WEBVTT - Posted Up! | Matisse Thybulle

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<v Speaker 1>This podcast is part of the seventy Sixers podcast network

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<v Speaker 1>search seventy Sixers podcast wherever you get your pods. Around

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<v Speaker 1>this time a year ago, the seventy Sixers were close,

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<v Speaker 1>just days away from getting their gay Boston is going

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<v Speaker 1>to be selecting for the Sixers. Here Batistible from the

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<v Speaker 1>University of Washington. The Sixers front office was sold on

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<v Speaker 1>Batistible heading into the two nineteen draft, when they had

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<v Speaker 1>the chance to move up and snag him. They did

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<v Speaker 1>just that. Once the season began, the rookie rewarded his

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<v Speaker 1>club's faith right away, as in first game, right away,

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<v Speaker 1>the more the kid played, the brighter He's shot. Three balls.

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<v Speaker 1>Shot here, He's done it again. The rookies on fire.

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<v Speaker 1>Footistible has arrived rupt Seattle the Philly. He's part of man.

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<v Speaker 1>With the NBA's returned to play looking more and more likely,

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<v Speaker 1>there will be no better time than the playoffs for

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<v Speaker 1>Thiable to put his skill set to use. I hope

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<v Speaker 1>that when this is also and done, we're all healthy

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<v Speaker 1>and safe, and that we can get back on the

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<v Speaker 1>court and start playing basketball. Head. This is posted up

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<v Speaker 1>with Matisse Styble. Welcome to the latest installment of Post

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<v Speaker 1>It Up presented by Caesar's Online, a mini cast series

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<v Speaker 1>here on the broadcast checking in on the seventy six

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<v Speaker 1>ers during the hiatus, with new episodes debuting each week.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Brian Seltzer. It's kind of ironic, isn't it that?

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<v Speaker 1>For as well as Matisse, Thybile played for five months

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<v Speaker 1>before the NBA's hiatus. His biggest breakout moment yet came

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<v Speaker 1>a day after the season was suspended, in the form

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<v Speaker 1>of a social media video that lasted about as long

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<v Speaker 1>as it takes for Matis to strip an aponent of

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<v Speaker 1>the ball then run it back the other way for

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<v Speaker 1>a dunk. So, now the NBA seasons and we've been

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<v Speaker 1>advised to self coining ourselves. The only logical things for

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<v Speaker 1>me to do at this point is start making TikTok's.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's face it, we couldn't totally ignore the TikTok. Then

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<v Speaker 1>Thibile really became a viral TikTok sensation overnight. His first

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<v Speaker 1>post that you just heard was on March twelfth, the

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<v Speaker 1>day after the season was stopped. It showed a sequence

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<v Speaker 1>of creative cutaways transitioning between various rooms and his apartment

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<v Speaker 1>shot on a selfie video and it got four hundred

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<v Speaker 1>fifty fourth thousand views. Thibles made him modest fifteen TikTok

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<v Speaker 1>videos in all, and they've surpassed six and a half

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<v Speaker 1>million plays. It's insane. I don't know. I think people

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<v Speaker 1>think it's more serious, and it is like, I'm just

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<v Speaker 1>as bored as everyone else, but like for some reason,

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<v Speaker 1>my outlet was creating stupid videos in my apartment. Needless

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<v Speaker 1>to say, Thible has gotten a lot of attention for

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<v Speaker 1>his visionary TikTok work, so much so that it's kind

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<v Speaker 1>of like, hold up a minute, let's not forget the

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<v Speaker 1>guy appears to be pretty darn good at what the

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<v Speaker 1>Sixers need him to do. His defensive rating of just

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<v Speaker 1>over one hundred three and a half ranked second on

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<v Speaker 1>the team behind Joel Embiid, and he leads all first

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<v Speaker 1>year players in the NBA with eighty steels. His two

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<v Speaker 1>sixteals for thirty six minutes is on pace for the

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<v Speaker 1>second best rookie mark in league history. So yeah, the

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<v Speaker 1>former NCAA Defensive Player of the Year has delivered as

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<v Speaker 1>advertised and done a steady job riding the proverbial rookie

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<v Speaker 1>wave as well. There would be games I'm like I'm here,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like, everyone's gonna know this name, and then there'll

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<v Speaker 1>be other games where I'm like, I don't know if

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<v Speaker 1>I belong here, Like these guys are pretty good, and

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<v Speaker 1>it was just like trying to find that balance and

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<v Speaker 1>then ultimately just seeing how like where it really was,

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<v Speaker 1>because with this game, with the season how long indes,

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<v Speaker 1>there's a lot of highs and there's a lot of lows,

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<v Speaker 1>and finding that middle ground and not being thrown off

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<v Speaker 1>too much was what I had to learn to do.

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<v Speaker 1>It never hurts to be surrounded by talent, and Thible

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<v Speaker 1>knows the seventy six Ers have a considerable amount of that,

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<v Speaker 1>but simply chalking up thible success to everyone else sells

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<v Speaker 1>them short. Three of the Sixers starters, Joel Embiid, Ben

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<v Speaker 1>Simmons and Josh Richardson are at their statistical defensive best

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<v Speaker 1>when Thible's also on the court. He'd find you the

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<v Speaker 1>first two gentlemen we named right there are all stars. Simmons,

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<v Speaker 1>of course, is his own rare defensive specimen. To be

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<v Speaker 1>guarded by six ten that moves faster than most guards

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<v Speaker 1>is not fun. I mean, he's also so strong I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>he's he's one of those freaks where it's like he's

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<v Speaker 1>the perfect athletes. He's tall, he's athletic, and he's strong,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's like when you have that sort of combination

