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Speaker 1: Levels to This is an iHeart women's sports production in

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Speaker 1: partnership with Deep Blue Sports and Entertainment. You can find

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Speaker 2: Hey, everybody, it's your girl, Tarrica Fosster Brassby.

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Speaker 3: What's up, y'all?

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Speaker 1: It's your girl Cheryl Swoops Hey now.

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Speaker 2: And this is the levels to this podcast. This is

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Speaker 2: the show where we share that there is levels to the.

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Speaker 3: Ship that women go through.

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Speaker 2: And so we've got a great show lined up for

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Speaker 2: you today. We have a special guest that we cannot

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Speaker 2: wait to chat with.

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Speaker 3: But first, Suyl, I know that.

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Speaker 2: We both just kind of got back from Nashville like

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Speaker 2: we were having a well, li A'm gonna speak for you,

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Speaker 2: but I had a ball.

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Speaker 4: In the street.

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Speaker 3: I had a ball. But you know why, I.

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Speaker 2: Really, I really had a ball in Tennessee because my

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Speaker 2: baby's lives in Nashville. Okay, she's a student at Tennessee

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Speaker 2: State University. She's a junior, and I don't get a

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Speaker 2: chance to kick it with babysys as often as I

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Speaker 2: would like because she's in Tennessee. And when I'm not traveling,

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Speaker 2: I live in Connecticut, so neither one of us live

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Speaker 2: in Detroit anymore.

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Speaker 3: So I really enjoyed the two weeks that I was there.

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Speaker 2: I was there that I got a chance to kick

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Speaker 2: it with babysys, to introduce her to some folks.

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Speaker 3: The women at AU.

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Speaker 2: When they found out that my sister was working in

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Speaker 2: the pro shop, they was going up there buying stuff

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Speaker 2: from her.

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Speaker 3: I said, y'all better brot her commission up.

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Speaker 4: They was getting that good discount.

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Speaker 3: Getting that okay, cause you know, you know how, you

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Speaker 3: know how.

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Speaker 4: We are okay going to give to that little discount,

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Speaker 4: go and get that.

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Speaker 3: Little shirt, that little shirt right there, put it on her.

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Speaker 4: So yeah, we will do something like that.

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Speaker 1: We should, we all, but you should, like I get it,

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Speaker 1: like anytime I have time. So like when AU was

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Speaker 1: in Dallas last year, right my brother lives there, so

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Speaker 1: it was an opportunity for me to hang out with him,

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Speaker 1: kick it with him.

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Speaker 3: So I totally get it.

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Speaker 1: But not to mention the fact T that, like I

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Speaker 1: go to Instagram X whatever the hell we calling it nowadays,

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Speaker 3: Sad and T t you just.

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Speaker 4: Gave them a whole.

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Speaker 1: Different side of Tarika Foster, Brasbee and Nashville.

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Speaker 3: I saw that the country karaoke and going a y.

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Speaker 2: Okay, she she wor a why she were a why,

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Speaker 3: Gap to any environment okay, and then environment.

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Speaker 2: I would have my boots on the ground. I had

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Speaker 2: my country girl lying dance going on there. Come tell

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Speaker 2: me nothing out here with these birds, tore a broad

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Speaker 2: good time. Shout out to my homeboy, miles of my

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Speaker 2: homeboy owing. They came out with me and they was

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Speaker 2: like tea, we are going out every single day. And

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Speaker 2: I said, I'm forty, but I'm gonna catch I'm gonna

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Speaker 2: keep it up.

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Speaker 3: And I sure and I sure did.

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Speaker 2: We experienced We experienced Nashville, Okay, slows your ass down,

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Speaker 2: so don't be putting.

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Speaker 3: I acted up.

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Speaker 4: Okay.

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Speaker 2: Then my home girl Christina came out the weekend and

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Speaker 2: I said, well, let's keep the party going then, So

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Speaker 2: you know, we went from we went from the white

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Speaker 2: we at the hook A Lounge at this.

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Speaker 1: Point, so we we doing we threw it everything. That's

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Speaker 1: what I said, Like, it doesn't matter you you were

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Speaker 1: you for real. Oudam blame, but let me just say,

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Speaker 1: you know, the first year of AYU and I was

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Speaker 1: Year three in Dallas, year four in Nashville, and I

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Speaker 1: felt like AU home. This is where it's supposed to be.

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Speaker 1: absolutely loved the four weeks that I spent with AU

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Speaker 3: Great city.

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Speaker 2: One hundred percent agree it was. It felt inviting from

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Speaker 2: you and I both being at the kickoffs breakfast that

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Speaker 2: was held on National Women and Growling Sports Day, all

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Speaker 2: the way through to the finals closing ceremony, and then

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Speaker 2: the excitement around the announcement that AU will be returning

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Speaker 2: to Nashville in twenty twenty five.

