1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:03,600 Speaker 1: I went to the University of Nebraska. I played the 2 00:00:03,680 --> 00:00:08,920 Speaker 1: position of cornerback for two years and never would have 3 00:00:08,920 --> 00:00:12,080 Speaker 1: thought that I would have got drafted, especially switching positions 4 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:14,280 Speaker 1: so fast. I had a coach by the name of 5 00:00:14,280 --> 00:00:21,000 Speaker 1: Marvin Sanders who taught me the position, taught me would 6 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:24,279 Speaker 1: it meant to be a corner the mentality and the 7 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:28,320 Speaker 1: foundation of it. So I'm super grateful for him. New 8 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:32,000 Speaker 1: York has a lot of memories here for me, a 9 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:35,720 Speaker 1: lot of firsts. I had my first daughter, Paisley here, 10 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:41,479 Speaker 1: and most importantly, I met my wife Polar here. Polar 11 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:45,080 Speaker 1: didn't really know anything about football, and she would always 12 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:48,400 Speaker 1: tell me she would search Twitter to see if I 13 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:51,800 Speaker 1: was doing good or bad. And I would always vent 14 00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:54,920 Speaker 1: to her after practices and stuff like that, and she 15 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:57,680 Speaker 1: was like my therapist, and she would hear me out 16 00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:01,120 Speaker 1: give me advice. She would say, like, man, why are 17 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:03,960 Speaker 1: they thrown you in the cold tub and stuff and 18 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:11,039 Speaker 1: stuff like that. But I'm sure, as I'm sure the 19 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:13,760 Speaker 1: New York Post in Atrail Row would say that you 20 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:16,920 Speaker 1: really helped me with my success on the field, So 21 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:21,520 Speaker 1: thank you for that. My faith is a huge part 22 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:25,240 Speaker 1: of my life. George McGovern and his wife, Cindy's here 23 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:30,080 Speaker 1: we would have chapel daily chapel weekly chapels and they 24 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:33,279 Speaker 1: actually did my pre marital counseling for me and my wife. 25 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:37,200 Speaker 1: And I remember we beat the Eagles in twenty thirteen 26 00:01:37,920 --> 00:01:41,520 Speaker 1: and right after that was our bye week and they 27 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:45,679 Speaker 1: performed our marriage right outside our house in Secaucus. Will 28 00:01:45,720 --> 00:01:51,520 Speaker 1: Beatie and his wife was our witnesses. And George, just 29 00:01:51,520 --> 00:01:53,480 Speaker 1: thank you for making me a better man on and 30 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:56,440 Speaker 1: off the field. 31 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:00,280 Speaker 2: Yah. 32 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:04,760 Speaker 1: I have a lot of special. 33 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 2: H. 34 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:17,560 Speaker 1: I have a lot of special memories here. The Super 35 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:27,680 Speaker 1: Bowl obviously, that was a big year for us. Seeing 36 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:32,120 Speaker 1: a guy like Cruise. Just see how hard he worked 37 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:39,919 Speaker 1: and how he came to the scene with his uh, 38 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:45,920 Speaker 1: his sausa dance that that sparked uh just uh a 39 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:51,040 Speaker 1: new energy in our team that year. We had. We 40 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:54,400 Speaker 1: had a lot of leaders there. I can go on 41 00:02:54,520 --> 00:03:02,239 Speaker 1: with the names from Tuck Eli, Mm, Chris Canty, Oh 42 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:08,680 Speaker 1: see my whole dB group, Webb, Aaron Ross, Deon, Grant, 43 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:16,160 Speaker 1: Kenny Phillips, Aaron Ross t two, my big brother, Ahmad 44 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:21,920 Speaker 1: Bradshaw and and Brandon Jacobs. Anywhere anywhere we look, we 45 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:24,399 Speaker 1: had leaders, So you could look anywhere and you were 46 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:27,760 Speaker 1: you were always going the right direction. That was a 47 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:31,080 Speaker 1: special team. I haven't been on another team like that since. 