like it kind of has to grow back

433
00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:52,960
Speaker 1: around the spine and stuff like that. So it wasn't

434
00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:55,280
Speaker 1: nothing particular that I had to do. It was like

435
00:24:55,320 --> 00:24:58,399
Speaker 1: a total body thing and just making show my albs

436
00:24:58,400 --> 00:25:00,960
Speaker 1: and stuff was thrown to support it and and we

437
00:25:00,960 --> 00:25:03,439
Speaker 1: was doing like a lot of neck isolations and stuff

438
00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:07,720
Speaker 1: like that. And just like I say, slow steps. So

439
00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:10,800
Speaker 1: now that you've passed that, we know it. You didn't

440
00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:13,240
Speaker 1: have any issues before? No issues now, No, I feel

441
00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:16,200
Speaker 1: perfectly fine. So I wish I could do that well

442
00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:21,159
Speaker 1: to be twenty two again. So now uh there we

443
00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:24,440
Speaker 1: know how this coaching staff is. You're you're gonna you're

444
00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:27,600
Speaker 1: gonna play special teams a little bit and then they'll

445
00:25:27,720 --> 00:25:30,600
Speaker 1: work in and you know you got, You've got Layton

446
00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:34,480
Speaker 1: and you've got Anthony Barr and Jabrel your college team. Ay,

447
00:25:34,560 --> 00:25:37,480
Speaker 1: just trying to get on the field. Uh. And and

448
00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:40,840
Speaker 1: had you played very much teams at LSU, I mean

449
00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:43,280
Speaker 1: my freshman year. Yeah, but other than my freshman year, know,

450
00:25:43,760 --> 00:25:45,960
Speaker 1: so how much of an adjustment was that? I mean,

451
00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:48,600
Speaker 1: it wasn't really much of an adjustment. I mean honestly,

452
00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:50,160
Speaker 1: I was just happy to get back out there. Ay

453
00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:52,560
Speaker 1: what I had to do, you know, and not I

454
00:25:52,560 --> 00:25:55,400
Speaker 1: had told Bones. I was like, Bones, I haven't played

455
00:25:55,440 --> 00:25:58,879
Speaker 1: supposed to team since my freshman year, you know. And

456
00:25:58,920 --> 00:26:00,520
Speaker 1: I was like, I'm gonna need you to teach it

457
00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:02,520
Speaker 1: to him. And he was like, oh, they ain't nothing.

458
00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:04,240
Speaker 1: I got you, and he just tart it to me.

459
00:26:04,359 --> 00:26:08,119
Speaker 1: Like my first first week at practice, I was, you know,

460
00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:10,200
Speaker 1: on the scout team on special teams, just getting my

461
00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:14,040
Speaker 1: feet wet, and like I say, I found out I

462
00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:15,639
Speaker 1: was gonna be active in the game. I was on

463
00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:18,199
Speaker 1: all four phases special teams, and I just made the

464
00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:20,439
Speaker 1: most of it. And how does that feel now to you?

465
00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:23,280
Speaker 1: Like if some guys love special I've known guys who

466
00:26:23,359 --> 00:26:26,560
Speaker 1: played twelve fifteen years in the NFL and love special

467
00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:28,600
Speaker 1: teams right up to the end. I've known other guys

468
00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:30,920
Speaker 1: who couldn't get off there fast enough. Oh, I mean,

469
00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:32,879
Speaker 1: I love special team. Anything for me to get on

470
00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:35,439
Speaker 1: the field, I'm definitely gonna do it. Don't matter what

471
00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:37,480
Speaker 1: it is, I'm gonna do it. Now. Have you played

472
00:26:37,520 --> 00:26:39,560
Speaker 1: more snaps here in the last couple of weeks than

473
00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:43,600
Speaker 1: you anticipated on defense? Nah? I mean, I just stay ready.

474
00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:45,840
Speaker 1: I mean the way I prepare. I've been preparing the

475
00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:48,399
Speaker 1: same way since I got here, even when I wasn't playing.

476
00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:50,240
Speaker 1: I prepared the same way as if I'm getting ready

477
00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:52,960
Speaker 1: to start. No matter if I get ten reps on

478
00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:55,720
Speaker 1: defense or forty, I'm still gonna prepare the same way,

479
00:26:55,880 --> 00:26:57,920
Speaker 1: just in case. You never know what stuff might happen.

480
00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:00,880
Speaker 1: So I you know, that's why I just prepare one way,

481
00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:02,720
Speaker 1: and I prepare as if I'm going out to start.

482
00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:05,639
Speaker 1: I know you talked about your daughter being the motivation

483
00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:08,600
Speaker 1: as you were going through the frustrations of the recovery

484
00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:11,720
Speaker 1: of surgery and whatnot. But sitting here talking, you can

485
00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:15,159
Speaker 1: just tell the laser focus that you have on anything.

486
00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:17,000
Speaker 1: Like I bet you I could put like you know,

487
00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:19,680
Speaker 1: a board game that you never played before, and you'd

488
00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:22,400
Speaker 1: be laser focused on figuring it out. Where does that

489
00:27:22,640 --> 00:27:25,199
Speaker 1: come from? Where has that? Is that a trait that

490
00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:27,760
Speaker 1: you have always had or is that just developed as

491
00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:30,040
Speaker 1: you've developed as a football player. So when I started

492
00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:32,840
Speaker 1: playing football, I was six years old and I started

493
00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:36,720
Speaker 1: playing with the South Beverage Jaguars and my coach he's

494
00:27:36,760 --> 00:27:39,680
Speaker 1: still coached South Beverige Jaguars now, his name is Terry Board.

495
00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:42,160
Speaker 1: So he always said, if you don't work, you don't eat,

496
00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:44,800
Speaker 1: you know. And that's the mindset that I took. If

497
00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:46,760
Speaker 1: you don't work, you don't eat, you know. And I

498
00:27:46,840 --> 00:27:48,919
Speaker 1: know if I want to feed my daughter, I know

499
00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:50,720
Speaker 1: I gotta go to work every day because I mean,

500
00:27:50,720 --> 00:27:53,399
Speaker 1: I'm a man and I'm pretty sure that one got children.

