1 00:00:03,160 --> 00:00:05,200 Speaker 1: Welcome back to More to It, the show that takes 2 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:06,840 Speaker 1: a deep dive into the biggest stories. 3 00:00:06,600 --> 00:00:08,480 Speaker 2: In sports, entertainment, and culture. 4 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:11,200 Speaker 1: Start with headline news, and then we journey into those 5 00:00:11,240 --> 00:00:14,640 Speaker 1: deeper conversations, always finding those life lessons that are presented 6 00:00:14,720 --> 00:00:18,400 Speaker 1: in every single story. I'm your host, Ourselfswally, dad, dude, 7 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:22,160 Speaker 1: looking good, feeling good, repping it. Y'all already know it's 8 00:00:22,160 --> 00:00:25,800 Speaker 1: a hydration situation somewhere in this world, and I'm pumped 9 00:00:25,840 --> 00:00:28,080 Speaker 1: for today's show. We're gonna have a great one because 10 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:31,400 Speaker 1: that's what we do around here, great things. And a 11 00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:34,400 Speaker 1: great thing that is happening is you guys are signing 12 00:00:34,479 --> 00:00:38,199 Speaker 1: up for the Wally's World membership on YouTube, and I'm 13 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:41,040 Speaker 1: pumped for that. And make sure you also check this 14 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:45,120 Speaker 1: out on Brinks TV. Let's do this all right, chi'all. 15 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:47,239 Speaker 1: We start off every show with what's up with that? 16 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:49,479 Speaker 1: Do well? Let me tell you what's up with that dude? 17 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:53,639 Speaker 1: Yesterday we had basketball practice. Really excited for this practice 18 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:56,480 Speaker 1: just because been working on a few things with the 19 00:00:56,480 --> 00:00:59,800 Speaker 1: little man to make sure he knows the path ahead 20 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:02,360 Speaker 1: is gonna be as smooth as you make it. That 21 00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:05,399 Speaker 1: means you're gonna have to practice, practice, and practice. If 22 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:07,480 Speaker 1: you committed to it, you're gonna have to go get 23 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:10,000 Speaker 1: to it right. So he's been practicing and then it 24 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:12,520 Speaker 1: was like, I want to see how your personal practices 25 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:16,840 Speaker 1: translate to the team practices, which translates to the team games. 26 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:19,000 Speaker 1: You know, how the process goes. So he went to 27 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:22,080 Speaker 1: practice yesterday and for a seven year old, I seen 28 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:25,240 Speaker 1: laser focus, I saw intensity. I saw a dude actually 29 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:27,760 Speaker 1: trying to work on the things problem a little man. 30 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:30,920 Speaker 1: But in the middle of all that, the opposing coaches 31 00:01:31,319 --> 00:01:35,400 Speaker 1: from another team comes over and they're like, yo, were 32 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:38,000 Speaker 1: out here, y'all want to get a little run, a 33 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:41,080 Speaker 1: little scrimmage. And it's not the first time a coach 34 00:01:41,080 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 1: has come over mid practice and just say, hey, I 35 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:46,479 Speaker 1: want a scrimmage against you guys, And I always tell 36 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:49,680 Speaker 1: them I have a no scrimmage policy. Now, doesn't that 37 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:52,760 Speaker 1: sound like I'm grand standing? If thinking I'm really Phil 38 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:56,640 Speaker 1: Jackson out there, Nah, it's just as simple. We practiced 39 00:01:56,840 --> 00:02:01,000 Speaker 1: one time a week for one hour. Do I need 40 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 1: to rob these kids of learning just the simple fundamentals 41 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:06,000 Speaker 1: and how to turn the engine on just so they 42 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:09,000 Speaker 1: could compete against these other guys who they're gonna also 43 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:11,960 Speaker 1: compete against on Saturday, because the same damn team we 44 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:15,239 Speaker 1: play Saturday. So I'm like one dog, just wait the 45 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:17,560 Speaker 1: Saturday so you can see how great we are, or 46 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:20,560 Speaker 1: we'll see how great you are. But two, go over 47 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:22,960 Speaker 1: there and teach them little kids something man, instead of trust, 48 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:26,080 Speaker 1: just worrying about the results, just making sure that y'all good, 49 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:29,440 Speaker 1: make sure that they're learning it the right way. Other 50 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:33,400 Speaker 1: than that, in the process of hiring a new personal assistant, Yes, 51 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:36,960 Speaker 1: my sister used to be my assistant for I don't know, 52 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:41,280 Speaker 1: twenty some years officially and forty eight years unofficially. She's 53 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:44,320 Speaker 1: been running me since I was born, and she just 54 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:46,600 Speaker 1: got too busy and I grew the position, and her 55 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 1: husband's busy, so she doing her own thing with their 56 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:52,480 Speaker 1: company over there. They have a trucking service. It's good 57 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:55,639 Speaker 1: business over there, that trucking service. Boy, stuff gotta get 58 00:02:55,639 --> 00:02:58,040 Speaker 1: moved in this country if people get paid to move it. 59 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:01,679 Speaker 1: So she's busy over there. So I got a bunch 60 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:04,760 Speaker 1: of interviews set up that's gonna be interesting. So it's 61 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:07,160 Speaker 1: gonna be fun to see who's gonna help your boy out, 62 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:10,680 Speaker 1: who's gonna help that dude, and then finally just building 63 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:14,760 Speaker 1: the pillars of our foundation and excited to unveil that 64 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 1: to the world and its fullness. We're talking about the 65 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:20,280 Speaker 1: pillars of every community or the people. We're talking about 66 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:25,760 Speaker 1: the family, the education, economic empowerment, the sports, and the experiences. 67 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:29,320 Speaker 1: I swear that's how I got made into what I became. 68 00:03:29,639 --> 00:03:32,440 Speaker 1: And all those eye witnessed have borrowed from one of 69 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:36,480 Speaker 1: those pillars in greatness. So it's time to reinforce those structures. 