48 00:03:31,639 --> 00:03:36,360 Speaker 1: And I still have those relationships today and I appreciate 49 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:42,360 Speaker 1: all of them. Everyone in this organization, the media obviously, 50 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:46,520 Speaker 1: you guys have always treated you treated me well. I 51 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:49,000 Speaker 1: know some of my fellow teammates didn't, and so I 52 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 1: tried to make up for that. But you guys have 53 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:58,960 Speaker 1: always been super kind to me. Everybody in the the 54 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:11,320 Speaker 1: marketing department here from Jen Ashley, Joanne alyssa Ethan, Christine, 55 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:17,760 Speaker 1: Josean and Cafeteria. I've had great conversations with you guys 56 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:21,080 Speaker 1: and and you guys always have a special place in 57 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:29,480 Speaker 1: my heart. The training and medical staff, Lee, Ronnie Justin, Byron, 58 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:35,600 Speaker 1: Steve Connelly, everyone at HSS HSS, the Hospital for Special Surgery. 59 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:39,880 Speaker 1: You guys really got my body right to perform, and 60 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:42,120 Speaker 1: you guys taught me a lot about my body, and 61 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:46,520 Speaker 1: you guys really made it, really gave me a safe 62 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:50,280 Speaker 1: place to be honest. Sometimes you guys saved me from 63 00:04:50,279 --> 00:04:59,839 Speaker 1: myself and I just appreciate you guys doing that. I' 64 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 1: you remiss if I didn't name other organizations that was 65 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:08,800 Speaker 1: part of my journey, the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Cardinals, the Raiders, 66 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:12,039 Speaker 1: the Saints, and and of course the Chicago Bears. Thank 67 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:16,360 Speaker 1: you to the mccaskey's and the Whole Bears organization just 68 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:24,039 Speaker 1: for being another place that I can call home. And 69 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:35,320 Speaker 1: and the reason why the reason why my I'm gonna 70 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:43,359 Speaker 1: talk about my parents last is uh, it's because I 71 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:56,240 Speaker 1: didn't want to cry, but but I could have been 72 00:05:56,240 --> 00:05:57,120 Speaker 1: the last two minutes. 73 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:26,000 Speaker 2: H m hm, gosh K. 74 00:06:30,040 --> 00:06:40,919 Speaker 1: My mom and dad h came. My mom and dad 75 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:48,720 Speaker 1: came here as immigrants. They worked hard, but they worked 76 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:54,240 Speaker 1: hard to provide for me and my five sisters. And 77 00:06:56,080 --> 00:06:58,480 Speaker 1: New York and New Jersey was actually the first states 78 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:02,719 Speaker 1: that they came in. And my dad worked hard to 79 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:06,560 Speaker 1: bring my mom and my older sister over here from Nigeria. 80 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:13,720 Speaker 1: And they really showed me and my sisters what it 81 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:20,600 Speaker 1: meant to work hard and and sacrifice. And so mommy 82 00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:35,400 Speaker 1: and Daddy, I love you guys, and just thank you 83 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:41,680 Speaker 1: for showing me and my five sisters just what hard 84 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:47,120 Speaker 1: work and sacrifice looked like. You guys really allowed us 85 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:50,800 Speaker 1: to believe in ourselves and to really believe that we 86 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:54,240 Speaker 1: can do whatever