1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:04,000 Speaker 1: Jerry Jones, Every single Tuesday is brought to you by 2 00:00:04,120 --> 00:00:07,320 Speaker 1: your North Texas for Dealers four built for Texas, built 3 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:10,600 Speaker 1: for you. Jerry, good morning and happy birthday. Well, thank 4 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:16,400 Speaker 1: you boats on RJ and appreciate it. You'll be about 5 00:00:16,480 --> 00:00:21,720 Speaker 1: my third conversation of this birthday day. So and if 6 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:25,840 Speaker 1: confrontations not supposed to be in my makeup, I've already 7 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:28,760 Speaker 1: violated it twice before I got on the phone with Tuesday. 8 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:35,680 Speaker 1: So what were the first two calls though, well we 9 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:39,600 Speaker 1: won't get into that, but we when we got ready 10 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:42,680 Speaker 1: to go on our call, my other call, we agreed 11 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:49,040 Speaker 1: to disagree. Interesting, Jerry, how are you the most different 12 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:52,720 Speaker 1: today than like maybe twenty or twenty five years ago. 13 00:00:55,080 --> 00:01:03,400 Speaker 1: I'll tell you, I really must admit the future looks 14 00:01:05,080 --> 00:01:09,199 Speaker 1: really better today than it did twenty five years ago. 15 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:13,720 Speaker 1: And that sounds like this smraw rob, but it's really not. 16 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:19,280 Speaker 1: When I look at all of the things where we 17 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:24,640 Speaker 1: generally are in my life today, the idea of what's 18 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:27,640 Speaker 1: going to be in the future really excites me to 19 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:31,520 Speaker 1: of course the thing to be the most thankful for 20 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:34,080 Speaker 1: a wonderful family, a lot of young people in it. 21 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:38,920 Speaker 1: I'm so excited to see maybe be a little part 22 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 1: of what they're doing every day is they move forward 23 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:47,360 Speaker 1: and and it's it's while I know we're dealing with 24 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:50,320 Speaker 1: things like the order, like what we're dealing with today 25 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:56,560 Speaker 1: after this weekend, relative to the Cowboys, it's really really 26 00:01:56,600 --> 00:01:59,880 Speaker 1: a better world, aware of feeling of just how good 27 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:01,960 Speaker 1: it is to get to be dealing with these problems 28 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:05,400 Speaker 1: and get to be a part of looking for solutions. 29 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:10,040 Speaker 1: So seriously, I think I've got a little better feel 30 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:14,200 Speaker 1: for not feel, but a little better appreciation for what's 31 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:17,919 Speaker 1: around me. Jerry Jones, the birthday Boy right here, I 32 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:21,640 Speaker 1: one O five three the fan. Jerry, your emotion and 33 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:27,760 Speaker 1: your thoughts going back to Sunday with Dak Prescott's injury, Well, 34 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:35,640 Speaker 1: we've it's it's I've been there before. I've I've felt 35 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:40,600 Speaker 1: that feeling before. And you can't play the game. You 36 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 1: really can't unless you realize that you're you don't know 37 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:50,280 Speaker 1: what spot of the team, but during a year you're 38 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:54,040 Speaker 1: more than likely going to feel that feeling. It just 39 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:56,560 Speaker 1: reminds you that no matter how you draw it up, 40 00:02:57,560 --> 00:02:59,679 Speaker 1: it never comes out that way, and you've got to 41 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:05,839 Speaker 1: be ready to make adjustments. I obviously as we all 42 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:15,520 Speaker 1: did just poured out inside for Dak and there's nothing, 43 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:22,519 Speaker 1: nothing and on athletes makeup or nothing in his experience 44 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:27,359 Speaker 1: that is as bad as having an injury. And it's 45 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:30,400 Speaker 1: just it's just the last thing you want to think about, 46 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:33,560 Speaker 1: and it's the most challenging thing you have to deal with. 47 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:42,000 Speaker 1: Obviously that this shows that no matter how you prepare yourself, 48 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:45,480 Speaker 1: and that's one of the most prepared people at this 49 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 1: juncture that I met. I'm not just talking about football players. 