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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Colts Reunion Podcast, a conversation with former

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Speaker 1: Colts players oh look back at their career, what they're

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Speaker 1: up to now, and how the Colts played a positive

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Speaker 1: role in their lives. Hello and everyone, and welcome to

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Speaker 1: the Colts Official podcast. This is the Alumni series. These

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Speaker 1: are always special. We do that with the famed alumni

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Speaker 1: of the Indianapolis Colts. Also a Ring of Honor member

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Speaker 1: Bill Brooks. I am Jeffrey Gorman and let's get right

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Speaker 1: to it because this next guest we've had. We've been

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Speaker 1: waiting a minute to talk to this man because he

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Speaker 1: played the game differently than most. And if you don't

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Speaker 1: believe me, check out the highlights and he will be

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Speaker 1: the newest member of the Colts Ring of Honor, Old

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Speaker 1: number ninety eight. We love seeing that number and seeing

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Speaker 1: what you did to create havoc on the football field.

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Speaker 1: Welcome Robert Mathis. Hey, thanks for having me man in

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Speaker 1: a long time. Enjoy my time as a player. So

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Speaker 1: the only feels right absolutely when you got word you

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Speaker 1: were going up in the Ring of Honor. And Robert,

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Speaker 1: you played a lot of games in that stadium. You

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Speaker 1: would look up there before you do your thing on

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Speaker 1: the field. What does that mean to you? The first

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Speaker 1: thing that you heard to say, Hey, I'm going to

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Speaker 1: be immortalized up there with the greats. Very humble man,

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Speaker 1: just this and still surreal, just like you got these

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Speaker 1: You've got guys like Bill Brooks, Paid Manning, Jim Staturday,

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Speaker 1: the White all these these these guys, these letting dark

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Speaker 1: thank you, I'll take it. But I'm still humble, all

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Speaker 1: the same, all the same. That's what we love about you, man,

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Speaker 1: because a very you know, quiet I remember your first

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Speaker 1: year here, very quiet and stuff of getting making things

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Speaker 1: the passion that you have for playing the position of

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Speaker 1: getting after the quarterback, Robert, that's something that not many have.

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Speaker 1: Have you been able to share your experience with other

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Speaker 1: players that have the ability that you did, And is

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Speaker 1: that a tough thing to do because you're trying to

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Speaker 1: can't pull them off off. Well, rest assure anybody that

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Speaker 1: are listened, I'm gonna talk about Hayden quarterbacks. So that

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Speaker 1: wasn't a problem. But the thing is, uh, you have

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Speaker 1: they're if you're willing to do what it takes to

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Speaker 1: and mold them. Robert, you talked about going against quarterbacks

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Speaker 1: that you didn't like quarterbacks or is there any particular

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Speaker 1: quarterback that you really really enjoy hitting when you played against. Yeah. Absolutely,

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Speaker 1: And uh, he came in the league well I'm want

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Speaker 1: to say, three years before me, and he's still playing.

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Speaker 1: I think I know who that is, and you might

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Speaker 1: just always it was always tough, just a tough match

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Speaker 1: it was just just things that you remember for for

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Speaker 1: tough going against that quarterback. Now what about a defensive

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Speaker 1: line offensive lineman. Who was the toughest offensive lineman you

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Speaker 1: That's Robert mathis soon to be in the Ring of Honor.

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Speaker 1: That's right during the halftime of the Tampa Bay Bucks

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Speaker 1: game coming up here soon he will be immortalized in that. Robert,

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Speaker 1: the way you played the game was choreographed. It was acrobatic,

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Speaker 1: the way because, like I said, with John Tierlink, that

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Speaker 1: I credit him with that because he told us, look,

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Speaker 1: He never altered my game. I said, Okay, we're gonna

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Speaker 1: what was the biggest thing you learned from Dwight Freney

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Speaker 1: it was not special because he stole a lot of

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Speaker 1: my telling like it is telling like it is Robert No,

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Speaker 1: depth talk about your career what it meant to you.

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Speaker 1: And man, I can't wait to see on that podium

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Speaker 1: I can't wait myself. Awesome. Thanks for the time. Robert

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Speaker 1: mathis right there, newest member of the Cults Ring of Honor,

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Speaker 1: and like I said, I'll say it again and put

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Speaker 1: a few years because it's coming. Sure. Appreciate the time, Robert.

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Speaker 1: our friends at winn Bet for Bill Brooks. I'm Jeffrey

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Speaker 1: Gorman and Robert Mathis. Thank you again so much, sir.

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Speaker 1: We'll talk to you Sue, all right,