70 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:39,000 Speaker 1: All right, now, it's time to get into this show. 71 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:42,760 Speaker 1: Let's reinforce our structure by talking about topic one, which 72 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:47,520 Speaker 1: is my girl, Tara Davis Woodhall. Y'all know what she is. Yeah, 73 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:49,360 Speaker 1: she pretty too. Hey, I don't give a damn what 74 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:51,440 Speaker 1: y'all say. I remember I was watching her run, but 75 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:53,320 Speaker 1: I was like, good lord, and do the long jump. 76 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:55,720 Speaker 1: I said, you go ahead, girl, because I love it 77 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:57,680 Speaker 1: when you go out there and they don't do too 78 00:03:57,760 --> 00:04:00,280 Speaker 1: much like flow. Joe introduced me to the game in 79 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:03,520 Speaker 1: terms of like, Wow, she gonna destroy everybody and she 80 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:06,320 Speaker 1: gonna wear the park. And y'all think it's just gender 81 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:08,720 Speaker 1: base now because Deon Sanders, remember what di Ill used 82 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:12,120 Speaker 1: to lay his damn uniform down as a mannequin and 83 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:14,920 Speaker 1: then put that thing go with the wristband. Everybody, you 84 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:17,880 Speaker 1: just gotta look sweet when you perform at that high level. 85 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:21,840 Speaker 1: And Tera Davis, Oh, yes she does. But she got 86 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:25,360 Speaker 1: caught slipping the long jumper, got stripped of her recent 87 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:28,400 Speaker 1: national indoor title, and here with a one month suspension 88 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:34,880 Speaker 1: after testing positive for that cannabis. Yep, your side of 89 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:38,920 Speaker 1: carter and she tested positive for THAC which is on 90 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:40,200 Speaker 1: the band list. 91 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 2: We get it. 92 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:44,800 Speaker 1: So the sample was collected during the USA Track and 93 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:49,279 Speaker 1: Field Indoor Championships in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Say no more, 94 00:04:49,320 --> 00:04:51,400 Speaker 1: we know why you were smoking. Now, bord this hell 95 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:54,599 Speaker 1: in New Mexico, just puffing and dragon looking at crack 96 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:57,279 Speaker 1: bells and I don't know, text mechs. You were just tied. 97 00:04:57,680 --> 00:05:02,200 Speaker 1: And she got caught slipping the day that she ran 98 00:05:02,279 --> 00:05:07,640 Speaker 1: a six point nine to nine meters and won the title. Okay, 99 00:05:08,360 --> 00:05:11,200 Speaker 1: now everybody's gonna go back to Shikari Richardson right, and 100 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:13,039 Speaker 1: we're gonna go back to when she had her one 101 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:17,160 Speaker 1: month suspension. But horrible timing right before the Olympics in Tokyo, 102 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:21,440 Speaker 1: and then they said you can still go on the relay, 103 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:24,880 Speaker 1: and the US of A said, nah, we are good. 104 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:28,680 Speaker 1: At that time, it just seemed like she was too uncultable, 105 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:31,200 Speaker 1: if you know what I'm saying. Like Shikari was on 106 00:05:31,240 --> 00:05:33,599 Speaker 1: her own. She was on one. Matter of fact, she 107 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:35,720 Speaker 1: was on two, and I know that they didn't want 108 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:37,920 Speaker 1: to bring her in in terms of the relay because 109 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:40,599 Speaker 1: the relay, if you guys don't understand it at the 110 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:44,640 Speaker 1: Olympic level, they don't practice enough. They practiced it, but 111 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:48,640 Speaker 1: everyone's focused on their individual events. So it's just like, 112 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:51,479 Speaker 1: what time do we have left over a lot of 113 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:54,800 Speaker 1: times for the Americans in practice and the relay. Okay, 114 00:05:54,839 --> 00:05:57,720 Speaker 1: So let's talk about this because when Shakari got busted, 115 00:05:57,760 --> 00:06:00,680 Speaker 1: it was headline news. This one is getting some headlines 116 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:05,159 Speaker 1: as well. But let's just start here. The stupid tax 117 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:10,239 Speaker 1: has been paid. Now, when you get busted for steroids, 118 00:06:10,360 --> 00:06:16,080 Speaker 1: performance enhancers, marijuana, they are going to alert you to 119 00:06:16,279 --> 00:06:20,719 Speaker 1: the test, right and this test was alerted because it 120 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:25,080 Speaker 1: happened on the day of your event. And everyone says, well, 121 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:28,920 Speaker 1: marijuana's not a performance enhancer. It seems like the athletes 122 00:06:29,279 --> 00:06:33,080 Speaker 1: actually disagree. Why if you know you're gonna get tested 123 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:36,960 Speaker 1: when you're competing, Why in the hell don't you stop 124 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:40,840 Speaker 1: earlier enough? Because I know you're probably stopped. I hope 125 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:43,800 Speaker 1: you stopped. I hope you're not addicted or you're just 126 00:06:43,839 --> 00:06:47,640 Speaker 1: blatantly omitting that it is a performance enhancer. I know 127 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:50,039 Speaker 1: that you stopped because my teammates used to do that. 128 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:52,320 Speaker 1: They used to stop and then they would go through 129 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:55,440 Speaker 1: their cycling period of cleansing themselves, and then they will 130 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:57,400 Speaker 1: go out there and do it. I ain't smoke weed. 131 00:06:57,520 --> 00:07:00,960 Speaker 1: Read the shirt, damnit hydration situation. I wasn't out there 132 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:04,240 Speaker 1: puff puff giving right. So I wasn't in that situation. 133 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:07,000 Speaker 1: But I knew a lot of guys who did. Very 134 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:10,000 Speaker 1: few of them got busted because it's a stupid tax, 135 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:13,200 Speaker 1: like dog stop now, give your body time to recover 136 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:17,600 Speaker 1: and cleanse and then perform, then get back on it period. 