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Speaker 1: I'm Amy Wells, and in the spirit of the holiday season,

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Speaker 1: The voice that you just heard was Bobby Ramsey. He

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Speaker 1: was the head coach at Yulee High School when a

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Speaker 1: young Derrick Henry was a student. So now that we

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Speaker 1: all know that Derrick Henry has had a fantastic season

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Speaker 1: back when. This is former Yulee High School head football

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Speaker 1: coach Bobby Ramsey. Well. I got hired at ule I

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Speaker 1: just Alabama fans. We just had to see this guy. Um.

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Speaker 1: You know. So you started to get that kind of

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Speaker 1: it's like must see TV. Like I got, you know,

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Speaker 1: if this guy's coming to town, I gotta check this

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Speaker 1: guy out. And uh, you know you would get people

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Speaker 1: who again, they they probably couldn't have found you only

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Speaker 1: on a map if I paid him, But you know

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Speaker 1: they were they they knew who Derrick Henry was and

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Speaker 1: they were gonna they were gonna check it out. So

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Speaker 1: what makes you the most proud of Derrick Henry Man?

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Speaker 1: A tough call? Um. You know, I think the way

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Speaker 1: as a professional. I think, what what a professional he's become.

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Speaker 1: You know, Um, you know he's uh, he's respected as

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Speaker 1: most of them. Um, you know, he he's kind of

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Speaker 1: I think that he's just kind of stayed who he is.

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Speaker 1: He stayed the same guy, you know. Um, I mean

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Speaker 1: I texted him, you know, we were texting yesterday. I mean,

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Speaker 1: you know, he could just blow me off. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I mean he's probably got a billion people texting. Um.

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Speaker 1: I think really just proud of of the man he's become.

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Speaker 1: And then he's he's kept to his you know, his

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Speaker 1: And you know, I think that that would probably be it,

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Speaker 1: And I think he's been a guy that when he

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Speaker 1: has hit those walls, you know, when he got to Alabama,

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Speaker 1: you know, the frustration of not playing right away, and

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Speaker 1: you know, I was joked. The most I ever talked

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Speaker 1: to him after he graduated was that fall semester where

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Speaker 1: it was like, you know, talking him off the ledge

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Speaker 1: like brother, it's coming, I'm telling you, Like I talked

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Speaker 1: to your running backs coach. They're doing like it's coming.

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Speaker 1: It's coming. Um. And then you know it's when he

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Speaker 1: Marco Murray and and um, you know, getting acclimated to

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Speaker 1: the game. He never let discouragement get the best of him.

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Speaker 1: And I think that happens sadly more than with people

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Speaker 1: than it should. Um. And he could have very easily,

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Speaker 1: I'm leaving, or I'm I'm you know, and and throwing

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Speaker 1: a fit. And he didn't do that, you know, he

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Speaker 1: he uh you know again he I think he just

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Speaker 1: went back. He listened to the right people, he had,

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Speaker 1: people who he knew cared about him as a person. Um,

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Speaker 1: and uh, you know those are probably I mean I

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Speaker 1: kind of rambled on him that was kind of you know,

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Speaker 1: just that part of it. I mean, if he wins

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Speaker 1: in NFL rushing title, awesome, the Heisman Trophy, like super cool,

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Speaker 1: you know, Like I mean, I'm I'm sitting there at

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Speaker 1: I doing here right now? You know, Like there's Doug

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Speaker 1: I mean, it's doing the show and um, you know

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Speaker 1: it's not you know, I've I've selfishly, I will say

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Speaker 1: this about myself. Um, I've had a lot of experiences

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Speaker 1: very grateful to him for that, because I've I've met people,

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Speaker 1: I've gone places, I've I've interacted with people. You know,

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Speaker 1: I'm doing this right now that I never would have

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Speaker 1: been able to do had I not coached him, so

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Speaker 1: just the you know, you kind of think back man,

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Speaker 1: like fifteen years ago. Man, what if I would have

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Speaker 1: done this instead of that? Well then I never you know,

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Speaker 1: but I I you know, no regrets because and not

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Speaker 1: just because of Derek, but you know, I had a

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Speaker 1: lot of great experiences being able to coach him. And

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Speaker 1: he's still you know, brings me my parents, you know, joy,

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Speaker 1: you know, fun to watch, um, you know, so um,

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Speaker 1: you know selfishly, he still brings me a lot of joy.

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Speaker 1: So um, and uh, you know, I hope he plays

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Speaker 1: a really long time. Hopefully there is much more to

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Speaker 1: come from Derrick Henry as the Titans fight to win

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Speaker 1: a spot in the playoffs this Sunday against the Houston Texans.

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Speaker 1: Kickoff for that game is at three twenty five Central time,

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Speaker 1: and Titans Radio will be on the air at two

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Speaker 1: thirty Central and till then, I'm Amy Wells and for

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Speaker 1: Bobby Ramsey who was so gracious to let us come

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Speaker 1: and spend some time with him. This has been the

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Speaker 1: OTP