501
00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:54,720
Speaker 1: You know that you want to bear to provide for

502
00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:56,800
Speaker 1: your children. Don't want somebody else to provide for So

503
00:27:57,560 --> 00:28:00,520
Speaker 1: just learning that from Coase, Terrible Bay and the Salt

504
00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:03,120
Speaker 1: Bearers Jaguars. If you don't work, you don't eat. That's

505
00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:05,399
Speaker 1: just what I took every day. You know, as I

506
00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:07,439
Speaker 1: continue to get older and older, if you don't work,

507
00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:10,199
Speaker 1: you don't eat. That's the biggest thing. See where your

508
00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:11,960
Speaker 1: feet are if you don't work. If you don't work,

509
00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:15,440
Speaker 1: you don't eat. And he's working and he's eating. Damon Clark,

510
00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:18,760
Speaker 1: Cowboys rookie linebacker, is with us. We're going to get

511
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Speaker 1: to the bottom of this number thirty three when we

512
00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:23,280
Speaker 1: come back. There's got to be a story to that,

513
00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:25,560
Speaker 1: and we're gonna hear it, and we're gonna hear it

514
00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:28,160
Speaker 1: when we come back to Kane Rosso at the Star

515
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Speaker 1: District in Frisco on the Cowboys Hour to the Miller

516
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Speaker 1: Like Cowboys Hour, supported by Albertson. Welcome back to the

517
00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:44,240
Speaker 1: Cowboys Hour, The Miller Like Cowboys Hour. Cowboys Hour brought

518
00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:46,600
Speaker 1: to you by Luke Casey, the official bootmaker of the

519
00:31:46,760 --> 00:31:51,280
Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders. Guys, it is Victory Monday. There we go.

520
00:31:51,640 --> 00:31:54,880
Speaker 1: They're still with it. Victory Monday. Outstanding. Shout out to

521
00:31:54,960 --> 00:31:57,360
Speaker 1: this guy in the oh, that's your brother, I'd like, yes,

522
00:31:57,520 --> 00:32:00,560
Speaker 1: that is my brother. Yes, thank you very much in

523
00:32:00,680 --> 00:32:03,440
Speaker 1: his Victory Monday. And we are delighted to have Cowboys

524
00:32:03,520 --> 00:32:06,880
Speaker 1: linebacker Daman Clark with us on the program tonight. You

525
00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:10,120
Speaker 1: identify him right away by when you see him on

526
00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:13,200
Speaker 1: the field, by wearing that familiar linebackers a number number

527
00:32:13,280 --> 00:32:17,160
Speaker 1: thirty three. I've never seen a linebacker were thirty three before?

528
00:32:18,840 --> 00:32:21,600
Speaker 1: Did you wear thirty three in college? N I wore

529
00:32:21,880 --> 00:32:24,400
Speaker 1: my first two years the LSU, I wore thirty five,

530
00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:26,680
Speaker 1: and then my second two years of the war eighteen.

531
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Speaker 1: And why thirty three? I mean when I was played,

532
00:32:31,920 --> 00:32:33,920
Speaker 1: when I first started playing football with the South Baber's

533
00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:36,480
Speaker 1: jag War, that was the first number they gave me.

534
00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:40,640
Speaker 1: It was thirty three. And then started switching numbers, getting

535
00:32:40,680 --> 00:32:43,400
Speaker 1: single digit numbers and stuff like that. So, I mean,

536
00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:45,600
Speaker 1: and when I got here, when I walked in the

537
00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:48,880
Speaker 1: locker room, I started had fifty three in the locker room,

538
00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:51,920
Speaker 1: and I'm like, whoa a number of the too big,

539
00:32:52,480 --> 00:32:55,160
Speaker 1: too big A number was too big, you know, but

540
00:32:55,240 --> 00:32:57,840
Speaker 1: it was like, hey, that's a perfect linebacker number and all.

541
00:32:58,760 --> 00:33:01,720
Speaker 1: So I was wearing fifty at first, and then you know,

542
00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:04,640
Speaker 1: I'm just no stroll around the locker room. I'm just looking.

543
00:33:05,280 --> 00:33:08,600
Speaker 1: I'm like, oh, thirty three open and our immediately with

544
00:33:08,680 --> 00:33:12,040
Speaker 1: the mic, I was like, hey, Mike, I see thirty

545
00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:14,600
Speaker 1: three open. Can I get it? And he was like, yeah,

546
00:33:14,640 --> 00:33:16,640
Speaker 1: you got it. Now. You know, there's a Hall of

547
00:33:16,720 --> 00:33:21,680
Speaker 1: Fame running back for this franchise who wore thirty three? Yea, yeah, okay,

548
00:33:22,040 --> 00:33:24,680
Speaker 1: most people think of him when they see that number,

549
00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:27,280
Speaker 1: but it's a number that's been worn many times. Did

550
00:33:27,360 --> 00:33:33,120
Speaker 1: you have any qualms about taking over thirty three since

551
00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:36,120
Speaker 1: doorset warrant? I mean, honestly no, I mean, I know,

552
00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:38,520
Speaker 1: you know who he was, Yeah, I know he was.

553
00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:41,320
Speaker 1: I know he represented the number. So I mean I'm

554
00:33:41,320 --> 00:33:43,160
Speaker 1: wearing a number, so honestly, I mean, I know I

555
00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:44,720
Speaker 1: gotta go out. I know what I gotta do wearing

556
00:33:44,760 --> 00:33:46,840
Speaker 1: the number. But I mean honestly not putting too much

557
00:33:46,840 --> 00:33:48,479
Speaker 1: pressure on myself. I mean, I'm just gonna go out

558
00:33:48,520 --> 00:33:50,560
Speaker 1: that n B, me and everything else. Gonna take care

559
00:33:50,560 --> 00:33:54,360
Speaker 1: of yourself. So for the people listening watching on Dallas

560
00:33:54,440 --> 00:33:58,520
Speaker 1: Cowboys dot com, who we're not paying close attention to

561
00:33:58,840 --> 00:34:02,160
Speaker 1: LSU and your years there, when you say you're gonna

562
00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:04,600
Speaker 1: there's if they're watching you now, they're starting to get

563
00:34:04,600 --> 00:34:07,680
Speaker 1: a little bit of a of a clue. And when

564
00:34:07,720 --> 00:34:09,800
Speaker 1: they're listening to some of us to talk about it,

565
00:34:11,160 --> 00:34:13,160
Speaker 1: we're trying to tell them what to expect from you.

566
00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:15,360
Speaker 1: But when you say you're just gonna go be you,

567
00:34:16,400 --> 00:34:19,080
Speaker 1: what on the football field, what is that I mean

568
00:34:19,200 --> 00:34:23,320
Speaker 1: dominant or just fly around, make plays and you know,

569
00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:26,120
Speaker 1: just how fun. That's the biggest thing. I just go

570
00:34:26,160 --> 00:34:28,200
Speaker 1: out that how fun each day, Like you're not gonna

571
00:34:28,239 --> 00:34:31,719
Speaker 1: play a perfect football game, you know, players playing, coaches coach,

572
00:34:32,040 --> 00:34:34,080
Speaker 1: So I just go out there, fly around, how fun,

573
00:34:34,280 --> 00:34:36,840
Speaker 1: make plays and let the coaches do the rest. I

574
00:34:36,920 --> 00:34:39,080
Speaker 1: want to go back to the number thing too, because

575
00:34:39,280 --> 00:34:42,520
Speaker 1: you said how you switched from thirty five to eighteen.

