1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,800 Speaker 1: Lorenzo, you had a pretty good game such as it 2 00:00:02,920 --> 00:00:07,320 Speaker 1: was tonight. Um, what would you attribute your progress to. 3 00:00:07,640 --> 00:00:11,000 Speaker 1: What in particular did you work on in the off season, Um, 4 00:00:11,480 --> 00:00:14,080 Speaker 1: to become you know, more effective, And what's your optimism 5 00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:15,800 Speaker 1: level that this is the year that you finally turn 6 00:00:15,880 --> 00:00:17,880 Speaker 1: the corner. Sorry to cram a bunch in there, but 7 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:22,520 Speaker 1: if you could address that, thanks. Yeah. So, over the 8 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:25,760 Speaker 1: past couple of months, it's just been really rough for me, 9 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:31,440 Speaker 1: um and the community of black people, and I know 10 00:00:31,560 --> 00:00:35,320 Speaker 1: my team, We've come together, We've had many talks, and 11 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:39,320 Speaker 1: at this point, I really just feel like my main 12 00:00:39,400 --> 00:00:42,559 Speaker 1: focus is making sure that we do what we can 13 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:46,920 Speaker 1: do to bridge the gap between black people in the 14 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:56,600 Speaker 1: society and everybody else. Um, the state of this country 15 00:00:56,840 --> 00:01:00,920 Speaker 1: is it. I'm not comfortable. Nobody is comfortable. The people 16 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:03,800 Speaker 1: that I know in my hometown, the people that I've 17 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:08,600 Speaker 1: talked to, my teammates, We're not comfortable. And this isn't 18 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:14,039 Speaker 1: okay at whatever is going on. I just feel like 19 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:18,319 Speaker 1: this country is divided and we have to use our platforms. 20 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:21,319 Speaker 1: We have to use our voices as black man and 21 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:26,800 Speaker 1: as athletes, as influencers, as anybody that has a voice 22 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:30,199 Speaker 1: needs to use it um not just black, not just white, 23 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:34,440 Speaker 1: not Latino, everybody. We gotta come together. And until we 24 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:38,560 Speaker 1: do that, I can't really honestly think about football. I 25 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:44,479 Speaker 1: woke up this morning thinking about the different people that's 26 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 1: been done wrong and just thinking about that. This is 27 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:53,520 Speaker 1: the fifty seventh year, the fifty seven anniversary of the 28 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:57,400 Speaker 1: March on Washington, fifty seven anniversary of Martin Luther King's 29 00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:01,320 Speaker 1: I had a dream speech, and I can't help but 30 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:04,680 Speaker 1: I feel like everything mar Luther King Jr. Said in 31 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:08,079 Speaker 1: that speech is still relevant today and we're still dealing 32 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:11,200 Speaker 1: with the same things, and that's not right. We should 33 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:13,240 Speaker 1: be further ahead as a country, we should be further 34 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:16,640 Speaker 1: ahead as a people, and we just gotta do what 35 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:19,160 Speaker 1: we need to do. Is also the sixty five year 36 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:26,359 Speaker 1: anniversary of Emmett Tills murder, and honestly, that's all that's 37 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:29,680 Speaker 1: been on my mind this whole day, waking up seeing 38 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:31,960 Speaker 1: everything that's going on in this country. I just know 39 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:36,840 Speaker 1: this team, these people, these men, We're gonna do everything 40 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:40,519 Speaker 1: that's within our power to make sure that we bring 41 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:43,720 Speaker 1: about real change. And we're not gonna stop. We're not 42 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:47,000 Speaker 1: gonna just stop with the video that we did locking 43 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 1: arms at the fifty yard lot before the scrimins. That's 44 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:54,360 Speaker 1: not it. That's that's a small jester. But we have 45 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 1: a lot more to do. We got a lot more work, 46 00:02:56,919 --> 00:03:01,120 Speaker 1: my guys. Everybody's working hard, doing more than just talking. 47 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:05,160 Speaker 1: I just wanted we stand with the NBA, We stand 48 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:07,839 Speaker 1: with the MLB, we stand with the MLS, We stay 49 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:11,200 Speaker 1: with all the professional athletes that are choosing to make 50 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:14,120 Speaker 1: their voice heard and choosing to use their platform for 51 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:19,440 Speaker 1: a positive change and for peace and for justice. Um. 52 00:03:19,560 --> 00:03:23,080 Speaker 1: Other than that, I mean, honestly, I haven't thought about 53 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:26,680 Speaker 1: football too much today. I haven't thought about anything dealing 54 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:31,480 Speaker 1: with our game playing, anything dealing with this season, anything 55 00:03:31,560 --> 00:03:34,880 Speaker 1: dealing with the game of football is it's literally just 56 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:37,920 Speaker 1: been trying to figure out what we can do as 57 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:40,920 Speaker 1: a team, what I can do personally, and what we 58 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:44,119 Speaker 1: can do as a country to end this Like I'm 59 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:47,800 Speaker 1: tired of enough is enough, Like I don't want to 60 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:50,560 Speaker 1: be in the same situation my grandfather was in, my 61 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:56,000 Speaker 1: great grandfather was in, and everything else. So honestly, I mean, 62 00:03:56,040 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 1: that's really all I have to say. I don't I 63 00:03:58,520 --> 00:04:02,520 Speaker 1: don't know if you guys have any more, but what 64 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:05,760 Speaker 1: do you want to see change about the way police 65 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:12,119 Speaker 1: treat black people in this country. I just want equality. Um, 66 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:15,000 Speaker 1: it's not even I want police. I want everybody to 67 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:19,200 Speaker 1: realize that all life is it's sacred, all life is value. 