50 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:53,800 Speaker 1: He he covers the gabbit of trying to be ready 51 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:59,400 Speaker 1: to go, and I just all of that goes through 52 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:03,560 Speaker 1: your mind to look back at Romo. I looked back 53 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:11,680 Speaker 1: at the three times that we really were feeling what 54 00:04:11,880 --> 00:04:16,599 Speaker 1: was ahead when we lost Romo. Remember with Atman, I 55 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:22,120 Speaker 1: remember with guys like Quincy Carter, And you just realize 56 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:25,160 Speaker 1: that when you're thinking about your team and you're thinking 57 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:28,679 Speaker 1: about the position, you got to think at some point 58 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:33,440 Speaker 1: realistically and know that that player is not going to 59 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:35,640 Speaker 1: be out there all the time. It just doesn't work 60 00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:39,800 Speaker 1: that way. Jerry, we all expected to make a full recovery. 61 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:41,599 Speaker 1: But what are some of the what is the big 62 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:45,080 Speaker 1: concern you have with his ability to recover from this. 63 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:49,279 Speaker 1: I don't have any I really don't have any. I 64 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:55,560 Speaker 1: don't at all God as much as God lets us 65 00:04:55,560 --> 00:04:58,680 Speaker 1: get and his the nature of what they found when 66 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:03,400 Speaker 1: they did the surgery, it's all positive relative to a recovery. 67 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:07,520 Speaker 1: Nothing positive about it, don't listen to. But it's positive 68 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:12,200 Speaker 1: as to his chances of we are getting it back 69 00:05:12,200 --> 00:05:19,760 Speaker 1: to normal. We've had similar injury injuries. You do this 70 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:22,599 Speaker 1: long enough and you've seen them, and we've had similar 71 00:05:22,640 --> 00:05:26,200 Speaker 1: injuries before, and this is one of those that you 72 00:05:26,279 --> 00:05:28,680 Speaker 1: can mend and come back and be as good as go. 73 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:33,839 Speaker 1: What it does remind me, though, is that you cannot 74 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:39,640 Speaker 1: figure in as a part of your as a real 75 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:45,640 Speaker 1: part of your offense. You really are vulnerable when you 76 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:52,480 Speaker 1: really put a running game in that really relies, not relies, 77 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:57,479 Speaker 1: but just really utilizes a lot the running game with 78 00:05:57,600 --> 00:06:05,520 Speaker 1: the quarterback. This game just is gonna get you. You're 79 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:11,000 Speaker 1: going to get hurt, and so with your quarterback, and 80 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:13,120 Speaker 1: in this particular case, I don't even want to use 81 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:16,640 Speaker 1: the word quarterback. With Dak and all of the many 82 00:06:16,760 --> 00:06:20,640 Speaker 1: things that he means to our team, that we've got 83 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:25,080 Speaker 1: to be very judicious when we expose him in the future, Jerry, 84 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:28,480 Speaker 1: what is the timeline for his recovery. You're expected to 85 00:06:28,480 --> 00:06:32,960 Speaker 1: be one hundred percent by you know, March April May. Yeah, 86 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:35,400 Speaker 1: I would hope, well you got it, you you you're 87 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:38,360 Speaker 1: right in there that I'd say, well, my goodness, which one? 88 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:42,480 Speaker 1: That's ninety days difference. But certainly, if you look ahead, 89 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:47,839 Speaker 1: he should be ready to go for our spring work 90 00:06:48,120 --> 00:06:53,839 Speaker 1: and the latter part of the spring work. But but 91 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:57,640 Speaker 1: no one Dac and that's a big part of this thing. 