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Speaker 2: with Erin and Chrissa is a production of iHeartRadio. Hi

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Speaker 2: you guys, welcome back. Who was here last year? So

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Speaker 2: I just heard that do you guys have it so strong?

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Speaker 2: Are you single?

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Speaker 1: You are?

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Speaker 2: What's your name? Mike? What what are you looking for

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Speaker 2: I was so I was set up by Michael Strahan

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Speaker 2: with my husband, and now I'm going to return the

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Speaker 2: face Mike. If anyone is interested you, what's your height

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Speaker 2: if anyone's interested, Mike is strong and he is a man,

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Speaker 2: and then you guys, we'll figure it out. Right, guys,

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Speaker 2: This is so amazing, and thank you so much to

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Speaker 1: Hello, everybody, how are you all doing? Well?

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Speaker 2: He just how about my matchmaking skills? We're gonna find

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Speaker 1: That will be phenomenal. I'm really excited for Mike.

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Speaker 2: I've keped my pants. How impressive is this? So last

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Speaker 1: But also it doesn't help that I am an extremely

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Speaker 1: heavy sweater. Like so Gronk was talking about his shoes

437
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Speaker 1: triss and I'm sure the same. But I sweat like

438
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Speaker 1: an offensive lineman. But I'm one hundred pounds later and

439
00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:50,320
Speaker 1: it's they tell me that it's my body is like,

440
00:20:50,480 --> 00:20:52,760
Speaker 1: my circulation is really good. It's good for me. I

441
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Speaker 1: don't believe them, not at all. I don't believe them.

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Speaker 2: I mean, it is really good to sweat. Okay, so

443
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Speaker 2: give us it because you know I'm doing I love

444
00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:02,720
Speaker 2: obviously talking football, That's what I do for a living.

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Speaker 2: So give us a perspective. Chris, were you playing in

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Speaker 2: that game? I don't even remember if you were available

447
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Speaker 2: for that game. The week that we did Eagles Tampa

448
00:21:14,119 --> 00:21:18,240
Speaker 2: two years ago. Oh my god. Yes, that was the

449
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Speaker 2: hottest I've ever the hottest game I've ever worked.

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Speaker 1: It was ridiculous, But I don't remember being as hot

451
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Speaker 1: because we won.

452
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Speaker 2: Well, yeah, and they were throwing up on the side.

453
00:21:28,359 --> 00:21:29,840
Speaker 2: I mean it was a lot, so much so that

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Speaker 2: they changed their preparation for this year when they played

455
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Speaker 2: you guys, obviously, But so you talked about being a

456
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Speaker 2: big sweater. I knew this is exactly what you signed

457
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Speaker 2: up for when you came here to talk about your perspiration.

458
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Speaker 2: But Baker had an unbelievable line at the end of

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Speaker 2: that game where I said, just I was dying, how

460
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Speaker 2: hot was it for you guys? And he said I

461
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Speaker 2: changed my pants at the half. I mean, when you

462
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Speaker 2: are sweating that much, give us a centse Is it

463
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Speaker 2: harder to catch a ball? Like, how the hell do

464
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Speaker 2: you stay hydrated? These are all insane things we all

465
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Speaker 2: don't deal without our job.

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Speaker 1: Well, it's all of the above. It's harder to catch

467
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Speaker 1: the ball, it's harder to hold onto the ball, it's

468
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Speaker 1: harder to hydrate because I mean I feel like I

469
00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:13,480
Speaker 1: lose fluid's way faster than I can put them back,

470
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Speaker 1: especially like if it's a long drive, it's like you

471
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Speaker 1: have to be out on the field. It's really tough.

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Speaker 1: Baker said, he changed his pants at halftime.

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Speaker 2: Do you not to get personal?

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Speaker 1: But no, I changed my entire uniform.

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Speaker 2: You do, And is that because it's heavier when you run?

476
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Speaker 2: Or like, tell me.

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Speaker 1: Why it is a little bit heavier, because like the

478
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Speaker 1: uniform absorbs like a little bit of sweat, but it

479
00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:36,199
Speaker 1: just feels uncomfortable. And again, like if I'm trying to

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Speaker 1: carry the ball, like if I put it up against

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Speaker 1: my body and someone comes and hit it, if my

482
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Speaker 1: body is drenched in sweat, it's easier for it to

483
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Speaker 1: just like fall out. But I do that pretty much

484
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Speaker 1: the first half of the season. Like I changed my

485
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Speaker 1: entire uniform at halftime, and that's because of how much

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Speaker 1: I sweat.

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Speaker 2: Fascinating speaking of Baker, Well it is. I love stuff

488
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Speaker 2: like that. Also, it'll make me sound so good next

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Speaker 2: year week five, when we're here and Tom Brady acts

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Speaker 2: like he does know everything that I'll be like, well,

491
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Speaker 2: you know, Tom, they change their uniforms and at halftime. Okay,

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Speaker 2: so we mentioned Baker Mayfield one of my favorites in

493
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Speaker 2: your locker room, along with you and some other guys.

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Speaker 2: But I always whenever I talk about Baker, I like

495
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Speaker 2: to say he feels like America's quarterback and I and

496
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Speaker 2: I mean that because I want to go have a beer.

497
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Speaker 2: I still want to go have a beer with him.

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Speaker 2: I mean, he's just like a guy you know the

499
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Speaker 2: old days where you see the pictures of the quarterbacks

500
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Speaker 2: like smoking in the locker room. I'm not saying Bake's

501
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Speaker 2: light and one up, but I'm just saying like he

502
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Speaker 2: just and I feel like America roots for him. He's undersize,

503
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Speaker 2: he's got the fun chip on his shoulder. He's a dude.

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Speaker 2: What is it like to play with him?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm you got him right there. That's fun on

506
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Speaker 1: like that is I like to describe Baker as an

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Speaker 1: offensive lineman in a quarterback's.

508
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Speaker 2: Body or hockey player.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, exactly like it. But he is, like he's just

510
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Speaker 1: one of the guys. I think Bake does a phenomenal

511
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Speaker 1: job of blending in with whatever crowd that he's in,

512
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Speaker 1: Like he does a really good job of reading the room.

513
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Speaker 1: But also like he does a great job of connecting

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Speaker 1: with the people that are around him. And that's like

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Speaker 1: that's a real skill. He's so personable. But it's also

516
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Speaker 1: like he's very genuine Like he's a genuinely good person,

517
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Speaker 1: which is why I think people like Root from the

518
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Speaker 1: Kids is authentic. So what you see on the field,

519
00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:22,600
Speaker 1: what you see in the press conferences, that's who he is,

520
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Speaker 1: and I think people can feel that.

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Speaker 2: I was talking to DeVante Adams, a couple of times

522
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Speaker 2: wide receiver from the Los Angeles Rams, who is one

523
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Speaker 2: of the best guys, and he was talking about his quarterback,

524
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Speaker 2: Matthew Stafford, and some of the trash talking that he

525
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Speaker 2: does on the field, and DeVante was just saying he

526
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Speaker 2: didn't expect that from Matthew, and Matthew's like, I just

527
00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:49,879
Speaker 2: black out. I don't know what I'm saying. I've seen

528
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Speaker 2: and heard some of the things Baker has said, and

529
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Speaker 2: it's hysterical. How do you not laugh on the field

530
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Speaker 2: when you're trying to be just just a badass against

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Speaker 2: a defense.

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Speaker 1: I mean I I kind of do laugh, yeah, yeah,

533
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Speaker 1: Like and whenever out here big talking trash, Like if

534
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Speaker 1: if I catch it at the right moment, I'm laughing

535
00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:08,560
Speaker 1: in the huddle and then I'm like, yo, you you're

536
00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:11,840
Speaker 1: crazy as shit, man, crazy shit. But it's also like

537
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Speaker 1: I feel like offense a litman should probably be a

538
00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:15,240
Speaker 1: little mad at him too, because he'll talk trash to

539
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Speaker 1: like the defensive line, and it's like, why are you

540
00:25:16,840 --> 00:25:18,720
Speaker 1: making them mad? Like you're making my job way harder?