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Speaker 3: They have great ambassadors.

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Speaker 4: I know, I know that's good.

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Speaker 2: Isabelle Harrison was amazing. Alicia Clark to you know, Dory Harrison.

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Speaker 2: you know, we called Isabelle Harrison, that's the mayor in

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Speaker 3: Was let me tell you this story real quick.

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Speaker 2: So we went out to dinner, right, It was me,

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Speaker 3: But we're hungry. We hungry, We ain't gotta know where

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Speaker 2: This? No, this was like maybe ten Okay, that's late

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Speaker 3: But it wasn't lately. It wasn't lately.

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Speaker 4: I got it wasn't late enough.

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Speaker 2: So it's been forty minutes at this point, right, I'd

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Speaker 3: Who do we see walk in the door. It's a

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Speaker 2: And we say, hey, is he what's going on? And

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Speaker 3: We can put them at.

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Speaker 2: Table one on nine. So you don't have us waiting

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Speaker 3: We got a table, Oh my god, you Liza, she

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Speaker 5: You know what?

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Speaker 6: You know? What is?

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Speaker 4: He said?

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Speaker 3: Do you know who I am? Do you know who

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Speaker 3: I am? And let me tell you who else asked

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Speaker 3: us if we know who they was?

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Speaker 2: Who might maybe somebody by the name of Madison's Secrets

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Speaker 2: not made for the moment, Honey, don't play no games.

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Speaker 4: Maddie, the made for the moment.

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Speaker 3: The big Maddie's Secrets.

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Speaker 4: Do you know who I am? Yes, Maddie, Yes, ma'am.

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Speaker 2: You need to know who she is, and we're excited

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Speaker 2: to have her on the show today. So if you

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Speaker 2: about who she is today. So on that note, let's

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Speaker 2: take it to the next level.

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Speaker 3: Joining us this week.

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Speaker 2: I am so thrilled and so is Cheryl to have

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Speaker 2: the twenty twenty five athletes unlimited champion Mattie.

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Speaker 1: Road.

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Speaker 3: The crowd goes wild.

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Speaker 5: Thanks for having me. I'm excited to be here.

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Speaker 1: Listen, Maddie, I am so glad you could make time

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Speaker 2: Okay, so let's start with the obvious elephant in the room.

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Speaker 2: You are officially the first AU champion to be a

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Speaker 2: returning player, because for some odd reason, all the other

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Speaker 2: You killed the game last year. This year, you came

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Speaker 2: You know, obviously the goal coming into AU this year

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Speaker 3: But what was different come into AU this year then

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Speaker 7: Well, I think for me last year, honestly it was great.

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Speaker 7: You say that you really probably want top five, but

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Speaker 3: You really want the top really want to ward.

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Speaker 7: But it was cool, of course, but my mindset was like,

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Speaker 7: winning the quarters are, even like you could be up

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Speaker 7: all four every time. So I think that mindset definitely

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Speaker 1: So listen, what you're saying is you can't just be

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Speaker 5: A little bit, yeah, a lot.

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Speaker 7: They're always like, oh, do you look at the leaderboard

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Speaker 7: the plus minus? I personally don't because I would lose

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Maddie, you made me nervous when the game started.

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Speaker 2: What you mentioned a moment ago that you didn't get

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Speaker 5: So I think the facilitators were great for that.

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Speaker 2: For the record, before you go cher, oh yeah, Maddi's

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Speaker 7: It was a super team. Me izy oh Maya. I

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Speaker 3: Remember like space jam I was like, oh, this is

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Speaker 1: So here's the thing that like blows my mind to

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Speaker 5: Yeah, it was definitely wild.

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Speaker 7: I had my list. You always had your list. Okay,

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Speaker 1: So Maddie, you know, I don't know if you know

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Speaker 1: then here we are third quarter. You have your double double,

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Speaker 1: because that's what you do. But coming into this season,

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Speaker 7: Yeah, definitely just being more aggressive as a whole. I

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Speaker 4: I'm a fan of Maddie.

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Speaker 3: I appreciate it.

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Speaker 7: I appreciate it, and I think you know, as obviously

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Speaker 7: never going to make that shot. Yes, especially when you're limited.

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Speaker 7: It's like, I'd rather go zero for three, but I

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Speaker 2: For you to say, Owen three as efficient as you

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Speaker 3: Just when I look at the numbers. I'm a numbers girl.