576
00:34:42,640 --> 00:34:45,239
Speaker 1: But at LSU eighteen is a big deal, isn't it. Yes,

577
00:34:45,480 --> 00:34:49,040
Speaker 1: can you explain just what that number meant? So it's

578
00:34:49,080 --> 00:34:51,320
Speaker 1: a it's a certain standard that they have at LSU,

579
00:34:51,719 --> 00:34:54,359
Speaker 1: you know, And it started with Matt Mark. He wore

580
00:34:54,400 --> 00:34:56,719
Speaker 1: the number eighteen, and then he passed it down to

581
00:34:56,920 --> 00:34:59,280
Speaker 1: Jacob Hester and then it just it was a trend

582
00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:02,560
Speaker 1: passing on down. So I mean, like I said, I

583
00:35:02,719 --> 00:35:07,840
Speaker 1: was wearing thirty five and my junior year, maybe like

584
00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:11,239
Speaker 1: two or three weeks before the season, you know, coach

585
00:35:11,280 --> 00:35:13,440
Speaker 1: o Bart everybody up out the practice we had and

586
00:35:13,920 --> 00:35:15,920
Speaker 1: you know he rewarded me with the number eighteen. So

587
00:35:16,040 --> 00:35:21,000
Speaker 1: the number eighteen represents someone who who sets the standard

588
00:35:21,480 --> 00:35:23,880
Speaker 1: at LSU. Both wanted off the field, so I mean,

589
00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:27,080
Speaker 1: the coaches can go to sleep at night knowing that. Oh,

590
00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:28,960
Speaker 1: I mean, I know I can trust that the moon

591
00:35:29,040 --> 00:35:30,640
Speaker 1: gonna do we have to do and the same thing

592
00:35:30,719 --> 00:35:34,440
Speaker 1: on the field. So it's just exemplifies the standard of LSU.

593
00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:37,120
Speaker 1: I know you probably weren't surprised to get that number,

594
00:35:37,200 --> 00:35:40,239
Speaker 1: but just the responsibility that comes with that. Did it

595
00:35:40,760 --> 00:35:42,960
Speaker 1: change your mentality when you approach the game at all,

596
00:35:43,040 --> 00:35:44,719
Speaker 1: or did it enhance anything or what did it mean

597
00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:47,719
Speaker 1: to where that man? Honestly, I had the same mentality,

598
00:35:47,920 --> 00:35:49,799
Speaker 1: you know, since like I said, if you don't working

599
00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:52,480
Speaker 1: on eat you know, and I know, if I want

600
00:35:52,520 --> 00:35:53,840
Speaker 1: to get to the place that I want to be,

601
00:35:54,239 --> 00:35:56,520
Speaker 1: then I know I have to do my part. You know.

602
00:35:56,719 --> 00:35:59,320
Speaker 1: My part is holding myself accountable doing the things that

603
00:35:59,360 --> 00:36:00,680
Speaker 1: I have to do to get to the place that

604
00:36:00,719 --> 00:36:03,160
Speaker 1: I want to be, which is what place? Oh to

605
00:36:03,320 --> 00:36:06,040
Speaker 1: the top? That is it? To the top. The only

606
00:36:06,120 --> 00:36:08,000
Speaker 1: way to the top is me just doing what I'm

607
00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:10,279
Speaker 1: supposed to do. But some people would say, you're in

608
00:36:10,360 --> 00:36:13,239
Speaker 1: the NFL, You're you're You've made it to the top. Oh,

609
00:36:13,239 --> 00:36:15,000
Speaker 1: I mean I ain't make it yet, you know, I

610
00:36:15,440 --> 00:36:18,080
Speaker 1: feel like I never arrived. I never arrived yet you know,

611
00:36:18,360 --> 00:36:20,800
Speaker 1: it's not a moment that goes by that I just

612
00:36:21,120 --> 00:36:24,279
Speaker 1: get relaxed because I mean, the NFL it's not for long,

613
00:36:24,560 --> 00:36:27,200
Speaker 1: you know. And I do understand that there's a draft

614
00:36:27,280 --> 00:36:29,600
Speaker 1: every year. Guys got to get cut for guys to

615
00:36:29,640 --> 00:36:31,200
Speaker 1: get picked up. So I mean, I know what I

616
00:36:31,320 --> 00:36:35,239
Speaker 1: have to do, so I'm not I'm not relaxing knowing that, yeah,

617
00:36:35,360 --> 00:36:36,880
Speaker 1: I made it to the NFL. I don't want to

618
00:36:36,920 --> 00:36:39,160
Speaker 1: just be another person that just made it to the NFL.

619
00:36:39,239 --> 00:36:41,600
Speaker 1: A lot of guys made it, but I really want

620
00:36:41,640 --> 00:36:44,080
Speaker 1: to make it, make it, you know, And I'm not.

621
00:36:44,200 --> 00:36:48,040
Speaker 1: I'm not there yet, so I can't rest all right. So, um,

622
00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:52,080
Speaker 1: in this defense, there are some guys who have really

623
00:36:52,160 --> 00:36:58,600
Speaker 1: flourished with dan Quinn just his style has been perfect

624
00:36:58,760 --> 00:37:02,000
Speaker 1: for them. How is it good for you? I mean,

625
00:37:02,040 --> 00:37:05,040
Speaker 1: I'm I'm a football player. Whatever they need me to do,

626
00:37:05,080 --> 00:37:06,200
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go out there and do it, and I'm

627
00:37:06,200 --> 00:37:08,520
Speaker 1: gonna do it to the best of my ability. But

628
00:37:08,719 --> 00:37:11,360
Speaker 1: is there anything specific about the defense that allows you

629
00:37:12,160 --> 00:37:17,120
Speaker 1: to play the way you're most comfortable playing? I mean,

630
00:37:17,200 --> 00:37:20,880
Speaker 1: everybody everybody on the defense is him. We all him.

631
00:37:21,120 --> 00:37:24,400
Speaker 1: You're a damn We're all him, like we all you

632
00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:26,759
Speaker 1: just compliment each other. Whatever I need to do, I'm

633
00:37:26,800 --> 00:37:30,839
Speaker 1: just gonna do it. Oh, you're saying you're all everybody's him,

634
00:37:31,520 --> 00:37:35,800
Speaker 1: as in who's gonna who's the start of this thing? Him? Everybody?

635
00:37:37,080 --> 00:37:39,399
Speaker 1: What the kids are saying, You're gonna have to help

636
00:37:39,440 --> 00:37:42,040
Speaker 1: me out here? Then, so the phrase he's him is

637
00:37:42,200 --> 00:37:44,600
Speaker 1: essentially like like he's that guy, like he's the man,

638
00:37:44,719 --> 00:37:48,279
Speaker 1: and so it Damon is saying, is everybody is that guy? Well?

639
00:37:49,520 --> 00:37:53,160
Speaker 1: That is and that but that that requires accountability, doesn't Yes,

640
00:37:53,640 --> 00:37:56,720
Speaker 1: and we hold each other to that standard, no matter rookie,

641
00:37:57,440 --> 00:37:59,919
Speaker 1: fifth year, tenth year, and don't matter, we all holy

642
00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:02,359
Speaker 1: each other to that standard. Was there ever a time

643
00:38:02,440 --> 00:38:06,200
Speaker 1: when you were like nervous or like felt like you

644
00:38:06,280 --> 00:38:09,520
Speaker 1: were just not prepared for this step at all? Nah?