we want to do in life, and 87 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:58,800 Speaker 1: the result of that was all of us getting scholarships 88 00:07:58,840 --> 00:08:06,080 Speaker 1: to our sports. One of my sisters here was an 89 00:08:06,080 --> 00:08:11,120 Speaker 1: Olympian for the Nigerian national team, something I'll probably never 90 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:13,200 Speaker 1: be able to say. So she went up to me 91 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:18,000 Speaker 1: and that, but thank you, Mommy and Daddy. You guys 92 00:08:19,760 --> 00:08:24,840 Speaker 1: really have done so much and I'm forever grateful and 93 00:08:24,840 --> 00:08:27,920 Speaker 1: indebted to you guys. As your son, I'm proud to 94 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:34,120 Speaker 1: call you guys mommy and daddy. So what's next, right? 95 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:39,000 Speaker 1: I feel like that's always the question anytime somebody plans 96 00:08:39,040 --> 00:08:46,040 Speaker 1: to retire. And me and my wife welcomed three newborns 97 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:49,960 Speaker 1: about six seven months ago, and so I'm sure those 98 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:53,880 Speaker 1: little guys are gonna be taken up a lot of 99 00:08:53,920 --> 00:09:01,600 Speaker 1: my time. I always thought retirement was you go to 100 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:04,600 Speaker 1: an island, you look at the ocean, and then you 101 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:08,600 Speaker 1: have a cold beverage on your side. But seeing guys 102 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:15,840 Speaker 1: like straighthand Eli Cruz mastering something else after football, I 103 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:20,200 Speaker 1: feel like athletes were used to routine, were competitive, and 104 00:09:20,280 --> 00:09:24,720 Speaker 1: so we're not meant to just sit down and do nothing, 105 00:09:24,760 --> 00:09:29,160 Speaker 1: So I plan on doing something purposeful. I've always lived 106 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:33,640 Speaker 1: by if being a football player was the only thing 107 00:09:33,679 --> 00:09:38,120 Speaker 1: that I was known for. Then I haven't really accomplished 108 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:41,160 Speaker 1: anything in life, so I planning on doing something purposeful. 109 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:48,079 Speaker 1: I truly love the saying once a giant, always a giant. 110 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:52,199 Speaker 1: And so it started here for me and I'm happy 111 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:57,880 Speaker 1: it ends here. I'm thankful and grateful to say then 112 00:09:58,080 --> 00:09:59,240 Speaker 1: I'm going to be a giant forever. 113 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:10,280 Speaker 3: Thank you. 114 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:12,080 Speaker 4: I just want to say the giants, we're lucky to 115 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:12,600 Speaker 4: have you. 116 00:10:12,640 --> 00:10:14,199 Speaker 1: Thank you. I appreciate that. 117 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:16,520 Speaker 4: And you were great to deal with one of my 118 00:10:16,559 --> 00:10:19,880 Speaker 4: all time favorites. So what is next? 119 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:26,679 Speaker 1: I mean, we're living in in Arizona right now. I 120 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:31,720 Speaker 1: tried to uh talk about coaching or front office stuff 121 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:34,640 Speaker 1: with my wife and she xnay that real real fast. 122 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:43,880 Speaker 1: So I'm for sure gonna be eighty percent of dad. Uh. 123 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:48,160 Speaker 1: I'm gonna ease in, ease into that role. But we're 124 00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:55,440 Speaker 1: just we're in Arizona. Nothing, nothing promising right now. Great, 125 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:58,240 Speaker 1: You've deal with a number of organizations, but you decided 126 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:01,360 Speaker 1: to do this here was just the Super Bowls, just 127 00:11:01,440 --> 00:11:02,280 Speaker 1: the time you were here. 128 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:04,040 Speaker 2: Was there something special about that logo? 129 00:11:04,320 --> 00:11:11,880 Speaker 1: Yeah? I mean at the University of Nebraska, we have 130 00:11:11,920 --> 00:11:14,480 Speaker 1: a saying like there's there's no place like Nebraska, and 131 00:11:14,559 --> 00:11:18,880 Speaker 1: I feel like that that that phrase can can be here. Also, 132 