WEBVTT - Hayden Hurst | Renee All Dey

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, guys, welcome to Renee all day. I am here

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<v Speaker 1>with hayden Hurst. How you doing today? I'm doing well.

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<v Speaker 1>Appreciate you having me the hell of a name. I

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<v Speaker 1>feel like having the name hayden Hurst kind of already

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<v Speaker 1>like set you up for success. Had to be some

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<v Speaker 1>sort of procles, let alone in two sports at that

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<v Speaker 1>that's insane. We'll get into some of that stuff, but

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<v Speaker 1>I want to talk some fashion with you first and foremost,

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<v Speaker 1>because you've really, you know, you've really brought back the

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<v Speaker 1>crop top for men. Thank you. Yes, by the way,

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<v Speaker 1>what went into you know, figuring out that was gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be a look that you could pull off. Not an

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<v Speaker 1>easy look to do, but you do it with grace. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>it started off as something pretty innocent. I just sweat

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<v Speaker 1>a lot by nature. Okay, So my jersey and like

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<v Speaker 1>training camp and stuff gets like soaked. So when I run,

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<v Speaker 1>it hits my gloves and my gloves get all wet.

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<v Speaker 1>So rolled it up. But you know, I had to

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<v Speaker 1>work my ass off in the weight room and get

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<v Speaker 1>a six pack because I can't be can't be chunky

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<v Speaker 1>out there. So listen, that's what I want to talk about,

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<v Speaker 1>because it as a woman, it's near impossible to buy

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<v Speaker 1>a shirt that's not a crop top, correct. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know that. I love the crop top for me. It's

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<v Speaker 1>great for you, but I don't want to worry about

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<v Speaker 1>six pack abs. I mean, it just depends on the person.

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<v Speaker 1>You gotta like sit up straight or like, if I

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<v Speaker 1>know when to be out walking somewhere, I can do it.

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<v Speaker 1>If I got to sit down, maybe crop tops not

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<v Speaker 1>the choice. That's how I like in the stretch line,

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<v Speaker 1>when I'm like hunched over and they're taking pictures, I'm like,

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<v Speaker 1>let me, let me stand up a little bit. Um. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>So the crop top is prevalent everywhere. You're making it

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<v Speaker 1>popular for men. What is a fashion look that you hate?

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<v Speaker 1>M I'm not a big fan of like the designer

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<v Speaker 1>stuff that literally just has like name brand name all

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<v Speaker 1>over the stuff. I think it just looks kind of

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<v Speaker 1>corny and goofy to me. It's not my taste. But

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<v Speaker 1>where do you stand on the high waisted pant? Hate it?

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<v Speaker 1>You do? I knew it. Guys don't like the high

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<v Speaker 1>waisted pants. It's women do because we're like great, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't have to worry about anything. But it just looks

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<v Speaker 1>like there's weggies going on, just tough and now it's

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<v Speaker 1>it provides a long butt cheek, right, which maybe we

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<v Speaker 1>don't need it right, and it looks kind of a

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<v Speaker 1>long but she gets kind of goofy. I know I'm

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<v Speaker 1>riding it out because I do appreciate I've had a child,

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<v Speaker 1>so I will take the high waisted pant. But I

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<v Speaker 1>get the perspective of maybe not loving it so much.

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<v Speaker 1>Um okay, so your energy on and off the field

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<v Speaker 1>is infectious. How do you kind of keep on the

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<v Speaker 1>up and ups? That's just who I am. I know it.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe sometimes it seems like it's it might be you know,

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<v Speaker 1>acted or something like that, but I don't know. I

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<v Speaker 1>just when I get on the football field and I

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<v Speaker 1>put my helmet on, I just flip a switch. I'd

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<v Speaker 1>become a maniac. And I try to be that guy

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<v Speaker 1>that people feed off of and go to for the

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<v Speaker 1>energy just because I love it. For me, It's like

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<v Speaker 1>when I scrap on the pads and my last name

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<v Speaker 1>is on the jersey, like I'm going to war, and

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<v Speaker 1>you know, I'll take whoever wants to go with me.