137 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:20,520 Speaker 1: She couldn't do that. So it's a lot of questions 138 00:07:20,520 --> 00:07:23,440 Speaker 1: that needs to be answered if it is a performance 139 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:26,679 Speaker 1: to answer, how was it helping her perform? I smoke weed. 140 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:30,000 Speaker 1: I know what weed effects feel like, and for me, 141 00:07:30,440 --> 00:07:32,360 Speaker 1: I don't give a damn what strand it is. I 142 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:35,440 Speaker 1: don't care what amount it is. I'm not better that way. 143 00:07:35,760 --> 00:07:39,160 Speaker 1: But I have teammates that were What about a clearer mind? 144 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:42,680 Speaker 1: What about less anxiety? How that makes you more effective 145 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:45,880 Speaker 1: or more efficient? Right? People keep saying, well it doesn't 146 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:49,760 Speaker 1: help you. Well, if it takes something away, maybe it's 147 00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:55,400 Speaker 1: actually helping in a different way. Addition by subtraction, taking 148 00:07:55,440 --> 00:07:59,240 Speaker 1: that anxiety away, taking those ill thoughts away, relaxing you. 149 00:07:59,320 --> 00:08:02,400 Speaker 1: Maybe you don't even feel the lactic acid that's building up. 150 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:05,360 Speaker 1: I don't know, but too many athletes are getting busted 151 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:09,280 Speaker 1: for something so simple and something so stupid. When they 152 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:11,880 Speaker 1: tell you we're coming, you still let them get you. 153 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:14,240 Speaker 1: So you guys out there in them comings, let me 154 00:08:14,320 --> 00:08:17,360 Speaker 1: see you think that this is a performance and hassard 155 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:20,000 Speaker 1: and it should be on the band list, or it's 156 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:22,000 Speaker 1: time to catch up to the times. It's lego in 157 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:24,960 Speaker 1: a lot of places. Come on, let those people smoke. 158 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:29,800 Speaker 1: Damn y'all. Oh man, why is everybody my friend now? 159 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:33,000 Speaker 1: When they know I'm down? Like right, I can't go 160 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:35,400 Speaker 1: on social media, I can't leave the crib in the 161 00:08:35,480 --> 00:08:39,600 Speaker 1: cyberverse without y'all just laughing with a laughing and mooji 162 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:42,000 Speaker 1: at me and my clippers. Let's talk about it. We 163 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:45,480 Speaker 1: all know Clippers bounced out of the first round of 164 00:08:45,520 --> 00:08:50,160 Speaker 1: the playoffs, and it's a rap for them again, bounced 165 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:54,080 Speaker 1: again by the same Phoenix Suns that bounced us last year. 166 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:57,600 Speaker 1: All Right, let's talk about the fact that how did 167 00:08:57,679 --> 00:09:00,680 Speaker 1: the Clippers get here? And I want to title it 168 00:09:00,920 --> 00:09:06,559 Speaker 1: this injuries like ignorance is no excuse. And I was 169 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:10,160 Speaker 1: an injury prone player, and I know that I root 170 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:13,560 Speaker 1: for an injury prone team, but I'm gonna say it again, 171 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:18,640 Speaker 1: injuries like ignorance is no excuse. Now, remember when they 172 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:22,400 Speaker 1: were having the groundbreaking ceremonies for the Intoit Dome, Right, 173 00:09:22,559 --> 00:09:24,600 Speaker 1: that's the new Clipper stadium that's gonna open up in 174 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:27,280 Speaker 1: twenty twenty four, all right, And then they went up 175 00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:30,800 Speaker 1: to Steve Bomber and addressed him and asked him a 176 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:33,760 Speaker 1: couple of questions. Right, it's his arena, and we know 177 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:36,440 Speaker 1: it's gonna be next level. Why because Steve Bomber is 178 00:09:36,440 --> 00:09:39,680 Speaker 1: building the damn thing. Who is Steve Bomber? Forget the name, 179 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:44,559 Speaker 1: forget the title. He is the richest owner in all 180 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:49,840 Speaker 1: of sports. Let's say that again, because all them suckers 181 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:54,000 Speaker 1: is rich. All them suckers are wealthy, I mean generational 182 00:09:54,600 --> 00:09:58,160 Speaker 1: and then he sits at the top of the mountain 183 00:09:58,640 --> 00:10:02,400 Speaker 1: of all of the owners, you know, including Jerry Jones, 184 00:10:02,559 --> 00:10:05,240 Speaker 1: like Steve Bombers are walking to Jerry Jones, Yo, shut up. 185 00:10:05,320 --> 00:10:08,520 Speaker 1: Jared Bayo ass like, that's how much buddy Steve Boma 186 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:12,600 Speaker 1: got and would have changed now that arena that into 187 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:15,120 Speaker 1: a dome is gonna be next level. But even Steve 188 00:10:15,160 --> 00:10:18,880 Speaker 1: Bomer knows to fill that arena, not only would people, 189 00:10:19,160 --> 00:10:22,280 Speaker 1: but energy. You need to have a viable product and 190 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:26,560 Speaker 1: more than viable, reliable, right, And that's the problem with 191 00:10:26,600 --> 00:10:30,640 Speaker 1: the Clippers. They asked them what is his biggest disappointment 192 00:10:30,720 --> 00:10:35,400 Speaker 1: so far, and he's like, oh, it's easy. People get injured. 193 00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:38,160 Speaker 1: They try to say, oh, not the fact that the 194 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:42,480 Speaker 1: Clippers haven't won a championship, and Steve Bomer correct them say, foe, 195 00:10:42,559 --> 00:10:44,880 Speaker 1: we would have been won a championship if we didn't 196 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:48,360 Speaker 1: get hurt. And that made me start thinking then and 197 00:10:48,480 --> 00:10:51,520 Speaker 1: now because once again the Clippers are out in the 198 00:10:51,559 --> 00:10:54,920 Speaker 1: first round when there are teams like the Lakers, cross 199 00:10:55,120 --> 00:10:59,640 Speaker 1: town same town rivals, who they've beaten eleven times in 200 00:10:59,679 --> 00:11:01,560 Speaker 1: the row. Oh so they are a better team than 201 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:04,760 Speaker 1: the Lakers. But the Lakers are gonna have better fortunes 202 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:07,840 Speaker 1: and advance past this round. It looks like, so what 203 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:10,600 Speaker 1: is going on with these damn clippers? I don't want 204 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:12,959 Speaker 1: to hear. First thing I always hear is the same 205 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:15,440 Speaker 1: thing that makes me think. All y'all from the South 206 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:18,040 Speaker 1: and your great great grandmama got to you too early, 207 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:22,240 Speaker 1: y'all say that they're cursed. There's no such thing as 208 00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:25,520 Speaker 1: cursed in sports. Want to know why, because you got 209 00:11:25,520 --> 00:11:28,080 Speaker 1: to take the good with the bad, no matter how 210 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:31,199 Speaker 1: long it lasts. You want to talk about curses? Okay, 211 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:33,480 Speaker 1: So there was a time growing up for me when 212 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:36,199 Speaker 1: the forty nine ers were insane. There was a time 213 00:11:36,240 --> 00:11:39,360 Speaker 1: where the Dallas Cowboys were insane. They were going at it. 214 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:42,160 Speaker 1: They were just swapping championships. And then there was a 215 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:45,320 Speaker 1: time when the forty nine ers were dirt. Sorry, y'all 216 00:11:45,360 --> 00:11:48,840 Speaker 1: remember that. What happened to the curse? Oh? Oh, now 217 00:11:48,920 --> 00:11:50,760 Speaker 1: the forty nine ers are that close to winning the 218 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:53,760 Speaker 1: championship again, So don't give me curses, right, it's no 219 00:11:53,920 --> 00:11:57,000 Speaker 1: such thing. What about the Dallas Cowboys? Oh, they won 220 00:11:57,080 --> 00:12:01,000 Speaker 1: three or four championships, you remember that, and they were tilting. 