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Speaker 1: Merry Christmas everybody. I'm Dan Horde and thanks for downloading

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Speaker 1: The Bengals Booth Podcast. The oh be Home for Christmas

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Speaker 1: audition as the Bengals win their seventh straight game in

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Speaker 1: memorable fashion, holding on by their fingernails to beat the

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Speaker 1: Patriots twenty two to eighteen on Christmas Eve and Foxborough.

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Speaker 1: Coming up, you'll hear radio replays, one on one, locker

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Speaker 1: room interviews and analysis from my broadcast partner Dave Lapham. Then,

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Speaker 1: in this week's fun fact segment, you'll get to know

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Speaker 1: a former Patriot now in his first year with the Bengals,

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Speaker 1: On the morning of the game, as we discussed the

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Speaker 1: frigid weather conditions, Bengals president Mike Brown asked me the

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Speaker 1: following question, do you leave the window open and the

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Speaker 1: radio booth? The answer is always as a broadcaster, I

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Speaker 1: like to hear the crowd and feel what it's like

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Speaker 1: for the players and coaches will sometimes leave the window

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Speaker 1: closed until the last possible moment, but once the game begins,

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Speaker 1: it has to be open. As a result, I came

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Speaker 1: prepared in Foxborough and for the first time ever, put

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Speaker 1: toewarmers in my shoes. It was quite possibly the smartest

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Speaker 1: decision since the Bengals drafted Jamar Chase instead of Pinney Sewell.

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Speaker 1: If you plan to attend the Bengals final regular season

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Speaker 1: games or any home playoff games, I highly recommend toewarmers.

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Speaker 1: Your toasty toes will thank you after the game. Now,

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Speaker 1: let's get to the highlights from Sunday's Hold On for

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Speaker 1: Dear Life win over the Patriots. It is Christmas Eve

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Speaker 1: here in New England and it is a bitterly cold

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Speaker 1: day for football. The temperature is twenty degrees, the wind

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Speaker 1: is nipping at our nose as the ten and four

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Speaker 1: here in Foxborough. Second down in two Bengals from their

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Speaker 1: own thirty Burrow back to throw, flings it deep for

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Speaker 1: Boyden eggins out to the left, chase out to the right.

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Speaker 1: Burrow wants to throw throws, the Higgins catches it. Ethel

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Speaker 1: Bill Belichick's Patriots defense. Boy did they ever just carve

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Speaker 1: him up? Hot knife through butter shotgun snap to Burrow.

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Speaker 1: Trenton Irwin with his second touchdown catch here in the

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Speaker 1: inside the locker room. And we start with Von Bell.

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Speaker 1: He forced the Romandre Stevenson fumble with fifty nine seconds

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Speaker 1: Number seven in a row. Came down to a defensive stop.

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Speaker 1: one Cincinnati player went out for the coin toss before

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Speaker 1: Von Bell punches out of there, Josh Tupo falls on

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Speaker 1: which with a you know, against a team that's very

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Speaker 1: coming out with wins like that, Dave, So it's very

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Speaker 1: he was rewarded with the ricochet. They you know, as

426
00:22:51,320 --> 00:22:53,240
Speaker 1: the old saying goes, if you run to the football,

427
00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:55,520
Speaker 1: good things happen. And that's what he did. He put

428
00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:57,879
Speaker 1: himself in a position to make a play on the

429
00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:02,240
Speaker 1: ricochet and h and they've fitted fully by it. So yeah,

430
00:23:02,440 --> 00:23:06,520
Speaker 1: it's that's that's the National Football League in a nutshell. Though.

431
00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:09,440
Speaker 1: You had the opportunity to visit with Trent and Irwin

432
00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:11,760
Speaker 1: after the game. He's standing nearby as we speak and

433
00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:14,880
Speaker 1: some hot chocolate. I think what a job he's done,

434
00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:18,280
Speaker 1: stepping up when called upon to make big plays, no question.

435
00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:21,520
Speaker 1: I mean, um, you know, two huge touchdowns today. I

436
00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:24,600
Speaker 1: mean it was it was a game where not a

437
00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:26,320
Speaker 1: whole lot of points we're going to be thrown up

438
00:23:26,359 --> 00:23:28,920
Speaker 1: on the board with the weather conditions and everything. And

439
00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:31,560
Speaker 1: of course, the type of player he is, he you know,

440
00:23:31,680 --> 00:23:33,879
Speaker 1: talked about yeah that's fine too and couldn't should have

441
00:23:33,960 --> 00:23:35,560
Speaker 1: could have been, should have had the third. I gotta,

442
00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:37,600
Speaker 1: you know, do what I can to get that done.

443
00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:40,720
Speaker 1: But Trent Norwin's a great example of of a guy

444
00:23:40,840 --> 00:23:44,960
Speaker 1: that's totally prepared for every opportunity that presents itself. He's

445
00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:46,720
Speaker 1: going to make plays. He can be trusted, he can

446
00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:50,680
Speaker 1: be relied on. You get reliability, accountability, dependability, all those

447
00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:53,960
Speaker 1: great abilities, and this guy's uh, that's that defines this

448
00:23:54,119 --> 00:23:56,720
Speaker 1: young man, no question. Do you have some Freezer Bowl

449
00:23:56,800 --> 00:24:03,159
Speaker 1: flashbacks today? Uh? Honestly, I don't think I'll ever be

450
00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:05,040
Speaker 1: as cold as I was that day, and I never

451
00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:07,520
Speaker 1: want to be as cold as I was that day. Man.

452
00:24:08,760 --> 00:24:11,159
Speaker 1: But this was a this was a gut chuck, you know,

453
00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:13,280
Speaker 1: in that regard, There's no question. I mean it's hard.

