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Speaker 1: There is your Ariana Grande right now this Wednesday morning

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Speaker 1: on one O two point seven. It's Kiss FM, Los Angeles.

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Speaker 1: So LA the home of the Olympics and the Paralympics

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Speaker 1: coming up in twenty twenty eight, and the Paralympic Games

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Speaker 1: are in Paris right now. It's a big story. Actually

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Speaker 1: this is a local story coming out of the west

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Speaker 1: side of LA. Have you guys seen Ezra freck Ezra

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Speaker 1: frec as Ye, So he's from right here in LA.

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Speaker 1: He just won gold in the one hundred meter and

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Speaker 1: the high jump. He set a new high jump Paralympic record.

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Speaker 1: But the thing is he manifested it. He put it

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Speaker 1: out there. He basically said on social media one hundred

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Speaker 1: days from now, I'm going to win the gold. Nice.

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Speaker 1: He threw it out there with swagger, and he did,

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Speaker 1: and he won on day ninety nine. But he was

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Speaker 1: born without most of his left leg and that has

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Speaker 1: not slowed him down. He's here with us this morning,

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Speaker 1: right now, and I gotta tell you, Ezra, it's super

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Speaker 1: nice to meet you. Thank you for coming on, my friend, thank.

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Speaker 2: You for having me. Very excited to be here.

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Speaker 1: I gotta tell you you got swagger, bro. You got

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Speaker 1: some innate swagger about you, man that we love.

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Speaker 2: I appreciate it coming from you. I appreciate it.

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Speaker 1: Hey, congratulations just winning golden one hundred meter and the

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Speaker 1: high jump setting a new record? That is massive. What

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Speaker 1: goes through your body now when.

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Speaker 2: You hear that? Pretty crazy? Honestly, still thinking in you know,

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Speaker 2: there's definitely a phase of processing before I realized that

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Speaker 2: this is actually real life. I definitely was going to

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Speaker 2: bed a few units in a row, pinching myself, saying, please,

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Speaker 2: let this not just be a dream.

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Speaker 1: But you did something which manifested that, and you just

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Speaker 1: said it. You said it matter of factly. You plan

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Speaker 1: to run the one hundred meters and you plan to do

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Speaker 1: all this in one hundred days and win the gold.

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Speaker 1: Do you think that in in a way really helped

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Speaker 1: you get there?

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Speaker 2: Absolutely? Absolutely. I think in order to accomplish anything great,

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Speaker 2: you must believe that you're capable of it first. And

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Speaker 2: so for me, when I was saying I'm going to

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Speaker 2: win Paralympic gold day whatever out of one hundred until

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Speaker 2: I win Paralympic gold, that was me just convincing myself

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Speaker 2: that I was capable of it. Convincing myself that I

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Speaker 2: was the type of guy to go out there and

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Speaker 2: win Paralympic gold and sure if it.

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Speaker 1: Worked out, And then he won the second gold in

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Speaker 1: less than twenty four hours.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: The first gold was a surprise goal. The second one

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Speaker 2: was what I was anticipating. So it was definitely tough.

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Speaker 2: You know, win a gold and then have to refocus

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Speaker 2: and say, all right, I gotta forget that I got

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Speaker 2: to compete tomorrow.

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Speaker 1: It's true. I mean, the freck who has just competed

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Speaker 1: at the Paralympics won a couple of golds. It's true.

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Speaker 1: You almost have to be so we have to be

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Speaker 1: so strong anyway to mentally prepare for this, but to

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Speaker 1: compartmentalize and put that glory behind you to focus on

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Speaker 1: doing it again must have been very intense.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, it was so hard. I was laying in bed

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Speaker 2: at twelve am, thinking I have to put the phone down,

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Speaker 2: turn the phone on, do not disturb, not reply to

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Speaker 2: every message, not watch the video over and over again.

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Speaker 1: Right out of West La here in Los Angeles, our hometown. Guy,

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Speaker 1: I wanted to give you a second to you know,

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Speaker 1: I'm a big believer in philanthropy. I have a foundation

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Speaker 1: that builds studios, media centers, and pediatric hospitals around the country.

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Speaker 1: And I know that you've got a big focus on

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Speaker 1: philanthropy too. Tell me about your foundation. Absolutely.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. I have a nonprofit, Angel City Sports and we

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Speaker 2: do adaptive sports for people with physical disabilities here in

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Speaker 2: Los Angeles, California. So anyone with the physical disability sports training, equipment,

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Speaker 2: competitive opportunities. There's a lot of barrier to entry for

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Speaker 2: this community. People don't realize. I mean, running blades are

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Speaker 2: fifteen thousand dollars. Racing wheelchairs, basketball wheelchairs so expensive, and

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Speaker 2: our goal is to break it all down and give

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Speaker 2: this community access to sport.

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Speaker 1: It's really amazing. And how what's your mindset when you're

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Speaker 1: achieving these unbelievable things? What's it like? Every day?

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Speaker 2: We had seventy plus family and friends that came all

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Speaker 2: the way out there to Paris, and a huge contingent

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Speaker 2: that was out there in the crowd supporting me. So

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Speaker 2: I felt the love and I thought, Man, if all

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Speaker 2: these people are coming halfway across the world for me,

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Speaker 2: let me give them a good memory. I gotta deliver.

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Speaker 1: Ez refrec right out of Los Angeles, making us proud

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Speaker 1: as a country and getting worldwide headlines. Nice to meet you,

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Speaker 1: my friend continued success, enjoy the gold.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, Thank you guys very much. What a cool dude.

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Speaker 2: Huh yeah, he's literally the coolest

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Speaker 1: And he's got that swacker and just started his freshman

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Speaker 1: year at USC.