WEBVTT - Tye Smith Full Interview

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<v Speaker 1>dot com. Now my guest, who's on the phone? Correct?

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<v Speaker 1>Great Uh is a cornerback in the National Football League.

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<v Speaker 1>He played collegue football for the Townsend Tigers as in Maryland.

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<v Speaker 1>I was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks, one of my

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<v Speaker 1>favorite teams, in the fifth round of the NFL Draft.

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<v Speaker 1>He now plays for the Tennessee Titans. Tensee Titan used

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<v Speaker 1>to be in Houston, used to be usting all this,

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<v Speaker 1>so you know, I got like I got kind of

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<v Speaker 1>like a feeling for Tennessee Titans. You know, kind of

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<v Speaker 1>like I'm balanced between I love hate them. They kind

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<v Speaker 1>of owe Ailers, but data Texans, so so I gotta

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<v Speaker 1>love hate relationship with him already. And Uh. He's on

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<v Speaker 1>the show to talk about staying focused and overcoming the

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<v Speaker 1>ours and professional football is program Simple Greatness is a

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<v Speaker 1>youth outreach company that focuses on the uplifting of the

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<v Speaker 1>youth in our communities. Please welcome to money making Conversation,

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<v Speaker 1>Ty Smith. Hey, how are you doing? Wait? Are what

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<v Speaker 1>city are you calling me from right now? I'm in

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<v Speaker 1>Santa Cruz, California. I'm I'm out your training to your training?

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<v Speaker 1>What's uh getting ready for? What? What? What's? What's okay?

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<v Speaker 1>I was. I had to get them. I had to

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<v Speaker 1>get those three letters right because I messed him up

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<v Speaker 1>the other day when I was interviewing a anohing young

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<v Speaker 1>man from the National Football League, I said, PTO, so

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<v Speaker 1>you started laughing at me. He's I can use those days.

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<v Speaker 1>But so does it ever stop? Does the training ever stop?

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<v Speaker 1>His year round? Huh? Here's yeah, it's really it's really

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<v Speaker 1>year around that you just gotta you gotta know when

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<v Speaker 1>that rest your body, how to build it back up

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<v Speaker 1>to to get it ready for the season and all that.

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<v Speaker 1>So it's it's definitely a year around. So the O

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<v Speaker 1>T A S that really is? I thought the ot

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<v Speaker 1>is you supposed to go to O t A S

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<v Speaker 1>to get didn't shape and training, But you're saying that

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<v Speaker 1>you have to train for the O t S and

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<v Speaker 1>then O t S is to prepare you for preseason

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<v Speaker 1>and preceded to prepare you for the football season. Yeah, exactly.

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<v Speaker 1>Really when do you rest, sir? When do you rest?

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<v Speaker 1>You might you might rest uh of a year, a

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<v Speaker 1>total of year. You might rest for like a month.

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<v Speaker 1>You might rest for a total of a month. Because

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<v Speaker 1>right after the season, most guys take like, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>a couple of weeks off and do completely nothing that

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<v Speaker 1>they started doing, like little foundation stuff to building a

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<v Speaker 1>foundation back up. So so what's the what's the what's

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<v Speaker 1>offseason like for you? We're gonna talk about the many

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<v Speaker 1>programs you're involved, but I would like the people know

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<v Speaker 1>about you as an individual and also the fact that

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<v Speaker 1>you know, you weren't you were not a high first

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<v Speaker 1>round draft pick, you were not from one of those

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<v Speaker 1>major UH power five schools, and you've been successful in

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<v Speaker 1>life towns and tigers and towns in Maryland. How does

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<v Speaker 1>a young man from that school make it in the

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<v Speaker 1>National Football League? Um? Really just not not giving up,

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<v Speaker 1>not uh not quitting, um, just just pushing and understanding

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<v Speaker 1>and believing that you know, creative things are coming, especially

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<v Speaker 1>to those who worked and put in the work and

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<v Speaker 1>for me especially, you know, praying and stand in the

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<v Speaker 1>word and just just ultimately just believing that the greatest

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<v Speaker 1>teams are coming. Now you were drafted in the fifth round.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's that's pretty that's a pretty nice check. Fifth round.