454
00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:16,400
Speaker 1: It's hard to uh, you know, to get to get

455
00:24:16,440 --> 00:24:19,080
Speaker 1: the getting lubriky, to get get all the wheels rolling,

456
00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:22,520
Speaker 1: you know, in a day like this, and um, they

457
00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:24,120
Speaker 1: do what they had to do to win the game.

458
00:24:25,359 --> 00:24:28,359
Speaker 1: Merry Christmas to you, to Lynn, to the kids and

459
00:24:28,480 --> 00:24:31,200
Speaker 1: the grand kids. Look forward to Monday Night against the

460
00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:34,280
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills a week from Monday. Merry Christmas to you, Pagan,

461
00:24:34,359 --> 00:24:36,879
Speaker 1: Sam and your entire family as well. Then have the

462
00:24:36,920 --> 00:24:40,359
Speaker 1: best Christmas you ever had. Finally, it's time for this

463
00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:43,040
Speaker 1: week's Fun Facts Interview. Where we get to know the

464
00:24:43,200 --> 00:24:47,560
Speaker 1: person under the pads. Time for some fun facts with

465
00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:51,520
Speaker 1: tight End. Devin ASIASI from San Mateo, California, a little

466
00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:55,800
Speaker 1: bit south of San Francisco. Devin, you are of Polynesian descent.

467
00:24:56,320 --> 00:24:58,640
Speaker 1: Where's your family from? And when did they first moved

468
00:24:58,640 --> 00:25:02,560
Speaker 1: to California? So my dad is smiling and my mother

469
00:25:02,720 --> 00:25:05,639
Speaker 1: is tonguing. Um. I believe my dad came to the

470
00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:08,960
Speaker 1: States when he was ten years old. Um, so around

471
00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:11,879
Speaker 1: the eighties. My mother came around the same time, a

472
00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:14,600
Speaker 1: little bit after him, though, I believe no, I think

473
00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:17,800
Speaker 1: around the same time, around right before high school, middle school,

474
00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:21,320
Speaker 1: so around the eighties as well. So, yeah, my family

475
00:25:21,320 --> 00:25:23,679
Speaker 1: had been in the States since then. Have you ever

476
00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:26,200
Speaker 1: had a chance to visit? I have not, which is

477
00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:28,280
Speaker 1: definitely something I want to do. You know, I want

478
00:25:28,280 --> 00:25:31,159
Speaker 1: to get back and see, um obviously see my my

479
00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:34,040
Speaker 1: home homeland, you know what I'm saying, see my people,

480
00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:38,960
Speaker 1: but just going back and just paying homage to you know,

481
00:25:39,040 --> 00:25:40,760
Speaker 1: the people that came before me and the shoulders I

482
00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:42,879
Speaker 1: stand on, you know. So definitely got to go back

483
00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:45,879
Speaker 1: and visit for sure. So growing up, were you strictly

484
00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:48,199
Speaker 1: a sports kid or did you have a wide variety

485
00:25:48,240 --> 00:25:52,880
Speaker 1: of interests. Man strictly sports kids, I was just straight ball.

486
00:25:53,119 --> 00:25:55,760
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna lie. So if you ask all my

487
00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:58,840
Speaker 1: family members, you know, top to bottom, probably even a

488
00:25:58,920 --> 00:26:01,240
Speaker 1: lot of my friends that I grew up with, you know,

489
00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:05,440
Speaker 1: sports has been just a very you know, centerpiece of

490
00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:07,800
Speaker 1: my life, you know what I'm saying growing up, and

491
00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:10,000
Speaker 1: my dad was a was a big advocate of that.

492
00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:13,360
Speaker 1: You know. UM introduced me to basketball when I was young,

493
00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:17,720
Speaker 1: about four years old. Um started playing in little leagues,

494
00:26:17,720 --> 00:26:21,000
Speaker 1: but I always played a pat ahead because athletically, I'm

495
00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:22,280
Speaker 1: not gonna lie, I was a little better, you know,

496
00:26:22,320 --> 00:26:24,000
Speaker 1: I was a little more developed, you know, and so

497
00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:27,040
Speaker 1: I just it's a testament to my dad and all

498
00:26:27,080 --> 00:26:28,840
Speaker 1: the work that he helped He put in for me

499
00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:32,600
Speaker 1: as well. And I started getting into football more interesting

500
00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:34,720
Speaker 1: in football around high school. You know. I played a

501
00:26:34,760 --> 00:26:37,120
Speaker 1: little bit and I played a pop warner and all

502
00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:40,080
Speaker 1: that growing up, but I started taking more of a

503
00:26:40,960 --> 00:26:44,160
Speaker 1: more seriously during high school time. Yeah. Were you always

504
00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:48,640
Speaker 1: bigger than kids the same age? Yeah, Yeah, that's that's

505
00:26:48,760 --> 00:26:51,040
Speaker 1: really how it kind of went. Um. It got to

506
00:26:51,119 --> 00:26:53,520
Speaker 1: the point though, when I mean I think like in

507
00:26:53,600 --> 00:26:57,160
Speaker 1: the middle school, middle school time, I was a little taller,

508
00:26:57,200 --> 00:26:59,920
Speaker 1: but then you know basketball, you know you're playing again,

509
00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:02,200
Speaker 1: guys is tall all around, you know what I'm saying.

