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Speaker 1: This is How Men Think with Brooks and Gavin to

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Speaker 1: Grab and I heard radio podcasts. Welcome to another episode

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Speaker 1: of How Men Think. My name is Brooks like and

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Speaker 1: this is the show where we dive into the mind

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Speaker 1: of a man and really trying to uncover and discover

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Speaker 1: what's going on inside the brains of the men in

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Speaker 1: your life. And so today we're gonna have a really

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Speaker 1: interesting discussion. Is something I'm super passionate about and I'm

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Speaker 1: currently going through. We're gonna have a discussion about elevating

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Speaker 1: to success and in a pivot in life, changing a

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Speaker 1: transitionary trajectory of your life into something new, which a

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Speaker 1: lot of people are thinking about right now in the

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Speaker 1: time of COVID. Should I change my career paths? Should

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Speaker 1: I change my relationship? Should I make a big pivot

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Speaker 1: in life? And so I have a special guest coming

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Speaker 1: on to co host the next hour with me. I

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Speaker 1: love it, love it, love it when I bring on

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Speaker 1: a professional athlete because he's a brother, we can speak

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Speaker 1: the same language. He was a running back in the

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Speaker 1: NFL for the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Oakland Raiders, and the

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Speaker 1: New York Giants. Recently tired, he is an author on

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Speaker 1: a couple accounts will get into that. He's an entrepreneur,

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Speaker 1: he's a philanthropist, he's on TV. He's a man of

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Speaker 1: many hats. Welcome to the show, Mr Rasha Jennings. How

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Speaker 1: are you, buddy? I appreciate it, man, I'm you know,

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Speaker 1: I was listening to your role things off. Also, I

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Speaker 1: sound like a cool dude, right, Hey, I know, I know, dude,

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Speaker 1: I love I say this every episode of We Bring On,

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Speaker 1: we bring on some amazing guests that are multitalented, like

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Speaker 1: super multitalented and so, um, I love that you're a

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Speaker 1: that in your You've become an author, You've written your

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Speaker 1: own book, and now you've written a children's book. Um,

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Speaker 1: you're very involved philanthropically with service, with your time. You

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Speaker 1: are also, I forgot to mention this a mirror ball champion,

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Speaker 1: a mirrorble like you want dancing with the stars. So

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Speaker 1: I love that. Just the hats that you wear, brother,

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Speaker 1: it's inspiring to me. I appreciate that. Man. Yeah, that's uh,

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Speaker 1: the mirror ball one, all of the all of all

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Speaker 1: been kind of all out of left field for me. Man,

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Speaker 1: I've just kind of had my head down with a

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Speaker 1: it's cool to see it wasn't started passed so far.

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Speaker 1: So I love that. I want to really dive into

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Speaker 1: back to that because Dancing the Stars is back on

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Speaker 1: and Emma is a great friend of mine. Um, But

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Speaker 1: I want to start right there with what you said.

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Speaker 1: You've always had your head down chasing your dreams and

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Speaker 1: your goals. And I love your story about even about

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Speaker 1: your your first football game. I think it was where

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Speaker 1: four other running backs were hurt and you've got a

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Speaker 1: chance to play and there happened to be a scout there.

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Speaker 1: Can you can you take us back to the start

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Speaker 1: of what what became an amazing football career. But how

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Speaker 1: you you when I look at you and read your

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Speaker 1: You are an extraordinary, extraordinarily resilient person who is become

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Speaker 1: story about the first football game and sort of a

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Speaker 1: lucky break for you. Yeah. Man, So that's funny. Every

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Speaker 1: because it's a true story. I got none fabricated about

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Speaker 1: it at all. But I was a fifth string running

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Speaker 1: to do that, but that like he he looked at me,

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Speaker 1: he said, Rasha, you have potential. Get your grades right.

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Speaker 1: You might play at the collegiate level. For the first

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Speaker 1: Long story short man, I transferred high schools, I repeated

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Speaker 1: the rest of the history from there, dude, And then

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Speaker 1: I think my mom, I think of my dad, my brother,

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Speaker 1: so far and was so important to me. But what

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Speaker 1: about the belief that this gentleman the scout had in you.