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<v Speaker 1>That's fifth round. And then you know you went for

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<v Speaker 1>a power school today. Invite you to the Combine. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I got invited to comb That was key right there,

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<v Speaker 1>getting inviteds to Combine because you got to show off

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<v Speaker 1>your speed, your agility and all that stuff. That helped you, right, yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I believe it helped. And then so so to get

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<v Speaker 1>there and now you now you would Seattle and now

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<v Speaker 1>you went to Titans. So when you with Seattle, how

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<v Speaker 1>was that first experience when you came into the camp?

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<v Speaker 1>You your Fearth round draft pick you way up and

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<v Speaker 1>you know you went from the east to the very west.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a total total culture change. Have to mine it's

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<v Speaker 1>a culture change. Yeah, So how did you deal with that?

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<v Speaker 1>You know, because your friends, you know, you need support,

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<v Speaker 1>you need support your new teammates and you how did

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<v Speaker 1>that work for you? Um? They endn't know working out

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<v Speaker 1>pretty well because of the team. I went to we

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<v Speaker 1>had a lot of better own leadership, especially that we've

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<v Speaker 1>been a TB. I had veteran leaders like Earl Thomas,

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<v Speaker 1>Richard Sherman, Cam Chanfer and um yeah and so also

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<v Speaker 1>a clearer development guy Mo Kelly out in Seattle. He

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<v Speaker 1>is a big help and helping like the rookies and

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<v Speaker 1>the other guys get adjusted to the to the new

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<v Speaker 1>you know, the new community and just the new. Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>The business of the NFL, not just you know, college

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<v Speaker 1>and NFL is different because you know it's a business

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<v Speaker 1>when he comes to the NFL. We' the great thing

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<v Speaker 1>about you going to Seattle, you got to see and

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<v Speaker 1>be around some real personalities, people who speak their mind.

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<v Speaker 1>You know Bennett Beef his a linement. You know he

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<v Speaker 1>real personality, you said, Richard Simmons, Stanford Grad, real personality.

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<v Speaker 1>Earl Thomas eb had don't forget the man, the quarterback,

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<v Speaker 1>real Russell Russell Wilson, a lot of personality. Why receiver

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<v Speaker 1>Doug All these guys did that? Did that help you

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<v Speaker 1>to understand that you could have a because you came

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<v Speaker 1>into the into of the now snow Football League right

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<v Speaker 1>at the right at the Colin Kapernack moment, and it

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<v Speaker 1>kind of changed the whole perception of the quote unquote

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<v Speaker 1>black athlete in the National Football League. And I am

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<v Speaker 1>I saying that right or my my misstating something. Can

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<v Speaker 1>you explain that a little more, meaning that, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>we became outspoken. You know, they were the protests, And

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not trying to put you on the spot. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>just saying, I'm just in my perception of that. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>before before that period, just play football, play nobody. No,

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<v Speaker 1>you went out there, got that check, you got hurt,

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<v Speaker 1>you complained, you know you you would complain. But this

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<v Speaker 1>time politics, I guess socialism or social so so the

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<v Speaker 1>social climate that was happening, industries came inside the stadium.

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<v Speaker 1>Did that have an effect on you? And not saying uh,

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<v Speaker 1>not trying to put your spot, just saying that it

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<v Speaker 1>did create a culture change in the in the league?

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<v Speaker 1>Did it? Uh? Yeah? I feel like it. It's just um,

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like that athletes speak out, sir, on on

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<v Speaker 1>political issues and social issues and knowing that we can

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<v Speaker 1>use our platform to bring awareness and change to what

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<v Speaker 1>we believe in and what we see out there. Because

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<v Speaker 1>you gotta think about a lot of athletes come from

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<v Speaker 1>those communities that they are being affected in the negative

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<v Speaker 1>way and they just want to bring life to They

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<v Speaker 1>just want to bring life to the situation. I like,

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<v Speaker 1>can you explain that a little bit more so? Tide's

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<v Speaker 1>not gonna just throw out a response on something because

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<v Speaker 1>what you just say, brother, Okay, I got a career.

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<v Speaker 1>You ain't messing me up with this interview. What have

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<v Speaker 1>you say? Something wrong? The reason the reason I brought

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<v Speaker 1>that up because you're involved with the Habitats for Humanity

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<v Speaker 1>and then your other program, and these are really socially

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<v Speaker 1>conscious programs, like well, first of all, habits Habitat for

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<v Speaker 1>your manity, you have to work. That's not something you

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<v Speaker 1>used to go around just just just grin and take pictures.