221 00:12:01,600 --> 00:12:05,200 Speaker 1: Now they haven't won and twenty plus years and then 222 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:08,120 Speaker 1: when they flip it, y'all gonna say, oh, the curses lifted. No, 223 00:12:08,360 --> 00:12:11,319 Speaker 1: there was no curse full because they won those championships 224 00:12:11,440 --> 00:12:15,040 Speaker 1: before in the nineties. So not a believer in the curse. 225 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:19,000 Speaker 1: I'm a believer in the players and great fortune. You 226 00:12:19,080 --> 00:12:22,280 Speaker 1: gotta have the horses, the proper coach that could make 227 00:12:22,360 --> 00:12:24,880 Speaker 1: it all work. So the jockey and the horses. But 228 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:28,559 Speaker 1: then you gotta have great fortune. Let's talk about how 229 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:32,920 Speaker 1: my Clippers found themselves in this day's ya vu des 230 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:36,800 Speaker 1: y'all do do same situation we did with Love City, 231 00:12:36,880 --> 00:12:39,560 Speaker 1: because this is exactly what happened with Lob City. We 232 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:42,120 Speaker 1: had a top heavy team with all this talent, and 233 00:12:42,160 --> 00:12:45,360 Speaker 1: we were like, Yo, it's gonna work, y'all. Remember Lob City, 234 00:12:45,640 --> 00:12:49,000 Speaker 1: DeAndre Jordan, Chris Paul Blake Griffin. We were like, it's 235 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:52,120 Speaker 1: gonna happen. And it's crazy if you look at the 236 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:55,760 Speaker 1: parallels of how that went up and down and how 237 00:12:55,800 --> 00:12:59,640 Speaker 1: this is going up and down. We got seven guys 238 00:12:59,640 --> 00:13:02,520 Speaker 1: when they open up into a dome, seven guys who 239 00:13:02,559 --> 00:13:06,480 Speaker 1: have player options or that are free agents, including Kawhi 240 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:10,680 Speaker 1: Lennard and Paul George. Now, before that, we got Plumbley 241 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:13,360 Speaker 1: and we got Russell Westbrook to talk about in terms 242 00:13:13,360 --> 00:13:17,000 Speaker 1: of contracts. Look like Westbrook not only played himself into 243 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:20,080 Speaker 1: a real good deal, not a max deal, but a 244 00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:23,240 Speaker 1: real good deal, maybe even with our Clippers. Like I 245 00:13:23,400 --> 00:13:27,160 Speaker 1: like how Russell Westbrook played. Obviously he can't make every shot, 246 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:29,280 Speaker 1: but let's finish around the rim. If he makes that 247 00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:31,360 Speaker 1: lay up right there, it's a tie game. Who knows 248 00:13:31,360 --> 00:13:34,120 Speaker 1: how it goes. But he's always gonna get to his point. 249 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:36,679 Speaker 1: He's always gonna get to his sweet spot. And that's 250 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:39,400 Speaker 1: the beautiful thing about his game. And it's gonna lift 251 00:13:39,480 --> 00:13:42,000 Speaker 1: others to play as hard. But is it time to 252 00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:47,240 Speaker 1: cut bait? What are stars like Kawhi Leonard. I was 253 00:13:47,240 --> 00:13:50,280 Speaker 1: talking to somebody on the inside, right, high level NBA 254 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:53,800 Speaker 1: guy yesterday, and they were talking about how kawhis MRI 255 00:13:53,880 --> 00:13:57,320 Speaker 1: I look like a firing range. Like look like the 256 00:13:57,360 --> 00:14:00,480 Speaker 1: paper at the firing range just shattered just the as 257 00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:02,920 Speaker 1: we know, he has a torn meniscus on top of 258 00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:05,400 Speaker 1: the ACL injuries, on top of the wear and tear 259 00:14:05,480 --> 00:14:08,000 Speaker 1: he's had over the year. So the knee is in 260 00:14:08,040 --> 00:14:12,000 Speaker 1: a position where can you rely on Kawhi Leonard to 261 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:14,920 Speaker 1: be there? For the stretch of games necessary, not just 262 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:18,000 Speaker 1: the postseason, but to get yourself ready for the rigors 263 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:22,120 Speaker 1: of the postseason in the regular season. Paul George heard 264 00:14:22,160 --> 00:14:24,040 Speaker 1: at the end of the season and going all the 265 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:27,120 Speaker 1: way through the playoffs. I love both guys at the 266 00:14:27,160 --> 00:14:30,760 Speaker 1: same time. If they're not reliable, if they're not available, 267 00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:34,480 Speaker 1: what are they doing in terms of value to this franchise. 268 00:14:34,760 --> 00:14:37,440 Speaker 1: A lot of decisions to make when you're opening up 269 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:41,880 Speaker 1: a dome, right man. It's crazy injuries every time robbing 270 00:14:41,960 --> 00:14:44,520 Speaker 1: this team. And it ain't because of no curse. It's 271 00:14:44,560 --> 00:14:46,840 Speaker 1: just simply because that's the way it goes for these 272 00:14:46,840 --> 00:14:50,120 Speaker 1: Clippers right now. Gotta get out of this era, gotta 273 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:52,640 Speaker 1: get out of this zone, Gotta get out of this 274 00:14:52,760 --> 00:14:56,280 Speaker 1: cloud and this haze that is raining bad all on 275 00:14:56,360 --> 00:14:58,640 Speaker 1: my Clippers. So I think the thing to do is 276 00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:01,840 Speaker 1: try to find you a sweet deal with Russell Westbrook. 277 00:15:02,440 --> 00:15:04,960 Speaker 1: Maybe we gotta go one more year. Prayers for those 278 00:15:05,040 --> 00:15:07,960 Speaker 1: knees and for the issues with the injuries, because you 279 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:11,520 Speaker 1: can't open up that dome without a star saying honey, 280 00:15:11,560 --> 00:15:14,160 Speaker 1: I'm home, because then it's gonna be a problem. So 281 00:15:14,280 --> 00:15:18,600 Speaker 1: go Clips Clip City, Chip City twenty twenty four. I 282 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:21,880 Speaker 1: keep making it go one more year past, but damn it, 283 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:25,640 Speaker 1: this one hurts because once again we're losing because it hurts. 284 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:29,480 Speaker 1: But I'm gonna talk about making weight. And right now 285 00:15:29,520 --> 00:15:33,240 Speaker 1: I'm not pool side Cabo ready, But at the same time, 286 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:38,240 Speaker 1: I'm not I'm not fat either, So I've been both ways. Man, 287 00:15:38,320 --> 00:15:40,280 Speaker 1: I've been ready with a six pack. You know, you 288 00:15:40,320 --> 00:15:43,240 Speaker 1: wake up in the morning, you're like about to hurt 289 00:15:43,320 --> 00:15:46,120 Speaker 1: them and about to go downstairs and just sit there. 