645
00:38:09,680 --> 00:38:12,960
Speaker 1: I mean when my number got called, I didn't expect

646
00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:16,080
Speaker 1: it to get called that soon, you know, But I

647
00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:19,719
Speaker 1: mean I just said a quick prayer, I went out there,

648
00:38:19,880 --> 00:38:22,600
Speaker 1: I said, got my steps Lord, and he just did

649
00:38:22,640 --> 00:38:26,120
Speaker 1: it for me. What was the hardest part about being

650
00:38:26,239 --> 00:38:28,560
Speaker 1: thrown in and having to do so much so fast?

651
00:38:28,719 --> 00:38:32,000
Speaker 1: I mean, not having a preseason, being on the side

652
00:38:32,080 --> 00:38:34,880
Speaker 1: the whole tel, you know, just having to go out there.

653
00:38:34,920 --> 00:38:37,120
Speaker 1: I learned on the fly. But I mean what I

654
00:38:37,200 --> 00:38:40,160
Speaker 1: learned about myself is that I worked better on the

655
00:38:40,200 --> 00:38:42,600
Speaker 1: fly and just getting thrown in the far, you know,

656
00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:45,960
Speaker 1: to make sure I'm not relaxed. So I mean it

657
00:38:46,080 --> 00:38:50,440
Speaker 1: was it was just unexpected, but I'm thankful for the

658
00:38:50,520 --> 00:38:53,800
Speaker 1: opportunity and I just made the most of it. Okay,

659
00:38:54,600 --> 00:38:56,600
Speaker 1: Haley wants to find out a little bit more about

660
00:38:56,640 --> 00:38:59,360
Speaker 1: your role as a father, and I do too. Everybody

661
00:38:59,400 --> 00:39:02,240
Speaker 1: else wants to. Yeah, it's just you guys all have babies,

662
00:39:02,280 --> 00:39:04,080
Speaker 1: and it's so fun to hear you guys talk about

663
00:39:05,560 --> 00:39:07,840
Speaker 1: being a dad because you don't always get that. You know,

664
00:39:08,040 --> 00:39:11,040
Speaker 1: just what's it been like being a dad? And told

665
00:39:11,080 --> 00:39:14,200
Speaker 1: me Dakota with an age, Yes, Um, the biggest thing

666
00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:17,040
Speaker 1: for me was, you know, it helped me grow up

667
00:39:17,800 --> 00:39:19,680
Speaker 1: when I was at LSU. You know, it helped me

668
00:39:19,719 --> 00:39:21,319
Speaker 1: stop doing some of the things that I was doing

669
00:39:21,680 --> 00:39:24,040
Speaker 1: just wanting to have fun all the time. And it

670
00:39:24,160 --> 00:39:27,480
Speaker 1: made me really lock in because I had them out

671
00:39:27,520 --> 00:39:29,080
Speaker 1: that I had to provide for, you know, I said

672
00:39:29,120 --> 00:39:30,719
Speaker 1: that was the biggest thing. Like I said, I didn't

673
00:39:30,760 --> 00:39:33,000
Speaker 1: want to buy to take care of my daughter. You know,

674
00:39:33,200 --> 00:39:35,879
Speaker 1: it was my responsibility, so I wanted to make sure

675
00:39:35,880 --> 00:39:38,120
Speaker 1: I take care of my daughter. But the biggest thing

676
00:39:38,239 --> 00:39:41,120
Speaker 1: now is that you know, she's back in Louisiana, so

677
00:39:41,200 --> 00:39:42,800
Speaker 1: I don't get to see it all the time unless

678
00:39:42,840 --> 00:39:46,400
Speaker 1: my mom's come out. But I mean FaceTime, you know,

679
00:39:46,520 --> 00:39:50,840
Speaker 1: that's thank you God may FaceTime. I know, you know,

680
00:39:51,080 --> 00:39:54,680
Speaker 1: FaceTime every day, you know, And I think she she

681
00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:57,280
Speaker 1: may not understand right now, but later on she'll understand,

682
00:39:57,400 --> 00:39:59,840
Speaker 1: you know. And this no matter what, even when she

683
00:40:00,040 --> 00:40:02,320
Speaker 1: when she comes here, you know, don't matter if I

684
00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:04,600
Speaker 1: had a you know, a good day or a bad

685
00:40:04,680 --> 00:40:05,880
Speaker 1: day at practice. At the end of the day, you

686
00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:07,920
Speaker 1: still got to go home and build father, you know.

687
00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:10,120
Speaker 1: And that's and to me, that's the biggest and most

688
00:40:10,200 --> 00:40:12,719
Speaker 1: that's the funniest part for me, because you know, my

689
00:40:12,840 --> 00:40:14,480
Speaker 1: daughter to be happened when she see me, because I mean,

690
00:40:14,520 --> 00:40:16,360
Speaker 1: obviously we barely see each other all the time. So

691
00:40:16,840 --> 00:40:18,560
Speaker 1: when I do see her, you know, they don't matter what.

692
00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:20,600
Speaker 1: I'm just gonna have fun with my daughter, you know.

693
00:40:20,680 --> 00:40:23,040
Speaker 1: And I mean it taught me patience, you know, because

694
00:40:23,160 --> 00:40:25,239
Speaker 1: I mean she's two years old, you know, and they

695
00:40:25,320 --> 00:40:30,160
Speaker 1: say terrible too. Yeah, that's terrible. What type of what

696
00:40:30,280 --> 00:40:32,200
Speaker 1: type of baby is she? Is she a happy baby?

697
00:40:32,280 --> 00:40:34,680
Speaker 1: Does she cry a lot? Or what is she developing

698
00:40:34,719 --> 00:40:37,719
Speaker 1: a personality? I think she's just a fun baby. Like

699
00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:40,640
Speaker 1: you know, you can tell a stop, she ain't gonna stop,

700
00:40:40,840 --> 00:40:43,839
Speaker 1: you know, so you know you gotta put your hand

701
00:40:43,880 --> 00:40:45,719
Speaker 1: on the stove. You touch the stove, you know it's hot.