92 00:06:57,760 --> 00:07:01,279 Speaker 1: No one Dack and his makeup. He'll be back out 93 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:05,599 Speaker 1: there soon. Physically, I'm told a boy, the doctors and 94 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:10,000 Speaker 1: barrack own experience of seeing this injury. Physically, there should 95 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:12,000 Speaker 1: be no problem with him being back out there in 96 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:15,600 Speaker 1: early May or April. Jerry Jones joined us here one 97 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:17,560 Speaker 1: oh five through the fence. Jerry, there's been a lot of, 98 00:07:17,960 --> 00:07:20,880 Speaker 1: you know, talk within the national media and some former 99 00:07:20,920 --> 00:07:24,680 Speaker 1: players like Jason Hatcher talking about how criticizing you in 100 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:27,640 Speaker 1: the organization for not signing him. What was your reaction 101 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:37,360 Speaker 1: to some of that? Well, I would say we I 102 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:45,880 Speaker 1: think that we've got to be reminded that to have 103 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:52,280 Speaker 1: a team that we've got to really manage how we 104 00:07:52,520 --> 00:07:59,720 Speaker 1: dole out our resources. Dak is deserving of anything you 105 00:07:59,760 --> 00:08:03,080 Speaker 1: want put on a piece of paper, Relatively speaking, he's 106 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:08,320 Speaker 1: deserved of that. And he said he's if you'll value 107 00:08:08,360 --> 00:08:10,240 Speaker 1: wake with it what he can do to help us 108 00:08:10,320 --> 00:08:13,880 Speaker 1: win championships. You can see that it's there. And plus 109 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:17,960 Speaker 1: he's a leader at the leader at the premier leader 110 00:08:18,680 --> 00:08:22,880 Speaker 1: leader spot. We've we've got to make it work. So 111 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:26,000 Speaker 1: what am I saying. I'm a saying exactly the same 112 00:08:26,040 --> 00:08:28,840 Speaker 1: thing that I said the last time we asked about 113 00:08:28,880 --> 00:08:35,079 Speaker 1: this before the season started, that these are it's a 114 00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:38,240 Speaker 1: part of the game, is the business and the contract part. 115 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:44,400 Speaker 1: Jerry Stephen was emphatic here on the station yesterday and 116 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:48,360 Speaker 1: it made national news everywhere. This injury does not alter 117 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:51,880 Speaker 1: your thinking whatsoever about Dak as the as the face 118 00:08:51,960 --> 00:08:55,800 Speaker 1: and future quarterback of the Cowboys. Correct, none, You mean 119 00:08:55,920 --> 00:08:58,800 Speaker 1: that this particular injury. We've known for a long time 120 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:02,760 Speaker 1: that you can have a great player to spot, but 121 00:09:02,880 --> 00:09:06,080 Speaker 1: did not have him at periods of time during his career. 122 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:08,880 Speaker 1: We had it with Aigman, we had it with Romo. 123 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:13,920 Speaker 1: You don't always have him, and so you've got to 124 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:17,840 Speaker 1: rely on other parts of your team. That's why you've 125 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:23,400 Speaker 1: uh we we we do not and we do not 126 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:33,200 Speaker 1: go into a contract negotiation with the idea that it 127 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:37,920 Speaker 1: stands alone. It has to be a part of the 128 00:09:37,960 --> 00:09:41,040 Speaker 1: tools that you have, which is your salary gap to 129 00:09:41,160 --> 00:09:43,199 Speaker 1: put a team on the field and try to figure 130 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:46,400 Speaker 1: out the best way to win. And really that's the 131 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:50,480 Speaker 1: underlying issue here. Jerry. Have you been able to speak 132 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:53,760 Speaker 1: with Dak since the injury and if so, what were 133 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:56,800 Speaker 1: you able to convey to him? Well, No, I did 134 00:09:56,840 --> 00:10:00,760 Speaker 1: speak with him and dressing him there, but before he 135 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:07,320 Speaker 1: went to the hospital. Yes, and I just uh, just 136 00:10:09,120 --> 00:10:19,720 Speaker 1: so so sorry for the circumstances and was well aware 137 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:22,520 Speaker 1: of all of the things that could be going through 138 00:10:23,679 --> 00:10:31,240 Speaker 1: his mind seriously and and felt it with him. Jerry 139 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:33,600 Speaker 1: Jones here on the Fan with Shawn and RJ every 140 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:36,000 Speaker 1: Tuesday at eight thirty. I know you were going into 141 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:38,040 Speaker 1: this year, A lot of Cowboy fans were going into 142 00:10:38,040 --> 