68 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:22,719 Speaker 1: And what I don't I just don't want to see 69 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:26,480 Speaker 1: the injustice is doing. Um. I want justice. It doesn't 70 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:32,279 Speaker 1: matter what race, what color, what ethnicity, what religion. I 71 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:36,360 Speaker 1: just want America to stand on the values that we're 72 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:40,239 Speaker 1: written out in the Constitution that all men are created equal, 73 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:45,799 Speaker 1: all men have inalienable rights for live, life, liberty, and justice. 74 00:04:45,960 --> 00:04:48,800 Speaker 1: And I just want that check to be cast. Um. 75 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:51,760 Speaker 1: Like Mark Luther King said, I don't believe that they 76 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:54,680 Speaker 1: should default on that check. I don't believe America is 77 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:57,440 Speaker 1: bankrupted and the fact that we all have the rights 78 00:04:57,440 --> 00:05:00,560 Speaker 1: of life, liberty, and justice. To about your father and 79 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:03,240 Speaker 1: your grandfather just there, Lorenzo, what kind of experiences did 80 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:06,479 Speaker 1: they tell you about? And I'm guessing that they grew 81 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:11,680 Speaker 1: up in Georgia's just like you. Yeah, I just know 82 00:05:11,839 --> 00:05:16,040 Speaker 1: my grandfather he lived through this um. The these are 83 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:19,440 Speaker 1: people that lived through this um. Just seeing I literally 84 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:23,159 Speaker 1: being in Atlanta when everything was going on this summer 85 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:27,359 Speaker 1: I literally came to tears as I watched the news 86 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:31,440 Speaker 1: and I see the National Guard and police officers on 87 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:36,280 Speaker 1: horses pushing back people, throwing tear guards, tear bombs. Um, 88 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:38,920 Speaker 1: just just things that I never thought I would see 89 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:41,599 Speaker 1: in my lifetime. Things that I thought was just history books, 90 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:43,400 Speaker 1: things that I saw in the history books, things that 91 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:46,880 Speaker 1: I saw in videos. I actually sat there and watched 92 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:50,440 Speaker 1: it in real life, and it really was just heart wrenching. 93 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:54,120 Speaker 1: And my heart went out to everybody that was out there, 94 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:57,919 Speaker 1: just peacefully protesting, all the peaceful protesters, just trying to 95 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:00,800 Speaker 1: do the right things, man. And I feel like we 96 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:05,400 Speaker 1: have to continue to do that and don't let don't 97 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:10,400 Speaker 1: let fear and division continue to manifest itself in this country. 98 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:12,840 Speaker 1: We gotta come together. We gotta do it. We gotta 99 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:15,400 Speaker 1: do it together. I know my team. We come from 100 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:19,000 Speaker 1: all different backgrounds. Um. We got guys from the South, 101 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:21,400 Speaker 1: we got guys from the North, we got guys West Coast, 102 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:24,280 Speaker 1: people from the middle of the country, and we all 103 00:06:24,320 --> 00:06:28,000 Speaker 1: come together and have a common goal. And I need 104 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:31,719 Speaker 1: the microcosm of this world that we have in the 105 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:36,200 Speaker 1: locker room. I need that to become reality. Uh. We 106 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:38,520 Speaker 1: all work together. It don't matter where we're from. We're 107 00:06:38,520 --> 00:06:41,960 Speaker 1: all working together towards what common goal. And the United States, 108 00:06:42,279 --> 00:06:44,840 Speaker 1: I believe we were the greatest country in the world, 109 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:47,200 Speaker 1: and we need to show that. We need to show 110 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 1: that we can come together and work towards that goal, 111 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:52,839 Speaker 1: towards that one common goal is just being great, being American, 112 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:55,280 Speaker 1: being a dream like this is the American dream people 113 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:58,200 Speaker 1: dream of coming here, and we need to create that 114 00:06:58,320 --> 00:07:02,159 Speaker 1: drink like keep that it. Do you have rather not 115 00:07:02,279 --> 00:07:07,840 Speaker 1: played this scrimmage time? I can't say that, because we 116 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:09,800 Speaker 1: all want to. It's a chance for us to get better. 117 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:11,720 Speaker 1: It was an opportunity for us to get better as 118 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:15,200 Speaker 1: a team. And we agreed that we're going to make 119 00:07:15,240 --> 00:07:17,760 Speaker 1: our statement before the game, and that's what we did. 120 00:07:17,840 --> 00:07:21,120 Speaker 1: So we came together, we talked about it, and that's 121 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:23,120 Speaker 1: the decision we made as a team. And everything we 122 00:07:23,160 --> 00:07:26,119 Speaker 1: do this year is gonna be as a team. There's 123 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:30,360 Speaker 1: no there's no individual in this and that's just the message. 124 00:07:30,480 --> 00:07:33,800 Speaker 1: That's it. It's no individual. We're doing everything as a team, 125 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:35,080 Speaker 1: everything collective, and that's it.