541
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Speaker 2: No kidding, Yeah, that's hilarious. So, like I mentioned, Tom

542
00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:36,919
Speaker 2: Brady used to play here, kind of see his picture around,

543
00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:40,760
Speaker 2: uh everywhere. Meeting him for the first time, I know

544
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Speaker 2: what my experience was like meeting for him. Meeting him

545
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Speaker 2: for the first time, I was so nervous. I was

546
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Speaker 2: actually doing a sit down interview and I didn't want

547
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Speaker 2: to smile because my lips were shaking and I didn't

548
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Speaker 2: want him to see that, so I just had a

549
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Speaker 2: serious look. And then afterwards I cried because I knew

550
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Speaker 2: it looks like an idiot. Were your lips shaking?

551
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Speaker 1: I think it might be a little stretch by this.

552
00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:08,080
Speaker 1: He look at me like, ces, what's calling on? Man?

553
00:26:08,119 --> 00:26:11,800
Speaker 1: And called Jason, we gotta get somebody else here.

554
00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:12,399
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, no.

555
00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:16,520
Speaker 1: No, not quite. But I kind of like it's almost

556
00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:18,600
Speaker 1: like you said, like a unicorn, like you're just not

557
00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:20,159
Speaker 1: sure if it's real, right.

558
00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:21,760
Speaker 2: Like, how the hell do you look that good and

559
00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:22,639
Speaker 2: not have wrinkles?

560
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't know if that was my thought to

561
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Speaker 1: be honest, but weird, but but I did leave the

562
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Speaker 1: throwing session. I was like, may he does throw a

563
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Speaker 1: nice ball, so.

564
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Speaker 2: Okay, this could work, this could work, This could work.

565
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Speaker 2: Tell me about that when you're operating on the field

566
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Speaker 2: with him, and I know, as being his teammate, and

567
00:26:44,119 --> 00:26:47,480
Speaker 2: what he demands from the broadcast, what he brings. I

568
00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:49,240
Speaker 2: don't want to screw up a report. I want to

569
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Speaker 2: be hilarious so I get a laugh out of him.

570
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Speaker 2: What kind of pressure does that put on you when

571
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Speaker 2: the goat comes to town and he's throwing you a ball, Like,

572
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Speaker 2: what does that do with your mindset?

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Speaker 1: I mean, honestly, it's not really a ton of like

574
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Speaker 1: extra pressure. I think because a lot of like he's

575
00:27:04,440 --> 00:27:06,480
Speaker 1: like minded to a lot of us, right, and a

576
00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:07,920
Speaker 1: lot of us that were on the team like at

577
00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:10,320
Speaker 1: that time, like we all wanted to be successful, we

578
00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:12,480
Speaker 1: all wanted to get the things that he had achieved,

579
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Speaker 1: and I think that's partially what brought him to town.

580
00:27:16,040 --> 00:27:18,359
Speaker 1: And so when he was here, it was kind of

581
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Speaker 1: like a like in the back of your mind, like

582
00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:22,320
Speaker 1: I just want to do you want to do the

583
00:27:22,359 --> 00:27:24,000
Speaker 1: right thing, Like you don't want to let your quarterback down.

584
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Speaker 1: And for me, that's that wasn't unique to him. That

585
00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:28,520
Speaker 1: was I don't want to any of my quarterbacks down.

586
00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:30,199
Speaker 1: I just want to be successful and I want to

587
00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:34,600
Speaker 1: like make the place right. But so whenever I was

588
00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:36,800
Speaker 1: going out there to make to go run the routes,

589
00:27:36,840 --> 00:27:38,520
Speaker 1: I'm like, I just got to make the play because

590
00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:40,119
Speaker 1: I gotta do it for my team and in for

591
00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:43,800
Speaker 1: of the community. But Tom, he also is a great guy,

592
00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:46,320
Speaker 1: and like he's not gonna apply that pressure to you,

593
00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:48,760
Speaker 1: Like you're not going to feel this intense pressure of

594
00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:51,960
Speaker 1: like you better make this play or else. Like no,

595
00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:55,560
Speaker 1: he like we practiced things so many times. We talk

596
00:27:55,640 --> 00:27:58,159
Speaker 1: about things in so many different meetings, and then we

597
00:27:58,200 --> 00:28:01,680
Speaker 1: have like our own players only meetings. So you wrap

598
00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:04,280
Speaker 1: it out so many times that you know what to do,

599
00:28:04,320 --> 00:28:05,800
Speaker 1: and then you go out there and it's just second

600
00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:06,359
Speaker 1: nature four you.

601
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Speaker 2: I remember in twenty twenty, which was a bizarre year

602
00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:13,120
Speaker 2: for all of us, whatever you did or wherever you were,

603
00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:16,040
Speaker 2: we would not do sit down interviews in person. I

604
00:28:16,080 --> 00:28:19,280
Speaker 2: actually did one with you over zoom over a TV

605
00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:22,800
Speaker 2: your run to the Super Bowl. And before I did

606
00:28:22,800 --> 00:28:25,560
Speaker 2: the interview, I texted Tom and I said, tell me

607
00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:27,840
Speaker 2: about Chris, what do you like? What can I ask him,

608
00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:29,760
Speaker 2: and he gave me a couple of things. Even now

609
00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:32,880
Speaker 2: before our games, when we do a game, Tom will

610
00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:35,359
Speaker 2: do a film session and he'll go over what he

611
00:28:35,560 --> 00:28:37,600
Speaker 2: likes or maybe what he doesn't like about a player.

612
00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:41,000
Speaker 2: You are always one he highlights and talks about literally says,

613
00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:45,080
Speaker 2: I love this guy. I love Chris. Was there anything

614
00:28:45,120 --> 00:28:49,440
Speaker 2: that you took from your time with him that you

615
00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:53,680
Speaker 2: apply now that if you hadn't had that experience you think?

616
00:28:57,760 --> 00:28:59,400
Speaker 1: I think the biggest thing is probably you.

617
00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:01,360
Speaker 2: Could say, no that he was a wasted time, but

618
00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:02,360
Speaker 2: that's fine.

619
00:29:02,160 --> 00:29:06,640
Speaker 1: Yet all yeah, it was a complete waste of time. No,

620
00:29:06,800 --> 00:29:09,720
Speaker 1: I think that we I would say the biggest thing

621
00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:14,920
Speaker 1: is just how the level of detail that you need

622
00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:17,800
Speaker 1: to pay, like the level of attention to the detail

623
00:29:17,840 --> 00:29:20,080
Speaker 1: that you need to have in order to be successful

624
00:29:20,120 --> 00:29:23,000
Speaker 1: at a high level. And it's like everybody at this

625
00:29:23,120 --> 00:29:25,640
Speaker 1: level is the best of the best, like they're best

626
00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:28,800
Speaker 1: in the world, and for like, for you to be

627
00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:31,800
Speaker 1: the absolute best in the winning championship, you can't. You

628
00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:34,680
Speaker 1: can't half asset. You can't do things the right way,

629
00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:36,880
Speaker 1: like some of the time you can not prepare the

630
00:29:37,440 --> 00:29:39,800
Speaker 1: right way has to be all the time and you

631
00:29:39,840 --> 00:29:41,720
Speaker 1: have to turn over every stone that you can in

632
00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:44,840
Speaker 1: order to be successful. Like I think there's a story

633
00:29:44,840 --> 00:29:48,000
Speaker 1: out there that about him before the Super Bowl, and

634
00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:51,640
Speaker 1: he was like, the two weeks between the NFC championship

635
00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:54,560
Speaker 1: game or the champion conference championship games rather and the

636
00:29:54,600 --> 00:29:57,440
Speaker 1: Super Bowl, he was watching film that entire two weeks

637
00:29:57,440 --> 00:30:00,520
Speaker 1: and like, we had our normal preparation and and the

638
00:30:00,640 --> 00:30:03,320
Speaker 1: very the night before the game, even going into the

639
00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:07,360
Speaker 1: morning of, he's texting out the video clips of the

640
00:30:07,400 --> 00:30:09,959
Speaker 1: opposing defense, like, Hey, this is what they're gonna do,

641
00:30:10,480 --> 00:30:12,680
Speaker 1: and like, like, I got these guys down to a t.