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Speaker 1: How did that single interaction with him just saying I

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Speaker 1: us as that. That will be memories that we share

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00:23:19,640 --> 00:23:21,560
Speaker 1: with them and show them, but they won't know us

428
00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:24,439
Speaker 1: as that. They're gonna know you as an author or

429
00:23:24,480 --> 00:23:27,960
Speaker 1: as a an actor or a TV host, whatever you're

430
00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:31,040
Speaker 1: currently doing. Does that Do you ever think about that

431
00:23:31,040 --> 00:23:34,240
Speaker 1: that my kids aren't gonna be able to watch me play.

432
00:23:34,320 --> 00:23:35,720
Speaker 1: They aren't gonna be I'm not gonna be able to

433
00:23:35,720 --> 00:23:38,399
Speaker 1: take him to the stadium. Yeah, no, I've thought about

434
00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:41,480
Speaker 1: that before into touch on what you have mentioned about

435
00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:44,600
Speaker 1: watching guys come in with their sons or their daughters.

436
00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:47,040
Speaker 1: And you know, I even think about, man, if I

437
00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:48,919
Speaker 1: was a kid trying to soap all listening, well, what

438
00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:50,960
Speaker 1: how are you thinking? You know, how much of it

439
00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:54,720
Speaker 1: or how big of life would my dad be if

440
00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:58,200
Speaker 1: he if my dad was currently playing in the NFL?

441
00:23:59,280 --> 00:24:03,679
Speaker 1: Thing um to a kid's mind. Good gracious. So, but

442
00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:06,000
Speaker 1: now I think about that, about how how cool it

443
00:24:06,080 --> 00:24:08,639
Speaker 1: is though that I will have to hang on to

444
00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:14,800
Speaker 1: the moments of videotapes and the stories. Um, and I'm

445
00:24:14,840 --> 00:24:18,359
Speaker 1: excited that they won't have to grow up in the

446
00:24:19,320 --> 00:24:25,040
Speaker 1: um height of the nfl US. I think that could

447
00:24:25,040 --> 00:24:27,040
Speaker 1: be difficult. I watched my nephews go up in it

448
00:24:27,080 --> 00:24:29,399
Speaker 1: when I was in my prime, and they're in high school,

449
00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:34,040
Speaker 1: and even how much attention they would receive just because

450
00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:37,600
Speaker 1: of what their uncle was doing. Yeah, Um, it's cool,

451
00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:40,000
Speaker 1: but you don't receive a lot of attention because Hey,

452
00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:44,919
Speaker 1: I saw your uncle's new book out. Yeah, you know

453
00:24:44,920 --> 00:24:50,080
Speaker 1: what I mean. I'm I'm I'm excited to instantly come

454
00:24:50,119 --> 00:24:53,600
Speaker 1: off as a door to my car. So cool man,

455
00:24:53,840 --> 00:24:55,840
Speaker 1: that's what I want to be to him. Um, I

456
00:24:55,880 --> 00:24:57,879
Speaker 1: think I think it's gonna be cool. One thing about

457
00:24:57,920 --> 00:25:00,359
Speaker 1: that is your kids are going to know you as

458
00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:04,280
Speaker 1: so you're you're gonna have some other quote unquote profession

459
00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:06,800
Speaker 1: when you have kids, and you're going to be in

460
00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:10,480
Speaker 1: a shining example for them of somebody who can live

461
00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:15,199
Speaker 1: multiple lives, that you are multitalented, that you elevated to

462
00:25:15,359 --> 00:25:17,159
Speaker 1: the best of the best in football, and now you

463
00:25:17,240 --> 00:25:20,360
Speaker 1: transitions and now you've elevated in this other arena on life,

464
00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:22,439
Speaker 1: and then maybe there's another one you elevate to another

465
00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:25,400
Speaker 1: arena in life. I think that's wonderful. I think that

466
00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:28,720
Speaker 1: that's just so inspiring to a kid to see that

467
00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:31,639
Speaker 1: that dad can be successful in whatever he does. So

468
00:25:31,680 --> 00:25:33,639
Speaker 1: it's not just about what he's doing, it's about the

469
00:25:33,720 --> 00:25:37,760
Speaker 1: characteristics of dad. So I think that's so cool. Let's

470
00:25:37,760 --> 00:25:41,359
Speaker 1: talk about the artists, the or the author's side of you. Um,

471
00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:43,240
Speaker 1: let's talk about the two books you've written, because I

472
00:25:43,320 --> 00:25:46,680
Speaker 1: love how you've segued from athletes into an author. Can

473
00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:49,600
Speaker 1: you tell us about the two books you've written? Yeah, sure,

474
00:25:49,720 --> 00:25:53,760
Speaker 1: so again tapping back into the first book, UM, the

475
00:25:53,880 --> 00:25:57,160
Speaker 1: If and Life, which became a New York Time bestseller.