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<v Speaker 1>They're they're actually building homes. Correct. Yeah, that's why, um,

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<v Speaker 1>I love kind of touch for many because it's more

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<v Speaker 1>like you really put you getting your hands dirty, like

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<v Speaker 1>you were there building a foundation, putting your hands on

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<v Speaker 1>the house, and like you're you're there with the family

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<v Speaker 1>who's going to live in the house. So you know

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<v Speaker 1>what I'm saying, you were handed them building the house, uh,

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<v Speaker 1>cutting wood, putting the doors up now and the all

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<v Speaker 1>the stuff on the roof. That's why I really like

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<v Speaker 1>them because, like like I said, it's more of a

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<v Speaker 1>hands on think. It's not just she's just throwing money

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<v Speaker 1>to a to a thing, like you're actually helping volunteer

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<v Speaker 1>and you know that. I feel like that goes along way. Okay, cool,

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<v Speaker 1>We've been back with more with my man tie Um

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<v Speaker 1>Cornerback to see Titans, hap At, Tat for Humanity, Simple Greatness. Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>who cares? Who gives back? I just for showing McDonald

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<v Speaker 1>on the phone with my neck. My guess is a

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<v Speaker 1>he's Cornerback and then philanthropists. He's in San Jose, California

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<v Speaker 1>right now calling in because he's still training. But they're

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<v Speaker 1>upcoming h O t s. But the Tennessee Titans. The

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<v Speaker 1>reason I got him on the show us to talk

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<v Speaker 1>about his uh, his get back, his get back programs,

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<v Speaker 1>get back to the community. He has a program called

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<v Speaker 1>Simple Greatness. It's a youth all three company that focuses

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<v Speaker 1>on the uplifting of the youth in our communities. And

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<v Speaker 1>also he does a lot of great work for the

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<v Speaker 1>Habitats for Humanity that was created by former President Jimmy

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<v Speaker 1>Carter out of Atlanta, Georgia. Program I've always heard about

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<v Speaker 1>and you're wanted the spokesperson. How did you become a

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<v Speaker 1>spokesperson for that particular franchise? Uh? I just became a spokesperson,

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<v Speaker 1>but you know, firsts become involved with it and and

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<v Speaker 1>really and really seeing the genuinenessness in their uh in

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<v Speaker 1>their and their company and know and really seeing like

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<v Speaker 1>how they take care And He's like, they don't just

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<v Speaker 1>do the homes for the family. They have them take

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<v Speaker 1>classes just to learn how to how they're gonna maintain

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<v Speaker 1>the house, how to how to you know, do well

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<v Speaker 1>with their finances for all that, Like they really prepped

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<v Speaker 1>them for the place instead of just giving them the place.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, that's important because you can give people something

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<v Speaker 1>just because it's nice, don't mean they can take care

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<v Speaker 1>of it or know how to take care of it.

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<v Speaker 1>And so how many homes have you been involved in?

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<v Speaker 1>How many families you've involved in? And how many years

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<v Speaker 1>Hill built? Like five homes? Uh, and that's been over

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<v Speaker 1>the past three years that I've been involved with. Now

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<v Speaker 1>you just you kind of like just casually said that

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<v Speaker 1>five homes. You know, I've had I've had three homes built.

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<v Speaker 1>I know, you know I'm kind of you know, you

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<v Speaker 1>gotta be started because you just say five homes. Because

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<v Speaker 1>when I'm when I'm doing it, it's like your football player.

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<v Speaker 1>A couple of stop stops out that you are a

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<v Speaker 1>football player. You don't have that big of a window

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<v Speaker 1>to Bill Holmes. Okay, and you you're taking your free

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<v Speaker 1>times and want people to hear this. Okay, he's already

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<v Speaker 1>told us the schedule by the month off you finished

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<v Speaker 1>playing football to get better ready for O T S.

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<v Speaker 1>O T S leads into preseason, and preseason leads into

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<v Speaker 1>the professional season. And that if you're fortunately, you're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>play all the way through January. If you're going to

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<v Speaker 1>Super Bowl, you're playing in February. And this man out

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<v Speaker 1>here building homes for people he don't even know. That's key.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a real life. I want people to understand that

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<v Speaker 1>that you said, Richard, I could easily just give away,

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<v Speaker 1>give a check out. I could easily just uh, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>show up with a check. You know what, a big

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<v Speaker 1>old check. They just write right the number on it.