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Speaker 7: I think knowing like what you're good at, being like, okay,

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Speaker 5: Because once you see the ball going or you know,

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Speaker 2: The cool thing about AU is that because you get

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Speaker 7: I didn't get to play with Tie or Alicia Clark.

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Speaker 7: like you know, it's just my finish my second year,

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Speaker 5: To do it?

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Speaker 1: And you mentioned if this is your second season. For

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Speaker 7: I think that it's a great opportunity to play five

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Speaker 5: You love your team. It's three games. So your role

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Speaker 7: There's sometimes, like we've seen a million times, like players

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Speaker 7: So it's like, yeah, you get to see so many

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Speaker 7: throughout a w season, or if you're trying to make

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Speaker 7: a season.

445
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Speaker 5: You're bouncing around teams like your role is going to

446
00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:44,600
Speaker 5: be different.

447
00:19:44,640 --> 00:19:47,080
Speaker 4: So this is a great opportunity to just be able.

448
00:19:46,880 --> 00:19:49,600
Speaker 7: To do different things and show like, Okay, you know what,

449
00:19:49,640 --> 00:19:51,240
Speaker 7: we have a lot of scores this week, I'm gonna

450
00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:53,280
Speaker 7: rebound the ball. I'm gonna be the best defender, or

451
00:19:53,440 --> 00:19:55,199
Speaker 7: I'm gonna try to guard this player because you know,

452
00:19:55,240 --> 00:19:56,840
Speaker 7: she's the best player I ever guarded. And I think

453
00:19:56,880 --> 00:19:59,159
Speaker 7: that's really cool to be able to play with and

454
00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:02,399
Speaker 7: against so many different players in such a short amount

455
00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:02,680
Speaker 7: of time.

456
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I know one hundred percent.

457
00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:10,359
Speaker 2: So now that AU is over, where is our focus?

458
00:20:10,600 --> 00:20:13,560
Speaker 3: What are we doing to pass the time between.

459
00:20:13,800 --> 00:20:18,280
Speaker 2: Now that AU's done and training camp for the Dallas Wings.

460
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Speaker 7: Yesterday, I actually have been pushing it off. But I'm

461
00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:22,360
Speaker 7: getting married next fall.

462
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Speaker 5: A w C.

463
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Speaker 4: I knew that, you know what.

464
00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:25,040
Speaker 5: I knew that.

465
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Speaker 1: I didn't know when, but I saw the engagement congratulations,

466
00:20:31,840 --> 00:20:33,920
Speaker 1: So her hands are full, basically tail.

467
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Speaker 7: So I went to Clinklin Feled yesterday to get my

468
00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:39,800
Speaker 7: wedding dress. I've been pushing it off because I knew

469
00:20:39,840 --> 00:20:42,480
Speaker 7: the dress I wanted, and I just I was like, okay,

470
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Speaker 7: and I kept telling my mom. I was like, as

471
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Speaker 7: soon as they used done, I promise we'll do wedding stuff.

472
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Speaker 4: So, yes, you know what she said.

473
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Speaker 1: I'm sorry, Maddie, she said, as soon as I get

474
00:20:50,440 --> 00:20:53,359
Speaker 1: this bag from au We're gonna go.

475
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Speaker 4: Shopping for definitely.

476
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Speaker 5: I'm like, okay, now.

477
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Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, yeah, So that was that's.

478
00:21:00,280 --> 00:21:03,879
Speaker 7: For the immediate and then I'm doing player development at Lenova,

479
00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:05,960
Speaker 7: so we're going right to the biggiest tournament tomorrow.

480
00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:07,400
Speaker 5: Shift into that.

481
00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:09,679
Speaker 7: Player development role a little bit, and then you know,

482
00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:12,359
Speaker 7: just keep training. Hopefully you're going on vacation maybe in

483
00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:14,399
Speaker 7: the end of the month and Villanova season's over. Go

484
00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:16,960
Speaker 7: somewhere warm for a few days, but just train, just

485
00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:19,720
Speaker 7: get ready. I'm excited, obviously a lot of new teammates

486
00:21:19,760 --> 00:21:21,600
Speaker 7: in Dallas. I can't wait to get there, but just

487
00:21:21,640 --> 00:21:23,080
Speaker 7: trying to enjoy the time in between.

488
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Speaker 2: So I'm going back to this wedding, honey, because I

489
00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:29,640
Speaker 2: love the wedding okay, But more important than a good

490
00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:32,399
Speaker 2: wedding is a hell of a good bachelorette party.

491
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Speaker 3: So I'm just throwing my name out there that if

492
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Speaker 3: you need.

493
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Speaker 4: Some No, no, we're not calling it.

