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Speaker 1: Everybody, I am missing Matthews and finally we can say

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Speaker 1: Pro Football Hall of Famer Alan Fantica kind enough to

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Speaker 1: join me after the big announcement. Alan, Finally is the

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Speaker 1: word that I and many people would use. How do

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Speaker 1: you sum up with this moment means to you? Man?

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Speaker 1: I don't know that you can sum it up. Man.

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Speaker 1: It's uh, it's amazing, It's amazing. It's an awesome you

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Speaker 1: know we've known for a little while now, but sitting

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Speaker 1: on it crazily uh and uh, you know, going through

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Speaker 1: some of this stuff today, the orientation and stuff, you know,

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Speaker 1: it it sits on you even more, like you just

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Speaker 1: realized that the gravity of it and the awesomeness and

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Speaker 1: the amazing part of it even more and it leads

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Speaker 1: me even more speedless. I did get to see some

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Speaker 1: video you had a chance to get measurements for the bust,

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Speaker 1: and you said it didn't make it feel more real.

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Speaker 1: But take me back to the knock because you didn't

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Speaker 1: really say a lot, but I think your expression was

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Speaker 1: maybe like, Okay, finally, what was that moment like for you?

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Speaker 1: Um so uh so you know, uh, Julie and my

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Speaker 1: you look back on it, you start connecting to pieces like, Okay,

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Speaker 1: that's why she was acting a little weird. You know. Um,

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Speaker 1: you know, she's got this amazing thing that she's holding

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Speaker 1: she goes, what if you don't get in? And I

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Speaker 1: was like, well, should we just start drinking right now?

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Speaker 1: I mean, what the hell? You know, what's you know?

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Speaker 1: And so she's trying to throw me off the stand

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Speaker 1: because she's feeling, you know, like she's giving it up.

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Speaker 1: But I had no clue. And so they sold me

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Speaker 1: on a bag of goods that we were going to

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Speaker 1: go to brunch with us some family and a friend.

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Speaker 1: And uh so that was the reason to kind of

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Speaker 1: like Sunday morning, you know, year, and so we were

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Speaker 1: we were we were going about and uh uh we

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Speaker 1: were having this kind of conversation. But we were in

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Speaker 1: our bedroom and it was Julie and her brother and myself,

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Speaker 1: and I was like, guys, this is a great conversation,

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Speaker 1: but let's go somewhere else. It just felt awkward having

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Speaker 1: it in there. But they were trying to in our bedroom,

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Speaker 1: but they were trying to keep me busy, and so

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Speaker 1: we walked out and literally, like thirty seconds later, I

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Speaker 1: hear boom, boom, boom, and like at that literally when

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Speaker 1: I heard the boom, I had I had looked out

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Speaker 1: and I saw like the boom microphone like stick sticking

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Speaker 1: out of my window, and I was like, oh man,

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Speaker 1: here we go. And Julie was on the other end

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Speaker 1: of the hallway just looking at me, and uh, I

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Speaker 1: We're doing this and um, you know, it's amazing exciting,

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Speaker 1: and uh been waiting for it at the same time,

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Speaker 1: like you said, you know, so I've been waiting for

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Speaker 1: it for a while and uh uh you know, but

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Speaker 1: the whole COVID restrictions and no hugging and like, uh

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Speaker 1: muting the excitement a little bit because we have to

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Speaker 1: stay apart and all all that craziness kind of played

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Speaker 1: into it. But just uh I was, I was speech

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Speaker 1: uh throughout the whole the whole process and talking to

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Speaker 1: those guys for a while, I was, you know, it happened.

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Speaker 1: You know, it was just something amazing. I love it. Well,

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Speaker 1: little surprise as well. Uh so we're gonna let you

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Speaker 1: take a look at her cell phone for a very

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Speaker 1: special video. Hall of Famer, Alan Fank, big riot. What

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Speaker 1: a go neighbor. It's awesome to see buddy. So happy

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Speaker 1: for you, Julian family. You deserve a buddy, and you know,

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Speaker 1: just thanks for all you taught me, showed me how

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Speaker 1: what's up man? This peace? Congratulations on the Hall of Fame.