476
00:25:58,560 --> 00:26:01,920
Speaker 1: I had no idea that that was in the mix. Um.

477
00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:04,919
Speaker 1: I don't even know how they evaluate which one has

478
00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:06,960
Speaker 1: become the New York Times bestseller, but when they I

479
00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:09,960
Speaker 1: got that call, I was floored. Um, But I wrote,

480
00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:13,840
Speaker 1: thanks man. I appreciate that so much. And when I

481
00:26:13,880 --> 00:26:15,920
Speaker 1: have people come up to me, you know, it's there's

482
00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:19,040
Speaker 1: still people come up to me periodically either because of football,

483
00:26:19,240 --> 00:26:22,119
Speaker 1: then print I left there, or because of dancing with

484
00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:26,120
Speaker 1: the stars. People want to get to that in a second. Yeah,

485
00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:29,320
Speaker 1: or or or or you know, writing books, or I

486
00:26:29,320 --> 00:26:32,199
Speaker 1: saw you doing catfish, or you know I've seen you

487
00:26:32,320 --> 00:26:35,439
Speaker 1: on a good Morning America. Whatever. Anybody has seen me.

488
00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:37,720
Speaker 1: You know, they come up to say something or ask

489
00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:40,240
Speaker 1: for an autograph. But I tell you, it's nothing more

490
00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:45,280
Speaker 1: rewarding between if I had to pick which one touches

491
00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:47,439
Speaker 1: me more to sign or have a kid come up

492
00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:50,520
Speaker 1: to me and say, hey, can autograph my jersey? Autographed

493
00:26:50,560 --> 00:26:58,480
Speaker 1: this book? The book wins everything every time because the book, well,

494
00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:05,400
Speaker 1: football is a is a piece of me. Like the

495
00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:09,480
Speaker 1: book I really gave a lot of me. Wow, And

496
00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:16,080
Speaker 1: that's my life versus a chapter. You know, football is

497
00:27:16,119 --> 00:27:19,920
Speaker 1: just the chapter of my life, and my book encompasses

498
00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:22,919
Speaker 1: all of me. So like watching a kid get excited

499
00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:25,359
Speaker 1: and say he's motivated to read my book or has

500
00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:27,320
Speaker 1: read it and has touched them, and the emails I

501
00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:32,159
Speaker 1: get from parents, um, it makes me stay up at

502
00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:35,159
Speaker 1: night and continue to think, how can I connect to

503
00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:40,600
Speaker 1: this world more by by print? Dude? Every time I

504
00:27:40,640 --> 00:27:42,879
Speaker 1: talked to you, I get so inspired by you because

505
00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:45,280
Speaker 1: the last time we saw each other was at Lewis

506
00:27:45,359 --> 00:27:48,840
Speaker 1: Houses event um, and we chatted afterwards, and I asked

507
00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:52,239
Speaker 1: you about your transition from the NFL to afterlife, and

508
00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:54,520
Speaker 1: you gave me a really cool storage. Remember what you

509
00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:57,800
Speaker 1: said that night, no, which I can't recall it right now.