494
00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:49,320
Speaker 2: Complete bachelorette party planner, but no, that's incredibly exciting. I

495
00:21:49,359 --> 00:21:51,639
Speaker 2: can't imagine how difficult it is trying to plan a

496
00:21:51,680 --> 00:21:55,679
Speaker 2: wedding in between a basketball season, in between coaching, Like

497
00:21:56,280 --> 00:22:00,000
Speaker 2: mom and family has the hands full? Have you guys

498
00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:01,760
Speaker 2: picked the date? You got the date?

499
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Speaker 5: Yes?

500
00:22:03,040 --> 00:22:06,000
Speaker 7: So it's like the first week in November of right

501
00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:09,520
Speaker 7: after like our season. And he's a basketball coach. He

502
00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:12,879
Speaker 7: coached at Drexel in Philly, so right before his season,

503
00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:13,840
Speaker 7: right after my season.

504
00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:16,280
Speaker 5: Because I'm like, we had a small window.

505
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Speaker 7: Yeah. So I'm like, I'd rather come off the season,

506
00:22:22,080 --> 00:22:23,240
Speaker 7: get married and enjoy it.

507
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Speaker 5: I'm like, i can't get married and then go right

508
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Speaker 5: to training camp.

509
00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:29,040
Speaker 4: I'm like no, So listen.

510
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Speaker 1: So we were fortunate enough to meet your mom, your dad,

511
00:22:32,640 --> 00:22:37,359
Speaker 1: and your sister at AU this past week. And my

512
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Speaker 1: question for you is, because dad's a big man, Dad

513
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Speaker 1: did approve, I'm.

514
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Speaker 5: Assuming, oh, yeah, for sure?

515
00:22:44,560 --> 00:22:47,760
Speaker 4: Ye want to cross daddy? Yeah?

516
00:22:48,119 --> 00:22:50,040
Speaker 3: Daddy about six seven we're not playing with.

517
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Speaker 5: That playing games. But no, they all love Steve. Luckily,

518
00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:55,960
Speaker 5: I'm one of four.

519
00:22:56,080 --> 00:22:58,960
Speaker 3: So he got we're giving shout out.

520
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Speaker 7: Yeah, yeah, shout out out.

521
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Speaker 3: He's I love that.

522
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Speaker 2: No.

523
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Speaker 1: But so, Maddy, I got a chance to talk to

524
00:23:05,800 --> 00:23:08,720
Speaker 1: your to your mom and your dad. Your dad was

525
00:23:08,760 --> 00:23:09,840
Speaker 1: a baller himself.

526
00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:11,239
Speaker 5: Yes, he was all right.

527
00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:15,399
Speaker 1: And is that who you learned your your basketball skills from?

528
00:23:15,520 --> 00:23:18,120
Speaker 5: Yeah, definitely. So he played at Marist.

529
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Speaker 4: In back in the day.

530
00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:21,440
Speaker 5: Yeah, back back in the day.

531
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Speaker 7: Back then, and he was he just says he was

532
00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:29,280
Speaker 7: a grip player, charges, rebounder, defender. So he was like

533
00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:31,480
Speaker 7: when I was little, he was like, Nope, you're going

534
00:23:31,560 --> 00:23:32,479
Speaker 7: to be a skill player.

535
00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:33,919
Speaker 5: You're gonna be like a shooter.

536
00:23:34,119 --> 00:23:35,960
Speaker 7: I want you to have like all the skills, like

537
00:23:36,040 --> 00:23:37,960
Speaker 7: so you don't have to take a million charges, which

538
00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:40,560
Speaker 7: is hilarious that that was his mindset. But he was like,

539
00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:43,240
Speaker 7: you're gonna be tall because my mom's like, she's not.

540
00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:43,879
Speaker 5: Sure, but she's not.

541
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Speaker 7: She was a cheer leader, so yeah, basketball in her,

542
00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:50,200
Speaker 7: but she would. He was like, no, we need you

543
00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:52,080
Speaker 7: to have guard skills because they're just gonna throw you in,

544
00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:54,320
Speaker 7: you know as a center, like growing up. Obviously you're

545
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Speaker 7: gonna be the tallest in Pepsie, New York, c YO.

546
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Speaker 7: So he's like, no, we're gonna make sure that you

547
00:23:58,760 --> 00:24:00,600
Speaker 7: can be a guard. And luck, you know it was

548
00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:03,200
Speaker 7: good because then you know it's translated pretty good because

549
00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:06,000
Speaker 7: of the center. I'm not sure how good I would

550
00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:06,399
Speaker 7: have been.

551
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Speaker 3: That makes tons of sense.

552
00:24:09,119 --> 00:24:10,080
Speaker 4: Yeah, I love that.

553
00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:11,840
Speaker 3: I absolutely love that.