00:10:41,960 Speaker 1: the year with Super Bowl aspirations, with the excitement of 143 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:45,120 Speaker 1: this roster. I know you like your back up in Dalton, 144 00:10:45,160 --> 00:10:48,000 Speaker 1: but does it does it feel like, Jerry, those Super 145 00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:52,840 Speaker 1: Bowl aspirations are now out the window after Prescott's injury. Well, 146 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:56,720 Speaker 1: I'm immediately moving into how unique this year is with 147 00:10:56,800 --> 00:11:05,959 Speaker 1: my thinking, Yes, obviously this does impact expectations and it 148 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:11,160 Speaker 1: could impact the reality of how and what we do. 149 00:11:12,160 --> 00:11:15,199 Speaker 1: On the other hand, this is a different year and 150 00:11:15,760 --> 00:11:19,760 Speaker 1: if you've ever had one that you could approach and 151 00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:25,520 Speaker 1: unorthodox way, this is it. And certainly in the big 152 00:11:25,559 --> 00:11:29,400 Speaker 1: scheme with things to lose, player is important in the 153 00:11:29,559 --> 00:11:37,840 Speaker 1: disposition as that then we've got to basically adjust. I'm 154 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:39,720 Speaker 1: not going to spend a lot of time this morning, 155 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:46,080 Speaker 1: but Andy Dalton is a player that can get the 156 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:49,000 Speaker 1: job done in the NFL. He's a starting He is 157 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:52,160 Speaker 1: a starting quarterback and I'm being tracking when I say this, 158 00:11:52,880 --> 00:11:56,480 Speaker 1: and I think he's a starting quarterback on a very 159 00:11:56,559 --> 00:12:01,520 Speaker 1: successful winning team. Jerry, have other teams reached out or 160 00:12:01,559 --> 00:12:03,840 Speaker 1: have you reached out to other teams about trading for 161 00:12:03,880 --> 00:12:10,040 Speaker 1: a quarterback? No? No, and that's unlikely and very little 162 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:14,040 Speaker 1: interest for me. We've got our quarterback and Andy Dalton, 163 00:12:14,440 --> 00:12:18,200 Speaker 1: and we've got a young backup coming. That's where I 164 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:22,600 Speaker 1: like it. We have them always practices or gotten it done. 165 00:12:22,679 --> 00:12:25,040 Speaker 1: But the fact that Nuci's here and in fact we're 166 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:28,960 Speaker 1: getting Gilbert coming, had the opportunity to gay that we're 167 00:12:28,960 --> 00:12:32,360 Speaker 1: all familiar with in this part of the country. I like, 168 00:12:33,760 --> 00:12:39,920 Speaker 1: you know, I'm real that we're having to do it, 169 00:12:39,960 --> 00:12:45,440 Speaker 1: but I'm satisfied that we've landed and a good shape 170 00:12:45,440 --> 00:12:49,240 Speaker 1: to go forward. When Tony went down to twenty sixteen 171 00:12:49,280 --> 00:12:51,160 Speaker 1: and Dax took over, this was much more of a 172 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:55,160 Speaker 1: run first offense. Do you expect or would you like 173 00:12:55,280 --> 00:12:58,240 Speaker 1: to see the offense kind of transition to more of 174 00:12:58,240 --> 00:13:04,679 Speaker 1: a run balanced offense than pass first. Well, you we 175 00:13:04,679 --> 00:13:10,400 Speaker 1: were basically and that we saw a version of a 176 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:13,440 Speaker 1: little bit of adjustment in the game against the Jazz, 177 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:20,320 Speaker 1: and we very much need to be more balanced, which 178 00:13:20,360 --> 00:13:24,920 Speaker 1: means more running. Other things would call for that as well. 179 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:27,720 Speaker 1: Where we are in our offensive line, a lot of 180 00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:32,439 Speaker 1: things that will be doing we'll be doing anyway. But Dak, 181 00:13:32,480 --> 00:13:36,520 Speaker 1: I mean, Andy gives us the ability to run our 182 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:44,160 Speaker 1: run our offense as we've got instructuring right now. Jerry, 183 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:48,199 Speaker 1: you guys made a special teams higher that everyone was 184 00:13:48,280 --> 00:13:50,960 Speaker 1: praising in the off season. It doesn't seem like the 185 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:55,240 Speaker 1: special teams is that much better. The defense fell behind 186 00:13:55,280 --> 00:13:57,760 Speaker 1: along with the team and the turnovers. Is it just 187 00:13:57,840 --> 00:14:00,959 Speaker 1: driving you crazy how it seems like it's the same 188 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:04,760 Speaker 1: thing every week having to play catch up turnovers, some 189 00:14:04,840 --> 00:14:09,880 Speaker 1: foolish penalties. Is it driving you nuts? And what faith 190 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:12,679 Speaker 1: do you have that it gets fixed or solved? Well? 191 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:17,080 Speaker 1: The good news the positive, The positive of it is 192 