642
00:30:12,840 --> 00:30:14,440
Speaker 1: They're going to play us like this, and when they do,

643
00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:16,600
Speaker 1: we're going to run this and then we're gonna win

644
00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:20,280
Speaker 1: the championship. And sure enough, it played out just that way.

645
00:30:20,360 --> 00:30:22,800
Speaker 1: And just the love with detail that he had, you know,

646
00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:25,680
Speaker 1: is like I'm like that, That's why he's the best

647
00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:26,160
Speaker 1: to ever play.

648
00:30:27,640 --> 00:30:29,320
Speaker 2: Here's a couple of things he said about you.

649
00:30:31,440 --> 00:30:31,960
Speaker 1: Would be great.

650
00:30:32,520 --> 00:30:36,560
Speaker 2: He doesn't clean his closet. No, that's not true.

651
00:30:36,720 --> 00:30:37,520
Speaker 1: Very respectable.

652
00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:43,120
Speaker 2: Look, Chris is known as a complete wide receiver in

653
00:30:43,760 --> 00:30:48,200
Speaker 2: the league. And Tom was telling us and told me,

654
00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:51,640
Speaker 2: you know, that's with everything the route running, being tough

655
00:30:51,840 --> 00:30:53,680
Speaker 2: over the middle, which I know is a big one

656
00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:57,400
Speaker 2: for him. I've heard it multiple times. You block, yeah,

657
00:30:57,760 --> 00:31:01,600
Speaker 2: yards after catch, you're smart art, which is huge for him.

658
00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:04,760
Speaker 2: I'm not saying you guys need to get yards after

659
00:31:04,800 --> 00:31:06,920
Speaker 2: the catch or be tough in the middle, But in

660
00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:10,520
Speaker 2: your job, it's becoming the complete whatever it is you

661
00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:12,720
Speaker 2: do for a living. I feel like with me in

662
00:31:12,840 --> 00:31:15,880
Speaker 2: sideline reporting, Yeah, like I can give you a report

663
00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:18,800
Speaker 2: that he's never going to have a lower body injury

664
00:31:18,840 --> 00:31:22,560
Speaker 2: ever again in his career, and we'll be evaluated at

665
00:31:22,560 --> 00:31:25,240
Speaker 2: the half. But what else can I bring? What else

666
00:31:25,280 --> 00:31:27,520
Speaker 2: can I bring? How else can I be valuable to

667
00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:30,680
Speaker 2: the team like Chris's. It's not like he's just good

668
00:31:30,760 --> 00:31:32,800
Speaker 2: at catching the ball and can run it in for

669
00:31:32,840 --> 00:31:36,080
Speaker 2: a touchdown. He did all these other things that the

670
00:31:36,120 --> 00:31:41,960
Speaker 2: goat loved. When you were preparing for your career or

671
00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:44,280
Speaker 2: you wanted to become first of all, were you trying

672
00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:47,480
Speaker 2: to become a complete wide receiver as they call you?

673
00:31:47,600 --> 00:31:49,120
Speaker 2: Is this something you set out to do?

674
00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:49,320
Speaker 1: Like?

675
00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:51,360
Speaker 2: How did that happen for you in your life? I'm

676
00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:53,360
Speaker 2: just thinking of people that are trying to improve in

677
00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:56,160
Speaker 2: their jobs and become that person.

678
00:31:56,480 --> 00:31:58,000
Speaker 1: Yeah, I would say it was in the back of

679
00:31:58,040 --> 00:31:59,800
Speaker 1: my mind. It was a focus, Yeah, from the time

680
00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:01,920
Speaker 1: I was very young. And I think part of it

681
00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:05,240
Speaker 1: is just like my upbringing, just how my parents raised me.

682
00:32:05,360 --> 00:32:07,520
Speaker 1: But I think it was also how I got my

683
00:32:07,600 --> 00:32:10,560
Speaker 1: start in football. So like how my youth league kind

684
00:32:10,560 --> 00:32:13,080
Speaker 1: of operated. There was a weight limit, and when you

685
00:32:13,120 --> 00:32:15,240
Speaker 1: signed up to play football, it's either you were like

686
00:32:15,360 --> 00:32:18,120
Speaker 1: under the weight limit or you weren't. And if you weren't,

687
00:32:18,160 --> 00:32:20,520
Speaker 1: it wasn't that you couldn't play, but they put stripes

688
00:32:20,560 --> 00:32:22,880
Speaker 1: on your helmet. And so like let's say the weight

689
00:32:22,920 --> 00:32:26,360
Speaker 1: limit was was sixty five pounds. If you were under

690
00:32:26,360 --> 00:32:28,320
Speaker 1: sixty five pounds, there was no limit on what you

691
00:32:28,320 --> 00:32:30,120
Speaker 1: could do, or you can run the ball, you can

692
00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:32,320
Speaker 1: block you and do whatever. If you were sixty five

693
00:32:32,360 --> 00:32:34,920
Speaker 1: to seventy five, you had one stripe and so that

694
00:32:35,080 --> 00:32:37,040
Speaker 1: means that you could play tight end, you can catch

695
00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:38,520
Speaker 1: the ball, but someone had to have to throw the

696
00:32:38,560 --> 00:32:41,560
Speaker 1: ball to you. And then if you were above seventy five,

697
00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:44,160
Speaker 1: you were a two striper, which means that you could

698
00:32:44,200 --> 00:32:46,880
Speaker 1: never get the ball. And I was a kid that

699
00:32:46,920 --> 00:32:48,840
Speaker 1: I was all like my first three is a football.

700
00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:51,720
Speaker 1: I was a two striper, so I couldn't touch the

701
00:32:51,720 --> 00:32:54,479
Speaker 1: ball at all. And so my first three is a football.

702
00:32:54,520 --> 00:32:57,680
Speaker 1: I played lineman and I played linebacker, and so my

703
00:32:57,760 --> 00:33:00,840
Speaker 1: love for the game, like originated from just being a

704
00:33:00,880 --> 00:33:03,240
Speaker 1: team player. Like I wanted to block because I knew

705
00:33:03,280 --> 00:33:05,280
Speaker 1: that it would help spring our running backs to score

706
00:33:05,320 --> 00:33:07,960
Speaker 1: touchdowns and like that's how we win. And then on defense,

707
00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:09,680
Speaker 1: I wanted to be physical and I wanted to make

708
00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:11,320
Speaker 1: all the tackles because like that was where I can

709
00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:13,320
Speaker 1: have a lot of fun. And so my first year

710
00:33:13,320 --> 00:33:16,080
Speaker 1: actually catching the ball wasn't until my fourth year playing football,

711
00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:19,600
Speaker 1: but I already established that mentality of like, I'm going

712
00:33:19,640 --> 00:33:22,280
Speaker 1: to do whatever it takes for my my team win,

713
00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:24,719
Speaker 1: and then it just kind of birth from there. Win.

714
00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:28,640
Speaker 2: That's fascinating and a great thing to apply for all

715
00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:33,200
Speaker 2: of us. Here's a really stupid question. As you're getting

716
00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:35,760
Speaker 2: ready to enter year nine, are you looking to get

717
00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:38,480
Speaker 2: better at anything? Do you? I mean, how do you

718
00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:40,440
Speaker 2: push yourself your nine?

719
00:33:41,640 --> 00:33:44,160
Speaker 1: Well, I'm going into year ten. You don't don't, Oh

720
00:33:44,240 --> 00:33:46,080
Speaker 1: my god, I don't know. I don't want you to shot.