702
00:40:46,160 --> 00:40:48,279
Speaker 1: She that's the type of baby. Ship is something got

703
00:40:48,360 --> 00:40:50,279
Speaker 1: to happen to for her to understand. Oh, let me

704
00:40:50,320 --> 00:40:53,880
Speaker 1: not do that no more. Does the quarterback know what

705
00:40:54,040 --> 00:40:57,000
Speaker 1: your baby's name is? I'm not sure. I mean I

706
00:40:57,000 --> 00:40:59,520
Speaker 1: don't I'm not too sure. I'm not too sure, but

707
00:41:00,080 --> 00:41:04,040
Speaker 1: I always forget. Dak's real name is Dakota, it's his

708
00:41:04,160 --> 00:41:09,239
Speaker 1: middle name, and he's a Louisianan. So um, I would

709
00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:12,239
Speaker 1: I would make sure that the guy like him knows that. Hey,

710
00:41:12,560 --> 00:41:16,399
Speaker 1: by the way, do you know my daughter's like kind

711
00:41:16,440 --> 00:41:18,879
Speaker 1: of named after you, even though she's not, even though

712
00:41:18,920 --> 00:41:23,479
Speaker 1: you're not. Any kind of names are of that full circle? Yes, yeah,

713
00:41:24,480 --> 00:41:27,160
Speaker 1: aligned he would be. Kid kids can never be a

714
00:41:27,239 --> 00:41:30,200
Speaker 1: bad thing to have the quarterback know that he and

715
00:41:30,560 --> 00:41:34,960
Speaker 1: your child have the same name. Can't hurt. We'll make

716
00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:39,000
Speaker 1: sure he knows your questions for Daman Clark. When we

717
00:41:39,080 --> 00:41:41,239
Speaker 1: come back, Joe Treyhanda, have you got the Mike? Joe,

718
00:41:41,280 --> 00:41:43,680
Speaker 1: have you got a Mike? You've got a Mike. Joe

719
00:41:43,760 --> 00:41:47,120
Speaker 1: treyhand will be mixing among you to get your questions.

720
00:41:47,160 --> 00:41:50,279
Speaker 1: And we have more with the Cowboys Star Young Linebacker

721
00:41:50,640 --> 00:41:54,200
Speaker 1: Back with Daman Clark at Kane Rosso in the Star

722
00:41:54,320 --> 00:41:57,040
Speaker 1: District in Frisco when we return on the Cowboys Hour.

723
00:44:58,360 --> 00:45:04,200
Speaker 1: St Cowboys Hour supported by Albertsons, and The Cowboys Hour

724
00:45:04,360 --> 00:45:07,760
Speaker 1: is also presented by Papa John Better Ingredients, Better Pizza,

725
00:45:07,960 --> 00:45:13,000
Speaker 1: Papa John's. It's Victory Monday. It's still Victory Monday. It

726
00:45:13,280 --> 00:45:15,919
Speaker 1: is still Victory Monday. You guys get better every time.

727
00:45:16,080 --> 00:45:19,800
Speaker 1: I'm loving it. And uh, next week we will begin

728
00:45:20,600 --> 00:45:24,840
Speaker 1: the string of shows that will be right across the

729
00:45:24,920 --> 00:45:30,360
Speaker 1: street at City Works, uh same Star District in Frisco,

730
00:45:30,520 --> 00:45:33,239
Speaker 1: and we hope that you will all come and and

731
00:45:33,320 --> 00:45:38,040
Speaker 1: we'll see you then. Um. By the way, Uh, damon,

732
00:45:38,120 --> 00:45:42,440
Speaker 1: how you doing a Christmas shopping? You haven't even started

733
00:45:42,440 --> 00:45:45,000
Speaker 1: it yet. I mean I do it on Black Friday.

734
00:45:45,280 --> 00:45:47,960
Speaker 1: Uh huh yeah, I did some of it, but I

735
00:45:48,080 --> 00:45:50,239
Speaker 1: got a little more to do. Okay, you're running out

736
00:45:50,280 --> 00:45:53,400
Speaker 1: of time, Haley, I told him as a limit, No,

737
00:45:53,800 --> 00:45:57,920
Speaker 1: we gotta it's a limit. We gotta set limit. Okay,

738
00:45:58,040 --> 00:46:01,319
Speaker 1: because everybody's got to be accountable. I told everybody they're

739
00:46:01,320 --> 00:46:07,800
Speaker 1: getting Cowboys gear for Christmas at least there. And and

740
00:46:07,920 --> 00:46:10,640
Speaker 1: how are you doing on your shopping? Well, I started

741
00:46:10,719 --> 00:46:15,480
Speaker 1: last week and I've got a way to go. Okay,

742
00:46:15,600 --> 00:46:17,600
Speaker 1: Well you got and you've got a couple of weeks

743
00:46:17,640 --> 00:46:21,719
Speaker 1: all right, um. Cowboys PR Maven Joe Trehan is in

744
00:46:21,920 --> 00:46:24,560
Speaker 1: the middle of the audience with a microphone with folks

745
00:46:24,640 --> 00:46:30,279
Speaker 1: with questions for Demon. Good evening, Demon. Hello, Hello, yeah, yeah,

746
00:46:30,640 --> 00:46:35,880
Speaker 1: you are big and beautiful. Hello, So Demona, I have

747
00:46:35,920 --> 00:46:38,880
Speaker 1: a question. So you were talking about not only did

748
00:46:38,960 --> 00:46:40,600
Speaker 1: you want to make it to the NFL, which you're

749
00:46:40,600 --> 00:46:43,640
Speaker 1: already at that level, you said you really want to

750
00:46:43,680 --> 00:46:46,600
Speaker 1: make it in the NFL. Besides you getting yourself to

751
00:46:46,719 --> 00:46:49,160
Speaker 1: the next level, who else are you looking up to

752
00:46:49,960 --> 00:46:52,480
Speaker 1: to get you to that level? Well, I look up

753
00:46:52,520 --> 00:46:56,239
Speaker 1: to a guy, Devin White. You played with Tampa Bay. No.

754
00:46:57,000 --> 00:46:59,480
Speaker 1: I was a freshman when I was able to come

755
00:46:59,520 --> 00:47:02,880
Speaker 1: across Devin, and Devin was a pro before he was

756
00:47:02,920 --> 00:47:05,080
Speaker 1: a pro. The way that he took care of his body,

757
00:47:05,200 --> 00:47:08,160
Speaker 1: the way he treated everyone, the way that he worked,

758
00:47:08,480 --> 00:47:10,520
Speaker 1: you know. And that's a guy that's playing football at

759
00:47:10,560 --> 00:47:13,440
Speaker 1: the real high level right now. And he went to

760
00:47:13,600 --> 00:47:16,480
Speaker 1: LSU too, So I mean, Devin Devin White is a

761
00:47:16,520 --> 00:47:18,759
Speaker 1: guy that I really look up to, and you know,

762
00:47:18,840 --> 00:47:21,399
Speaker 1: I talked to him daily. And another guy's Patrick Queen,

763
00:47:21,480 --> 00:47:24,319
Speaker 1: And that's the same as that guy, Like I met

764
00:47:24,400 --> 00:47:30,360
Speaker 1: PQ my junior year of high school, and that's a

765
00:47:30,440 --> 00:47:32,520
Speaker 1: guy that I stayed in touch with, hosted me on

766
00:47:32,680 --> 00:47:35,600
Speaker 1: my visit when I went to LSU, and that was

767
00:47:35,640 --> 00:47:37,280
Speaker 1: one of the main reasons why I went to LSU.