510
00:27:02,320 --> 00:27:08,080
Speaker 1: So I really didn't start filling that confidence with football

511
00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:11,160
Speaker 1: until high school. You know, Um, I was originally a quarterback,

512
00:27:11,359 --> 00:27:14,040
Speaker 1: starting starting first, So I grew up playing QB my

513
00:27:14,119 --> 00:27:16,720
Speaker 1: whole life. And then once I got into high school,

514
00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:18,840
Speaker 1: my sophomore year, going into my sophomore years, and when

515
00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:21,280
Speaker 1: I made the trades in the tight end, and so

516
00:27:21,840 --> 00:27:25,359
Speaker 1: you know, after that first freshman year and making the

517
00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:27,280
Speaker 1: trades in the tight end, you know, that's why I

518
00:27:27,359 --> 00:27:30,399
Speaker 1: just I got my confidence. And you know, obviously I

519
00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:32,840
Speaker 1: started getting bigger, a little more stronger than everybody. So

520
00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:36,159
Speaker 1: you know, yeah, definitely that was the case. We're doing

521
00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:38,119
Speaker 1: fun facts with Devin. I see, I see you have

522
00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:41,800
Speaker 1: something in common with offensive coordinator Brian Callahan. You both

523
00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:44,520
Speaker 1: went to Dala Salle High School, perhaps the most famous

524
00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:47,320
Speaker 1: high school football program in the country. At school, the

525
00:27:47,359 --> 00:27:49,760
Speaker 1: once had a one hundred and fifty one game winning streak.

526
00:27:50,080 --> 00:27:52,840
Speaker 1: How did that prepare you for college football and the NFL?

527
00:27:53,280 --> 00:27:56,360
Speaker 1: I think at Dale, we just did we do things

528
00:27:56,400 --> 00:28:00,520
Speaker 1: a little differently as far as just trading all around

529
00:28:01,160 --> 00:28:04,280
Speaker 1: the whole year. You know, we we had like a

530
00:28:04,359 --> 00:28:07,800
Speaker 1: college college schedule when it came to workouts. You know, um,

531
00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:13,840
Speaker 1: summers is booked up. You know, obviously the season was

532
00:28:13,960 --> 00:28:17,800
Speaker 1: from September to December, but you know, our offseason wasn't

533
00:28:17,880 --> 00:28:21,040
Speaker 1: really long. You know, we had the Christmas break you

534
00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:23,080
Speaker 1: know during during high school time where we had them

535
00:28:23,119 --> 00:28:25,560
Speaker 1: Christmas breaking your New Year's break. But then a week

536
00:28:25,720 --> 00:28:27,800
Speaker 1: prior to coming back from that Christmas break, we're back

537
00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:30,200
Speaker 1: in We're back in the weight room, we're back on

538
00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:33,200
Speaker 1: the track, we're back on the field. You know, everybody's

539
00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:35,360
Speaker 1: getting back to work. And I think that's the difference

540
00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:37,240
Speaker 1: that set us apart from a lot of those other

541
00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:40,320
Speaker 1: programs is that you know, we're working year around. You know,

542
00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:42,480
Speaker 1: even when the summer comes up, like it's not it's

543
00:28:42,560 --> 00:28:44,520
Speaker 1: not optional. You want to play on that team and

544
00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:46,600
Speaker 1: you better be at be over there. It's mandatory. And

545
00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:49,000
Speaker 1: it's not just the coaches that's holding you accountable, like

546
00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:51,200
Speaker 1: those players and those guys that's playing on the team

547
00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:53,760
Speaker 1: and who's putting those hours in that in that working

548
00:28:53,880 --> 00:28:56,120
Speaker 1: every single day. They expect you to show up to

549
00:28:56,480 --> 00:28:58,200
Speaker 1: you know, what I'm saying. So it's it's just different,

550
00:28:58,280 --> 00:28:59,719
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. When they came to day

551
00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:02,120
Speaker 1: a lot of football, and I'm gonna stand on it.

552
00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:05,360
Speaker 1: Even though you know, we haven't been doing we didn't

553
00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:07,960
Speaker 1: have a successful year this year and this past year,

554
00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:10,640
Speaker 1: but I know my guys can bounce back and you know,

555
00:29:10,760 --> 00:29:12,920
Speaker 1: do something special. So you know, it's all about that

556
00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:14,680
Speaker 1: work we put it in and that's what separated us.

557
00:29:14,760 --> 00:29:17,320
Speaker 1: So you were one of the top tight end recruits

558
00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:19,080
Speaker 1: in the country. You were one of these he could

559
00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:22,280
Speaker 1: have gone anywhere kind of kids. Did you enjoy the

560
00:29:22,360 --> 00:29:26,240
Speaker 1: attention or did you find it stressful? Both? I definitely

561
00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:28,080
Speaker 1: didn't take it for granted, you know what I'm saying.

562
00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:30,440
Speaker 1: And it was definitely something I enjoyed and I made

563
00:29:30,480 --> 00:29:33,200
Speaker 1: sure that, you know, I'm not only myself, could enjoy

564
00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:34,920
Speaker 1: it by my family as well, you know what I'm saying.

565
00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:38,000
Speaker 1: So going to you know visits, official visits, taking my

566
00:29:38,080 --> 00:29:40,400
Speaker 1: mom tot Alabama. She ain't never been Alabama, you know

567
00:29:40,440 --> 00:29:43,440
Speaker 1: what I'm saying, Like taking my dad to sc usc

568
00:29:43,680 --> 00:29:48,479
Speaker 1: which is which was his you know, favorite team growing up.

569
00:29:48,560 --> 00:29:50,800
Speaker 1: You know, things like the things like that, you know

570
00:29:50,840 --> 00:29:53,360
Speaker 1: what I'm saying that I could tell my kids or

571
00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:55,600
Speaker 1: even you know, my parents as well, saying that we

572
00:29:55,720 --> 00:29:57,120
Speaker 1: enjoyed that and something that we can, you know what

573
00:29:57,160 --> 00:29:59,280
Speaker 1: I'm saying, can share forever. So that was the most

574
00:29:59,320 --> 00:30:01,040
Speaker 1: important thing to me, you know what I'm saying. At

575
00:30:01,040 --> 00:30:02,040
Speaker 1: the end of the day. I know, I got to

576
00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:03,560
Speaker 1: go on that field and I got to execute and

577
00:30:03,640 --> 00:30:07,200
Speaker 1: do my thing, but off the field and fucking you know,

578
00:30:07,360 --> 00:30:10,160
Speaker 1: share my experience and share some of this some of

579
00:30:10,200 --> 00:30:12,560
Speaker 1: this experience and moments with my family. That's the best

580
00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:14,160
Speaker 1: thing to me. And that's why I've always kind of

581
00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:16,320
Speaker 1: been just kind of chucked off a little bit, not

582
00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:18,760
Speaker 1: really not really like an attention is what it is.