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:24,080 Speaker 1: these areas are very identifiable, and they're dramatic. These early turnovers, 193 00:14:24,160 --> 00:14:27,320 Speaker 1: they're dramatic and what they're doing for our defense or 194 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:31,520 Speaker 1: of the challenge it gives our defense. The early offensive 195 00:14:31,560 --> 00:14:37,360 Speaker 1: turnovers are it's dramatic. When mistakes are made in the 196 00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:41,119 Speaker 1: kicking game, they're usually involved with the change of possession, 197 00:14:41,160 --> 00:14:43,880 Speaker 1: and when you make a mistake, it can alter the 198 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:48,360 Speaker 1: outcome their turnovers in and of themselves. When I look 199 00:14:48,480 --> 00:14:54,080 Speaker 1: at the kinds of things that we have played and 200 00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:59,240 Speaker 1: experienced many times not having any of those circumstances, I 201 00:14:59,320 --> 00:15:02,240 Speaker 1: see that it's doable to play a game and not 202 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:06,520 Speaker 1: have early turnovers. I know that it's doable. I know 203 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:09,960 Speaker 1: that it's doable for our offense to be more sustained 204 00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:12,880 Speaker 1: out there, which gives our defense better field position and 205 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:15,760 Speaker 1: less time on the field. These are the kinds of 206 00:15:15,840 --> 00:15:20,920 Speaker 1: things that are positive room to give us a better 207 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:24,840 Speaker 1: chance to win the game. Those are doable things. Sometimes 208 00:15:24,880 --> 00:15:28,800 Speaker 1: some of your personnel things are the ones, or a 209 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:31,840 Speaker 1: talent level, if you will or if you will injury. 210 00:15:32,440 --> 00:15:37,480 Speaker 1: Those are the kinds of things that you have to 211 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:43,120 Speaker 1: have some some slack to overcome. Jerry, last one for you. 212 00:15:43,160 --> 00:15:44,720 Speaker 1: I've always wanted to ask you this, and I'm going 213 00:15:44,760 --> 00:15:47,240 Speaker 1: to do it on your birthday. You're you're maybe the 214 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:52,160 Speaker 1: most optimistic guy that we know. Does your optimism do 215 00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:57,560 Speaker 1: you ever think hurts you with you know, in any way? 216 00:15:57,680 --> 00:16:00,560 Speaker 1: Does it? Is it hurt you from being more realistic? 217 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:04,520 Speaker 1: Is it too positive? Look at things two glass half full? 218 00:16:04,600 --> 00:16:07,160 Speaker 1: Does that ever come back to bite you a little bit? 219 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:10,160 Speaker 1: With how optimistic you always are? No? By choice, I 220 00:16:10,240 --> 00:16:12,560 Speaker 1: don't want to live on the other side of the track, 221 00:16:13,280 --> 00:16:19,040 Speaker 1: the skeptic, and it's it's smart to be skeptical at times. 222 00:16:19,720 --> 00:16:24,200 Speaker 1: I don't want to live over there. I'll stick my 223 00:16:24,280 --> 00:16:26,480 Speaker 1: head at like an ostrich. I'll stick my head in 224 00:16:26,560 --> 00:16:30,600 Speaker 1: the ground sometimes and avoid spend some time over on 225 00:16:30,720 --> 00:16:35,000 Speaker 1: that old negative side or addressing things that by their 226 00:16:35,120 --> 00:16:38,160 Speaker 1: very nature cause you to have to be negative. I 227 00:16:38,200 --> 00:16:42,240 Speaker 1: don't like it over there. I run from it. I've 228 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:47,920 Speaker 1: had a lot of people that would say, I guess 229 00:16:47,920 --> 00:16:51,520 Speaker 1: when I left the room, so to speak, he's naive. 230 00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:56,840 Speaker 1: I love the world of navity. I want to be navety. 231 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:00,480 Speaker 1: I've gotten to do some things that if I hadn't 232 00:17:00,480 --> 00:17:03,960 Speaker 1: have been naive, if I hadn't been optimistic, I would 233 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:07,600 Speaker 1: have never been in that territory. And getting to be 234 00:17:07,680 --> 00:17:10,679 Speaker 1: in that territory this caused me to be some things 235 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:13,399 Speaker 1: and do some things that I would have never done 236 00:17:14,280 --> 00:17:19,320 Speaker 1: as more of a skeptic or more pragmatic. Great answer, 237 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:22,600 Speaker 1: love it. Hopefully this wasn't your third bad phone call 238 00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:25,919 Speaker 1: of the morning. Hopefully it gets better and enjoy the 239 00:17:25,960 --> 00:17:29,280 Speaker 1: birthday celebration. Happy birthday, Jerry. Thank you guys. And it 240 00:17:29,320 --> 00:17:31,600 Speaker 1: was not, as a matter of fact, it was a 241 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:34,919 Speaker 1: good feeling be with you guys this morning. Thank you.