768
00:47:37,360 --> 00:47:40,439
Speaker 1: And he's another guy playing with Baltimore right now, playing

769
00:47:40,440 --> 00:47:42,120
Speaker 1: at a real high level. So those two guys are

770
00:47:42,160 --> 00:47:44,439
Speaker 1: guys that I look up to. You picked good ones.

771
00:47:44,640 --> 00:47:47,440
Speaker 1: Those are two and the best linebackers going in the NFL.

772
00:47:47,960 --> 00:47:51,759
Speaker 1: Were you Were you a fan of a team or

773
00:47:52,120 --> 00:47:54,879
Speaker 1: players or more of a college fan as a kid

774
00:47:55,200 --> 00:47:57,880
Speaker 1: growing up? Oh, I mean every Sunday, my dad we

775
00:47:58,000 --> 00:48:01,000
Speaker 1: always watched the Saints game, so up, you know, on

776
00:48:01,120 --> 00:48:03,400
Speaker 1: Sundays we knew, you know, the Saints playing. My mom

777
00:48:03,520 --> 00:48:06,319
Speaker 1: from to cook a good meal from just how fun

778
00:48:06,400 --> 00:48:09,759
Speaker 1: to watch the game. Wait, what's the good meal? My

779
00:48:09,840 --> 00:48:12,279
Speaker 1: mom would cook anything, but I think how sign at

780
00:48:12,280 --> 00:48:15,960
Speaker 1: your meal is red beans and rice, fried pork chops,

781
00:48:16,040 --> 00:48:19,200
Speaker 1: fried chicken. So I'm like, come down that area. Yeah,

782
00:48:19,320 --> 00:48:21,279
Speaker 1: And when you say you're sinking your meal, you mean

783
00:48:21,360 --> 00:48:24,440
Speaker 1: her singing Hey to this day when my mom's come,

784
00:48:24,480 --> 00:48:26,120
Speaker 1: I'll tell her. Look, make sure when you come to

785
00:48:26,160 --> 00:48:29,160
Speaker 1: the house now you gotta cook. That's the main requirement

786
00:48:29,239 --> 00:48:31,759
Speaker 1: right there, and you know what, she's thrilled to do

787
00:48:31,840 --> 00:48:37,320
Speaker 1: it with. I think question Okay, here's another question. So

788
00:48:37,640 --> 00:48:41,040
Speaker 1: my question is, uh, it's two part. Actually, first part

789
00:48:41,120 --> 00:48:43,520
Speaker 1: of it is, um, you mentioned coach Terry Boy, but

790
00:48:43,920 --> 00:48:46,719
Speaker 1: what would you say is another coach that maybe made

791
00:48:46,760 --> 00:48:50,200
Speaker 1: you realize that you could do this, that you could

792
00:48:50,239 --> 00:48:52,560
Speaker 1: get to college, that you could get to the NFL

793
00:48:52,640 --> 00:48:54,479
Speaker 1: and play at a high level. And then the second

794
00:48:54,520 --> 00:48:57,759
Speaker 1: part is when did you realize, Like, at what point,

795
00:48:57,840 --> 00:49:00,239
Speaker 1: whether it be in high school, college, you realize that

796
00:49:00,320 --> 00:49:02,239
Speaker 1: this dream because a lot of kids dream about it,

797
00:49:02,840 --> 00:49:05,520
Speaker 1: But when did you realize that, hey, I can do this.

798
00:49:06,040 --> 00:49:08,759
Speaker 1: So it's a honestly, it's a couple of coaches that

799
00:49:08,840 --> 00:49:12,160
Speaker 1: I feel that contributed to me. But one of the

800
00:49:12,239 --> 00:49:15,680
Speaker 1: biggest ones was Aaron Sutton. You know, that's a guy

801
00:49:15,920 --> 00:49:18,680
Speaker 1: that he took me all over the country to go

802
00:49:18,800 --> 00:49:21,160
Speaker 1: to different colleges, to go to camps and to go

803
00:49:21,280 --> 00:49:24,160
Speaker 1: on unofficial visits and stuff like that. So that's a

804
00:49:24,239 --> 00:49:27,520
Speaker 1: guy that he was another person that was hard on me,

805
00:49:27,800 --> 00:49:31,080
Speaker 1: and that coincidentally, that was my one of my little

806
00:49:31,120 --> 00:49:36,120
Speaker 1: league coaches. And he he was a military so you know,

807
00:49:36,600 --> 00:49:39,520
Speaker 1: you come from military background. He's strict and you know,

808
00:49:39,600 --> 00:49:42,879
Speaker 1: he was one sided, you know, and he's a guy

809
00:49:42,960 --> 00:49:45,040
Speaker 1: that helped me get to this point to why I'm man.

810
00:49:45,040 --> 00:49:46,960
Speaker 1: And that's another guy that I talked to every day

811
00:49:47,040 --> 00:49:49,120
Speaker 1: daily and I just thank God all the time for

812
00:49:49,239 --> 00:49:52,000
Speaker 1: having him. And when I realized that I can is

813
00:49:52,880 --> 00:49:57,560
Speaker 1: actually when I started getting college offers. You know, That's

814
00:49:57,600 --> 00:50:00,400
Speaker 1: when I found out that, okay, I can do, you know.

815
00:50:00,520 --> 00:50:03,200
Speaker 1: And it's one thing to get college offers and just

816
00:50:03,320 --> 00:50:05,800
Speaker 1: to go to college, but it's another thing to go

817
00:50:06,239 --> 00:50:09,799
Speaker 1: there and apply yourself graduate and then you know, get

818
00:50:09,840 --> 00:50:13,279
Speaker 1: aside at this level and a great question, thank you,

819
00:50:13,440 --> 00:50:18,400
Speaker 1: and a great answer. And where else recruited you? But

820
00:50:18,480 --> 00:50:20,560
Speaker 1: shot jealous? I mean it was it was a lot

821
00:50:20,600 --> 00:50:24,080
Speaker 1: of schools, like I mean, a lot of schools. There's

822
00:50:24,120 --> 00:50:26,359
Speaker 1: too many to really sit here and did anybody catch

823
00:50:26,440 --> 00:50:31,440
Speaker 1: your eye? Um, obviously it was between LSU in Texas

824
00:50:32,280 --> 00:50:34,160
Speaker 1: University of Texas. That was the That was the two

825
00:50:34,200 --> 00:50:36,759
Speaker 1: schools that it came down to. But I just felt

826
00:50:36,840 --> 00:50:40,480
Speaker 1: that LSU was I mean, it was home. Obviously I

827
00:50:40,840 --> 00:50:43,399
Speaker 1: stayed two men in a way, but that was home.

828
00:50:43,719 --> 00:50:47,840
Speaker 1: And I felt that environment, that locker room, it was devoved.