290 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:49,160 Speaker 1: You know, you get that perfect angle on that sun chair, 291 00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:53,280 Speaker 1: that perfect ad flex angle. Yes, ma'am, Yes, yeah, I 292 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:57,520 Speaker 1: take a double Oh, thank you so much, sixteen twenty seven. Yes, 293 00:15:57,880 --> 00:16:02,240 Speaker 1: p eight, sixteen twenty You know, I remember one time 294 00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:04,760 Speaker 1: was in Miami and I ain't gonna lie. I saw 295 00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:08,000 Speaker 1: Reggie Bush there and he walked by and this is 296 00:16:08,080 --> 00:16:10,040 Speaker 1: like when he was with dating Kim Kardashian, I guess 297 00:16:10,040 --> 00:16:12,440 Speaker 1: because it was like really a thing, not just Reggie 298 00:16:12,440 --> 00:16:15,600 Speaker 1: Bush or NFL players, like this extra level of like 299 00:16:15,680 --> 00:16:18,160 Speaker 1: fame to him. And this sucker was walking around with 300 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:20,800 Speaker 1: a six pack, and I was like dog flag on 301 00:16:20,840 --> 00:16:24,120 Speaker 1: the play. I thought I had some you know, big boys, 302 00:16:24,280 --> 00:16:26,640 Speaker 1: big boys six packs looked different right there with his 303 00:16:26,760 --> 00:16:28,480 Speaker 1: and I was like, dog, put a shirt on. Man 304 00:16:28,640 --> 00:16:30,600 Speaker 1: ain't gonna be no girls left for us. So that 305 00:16:30,720 --> 00:16:32,440 Speaker 1: was a funny time. But let's talk about what Ryan 306 00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:35,960 Speaker 1: Garcia and Israel said about them when they wanted to 307 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:39,240 Speaker 1: look their best or just had to make way to perform. 308 00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:43,560 Speaker 1: Check it out. Naw all right, now, they went all 309 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:46,920 Speaker 1: the way there getting bucket neked and then just when 310 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:48,960 Speaker 1: you were buckingt neked, had to let it go a 311 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:55,400 Speaker 1: release the hounds, right, hilarious. I don't have those type 312 00:16:55,400 --> 00:16:58,800 Speaker 1: of stories because I'm gonna talk in a greater extreme 313 00:16:58,960 --> 00:17:02,080 Speaker 1: than that. Take y'all inside the locker room. I'm gonna 314 00:17:02,080 --> 00:17:04,480 Speaker 1: take y'all inside some of the war stories that happen 315 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:08,719 Speaker 1: around making weight. Because the NFL, they don't come in 316 00:17:09,040 --> 00:17:11,480 Speaker 1: looking at anybody saying you gotta be a certain weight. 317 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:15,320 Speaker 1: It's only when it's problematic, right, or it's just excessive. 318 00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:19,440 Speaker 1: So if they see somebody or they're like, losing five 319 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:22,439 Speaker 1: ten pounds wouldn't hurt your game all of a sudden 320 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:24,919 Speaker 1: you see a guy with a weight clause, or for 321 00:17:25,040 --> 00:17:28,800 Speaker 1: guys just successively overweight, like Dog, nobody should be this weight. 322 00:17:29,080 --> 00:17:31,360 Speaker 1: You got the weight clause as well. Now, what does 323 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:34,359 Speaker 1: that mean? Your ass got a weigh every morning and 324 00:17:34,680 --> 00:17:38,600 Speaker 1: every afternoon after practice? What does that mean? If you 325 00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:41,600 Speaker 1: don't make that weight that you guys have agreed upon, 326 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:44,840 Speaker 1: then you're gonna have to come earlier than everybody else 327 00:17:45,040 --> 00:17:48,160 Speaker 1: and get some extra cardio. What does that mean? Oh, 328 00:17:48,240 --> 00:17:51,600 Speaker 1: to help yourself out, you will go to extremes to 329 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:54,240 Speaker 1: make sure you make weight. Let's talk about it. I 330 00:17:54,359 --> 00:17:58,760 Speaker 1: seen guys have to get there early, run around for 331 00:17:58,960 --> 00:18:03,920 Speaker 1: miles the bike, plastic bags on obviously, then get into 332 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:07,800 Speaker 1: the sana, get into the steam room, and then have 333 00:18:07,880 --> 00:18:11,119 Speaker 1: to take these water pills. Now I never took water pills, 334 00:18:11,119 --> 00:18:12,320 Speaker 1: but I heard of them, and I don't even know 335 00:18:12,359 --> 00:18:14,000 Speaker 1: what they looked like. I think they were big, but 336 00:18:14,080 --> 00:18:17,320 Speaker 1: some big water pills, right, And then it just all sudden, 337 00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:20,520 Speaker 1: just flushes you out like you just pining and supposed 338 00:18:20,560 --> 00:18:23,240 Speaker 1: to be boobooing. Just everything gone right. You ain't nothing 339 00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:26,080 Speaker 1: but skinning bones, right, just supposedly. And then they get 340 00:18:26,119 --> 00:18:28,399 Speaker 1: on the scale and it was nothing worse when you 341 00:18:28,480 --> 00:18:33,440 Speaker 1: heard that scream sucker did all that and then fat 342 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:39,560 Speaker 1: boy Slim's still too fat? Whoa, Now you gotta run 343 00:18:39,600 --> 00:18:45,160 Speaker 1: before practice, during practice, obviously after practice, and still try 344 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:47,919 Speaker 1: to try and make that weight. Oh did I forget 345 00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:52,280 Speaker 1: the craziest part. They find your ass right money who 346 00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:57,520 Speaker 1: they are taking your money away to incentivize you to 347 00:18:57,720 --> 00:19:01,080 Speaker 1: meet that number. Okay, So here's the craziest story I 348 00:19:01,119 --> 00:19:04,440 Speaker 1: ever witnessed with my own eyes. We had a teammate 349 00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:06,879 Speaker 1: by the name of it. You know, I gotta protect 350 00:19:06,920 --> 00:19:10,600 Speaker 1: the guilty. This dude whoa. He got big, big, big, 351 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:14,560 Speaker 1: and there were rumors that he was north of four 352 00:19:14,640 --> 00:19:17,000 Speaker 1: hundred pounds, and I was like, ain't no way. He 353 00:19:17,119 --> 00:19:19,760 Speaker 1: fox hunted. He came in like three forty three fifty. 354 00:19:20,040 --> 00:19:22,480 Speaker 1: I know he liked the smokes the blacks like everybody 355 00:19:22,480 --> 00:19:24,960 Speaker 1: else did, and he was pounding some of that yak, 356 00:19:25,320 --> 00:19:28,760 Speaker 1: But damn four hundred that you don't need to be 357 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:31,000 Speaker 1: four hundred playing football. That ain't gonna work right. All 358 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:33,080 Speaker 1: of a sudden you loses your quickness and speed something 359 00:19:33,359 --> 00:19:36,400 Speaker 1: it's not smart. And then he had to weigh one 360 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:40,119 Speaker 1: morning and I remember walking by and I was like, 361 00:19:40,200 --> 00:19:41,920 Speaker 1: let me see how much weigh? And it was weird 362 00:19:41,920 --> 00:19:44,679 Speaker 1: because it was kind of protected. Because one, you're finding 363 00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:47,160 Speaker 1: someone if they're over the weight and two. You don't 364 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:48,800 Speaker 1: want to just be out in the dude. Let him 365 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:51,040 Speaker 1: do his own stuff if he wants the world to know. Right. 366 00:19:51,320 --> 00:19:54,200 Speaker 1: So all right, But one time walking by and Big 367 00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:58,399 Speaker 1: was on the scale and it said, I am not 368 00:19:58,800 --> 00:20:05,720 Speaker 1: lying y'all four hundred and nineteen pounds. I was like, 369 00:20:05,760 --> 00:20:09,040 Speaker 1: you going broke, bro you don't never make weight. What 370 00:20:09,080 --> 00:20:11,639 Speaker 1: the hell is your number you're supposed to make? And 371 00:20:11,720 --> 00:20:14,120 Speaker 1: I think it was like three seventies something like that. 372 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:18,760 Speaker 1: I got dight, whoa, yeah you fast forward. I had 373 00:20:18,760 --> 00:20:21,040 Speaker 1: to play against him. He switched teams. The next year, 374 00:20:21,440 --> 00:20:25,159 Speaker 1: he goes to the other team and literally in the 375 00:20:25,280 --> 00:20:27,960 Speaker 1: heat we're about to go at it, he passed out, 376 00:20:28,119 --> 00:20:30,679 Speaker 1: literally and I knew why he passed out while everybody 377 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:32,640 Speaker 1: else was kind of out, like he on the water 378 00:20:32,680 --> 00:20:34,960 Speaker 1: pills and that stuff again to try and lose his weight. 