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<v Speaker 1>That's just my personality. You ever blow out your voice

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<v Speaker 1>out there yelling. Actually last week. Last week I got

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<v Speaker 1>home and was a little raspy, and my girlfriend was like, you, like,

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<v Speaker 1>what does that? A little lemon in a tea or something?

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<v Speaker 1>Listen it up. You've spoken a lot about what it

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<v Speaker 1>means for you to be here in Cincinnati, to be

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<v Speaker 1>playing for the Bengals, to be here in this city.

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<v Speaker 1>Talk to me a little bit about that. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>for a guy that has been in so many different cities,

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<v Speaker 1>what is it about Cincinnati feels so special to you?

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<v Speaker 1>Just this organization and how Zach kind of has you know,

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<v Speaker 1>from the top down, how's it running? The culture is infectious,

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<v Speaker 1>you know. Just you want to be a part of it.

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<v Speaker 1>You want to be a part of that locker room.

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<v Speaker 1>There's great guys around here. Cultures like that, don't you know.

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<v Speaker 1>There are a few and far between in the NFL.

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<v Speaker 1>It's hard to find something like that. I love it here.

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<v Speaker 1>I get to be myself. I'm happy. I'm a much

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<v Speaker 1>happier person than I've been in the past. I'm hoping

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<v Speaker 1>I can stick around for a little while because you know,

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<v Speaker 1>me and my family love it here. Yeah, I know,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean people people love you. My family was very

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<v Speaker 1>excited when I told them I was interviewing you today.

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<v Speaker 1>They're like, oh, yes, that's our guy. Yeah, okay, so

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<v Speaker 1>we talked before about you being a double professional athlete.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course, being a drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates, playing

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<v Speaker 1>in the MLB, then making your way back to football

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<v Speaker 1>into the NFL. To my civilian ass, I'm like, oh

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<v Speaker 1>my god, look at this guy. Go Like, as a kid,

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<v Speaker 1>for you to imagine being able to achieve those things,

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<v Speaker 1>and we'll get into, you know, the downside of what

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<v Speaker 1>went into that as well, but just as a kid, like,

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<v Speaker 1>imagine you'd have the opportunity to be an athlete and

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<v Speaker 1>an excel at that level in two different sports. It's crazy. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>when I was a kid, I mean I never really

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<v Speaker 1>focused on much else but sports. You know, I just

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<v Speaker 1>sit in the back of my mind. I'm sure every

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<v Speaker 1>kid when they're growing up, they're like, I want to

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<v Speaker 1>be a professional this, this. But I just had like

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<v Speaker 1>this belief in myself because I always knew that I

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<v Speaker 1>was better. I was gonna make it work, just kind

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<v Speaker 1>of how my brain's wired, Like if I have my

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<v Speaker 1>mindset on something, I'm gonna make it happen. And I

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<v Speaker 1>just knew. At the time, I thought I was gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be baseball, but you know, life kind of made me

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<v Speaker 1>pivot a little bit and ended up being football. But

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<v Speaker 1>I got blessed with athleticism, and you know, I wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to make the most of it. So I was watching

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<v Speaker 1>on your foundation's website the video that you guys have

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<v Speaker 1>on there with your family and your You're talking about

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<v Speaker 1>all the things that you guys went through. I lasered in.

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<v Speaker 1>I was like, wait, did you only play football in

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<v Speaker 1>high school for one season? One season? Yeah? And I

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<v Speaker 1>kind of got convinced to play because when I was

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<v Speaker 1>in high school and I threw the ball like ninety

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<v Speaker 1>six miles an hour. So I was like, you're going

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<v Speaker 1>to pitch in the big leagues. Don't get hurt playing football.

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<v Speaker 1>So I was like, okay, well I won't play football then. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>And I think it was my junior year. My head

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<v Speaker 1>baseball coach was like the wider or the quarterback coach

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<v Speaker 1>for our high school team, and he was like, we're

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<v Speaker 1>thin at receiver. We need a lot of help because

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<v Speaker 1>just come out and see if you like it. And

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<v Speaker 1>I was like, okay, I can do that. And I

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<v Speaker 1>played one year high school football, and I mean I

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<v Speaker 1>got offers from like Tennessee, Florida, Florida State, Miami and

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<v Speaker 1>stupid and me I'm like, oh, I'm gonna go play baseball.

