1 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:07,000 Speaker 1: What's up his way up at Angela Yee. I'm Angela Yee. 2 00:00:07,040 --> 00:00:08,920 Speaker 2: And it is a Wealth Wednesday, so I'm here with 3 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:10,480 Speaker 2: my partner Stacy Tisdale. 4 00:00:10,520 --> 00:00:12,360 Speaker 3: Happy Wealth Wednesday, everybody. 5 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:14,960 Speaker 4: And it's a very special one indeed, because it is 6 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:16,280 Speaker 4: US Open week. 7 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:18,759 Speaker 1: Yes, and up here it's a family affair. 8 00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:19,959 Speaker 3: Yeah, we have. 9 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:23,080 Speaker 4: We're so excited to have Sasha Vickery, who is an 10 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:26,319 Speaker 4: amazing professional tennis player and who will be playing at 11 00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:30,160 Speaker 4: the US Open. Her mother Paula Liverpool, who helped her 12 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:33,480 Speaker 4: on that journey, an amazing story, and her brother Dominique Mitchell, 13 00:00:33,479 --> 00:00:37,279 Speaker 4: who's also a former athlete but now a multi platinum 14 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:41,160 Speaker 4: record hip hop producer and created an NFT. 15 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:41,760 Speaker 3: And an avatar. 16 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:44,280 Speaker 4: And you guys are just an amazing story of everything 17 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:48,520 Speaker 4: it takes to really be a professional athlete and thrive 18 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:49,440 Speaker 4: and all that you can do. 19 00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:51,680 Speaker 1: Yeah, thank you, thank you. 20 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:55,320 Speaker 2: Well, yeah, let's start with you, mom, Paula Okay Liverpool, 21 00:00:55,480 --> 00:00:58,160 Speaker 2: because it all starts from you, right, And it is 22 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:00,160 Speaker 2: a lot of sacrifice that you have to make when 23 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:03,400 Speaker 2: it comes to raising your kids to be professional athletes 24 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:05,600 Speaker 2: and then to be successful and to go on and 25 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:09,839 Speaker 2: become a record producer multi platinum. So let's talk about 26 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:12,760 Speaker 2: your history and because some people might feel like to 27 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:15,319 Speaker 2: be in these sports you have to come from a 28 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:17,720 Speaker 2: privileged background, especially in tennis. 29 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:23,680 Speaker 5: Absolutely positively not. I am from Guyana, South America. I 30 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:28,240 Speaker 5: hears from a little village in called Kokwanie Park of 31 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:32,800 Speaker 5: the Barbis River. I actually did not come to America 32 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:35,360 Speaker 5: in your regular traditional way. I came on a boat. 33 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:39,200 Speaker 5: At that time, you needed a visa. I didn't get 34 00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:41,720 Speaker 5: it at the time, and I was so eager to 35 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:44,399 Speaker 5: come to the land of opportunity. So I took my 36 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:48,000 Speaker 5: chances on a little boat across the Atlantic Ocean and 37 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:49,400 Speaker 5: I got to the US. 38 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 6: And when I got here, I. 39 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:55,160 Speaker 5: Know for a fac I wanted my children to have 40 00:01:55,520 --> 00:01:58,920 Speaker 5: a good life, a better life than you would have 41 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:02,600 Speaker 5: in a third world country. So I put all my efforts, 42 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:06,640 Speaker 5: all my sacrifices into them, and I'm humbled, proud and 43 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:09,040 Speaker 5: happy to see how things have blossomed. 44 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 3: How did that even get started? 45 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:17,079 Speaker 4: With you being able to afford to help slash a 46 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:18,200 Speaker 4: play professional tennis. 47 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:20,120 Speaker 3: I know you had to. You were working twenty hours 48 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:21,320 Speaker 3: a day at one point. 49 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:21,760 Speaker 7: Yeah. 50 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:23,639 Speaker 5: Well, actually I worked two jobs. I worked in the 51 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:28,480 Speaker 5: daytime at the online university, and I bartended. Basically, I 52 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:31,639 Speaker 5: think it was all about creativity and to just do 53 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:36,080 Speaker 5: the best you can. I utilize my flights and my 54 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:39,920 Speaker 5: flight privileges because I worked for the airlines, and you know, 55 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:42,680 Speaker 5: just whatever resources I can pull from, and then when 56 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:45,640 Speaker 5: you show promise at an early age, you kind of 57 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:49,320 Speaker 5: get a little bit of support. So basically that's how 58 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:49,920 Speaker 5: it started. 59 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:53,840 Speaker 2: Even the process of being a citizen. How was that, 60 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:56,400 Speaker 2: because I know that can be you know, you came 61 00:02:56,440 --> 00:02:58,120 Speaker 2: over on a boat, like you said, you were just 62 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:00,600 Speaker 2: eager to say I want to life. 63 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:03,079 Speaker 1: So what was that process like for you? 64 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:05,880 Speaker 5: It was difficult, but you know with everything else that 65 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:09,400 Speaker 5: you went through whatever you had to go through, and 66 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:11,880 Speaker 5: then I became a citizen of the US. That means 67 00:03:11,919 --> 00:03:15,040 Speaker 5: things much much easier because doors open. When you come 68 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:19,840 Speaker 5: as an immigrant without documentation, to get jobs and things 69 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:23,440 Speaker 5: like that becomes very challenging. So you go through whatever 70 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:25,920 Speaker 5: process you can and then you get to where you 71 00:03:25,919 --> 00:03:26,480 Speaker 5: need to get to. 72 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:29,240 Speaker 2: Yeah, I've heard people talk about their stories about not 73 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:30,919 Speaker 2: being able to get a car, not being able to 74 00:03:30,919 --> 00:03:33,480 Speaker 2: go to school, and like you said, even looking for 75 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:36,520 Speaker 2: work and for a job that pays even the minimum wage. 76 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:39,560 Speaker 2: Sometimes people take advantage when they know you're not documented. 77 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:43,160 Speaker 5: Absolutely, you know, they take advantage you and they know 78 00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:45,640 Speaker 5: you don't have the correct documentation. But you know, we 79 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:48,600 Speaker 5: sacrifice everything is possible. 80 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:51,720 Speaker 2: And for you, Sasha and Dominique, while all this was 81 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 2: going on when you were very young, right, Sometimes when 82 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:58,960 Speaker 2: we're young, we don't realize what, you know, the difficulties 83 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:01,040 Speaker 2: because we're so used to it. We grow up in 84 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:03,160 Speaker 2: a situation where I know, for me, like I didn't 85 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:05,760 Speaker 2: leave my neighborhood until I was older, and you don't 86 00:04:05,760 --> 00:04:08,720 Speaker 2: realize all the struggles that you went through until later 87 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 2: in life. 88 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:10,120 Speaker 1: So did any of this? 89 00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:12,920 Speaker 2: Was this something that you knew or you didn't realize 90 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:14,440 Speaker 2: till you look back and were life, Dan, We went 91 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:14,920 Speaker 2: through a lot. 92 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:18,880 Speaker 6: Yeah, I think for me, I realized. 