829
00:50:47,880 --> 00:50:50,279
Speaker 1: That fit to me, and that was the school that

830
00:50:50,320 --> 00:50:52,520
Speaker 1: I picked. But then you were ready to get out

831
00:50:52,560 --> 00:50:54,759
Speaker 1: of Luisiana. Yeah, because I've been in Louisiana in my

832
00:50:54,840 --> 00:50:57,359
Speaker 1: whole life. So I mean, one thing I can say

833
00:50:57,360 --> 00:51:01,319
Speaker 1: about my moms, she like every day if she can,

834
00:51:01,760 --> 00:51:03,840
Speaker 1: she wanted to see me every day, you know, And

835
00:51:03,960 --> 00:51:07,320
Speaker 1: I knew obviously. I was like, man, I know, you know,

836
00:51:07,960 --> 00:51:09,760
Speaker 1: I'm like when I get my shot in the NFL,

837
00:51:09,880 --> 00:51:12,480
Speaker 1: I was like, hopefully the Saints don't get me, you know,

838
00:51:12,560 --> 00:51:14,600
Speaker 1: And I was like, I want to I want to

839
00:51:14,640 --> 00:51:17,399
Speaker 1: get out because I never got a chance to really

840
00:51:17,480 --> 00:51:19,879
Speaker 1: experience life on my own because I was always close

841
00:51:19,960 --> 00:51:22,520
Speaker 1: to my mom's and I was always just twenty minutes

842
00:51:22,520 --> 00:51:24,480
Speaker 1: away from my mom. So anytime I you know, I

843
00:51:24,560 --> 00:51:26,040
Speaker 1: just wanted to go home and chill one And I

844
00:51:26,120 --> 00:51:28,080
Speaker 1: go home any time I want to home cooked meal,

845
00:51:28,600 --> 00:51:30,440
Speaker 1: dry twenty minutes to get a home cooked meal. So

846
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Speaker 1: I became spoiled, And I feel that my mom's became

847
00:51:33,760 --> 00:51:36,000
Speaker 1: spoiled too because she was able to see me all

848
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Speaker 1: the time. But I mean, she's still in Louisiana and

849
00:51:39,200 --> 00:51:42,160
Speaker 1: I'm in Texas. She's just you know, six and a

850
00:51:42,200 --> 00:51:44,560
Speaker 1: half hours away. You know it. If she can be

851
00:51:44,640 --> 00:51:47,759
Speaker 1: here right now, she would, you know. But yeah, I

852
00:51:47,880 --> 00:51:49,840
Speaker 1: feel that that's kind of like when I moved to Montela.

853
00:51:49,960 --> 00:51:53,359
Speaker 1: I understand how is she handling the separation your mother?

854
00:51:53,760 --> 00:51:56,920
Speaker 1: I mean every morning I talked to my mom's every

855
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Speaker 1: morning around seven o'clock. We always FaceTime and she always

856
00:51:59,680 --> 00:52:01,359
Speaker 1: texts me in the morning. We'll always takes each other

857
00:52:01,360 --> 00:52:03,239
Speaker 1: in the morning. So I talked to all the tom

858
00:52:03,360 --> 00:52:06,160
Speaker 1: But every home game, she tries to come to every

859
00:52:06,200 --> 00:52:08,400
Speaker 1: home game if you can. Now, you got to make

860
00:52:08,480 --> 00:52:12,840
Speaker 1: sure that she knows that this entire hour is on

861
00:52:13,000 --> 00:52:17,520
Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys dot com. She can go to it and

862
00:52:17,640 --> 00:52:19,800
Speaker 1: she can have a whole hour of you. If I

863
00:52:20,160 --> 00:52:24,640
Speaker 1: honestuff I told us, he probably would have pulled out honestly, Well,

864
00:52:24,719 --> 00:52:26,719
Speaker 1: that's better that you can tell her. Oh by the way,

865
00:52:26,800 --> 00:52:29,000
Speaker 1: I had a busy day, but I wanted to make

866
00:52:29,040 --> 00:52:31,360
Speaker 1: sure that I told you that you can go see this.

867
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Speaker 1: So you didn't not tell her. You just told her

868
00:52:35,600 --> 00:52:37,680
Speaker 1: after it was done. That's smart I do here. You

869
00:52:37,760 --> 00:52:41,960
Speaker 1: go stick with me, kid, Okay, my name is Don.

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Speaker 1: Just a real quick off the wall question. The NFL,

871
00:52:45,880 --> 00:52:48,080
Speaker 1: because of its face structure, allows a lot of people

872
00:52:48,560 --> 00:52:51,000
Speaker 1: to do things and acquire things that they wouldn't normally

873
00:52:51,040 --> 00:52:53,520
Speaker 1: be able to do. What is that one thing you

874
00:52:53,640 --> 00:52:56,759
Speaker 1: haven't acquired or that you want to acquire with the

875
00:52:56,840 --> 00:52:59,880
Speaker 1: abilities and the financial status as that the NFL allow you.

876
00:53:00,360 --> 00:53:03,720
Speaker 1: I mean my biggest thing, and that's my mentor, Floyd

877
00:53:03,760 --> 00:53:07,640
Speaker 1: Prescott right there. So my biggest thing is the NFL

878
00:53:07,800 --> 00:53:10,080
Speaker 1: is not for long. So as much money as I

879
00:53:10,160 --> 00:53:12,560
Speaker 1: can continue to collect, I'm gonna continue to collect it.

880
00:53:12,960 --> 00:53:14,880
Speaker 1: I still have my I dropped my same car that

881
00:53:14,960 --> 00:53:18,000
Speaker 1: I had in college. I'm I don't just spend money.

882
00:53:18,120 --> 00:53:20,360
Speaker 1: Like if it's one thing y'all learn about me. I

883
00:53:20,440 --> 00:53:24,320
Speaker 1: am a frugal person. Hey, if I don't have to

884
00:53:24,360 --> 00:53:26,919
Speaker 1: pay for it, I ain't paying for it. If it's free.

885
00:53:27,440 --> 00:53:30,279
Speaker 1: It's free and most of the time if you see me,

886
00:53:30,719 --> 00:53:36,439
Speaker 1: I have on free stuff. Honestly, the time will come

887
00:53:38,000 --> 00:53:43,480
Speaker 1: when as you continue to grow as a player, so

888
00:53:43,680 --> 00:53:46,919
Speaker 1: will the paycheck. Yeah, like I said, if we feed

889
00:53:46,960 --> 00:53:50,600
Speaker 1: are I haven't arrived there. So I'm a rookie. I'm

890
00:53:50,600 --> 00:53:53,160
Speaker 1: twenty two years old. I got a lot to learn,

891
00:53:53,320 --> 00:53:56,759
Speaker 1: and until that time come, I'm just gonna continue to

892
00:53:56,800 --> 00:53:59,080
Speaker 1: be a frugal person. But even when that time come out,

893
00:53:59,360 --> 00:54:02,480
Speaker 1: I still know that obviously the NFL is not for long.

894
00:54:02,560 --> 00:54:04,320
Speaker 1: And you hear a lot of stories about guys that

895
00:54:04,680 --> 00:54:06,279
Speaker 1: you know went broke trying to take care of their

896
00:54:06,440 --> 00:54:08,800
Speaker 1: family and trying to take care of their family family.

