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Speaker 1: Chris right, Hey, Damien, Um obvious, a big part of

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Speaker 1: your game is that physicality. I'm curious how you get

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Speaker 1: to that place mentally, like you're too much an intellectual guy, Like,

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Speaker 1: how do you get to that point where you can

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Speaker 1: where you can exude your will the way you want

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Speaker 1: to take that punishment, give that punishment. How do you

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Speaker 1: how do you get there? Again? I thank you for

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Speaker 1: the intellectual comment. I have to make sure I tell

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Speaker 1: my girlfriend that because sometimes she doesn't agree. But um,

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Speaker 1: you know, it's just it's the name of the game. Um.

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Speaker 1: You know, I've been doing this for a long time

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Speaker 1: and it's just that's just the way that has to be.

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Speaker 1: I mean, playing especially playing at Alabama and then playing here,

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Speaker 1: you know, two of the teams that are the most tough,

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Speaker 1: the most physical, you know, to the most physical teams.

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Speaker 1: So it's just it's just how it is. And I guess,

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Speaker 1: I guess when you step on the field, Um, all

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Speaker 1: that other stuff just kind of goes out the window

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Speaker 1: because you know, when you step on the field, there's

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Speaker 1: only one goal in mind, and that's too out, tough,

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Speaker 1: out physical, and beat the man across from you. So

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Speaker 1: I don't think about it too much. UM. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I guess just when I step on the field, just

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Speaker 1: like to just kind of go in his own and um,

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Speaker 1: screw out there and play. And a lot of that

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Speaker 1: also comes with the guys that I play with. UM.

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Speaker 1: Like I said, you know, we want to be a tough,

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Speaker 1: physical team, and there's a lot of tough and physical

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Speaker 1: guys on this team, So matching their intensity and just

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Speaker 1: you know, fully immersing myself and what this program is

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Speaker 1: kind of kind of founded on. Then you know, it

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Speaker 1: makes it pretty easy, you know, want to go wanting

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Speaker 1: to go out there and play that tough, physical style

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Speaker 1: of football. Um. And it's fun. Um. Maybe I could

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Speaker 1: have started with that, but it is fun. Um, It's

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Speaker 1: it's fun going out there and play. Playing physical. It

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Speaker 1: doesn't always feel the best, but it's definitely a fun

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Speaker 1: part of the game. And finally, who are your guys

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Speaker 1: liked and took something from it and put it into

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Speaker 1: what you were doing. That's a good question. Um. Growing up,

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Speaker 1: I didn't always watch that much U pro football. UM.

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Speaker 1: I was more of a college football fan. UM growing up,

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Speaker 1: at least until I was kind of getting to college

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Speaker 1: and stuff like that. But I remember watching Carlos high

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Speaker 1: with you know, Braxton Miller and all those guys, and

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Speaker 1: I just remember that. And he was a bigger back.

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Speaker 1: But you know, the way that he moved and the

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Speaker 1: way that he was able to catch the ball in

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Speaker 1: the backfield, the way that he passed protected. I mean,

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Speaker 1: he seemed like a real complete back. Um. You know.

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Speaker 1: One of the reasons why I worre thirty four when

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Speaker 1: I was in you know, when I was in high school,

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Speaker 1: when I was in college, so I think that if

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Speaker 1: I had to pick somebody that you know, I kind

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Speaker 1: of wanted to be like growing up, I thought that

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Speaker 1: I thought that he was a pretty good back. Thanks David,

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Speaker 1: thank you, Thank you Jamian. Thanks everyone appreciated it.