510
00:27:58,359 --> 00:28:01,000
Speaker 1: You said, Uh, you said you looked at your NFL

511
00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:03,520
Speaker 1: career like you were a young kid who was at

512
00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:05,159
Speaker 1: the bar and you knew the bouncer was going to

513
00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:10,399
Speaker 1: throw you out in just a matter of attack. So

514
00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:12,959
Speaker 1: so you're like, I enjoyed every second. I knew it

515
00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:15,040
Speaker 1: wasn't gonna last forever, and I knew at some point

516
00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:16,639
Speaker 1: I'd get kicked out of this place, but I was

517
00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:19,840
Speaker 1: gonna love it until I did. Um. And that kind

518
00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:23,480
Speaker 1: of care freeness about about your career is something that

519
00:28:23,560 --> 00:28:26,560
Speaker 1: I've always I remember that story and I've always tried

520
00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:29,080
Speaker 1: to bring with me and tried to apply to my

521
00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:32,040
Speaker 1: life because letting go of my career has had a

522
00:28:32,080 --> 00:28:34,560
Speaker 1: little more constraint on me. It's been harder for me

523
00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:36,920
Speaker 1: to let go of it. And you, you're an inspiration

524
00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:41,240
Speaker 1: for me for seamlessly transitioning into life after sport and

525
00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:46,520
Speaker 1: into other other endeavors, and so hearing that that football

526
00:28:46,560 --> 00:28:49,120
Speaker 1: is just a part of you, but the book and

527
00:28:49,160 --> 00:28:51,880
Speaker 1: what you're doing is like your whole life is just

528
00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:54,760
Speaker 1: inspiring for me to hear. Can you talk a little

529
00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:59,400
Speaker 1: bit about the children's book? Yes, the children's book again,

530
00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:02,200
Speaker 1: because I grew up with a red acomprehensive deficit. I

531
00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:06,480
Speaker 1: struggled academically and I didn't enjoy reading. And one of

532
00:29:06,480 --> 00:29:09,920
Speaker 1: the reasons why I didn't enjoy reading is because of struggle, right,

533
00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:17,560
Speaker 1: which actually it's it, this is uh, this is very well.

534
00:29:17,720 --> 00:29:19,120
Speaker 1: I come back to it because it is a very

535
00:29:19,160 --> 00:29:22,520
Speaker 1: deep thought that I like had a whole revelation about

536
00:29:22,560 --> 00:29:24,480
Speaker 1: like four years ago. That's kind of cool. I think

537
00:29:24,520 --> 00:29:28,760
Speaker 1: that inspire some people that may struggle academically or just

538
00:29:28,880 --> 00:29:31,719
Speaker 1: even in general life. But the reason why I want

539
00:29:31,760 --> 00:29:34,800
Speaker 1: to write kids books is because a lot of young

540
00:29:34,880 --> 00:29:37,560
Speaker 1: males don't enjoy reading. You know, you'd rather play a

541
00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:41,520
Speaker 1: video game, go outside, run around. But statistically speaking, the

542
00:29:41,600 --> 00:29:46,160
Speaker 1: percentage of kids that have the ability to read above

543
00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:55,080
Speaker 1: a third grade level um are less likely to become incarcerated. Rely, Yes,

544
00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:58,720
Speaker 1: So I wanted to catch kids at a young level

545
00:29:58,840 --> 00:30:01,240
Speaker 1: and give them material that they can actually get lost

546
00:30:01,280 --> 00:30:03,920
Speaker 1: in and so for myself as a writer, you know,

547
00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:09,080
Speaker 1: I understand this idea of things becoming very addictive, and

548
00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:13,200
Speaker 1: they have an addiction inside of food. Right, chips are

549
00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:16,560
Speaker 1: one of the prime ways that science have proven addiction

550
00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:20,800
Speaker 1: between the amount of carbohydrates, fat, and sodium. The combination

551
00:30:21,440 --> 00:30:25,719
Speaker 1: makes things addictive. Why you can't have one ship truly? Um,

552
00:30:25,760 --> 00:30:30,360
Speaker 1: there's neurological. I want to have it, and so I've

553
00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:35,160
Speaker 1: tried my hardest two for these kids to write in

554
00:30:35,200 --> 00:30:37,720
Speaker 1: such a way that's addictive to what is going to

555
00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:40,760
Speaker 1: happen next. I have to know before I go to sleep. Like,

556
00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:43,400
Speaker 1: that's the type of energy that's in these books. Because

557
00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:45,480
Speaker 1: if you're gonna be addicted, be addicted something that's good.

558
00:30:46,280 --> 00:30:48,720
Speaker 1: I love that, man. I love the intention and the

559
00:30:48,840 --> 00:30:51,440
Speaker 1: encoded energy you're putting into this. Like it's not just

560
00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:53,400
Speaker 1: I want to write a children's book for kids to read.