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<v Speaker 1>is really hard. Hard for the opposition, yes, but now

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<v Speaker 1>when you're a running mate for a phenome like Simmons

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<v Speaker 1>on the opposite end of the floor. Thible credit Simmons

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<v Speaker 1>for creating opportunities someone who demands so much attention. It

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<v Speaker 1>opens up shooters like me. And when he has the ball,

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<v Speaker 1>there's five guys I have to add their eyes on

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<v Speaker 1>them worried about him. It makes a lot of our

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<v Speaker 1>jobs off the ball a lot easier. To add some

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<v Speaker 1>context to thible scoring this season, Simmons has assisted on

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<v Speaker 1>nearly a third of his field goals, and over fifty

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<v Speaker 1>five percent of Thible's points have come on catch and

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<v Speaker 1>shoot baskets, something of course that Simmons has had a

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<v Speaker 1>hand in as well. He's been great, you know, he's

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<v Speaker 1>willing to learn. Everyone has that kind of rookie bump,

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<v Speaker 1>as they say, but I haven't really noticed a huge

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<v Speaker 1>bump with him. I think he's been very solid overall,

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<v Speaker 1>and he's gotten a lot better, and his confidence is

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<v Speaker 1>just getting better and better. Defensively, his confidence is there.

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<v Speaker 1>He knows he's one of the best defenders in the NBA.

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<v Speaker 1>Some heady praise. It's telling how much guys and the

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<v Speaker 1>Sixers have genuinely taken the Thibal and when out of

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<v Speaker 1>their way quickly earlier on in the season to make

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<v Speaker 1>him feel part of the team. Tobias Harris has been

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<v Speaker 1>the main mentor other bets like Mike Scott and Kylo

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<v Speaker 1>Quinn never miss a chance to bust Thibals chops. Harris

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<v Speaker 1>gets some looks into ko how many biscuits this guy got? Six? Nobody?

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<v Speaker 1>But guess what, the Internet will make sure those two

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<v Speaker 1>dubious words six biscuits will forever live on as part

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<v Speaker 1>of bibles like see Anybody Want to Bite? That incident,

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<v Speaker 1>which happened over the winter captures an endearing dichotomy in

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<v Speaker 1>Thible's DNA. He's really really bright, curious and self aware.

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<v Speaker 1>But then these other times when he comes off a

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<v Speaker 1>little aloof and hilariously goofy. Given how mature, thoughtful and

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<v Speaker 1>worldly Thible is, it's easy to forget he only turned

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<v Speaker 1>twenty three in March. I think more than anything, I've

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<v Speaker 1>just learned. I've had to learn how to adapt to

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<v Speaker 1>being like an NBA player and like a celebrity to

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<v Speaker 1>some people. That's been weird for me because I've always

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<v Speaker 1>I've never been that at any stage in my career,

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<v Speaker 1>and I've never viewed myself that way. I still don't

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<v Speaker 1>view myself that way, but now it's like accepting that, like, Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>there are some people who actually think of me in

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<v Speaker 1>this light, and how can I use that to help

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<v Speaker 1>inspire influence. If you've read up on Thible, you know

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<v Speaker 1>he's got layers. Yes, it's basketball first and foremost, but

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<v Speaker 1>there's also his family, his friends, photography, the perseverance that's

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<v Speaker 1>defined him since he lost his mother to cancer, and recently,

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<v Speaker 1>in the aftermath of George Floyd's murder, he's been vocal

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<v Speaker 1>and speaking out against racial injustice. It shouldn't come as

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<v Speaker 1>a surprise that Thible's kept busy in the past three months.

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<v Speaker 1>He'll meditate early in the morning, then spend time either

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<v Speaker 1>researching something that interests him or catching up with friends.

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<v Speaker 1>His afternoons are dedicated to more intensive fiscal activity, and

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<v Speaker 1>I like the people have to do the same exact thing.

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<v Speaker 1>Every day like I need variation. It's like within each

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<v Speaker 1>category there's probably like three or four things I could do.

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<v Speaker 1>Some days, I'll go for a walk instead of going exercising,

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<v Speaker 1>or not even go for a while. Somebody's I might

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<v Speaker 1>just do a couple of push ups, or like a

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<v Speaker 1>yoga classes, I can do like a stretching class instead

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<v Speaker 1>of like a full flow yoga. So it varies sooner

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<v Speaker 1>rather than later. It seems like Thible we'll be channeling

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<v Speaker 1>all of his energies towards hoops again, perhaps more so

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<v Speaker 1>than ever before, given the reported nature of the NBA's

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<v Speaker 1>return to play plan. The seventy sixers will try to

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<v Speaker 1>make a sprint to the finish. Consider Thible eager and ready.

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<v Speaker 1>I think, honestly might anything just being a play basketball together.

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<v Speaker 1>I get back out there and get that feel, that chemistry,

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<v Speaker 1>that flow going that we had because we were doing

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<v Speaker 1>a pretty good job and we're having a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>fun doing it, and just that just have that feeling day.

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<v Speaker 1>This has been posted up with Matisse Thible presented by

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<v Speaker 1>Caesar's A nine. Be sure to look for Lauren Rosen's

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<v Speaker 1>article about Matisse that's also part of our post. It

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<v Speaker 1>up hiatus content series. You can find it on our

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<v Speaker 1>walk outside and you know, take a deep breath and

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<v Speaker 1>get some fresh shairs. It's like the same thing walking

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<v Speaker 1>in the gym and just you know, just smelling hard work.

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<v Speaker 1>You know it's time to really work for what you want.

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