583
00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:21,400
Speaker 1: You know, we're visiting the Devin, I see, I see.

584
00:30:21,440 --> 00:30:23,080
Speaker 1: I've read you were the first person in your family

585
00:30:23,160 --> 00:30:25,040
Speaker 1: to go to college. What does that mean to you?

586
00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:27,640
Speaker 1: What could it mean to your parents? First person on

587
00:30:27,760 --> 00:30:32,560
Speaker 1: my mother's side to go to a division one um college. Man,

588
00:30:32,680 --> 00:30:35,640
Speaker 1: it's just for me, It's all about the next, the

589
00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:39,720
Speaker 1: next next up, you know, and being able to show

590
00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:42,880
Speaker 1: my um the youth and my younger siblings, my young

591
00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:45,600
Speaker 1: younger cousins. You know, I got a lot you know,

592
00:30:45,640 --> 00:30:47,080
Speaker 1: what I'm saying. So a lot of people kind of

593
00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:49,040
Speaker 1: looking up to me. So you know, I take that

594
00:30:49,160 --> 00:30:51,000
Speaker 1: serious and I take it to heart, and you know,

595
00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:53,640
Speaker 1: being able to show them. You know, you can graduate,

596
00:30:53,840 --> 00:30:55,520
Speaker 1: you know, graduate high school, you can go to a

597
00:30:55,600 --> 00:30:58,000
Speaker 1: college if you want to. You know, you can pursue

598
00:30:58,080 --> 00:30:59,640
Speaker 1: whatever you want in life, you know what I'm saying,

599
00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:02,320
Speaker 1: whatever gym that you want, you know, don't let anybody

600
00:31:02,360 --> 00:31:05,560
Speaker 1: stop it from from doing that. That's that's my biggest

601
00:31:06,080 --> 00:31:09,680
Speaker 1: you know. Um, I think that's what I love most

602
00:31:09,680 --> 00:31:11,320
Speaker 1: about it, you know, just because I get to show

603
00:31:11,360 --> 00:31:14,960
Speaker 1: those kids, show my my my younger, younger generation, that

604
00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:16,760
Speaker 1: there's more to do, and there's more to life, you know,

605
00:31:16,880 --> 00:31:18,440
Speaker 1: and that you can do whatever you want to do

606
00:31:18,560 --> 00:31:19,800
Speaker 1: in life, you know, And that's what I did. I

607
00:31:19,840 --> 00:31:22,000
Speaker 1: want to play football, I want to do sports, That's

608
00:31:22,040 --> 00:31:23,760
Speaker 1: what it is. If you want to go do music,

609
00:31:23,840 --> 00:31:25,600
Speaker 1: if you want to go do art, whatever you want

610
00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:27,680
Speaker 1: to pursue in life, you know, go and do it.

611
00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:30,520
Speaker 1: You know. So you started out of Michigan, you finished

612
00:31:30,600 --> 00:31:33,600
Speaker 1: up at UCLA White Michigan initially, and why did you

613
00:31:33,640 --> 00:31:38,000
Speaker 1: transfer back to California Michigan Initially? Because I enjoyed my

614
00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:40,720
Speaker 1: time on my official visit over there, you know, and

615
00:31:40,800 --> 00:31:43,360
Speaker 1: I liked what coach Hardball was doing with a lot

616
00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:45,040
Speaker 1: of tight ends that he had over there, and M

617
00:31:45,240 --> 00:31:48,280
Speaker 1: Jake but was a good friend of mine, and you know,

618
00:31:48,400 --> 00:31:50,160
Speaker 1: he had a he hosted me for that visit, and

619
00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:52,120
Speaker 1: it was a it was a it was a dope visit.

620
00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:53,640
Speaker 1: You know. I got to meet him, got to see

621
00:31:53,760 --> 00:31:56,840
Speaker 1: the guys and see how the camaraderie was and see

622
00:31:56,880 --> 00:31:59,240
Speaker 1: how you know, everybody operates. And so I think I

623
00:31:59,320 --> 00:32:00,720
Speaker 1: was kind of sold that, you know what, I wanted

624
00:32:00,800 --> 00:32:02,200
Speaker 1: to be a part of that, and so I did

625
00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:05,480
Speaker 1: went over there. I enjoyed my time. You know, it's

626
00:32:05,560 --> 00:32:08,680
Speaker 1: my first first year and um in college and in

627
00:32:10,120 --> 00:32:12,200
Speaker 1: uh and that in that conference too, and that conference

628
00:32:12,240 --> 00:32:14,720
Speaker 1: is a big conference, you know, and playing and playing

629
00:32:14,720 --> 00:32:17,240
Speaker 1: in that playing in those arenas, playing in those stadiums

630
00:32:17,680 --> 00:32:21,240
Speaker 1: definitely changed, you know, O West Coast kids perspective on football,

631
00:32:21,320 --> 00:32:23,960
Speaker 1: you know. So um but to be honest, it was

632
00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:27,000
Speaker 1: just um more soldiers family. Man. I couldn't I couldn't

633
00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:29,240
Speaker 1: get a nude of my family back to see my games.