93 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:21,440 Speaker 8: I know my mom tried to you know, she tried 94 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:24,040 Speaker 8: her best not to show it or not to you know, 95 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:26,120 Speaker 8: tell me everything that was going on. But you know, 96 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:28,840 Speaker 8: I obviously saw like she she struggled, she was working 97 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:31,520 Speaker 8: a lot. She would always come home super super late, 98 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:34,160 Speaker 8: even when I went to tournaments. She would just give 99 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:36,040 Speaker 8: me money whenever she could, So I knew it wasn't. 100 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:39,599 Speaker 8: It was completely different than any other any of the 101 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:41,680 Speaker 8: other players that that I was playing with at the time. 102 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:43,880 Speaker 8: You know, they had coaches, they had you know, their 103 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:46,440 Speaker 8: parents travel with them. They always had hotels set up, 104 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:49,119 Speaker 8: you know, everything arranged, and I went the complete opposite route. 105 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:52,200 Speaker 8: And yeah, so it was something where I knew what 106 00:04:52,279 --> 00:04:54,800 Speaker 8: was going on. But then I also I knew I 107 00:04:54,839 --> 00:04:58,200 Speaker 8: had the potential to make something of myself, and I 108 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:00,360 Speaker 8: put the work in since I was I was very 109 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:01,559 Speaker 8: young to get to that level. 110 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:04,599 Speaker 4: And Dominique, you were an athlete too, And I remember 111 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:06,920 Speaker 4: when I first heard about your guys story, like ten 112 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:09,839 Speaker 4: years ago, you had images of your mother just sitting 113 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:12,760 Speaker 4: in tears over piles of bills, and you tried to 114 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:16,360 Speaker 4: do your part right by earning scholarships and work and 115 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:17,159 Speaker 4: tell us about that. 116 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:19,960 Speaker 7: Yeah, so I mean being uh and you. 117 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:21,880 Speaker 3: Lived with Lebron James's family at on point. 118 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:24,920 Speaker 7: Yeah, so that was later on in high school. But yeah, 119 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:27,280 Speaker 7: being kind of the man in the house at a 120 00:05:27,279 --> 00:05:31,159 Speaker 7: young age, you see more so I would see my 121 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:34,719 Speaker 7: mom struggling, excuse me, I would see her struggling and 122 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:37,520 Speaker 7: you know, dealing with certain things, and it gives you 123 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:39,760 Speaker 7: kind of a helpless feeling because you can't. Like at 124 00:05:39,760 --> 00:05:42,360 Speaker 7: the time, I'm you know, maybe six, seven, eight years old, 125 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:44,880 Speaker 7: there's nothing I can do about it. So it's just 126 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:46,800 Speaker 7: when I go out here and play soccer or play 127 00:05:46,839 --> 00:05:48,719 Speaker 7: these sports, I'm going to give it my all because 128 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:51,400 Speaker 7: one day I want to fix the situation. So I 129 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:53,839 Speaker 7: was like the earliest memory I have played sports, like, 130 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:58,679 Speaker 7: my motivation is to fix the situation that we in Sasha. 131 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:02,039 Speaker 4: You have gone as high is seven, been ranked a 132 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:05,000 Speaker 4: size seventy three in the world, and I know, breaking 133 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:07,320 Speaker 4: through that top one hundred, that's when you can start 134 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:08,080 Speaker 4: earning money. 135 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:09,720 Speaker 3: To tell us a little bit about. 136 00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:14,160 Speaker 8: That, Yeah, up until that point, you know, obviously tennis 137 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:16,760 Speaker 8: is way different than any other sports. It's not like 138 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:19,599 Speaker 8: you know, football, basketball, where you're in a contract. You know, 139 00:06:19,640 --> 00:06:21,640 Speaker 8: you're on a team, you have, you know, all these 140 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:24,919 Speaker 8: contracts to fall back on. Tennis is completely individual. So 141 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:28,719 Speaker 8: you know, if you're not winning, if you're not doing extraordinary, 142 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:31,640 Speaker 8: you're not going to make any money. So the hardest 143 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:35,480 Speaker 8: part is getting from juniors to professional tennis because that's 144 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:38,160 Speaker 8: what takes the most money and you need the most resources. 145 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:40,800 Speaker 8: But once I excelled, you know, I was like number 146 00:06:40,839 --> 00:06:43,279 Speaker 8: two junior in the world, and then a few opportunities 147 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:45,839 Speaker 8: came up. And then when I got to professional, I 148 00:06:45,880 --> 00:06:47,719 Speaker 8: wasn't making a lot of money, but I worked for 149 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:50,080 Speaker 8: a lot of years until I was able. You know, 150 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:52,120 Speaker 8: you said to be top hundred, then you start making 151 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:53,640 Speaker 8: you know, a lot more money. 152 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:56,719 Speaker 2: So yeah, And I remember reading about things that you 153 00:06:56,839 --> 00:06:59,360 Speaker 2: went through during that time, and even being at a 154 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:01,840 Speaker 2: met and they were making monkey noises at you and 155 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:04,839 Speaker 2: having to deal with racism. So how was that for 156 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:07,200 Speaker 2: you mentally because you did speak out about it. 157 00:07:07,480 --> 00:07:10,400 Speaker 6: Yeah. Yeah, I no tennis historically, you know, it's a 158 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:11,160 Speaker 6: very white sport. 159 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:14,080 Speaker 8: There's only other than Venus and Serena, which now Serena 160 00:07:14,160 --> 00:07:17,240 Speaker 8: is obviously not playing. There's only four or five of 161 00:07:17,360 --> 00:07:21,480 Speaker 8: us women on the tour. So I think, you know, 162 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:24,080 Speaker 8: going through those type of things, you know, like racism, 163 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:27,760 Speaker 8: that's something that you know, it hasn't been It hasn't 164 00:07:27,760 --> 00:07:29,840 Speaker 8: happened a lot for me, maybe when I was younger, 165 00:07:29,880 --> 00:07:32,520 Speaker 8: but as I was older, I started realizing, Okay, like 166 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:35,160 Speaker 8: you know, these people in the crowds, like they're really hostile. 167 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:37,760 Speaker 8: When I travel overseas, you know, i'd go through like 168 00:07:37,840 --> 00:07:40,680 Speaker 8: these like minor steps of racism kind of and. 169 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:43,080 Speaker 6: It's just something I never expected. 170 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:44,920 Speaker 8: But as the more you play on the tour and 171 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:46,880 Speaker 8: the more years that you have under your belt, you 172 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:48,400 Speaker 8: kind of learn to block it out. 173 00:07:48,440 --> 00:07:48,600 Speaker 7: You know. 174 00:07:48,640 --> 00:07:50,800 Speaker 8: I get a lot of hate and racist stuff online 175 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:53,560 Speaker 8: along with many other athletes. 