554
00:24:12,359 --> 00:24:15,760
Speaker 2: So now that you are getting into some player development

555
00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:18,760
Speaker 2: at Villanova, I'm very excited about this because there are

556
00:24:18,800 --> 00:24:21,560
Speaker 2: a lot of players now who are starting to touch

557
00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:24,280
Speaker 2: their roots a little bit into the coaching space. Right,

558
00:24:24,560 --> 00:24:26,840
Speaker 2: do you think that in your career is very early,

559
00:24:26,920 --> 00:24:31,040
Speaker 2: so we not at all talking about post basketball, but

560
00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:34,239
Speaker 2: just a little bit. Do you think that, you know,

561
00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:37,720
Speaker 2: coaching may be something that you could consider yourself getting

562
00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:40,520
Speaker 2: into twenty years down the line when when you're done

563
00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:41,399
Speaker 2: playing basketball.

564
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Speaker 5: I think so.

565
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Speaker 7: I definitely know that when I stopped playing basketball, I

566
00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:47,119
Speaker 7: won't be able to walk away, Like you know, I

567
00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:49,120
Speaker 7: love it too much. Scheme has given me too much

568
00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:51,199
Speaker 7: that I'm gonna, of course, always want to be in

569
00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:53,880
Speaker 7: it somehow. Yeah, So I think, you know, coaching has

570
00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:55,880
Speaker 7: been really fun. Last year I did a little more

571
00:24:55,920 --> 00:24:59,240
Speaker 7: like administrative stuff at Villanova, like similar, but like more

572
00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:02,440
Speaker 7: like how everything works, which was crazy because I never

573
00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:04,439
Speaker 7: realized that as a player how much goes into it.

574
00:25:05,040 --> 00:25:06,159
Speaker 5: But actually being.

575
00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:07,720
Speaker 7: Able to work with the players and be like, wow,

576
00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:09,920
Speaker 7: we practice that and you just did it like okay,

577
00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:12,360
Speaker 7: Like and I totally get when coaches lose their mine

578
00:25:12,440 --> 00:25:13,200
Speaker 7: now and they're like.

579
00:25:13,119 --> 00:25:15,440
Speaker 5: I did that one hundred times.

580
00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:17,479
Speaker 7: And now I'm like I was at I was at

581
00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:19,520
Speaker 7: use my left hand.

582
00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:24,320
Speaker 1: Yeah, but it does give you a different appreciation for coaches.

583
00:25:24,240 --> 00:25:27,280
Speaker 5: Right, oh definitely, And like, yeah, do my own workout.

584
00:25:27,280 --> 00:25:31,000
Speaker 7: It's like quality over quantity definitely, like seeing like, Okay,

585
00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:33,800
Speaker 7: if you're only going to shoot the ball correctly twenty times,

586
00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:35,600
Speaker 7: then you should just do it twenty times and just

587
00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:38,280
Speaker 7: go downstairs and lift because that's not the next one

588
00:25:38,359 --> 00:25:40,240
Speaker 7: hundred reps that are going to be terrible are not

589
00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:42,080
Speaker 7: going to help you. And like seeing that with my

590
00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:44,600
Speaker 7: own workouts, like I feel like I'm able to adjust

591
00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:46,760
Speaker 7: and be like okay, like you're gonna stop, you better

592
00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:48,720
Speaker 7: either get a water break or like go back to

593
00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:51,119
Speaker 7: form shooting for a second, which is like a funny

594
00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:53,840
Speaker 7: like perspective that I didn't have before. Like actually being

595
00:25:53,840 --> 00:25:54,960
Speaker 7: able to work with the players.

596
00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:59,840
Speaker 2: I really feel like that perception is coupled with what

597
00:25:59,880 --> 00:26:03,359
Speaker 2: you do at Athletes Unlimited. And I have heard, like,

598
00:26:03,480 --> 00:26:06,240
Speaker 2: you know, last year or year before last. Actually I

599
00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:08,840
Speaker 2: talked to Kurt Miller and he would tell me about

600
00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:11,720
Speaker 2: how Djna Quarantine, for example, is a player who just

601
00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:16,000
Speaker 2: completely changed their mindset and being coachable once they were

602
00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:18,720
Speaker 2: done playing with AU. Same thing with someone like Nas

603
00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:22,479
Speaker 2: Hillman for example. And so you having been a captain

604
00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:24,959
Speaker 2: three times in AU, having to put on your coach's

605
00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:28,840
Speaker 2: hat and so many terms, and then going over to Villanova,

606
00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:31,800
Speaker 2: it just feels like those things couple together to kind

607
00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:33,760
Speaker 2: of make things a bit more easier for you to

608
00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:36,080
Speaker 2: see the coach's perspective as a player.

