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Speaker 1: Tom, It's Mutt, Jerry and Greg this morning. How are you?

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Speaker 1: I gotta good morning? Thirty three degrees in Atlanta right now,

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Speaker 1: I don't know what's up with that. You're supposed to

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Speaker 1: it's supposed to warm up today a little bit. I guess, well,

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Speaker 1: the weather didn't matter for the fans. Yesterday, Tom and

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Speaker 1: that was probably the best, you know, the best and

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Speaker 1: And I mean, how fortunate are we to have something

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Speaker 1: We got to Providence where the plane was and their

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Speaker 1: really you know, great send off for us. So hopefully

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Speaker 1: we can play our best game and make everyone proud.

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Speaker 1: I'd be, you know, a great way, a great way

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Speaker 1: end the week. I was saying earlier, Tom, I don't

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Speaker 1: think the fans around here have been more passionate, more

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Speaker 1: the eleventh for the franchise. They're more into it now

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Speaker 1: than ever. And I'm not sure why do you get

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Speaker 1: And you know, it's such a great sports town. I mean,

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Speaker 1: don't know that anyone was harassed you this before, But

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Speaker 1: when do you think you're going to retire? Tom? I

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Speaker 1: don't know when that I don't know when the exact

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Speaker 1: it's just it'll it'll feel right. But like I said,

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Speaker 1: I set a goal that I want to play to

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Speaker 1: You know, I have you know, long term goals, short

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Speaker 1: So you know, I committed a long time ago to

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Speaker 1: just you know, everything that Alex and I talk about

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Speaker 1: the end, it's just it comes down to some discipline.

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Speaker 1: That's whether it's a relationship, whether it's you know, your work, career,

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Speaker 1: You're not gonna love the questions. You're gonna get asked

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