379 00:20:35,040 --> 00:20:36,960 Speaker 1: Even though he lost a lot of weight, maybe he 380 00:20:37,040 --> 00:20:40,040 Speaker 1: went too far. Here's my personal story with it growing up, 381 00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:44,200 Speaker 1: because growing up pyaing Pop Warner at eight years old, 382 00:20:44,240 --> 00:20:46,560 Speaker 1: we had weight limits, and I think our first one 383 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:50,920 Speaker 1: was like eighty five pounds and I was eighty seven. Now, 384 00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:53,520 Speaker 1: if you don't want to get under eighty five, move 385 00:20:53,640 --> 00:20:56,120 Speaker 1: up be with the older kids. Now when you're young, 386 00:20:56,400 --> 00:20:58,920 Speaker 1: when you're eight, playing with a ten year old, oh, 387 00:20:58,960 --> 00:21:00,840 Speaker 1: that's like playing with a grown man. He a whole 388 00:21:00,920 --> 00:21:02,760 Speaker 1: different animal. So I was like, nah, I'm good, I 389 00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:04,480 Speaker 1: won't play with the ten year olds. I'm gonna stay 390 00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:06,760 Speaker 1: down here at eight Mama, daddy and Coach was like, 391 00:21:06,760 --> 00:21:09,000 Speaker 1: all right, you gotta lose two pounds. You know what 392 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:10,520 Speaker 1: that meant for an eight year old. Let me tell 393 00:21:10,520 --> 00:21:13,440 Speaker 1: you what I did. I put on the hefty bags, 394 00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:17,600 Speaker 1: was running around the neighborhood running before practice, young NFL 395 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:20,960 Speaker 1: style right then. Not only did I do that, but 396 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:26,880 Speaker 1: I also had to do I can't say it, an 397 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:29,840 Speaker 1: enema every night before the game. Y'all know what the 398 00:21:29,920 --> 00:21:32,000 Speaker 1: enema is. Yeah, if you don't google it and then 399 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:34,040 Speaker 1: don't look at the picture. Yeah. I had to get 400 00:21:34,040 --> 00:21:38,800 Speaker 1: the tube, yes, in the hot water. Oh and I 401 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:43,520 Speaker 1: had to have broiled fish, broiled bottom of the oven, 402 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:48,600 Speaker 1: fish with no skin and a salad every day untid 403 00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:51,360 Speaker 1: may wait, that's why I hate fish right now? Eight 404 00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:53,040 Speaker 1: years old, that's what I had to do to lose 405 00:21:53,040 --> 00:21:55,520 Speaker 1: two damn pounds. And I did it, but hey, Coach 406 00:21:55,560 --> 00:21:57,560 Speaker 1: said it was worth it. I would score five touchdowns 407 00:21:57,560 --> 00:21:59,480 Speaker 1: every game. He said, give him that boy, more broiled 408 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:04,880 Speaker 1: fish the shoe. That stuff is working. Oh, let's get 409 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:08,480 Speaker 1: into this story. This is about mos story, This is 410 00:22:08,520 --> 00:22:12,119 Speaker 1: about all those prospects stories. Yes, we are on the 411 00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:17,359 Speaker 1: eve of the NFL Draft, so let's talk about it. Oh, 412 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:20,800 Speaker 1: all these youngsters out there trying to make their dreams 413 00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:25,160 Speaker 1: of reality, and that journey isn't as well documented as 414 00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:28,160 Speaker 1: it should be. Yes, we have twenty four to seven 415 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:31,399 Speaker 1: coverage of sports, and yes they are doing a better 416 00:22:31,480 --> 00:22:35,320 Speaker 1: job than ever because y'all remember like earlier days of 417 00:22:35,359 --> 00:22:39,040 Speaker 1: the draft where literally there was no ceremony. It was 418 00:22:39,119 --> 00:22:41,240 Speaker 1: just a bunch of people in the smoke field room 419 00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:43,879 Speaker 1: looking like they all were on like Barney Miller or 420 00:22:43,920 --> 00:22:47,240 Speaker 1: something like some show, and they just picked on the phone. 421 00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:50,560 Speaker 1: Yeah I want them alignment, and they just hang up 422 00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:52,920 Speaker 1: the phone smoking drags. That was a draft back then. 423 00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:56,120 Speaker 1: Kudos to the NFL for making it a spectacle, now 424 00:22:56,240 --> 00:22:59,560 Speaker 1: making it a scene, making it a ceremony. But to 425 00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:02,920 Speaker 1: get to that point, oh, there's a grime and there 426 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:06,760 Speaker 1: are a lot of checkpoints that you gotta go through, right, 427 00:23:07,119 --> 00:23:09,719 Speaker 1: So I love that because one of the wilisms is 428 00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:13,399 Speaker 1: everybody wants to go to the parade, but nobody wants 429 00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:15,879 Speaker 1: to build the floats. Let's talk about how you gotta 430 00:23:15,920 --> 00:23:19,359 Speaker 1: build the float when you gotta get drafted. Okay, for me, 431 00:23:20,520 --> 00:23:25,600 Speaker 1: it started with the Regional Scout day. So regional Scout days, 432 00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:29,000 Speaker 1: you're at your facilities, you're at your campus, and then 433 00:23:29,119 --> 00:23:32,200 Speaker 1: some guy's gonna come through with the whistle and the 434 00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:35,119 Speaker 1: pin and the collar shirt and it's gonna say some 435 00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:38,600 Speaker 1: kind of like company or entity. Right, it's gonna say 436 00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:41,440 Speaker 1: something like Nextcore or something. You're like, what's nextcorre oh 437 00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:46,840 Speaker 1: International Association of Regional Scouts of America's looking for prospects 438 00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:49,120 Speaker 1: to go to the NFL, all right, right, And all 439 00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:52,600 Speaker 1: he's doing is getting your measurables. Basically, he wants to 440 00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:57,920 Speaker 1: know hight weight, speed, et cetera, the simple stuff, and 441 00:23:58,280 --> 00:24:01,719 Speaker 1: he'll take anybody on the team that really have pro potential. 