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<v Speaker 1>I have these like head coaches talking to me. Didn't

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<v Speaker 1>play my senior year and then ended up coming full

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<v Speaker 1>circle and walked on South Carolina. That's so crazy. What

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<v Speaker 1>an insane journey. Okay, So now to get into I

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<v Speaker 1>know you've been very vocal about this stuff, and I

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<v Speaker 1>applaud you for for being so vocal as a man,

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<v Speaker 1>as an athlete to be able to let people know

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<v Speaker 1>things you've been through. But yeah, just kind of walk

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<v Speaker 1>me through some of that stuff of you know, finding out,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, baseball is not going to be the movement

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<v Speaker 1>and all the things that went into that, I mean

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<v Speaker 1>the physical aspects of things that were going down to

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<v Speaker 1>that to how that you know, really affected you mentally

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<v Speaker 1>as you were making the pivot to figure out what

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<v Speaker 1>life was even going to hold for you. Yeah. Like

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<v Speaker 1>I said, when I was in high school, I mean

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<v Speaker 1>I alternated, you know, it was baseball, football, baseball, football.

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<v Speaker 1>Then I started specializing in baseball. I got drafted by

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<v Speaker 1>the Pirates and I mean, baseball is always really easy.

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<v Speaker 1>I just picked the ball up and through it past guys.

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<v Speaker 1>Knew I was better when I got to I was

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<v Speaker 1>down in Bradenton with the minor league team. My first

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<v Speaker 1>season was good. Then I came back for like fall

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<v Speaker 1>instructional league, and I just started overthinking it was weird.

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<v Speaker 1>I ended up getting what's called the yips. Yeah, like

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<v Speaker 1>I couldn't even like feel the ball in my hand.

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<v Speaker 1>I was erratic with my control, kind of like you

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<v Speaker 1>like numbness in your hands. Yeah, I had like panic

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<v Speaker 1>attacks on them. Now I'm just going to get away.

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<v Speaker 1>It was awful. And then didn't really know how to

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<v Speaker 1>deal with it because I was, you know, immature nineteen

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<v Speaker 1>year old. And then off the field just spiral, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>because I was embarrassed. I mean, I was my family's

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<v Speaker 1>golden ticket in my mind, and you know, I had

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<v Speaker 1>baseball kind of ripped away from me. So you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I unfortunately reached for a bottle, pills, whatever I could

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<v Speaker 1>get my hands on. Ye kind of put myself in

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<v Speaker 1>a downward spiral. But you know, in twenty fifteen, it

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<v Speaker 1>was mature enough to make the decision that I need

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<v Speaker 1>to kind of make a change what I was doing.

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<v Speaker 1>I walked away from baseball, walked on at South Carolina,

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<v Speaker 1>and unfortunately that stuff follows you, and one night decided

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<v Speaker 1>I tried to cut my wrists and went through all

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<v Speaker 1>that and tried to take my own life. And it

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<v Speaker 1>was really I mean, obviously I would never wish that

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<v Speaker 1>upon my worst enemy, but it was kind of the

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<v Speaker 1>best thing that ever happened to me, because when I

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<v Speaker 1>woke up in the hospital, you know, I was handcuffed

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<v Speaker 1>to a gurney, you know, without a shirt on, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>covered in my own blood, and it's kind of like

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<v Speaker 1>sat there, I was by myself, and I was like,

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<v Speaker 1>you're not going to be here much longer if you

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<v Speaker 1>keep down this path, but like you need to make

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<v Speaker 1>a complete one eighty on what you're doing. So for me,

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<v Speaker 1>I kind of made that promise to myself, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>and in that room, I was like, we're not going

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<v Speaker 1>to do this again. Yeah, And I really just poured

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<v Speaker 1>myself into football. It just became a maniac. I worked

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<v Speaker 1>out like two or three times a day. Yeah. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>There's even some of my buddies at the time they're like,

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<v Speaker 1>now we thought you were you know, a kiss ass

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<v Speaker 1>just going in there. But for me it was just

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<v Speaker 1>a mental release. Yeah yeah, so again kind of the

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<v Speaker 1>best of the worst thing that ever happened to me.