634
00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:31,720
Speaker 1: And it's like, yeah, I know on a TV screen

635
00:32:31,840 --> 00:32:33,440
Speaker 1: is all good and dandy. But you know what I'm saying.

636
00:32:33,440 --> 00:32:35,080
Speaker 1: I want to be able to look in the stands

637
00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:37,480
Speaker 1: and see my see my little brothers, and see my

638
00:32:37,600 --> 00:32:40,040
Speaker 1: little you know, my my dad and my my mama,

639
00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:41,720
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying, and see my cousins or

640
00:32:41,720 --> 00:32:44,080
Speaker 1: whoever whoever wanted to come to the game, and just

641
00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:47,120
Speaker 1: like I said before, just being able to experience those

642
00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:49,360
Speaker 1: type of things, you know. So you know, I made

643
00:32:49,400 --> 00:32:51,680
Speaker 1: a decision to take it back to the West Coast

644
00:32:51,720 --> 00:32:54,360
Speaker 1: and go to UCLA. But you know, I enjoyed it,

645
00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:56,200
Speaker 1: you know, I don't. I don't regret my decision because

646
00:32:56,800 --> 00:32:58,640
Speaker 1: my my family was able to come down and enjoy

647
00:32:58,720 --> 00:33:00,560
Speaker 1: those times. I mean, and those are those you know,

648
00:33:00,680 --> 00:33:02,800
Speaker 1: moments that for me, it's gonna stick with me forever.

649
00:33:03,240 --> 00:33:05,440
Speaker 1: You were selected in the twenty twenty draft in the

650
00:33:05,560 --> 00:33:09,440
Speaker 1: third round by the New England Patriots. Describe your draft experience. Oh, man,

651
00:33:09,920 --> 00:33:13,920
Speaker 1: um crazy, you know. Um. It was obviously during the

652
00:33:13,960 --> 00:33:17,280
Speaker 1: COVID um COVID year, so we didn't nobody can go

653
00:33:17,440 --> 00:33:20,600
Speaker 1: to the Las Vegas um what's it called event and

654
00:33:20,680 --> 00:33:24,280
Speaker 1: everything obviously, but I wasn't going to go or anyways,

655
00:33:24,480 --> 00:33:25,920
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying, because I kind of already

656
00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:28,280
Speaker 1: had my plans set up since I was a kid.

657
00:33:28,320 --> 00:33:29,720
Speaker 1: I've always to the plan set up where I was

658
00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:31,440
Speaker 1: going to go back home, go to my grandma house,

659
00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:33,240
Speaker 1: go to the backyard. You know what I'm saying, have

660
00:33:33,360 --> 00:33:36,920
Speaker 1: all my friends, have all my my siblings, cousins, family,

661
00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:39,040
Speaker 1: everybody there that I've known since I was a kid

662
00:33:39,640 --> 00:33:41,680
Speaker 1: over there and would be all in the backyard and

663
00:33:42,040 --> 00:33:44,040
Speaker 1: being able to watch that and you know, and see

664
00:33:44,120 --> 00:33:46,520
Speaker 1: that come to life, and then being able to see

665
00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:48,640
Speaker 1: that for real, it's like, that's one of the most

666
00:33:48,720 --> 00:33:51,160
Speaker 1: special moments I'll ever and it's like to that to

667
00:33:51,320 --> 00:33:55,280
Speaker 1: this day, that that memory is ingrained in my mind forever,

668
00:33:55,440 --> 00:33:58,840
Speaker 1: because in my heart because it's just you know, being

669
00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:01,720
Speaker 1: able to bring that type of energy and that type

670
00:34:01,760 --> 00:34:04,959
Speaker 1: of life to you know, my neighborhood and my family

671
00:34:05,080 --> 00:34:08,719
Speaker 1: and being able to see them witness and experience and

672
00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:11,000
Speaker 1: that that type of that type of thing, you know,

673
00:34:11,120 --> 00:34:13,480
Speaker 1: and seeing seeing the NFL draft right in front of you.

674
00:34:13,600 --> 00:34:15,920
Speaker 1: It's like not many people get to experience that. And

675
00:34:16,080 --> 00:34:18,200
Speaker 1: like I said before, it's all about for me, it's

676
00:34:18,200 --> 00:34:20,200
Speaker 1: all about the young ones coming up. So it's like

677
00:34:20,640 --> 00:34:22,719
Speaker 1: the fact that they get to see that and get

678
00:34:22,800 --> 00:34:25,120
Speaker 1: to tell you know, their friends and tell, you know

679
00:34:25,160 --> 00:34:27,480
Speaker 1: what I'm saying, their kids one day and hopefully use

680
00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:29,920
Speaker 1: that to drive them and motivate them to go, you know,

681
00:34:30,080 --> 00:34:32,279
Speaker 1: pursue whatever dream that they want. You know, that's the

682
00:34:32,320 --> 00:34:33,960
Speaker 1: biggest thing for me, you know what I'm saying. So

683
00:34:34,400 --> 00:34:36,560
Speaker 1: and then seeing my mama, seeing my dad's team, all

684
00:34:36,640 --> 00:34:38,440
Speaker 1: my you know what I'm saying, my parents and all

685
00:34:38,440 --> 00:34:40,799
Speaker 1: those people that helped me, you know, get to where

686
00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:43,480
Speaker 1: I get to that that moment. You know, it's just

687
00:34:44,320 --> 00:34:46,680
Speaker 1: a very you know, special moment for me. So that's

688
00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:49,399
Speaker 1: very big moment for me. For sure. We're doing fun

689
00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:52,200
Speaker 1: facts with Devin. I c I see many years from

690
00:34:52,239 --> 00:34:54,480
Speaker 1: now you'll tell your grandkids you played for one of

691
00:34:54,520 --> 00:34:57,920
Speaker 1: the most legendary coaches in sports history, not just football history,

692
00:34:58,200 --> 00:35:01,480
Speaker 1: sports history, Bill Belichick. How do you describe Coach Belichick?