721
00:33:46,360 --> 00:33:49,360
Speaker 2: Tell you how I'm it's about to push myself. Just

722
00:33:49,400 --> 00:33:50,200
Speaker 2: finish your nine.

723
00:33:50,240 --> 00:33:52,719
Speaker 1: I just finished. Yeah, double digits.

724
00:33:52,960 --> 00:33:54,240
Speaker 2: I'll tell you what I can my math.

725
00:33:54,320 --> 00:33:56,959
Speaker 1: No, this is very big. This is double digits. I do,

726
00:33:57,000 --> 00:33:58,440
Speaker 1: actually do take a lot of pride in that because

727
00:33:58,480 --> 00:34:01,160
Speaker 1: I feel like when I'm really should was Leeue average

728
00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:03,680
Speaker 1: three and a half years for wide receivers.

729
00:34:03,680 --> 00:34:05,120
Speaker 2: There's always these numbers.

730
00:34:04,880 --> 00:34:05,360
Speaker 1: Just in general.

731
00:34:05,400 --> 00:34:08,839
Speaker 2: I think it's like years well math, okay, yeah.

732
00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:11,520
Speaker 1: But going yeah, so going into year ten, I I'm

733
00:34:11,560 --> 00:34:12,839
Speaker 1: always looking too.

734
00:34:12,719 --> 00:34:17,600
Speaker 2: And yeah, yeah, twenty seventeen, you were drafted, Yeah, your

735
00:34:17,719 --> 00:34:18,920
Speaker 2: third round row.

736
00:34:19,080 --> 00:34:21,799
Speaker 1: See I got that right there we go, I am,

737
00:34:21,880 --> 00:34:23,040
Speaker 1: I am looking to approve.

738
00:34:23,280 --> 00:34:24,840
Speaker 2: Yes, I doesn't it feel like it was right around there.

739
00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:25,719
Speaker 2: I feel like.

740
00:34:25,680 --> 00:34:28,440
Speaker 1: You were years one to three felt like they were

741
00:34:28,440 --> 00:34:31,359
Speaker 1: really slow, and then from like three to nine kind

742
00:34:31,360 --> 00:34:32,719
Speaker 1: of felt like it was like two or three years.

743
00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:35,480
Speaker 2: Twenty nineteen, which was arguably one of your best years,

744
00:34:35,560 --> 00:34:38,040
Speaker 2: I feel like that it was right around the corner.

745
00:34:38,160 --> 00:34:39,680
Speaker 1: Yeah, it was just it was a year ago.

746
00:34:39,880 --> 00:34:40,560
Speaker 2: What are you working on?

747
00:34:41,600 --> 00:34:44,799
Speaker 1: I'm always working on something, and each year I try

748
00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:48,319
Speaker 1: to like refine my skill set, whether that's like being

749
00:34:48,360 --> 00:34:50,040
Speaker 1: better at the top of my routes so that I

750
00:34:50,040 --> 00:34:53,680
Speaker 1: can create better separation or being better like after like

751
00:34:53,800 --> 00:34:55,960
Speaker 1: run after the catch, right, And those are my two

752
00:34:56,040 --> 00:34:59,279
Speaker 1: focuses like from like going into this season, because those

753
00:34:59,320 --> 00:35:02,120
Speaker 1: are where like you make the big place like being

754
00:35:02,160 --> 00:35:05,360
Speaker 1: able to extend your drives and converting on third downs

755
00:35:05,400 --> 00:35:07,040
Speaker 1: like I take a lot of pride in that, and

756
00:35:07,080 --> 00:35:09,759
Speaker 1: then run after the catch. If you're able to be

757
00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:11,960
Speaker 1: around the best in the league, get that we're turning

758
00:35:12,040 --> 00:35:15,120
Speaker 1: first downs into major explosives which can turn in the touchdowns.

759
00:35:15,120 --> 00:35:16,880
Speaker 1: So those are my probably my two biggest areas of

760
00:35:16,880 --> 00:35:17,520
Speaker 1: focus right now.

761
00:35:17,960 --> 00:35:20,400
Speaker 2: How much of a fine is that in uh in

762
00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:23,359
Speaker 2: the locker rooms? Like, give us a dollar amount.

763
00:35:23,360 --> 00:35:25,800
Speaker 1: Probably like one hundred thousand dollars, one.

764
00:35:25,680 --> 00:35:28,600
Speaker 2: Hundred thousand dollars if your phone goes up in the

765
00:35:28,640 --> 00:35:31,279
Speaker 2: locker room, just joking.

766
00:35:31,040 --> 00:35:33,040
Speaker 1: I would nobody would ever have their phone if it

767
00:35:33,080 --> 00:35:35,920
Speaker 1: was that much, you know what guys do totally kidding.

768
00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:37,880
Speaker 1: Guys would just cough, Like if a phone.

769
00:35:37,680 --> 00:35:40,600
Speaker 2: Goes out there, you guys look out for you to like, if.

770
00:35:40,520 --> 00:35:42,520
Speaker 1: Everybody's coughing, we know what it is like, just start

771
00:35:42,560 --> 00:35:43,160
Speaker 1: your phone.

772
00:35:42,960 --> 00:35:47,560
Speaker 2: Off, guys, Can I have you all give it up

773
00:35:47,560 --> 00:35:51,839
Speaker 2: for Chris Godwin who's going into his tenth teason. My man,

774
00:35:53,719 --> 00:35:56,280
Speaker 2: I love you. I that was so great you talking

775
00:35:56,320 --> 00:35:59,160
Speaker 2: about your wife most importantly your baby, and just things

776
00:35:59,160 --> 00:36:01,719
Speaker 2: that you're working on. And and you all know, now

777
00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:04,920
Speaker 2: check the flag if you know, uh, don't limp. Not

778
00:36:05,040 --> 00:36:06,799
Speaker 2: good if it's waving, we're on.

779
00:36:06,960 --> 00:36:08,520
Speaker 1: Now we go. Now, we got we got some, we

780
00:36:08,600 --> 00:36:11,359
Speaker 1: got some to shake with waving. Yeah.

781
00:36:11,480 --> 00:36:14,040
Speaker 2: I appreciate you so much, Thank you so much. Give

782
00:36:14,080 --> 00:36:25,799
Speaker 2: it up for Chris Godwin, you guys. So that's why

783
00:36:25,800 --> 00:36:28,120
Speaker 2: I love my job is to get to do things

784
00:36:28,120 --> 00:36:30,880
Speaker 2: like that. And even though I've I've sat and talked

785
00:36:30,880 --> 00:36:34,799
Speaker 2: to him several times, just different things you learn each

786
00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:39,799
Speaker 2: and every time, every time you do it. And like

787
00:36:39,840 --> 00:36:41,880
Speaker 2: he said, it's year ten. I got that, and I

788
00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:44,319
Speaker 2: and all this is what happens to me. Ready. That

789
00:36:44,360 --> 00:36:46,920
Speaker 2: wasn't even live television. I guess the podcast is happening,

790
00:36:46,960 --> 00:36:49,040
Speaker 2: but it's in front of all of you, and and

791
00:36:49,400 --> 00:36:51,440
Speaker 2: you all do mean a lot to me. But the

792
00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:53,919
Speaker 2: fact I made a mistake in front of him, that's

793
00:36:53,960 --> 00:36:56,840
Speaker 2: what gets me. That's what my chip on my shoulder is.