176 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:54,960 Speaker 6: But it's just something you learn to block out. 177 00:07:54,960 --> 00:07:58,040 Speaker 2: And we shouldn't have to be having to block that out, right, 178 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:01,000 Speaker 2: Like there should be some accountability for people. And as 179 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:03,400 Speaker 2: her brother and her mom, what does that do for 180 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:05,480 Speaker 2: you guys when you have to witness that, because sometimes 181 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:06,040 Speaker 2: that's hard too. 182 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:07,920 Speaker 1: You see what she's going through and you see. 183 00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:11,400 Speaker 2: These ignorant people that are attending matches and that are 184 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:12,520 Speaker 2: online trolling. 185 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:15,440 Speaker 7: Well for me, you know, as her older brother, and 186 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:17,160 Speaker 7: like I said, the man in the family, a man 187 00:08:17,160 --> 00:08:19,520 Speaker 7: at the house, there's nothing I can do about it 188 00:08:19,520 --> 00:08:22,480 Speaker 7: in a professional way. So you know, the best advice 189 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:24,520 Speaker 7: is just keep doing what you're doing. If if you 190 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:28,239 Speaker 7: weren't achieving and reaching these different levels, people would. 191 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:29,760 Speaker 1: Never even to say, right, that's why they're mad. 192 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:31,840 Speaker 7: Yeah, this is like, don't go back and forth with 193 00:08:31,880 --> 00:08:33,640 Speaker 7: them online. That's not going to solve anything because at 194 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:35,800 Speaker 7: the end of the day. It's usually somebody behind the 195 00:08:35,880 --> 00:08:38,599 Speaker 7: count with no profile picture that you know, this is 196 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:40,360 Speaker 7: their way to deal with whatever they're dealing with in 197 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:40,920 Speaker 7: real life. 198 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:42,880 Speaker 3: Wow, I want to hear. 199 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:44,960 Speaker 1: It's amazing you're going to call people out. 200 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:46,760 Speaker 2: I'll be wanting to call you. I do that one 201 00:08:46,800 --> 00:08:48,800 Speaker 2: time somebody says something crazy to me. Do you know 202 00:08:48,840 --> 00:08:50,600 Speaker 2: I found this. I don't know why I had time 203 00:08:50,679 --> 00:08:53,040 Speaker 2: that day, but I called the person's job. 204 00:08:55,280 --> 00:08:56,160 Speaker 1: I got him fired. 205 00:08:56,760 --> 00:08:58,959 Speaker 2: At the screenshot. He was like, go back to your 206 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:01,280 Speaker 2: country first. I'm from here, right. 207 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:04,000 Speaker 1: But anyway, I screenshotted it. I'm not gonna lie. 208 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:07,760 Speaker 2: I googled his name, found his Facebook page, found his job, 209 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:09,800 Speaker 2: and then I sent it to his bus and I 210 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:11,320 Speaker 2: was like, I'm gonna talk about this on the radio. 211 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:16,120 Speaker 2: And I really did get insided. Wow, one time I 212 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:17,480 Speaker 2: did that. I had it was the pandemic. 213 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:20,640 Speaker 1: I had times you got took out of here that 214 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:22,800 Speaker 1: was used to get it. 215 00:09:23,120 --> 00:09:24,320 Speaker 7: We start doing research. 216 00:09:24,520 --> 00:09:27,160 Speaker 4: I start I used to get you a post that 217 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:28,720 Speaker 4: you start calling people out. 218 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:29,080 Speaker 7: Yeah. 219 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:30,480 Speaker 6: I think I went through a period. 220 00:09:30,520 --> 00:09:33,079 Speaker 8: And you know, obviously as an athlete, you know when 221 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:35,199 Speaker 8: you lose a tennis match, like as soon as you 222 00:09:35,240 --> 00:09:37,199 Speaker 8: get off the court like you're you don't want to 223 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:38,680 Speaker 8: talk to about You've seen nobody, and then you open 224 00:09:38,720 --> 00:09:41,520 Speaker 8: your Instagram and it's like ten twenty of these men 225 00:09:41,640 --> 00:09:43,600 Speaker 8: and you're gonna have one day where you're like, oh, 226 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:47,959 Speaker 8: you know, today's day. So yeah, so there's definitely been days. 227 00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:49,679 Speaker 8: I'll go back and forth. But then now at this one, 228 00:09:49,679 --> 00:09:51,200 Speaker 8: I'm like, it's just too much energy, and it's not. 229 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:54,200 Speaker 1: It's not he said you would get really mad. 230 00:09:54,600 --> 00:09:57,280 Speaker 6: I got one of those tempers. I used to get it. 231 00:09:57,360 --> 00:10:01,679 Speaker 5: It's extremely annoyed in the beginning, you know, start responding 232 00:10:01,679 --> 00:10:05,520 Speaker 5: to a couple of people, and after a while you 233 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:07,760 Speaker 5: realize it's just you're just wasting. 234 00:10:07,320 --> 00:10:08,440 Speaker 6: Your time and your energy. 235 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:11,400 Speaker 5: But it could be very hurtful and it could make 236 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:14,600 Speaker 5: you very agitated at times because people don't take into 237 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:17,839 Speaker 5: consideration when they say these things the effect that they 238 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:20,680 Speaker 5: can have on somebody, because you don't know the person 239 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:23,800 Speaker 5: mental state, you don't know their confidence level, so they 240 00:10:23,880 --> 00:10:26,080 Speaker 5: just do things and put it out there without even 241 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:28,800 Speaker 5: stopping to think. Am I being kind? Am I being 242 00:10:29,679 --> 00:10:32,600 Speaker 5: you know, hateful? So but for me right now, I'm 243 00:10:32,679 --> 00:10:34,760 Speaker 5: used to it. But let me tell you in the beginning. 244 00:10:34,760 --> 00:10:36,600 Speaker 5: It used to make me so mad. I used to 245 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:37,960 Speaker 5: want to fight somebody, right. 246 00:10:37,920 --> 00:10:38,760 Speaker 3: And step finding. 247 00:10:38,880 --> 00:10:42,400 Speaker 4: I grew up as a figure skater, only the only 248 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:44,480 Speaker 4: black figure skater. The places I trained, I was the 249 00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:48,600 Speaker 4: only black person had amazing there's no place for things 250 00:10:48,640 --> 00:10:51,120 Speaker 4: like self esteem and self confidence to develop because I 251 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:53,280 Speaker 4: was eleven when I left my parents and was dealing 252 00:10:53,280 --> 00:10:55,400 Speaker 4: with this by myself, and which made me think of 253 00:10:55,440 --> 00:10:56,880 Speaker 4: a girl I used to live with. One of my 254 00:10:56,960 --> 00:10:59,360 Speaker 4: roommates when I skated called me last week just out 255 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:02,160 Speaker 4: of the blue, and she said, I always noticed how 256 00:11:02,440 --> 00:11:06,400 Speaker 4: people just treated you differently, and you do block it out, but. 257 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:09,000 Speaker 3: You internalize it on some level. But we got over 258 00:11:09,040 --> 00:11:09,360 Speaker 3: all that. 259 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:13,640 Speaker 4: Yeah, and you have earned about one point seven million 260 00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:17,480 Speaker 4: dollars in prize money, which sounds like a lot, but 261 00:11:17,720 --> 00:11:21,760 Speaker 4: it's not. It doesn't come regular in tennis. And you've 262 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:26,600 Speaker 4: taken that and you've created you know, financial security for yourself. 263 00:11:26,640 --> 00:11:28,360 Speaker 4: How important is that And what are some of the 264 00:11:28,360 --> 00:11:29,240 Speaker 4: things you've done. 265 00:11:29,559 --> 00:11:32,560 Speaker 8: Yeah, So another thing with tennis is you know people 266 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:34,320 Speaker 8: will look and see that number and they're like, wow, 267 00:11:34,360 --> 00:11:37,200 Speaker 8: one point seven million. But also tennis is a sport 268 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:40,920 Speaker 8: where every dollar you make goes back into your career. 