442 00:24:02,160 --> 00:24:04,639 Speaker 1: So coach on your squad is gonna line up the 443 00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:07,160 Speaker 1: guys who have pro potential. And I remember that day 444 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:10,240 Speaker 1: because I needed a new pair of shoes, why one 445 00:24:10,280 --> 00:24:12,160 Speaker 1: for my mental effect? I was like, I don't want 446 00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:14,159 Speaker 1: to run for the Scouts and some old pair of 447 00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:17,679 Speaker 1: shoes and then two for the fact that I was like, whoa, 448 00:24:18,280 --> 00:24:20,520 Speaker 1: I need those grippers, right, I really didn't need new 449 00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:22,280 Speaker 1: pair of shoes, but it was just upstairs, so I 450 00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:25,199 Speaker 1: had to get them, and got those new pair of 451 00:24:25,320 --> 00:24:28,440 Speaker 1: shoes and ran for the scouts. Now, at this time, 452 00:24:28,480 --> 00:24:31,040 Speaker 1: I think I was like two hundred and forty five 453 00:24:31,119 --> 00:24:34,920 Speaker 1: two hundred and fifty pounds, and I don't know the time. 454 00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:37,520 Speaker 1: That was interesting. They didn't tell me my time, but 455 00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:40,720 Speaker 1: he did tell me you did very well. Now, remember 456 00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:44,040 Speaker 1: I had just converted from running back to becoming a 457 00:24:44,119 --> 00:24:47,200 Speaker 1: defensive end, so I kept my running back speed, which 458 00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:50,520 Speaker 1: wasn't blazing for a running back, but that is really 459 00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:54,359 Speaker 1: good speed blazing for a defensive end. Correct, So I 460 00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:57,199 Speaker 1: ran well and I ain't think anything of it. We 461 00:24:57,359 --> 00:25:01,800 Speaker 1: have a summer off, go back, come come back for 462 00:25:01,960 --> 00:25:06,120 Speaker 1: training camp, and before our first regular season game against Harvard, 463 00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:10,040 Speaker 1: we have a scrimmage against Dartmouth. If you guys been 464 00:25:10,080 --> 00:25:13,720 Speaker 1: watching the whole show, you know I don't like scrimmages, yeah, 465 00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:16,600 Speaker 1: the coach or player. But for this we had the 466 00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:20,600 Speaker 1: scrimmage and I went against a first round prospect by 467 00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:23,520 Speaker 1: the name of Brian Larson, who went to Dartmouth and 468 00:25:23,720 --> 00:25:27,119 Speaker 1: I did well against him. Fast forward after the game, 469 00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:30,280 Speaker 1: a scout taps me on the shoulder. First time I 470 00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:33,560 Speaker 1: ever saw a scout from an actual team had his 471 00:25:33,680 --> 00:25:38,159 Speaker 1: little polo on with the Arizona Cardinal's logo there. I 472 00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:41,399 Speaker 1: was like, wow, that's a scout for real, the Cardinals 473 00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:44,160 Speaker 1: logo and his name was Bird. I was like, damn, 474 00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:47,399 Speaker 1: you really all in, brother, you change your name to 475 00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:51,200 Speaker 1: just be the scout and he was like, yes, Marcellus. 476 00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:54,480 Speaker 1: I liked what I saw today, and I have a 477 00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:58,359 Speaker 1: big mouth. I'm gonna tell everyone, and from that moment on, 478 00:25:58,800 --> 00:26:03,000 Speaker 1: I will go to practice and literally see famous faces 479 00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:06,439 Speaker 1: from the NFL there, right, you named the coach he 480 00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:09,560 Speaker 1: was there, right, And it was just crazy to see 481 00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:13,560 Speaker 1: all of these top level coaches. Now, part of it 482 00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:16,480 Speaker 1: was I was balling, but part of it was also 483 00:26:16,840 --> 00:26:19,439 Speaker 1: I was in New York City and I was like, damn, 484 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:22,240 Speaker 1: they just coming through and checking your boy out. You. 485 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:24,280 Speaker 1: Fast forward to the end of that season. I have 486 00:26:24,440 --> 00:26:27,760 Speaker 1: some great games in there obviously to get noticed, but 487 00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:30,960 Speaker 1: they're still measuring me with a grain of salt because 488 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:34,800 Speaker 1: of my level of competition. All right, So then I'm like, 489 00:26:35,080 --> 00:26:38,879 Speaker 1: season's over. What's gonna happen? Started the season, I was 490 00:26:38,960 --> 00:26:42,679 Speaker 1: an undrafted prospect, which is good. That means you're on 491 00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:45,640 Speaker 1: the radar. You ain't gonna get drafted. You not even 492 00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:49,400 Speaker 1: Brock pretty mister irrelevant, but demit, they are looking at 493 00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:52,520 Speaker 1: you somehow, someway. And then by the end of the 494 00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:55,919 Speaker 1: season they said I was like a fifth rounder or so. 495 00:26:55,920 --> 00:26:58,480 Speaker 1: So hey, my name was up there in the list. 496 00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:02,800 Speaker 1: I'm gonna get drafted supposedly. From there, I'm like, what's 497 00:27:02,840 --> 00:27:06,040 Speaker 1: gonna happen? Am I gonna get invited to the Combine? Well? 498 00:27:06,119 --> 00:27:09,359 Speaker 1: First I got invited to the East West Shrine All 499 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:12,719 Speaker 1: Star Game, where I went out there and now Colombia, 500 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:17,480 Speaker 1: Oh your teammates, Oh your competition ain't Harvard, it ain't Yell, 501 00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:22,800 Speaker 1: it ain't Princeton, it's no to Dame right there, Florida State, Yeah, 502 00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:25,800 Speaker 1: all of them, Miami, all of them right there. So 503 00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:28,600 Speaker 1: went out there, did a great had a great week 504 00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:32,080 Speaker 1: of practice, balled out in the game. But I that's 505 00:27:32,119 --> 00:27:35,040 Speaker 1: one of these fingers up. Ah, yes, this finger just 506 00:27:35,160 --> 00:27:39,800 Speaker 1: located this finger sixteen plays in. But that actually did 507 00:27:39,840 --> 00:27:41,720 Speaker 1: me good. You know why, because I already had a 508 00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:45,920 Speaker 1: sack alright, sacked Jake Plumber and sixteen plays and they 509 00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:47,960 Speaker 1: were just projected off. He would have played the whole 510 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:49,879 Speaker 1: game good, nor he would have had three four sacks. 511 00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:53,240 Speaker 1: He was killed it maybe maybe not. So from there 512 00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:57,720 Speaker 1: did get the invitation to the NFL Combine. Amazing you 513 00:27:57,880 --> 00:28:00,959 Speaker 1: go out there to the NFL Combine. It's just like 514 00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:02,960 Speaker 1: you guys see it. They do a good job of 515 00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:06,399 Speaker 1: showing you the combine. What they don't show you is 516 00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:09,320 Speaker 1: the camaraderie, how cool it is to hang with the 517 00:28:09,359 --> 00:28:12,120 Speaker 1: other guys. What they don't show you is the anxiety 518 00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:15,359 Speaker 1: of how much you're putting pressure on yourself to just 519 00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:19,680 Speaker 1: go out there and compete in these drills. And it's 520 00:28:19,720 --> 00:28:23,840 Speaker 1: not football. It's slices of football, but it's not the 521 00:28:23,880 --> 00:28:26,800 Speaker 1: whole loaf of football. Some guys are just ballers. Like 522 00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:29,760 Speaker 1: they don't want to do all the TCNE drills. They 523 00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:32,080 Speaker 1: don't want a vertical jump, they don't want to do 524 00:28:32,119 --> 00:28:34,440 Speaker 1: a broad jump, they don't want to do any of that. 525 00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:36,840 Speaker 1: They just want to hit somebody. They just want to 526 00:28:36,920 --> 00:28:38,840 Speaker 1: run with the rock. They just want to ball and 527 00:28:38,880 --> 00:28:41,120 Speaker 1: they light up and activate. So some of those guys, 528 00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:44,080 Speaker 1: it's interesting to watch them when they don't measure well 529 00:28:44,080 --> 00:28:46,720 Speaker 1: in the test, but you know damn well that dude's 530 00:28:46,720 --> 00:28:49,640 Speaker 1: a baller. So you go through all of that and 531 00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:53,960 Speaker 1: then you assess, did I kill it, did I do good, 532 00:28:54,040 --> 00:28:56,480 Speaker 1: did I do great? Whatever it is. Now you have 533 00:28:56,560 --> 00:28:59,360 Speaker 1: your pro day, and most of the times you're gonna 534 00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:02,200 Speaker 1: do better at your pro day because you're more comfortable 535 00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:05,479 Speaker 1: in that environment, and you just already did a lap 536 00:29:05,800 --> 00:29:09,840 Speaker 1: of high intensity at the combine of the same drills. 