794
00:36:57,040 --> 00:36:59,880
Speaker 2: I know that fifty million people could be watching the broadcast,

795
00:37:00,200 --> 00:37:02,760
Speaker 2: but the biggest thing for me as a woman, because

796
00:37:02,800 --> 00:37:05,520
Speaker 2: I didn't play sports. I am a huge fan, and

797
00:37:05,600 --> 00:37:08,800
Speaker 2: I am obsessed with what these guys put themselves through

798
00:37:08,920 --> 00:37:11,080
Speaker 2: on and off the field. I want to do a

799
00:37:11,080 --> 00:37:13,719
Speaker 2: good job for them because I am the mouthpiece for

800
00:37:14,040 --> 00:37:17,719
Speaker 2: what they've spent their entire lives doing so whether it's

801
00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:20,000
Speaker 2: healthy or not. And I'm sure we have plenty of

802
00:37:20,040 --> 00:37:25,279
Speaker 2: physicians and therapists here. I obsess. And if I get

803
00:37:25,320 --> 00:37:29,080
Speaker 2: something wrong on air, or if another one is, if

804
00:37:29,120 --> 00:37:32,160
Speaker 2: I didn't see an injury and the next day the

805
00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:35,000
Speaker 2: injury comes out, I am on a text chain with

806
00:37:35,080 --> 00:37:38,000
Speaker 2: all my teammates and I say, I'm so sorry I

807
00:37:38,040 --> 00:37:40,319
Speaker 2: didn't say that, all right, I didn't see this and

808
00:37:40,360 --> 00:37:44,319
Speaker 2: tell you. Or if I said year nine on the

809
00:37:44,320 --> 00:37:46,880
Speaker 2: broadcast and I found out it was year ten. I

810
00:37:46,960 --> 00:37:50,240
Speaker 2: mean that is something on Sunday night and on Monday morning,

811
00:37:50,640 --> 00:37:54,520
Speaker 2: my chest is so tight and in in year whatever

812
00:37:54,560 --> 00:37:56,359
Speaker 2: this is for me, because I don't need to date

813
00:37:56,440 --> 00:38:00,520
Speaker 2: myself it's not year ten. I think that that's great.

814
00:38:00,600 --> 00:38:03,719
Speaker 2: It still keeps me going, it still fires me up.

815
00:38:03,920 --> 00:38:07,160
Speaker 2: Right before my very first hit on television, which is

816
00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:10,040
Speaker 2: right after Kevin Burkhart and Tom Brady go and they

817
00:38:10,080 --> 00:38:12,000
Speaker 2: set the game up, they send it down to me,

818
00:38:12,600 --> 00:38:16,520
Speaker 2: I am shaking. I can't. I think of eight thousand

819
00:38:16,520 --> 00:38:18,720
Speaker 2: things that could go wrong. I don't want to screw.

820
00:38:18,800 --> 00:38:21,520
Speaker 2: There's times I've done Aaron Rodgers and I'm so afraid

821
00:38:21,600 --> 00:38:24,720
Speaker 2: I say Aaron Andrews like there's just so many things

822
00:38:24,760 --> 00:38:27,560
Speaker 2: that come into your head. Because look, I've worked my

823
00:38:27,760 --> 00:38:30,800
Speaker 2: ass off for seven days to get ready for this game.

824
00:38:30,920 --> 00:38:35,000
Speaker 2: I want them, the players, the coaches, the general managers,

825
00:38:35,040 --> 00:38:37,799
Speaker 2: and the owners to know how much I respect them

826
00:38:37,840 --> 00:38:39,279
Speaker 2: and look up to them that I want to do

827
00:38:39,320 --> 00:38:41,959
Speaker 2: a great job. The other thing I've learned in doing

828
00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:45,440
Speaker 2: this eight hundred years is we are all human. I

829
00:38:45,520 --> 00:38:49,160
Speaker 2: am not performing brain surgery on air, and mistakes can

830
00:38:49,200 --> 00:38:53,799
Speaker 2: happen in my line of work, not brain surgeons. So

831
00:38:53,880 --> 00:38:58,160
Speaker 2: it's okay, but be better next time. So that's kind

832
00:38:58,160 --> 00:39:01,560
Speaker 2: of my little lesson just happened there where. This will

833
00:39:01,560 --> 00:39:04,280
Speaker 2: bother me now and I'll end up texting bucks pr

834
00:39:04,320 --> 00:39:07,200
Speaker 2: and apologizing profusely, and they'll tell me I'm crazy and

835
00:39:07,320 --> 00:39:11,680
Speaker 2: go have a drink. Anyways, Chris came up a little early,

836
00:39:11,719 --> 00:39:13,960
Speaker 2: but I'm so glad he did because I was going

837
00:39:14,040 --> 00:39:16,920
Speaker 2: to talk to you guys. Also, why I'm so grateful

838
00:39:17,040 --> 00:39:21,719
Speaker 2: for this summit because it's just to have all of

839
00:39:21,760 --> 00:39:25,680
Speaker 2: you in this room. It's so fantastic. I wish I

840
00:39:25,800 --> 00:39:28,200
Speaker 2: had attended things like this when I was younger and

841
00:39:28,239 --> 00:39:31,239
Speaker 2: I was looking to find my place. But I did

842
00:39:31,320 --> 00:39:35,440
Speaker 2: a little research because I do love stats. I can't

843
00:39:35,440 --> 00:39:39,560
Speaker 2: remember them all the time, like year ten, but see,

844
00:39:39,560 --> 00:39:42,280
Speaker 2: and then I'll start making jokes about it for five hours. Tonight,

845
00:39:42,320 --> 00:39:44,080
Speaker 2: I'll go to dinner with my parents and they'll be like,

846
00:39:44,080 --> 00:39:47,399
Speaker 2: what are you talking about. Chris Godwin, by the way,

847
00:39:47,440 --> 00:39:50,960
Speaker 2: he leads the NFC South in receiving yards per per

848
00:39:51,080 --> 00:39:55,200
Speaker 2: game since twenty nineteen, which is insane. So that's incredible.

849
00:39:55,440 --> 00:40:01,719
Speaker 2: Let's have some women's stats. So ninety four percent of

850
00:40:01,760 --> 00:40:05,719
Speaker 2: women in executive positions played youth sports. You guys may

851
00:40:05,719 --> 00:40:07,800
Speaker 2: have already heard this. I heard the mayor talking about

852
00:40:07,800 --> 00:40:10,320
Speaker 2: how sports is so important. I didn't play a sport,

853
00:40:10,480 --> 00:40:15,080
Speaker 2: but I danced my entire life. I was in competitive dancing,

854
00:40:15,160 --> 00:40:22,600
Speaker 2: which what it taught me was leadership, resilience, discipline, teamwork, competition,

855
00:40:23,080 --> 00:40:26,440
Speaker 2: also adjustment. I remember to this day having a dance

856
00:40:26,480 --> 00:40:29,239
Speaker 2: competition in Orlando Star Power. We were doing hit the

857
00:40:29,320 --> 00:40:32,640
Speaker 2: Roadjack full team Dance. I messed up ten counts. I

858
00:40:32,719 --> 00:40:36,200
Speaker 2: blanked out. Didn't sit well with me, chest pains for

859
00:40:36,239 --> 00:40:39,520
Speaker 2: like four days. Probably not healthy, but still, but it

860
00:40:39,600 --> 00:40:42,399
Speaker 2: taught me I have to adjust. Much like if I'm

861
00:40:42,440 --> 00:40:45,760
Speaker 2: on air and I screw up or forget my open

862
00:40:46,239 --> 00:40:49,240
Speaker 2: I can be like, all right, let's look down, let's

863
00:40:49,239 --> 00:40:51,359
Speaker 2: look at our notes, let's figure it out. I do

864
00:40:51,440 --> 00:40:53,719
Speaker 2: believe that. I mean, I tell my parents one of

865
00:40:53,800 --> 00:40:55,960
Speaker 2: the biggest things, and I think the best things they

866
00:40:56,080 --> 00:40:58,600
Speaker 2: did for me was put me in some sort of

867
00:40:58,760 --> 00:41:03,320
Speaker 2: organized activity. I realized I wanted to lead. I realized

868
00:41:03,440 --> 00:41:06,280
Speaker 2: I my sister and I talk about it all the time.