269 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:42,720 Speaker 4: Your mom told me it's about one hundred and fifty 270 00:11:42,760 --> 00:11:45,320 Speaker 4: thousand dollars a year to play tennis, because that's easily 271 00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:46,040 Speaker 4: yea is. 272 00:11:46,760 --> 00:11:50,520 Speaker 8: Yeah, yeah, that's like trying to save. That's like almost budgeting. 273 00:11:50,559 --> 00:11:53,920 Speaker 8: Like tennis is a very expensive sport. So obviously early 274 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:56,880 Speaker 8: on I knew what was to come down the line. 275 00:11:56,960 --> 00:11:59,000 Speaker 8: And I always was really smart with my money or 276 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:01,040 Speaker 8: any type of money I made. You know, I've always 277 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:04,000 Speaker 8: I never needed to stay in like the fanciest hotels 278 00:12:04,160 --> 00:12:06,559 Speaker 8: or you know, these expensive tournament hotels that all the 279 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:08,840 Speaker 8: other players stay in. Like, I was always very smart 280 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:10,960 Speaker 8: from the time I was a teenager, and I knew 281 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:13,640 Speaker 8: by the time I got to twenty two to twenty three, 282 00:12:13,679 --> 00:12:15,240 Speaker 8: I would have made enough money where I could get 283 00:12:15,280 --> 00:12:18,280 Speaker 8: a house, and I did. I got my first three bed, 284 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:23,240 Speaker 8: three bath, like a beautiful condo. And then obviously, once 285 00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:25,240 Speaker 8: like I said, past COVID and all that, I was 286 00:12:25,280 --> 00:12:27,440 Speaker 8: able to sell it make a profit, got another place. 287 00:12:27,559 --> 00:12:30,640 Speaker 8: So yeah, even by doing that, like I actually learned 288 00:12:30,679 --> 00:12:32,520 Speaker 8: I'm actually really interested in doing real estate. 289 00:12:32,559 --> 00:12:34,600 Speaker 6: It's like kind of a fun industry. 290 00:12:34,640 --> 00:12:36,920 Speaker 8: So didn't I didn't expect that for sure, but tennis 291 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:39,360 Speaker 8: is definitely it's not what it looks like on paper. 292 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:43,439 Speaker 8: You spend so much money when it comes to training, treatment, recovery. 293 00:12:44,360 --> 00:12:45,839 Speaker 8: You know, I could go on and on, but it's 294 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:46,920 Speaker 8: a very expensive sport. 295 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:50,520 Speaker 2: And you also dealt with anxiety during that time. You 296 00:12:50,559 --> 00:12:53,800 Speaker 2: think that was caused by playing tennis, so you feel 297 00:12:53,800 --> 00:12:55,880 Speaker 2: like you had that before you were playing. 298 00:12:56,240 --> 00:12:58,400 Speaker 8: Yeah, So I feel like it was just a build 299 00:12:58,480 --> 00:13:01,360 Speaker 8: up of like many years, And I think what happened 300 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:05,000 Speaker 8: was during COVID, you know, when you had so much 301 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:07,600 Speaker 8: time to sit and like think about things, that's when 302 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:09,199 Speaker 8: everything like kind of hit me more. 303 00:13:09,559 --> 00:13:11,719 Speaker 6: But before that, like I was always on a schedule, like. 304 00:13:11,640 --> 00:13:13,920 Speaker 8: You know, I'd be tournament to tournament and you know 305 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:16,400 Speaker 8: I play, I travel thirty five weeks out of the year, 306 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:18,600 Speaker 8: so you don't have time to really like sit and 307 00:13:18,640 --> 00:13:19,440 Speaker 8: process everything. 308 00:13:19,440 --> 00:13:22,400 Speaker 6: You're always onto the next thing, you know, training or whatever. 309 00:13:22,440 --> 00:13:25,000 Speaker 8: But I think during that COVID year, like it was 310 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:27,880 Speaker 8: hard for me restarting just because you had time to 311 00:13:27,920 --> 00:13:31,040 Speaker 8: sit and think about like all the stress and the travel, 312 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:35,360 Speaker 8: you know, the booking hotels, finances, like, because like I said, 313 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:38,120 Speaker 8: everything is on your shoulders. Tennis is an individual sport, right, 314 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:40,560 Speaker 8: so it's like you only have yourself. So I think 315 00:13:40,559 --> 00:13:42,560 Speaker 8: that just kind of hit me more during that time. 316 00:13:43,480 --> 00:13:45,800 Speaker 8: But yeah, it's something that I've managed. It's gotten a 317 00:13:45,800 --> 00:13:48,559 Speaker 8: lot better, but it's still going to be like a 318 00:13:48,679 --> 00:13:49,400 Speaker 8: pill battle for me. 319 00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:50,800 Speaker 6: It's not something that just goes away. 320 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:53,240 Speaker 2: And Daminic, you said a few times that you're the 321 00:13:53,240 --> 00:13:55,920 Speaker 2: man of the house, the man of the family, all right, 322 00:13:55,960 --> 00:13:58,400 Speaker 2: and you were playing professional sports as well, I. 323 00:13:58,559 --> 00:14:00,000 Speaker 7: Like collegiate football, collegia FOOTBA. 324 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:01,880 Speaker 2: Okay, so did you think you were going to go 325 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:03,600 Speaker 2: professional or is that what you wanted to do. 326 00:14:03,720 --> 00:14:06,640 Speaker 7: Yeah, the goal is definitely to reach the highest level 327 00:14:06,679 --> 00:14:09,280 Speaker 7: of sports as professional, So yeah, that was the goal. 328 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:11,839 Speaker 2: Okay, but then you made a pivot, so let's talk 329 00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:14,800 Speaker 2: about that too, because you've been successful but at something else. 330 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:18,320 Speaker 7: Oh yeah, So what made me pivot was I blew 331 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:20,760 Speaker 7: my knee out in the third game of the season. Yeah, 332 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:24,120 Speaker 7: my senior season at that so my mom was at 333 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:25,880 Speaker 7: the game, so when it happened, you know, you have 334 00:14:26,080 --> 00:14:28,680 Speaker 7: all of these different thoughts, and you know, you're training 335 00:14:28,760 --> 00:14:30,480 Speaker 7: from five years old, so I think I was twenty 336 00:14:30,480 --> 00:14:32,600 Speaker 7: four at the time, So all of that kind of 337 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:35,800 Speaker 7: goes down and drained. Yeah, but at the time I 338 00:14:35,840 --> 00:14:38,080 Speaker 7: didn't have any time to feel sorry for myself or 339 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:40,240 Speaker 7: even like because when it happened, I was getting carried 340 00:14:40,280 --> 00:14:41,800 Speaker 7: off the field and I looked at my mom and 341 00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:44,400 Speaker 7: I said, it's over. And then I mean she jumped 342 00:14:44,400 --> 00:14:47,320 Speaker 7: the fence and she was like, don't you ever she 343 00:14:47,480 --> 00:14:49,320 Speaker 7: was When I say she was on the field, she 344 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:51,560 Speaker 7: was literally on the field, like at a twenty yard line. 345 00:14:51,560 --> 00:14:54,000 Speaker 7: So I'm getting carried over and I'm looking at her. 346 00:14:54,040 --> 00:14:55,880 Speaker 7: I'm like, it's over, and she's like, don't you ever 347 00:14:56,120 --> 00:14:59,520 Speaker 7: tell me it's effing over. So like with that, instantly 348 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:01,520 Speaker 7: my min and switched and I got in the ambulance 349 00:15:02,640 --> 00:15:04,320 Speaker 7: and the first text I sent that was one of 350 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:06,560 Speaker 7: my partners, and I said, look, football is over. I 351 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:09,120 Speaker 7: need to win a Grammy, so let's get do it. 352 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:12,400 Speaker 7: Literally just like that. So that was that was the pivot. 353 00:15:12,120 --> 00:15:14,240 Speaker 2: For me, for anybody who wants to play football too, 354 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:17,080 Speaker 2: any something like that can happen, right, It's a really 355 00:15:17,080 --> 00:15:19,760 Speaker 2: common thing, an injury that could actually end your career. 356 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:21,760 Speaker 1: So did you always have a backup plan? 357 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:26,440 Speaker 7: I never. I never thought of a backup plan, you know. Yeah, 358 00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:28,360 Speaker 7: And it's also like, I know, if I set a goal, 359 00:15:28,360 --> 00:15:30,040 Speaker 7: I'm going to get to it, So there's no need to, 360 00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:32,080 Speaker 7: you know, for a backup plan. To some people, that 361 00:15:32,120 --> 00:15:35,520 Speaker 7: may seem foolish, but I don't like to set If 362 00:15:35,560 --> 00:15:37,200 Speaker 7: this doesn't work, I'm going to do everything in my 363 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:38,480 Speaker 7: power to make it work, you know what I'm saying. 