693
00:35:02,480 --> 00:35:08,759
Speaker 1: Straight to the point, blunt, um, real um, and yeah,

694
00:35:08,880 --> 00:35:11,760
Speaker 1: just a real honest man and a person who also

695
00:35:11,960 --> 00:35:14,200
Speaker 1: you know, loves the sport of football, you know, and

696
00:35:14,320 --> 00:35:17,960
Speaker 1: takes every precaution, everything serious, to the to the to

697
00:35:18,080 --> 00:35:19,960
Speaker 1: the nitty gritty, to the to the nuts and bolts

698
00:35:19,960 --> 00:35:22,560
Speaker 1: of everything you know, and That's one thing I've I've

699
00:35:22,960 --> 00:35:26,040
Speaker 1: I learned to respect and I learned to um also

700
00:35:26,160 --> 00:35:28,000
Speaker 1: just kind of a part to my life in a

701
00:35:28,040 --> 00:35:30,840
Speaker 1: way too, as much as I can, you know, and

702
00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:35,920
Speaker 1: seeing how preparation can can really benefit you and help you,

703
00:35:36,120 --> 00:35:38,239
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. Obviously, and in games and

704
00:35:38,360 --> 00:35:40,120
Speaker 1: things like that, but just in life in general, you

705
00:35:40,160 --> 00:35:42,400
Speaker 1: know what I'm saying. So, Charles Belichick is one of

706
00:35:42,440 --> 00:35:44,040
Speaker 1: the Religi dudes, I don't know for sure, and you know,

707
00:35:44,080 --> 00:35:46,480
Speaker 1: he's always gonna keep it blood wich. He's only always

708
00:35:46,520 --> 00:35:49,000
Speaker 1: gonna be honest. But you gotta respect that, you know,

709
00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:51,480
Speaker 1: and I gotta love respect from the man as well.

710
00:35:51,920 --> 00:35:54,839
Speaker 1: Your first NFL touchdown catch came in the final game

711
00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:58,080
Speaker 1: of your rookie year, a fourth quarter game winner against

712
00:35:58,120 --> 00:36:00,080
Speaker 1: the New York Jets. What do you remember, by the

713
00:36:00,160 --> 00:36:03,359
Speaker 1: black Obviously, when you're in those situations and you hear

714
00:36:03,440 --> 00:36:05,600
Speaker 1: that played called, you know your number is called, you

715
00:36:05,640 --> 00:36:07,400
Speaker 1: know you gotta you gotta go out there and execute.

716
00:36:07,520 --> 00:36:09,640
Speaker 1: So it was just, you know, it was it kind

717
00:36:09,640 --> 00:36:11,440
Speaker 1: of just happened fast, you know, and I was like,

718
00:36:11,880 --> 00:36:15,879
Speaker 1: we got the ball. It was turnover. I believe jac

719
00:36:16,040 --> 00:36:19,719
Speaker 1: Jackson or I think Jac or or Kyle Degger either

720
00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:22,279
Speaker 1: got an interception or a fumble. So it was like

721
00:36:22,440 --> 00:36:24,960
Speaker 1: quick turnaround. We were at the Friends, so we were

722
00:36:25,040 --> 00:36:28,759
Speaker 1: just inside the fifty and so he called the play

723
00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:30,239
Speaker 1: and I was like, okay, this is that shot. This

724
00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:31,840
Speaker 1: is a shot to you know what I'm saying that,

725
00:36:32,280 --> 00:36:35,320
Speaker 1: and we kind of rerepped in practicing everything. So what

726
00:36:35,440 --> 00:36:37,160
Speaker 1: was it happened. It happened when out there did my

727
00:36:37,239 --> 00:36:39,439
Speaker 1: best execute and then you know, got got the double,

728
00:36:39,520 --> 00:36:41,160
Speaker 1: got the touchdown, and you know what I'm saying, It

729
00:36:41,239 --> 00:36:43,680
Speaker 1: was history after that, you know, and so it was

730
00:36:43,760 --> 00:36:45,400
Speaker 1: it was it was dope too, you know, it was

731
00:36:45,560 --> 00:36:46,960
Speaker 1: it was a special moment for me. You know, my

732
00:36:47,040 --> 00:36:49,600
Speaker 1: family was there too, My mom was there, and so

733
00:36:49,680 --> 00:36:51,359
Speaker 1: I was able to, you know, give her that ball

734
00:36:51,400 --> 00:36:53,560
Speaker 1: and share that home with her. So it was a

735
00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:56,160
Speaker 1: special moment for sure. So this year, you went through

736
00:36:56,200 --> 00:36:58,480
Speaker 1: your third training camp with the Patriots. At the end

737
00:36:58,520 --> 00:37:00,600
Speaker 1: of camp, you were put on a way as I

738
00:37:00,719 --> 00:37:02,320
Speaker 1: imagine they were going to try to put you on

739
00:37:02,400 --> 00:37:05,600
Speaker 1: the practice squad, but the Bengal swooped in and made

740
00:37:05,640 --> 00:37:08,279
Speaker 1: a claim and just like that, before the start of

741
00:37:08,320 --> 00:37:10,800
Speaker 1: the season. It's a whirlwind. You wind up with another team.