869
00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:09,960
Speaker 2: It didn't matter what was going on in our life,

870
00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:12,840
Speaker 2: whether we were fighting over a hair brush my sister

871
00:41:12,880 --> 00:41:15,640
Speaker 2: and I or fighting about who was listening to what

872
00:41:15,760 --> 00:41:17,879
Speaker 2: song in the car. When it was time to get

873
00:41:17,920 --> 00:41:20,440
Speaker 2: out on the stage and do our dance routine, we

874
00:41:20,640 --> 00:41:23,319
Speaker 2: turned it on and smiled. And that's very much like

875
00:41:23,400 --> 00:41:25,879
Speaker 2: what it's like in my job, and I'm sure that's

876
00:41:26,040 --> 00:41:28,160
Speaker 2: very much what it's like in your world. At your

877
00:41:28,280 --> 00:41:31,480
Speaker 2: job or at home, we don't have time to have

878
00:41:31,520 --> 00:41:34,200
Speaker 2: a bad day, and when we have a bad day,

879
00:41:34,320 --> 00:41:37,080
Speaker 2: it looks a little different than Sorry for all the

880
00:41:37,080 --> 00:41:39,759
Speaker 2: men in this room, but when they have a bad day,

881
00:41:39,920 --> 00:41:43,239
Speaker 2: that's just the way it is, is it right, Let's

882
00:41:43,280 --> 00:41:47,320
Speaker 2: talk about it at happy hour. But it's just different.

883
00:41:47,480 --> 00:41:50,680
Speaker 2: And listen, I've accepted that in my life. I've also

884
00:41:50,760 --> 00:41:53,600
Speaker 2: used it to my advantage. I know, my superpower is

885
00:41:53,640 --> 00:41:55,560
Speaker 2: when I have to turn it on, and it also

886
00:41:55,719 --> 00:41:58,239
Speaker 2: helps me in life. I've been through a lot of

887
00:41:58,480 --> 00:42:03,600
Speaker 2: hard shit in my life, personal and with health. And

888
00:42:04,200 --> 00:42:06,640
Speaker 2: it was so interesting because I forgot who I was

889
00:42:06,640 --> 00:42:09,400
Speaker 2: speaking with. Oh I was speaking at the Super Bowl. Weird,

890
00:42:09,440 --> 00:42:11,840
Speaker 2: How could I forget that? I was actually speaking in

891
00:42:11,840 --> 00:42:14,640
Speaker 2: front of the commissioner and we were doing a panel

892
00:42:15,440 --> 00:42:18,640
Speaker 2: not so light about domestic violence, stalking and so forth.

893
00:42:19,040 --> 00:42:22,080
Speaker 2: And I talked about, you know, a difficult period in

894
00:42:22,120 --> 00:42:24,640
Speaker 2: my life when I actually was going through a stalker

895
00:42:24,680 --> 00:42:27,719
Speaker 2: and so forth. But all I wanted to do was

896
00:42:27,800 --> 00:42:32,200
Speaker 2: go out on the field and report and probably you know,

897
00:42:32,320 --> 00:42:35,319
Speaker 2: not in the right mindset to remember stats and when

898
00:42:35,360 --> 00:42:38,879
Speaker 2: guys played and you know, their injury a couple years ago.

899
00:42:39,040 --> 00:42:41,640
Speaker 2: But it was my safe space and it's where I

900
00:42:41,760 --> 00:42:45,040
Speaker 2: felt confident, and it's where I felt, you know, like

901
00:42:45,160 --> 00:42:47,319
Speaker 2: I could do a good job and get away from

902
00:42:47,360 --> 00:42:50,160
Speaker 2: things for a while. I had cervical cancer back in

903
00:42:50,200 --> 00:42:54,799
Speaker 2: twenty seventeen and I was in between surgeries and the

904
00:42:54,880 --> 00:42:57,960
Speaker 2: doctor said, please don't go and go on a sideline.

905
00:42:57,960 --> 00:42:59,919
Speaker 2: You're supposed to lay at home and get bed rest.

906
00:43:00,239 --> 00:43:03,120
Speaker 2: Hell no. They were putting Brett Farvre's name in the

907
00:43:03,200 --> 00:43:05,719
Speaker 2: Ring of Honor at lambeau Field, and I was like,

908
00:43:05,880 --> 00:43:08,040
Speaker 2: I am going to do my thing and be out

909
00:43:08,040 --> 00:43:10,719
Speaker 2: on that field because that is how my body will heal.

910
00:43:11,360 --> 00:43:14,160
Speaker 2: I knew that about myself, which is crazy. So that's

911
00:43:14,200 --> 00:43:16,960
Speaker 2: my superpower. But that's also what I love so much

912
00:43:17,000 --> 00:43:20,600
Speaker 2: about my job. It is where I feel comfortable, It's

913
00:43:20,640 --> 00:43:23,280
Speaker 2: where I feel confident, and it's where I feel proud.

914
00:43:23,360 --> 00:43:26,560
Speaker 2: And I know that how I was shaped and what

915
00:43:26,640 --> 00:43:29,120
Speaker 2: I did while I was a child, being part of

916
00:43:29,239 --> 00:43:31,680
Speaker 2: organized groups that did a lot of that for me.

917
00:43:32,560 --> 00:43:35,120
Speaker 2: Fast forward to what I'm going through now, which is

918
00:43:35,400 --> 00:43:38,080
Speaker 2: being a mom of a two year old, which is

919
00:43:38,360 --> 00:43:40,919
Speaker 2: so great because we worked so hard to have him.

920
00:43:41,040 --> 00:43:44,480
Speaker 2: I've been very vocal about my infertility issues. Hey all

921
00:43:44,520 --> 00:43:46,759
Speaker 2: you young girls out here, by the way, if you

922
00:43:46,840 --> 00:43:49,520
Speaker 2: can do it, freeze your eggs now. That's the best

923
00:43:49,520 --> 00:43:52,000
Speaker 2: advice I would give, because I wish I had when

924
00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:55,320
Speaker 2: I was in my twenties. Take that from Auntie Aaron, please.

925
00:43:57,280 --> 00:43:59,840
Speaker 2: But what I'm going through right now is mom guilt.

926
00:44:00,400 --> 00:44:02,760
Speaker 2: For six months out of the year. Much like Chris

927
00:44:02,840 --> 00:44:05,480
Speaker 2: is gone and away, I am not home and I

928
00:44:05,520 --> 00:44:07,960
Speaker 2: am so grateful for all the help that I have,

929
00:44:08,520 --> 00:44:11,520
Speaker 2: but I miss a lot. And it's really cool for

930
00:44:11,600 --> 00:44:16,120
Speaker 2: me to I sit with guys and read their stories

931
00:44:16,120 --> 00:44:18,560
Speaker 2: about how their mom held four jobs down, how their

932
00:44:18,560 --> 00:44:21,160
Speaker 2: mom held three jobs down, and they now are able

933
00:44:21,160 --> 00:44:23,799
Speaker 2: to play in the NFL because of that. I'm not

934
00:44:23,880 --> 00:44:26,080
Speaker 2: doing that. I'm holding a couple of jobs down, but

935
00:44:26,239 --> 00:44:28,560
Speaker 2: I'm away from my kid and I feel really bad

936
00:44:28,600 --> 00:44:31,920
Speaker 2: about it. But I found out this stat today about

937
00:44:31,960 --> 00:44:35,719
Speaker 2: female's female executives. A lot of them are in the

938
00:44:35,760 --> 00:44:38,680
Speaker 2: positions they're in because they had a mom that worked

939
00:44:39,320 --> 00:44:42,120
Speaker 2: and they were able to look up to her and

940
00:44:42,160 --> 00:44:44,560
Speaker 2: they saw what she did. And a lot of my

941
00:44:44,600 --> 00:44:47,120
Speaker 2: friends are telling me that now, like, don't worry you

942
00:44:47,160 --> 00:44:49,960
Speaker 2: can't go to this single long day because you're you know,

943
00:44:50,080 --> 00:44:53,320
Speaker 2: out with the bucks. Your son will remember how hard

944
00:44:53,400 --> 00:44:55,879
Speaker 2: his mom worked and what she was able to do.