537 00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:11,960 Speaker 1: A lot of times people don't make mention of that. 538 00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:13,920 Speaker 1: They just say, oh, you're back in your own comfort 539 00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:17,240 Speaker 1: zone and back at your own home facilities. You're good. Well, 540 00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:19,680 Speaker 1: that's a lot of it, but also, you just did 541 00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:23,040 Speaker 1: all this at the highest level with all the eyeballs 542 00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:25,840 Speaker 1: on you for all the marbles. Here you go again. 543 00:29:26,280 --> 00:29:29,840 Speaker 1: Just doesn't feel as pressure filled. So now you in 544 00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:32,800 Speaker 1: a situation where you kill your pro day and did 545 00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:36,280 Speaker 1: I eat my pro day up? I improve my bench 546 00:29:36,320 --> 00:29:39,960 Speaker 1: press from twenty eight to thirty five from the combine 547 00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:45,000 Speaker 1: there why tense nervous and nervous is weird because you 548 00:29:45,080 --> 00:29:47,640 Speaker 1: could say I'm good, I feel fine, but ain't no 549 00:29:47,720 --> 00:29:50,160 Speaker 1: way I go from twenty eight to thirty five without 550 00:29:50,200 --> 00:29:54,360 Speaker 1: steroids or marijuana. You hear me over there, girl, point being, 551 00:29:54,600 --> 00:29:57,280 Speaker 1: I improved it. Vertical jump went up from thirty five 552 00:29:57,320 --> 00:30:00,680 Speaker 1: to thirty nine and a half. Then he went from 553 00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:03,960 Speaker 1: four eight to four to six to one. Everything improved 554 00:30:03,960 --> 00:30:07,560 Speaker 1: at the pro day, and then the conversation started to happen. 555 00:30:08,120 --> 00:30:10,920 Speaker 1: I wasn't a fifth rounder anymore, y'all. Wasn't a fourth runner, 556 00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:14,040 Speaker 1: wasn't a third round, wasn't the second rounder. They start 557 00:30:14,080 --> 00:30:17,640 Speaker 1: talking about your boy in the first round, high first round, 558 00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:22,440 Speaker 1: as high ass number fifteen, And then there's a moment 559 00:30:22,480 --> 00:30:26,360 Speaker 1: of truth. There is a day, the actual draft day, 560 00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:29,480 Speaker 1: and for that draft day, and for me to tell 561 00:30:29,520 --> 00:30:31,920 Speaker 1: you those stories, you're gonna have to tune in tomorrow 562 00:30:31,920 --> 00:30:34,560 Speaker 1: because tomorrow is actually Draft Day. I just wanted to 563 00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:37,600 Speaker 1: take you on the road to the draft as I did, 564 00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:41,840 Speaker 1: full of fun, full of anxiety, full of pressure, but 565 00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:45,840 Speaker 1: full of excitement for your dreams to become a reality. Tomorrow, 566 00:30:45,920 --> 00:30:48,600 Speaker 1: I'll tell you how it was on Draft Day, my 567 00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:53,320 Speaker 1: Draft day party, and how your world immediately changes, especially 568 00:30:53,360 --> 00:30:56,200 Speaker 1: those around you, as soon as you hear your name called. 569 00:30:56,400 --> 00:30:58,200 Speaker 1: All right, y'all, y'all know how we finish every show. 570 00:30:58,240 --> 00:31:03,600 Speaker 1: We finished with a why ism. Don't take life too seriously, 571 00:31:04,040 --> 00:31:07,320 Speaker 1: You'll never get out of it alive. He ain't lying. 572 00:31:07,520 --> 00:31:09,600 Speaker 1: Don't take life too seriously, you never get out of 573 00:31:09,680 --> 00:31:12,440 Speaker 1: it alive. You know what? This made me think of 574 00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:16,840 Speaker 1: Jamie Fox right now? And Jamie Fox doesn't strike anybody 575 00:31:16,880 --> 00:31:19,360 Speaker 1: as someone who takes it too seriously, right. I know, 576 00:31:19,480 --> 00:31:23,840 Speaker 1: Jamie Fox, good dude, good, good dude, like love to 577 00:31:23,880 --> 00:31:25,920 Speaker 1: live though I've been knowing that dude for like thirty 578 00:31:25,920 --> 00:31:28,480 Speaker 1: some years. Boy talking about living life to the fullest, 579 00:31:28,680 --> 00:31:32,880 Speaker 1: Jamie Fox. But Jamie Fox got money, he has fame. 580 00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:37,760 Speaker 1: Jamie Fox might be the most talented human being ever 581 00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:40,880 Speaker 1: to live. Like the dude can sing, he's funny, he 582 00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:45,920 Speaker 1: can act like his levels in the columns that he 583 00:31:46,080 --> 00:31:50,080 Speaker 1: actually possesses in talent, I think second to none. Right, 584 00:31:50,480 --> 00:31:54,360 Speaker 1: But all sudden medical condition, all sudden we of Jamie 585 00:31:54,400 --> 00:31:56,840 Speaker 1: Fox finally wakes up. You hear all the news of 586 00:31:56,880 --> 00:32:00,240 Speaker 1: his health right now, and it's crazy, right like all 587 00:32:00,240 --> 00:32:02,360 Speaker 1: that stuff, because I know there's a person out there 588 00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:04,360 Speaker 1: that's like, oh my god, it would be great to 589 00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:07,080 Speaker 1: be so and so. But then you gotta think so 590 00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:10,000 Speaker 1: and so has all these amazing things and still have 591 00:32:10,160 --> 00:32:12,880 Speaker 1: their own set of problems. Right, So when you going 592 00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:15,840 Speaker 1: through your situation, you're going through your problems, whatever it is, 593 00:32:16,560 --> 00:32:20,120 Speaker 1: This too shall pass. Don't take life too seriously. You 594 00:32:20,280 --> 00:32:23,280 Speaker 1: never get out of it alive. Enjoy these moments, even 595 00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:27,160 Speaker 1: enjoy the struggle, Enjoy the pain, Enjoy the lessons that 596 00:32:27,240 --> 00:32:31,000 Speaker 1: you're supposed to learn from going through that adversity. All right, y'all, 597 00:32:31,160 --> 00:32:34,080 Speaker 1: So don't take life too seriously. You never get out 598 00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:35,000 Speaker 1: of it alive. 599 00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:36,920 Speaker 2: All right, y'all. That's gonna do it. 600 00:32:36,960 --> 00:32:38,920 Speaker 1: For More to It, check the show notes for all 601 00:32:38,920 --> 00:32:41,920 Speaker 1: the information on our topics today. Today y'all want to 602 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:44,200 Speaker 1: keep the conversation going, let's talk. Find me on all 603 00:32:44,280 --> 00:32:47,040 Speaker 1: socials at Marcel's Walley. More to It is a production 604 00:32:47,520 --> 00:32:51,080 Speaker 1: Dan Patrick production, That Dude Entertainment and Workhouse Media. 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