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<v Speaker 1>What like, what was that build back like for you

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<v Speaker 1>to go from being on that hospital gurney to like

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<v Speaker 1>your mental state, your physical state to being like I

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<v Speaker 1>got to snap out of this and physically get myself

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<v Speaker 1>back mentally like what we're some of those steps that

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<v Speaker 1>you had to take to to get to feeling good.

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<v Speaker 1>It was really hard, um because you know, not many

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<v Speaker 1>people go through that that path in life that I

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<v Speaker 1>unfortunately had to go through, UM, so you really have

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<v Speaker 1>to almost reinvent yourself and fall in love with yourself again.

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<v Speaker 1>So I think it was hard because I felt, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>like it was me against the world. I felt like

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<v Speaker 1>I was by myself, even though even my family was there.

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<v Speaker 1>But unless you go through something like that or have

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<v Speaker 1>a family member that goes through it, it's hard to

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<v Speaker 1>really wrap your brain around taking your own life or

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<v Speaker 1>someone fathoming taking their own life. So in my mind,

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<v Speaker 1>it was really me against the world, and I just

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<v Speaker 1>got to kind of reinvent who Hayden Hurst was. I

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<v Speaker 1>got to fall in love with myself and really understand

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<v Speaker 1>who I was as a person. So yeah, it sucked,

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<v Speaker 1>but it was kind of beautiful at the same time. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it's crazy how things like that happened. You hit that

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<v Speaker 1>rock bottom, and it's like, how do you get back

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<v Speaker 1>to where you are? And like, thank God to be

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<v Speaker 1>you know, offered that other chance at life to come

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<v Speaker 1>out and do it. And I mean look at you go,

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<v Speaker 1>like what an inspiration to so many people. What's your

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<v Speaker 1>advice to somebody that might be going through something like that?

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<v Speaker 1>For one, never make permanent decisions on temporary feelings. My

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<v Speaker 1>sister told me that, you know, when I was going

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<v Speaker 1>through it. That's one thing that kind of resonates with

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<v Speaker 1>me and I try to tell people. And the other

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<v Speaker 1>thing is just taking a day to time, you know.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what I do today, you know, and in my life,

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<v Speaker 1>my day to day life, you know, I try not

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<v Speaker 1>to look too far forward or too far back. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>really just trying to live hour to hour, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>trying to be the best man, the best boyfriend, the

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<v Speaker 1>best brother son. You know that I can be in

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<v Speaker 1>that hour and then you know, figure it out from there.

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<v Speaker 1>Are there other protocols that you think should maybe be

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<v Speaker 1>in place to help athletes on the mental side of things.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you think that we're doing enough to to really

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<v Speaker 1>give athletes and resources that they need. I think in

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<v Speaker 1>the last few years, it's definitely the tides have turned

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit. You know, when I first got in

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<v Speaker 1>the league, probably what five years ago, it was more

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<v Speaker 1>of a taboo topic. Yeah, let's talk about it. But

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<v Speaker 1>you know, the more people that come out and start

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<v Speaker 1>talking about it, share their stories, the more people that

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<v Speaker 1>relate to it. You know, when I when I get

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<v Speaker 1>out there and I you know, give a speech or

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<v Speaker 1>like tell my story, the coolest thing is when people

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<v Speaker 1>come up to me and they're like, you know, my

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<v Speaker 1>sister went through this, my mom struggles with this, my

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<v Speaker 1>dad's an alcoholic. Because like I can relate to all that. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I've had all that stuff in my family. I've seen

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<v Speaker 1>it firsthand. So that's that's cooler than anybody coming up

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<v Speaker 1>to me and telling me how good I did for

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<v Speaker 1>their fantasy for right, Yeah, yeah, well, hey man, congratulations

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<v Speaker 1>to you. And again, I mean I think just for

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<v Speaker 1>to be able to use your platform and use time

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<v Speaker 1>to speak about that stuff. I know it's never easy

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<v Speaker 1>to talk about that stuff and keep rehashing that stuff,

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<v Speaker 1>but I know that it does obviously help so many

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<v Speaker 1>people that could be going through a similar thing. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>which led to you creating your foundation. Right, tell me

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit about your foundation. Yeah. We started it

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<v Speaker 1>when I got drapped by the Ravens in twenty eighteen.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, it's me and my mom, my dad, and

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<v Speaker 1>my sister helps a little bit too. You know, she's

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<v Speaker 1>a vet in Atlanta, so she's got her own stuff. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>she'll help wherever she can. Um, But it's really my mom.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, she's she's the rock star. Looks like she

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<v Speaker 1>runs a tight ship. Yes, she's very, very type a details.