945
00:44:56,800 --> 00:44:59,399
Speaker 2: So that is my stat that I'm really into right now,

946
00:44:59,440 --> 00:45:01,440
Speaker 2: and a lot of you. I'm sure I've heard this.

947
00:45:01,520 --> 00:45:07,399
Speaker 2: Mom guilt never goes away. That sucks. There's no pill

948
00:45:07,520 --> 00:45:13,760
Speaker 2: or injection for that, damn it. Well, all right, questions

949
00:45:13,960 --> 00:45:15,600
Speaker 2: should we do those? Do we have time for those?

950
00:45:16,600 --> 00:45:19,759
Speaker 2: A few? Will you give me a little heads up?

951
00:45:20,239 --> 00:45:23,200
Speaker 2: All right? So that's my lecture for right now ten years.

952
00:45:23,640 --> 00:45:27,319
Speaker 2: This is gonna be the Chris Godwin's tenth year. Hey,

953
00:45:27,600 --> 00:45:31,239
Speaker 2: we have some questions you guys submitted, which I really appreciate,

954
00:45:31,400 --> 00:45:33,200
Speaker 2: and I feel so stupid that I'm just up here

955
00:45:33,239 --> 00:45:35,719
Speaker 2: by myself talking. I wish some of you guys would

956
00:45:35,719 --> 00:45:38,040
Speaker 2: ask these, but I think because so many of you

957
00:45:38,080 --> 00:45:40,879
Speaker 2: are here, this is quicker. So I really appreciate these.

958
00:45:40,920 --> 00:45:44,239
Speaker 2: I really do. Somebody was asking. In football, there's a

959
00:45:44,239 --> 00:45:47,640
Speaker 2: lot of talk about preparation and game day mindset. Sure

960
00:45:47,719 --> 00:45:50,000
Speaker 2: is on my side of the field compared to his.

961
00:45:50,520 --> 00:45:52,759
Speaker 2: I didn't play, so I feel like my prep is

962
00:45:53,080 --> 00:45:56,439
Speaker 2: crazy Town, USA. I wish I had prepped this much

963
00:45:56,480 --> 00:45:59,120
Speaker 2: when I went to school. I feel like my grades

964
00:45:59,120 --> 00:46:02,160
Speaker 2: would have been amazing. But I didn't play, so I

965
00:46:02,200 --> 00:46:04,160
Speaker 2: don't know what it's like to be out there, what

966
00:46:04,200 --> 00:46:06,319
Speaker 2: it's like to make a game day adjustment or a

967
00:46:06,320 --> 00:46:08,719
Speaker 2: halftime adjustment or you know what it's like to go

968
00:46:08,800 --> 00:46:11,040
Speaker 2: up against a certain defense. But I do know what

969
00:46:11,080 --> 00:46:13,439
Speaker 2: they say, so I study a lot of what these

970
00:46:13,480 --> 00:46:16,440
Speaker 2: guys say and what the coaches preached to us. The

971
00:46:16,520 --> 00:46:20,560
Speaker 2: question is what's the equivalent of game day preparation for

972
00:46:20,680 --> 00:46:23,640
Speaker 2: women who want to show up confidently in high pressure

973
00:46:24,160 --> 00:46:30,200
Speaker 2: professional environments. I would say this, I think preparation is key.

974
00:46:30,320 --> 00:46:32,360
Speaker 2: I feel like, you know, you heard Chris talk about

975
00:46:32,360 --> 00:46:35,120
Speaker 2: how he learned that from Tom Brady, and like, you know,

976
00:46:35,280 --> 00:46:37,839
Speaker 2: for two weeks leading up to the Super Bowl, TV

977
00:46:38,080 --> 00:46:41,800
Speaker 2: was looking at, you know, the defense, the Kansas City defense,

978
00:46:41,880 --> 00:46:43,960
Speaker 2: and this is what their tendencies are, this is what

979
00:46:44,000 --> 00:46:46,640
Speaker 2: we should look out for. That's prep. I mean, I

980
00:46:46,680 --> 00:46:49,120
Speaker 2: know for our games, I am, like I said, I

981
00:46:49,160 --> 00:46:51,920
Speaker 2: am unavailable at home because I am prepping so much.

982
00:46:52,000 --> 00:46:54,399
Speaker 2: I'm watching video of their last games. I'm watching all

983
00:46:54,440 --> 00:46:58,319
Speaker 2: their press conferences, I'm watching their locker room interviews. I'm

984
00:46:58,360 --> 00:47:00,560
Speaker 2: watching tape from a couple of weeks ago, just to

985
00:47:00,600 --> 00:47:04,080
Speaker 2: see if anything happens on the field and Kevin Burkhart

986
00:47:04,160 --> 00:47:06,200
Speaker 2: and Tom Brady need help. I want to be able

987
00:47:06,239 --> 00:47:09,520
Speaker 2: to fulfill that and be valuable much like Chris was

988
00:47:09,560 --> 00:47:12,680
Speaker 2: talking about being a complete wide receiver, so I would think,

989
00:47:12,880 --> 00:47:14,759
Speaker 2: I know a lot of you aren't sideline reporters or

990
00:47:14,880 --> 00:47:19,360
Speaker 2: NFL players. How do you show up confidently, put your

991
00:47:19,400 --> 00:47:22,879
Speaker 2: shoulders back, take a deep breath, but come prepared. That's

992
00:47:22,880 --> 00:47:25,280
Speaker 2: with anything, right, because if you don't have the answers

993
00:47:25,280 --> 00:47:27,319
Speaker 2: to the test, it's a lot harder. And I just

994
00:47:27,320 --> 00:47:29,680
Speaker 2: think that gives you the confidence you need. That's me.

995
00:47:31,200 --> 00:47:33,600
Speaker 2: What advice would you give to someone who wants to

996
00:47:33,640 --> 00:47:36,800
Speaker 2: start her own business but is feeling like she doesn't

997
00:47:36,840 --> 00:47:40,680
Speaker 2: know enough to get started. That's a great question. You

998
00:47:40,680 --> 00:47:43,360
Speaker 2: guys had introed me so sweetly that I do have

999
00:47:43,400 --> 00:47:46,680
Speaker 2: a clothing apparel line where by Aaron Andrews. We have

1000
00:47:46,719 --> 00:47:49,200
Speaker 2: all the leagues. Our buck stuff is so cute. We

1001
00:47:49,280 --> 00:47:51,080
Speaker 2: have Tampa Bay lightning gear as well. We have all

1002
00:47:51,080 --> 00:47:53,879
Speaker 2: the NHL teams as well. We have everything. But it's

1003
00:47:53,920 --> 00:47:57,840
Speaker 2: been really hard. I mean we have worked our rear

1004
00:47:57,960 --> 00:48:01,280
Speaker 2: ends doing this. I mean it it's really really hard

1005
00:48:01,360 --> 00:48:04,920
Speaker 2: and we have gotten so many knows. We've gotten some yeses,

1006
00:48:05,239 --> 00:48:07,920
Speaker 2: but we've gotten a lot of nos. For me, a

1007
00:48:08,080 --> 00:48:10,560
Speaker 2: no is how can I turn that into a yes?

1008
00:48:10,680 --> 00:48:12,719
Speaker 2: How can I figure this out. How can I make

1009
00:48:12,840 --> 00:48:15,880
Speaker 2: us valuable and you want us in your stadium and

1010
00:48:15,920 --> 00:48:19,080
Speaker 2: you want us on your website. I didn't know how

1011
00:48:19,080 --> 00:48:21,120
Speaker 2: to do this, And that's with the question, if you

1012
00:48:21,160 --> 00:48:24,120
Speaker 2: don't know enough to get started. Patience is one of

1013
00:48:24,320 --> 00:48:26,399
Speaker 2: one thing I've learned I have to have with all

1014
00:48:26,400 --> 00:48:29,040
Speaker 2: of this. I would say you have to have patients.