364 00:15:38,520 --> 00:15:40,800 Speaker 7: So when that happened, it was like, Okay, what's the 365 00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:43,480 Speaker 7: next best thing I have, you know, other than helping 366 00:15:43,520 --> 00:15:46,640 Speaker 7: my sister. You know what she had going on is Okay, 367 00:15:46,640 --> 00:15:47,920 Speaker 7: I know how to make music a little bit, so 368 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:50,200 Speaker 7: let's let's jump into this. Let's do this. And I 369 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:52,880 Speaker 7: just applied the same work ethic and principles into that 370 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:54,560 Speaker 7: and things kind of got rolling. 371 00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:56,040 Speaker 1: From the prece And what was your first break when 372 00:15:56,040 --> 00:15:56,840 Speaker 1: it came to the music. 373 00:15:57,280 --> 00:15:59,440 Speaker 7: I had a SWNG with Yo Gotti called Mitch that 374 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:01,720 Speaker 7: was like the cool this moment of my life. 375 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:02,760 Speaker 1: That's a good one. 376 00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:05,160 Speaker 7: My production name is Mitch Mula. So hearing that was 377 00:16:05,160 --> 00:16:07,920 Speaker 7: was doping. And I was on Juice World's first album, 378 00:16:07,960 --> 00:16:09,040 Speaker 7: so I was a part. 379 00:16:08,840 --> 00:16:11,760 Speaker 2: Of that huge Look at what you did with your fan, 380 00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:12,400 Speaker 2: with your kid. 381 00:16:12,760 --> 00:16:16,360 Speaker 1: Now you have to be so proud of I'm so proud. 382 00:16:16,360 --> 00:16:17,080 Speaker 6: I'm so humble. 383 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:21,800 Speaker 5: I remember when my son got injured that day. I 384 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:24,640 Speaker 5: was there looking and even though they have a helmet 385 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:27,320 Speaker 5: on you, I just knew that that was my son. 386 00:16:27,360 --> 00:16:29,440 Speaker 5: I could feel it in my spirit that that was 387 00:16:29,480 --> 00:16:32,080 Speaker 5: my son that got hit. I literally, there's no way 388 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:34,400 Speaker 5: on earth I can jump a fence again like that. 389 00:16:36,920 --> 00:16:37,720 Speaker 6: Adrenaline. 390 00:16:37,800 --> 00:16:40,960 Speaker 5: And I heard the securities saying there's a lady running 391 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:43,040 Speaker 5: on the field, and Dominique didn't even look at me 392 00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:44,480 Speaker 5: and say, oh, that's my mom, that's. 393 00:16:46,120 --> 00:16:46,800 Speaker 7: I know who that is. 394 00:16:47,440 --> 00:16:49,560 Speaker 1: We see where the athletics come from. The family. 395 00:16:52,920 --> 00:16:55,520 Speaker 4: You had a moment of a mother moment where you 396 00:16:55,600 --> 00:16:58,320 Speaker 4: actually thought Sasha was going to have to stop playing 397 00:16:58,360 --> 00:17:00,000 Speaker 4: tennis like you. 398 00:17:00,040 --> 00:17:01,960 Speaker 3: That's an amazing story. I'll share that. 399 00:17:02,440 --> 00:17:07,760 Speaker 5: Oh that was Sasha was almost sixteen years old. She 400 00:17:07,840 --> 00:17:11,720 Speaker 5: went to a tournament when I said, I had no money, 401 00:17:12,080 --> 00:17:16,280 Speaker 5: no money. I remember the night when we were hosted 402 00:17:16,320 --> 00:17:20,440 Speaker 5: by a friend and we went out to dinner that night. 403 00:17:20,720 --> 00:17:23,360 Speaker 5: I couldn't even afford to eat, but I wouldn't let 404 00:17:23,359 --> 00:17:25,040 Speaker 5: her know that I couldn't afford to eat. So I 405 00:17:25,119 --> 00:17:27,920 Speaker 5: bought dinner for her and I said, She's like, Mom, 406 00:17:27,960 --> 00:17:29,160 Speaker 5: you know, I eat and I'm like, I'm full. 407 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:30,119 Speaker 6: I ate on the streets. 408 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:33,280 Speaker 5: So I called for some bread rolls and some hot 409 00:17:33,320 --> 00:17:36,080 Speaker 5: tea because I figured that tea would break the little 410 00:17:36,119 --> 00:17:38,760 Speaker 5: gas and the bread rolls would hould me over the 411 00:17:38,800 --> 00:17:42,160 Speaker 5: next day, I remember, I was gonna take her home, 412 00:17:42,920 --> 00:17:45,240 Speaker 5: and I called one of the players, one of the 413 00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:49,040 Speaker 5: ladies from the United States and it's association, and I said, listen, 414 00:17:49,960 --> 00:17:53,280 Speaker 5: I never complained. I don't ever discuss my personal business. 415 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:55,080 Speaker 5: So I said to her, I said, Kathy, I got 416 00:17:55,119 --> 00:17:57,879 Speaker 5: to take Sasha home. We can't stay. And she's like, 417 00:17:57,960 --> 00:18:01,359 Speaker 5: why leave her? She can win the tournament. So I 418 00:18:01,440 --> 00:18:04,000 Speaker 5: left Sasha with the thirty dollars that I had and 419 00:18:04,080 --> 00:18:08,080 Speaker 5: they found accommodation for her, and Sasha ended up winning 420 00:18:08,119 --> 00:18:12,440 Speaker 5: that tournament. It was the Nationals in California. 421 00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:13,720 Speaker 6: I believe it was San Diego. 422 00:18:14,240 --> 00:18:17,800 Speaker 5: And winning that tournament got her a wild card into 423 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:21,280 Speaker 5: the US Open main draw. Knowing that good when you 424 00:18:21,359 --> 00:18:23,520 Speaker 5: get into the main or of the US Open. I 425 00:18:23,520 --> 00:18:25,720 Speaker 5: think at the time you were guaranteed like thirty something 426 00:18:25,760 --> 00:18:29,040 Speaker 5: thousand dollars. When she won that tournament, I was crying 427 00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:33,159 Speaker 5: as if somebody died. I mean, it was like we've survived. 428 00:18:33,160 --> 00:18:34,840 Speaker 5: There was one of those times when I know that 429 00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:37,399 Speaker 5: if that was it, that was it. There was no 430 00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:39,320 Speaker 5: way she couldn't go forward. 431 00:18:39,320 --> 00:18:39,960 Speaker 6: Fourty than this. 432 00:18:40,760 --> 00:18:44,640 Speaker 5: But that was really really a waked moment in our lives. 433 00:18:44,680 --> 00:18:48,240 Speaker 5: So that's how Sasha survived. She won the Hard Coach Championship, 434 00:18:48,280 --> 00:18:50,960 Speaker 5: got a wild card into the US Open, and that 435 00:18:51,160 --> 00:18:54,560 Speaker 5: real started her career because now we had thirty grand 436 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:55,959 Speaker 5: as opposed to thirty dollars. 437 00:18:56,920 --> 00:18:58,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, and that's why I'm. 438 00:18:58,280 --> 00:18:59,560 Speaker 6: Talking about the mental health too. 439 00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:02,320 Speaker 8: That's when I actually have my first panic attack because 440 00:19:02,320 --> 00:19:04,359 Speaker 8: I knew, I knew everything that was going on. 441 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:05,920 Speaker 6: Like she said, like she didn't want to say it. 442 00:19:05,880 --> 00:19:07,040 Speaker 3: But I knew, you feel it all. 443 00:19:07,080 --> 00:19:08,480 Speaker 6: I felt it like if I didn't. 444 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:10,320 Speaker 8: Win that tournament and when that it would have, I 445 00:19:10,320 --> 00:19:11,480 Speaker 8: wouldn't have been able to kept playing. 446 00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:12,640 Speaker 6: Like it was just getting too much. 447 00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:15,200 Speaker 8: It was too much pressure and like my body was 448 00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:17,080 Speaker 8: starting to shut down. So that was like the first 449 00:19:17,080 --> 00:19:17,639 Speaker 8: moment of that. 450 00:19:17,840 --> 00:19:21,040 Speaker 2: I would say, now, what about endorsement deals? What kind 451 00:19:21,080 --> 00:19:23,679 Speaker 2: of role did that play into because obviously when you 452 00:19:23,720 --> 00:19:26,280 Speaker 2: made it into the top one hundred, right and you're 453 00:19:26,320 --> 00:19:30,720 Speaker 2: finally making money, were their endorsement deals where people knocking 454 00:19:30,720 --> 00:19:32,639 Speaker 2: down the door like okay, how can we work with you. 455 00:19:33,080 --> 00:19:33,399 Speaker 6: Yeah. 456 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:37,679 Speaker 8: So with tennis, like professional tennis, it it's kind of 457 00:19:37,760 --> 00:19:40,000 Speaker 8: up and down, you know, because it all goes off results. 458 00:19:40,040 --> 00:19:43,040 Speaker 8: And by then, like I did start to have some sponsors. 459 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:44,879 Speaker 8: You know, I had like a racket deal, I had 460 00:19:44,920 --> 00:19:48,560 Speaker 8: a clothing deal. But there's also a lot of people 461 00:19:48,760 --> 00:19:50,959 Speaker 8: that are at the same or similar level than you. 462 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:52,640 Speaker 8: So you know, it's a really hard feel to kind 463 00:19:52,640 --> 00:19:55,239 Speaker 8: of get those contracts. But I was still getting, you know, 464 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:57,479 Speaker 8: a little bit of help, but it wasn't anything that 465 00:19:57,560 --> 00:19:59,320 Speaker 8: was you know, like life changing. I still had to 466 00:19:59,359 --> 00:20:02,120 Speaker 8: go and make good results and win and make good 467 00:20:02,119 --> 00:20:03,040 Speaker 8: results for myself. 