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<v Speaker 1>She makes sure that the rest of us are too. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>but yeah, I kind of I told them, I want

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<v Speaker 1>you guys to retire. We're going to start a foundation.

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<v Speaker 1>It's going to focus on you know, mental health and

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<v Speaker 1>adolescent suicide prevention. Yeah. And you know, whatever city that

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<v Speaker 1>I've been in or played in, you know, Columbia, I

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<v Speaker 1>did some stuff in Atlanta, did a lot of stuff

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<v Speaker 1>in Baltimore and then Jacksonville, our hometown. We try to

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<v Speaker 1>just do like little events to raise money wherever we can. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>just because I know, if you can tool kids at

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<v Speaker 1>the young age, you know, because unfortunately, things happen in life.

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<v Speaker 1>It happens everybody. We all go through traumas and stuff happens. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>so if you can better tool kids to deal with

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<v Speaker 1>it down the road, you know, that's kind of the

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<v Speaker 1>age target work. Yeah, going after right now, if hayden

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<v Speaker 1>Hurst today, we're talking to hayden Hurst, you know many

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<v Speaker 1>years ago, what would you say, take a step back

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<v Speaker 1>and appreciate it. Man, I was a different person when

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<v Speaker 1>I was younger, so yeah, we all were right crazy,

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<v Speaker 1>we're all different people. I mean when you think of

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<v Speaker 1>like a year ago to five years ago, ten years ago,

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<v Speaker 1>we all grow when mature and her resources change and

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<v Speaker 1>life changes. It's like trying to trying to adapt with

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<v Speaker 1>it all. Absolutely, I would just take it a day

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<v Speaker 1>at a time, you know, be the best person you

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<v Speaker 1>can be. Your choices have consequences. Yeah, I mean, like

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<v Speaker 1>I said, you know, I ten eleven years ago the

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<v Speaker 1>hayden Hurst that was compared to the hayden Hurst that is.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just I'm very proud of myself. Yeah, where I've gotten.

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<v Speaker 1>I think we all are. Ye. Yeah, hats off to you.

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<v Speaker 1>Um okay. On the other side of things, what are

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<v Speaker 1>you into, like off the field, what's next for you

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<v Speaker 1>outside of football? That is a topic that I've been

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<v Speaker 1>discussing with many people, just trying to figure it out

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<v Speaker 1>because with all the responsibilities that come you know, Monday

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<v Speaker 1>through Saturday, obviously on Sunday as well with football, it's

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<v Speaker 1>hard to focus on other stuff, you know, the grueling,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, demands of football throughout the week or tough.

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<v Speaker 1>So it's hard for me because I'm so present in

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<v Speaker 1>what I'm doing to really be like, you know, I

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<v Speaker 1>want to do this when I retire, So I really

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<v Speaker 1>I'm big on my family, I'm big on you know,

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<v Speaker 1>my personal time, and I'm really I'm not sure, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe some sort of coaching, you know, just because I

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<v Speaker 1>do kind of get joy from helping people. That is

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<v Speaker 1>like my thing, I guess, And obviously football has done

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<v Speaker 1>wonderful things, so it'd be cool to stay around the

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<v Speaker 1>game a little bit. Yeah, but I don't know. I

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<v Speaker 1>really don't know. Time will tell, yes, but not. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>you got plenty of time, so absolutely, or we can

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<v Speaker 1>all just calm down, we'll get there. When we get there,

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<v Speaker 1>I will listen Hayden, thank you so much for taking

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<v Speaker 1>the time. I appreciate it. And again thanks for being

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<v Speaker 1>so vocal about mental health stuff. I appreciate it. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>all right, it's been renee all day with Hayden Hurst. Y'all,