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<v Speaker 1>You go, hey, put it on social media. You've done

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<v Speaker 1>your thing, but you've chosen to say I want to

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<v Speaker 1>be physically involved. I want to physically shake the people

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<v Speaker 1>hands who I'm helping and also educate them to have

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<v Speaker 1>a better means of understand how they can be successful

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<v Speaker 1>in life. What did that what did that value system

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<v Speaker 1>come from? Uh? It comes to comes from my parents,

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<v Speaker 1>my mom and dad, you know, just uh the way

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<v Speaker 1>they raised us. You know, it's always been giving and uh,

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<v Speaker 1>you know there's a lot of there's a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>people that's out there doing worse than like, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>there's um people out there who need who needs help.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know, when we think that we're doing doing bad,

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<v Speaker 1>like there's always somebody else there's doing words that they

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<v Speaker 1>might they might have a happy spirit spirit. You know

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<v Speaker 1>that really came from my parents and my family. Awesome, Well,

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<v Speaker 1>I applaud them. I applaud you for being a person

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<v Speaker 1>that you are. Because, like I said, what time of

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<v Speaker 1>year do they do? They pick a certain time of

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<v Speaker 1>the year that they are start to construction or are

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<v Speaker 1>what time of year these hands built? Because I'm suously

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<v Speaker 1>I built during the wintertime right now, in the wintertime,

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<v Speaker 1>they work out of warehouse and they might you know,

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<v Speaker 1>build up the frames of the house in the warehouse

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<v Speaker 1>and then when they come springtime, that's when they actually

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<v Speaker 1>go out there and uh start constructing on the houses.

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<v Speaker 1>They're always constructing on the houses, but like I said,

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<v Speaker 1>in the wintertimes when they're maybe in the warehouse doing

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<v Speaker 1>the building, and they transferred that stuff to to the

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<v Speaker 1>to the actual houses in the community. Have a test

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<v Speaker 1>for humanity, community of houses. Do you want to get

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<v Speaker 1>into that type of lifestyle business after you finished playing football?

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<v Speaker 1>But construction, home maintenance or you you you developing the

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<v Speaker 1>skill set in the mindset? Yeah, I see myself, uh

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<v Speaker 1>you know, try and do something along the lines of

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<v Speaker 1>the Steve Smith where he uh he takes homes and

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<v Speaker 1>flips them. He provides them to single single single brothers

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<v Speaker 1>and single single parents and he lessens the rent for

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<v Speaker 1>them to make it affordable for them. I could I

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<v Speaker 1>could shoot myself doing something along the lines of that

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<v Speaker 1>was also well done with a ward done. Yeah. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>he's beat him build like a hundred BP plus houses

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<v Speaker 1>or something like that, and yeah, I definitely coldcheat myself

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<v Speaker 1>doing One of the most famous homes he had was

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<v Speaker 1>Shaun Watson started quarterback for the Houston Texas So that

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<v Speaker 1>lets you know when you get back, you just know,

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<v Speaker 1>never know who you're affecting. You don't give that young

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<v Speaker 1>man is not to starting quarterback or leading Clemson Tigers

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<v Speaker 1>to a national championship over Alabama. So you know that

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<v Speaker 1>what might be considered small really does have a big

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<v Speaker 1>impact on the people that you touch every day. And

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<v Speaker 1>I tell us about simple greatness. UM. Simple greatness was

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<v Speaker 1>originally founded by me to describe me, just to describe

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<v Speaker 1>my trials and tribulations. In my adversities, I went to

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<v Speaker 1>you know, although I was I was drafted fifth round

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<v Speaker 1>by Seattle, I was also cut, you know, cut by

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<v Speaker 1>Seattle twice, and I had to go on the Redskins

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<v Speaker 1>my second year. I was on the practice squad there

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<v Speaker 1>in the year. Uh. Once I finished that year there,

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<v Speaker 1>that's when I signed with the Titans. And I've been

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<v Speaker 1>with the tightest the last two years, about to go

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<v Speaker 1>on my third year. UM. I used that, like I said,

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<v Speaker 1>to describe me, knowing that, you know, despite my adversities,

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<v Speaker 1>that I myself open, I'm going to keep pushing regardless

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<v Speaker 1>of wherever I go through. UM and the simple describes

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<v Speaker 1>me as a person. I'm simple and the great and

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<v Speaker 1>describes what I what I what I was starting for.

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<v Speaker 1>But also what's already noticed in me, and I believe

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<v Speaker 1>that's in everybody. Um, it's just about you trying to

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<v Speaker 1>tap into it and trying to find that within yourself.