468 00:20:03,040 --> 00:20:04,679 Speaker 6: But I did start to get a little bit of 469 00:20:04,680 --> 00:20:06,240 Speaker 6: help to get to that next level. 470 00:20:06,640 --> 00:20:08,760 Speaker 2: All right, and that's good. So you said, now you're 471 00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:11,040 Speaker 2: passionate perhaps about real estate. 472 00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:14,000 Speaker 8: Yeah, I don't want to start a clothing line, yeah, 473 00:20:14,040 --> 00:20:17,040 Speaker 8: real estate. And actually so I designed clothes for myself, 474 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:21,560 Speaker 8: oh right, now, so the tennis clothes. Yeah, And so 475 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:24,600 Speaker 8: the goal behind that was over the years, like I 476 00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:27,840 Speaker 8: could never really find clothes that fit women that have 477 00:20:27,880 --> 00:20:30,560 Speaker 8: like a more curvy type figure because you know, tennis 478 00:20:30,560 --> 00:20:33,480 Speaker 8: players traditionally are very you know, slim, Yeah, you know, fit, 479 00:20:33,680 --> 00:20:35,120 Speaker 8: And I was like, well, it would be cool if 480 00:20:35,119 --> 00:20:37,480 Speaker 8: I could kind of make stuff that suits like different 481 00:20:37,480 --> 00:20:41,040 Speaker 8: body types. And I started designing stuff for myself and 482 00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:43,040 Speaker 8: I've got a lot of positive feedback, so I think 483 00:20:43,080 --> 00:20:45,439 Speaker 8: that's something I want to start looking into in the future. 484 00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:45,840 Speaker 1: That's great. 485 00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:48,080 Speaker 2: I think that's part of why we loved Serena so 486 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:51,080 Speaker 2: much too, you know, to see her fashion on a 487 00:20:51,359 --> 00:20:53,680 Speaker 2: you know, on a court, and then also the fact 488 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:56,880 Speaker 2: that like she wasn't shaped like you know what we're 489 00:20:56,960 --> 00:20:59,680 Speaker 2: used to tennis players looking like and so and even 490 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:01,320 Speaker 2: just as see her that was such a big deal 491 00:21:01,359 --> 00:21:01,879 Speaker 2: for us. 492 00:21:02,080 --> 00:21:04,320 Speaker 1: Are you friends like with other tennis players? Do y'all 493 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:04,919 Speaker 1: hang out or. 494 00:21:04,920 --> 00:21:06,520 Speaker 3: Watched her practice with Venus once? 495 00:21:06,520 --> 00:21:09,040 Speaker 6: It was good? Yeah. 496 00:21:09,080 --> 00:21:11,480 Speaker 8: So I have a good relationship with Venus and Serena. 497 00:21:11,920 --> 00:21:14,240 Speaker 8: They've kind of seen me grow up and I used 498 00:21:14,280 --> 00:21:16,040 Speaker 8: to train with their dad when I was younger. 499 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:17,800 Speaker 6: I hit with. 500 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:20,360 Speaker 8: Serena a few times back in Florida because we don't 501 00:21:20,359 --> 00:21:22,679 Speaker 8: live too far from each other, and I've learned a 502 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:25,880 Speaker 8: ton from them just watching them train, how they interact, 503 00:21:25,960 --> 00:21:29,760 Speaker 8: like with their coaches, with their dad, and but then. 504 00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:30,680 Speaker 6: Friends outside of them. 505 00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:33,000 Speaker 8: You know, I have a couple, but tennis is you know, 506 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:35,240 Speaker 8: it's hard, you know, we're all competing against each other. 507 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:39,679 Speaker 8: So mainly, like my closer friends are outside of tennis, 508 00:21:39,720 --> 00:21:41,000 Speaker 8: but I have a few friends here. 509 00:21:40,840 --> 00:21:43,200 Speaker 1: And there, and DEMI I want to hear this Lebron 510 00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:44,479 Speaker 1: story that Stacey brought up. 511 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:49,479 Speaker 7: It's funny. So, yeah, when I was in high school, 512 00:21:49,520 --> 00:21:52,680 Speaker 7: my dad was dating his mother and when I left 513 00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:55,159 Speaker 7: Florida to live with him, ultimately I was living with 514 00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:58,280 Speaker 7: her and you know my father, So I had a 515 00:21:58,320 --> 00:22:01,199 Speaker 7: close relationship with Lebron and know it was family. I 516 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:04,520 Speaker 7: was seeing them every every other day, spending Christmas over there, 517 00:22:05,280 --> 00:22:07,719 Speaker 7: and yeah, so it's a lot to it. It's like, 518 00:22:08,080 --> 00:22:11,119 Speaker 7: you know, living with with this new family for four years, 519 00:22:11,119 --> 00:22:14,160 Speaker 7: it's it was it was different from where I came from, 520 00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:18,280 Speaker 7: you know, in a housing, coming up in a Caribbean setting, 521 00:22:18,640 --> 00:22:22,080 Speaker 7: moving to Ohio. Now it's everything is completely different. You know, 522 00:22:22,119 --> 00:22:24,360 Speaker 7: we used to having this and now it's like I'm 523 00:22:24,359 --> 00:22:27,359 Speaker 7: getting boxes and shoes delivered to me. You know, it 524 00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:29,680 Speaker 7: was I could talk about it for twenty minutes straight. 525 00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:32,520 Speaker 7: It was like it seems like a lifetime ago. But 526 00:22:33,600 --> 00:22:35,480 Speaker 7: it was interesting. I've seen so much. I was going 527 00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:37,960 Speaker 7: to the games all of the time. I almost dropped 528 00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:40,560 Speaker 7: out of school because I missed so many days. You know, 529 00:22:40,680 --> 00:22:42,199 Speaker 7: it was it was, It was a lot, but like 530 00:22:42,520 --> 00:22:44,760 Speaker 7: it was when I moved to Ohio, it was different 531 00:22:44,760 --> 00:22:46,840 Speaker 7: than living with my mom because you know, my mom 532 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:50,280 Speaker 7: is shees on top of us making sure we did this. 533 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:54,440 Speaker 7: So yeah, living with my dad, you know, the first, 534 00:22:54,480 --> 00:22:56,440 Speaker 7: the first maybe the first week I got up there, he 535 00:22:56,480 --> 00:22:59,000 Speaker 7: told me straight, I'm not your mom. You want something done, 536 00:22:59,040 --> 00:23:01,080 Speaker 7: you have to do it yourself. And I laughed like 537 00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:05,200 Speaker 7: ha haa not to laugh at him. But then I realized, like, oh, 538 00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:08,040 Speaker 7: my clothes basket, my dirty clothes is climbing up the wall, 539 00:23:08,119 --> 00:23:10,919 Speaker 7: like I got to I got to learn how to 540 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:13,520 Speaker 7: wash my clothes. And then you know, even being responsible 541 00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:15,520 Speaker 7: and getting the school on time and figuring out how 542 00:23:15,520 --> 00:23:17,439 Speaker 7: to So it made me grow up really fast and 543 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:20,400 Speaker 7: become really responsible at a young age. So I'm grateful 544 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:20,680 Speaker 7: for it. 545 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:26,560 Speaker 2: Did you guys have a good co parenting relationship? Yes, okay, absolutely, yeah. 546 00:23:26,440 --> 00:23:29,560 Speaker 5: But Dominique learned to do things for himself very quickly 547 00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:33,560 Speaker 5: because I think I kind of spoiled them that mentality. 548 00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:36,760 Speaker 2: See your kids, especially with the boys. Let me tell 549 00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:39,439 Speaker 2: you something. I feel like my mom still does my 550 00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:40,240 Speaker 2: brother's laundry. 551 00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:47,000 Speaker 3: Yeah, you get this entrepreneurial. 