609
00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:38,320
Speaker 3: But now you're getting ready to go into a.

610
00:26:38,280 --> 00:26:41,040
Speaker 2: Season with Dallas where you will have a new coach

611
00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:42,920
Speaker 2: and Chris coklanis Chris is my guy.

612
00:26:43,080 --> 00:26:45,080
Speaker 3: What excites you about working with Chris?

613
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Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean I'm super excited. Obviously got to meet

614
00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:50,320
Speaker 7: him for the first time. Wheney came out to AU

615
00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:52,840
Speaker 7: because the day had the press conference in Dallas, there

616
00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:55,600
Speaker 7: was a snowstorm, so yeah, no no flights from Philly

617
00:26:55,720 --> 00:26:58,879
Speaker 7: no flights anywhere, we're getting to Dallas. So being able

618
00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:01,119
Speaker 7: to meet him and actually like, you know, talk to

619
00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:04,120
Speaker 7: him after the game, grabbed dinner, grab lunch was great

620
00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:05,879
Speaker 7: and he seems like a super cool guy but like

621
00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:09,720
Speaker 7: a super high IQ basketball guy as well, which is great. Like,

622
00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:12,640
Speaker 7: obviously that's something I've prided myself in, so being able

623
00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:14,320
Speaker 7: to like talk the game a little bit and be

624
00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:16,920
Speaker 7: like we want told players and seeing that, like I'm

625
00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:19,600
Speaker 7: so excited about new teammates, like to get there and

626
00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:20,479
Speaker 7: like see the pieces.

627
00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:22,600
Speaker 5: Because obviously it was a crazy free agency I.

628
00:27:22,520 --> 00:27:28,879
Speaker 7: Think, oh, yeah, understatement, Yeah, I'm just super excited to

629
00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:30,640
Speaker 7: get there. I think, you know, he brings a great

630
00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:33,720
Speaker 7: new perspective to Dallas obviously, along with some great players.

631
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Speaker 1: Yeah, Maddie, you talked about free agency the Dallas Wings.

632
00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:42,359
Speaker 1: You guys will pretty much have a completely new team, right.

633
00:27:44,960 --> 00:27:48,159
Speaker 3: I think that's it, right?

634
00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:49,159
Speaker 5: I think so?

635
00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:50,720
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think so too.

636
00:27:50,960 --> 00:27:53,600
Speaker 1: But in looking at free agency, I'm not going to

637
00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:55,840
Speaker 1: ask you to say which player you're most excited about

638
00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:56,680
Speaker 1: playing with because.

639
00:27:56,480 --> 00:27:58,000
Speaker 4: Y'all got some good pieces.

640
00:27:58,480 --> 00:28:04,560
Speaker 1: But what without practicing, right, what do you think the

641
00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:07,440
Speaker 1: identity of this Dallas Wings team will.

642
00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:09,880
Speaker 4: Be and how far can you guys go.

643
00:28:10,520 --> 00:28:13,440
Speaker 1: I'm saying the playoffs because I am saying you guys

644
00:28:13,440 --> 00:28:14,520
Speaker 1: are gonna make the playoffs.

645
00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:16,040
Speaker 4: How far did you guys go?

646
00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:16,680
Speaker 5: As well?

647
00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:19,200
Speaker 7: That's always a goal. I think playoffs you gotta you know,

648
00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:21,560
Speaker 7: if you're not believing that on day one, then you

649
00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:25,040
Speaker 7: know you got bigger problems. So that's definitely going with

650
00:28:25,119 --> 00:28:28,960
Speaker 7: that mentality for sure. But I mean definitely versatile. I'm excited.

651
00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:31,480
Speaker 7: It's all players I played against. But I think like

652
00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:34,600
Speaker 7: we got some tough players, like tough mentally, tough physically,

653
00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:36,760
Speaker 7: and I think gritty and I think that's the word

654
00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:39,840
Speaker 7: I think I would use, is like gritty and a leader,

655
00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:42,280
Speaker 7: like a rique. I think you know, the sky's the limit,

656
00:28:42,440 --> 00:28:43,000
Speaker 7: I really know.