897
00:54:08,880 --> 00:54:10,760
Speaker 1: Then you got all these other people that become family

898
00:54:10,840 --> 00:54:13,719
Speaker 1: members that you never met before. So that's a that's

899
00:54:13,760 --> 00:54:15,160
Speaker 1: a big thing right there, that you got to be

900
00:54:15,239 --> 00:54:17,840
Speaker 1: smart with you And you know, just seeing guys in

901
00:54:17,880 --> 00:54:21,640
Speaker 1: the locker room that obviously we know got the big paychecks,

902
00:54:21,920 --> 00:54:25,040
Speaker 1: those guys are the same guys that they've been before

903
00:54:25,080 --> 00:54:28,759
Speaker 1: they even got the paychecks. Money aside, like let's say

904
00:54:28,920 --> 00:54:30,640
Speaker 1: it was not a real thing and you you could

905
00:54:30,680 --> 00:54:35,160
Speaker 1: buy anything you wanted and it wouldn't affect your full

906
00:54:35,200 --> 00:54:38,520
Speaker 1: when you get to the second contract, whichever whatever, what

907
00:54:38,600 --> 00:54:40,879
Speaker 1: would be something that you would that you would want

908
00:54:40,920 --> 00:54:42,960
Speaker 1: to have or want to purchase. I mean my biggest

909
00:54:43,000 --> 00:54:45,520
Speaker 1: thing is obviously I want to buy my mom's a house.

910
00:54:45,840 --> 00:54:47,680
Speaker 1: You know. That was the biggest thing that you know,

911
00:54:47,840 --> 00:54:49,920
Speaker 1: just growing up, just seeing the way that my mom worked.

912
00:54:50,080 --> 00:54:52,040
Speaker 1: You know, my mom never owned the house, you know,

913
00:54:52,120 --> 00:54:54,759
Speaker 1: And that's I want to be able to, you know,

914
00:54:54,920 --> 00:54:57,000
Speaker 1: buy a house for and be able to finally tell

915
00:54:57,040 --> 00:55:00,400
Speaker 1: the like mine is your house, Like you know, my

916
00:55:00,560 --> 00:55:03,720
Speaker 1: hard work is your hard work, you know, because obviously

917
00:55:03,800 --> 00:55:06,319
Speaker 1: that's my mom's. And another thing I want to get

918
00:55:06,360 --> 00:55:09,280
Speaker 1: into his real estate because mean obviously everybody need houses.

919
00:55:09,440 --> 00:55:12,040
Speaker 1: Somebody you need somewhere to stay. So real estate is

920
00:55:12,080 --> 00:55:14,319
Speaker 1: a It's another thing that I want to get into

921
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Speaker 1: when Tom permits. Now you want to When you say

922
00:55:17,520 --> 00:55:19,320
Speaker 1: you want to get into real estate, you mean you

923
00:55:19,400 --> 00:55:22,000
Speaker 1: want you want to be a developer, you want to

924
00:55:22,120 --> 00:55:23,960
Speaker 1: sell homes? What does it? What do you want to do?

925
00:55:24,160 --> 00:55:28,960
Speaker 1: So I want to be the boss, that's it. I

926
00:55:29,000 --> 00:55:31,080
Speaker 1: want to be the boss. And you know, in my

927
00:55:31,320 --> 00:55:33,640
Speaker 1: and my I always talk to my parents about that,

928
00:55:33,760 --> 00:55:35,840
Speaker 1: you know, when the Tom gets here, like you know,

929
00:55:35,920 --> 00:55:39,279
Speaker 1: because obviously, I my job is focusing on football, you know.

930
00:55:39,400 --> 00:55:41,359
Speaker 1: And how you know I talked to my dad all

931
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Speaker 1: the time, my brother, my brother. One thing, my brother

932
00:55:45,040 --> 00:55:47,640
Speaker 1: he's super smart, you know, and you know that's I

933
00:55:47,760 --> 00:55:50,200
Speaker 1: want to be able to you know, that's a that's

934
00:55:50,200 --> 00:55:53,279
Speaker 1: stay job, you know, and I I just know fit

935
00:55:53,440 --> 00:55:56,839
Speaker 1: would need be. We got about a minute left. You're

936
00:55:56,840 --> 00:56:01,279
Speaker 1: gonna play the Jaguars Sunday. Trevor Lawrence the quarterback. Y'all

937
00:56:01,320 --> 00:56:04,480
Speaker 1: played him at Clemson when he was at Clemson, you

938
00:56:04,560 --> 00:56:08,359
Speaker 1: were at LSU. What do you remember. I mean, we're

939
00:56:08,400 --> 00:56:11,480
Speaker 1: in the same class. And Trevor Lawrence he's a great quarterback.

940
00:56:11,760 --> 00:56:14,520
Speaker 1: You know. Obviously he got taken high in the draft.

941
00:56:15,040 --> 00:56:18,359
Speaker 1: Um and a lot of the similarities you see right

942
00:56:18,400 --> 00:56:20,719
Speaker 1: now you saw when he was at Clemson. So it's

943
00:56:20,760 --> 00:56:23,880
Speaker 1: not a coincidence that you know he's having success in

944
00:56:23,880 --> 00:56:27,279
Speaker 1: the league. Looking forward to seeing him again. Yes, I

945
00:56:27,360 --> 00:56:30,200
Speaker 1: mean every week is a new opportunity to go out

946
00:56:30,239 --> 00:56:32,839
Speaker 1: them and just showcase not only my talent is before

947
00:56:32,840 --> 00:56:35,800
Speaker 1: a team, to go out them, showcase they're talent. Besides, Layton,

948
00:56:36,880 --> 00:56:39,239
Speaker 1: tell me a teammate that you have learned a lot

949
00:56:39,400 --> 00:56:44,359
Speaker 1: from football stuff on the field. Um, there's a couple

950
00:56:44,400 --> 00:56:47,160
Speaker 1: of guys that I honestly can that I honestly can name,

951
00:56:47,280 --> 00:56:53,560
Speaker 1: but I'll probably say Micah and probably d Laws. That's

952
00:56:53,600 --> 00:56:56,160
Speaker 1: what I figured. I thought. That's so I was coming eight. Damon,

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00:56:56,320 --> 00:56:58,640
Speaker 1: thank you for being here with tech, with us tonight.

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00:56:58,920 --> 00:57:01,840
Speaker 1: Thank you. I appreciate thank you. That's Daman Clark. Everybody,

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Speaker 1: number thirty three. Keep an eye on him. He's going

956
00:57:04,400 --> 00:57:09,400
Speaker 1: nowhere but up Christmas shopping. Get your Christmas shopping done, Haley,

957
00:57:10,000 --> 00:57:12,120
Speaker 1: get your Christmas shopping. Just trying to help you, just

958
00:57:12,239 --> 00:57:14,680
Speaker 1: trying to help you. Thanks for being with us on

959
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Speaker 1: Victory Monday. We'll see you across the street next week

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Speaker 1: on the Cowboys Hour. This has been a production of

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