742
00:37:11,280 --> 00:37:14,400
Speaker 1: How difficult is that? That's a crazy twenty four or

743
00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:17,560
Speaker 1: four day hours. Sure, I want to say it was

744
00:37:17,840 --> 00:37:21,440
Speaker 1: too difficult. I mean, you know, I just thanks to

745
00:37:21,560 --> 00:37:25,279
Speaker 1: all the coaching staff and all the staff here, you know,

746
00:37:25,440 --> 00:37:28,759
Speaker 1: making that transition as easy as possible, you know. Um,

747
00:37:29,840 --> 00:37:32,279
Speaker 1: But you know, it's it's just like anything, you know,

748
00:37:32,320 --> 00:37:35,200
Speaker 1: you just gotta adapt and you gotta you gotta overcome,

749
00:37:35,280 --> 00:37:37,520
Speaker 1: and then you gotta figure out a way, you know.

750
00:37:37,680 --> 00:37:40,960
Speaker 1: And so that's my mind quickly switched into you know,

751
00:37:41,080 --> 00:37:44,560
Speaker 1: it's like it's another opportunity. It's another chance to you know,

752
00:37:44,680 --> 00:37:48,439
Speaker 1: go out there and touch grass, you know, again every week.

753
00:37:48,520 --> 00:37:51,480
Speaker 1: So for me, it was you know, obviously it was

754
00:37:51,520 --> 00:37:55,560
Speaker 1: difficult in terms of just figuring everything out and get

755
00:37:55,680 --> 00:37:57,600
Speaker 1: in through it. But at the end of the day,

756
00:37:57,840 --> 00:38:00,600
Speaker 1: you know, I could have been you know, more happy,

757
00:38:00,800 --> 00:38:03,480
Speaker 1: you know by the situation, I mean, and grateful for

758
00:38:03,560 --> 00:38:06,120
Speaker 1: the situation, I mean, you know, and you know, I

759
00:38:06,280 --> 00:38:08,399
Speaker 1: just I think I think the coaches all the time

760
00:38:08,480 --> 00:38:12,160
Speaker 1: for the opportunity and you know, and so you know,

761
00:38:12,239 --> 00:38:13,640
Speaker 1: it's been a it's been a fun time, you know,

762
00:38:13,719 --> 00:38:16,680
Speaker 1: and I'm enjoying the guys around here, and you know,

763
00:38:16,840 --> 00:38:19,680
Speaker 1: growing with them and learning with them, and I look

764
00:38:19,719 --> 00:38:21,760
Speaker 1: forward to, you know, doing more of that in the future.

765
00:38:22,280 --> 00:38:24,680
Speaker 1: A few wild card topics now for tight end Devin,

766
00:38:24,760 --> 00:38:26,960
Speaker 1: I c I see who is your all time favorite

767
00:38:27,040 --> 00:38:33,600
Speaker 1: athlete in any sport and why Kobe Bryant was always

768
00:38:33,719 --> 00:38:38,600
Speaker 1: just my idol growing up. I'm a Lakers fan. Now

769
00:38:38,640 --> 00:38:40,680
Speaker 1: I'm from the Bay Area, you know, I saw I'm

770
00:38:40,680 --> 00:38:43,680
Speaker 1: gonna get a little little flat for that. But my

771
00:38:43,880 --> 00:38:46,879
Speaker 1: dad from La you know, he when he came first

772
00:38:46,920 --> 00:38:49,080
Speaker 1: came to the Islands, he was born, he went to

773
00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:52,240
Speaker 1: La Long Beach area and all that, all those areas.

774
00:38:52,320 --> 00:38:55,040
Speaker 1: So I do have a reason why I am a

775
00:38:55,120 --> 00:38:57,560
Speaker 1: Lakers fan. You know, it's just not just out you

776
00:38:57,600 --> 00:39:00,279
Speaker 1: know what I'm saying out the blue. But yeah, Kobe

777
00:39:00,320 --> 00:39:03,239
Speaker 1: Bryant for sure is one of my is probably at

778
00:39:03,280 --> 00:39:05,759
Speaker 1: the top, you know, r P the Mamba. But um,

779
00:39:06,040 --> 00:39:08,880
Speaker 1: just growing up, I mean I watched Lakers games like

780
00:39:09,080 --> 00:39:11,040
Speaker 1: all the time, me and my dad, you know, sitting

781
00:39:11,080 --> 00:39:14,319
Speaker 1: there watching him, watching him and Shack you know, tear

782
00:39:14,360 --> 00:39:16,960
Speaker 1: it up. And then you know, obviously Shack leaving going

783
00:39:17,080 --> 00:39:19,400
Speaker 1: to I forgot where he was Miami or wherever he

784
00:39:19,440 --> 00:39:21,440
Speaker 1: went to that for that, you know, and then seeing

785
00:39:21,680 --> 00:39:26,040
Speaker 1: you know, Kobe having to you know, basically rebuild the

786
00:39:26,080 --> 00:39:29,640
Speaker 1: whole team, and then seeing him getting power Gasol, you know,

787
00:39:29,960 --> 00:39:33,120
Speaker 1: Lamar old him, Andrew behind him, you know, all these

788
00:39:33,239 --> 00:39:36,200
Speaker 1: you know, different type of guys, all these these these

789
00:39:36,280 --> 00:39:38,400
Speaker 1: new guys for me, where I was like, man, I'm like,

790
00:39:38,840 --> 00:39:41,760
Speaker 1: I'm so used to you know, Shack and us dominating,

791
00:39:41,840 --> 00:39:45,359
Speaker 1: the two men, the duo dominating. You know, I didn't

792
00:39:45,360 --> 00:39:47,080
Speaker 1: see what he was doing. But then it's like once

793
00:39:47,160 --> 00:39:49,000
Speaker 1: you just you you sit back and you see that story.