657
00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:46,800
Speaker 2: Yeah, not only excited about this team, Tam, I'm saying

658
00:28:46,840 --> 00:28:49,719
Speaker 2: we talked about it in a previous episode about how

659
00:28:49,880 --> 00:28:53,600
Speaker 2: high we are on Dallas and that not only do

660
00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:55,920
Speaker 2: you guys have a great core that you brought in

661
00:28:55,960 --> 00:29:00,320
Speaker 2: from free agency, but y'all got some draft picks. So

662
00:29:00,760 --> 00:29:04,320
Speaker 2: the potential there to bring in or possibly play alongside

663
00:29:04,360 --> 00:29:07,240
Speaker 2: of Paige Becker's or Olivia Mouse or whoever. We don't

664
00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:11,600
Speaker 2: know obviously, but there's just so much opportunity there. I'm

665
00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:14,600
Speaker 2: just incredibly excited about the future for you all. And

666
00:29:14,840 --> 00:29:16,960
Speaker 2: Dallas is gonna get a new stadium soon, like you

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Speaker 2: guys are gonna be.

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Speaker 3: Moving right yay.

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Speaker 5: I know.

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Speaker 3: So there's a lot to be excited about.

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Speaker 2: But Maddie, before we let you go or get you

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Speaker 2: out of here, because we know you've got a business schedule,

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Speaker 2: just one want to take a moment to just continue

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Speaker 2: to say thank you for being not only a personable individual,

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Speaker 2: but you really have been I feel like one of

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Speaker 2: the players that people can really look to to say, hey,

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Speaker 2: like she does things the right way, she practices hard,

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Speaker 2: she works hard, she gives great interviews, like she's just

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Speaker 2: someone who I think that people can really look up to.

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Speaker 2: And so I appreciate you continuing to be that kind

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Speaker 2: of player. And also I want to stay here on

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Speaker 2: the record that when Chris koklan Is came to AU,

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Speaker 2: I pulled Chris to the thigh because I know Chris

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Speaker 2: from Connecticut, and I said, put my girl Maddie in

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Speaker 2: a game with playing.

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Speaker 5: I appreciate you, guys, so.

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Speaker 3: We saw a record. I'll be advocating.

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Speaker 5: Girl, thank you. I appreciate, no.

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Speaker 4: Doubt about it.

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Speaker 1: And I just have one last question before we wrap

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Speaker 1: it up and get out of here. Maddie, I don't

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Speaker 1: know how old you were when you started playing basketball.

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Speaker 5: How old were you like six? Six?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, but you have been around the game, You've watched

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Speaker 1: the game. What are your thoughts on the growth of

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Speaker 1: women's basketball right now and where we are?

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Speaker 5: Oh, I mean so like incredible.

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Speaker 7: I think of growing up in New York, Like we

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Speaker 7: went to a Liberty game Westchester County Center. Wasn't that

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Speaker 7: far from, you know, the small town I grew up there.

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Speaker 7: Just seeing like now being able to play in barkleys

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Speaker 7: in like a sould out crowd, It's like wow, Like

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Speaker 7: you know, I.

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Speaker 5: Was a little kid. It was like yeah, yes, yes,

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Speaker 5: you know, and I.

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Speaker 7: Was in you know, there's only a few players I recognized,

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Speaker 7: and it was like to be able to see how

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Speaker 7: much it's growing. I think it's great, and there's so

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Speaker 7: many good players that have really obviously paved the way,

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Speaker 7: and there's so many players that have paved the way,

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Speaker 7: and it's going to continue to grow. I think, like

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Speaker 7: I always say, like I'm so blessed to have gotten

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Speaker 7: to be playing when the time I am because like

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Speaker 7: just watching even March Madness grow through my time at

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Speaker 7: Villanova to now to enter the NBA and everyone's talking

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00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:28,080
Speaker 7: about the WNBA now, which is great. It's like five

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00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:30,280
Speaker 7: six years ago, maybe that wasn't always the case. There's

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Speaker 7: players point out and you'd be like, okay, like but

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Speaker 7: now it's like people are arguing about who's winning this game,

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Speaker 7: who's a better player, Like that's great for our game. Yeah,

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Speaker 7: it's been going on, you know, the NBA like forever,

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Speaker 7: the NFL every weekend. So now to be able to

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Speaker 7: have this and like the finals everybody's tuned in or

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Speaker 7: who's the number one pick going to be like that's great,

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Speaker 7: that's what we want.

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Speaker 5: So it's just so excited to be a part of it.

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Speaker 3: I love that.

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Speaker 2: I love that Maddy was one of the five people

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Speaker 2: who was at the Westchester Center because wasn't nobody out there.

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Speaker 5: I was there. The popcorn was great.

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Speaker 3: Maddie.

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Speaker 2: It's a pleasure to have you join us today. Thank

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Speaker 2: you so much for taking the time.

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Speaker 5: Of course, thank you guys for absolutely.

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Speaker 3: Congratulating your championship.

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Speaker 4: Thank you keep doing it, keep doing you.

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Speaker 1: We will be watching you this summer and stay healthy

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Speaker 1: and have a great season.