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<v Speaker 1>Now a lot of athletes do foundations. Uh what is

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<v Speaker 1>your foundation structure? As your friend is mother or father

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<v Speaker 1>or your sister, brother are a relative? Who who runs

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<v Speaker 1>your foundation? Uh? Me? Really? Me? And uh family, family

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<v Speaker 1>and friends. I say name with me because it was,

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<v Speaker 1>like I said, I can't I can't describe it no

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<v Speaker 1>better than me and how I go about life and

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<v Speaker 1>how I go to things. Well, you're kind of doing

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<v Speaker 1>it anyway when you're talking about the habitats for humanity.

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<v Speaker 1>There are similarities, correct, aid and that I try to

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<v Speaker 1>uh connect with companies that I believe has the same

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<v Speaker 1>value system as myself and and and that value the

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<v Speaker 1>system is what Uh that value system, I would say,

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<v Speaker 1>is a genuine care for people. Sir. It's not about

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<v Speaker 1>it's about it's not about money. I know, you know

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<v Speaker 1>in this world a lot of people get lost in

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<v Speaker 1>the money aspect, thinking that money and power, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>saying it it'll lead you long way. If I believe

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<v Speaker 1>like some value things like you no love, compassion, forgiveness. Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>the thing that intangible you know that that we can't

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<v Speaker 1>we can't really measure that. The greatness and people, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>stuff like that, we don't when when I look at

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<v Speaker 1>the well, I'm on the phone with Tyd Smith. He's

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<v Speaker 1>uh pointerback for the Tennessee Titans. Was drafted in the

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<v Speaker 1>fifth round by the Celsee Hawks. Like he just stated,

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<v Speaker 1>you know it was guarantees. He got cut by Seattle,

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<v Speaker 1>then he was on the practice squad for the Redskins,

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<v Speaker 1>then he got picked up by the Tennessee Titan. When

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<v Speaker 1>you're going through those trials and tribulations, what was your

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<v Speaker 1>my You're an athlete, you know you have a short window.

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<v Speaker 1>You compete against other athletes and like I said, you

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<v Speaker 1>know at towns and you're the fastest person on the team,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe the stronger person on the team. Then you come

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<v Speaker 1>to the NFL and you're like you First you go

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<v Speaker 1>to the combine, you go wow. Then you go to

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<v Speaker 1>the NFL, you go wow wow. So what keeps you

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<v Speaker 1>mentally motivated that you can win in that environment? UM,

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<v Speaker 1>I wouldn't say how motivated becausess I feel like that's

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<v Speaker 1>motivation is just the emotion that comes and goes. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>just I'm dedicated. I'm dedicated to be the best that

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<v Speaker 1>I know I can be and I can said I

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<v Speaker 1>believe that, Uh, I can be one of the best

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<v Speaker 1>to ever play this game. And that's where that's why

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<v Speaker 1>I put the day in the day out. UM. I

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<v Speaker 1>cherished the small things like the train, the moments and training,

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<v Speaker 1>and I feel like that those those small things add

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<v Speaker 1>up to bigger things down the line. Like when when

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<v Speaker 1>things do is this we turn my way and people

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<v Speaker 1>see the player that I am being, that I can

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<v Speaker 1>be and will be. There will be accumulation of all

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<v Speaker 1>the teams that I've worked worked for for in terminal

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<v Speaker 1>years back. It won't just be from the stuff I did,

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<v Speaker 1>you know U um right now, it would be from

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<v Speaker 1>the things I did years ago that people need to see.

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<v Speaker 1>That's important. So UM, you're the spokesperson for habitats for humanity, UH,

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<v Speaker 1>your fantastic organizations simple greatness, Like it's as simple as

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<v Speaker 1>you great. This is what you can achieve no matter

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<v Speaker 1>what standards are. More roadblocks are thoughts that people might

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<v Speaker 1>have about what you can and cannot do. UM, do

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<v Speaker 1>you have any software? I mean some social media handles

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<v Speaker 1>you want to throw off right quick times so we

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<v Speaker 1>can get you building your brand. Yeah, my my Instagram

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<v Speaker 1>is Smith t y E Smith uh home and my

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<v Speaker 1>Twitter is Ti Smith. Um she isn't cat be asn't

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<v Speaker 1>boy for corner Bett. Yes, sir, and I also have

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<v Speaker 1>little website. Um it's simple with the letters G and

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<v Speaker 1>s dot com and people can go read up about

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<v Speaker 1>simple greatness and see the things that we that we

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