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:24,960 Speaker 1: there's no place like New York. Wherever I go, the 133 00:11:25,120 --> 00:11:27,360 Speaker 1: people has known me for a giant. The super Bowl 134 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:29,840 Speaker 1: obviously has a big part to do with it, but 135 00:11:29,880 --> 00:11:32,440 Speaker 1: I think the bigger fact is just how I was 136 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:35,320 Speaker 1: treated here. I mean even even today, I know today's 137 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:39,360 Speaker 1: a big day, but even today, like you have guys 138 00:11:39,640 --> 00:11:43,280 Speaker 1: here still still giving me crepstill bus and my boss 139 00:11:43,280 --> 00:11:47,160 Speaker 1: still talking about stuff that happened that happened years ago. 140 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:52,400 Speaker 1: And so the relationships here, you you can't beat it. 141 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:56,720 Speaker 1: And and just how welcomed I feel every time I come, 142 00:11:57,120 --> 00:12:02,480 Speaker 1: not only to facilities here, but just even just walking 143 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:06,280 Speaker 1: around in New York, and the New York Giants name 144 00:12:06,360 --> 00:12:09,800 Speaker 1: is is global. Everywhere we go they talk about that 145 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:11,480 Speaker 1: Super Bowl. They talk about me as a giant. So 146 00:12:11,559 --> 00:12:14,040 Speaker 1: and it only made sense. What's the memory that kind 147 00:12:14,040 --> 00:12:16,199 Speaker 1: of sticks out in your mind when do you think 148 00:12:16,280 --> 00:12:21,240 Speaker 1: back your time here. It has to be the It 149 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:24,079 Speaker 1: has to be the Super Bowl. I mean, that team 150 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:29,880 Speaker 1: was so special, just tons, tons of guys on that 151 00:12:29,920 --> 00:12:34,679 Speaker 1: team that I have great, great relationships with today, and 152 00:12:36,679 --> 00:12:40,920 Speaker 1: that that year was such a roller coaster. Coughlin's job 153 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:43,600 Speaker 1: was on the line. I mean, and I heard it. 154 00:12:43,880 --> 00:12:45,760 Speaker 1: That's not something that's something he's used to because his 155 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:49,400 Speaker 1: job was on the line probably every every year. But 156 00:12:49,600 --> 00:12:54,720 Speaker 1: he Coach Coughlin taught me a lot. And just going 157 00:12:54,720 --> 00:12:56,439 Speaker 1: through this building, Coach Coughlin, when you guys know, he 158 00:12:56,480 --> 00:13:00,439 Speaker 1: would always have the clocks five minutes earlier and and 159 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:03,520 Speaker 1: I looked today, said twelve fifty. I'm like, it better 160 00:13:03,559 --> 00:13:05,720 Speaker 1: be twelve forty five on my phone, but it's it's not. 161 00:13:05,960 --> 00:13:06,439 Speaker 2: So it was. 162 00:13:08,320 --> 00:13:15,240 Speaker 1: So that changed. But one thing Coach Coughlin said was, ah, 163 00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:18,880 Speaker 1: if you believe you can or if you believe you can't, 164 00:13:19,280 --> 00:13:23,120 Speaker 1: you're right. And so that just taught me about confidence 165 00:13:23,679 --> 00:13:25,800 Speaker 1: and always always believing in yourself. 166 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:28,240 Speaker 4: Are you related to a Coughlin meeting? 167 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:30,160 Speaker 1: No, sir, No, sir. 168 00:13:33,080 --> 00:13:36,240 Speaker 2: Prince. How much do you think the camaraderie among all 169 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:41,080 Speaker 2: of you in the locker room contributed to eventually being champions? 170 00:13:41,880 --> 00:13:48,480 Speaker 1: It was big that year and you guys remember there 171 00:13:48,559 --> 00:13:50,520 Speaker 1: was a there was a phrase right that all in 172 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:54,040 Speaker 1: phrase that came out of our chapel and then tucking 173 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:57,439 Speaker 1: and entering then ran with it like I would say 174 00:13:57,440 --> 00:14:00,560 Speaker 1: that year that there were some guys there was just 175 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:04,120 Speaker 1: some indecision, some some hesitation. But then when we came 176 00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:08,040 Speaker 1: with that all in phrase, Justin and and and Entrell 177 00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:11,560 Speaker 1: just said, hey, like we got to be all in. 178 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:14,240 Speaker 1: Like it doesn't matter, we have nothing to