552 00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:51,240 Speaker 7: Yes, it's like that that discipline, you know, because when 553 00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:52,800 Speaker 7: he said you're going to do things for yourself, let 554 00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:54,639 Speaker 7: means go to bed on your own time, het the 555 00:23:54,680 --> 00:23:55,440 Speaker 7: school on your own time. 556 00:23:55,520 --> 00:23:57,040 Speaker 1: So we see you missed a lot of days. 557 00:23:57,359 --> 00:23:59,320 Speaker 7: Oh yeah, I missed so many days. But I had 558 00:23:59,359 --> 00:24:01,879 Speaker 7: a good relationship with the tennant lady, so it's like, ah, 559 00:24:01,920 --> 00:24:03,720 Speaker 7: so she hooked you up. When I came in, I 560 00:24:03,800 --> 00:24:05,520 Speaker 7: was like, yeah, you know, you know, you know what 561 00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:08,399 Speaker 7: was going on. So after a while, like that was 562 00:24:08,440 --> 00:24:10,840 Speaker 7: maybe like the first year. After a while, I realized, like, Okay, 563 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:12,639 Speaker 7: if I come home at three o'clock in the morning, 564 00:24:12,680 --> 00:24:14,359 Speaker 7: I still have to get up at six. You know, 565 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:15,800 Speaker 7: if we were out at the game and then went 566 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:17,680 Speaker 7: to dinner with the players, I still have to get 567 00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:19,919 Speaker 7: up in the morning to handle my business. So after 568 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:22,920 Speaker 7: like maybe six seven months, it just kicked in like okay, 569 00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:25,480 Speaker 7: it's on me to do these things. Wow. 570 00:24:25,720 --> 00:24:29,639 Speaker 5: I remember Dominie told me one day Sasha forgot something 571 00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:31,959 Speaker 5: and I was running to go get it, and then 572 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:34,440 Speaker 5: Dominique told me a story of bout when you forgot 573 00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:35,200 Speaker 5: something at home. 574 00:24:35,280 --> 00:24:37,719 Speaker 7: Oh yeah, yeah, my dad wasn't playing like you're not 575 00:24:37,800 --> 00:24:40,520 Speaker 7: calling me to bring you nothing, Like you either have 576 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:43,080 Speaker 7: it or you don't. So like, I'm extremely grateful for 577 00:24:43,119 --> 00:24:45,440 Speaker 7: the lessons that he taught me and everything I seen 578 00:24:45,520 --> 00:24:47,160 Speaker 7: and was able to be a part of while I was. 579 00:24:47,119 --> 00:24:51,080 Speaker 3: Up there, Dominice totally shifting gears. You have NF. 580 00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:55,600 Speaker 4: You've created an NFT. Yeah, that's raised over three million dollars. 581 00:24:56,080 --> 00:24:58,760 Speaker 4: You created a black rapper avatar. 582 00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:02,520 Speaker 3: When is this NFT? And you're also dead partners like 583 00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:03,720 Speaker 3: Crypto dot com and. 584 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:05,720 Speaker 7: Correct all that. 585 00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:06,280 Speaker 1: What is it? 586 00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:09,840 Speaker 7: So it's the character's name is a little bitcoin. It's 587 00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:14,560 Speaker 7: an avatar rapper. And you know, with the NFT, it 588 00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:18,119 Speaker 7: wasn't something I created because NFTs was just booming market. 589 00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:21,520 Speaker 7: I created in twenty eighteen just as a concept. You know, 590 00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:23,520 Speaker 7: it would have been a gimmick if I released it there. 591 00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:25,800 Speaker 7: But with the emergency of the NFT space in twenty 592 00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:29,120 Speaker 7: twenty one, it gave me a place to sell these assets. 593 00:25:29,119 --> 00:25:32,479 Speaker 7: So I mean it was really just like a wild ride, honestly, 594 00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:35,480 Speaker 7: and we still dropping NFTs to this day. But you know, 595 00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:37,159 Speaker 7: the first couple of drops we had did over like 596 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:39,200 Speaker 7: a million dollars wow, which was like you. 597 00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:40,200 Speaker 1: Got it at the right time. 598 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:42,880 Speaker 7: Yeah, I tell you perfect time. And then we also 599 00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:44,840 Speaker 7: did a collaboration with death Row Records, but this is 600 00:25:44,880 --> 00:25:48,160 Speaker 7: before Snoop Dogg acquired them, but that was amazing. It's 601 00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:51,600 Speaker 7: like eight hundred thousand and two days. So I mean, really, 602 00:25:51,680 --> 00:25:53,919 Speaker 7: just owning the IP it taught me a lot because 603 00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:57,600 Speaker 7: I'm a producer, but I also understand business and it 604 00:25:57,640 --> 00:25:59,640 Speaker 7: put me in a different position to where I own 605 00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:02,120 Speaker 7: the Eye. It's a lot different, you know what I mean. 606 00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:05,280 Speaker 7: Like Steve Jobs didn't own I mean, he only created 607 00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:07,080 Speaker 7: an iPhone, but he owns Apple, so it's a lot 608 00:26:07,119 --> 00:26:08,760 Speaker 7: you could do with Apple. And I'm learning the different 609 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:11,480 Speaker 7: things that I can do with this IP, like partnerships 610 00:26:11,480 --> 00:26:15,680 Speaker 7: for example. So partner with Crypto dot Com has been amazing. 611 00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:18,679 Speaker 7: They you know, supported everything we've done. And I actually 612 00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:20,119 Speaker 7: got comic books for all in the other rooms, so 613 00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:21,200 Speaker 7: I can know some of those as well. 614 00:26:21,600 --> 00:26:22,200 Speaker 1: We lit. 615 00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:28,000 Speaker 2: And I got to ask you also, Sasha, how are 616 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:29,840 Speaker 2: you feeling now as you're getting ready for the US 617 00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:33,960 Speaker 2: Open and what's like your routine as you're preparing, uh. 618 00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:35,679 Speaker 1: You know, to be in front of everybody. Yeah. 619 00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:38,840 Speaker 8: So now kind of the days leading up, I try 620 00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:41,639 Speaker 8: to keep it light. You know, I've already trained and 621 00:26:41,680 --> 00:26:43,359 Speaker 8: I put the work in and I've done all that. 622 00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:45,480 Speaker 8: So I usually come to New York like a day early, 623 00:26:45,920 --> 00:26:47,520 Speaker 8: and you know, the first day, I just you know, 624 00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:50,159 Speaker 8: walk around, I hang out and enjoyed the city. And 625 00:26:50,200 --> 00:26:52,720 Speaker 8: then from tomorrow I start practicing training and then my 626 00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:53,920 Speaker 8: first match will be Tuesday. 627 00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:55,800 Speaker 6: Okay, So I just keep it light and. 628 00:26:55,680 --> 00:26:58,680 Speaker 8: You know, keep it fun because you know, once Monday 629 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:01,359 Speaker 8: night kind of hits them. The stress, you know, kicks 630 00:27:01,359 --> 00:27:02,479 Speaker 8: in and the pressure and all that. 631 00:27:02,560 --> 00:27:05,800 Speaker 1: So yeah, well it feels like you operate great under 632 00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:06,360 Speaker 1: pressure though. 633 00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:07,240 Speaker 3: Yeah. 634 00:27:07,760 --> 00:27:10,040 Speaker 6: So far, Yeah, hopefully I have a good US open. 635 00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:13,440 Speaker 4: One last thing I wanted your thoughts on. I think 636 00:27:13,480 --> 00:27:16,840 Speaker 4: in the last two years, it's seen student athletes able 637 00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:20,760 Speaker 4: to earn money on their name, image and likeness because 638 00:27:20,760 --> 00:27:23,240 Speaker 4: of that nil rule change. I went to a women's 639 00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:25,560 Speaker 4: basketball game and they're like, oh, those two girls have 640 00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:26,919 Speaker 4: one million dollar contracts. 641 00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:28,760 Speaker 3: Those two girls have one million dollar contracts. 642 00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:31,480 Speaker 4: As an athlete, now you're seeing all of these young 643 00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:35,479 Speaker 4: people being able to make money, what financial advice do 644 00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:36,359 Speaker 4: you have for them? 645 00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:37,240 Speaker 6: And you? 646 00:27:37,240 --> 00:27:39,760 Speaker 4: You and I know, Angela, you've done so much through 647 00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:42,680 Speaker 4: your brands, You've invested in other things and used them 648 00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:44,399 Speaker 4: as other wealth building tools. 649 00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:46,520 Speaker 3: How important is that for people to think about? 