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Speaker 1: I can't wait to see you and Catton. Congratulations Alan, Man,

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Speaker 1: you finally did it. Man, you're finally in the Hall

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Speaker 1: of Fame. Well deserved you get that gold jacket. Took

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Speaker 1: Don't worry about it. Man, you're a well deserved selection.

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Speaker 1: No doubt about that. Not only were you a great player,

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Speaker 1: you're a great teammate. What an overdue, tremendous honor for

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Speaker 1: you to be in the Hall of Fame. Taught me

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Speaker 1: thankful for that friendship that we have and for all

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Speaker 1: the success that you were able to help us gather

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Speaker 1: with your skills, your knowledge, and your selflessness. Honor is

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Speaker 1: definitely well deserved. It was a pleasure playing beside you

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Speaker 1: definitely a Hall of famer on and off the field.

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Speaker 1: Congratulations on making the Pro Football Hall of Fame. My brother, Hey,

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Speaker 1: I know I told you once before that when you

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Speaker 1: a phenomenal athlete, man, and a great asset to the

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Speaker 1: Hall of Fame. Long overdue. It's truly an honor for

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Speaker 1: same field as you. I know you didn't like being

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Speaker 1: out there for those field goals, but it's truly an

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Speaker 1: amazing honor for you, your whole family. We couldn't be

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Speaker 1: happier for you. It's so well deserved. Everybody knows you

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Speaker 1: position and leadership skills, but I wanted to thank you

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Speaker 1: for being a part of my success as well. It

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Speaker 1: may probably wasn't your most favorite thing to do on

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Speaker 1: the field goal protection team, but I'm sure did appreciate you.

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Speaker 1: I love your brother. You're a great leader, You're a

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Speaker 1: great player, You're a great family man. You were the

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Speaker 1: reason why to this day people run up to me

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Speaker 1: and and they still call me fast Willie Parker. UM.

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Speaker 1: I remember when you pretty much brought it to the

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Speaker 1: world that this this this, this guy is fast. And

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Speaker 1: you keep doing your thing man, and keep representing and

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Speaker 1: being that guy in role model that you are. Thank you, hey, Allen. UM,

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Speaker 1: UM and so long overdue UM. New from the first

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Speaker 1: time I stepped on the field with you, UM, how

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Speaker 1: special a football player you were and leader. UM. Hall

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Speaker 1: of Fame from the get go. So I'm honored to

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Speaker 1: to have been your quarterback for for part of your

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Speaker 1: Hall of Fame career. Um, and to call you a friend,

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Speaker 1: So thank you for everything you did for me. And

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Speaker 1: just congratulations again. Okay, I promise we weren't trying to

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Speaker 1: Um man, I love those guys, man. That's uh, it's

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Speaker 1: in the locker room. And you don't. You don't do

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Speaker 1: you know, without those guys, without your teammates, the guy

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Speaker 1: the guy you you line up in practice against every

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Speaker 1: I told those guys when they came and knocked on

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Speaker 1: my door, and I was like, man, this is what

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Speaker 1: an opportune time to same thing, thank you man, to

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Speaker 1: to like like just really man, like a lot of

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Speaker 1: people you go through life, man, and you know, especially

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Speaker 1: you know man, grandparents, Man, go hug your grandparents. Man.

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Speaker 1: I just to to tell them, man, you love them,

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Speaker 1: and you know what I mean. And just but to

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Speaker 1: It's uh, it was an honor to line up with

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Speaker 1: as being in here. Man. Just to to tell people, man,

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Speaker 1: me here just as much as I did myself. And

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Speaker 1: thank you for everything. Man. That's um that I look

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Speaker 1: forward to doing that in the process. All right, Well,

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Speaker 1: all of Steelers Nation loves you. Alan, Congratulations once again

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Speaker 1: you and Bill Nunn in the two thousand and twenty

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Speaker 1: one class Coach Cora Toroy Palamalu Doni Chell from the class.

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Speaker 1: We are hoping and praying for a very special August

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Speaker 1: in Canon, Ohio this summer, so enjoy all of the

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Speaker 1: festivities and again thank you very much for your time

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Speaker 1: and congratulations. Thank you. Awesome. Here we go, steal a nation.