lose. We 179 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:15,640 Speaker 1: have to we have to be all in. And so 180 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:17,920 Speaker 1: I mean, as I'm talking about it now, I mean 181 00:14:17,960 --> 00:14:22,160 Speaker 1: that year Cruise took that ninety nine yard kickoff to 182 00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:27,160 Speaker 1: the Jets, I mean from against the Jets. Uh Jpp 183 00:14:27,360 --> 00:14:31,960 Speaker 1: blocked the field goal against Dallas and we won that game. 184 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:35,640 Speaker 1: So many stuff went right for us that season, and 185 00:14:36,680 --> 00:14:39,600 Speaker 1: wins like that brought us to brought us closer together. 186 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:44,080 Speaker 1: Wins like that really gave us the confidence that we 187 00:14:44,080 --> 00:14:46,160 Speaker 1: were going to do with That year, the Giants. 188 00:14:45,760 --> 00:14:49,800 Speaker 4: Had two first two rookie cornerbacks, one in the drafted 189 00:14:49,800 --> 00:14:52,200 Speaker 4: in the first round. Like yourself, what advice would you. 190 00:14:52,200 --> 00:14:52,520 Speaker 2: Have for that. 191 00:14:56,200 --> 00:15:01,160 Speaker 1: One thing that Corey Webster told me. I remember my 192 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:03,200 Speaker 1: first game against the Eagles, I got it, I got 193 00:15:03,240 --> 00:15:07,440 Speaker 1: an interception and Webby and I think I was looking 194 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:10,640 Speaker 1: at looking at myself online and Webby said, hey, you're 195 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:12,360 Speaker 1: You're never as good as they say you are. And 196 00:15:12,360 --> 00:15:14,800 Speaker 1: You're never as bad as they say you are, so 197 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:18,800 Speaker 1: stay even even killed, and just keep working. 198 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:25,960 Speaker 4: How how many times were you dumped into a hot 199 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:27,080 Speaker 4: tub it was cold? 200 00:15:27,520 --> 00:15:30,360 Speaker 1: And uh and it was it was at one time. 201 00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:34,440 Speaker 1: It's so funny. That was when social media was was 202 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:38,200 Speaker 1: getting big. And my guy Steve Weatherford, who I'm close 203 00:15:38,240 --> 00:15:41,560 Speaker 1: with today, he posted on Twitter and my phone was 204 00:15:41,560 --> 00:15:44,760 Speaker 1: was blowing up, and and I'm like, man like, how 205 00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:49,560 Speaker 1: does everybody know about this? And me and JPP are 206 00:15:49,840 --> 00:15:53,560 Speaker 1: still great friends to today, till till this day. When 207 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:57,040 Speaker 1: he when he was with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, I 208 00:15:57,080 --> 00:16:01,960 Speaker 1: was with the Bears. We we exchanged jerseys and never 209 00:16:02,160 --> 00:16:06,280 Speaker 1: never bad blood between us. And I mean that, Uh, 210 00:16:06,680 --> 00:16:08,600 Speaker 1: that event got me a lot of followers, So I'm 211 00:16:08,600 --> 00:16:09,960 Speaker 1: not I'm not I'm not mad about it. 212 00:16:11,480 --> 00:16:13,200 Speaker 3: Would you care to tell us how many times you 213 00:16:13,200 --> 00:16:14,480 Speaker 3: shut down Cruise in practice? 214 00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:21,560 Speaker 1: Because he's staying right there. We never we never went 215 00:16:21,760 --> 00:16:25,560 Speaker 1: against each other cruisers, mainly in the slot. But I 216 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:28,720 Speaker 1: do have footage on my film that I saved and uh, 217 00:16:28,760 --> 00:16:32,760 Speaker 1: it's where we're pretty even. We're pretty even. But Cruise 218 00:16:32,800 --> 00:16:34,600 Speaker 1: has always been a great friend of mine. Him and 219 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:37,960 Speaker 1: justin Tuck I always looked up to on how to 220 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:42,760 Speaker 1: carry yourself off the field. Those guys always spoke to 221 00:16:43,720 --> 00:16:46,800 Speaker 1: they always spoke well to the media. They always knew 222 00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:51,520 Speaker 1: how to handle relationships and leverage those relationships off the field. 223 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:55,800 Speaker 1: And so those guys were were pretty much my my mentors. 224 00:16:56,040 --> 00:16:57,880 Speaker 4: Did you ever try to teach it to sell some or. 225 00:16:57,800 --> 00:17:01,160 Speaker 1: No, he didn't have to eat me because already can 226 00:17:01,320 --> 00:17:02,760 Speaker 1: can do it. There