1015
00:48:29,440 --> 00:48:33,680
Speaker 2: But I would say in education, surround yourself with people

1016
00:48:33,760 --> 00:48:36,880
Speaker 2: that have the knowledge. Surround yourself with people that know

1017
00:48:37,000 --> 00:48:42,520
Speaker 2: what they're doing. I would also say, read as much

1018
00:48:42,520 --> 00:48:44,640
Speaker 2: as you can. Now is so amazing when women come

1019
00:48:44,719 --> 00:48:46,200
Speaker 2: up to me and talk about wanting to be a

1020
00:48:46,239 --> 00:48:49,000
Speaker 2: sports broadcaster. What should I read? What should I watch?

1021
00:48:49,040 --> 00:48:52,280
Speaker 2: There's so many documentaries out there on athletes, on coaches,

1022
00:48:52,320 --> 00:48:56,600
Speaker 2: on organizations, on Jerry Jones. Watch them. Just try to

1023
00:48:56,680 --> 00:48:59,760
Speaker 2: find a way to educate yourself. There's so much available

1024
00:48:59,760 --> 00:49:02,960
Speaker 2: on the internet. It's bananas. What are actions a young

1025
00:49:03,000 --> 00:49:05,719
Speaker 2: woman looking to break into the industry can take now

1026
00:49:05,760 --> 00:49:09,920
Speaker 2: to set herself up for success later? Get thick skin.

1027
00:49:12,040 --> 00:49:14,040
Speaker 2: The good and bad thing about the Internet. The good

1028
00:49:14,040 --> 00:49:16,680
Speaker 2: thing there's so much information. There's so many ways to

1029
00:49:16,719 --> 00:49:19,279
Speaker 2: make you smarter, make you confident when you walk into

1030
00:49:19,320 --> 00:49:21,040
Speaker 2: the room. There's so many things. Like I said, you

1031
00:49:21,040 --> 00:49:25,200
Speaker 2: can read, you can watch, you can research the bad

1032
00:49:25,280 --> 00:49:27,880
Speaker 2: news about doing this job or any job that's you know,

1033
00:49:28,000 --> 00:49:30,880
Speaker 2: high profile. And people have to say is that everybody

1034
00:49:30,960 --> 00:49:33,760
Speaker 2: gets a voice, and they can tell you your voice sucks.

1035
00:49:34,280 --> 00:49:36,879
Speaker 2: It does. I don't sound like Delilah after dark. That's

1036
00:49:36,920 --> 00:49:40,439
Speaker 2: a very old school reference, but I love her so much. God,

1037
00:49:40,520 --> 00:49:43,279
Speaker 2: she's great. When I have a cold, I sound a

1038
00:49:43,280 --> 00:49:45,680
Speaker 2: lot better than I do. Now. There's a lot of

1039
00:49:45,719 --> 00:49:48,160
Speaker 2: people that will tell you your nose is way too

1040
00:49:48,160 --> 00:49:50,000
Speaker 2: big and you should get a nose job. It's my

1041
00:49:50,080 --> 00:49:53,480
Speaker 2: grandpa's I'm not touching it. There's just a lot of

1042
00:49:53,520 --> 00:49:55,839
Speaker 2: people that make a lot of nasty comments. And then

1043
00:49:55,880 --> 00:49:57,520
Speaker 2: if you want to have fun and you look at

1044
00:49:57,520 --> 00:49:59,680
Speaker 2: their avatar, they're usually sitting there with their cat and

1045
00:49:59,680 --> 00:50:03,000
Speaker 2: the basement so cool for you. You can't say that

1046
00:50:03,160 --> 00:50:06,280
Speaker 2: to them, but sometimes you'd like to, and maybe sometimes

1047
00:50:06,280 --> 00:50:10,799
Speaker 2: after a few drinks you will. You just I would

1048
00:50:10,880 --> 00:50:14,279
Speaker 2: have to say, get thick skin, get to reading, get

1049
00:50:14,280 --> 00:50:18,560
Speaker 2: to watching players in listen all these teams. The Bucks

1050
00:50:18,560 --> 00:50:21,400
Speaker 2: are one of my favorite. They do a fantastic job

1051
00:50:21,800 --> 00:50:25,560
Speaker 2: with all the players are doing interviews in front of

1052
00:50:25,600 --> 00:50:28,520
Speaker 2: their lockers. Those are so important because you can see

1053
00:50:28,800 --> 00:50:31,920
Speaker 2: what questions are annoying them from certain reporters, what questions

1054
00:50:31,920 --> 00:50:35,080
Speaker 2: they'll answer. They do great sit down features with their

1055
00:50:35,400 --> 00:50:39,200
Speaker 2: with their in house reporters. They do great written stories

1056
00:50:39,239 --> 00:50:41,719
Speaker 2: and a lot of great access. So there's so much

1057
00:50:41,800 --> 00:50:44,880
Speaker 2: information than there was when I was coming up that

1058
00:50:44,960 --> 00:50:48,560
Speaker 2: you can really like tap into and feel knowledgeable. Another thing,

1059
00:50:49,040 --> 00:50:52,479
Speaker 2: if you meet anyone in the media, give them your name,

1060
00:50:52,760 --> 00:50:54,960
Speaker 2: ask for an email, ask who you can talk to.

1061
00:50:55,160 --> 00:50:58,439
Speaker 2: I literally got my job at ESPN because I knew

1062
00:50:58,480 --> 00:51:01,120
Speaker 2: where the broadcasting team was going to go drink after

1063
00:51:01,160 --> 00:51:03,800
Speaker 2: a hockey game in Atlanta. I was like, they're staying

1064
00:51:03,800 --> 00:51:06,200
Speaker 2: at this hotel, They're gonna go drink. I was looking

1065
00:51:06,239 --> 00:51:07,920
Speaker 2: for a job. I knew I was gonna get. Let

1066
00:51:08,000 --> 00:51:11,120
Speaker 2: go by Turner is a long conversation, but I was like,

1067
00:51:11,160 --> 00:51:13,200
Speaker 2: I just got to get my name out there. I went.

1068
00:51:13,280 --> 00:51:16,040
Speaker 2: I showed up at the hotel. I introduced myself to everyone.

1069
00:51:16,320 --> 00:51:18,920
Speaker 2: Three weeks later, I got a job working the NHL

1070
00:51:18,960 --> 00:51:24,320
Speaker 2: Playoffs for ABC and the Lightning One. It was so fun. Guys,

1071
00:51:24,320 --> 00:51:27,319
Speaker 2: thanks so much for having me. Wait, where's Mike Is

1072
00:51:27,320 --> 00:51:32,759
Speaker 2: he back there? Still my guy, come on, we gotta

1073
00:51:32,880 --> 00:51:33,960
Speaker 2: leave on a high note.

1074
00:51:34,000 --> 00:51:34,200
Speaker 1: You know.

1075
00:51:39,480 --> 00:51:41,640
Speaker 2: So, I don't know if you're busy, but I think

1076
00:51:41,640 --> 00:51:45,279
Speaker 2: there's a happy hour happening. I mean, this is better

1077
00:51:45,320 --> 00:51:52,839
Speaker 2: than a wedding. So ladies, oh yeah, you maybe five ten? No,

1078
00:51:53,000 --> 00:51:58,960
Speaker 2: I'm kidding, that doesn't matter. You're not playing linebacker. Who cares? Okay,

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Speaker 2: but let's just remember what Chris Godwin said, when that

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Speaker 2: flag is going, there's when, and I feel like, let's

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Speaker 2: get to happy hour. You know what I mean? You guys,

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Speaker 2: thank you so much for having me. I appreciate it.

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