650 00:27:47,280 --> 00:27:49,639 Speaker 8: Yeah, I mean, I guess I could kind only speak 651 00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:52,520 Speaker 8: for myself, but me personally, I'm not really like a 652 00:27:53,080 --> 00:27:55,880 Speaker 8: materialistic type of person. So I think that helps a lot. 653 00:27:55,920 --> 00:27:58,080 Speaker 8: I think, you know, if you give a younger person 654 00:27:58,119 --> 00:28:00,000 Speaker 8: a lot of money, you know, at a young age, 655 00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:01,560 Speaker 8: then of course the first thing they want to do 656 00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:04,600 Speaker 8: is buy like a super flashy car and expensive you know, 657 00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:06,880 Speaker 8: all this expensive stuff. So I would just say try 658 00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:10,640 Speaker 8: to like stay humble and just really think about the necessities. 659 00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:13,680 Speaker 8: Like you know, having a house is like the first party, 660 00:28:13,760 --> 00:28:15,400 Speaker 8: then having a car second priority. 661 00:28:15,480 --> 00:28:17,399 Speaker 3: So I think I'm going to be doing it forever. 662 00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:19,360 Speaker 6: Yeah, You're not going to be doing it forever exactly. 663 00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:22,000 Speaker 8: So at least while you're in your career, you have 664 00:28:22,040 --> 00:28:24,679 Speaker 8: to set yourself up for when you retire, and you 665 00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:27,359 Speaker 8: have to make sure you put money aside and not 666 00:28:27,560 --> 00:28:30,440 Speaker 8: just you know, blow it on going out clubbing and 667 00:28:30,520 --> 00:28:31,000 Speaker 8: all that stuff. 668 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:33,400 Speaker 6: It's fun at the time, but you'll definitely be. 669 00:28:33,320 --> 00:28:35,040 Speaker 8: Thankful for it later. You know, we look back and 670 00:28:35,080 --> 00:28:37,199 Speaker 8: be like, wow, Okay, I didn't need to do all that. 671 00:28:37,240 --> 00:28:39,920 Speaker 8: I have all this security now. So I think just 672 00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:42,120 Speaker 8: to be smart and you know, don't follow the crowd, 673 00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:42,440 Speaker 8: and just. 674 00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:44,400 Speaker 1: A lot of times you're like, why did I buy this? 675 00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:46,440 Speaker 1: Like what was I thinking? What was I doing? 676 00:28:46,520 --> 00:28:48,920 Speaker 2: I do think setting financial goals to your point of 677 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:51,680 Speaker 2: like buying a house, so you can feel secure and stable, 678 00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:54,120 Speaker 2: it helps you when you realize the sacrifices that you're 679 00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:56,800 Speaker 2: making of not buying things. So I might say, well, 680 00:28:56,880 --> 00:28:58,720 Speaker 2: right now, I'm not doing this fun thing, I'm not 681 00:28:58,760 --> 00:29:00,720 Speaker 2: taking this vacation, but I know I'm saving up because 682 00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:02,720 Speaker 2: I'm about to buy a house, right And so when 683 00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:05,000 Speaker 2: I set a goal for myself and it's like, I know, 684 00:29:05,040 --> 00:29:07,160 Speaker 2: when I reach X amount of dollars, that's when. 685 00:29:07,040 --> 00:29:08,320 Speaker 1: I'm ready to make a move. 686 00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:11,800 Speaker 2: It feels good to know that that's what that money 687 00:29:11,840 --> 00:29:13,800 Speaker 2: is going toward, and that's why I'm not doing more 688 00:29:13,840 --> 00:29:14,560 Speaker 2: frivolous things. 689 00:29:14,680 --> 00:29:15,720 Speaker 6: Yeah, yeah, exactly. 690 00:29:15,840 --> 00:29:17,920 Speaker 8: So I kind of always have that mindset, you know, 691 00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:19,560 Speaker 8: stay away from the materialistics. 692 00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:22,000 Speaker 1: All right, Well, we see the off white. 693 00:29:22,040 --> 00:29:33,000 Speaker 7: So yeah, oh you're asking me, okay, okay, well yeah, 694 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:35,600 Speaker 7: as a former college athlete, I think it's amazing. You got, 695 00:29:35,880 --> 00:29:38,560 Speaker 7: these universities are making so much money off of these players, 696 00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:41,520 Speaker 7: and for them to not you know, it takes till 697 00:29:41,520 --> 00:29:43,600 Speaker 7: now for them to get paid off of it is insane. 698 00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:46,360 Speaker 7: You know. You got schools like Alabama that the coach 699 00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:48,120 Speaker 7: is getting over four million dollars a year to coach, 700 00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:50,880 Speaker 7: but he's coaching players. What are the players getting? Some 701 00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:53,000 Speaker 7: of these players don't They don't have any food eat 702 00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:53,239 Speaker 7: that night. 703 00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:55,160 Speaker 3: But then you hear a story of their mothers are 704 00:29:55,200 --> 00:29:56,760 Speaker 3: working like crazy exactly. 705 00:29:57,800 --> 00:29:59,560 Speaker 7: But then you have the public outrage when you hear 706 00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:02,240 Speaker 7: Jameis Winston or I think he stole crab legs or 707 00:30:02,240 --> 00:30:04,240 Speaker 7: something like that. It's like, why are y'all so mad? 708 00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:07,239 Speaker 7: He's not making any money. His jersey is selling here, 709 00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:09,560 Speaker 7: you know, may ills in jersey sales, but he's not 710 00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:11,280 Speaker 7: getting a penny of that. To me, it's just insane. 711 00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:13,880 Speaker 7: But I love it. I'm glad that it's happened. It 712 00:30:13,920 --> 00:30:16,920 Speaker 7: should have happened earlier, and hope it keeps going on. 713 00:30:18,080 --> 00:30:20,320 Speaker 1: Excellent, all right, and you got you're writing a book. 714 00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:25,600 Speaker 5: Is that absolutely my story coming across the Atlantic Ocean. 715 00:30:26,040 --> 00:30:27,640 Speaker 6: I went back to Tourtola. 716 00:30:27,560 --> 00:30:30,000 Speaker 5: That's where I crossed over from Tourtolla to Saint Thomas, 717 00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:32,800 Speaker 5: and I was looking at this ocean that I really 718 00:30:33,120 --> 00:30:36,920 Speaker 5: literally sat in a little boat that looked like a saucer. 719 00:30:37,560 --> 00:30:39,959 Speaker 6: I wanted to kind of share that experience. 720 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:44,320 Speaker 5: So it's basically called a Remarkable Journey, the Story of 721 00:30:44,360 --> 00:30:45,000 Speaker 5: an Immigrant. 722 00:30:45,360 --> 00:30:47,640 Speaker 6: I've been procrastinating with this book for years. 723 00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:49,160 Speaker 7: My son is the main. 724 00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:51,880 Speaker 5: One that's kind of poking me. But that's something that 725 00:30:51,920 --> 00:30:56,120 Speaker 5: I have to do. I think I owe the public 726 00:30:56,800 --> 00:30:58,720 Speaker 5: to tell them a little bit about my story because 727 00:30:58,720 --> 00:31:01,680 Speaker 5: I know a lot of immigrants could relate to what 728 00:31:01,960 --> 00:31:04,960 Speaker 5: I'm going to say. So that's something that a goal 729 00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:07,640 Speaker 5: and I'm setting. And I got a new passion. We 730 00:31:07,720 --> 00:31:11,480 Speaker 5: are making my own candles. Oh nice, elegant. It's called Paul. 731 00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:14,800 Speaker 5: It's elegant exotic candles. So that's what I've been doing lately. 732 00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:17,080 Speaker 1: Okay, I love it. And I know someone who could 733 00:31:17,080 --> 00:31:18,240 Speaker 1: do the soundtrack. 734 00:31:17,840 --> 00:31:23,880 Speaker 4: To an All right, and how can people find each 735 00:31:23,920 --> 00:31:25,600 Speaker 4: of you? I know you're at Sashavik. 736 00:31:25,760 --> 00:31:28,160 Speaker 6: Yeah, at Sasavik, s A. C. H I A. My 737 00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:30,240 Speaker 6: name is spelled differently, but yeah, that's my Instagram. 738 00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:33,000 Speaker 3: Excellent, and you're at Mitch Muller and my t C 739 00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:34,560 Speaker 3: H m U l A and. 740 00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:37,240 Speaker 4: This one's really gonna shock you while she's at Paula 741 00:31:37,280 --> 00:31:41,040 Speaker 4: the Tennis Mom. 742 00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:43,560 Speaker 1: All right, we'll be watching. 743 00:31:43,720 --> 00:31:49,160 Speaker 4: Thank you, thank you, thank you guys very much, thank. 744 00:31:49,040 --> 00:31:50,280 Speaker 1: You, thank you. 745 00:31:50,360 --> 00:31:56,080 Speaker 2: It's about Wednesday.