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Speaker 5: Thank you so much.

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Speaker 2: I cannot wait to see Maddie ball this season in

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Speaker 2: the Wing.

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Speaker 1: To bring it, Cheryl, But can I say this about

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Speaker 1: Maddie as if we didn't give her enough flowers and

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00:32:39,920 --> 00:32:43,800
Speaker 1: talk about her enough, Mattie. You know, people always talking

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Speaker 1: about swag, you know, like he she got swag. Maddie

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Speaker 1: has a silent swag if that makes it, Yes.

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Speaker 3: It does, you know what I mean?

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Speaker 1: Like she moves with intention all the time, and that

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Speaker 1: swag she plays is silent but deadly. And I too,

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Speaker 1: like you cannot wait to see what not only the

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00:33:07,560 --> 00:33:10,760
Speaker 1: Dallas Wings You're gonna do this season. But I think

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Speaker 1: this is gonna be Maddie's breakout season.

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Speaker 3: I really would agree with that.

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Speaker 2: She just gives me all of the vibes that which

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00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:21,480
Speaker 2: and I feel like it's the natural progression, right, Like, yeah,

756
00:33:21,560 --> 00:33:24,600
Speaker 2: rookie year, you know, rookie year, And I mean the

757
00:33:24,960 --> 00:33:27,200
Speaker 2: Wings were a fourth place team her rookie year, so

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00:33:27,280 --> 00:33:30,120
Speaker 2: it wasn't like her first season was a season of

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00:33:30,160 --> 00:33:33,280
Speaker 2: scrubs like they did. They were a playoff team that

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00:33:33,320 --> 00:33:36,880
Speaker 2: first year, and then last season was a year of growth.

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Speaker 3: There were injuries.

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Speaker 2: She dealt with injuries, but you could see that she

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00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:44,959
Speaker 2: was growing developing. Third year, You've got a full off season,

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Speaker 2: you got a chance to play five on five strongly Like,

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Speaker 2: it just feels like the natural progression from Maddie is

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Speaker 2: for this season.

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Speaker 3: New coach, new structure, new.

768
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Speaker 2: Gym, knew everything fresh, start to really go out there

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Speaker 2: and kill it. So I'm excited to see what Maddie

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00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:04,320
Speaker 2: is gonna do. I'm also very happy for her and

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Speaker 2: her upcoming nuptials. Mattie, I must still send you my

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Speaker 2: address this because the Bachelor red party.

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Speaker 3: Let me let me own that down for you girl,

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Speaker 3: I stay.

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Speaker 4: Away, Maddie. Yeah, but for congrats again to Maddie.

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Speaker 1: One hell of a season that au, and stay healthy

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Speaker 1: and best of luck this season.

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Speaker 3: Absolutely and so on that note. What's you got for

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Speaker 3: us today?

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Speaker 4: You know I got you.

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Speaker 1: You know people always saying check on your strong friends

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Speaker 1: at times, right, because your strong friends are the ones

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00:34:38,280 --> 00:34:40,319
Speaker 1: that always check on you, and no one checks on

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Speaker 1: the strong friends. I feel like I'm a strong friend

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Speaker 1: and sometimes I just need somebody to check on.

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Speaker 4: Me, right.

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Speaker 1: But also I think people think that by being strong,

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Speaker 1: like strength is showing you're strong all the time. So

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00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:56,480
Speaker 1: this quote, I don't know what's from, it's anonymous. It

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00:34:56,560 --> 00:35:02,880
Speaker 1: says strength isn't about never breaking, it's about always rebuilding.

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Speaker 3: That is a very good one.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, yes, yes, because we don't break at times, and

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Speaker 6: that doesn't mean we're not strong right when we break,

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Speaker 6: but it's always about picking yourself up and rebuilding and rebuilding.

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Speaker 3: Absolutely.

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Speaker 1: I hope that brings something to somebody on this lovely day.

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Speaker 3: I love that.

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Speaker 2: We gotta these folks gotta stop saying these things anonymously.

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Speaker 3: We want to give y'all.

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Speaker 2: Credit for the us in things that y'all are putting out.

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Speaker 2: So yes, thank you for helping to level us up today, Cheryl.

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Speaker 3: And on that note, we will be back.

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Speaker 2: Next week for more next level conversation just about the

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Speaker 2: real shit that we go through as women. And when

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Speaker 2: I tell you the episode coming up is quite literally

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Speaker 2: about the real shit that we go through as women,

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Speaker 2: you absolutely will not want to miss it. But understand,

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Speaker 2: it's not just our show. This this our show. So

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Speaker 2: we want to hear from you. Leave us a review

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Speaker 2: thought of this week's episode or what you may want

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