794
00:39:49,080 --> 00:39:52,560
Speaker 1: You know, he willed, he pulled. Power Gasol came from

795
00:39:53,320 --> 00:39:55,799
Speaker 1: you know, wherever he came from. But Powergaso he made

796
00:39:55,880 --> 00:39:57,640
Speaker 1: him a dog, you know, like he made him a

797
00:39:57,719 --> 00:39:59,800
Speaker 1: different animal at the end of the day. You know,

798
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:02,399
Speaker 1: I'm saying, like, you gotta be a real special person

799
00:40:02,480 --> 00:40:04,600
Speaker 1: to pull that type of you know what I'm saying,

800
00:40:04,680 --> 00:40:06,319
Speaker 1: grid out of a person, you know what I'm saying.

801
00:40:06,360 --> 00:40:08,320
Speaker 1: So it's just something I've always looked up to it

802
00:40:08,320 --> 00:40:10,359
Speaker 1: and he's just been lak I'm a Laker fan, Man,

803
00:40:10,480 --> 00:40:12,759
Speaker 1: I love Kobe being ryant. Like that's just to us,

804
00:40:12,880 --> 00:40:15,440
Speaker 1: that's that's my MJ. Like, I don't want to hear

805
00:40:15,600 --> 00:40:22,080
Speaker 1: no Kobe Lebron MJ No, Kobe's You've made your case.

806
00:40:23,160 --> 00:40:29,840
Speaker 1: What do you like to spend your money on? Man? Food, clothes? Definitely, Like,

807
00:40:30,080 --> 00:40:32,880
Speaker 1: of course I gotta. I got bills to pay and

808
00:40:32,960 --> 00:40:35,840
Speaker 1: everything like that. But then you know, I like, I

809
00:40:35,960 --> 00:40:38,480
Speaker 1: do like spending my money on my on my siblings,

810
00:40:38,520 --> 00:40:42,480
Speaker 1: to be honest, like I like giving that to them.

811
00:40:42,560 --> 00:40:45,279
Speaker 1: For some reason. It's like for me being an older brother,

812
00:40:46,040 --> 00:40:48,320
Speaker 1: I always tell them this too. It's like until I

813
00:40:48,400 --> 00:40:51,000
Speaker 1: have my kids, y'all my kids, and it's just for

814
00:40:51,080 --> 00:40:52,800
Speaker 1: me being a big brother. I always want my my

815
00:40:53,200 --> 00:40:55,800
Speaker 1: young siblings to you know what I'm saying, not have

816
00:40:56,080 --> 00:40:57,880
Speaker 1: any worries, you know what I'm saying, or not have

817
00:40:58,080 --> 00:41:01,120
Speaker 1: any anything to worry about, or you know, if they

818
00:41:01,239 --> 00:41:03,160
Speaker 1: like clothes, I'm gonna get them some clothes. They liked

819
00:41:03,200 --> 00:41:05,080
Speaker 1: some some shoes, I'm gonna get them some shoes. Things

820
00:41:05,120 --> 00:41:07,160
Speaker 1: that I didn't have growing up. I couldn't just asked

821
00:41:07,160 --> 00:41:08,600
Speaker 1: my dad. You know, I'm syna get some shoo what

822
00:41:08,800 --> 00:41:10,920
Speaker 1: there's a lot of money now that I'm able to

823
00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:13,239
Speaker 1: do that and have the opportunity to that, obviously I'm not.

824
00:41:13,239 --> 00:41:14,759
Speaker 1: I don't want to spoil them by the same time,

825
00:41:14,800 --> 00:41:17,120
Speaker 1: I do you know what I'm saying. It's like my

826
00:41:17,239 --> 00:41:19,200
Speaker 1: younger simlers, bro Like, you know, I want to take

827
00:41:19,280 --> 00:41:21,840
Speaker 1: care of them, make sure that they know that regardless

828
00:41:21,840 --> 00:41:24,120
Speaker 1: of anything, that they their brother got their back. They oh,

829
00:41:24,160 --> 00:41:26,080
Speaker 1: and he'll always be there, you know. So that's for

830
00:41:26,200 --> 00:41:30,759
Speaker 1: me food, my clothes, or my girlfriend and then my

831
00:41:30,880 --> 00:41:35,520
Speaker 1: similar pictures. So yeah, all right, final fun fact, if

832
00:41:35,560 --> 00:41:40,320
Speaker 1: you could meet anybody in history, who would that person be?

833
00:41:40,760 --> 00:41:45,120
Speaker 1: I'm gonna do three. I'm gonna I'm gonna say both

834
00:41:45,239 --> 00:41:50,440
Speaker 1: my grandfathers because I would just like to know, you know,

835
00:41:52,040 --> 00:41:54,680
Speaker 1: the history of me through their through their mind, through

836
00:41:54,719 --> 00:41:57,560
Speaker 1: their through their eyes, through their perspective, and then just

837
00:41:58,120 --> 00:42:01,239
Speaker 1: you know, get getting that information. And I felt like

838
00:42:01,400 --> 00:42:03,279
Speaker 1: just knowing yet the history of your family, it's a

839
00:42:03,400 --> 00:42:06,840
Speaker 1: very important thing. So I definitely would do my two grandparents,

840
00:42:07,040 --> 00:42:10,200
Speaker 1: my Grandpam on both sides of my family, my dad

841
00:42:10,239 --> 00:42:15,400
Speaker 1: and my mom's side. And I would have to say

842
00:42:15,480 --> 00:42:20,879
Speaker 1: Bob Marley. Yeah, rega reggae was was was the main

843
00:42:22,120 --> 00:42:26,920
Speaker 1: um genre music in our household. So you know, I

844
00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:30,400
Speaker 1: grew up Uncle Bob, like I know all the words

845
00:42:30,440 --> 00:42:32,719
Speaker 1: every song. It's like it's just I mean I'm not

846
00:42:32,719 --> 00:42:34,880
Speaker 1: gonna lie, Like if you ask a lot of policies,

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Speaker 1: right there, for sure, this has been great. I really

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