561
00:30:53,560 --> 00:30:58,320
Speaker 1: It's of kids who have a third grade reading level,

562
00:30:58,320 --> 00:31:02,000
Speaker 1: are higher, are less likely to be incarcerated. Like there's

563
00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:05,720
Speaker 1: such an encoded energy and a purpose into this. Um,

564
00:31:05,760 --> 00:31:07,760
Speaker 1: you're a deep dude, man. Every time I talk to you,

565
00:31:07,840 --> 00:31:12,000
Speaker 1: I discovered more and more. You're really thoughtful guy. No, man,

566
00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:15,280
Speaker 1: and so what one of the things talking about being thoughtful,

567
00:31:15,320 --> 00:31:19,760
Speaker 1: you might appreciate this or you know, just take a

568
00:31:19,840 --> 00:31:22,239
Speaker 1: seat on it for a second, because I wanted to.

569
00:31:22,280 --> 00:31:26,959
Speaker 1: I struggled reading right, And I realized I struggled reading

570
00:31:27,760 --> 00:31:33,080
Speaker 1: because I didn't respect my voice. When I read at

571
00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:37,280
Speaker 1: my best, it was because I was pretending to sound

572
00:31:37,400 --> 00:31:41,680
Speaker 1: like a teacher. I was pretending to sound like somebody

573
00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:44,680
Speaker 1: I respected. You know, we can read a book and

574
00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:49,040
Speaker 1: narrating somebody else's voice. M whenever I pretend to be

575
00:31:49,120 --> 00:31:51,920
Speaker 1: another person reading, I would read, well, why because I'm

576
00:31:51,920 --> 00:31:57,080
Speaker 1: hearing them because I respected them. I never really respected

577
00:31:57,080 --> 00:32:00,800
Speaker 1: my own voice, so I ran from it when I

578
00:32:00,840 --> 00:32:03,920
Speaker 1: heard it, and I struggled listening and listening to it.

579
00:32:03,960 --> 00:32:07,040
Speaker 1: And the same thing when I was younger with my opinions. Right,

580
00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:10,640
Speaker 1: if I hear somebody else's opinion that I respect, I

581
00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:13,080
Speaker 1: take it and run. But if I hear my own voice,

582
00:32:14,040 --> 00:32:17,400
Speaker 1: hear my own opinion about myself, I don't really know

583
00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:18,560
Speaker 1: if I can do it. I don't know if I

584
00:32:18,560 --> 00:32:21,280
Speaker 1: could because I really struggle respecting my own voice. So

585
00:32:21,360 --> 00:32:24,520
Speaker 1: over time. You know, when some people say I have

586
00:32:24,640 --> 00:32:29,040
Speaker 1: a voice, it totally resonates with me differently because the

587
00:32:29,040 --> 00:32:31,880
Speaker 1: more I begin to respect the sound that I have,

588
00:32:33,280 --> 00:32:36,600
Speaker 1: I totally became a better reader. Dude, we should do

589
00:32:36,680 --> 00:32:39,400
Speaker 1: a whole another episode on that about trusting yourself because

590
00:32:39,400 --> 00:32:43,360
Speaker 1: so many of us trust other people almost implicitly. You know,

591
00:32:43,440 --> 00:32:45,400
Speaker 1: we have good friends, we have people in our lives,

592
00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:47,520
Speaker 1: in our circles that we look up to and almost

593
00:32:47,560 --> 00:32:50,440
Speaker 1: hang on their words and really trust them, but have

594
00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:53,280
Speaker 1: very little trust in ourselves. It's a very common thing

595
00:32:53,320 --> 00:32:55,560
Speaker 1: going on in the world. Um, But that would be

596
00:32:55,600 --> 00:32:58,920
Speaker 1: a whole another I think podcast, but an interesting topic

597
00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:08,800
Speaker 1: to uncover. I want to now talk about Dancing with

598
00:33:08,840 --> 00:33:12,560
Speaker 1: the Stars. You are You are a Mirror Ball champion

599
00:33:13,120 --> 00:33:17,040
Speaker 1: dancing with the Stars bad. I'm so I'm so jealous

600
00:33:17,040 --> 00:33:21,080
Speaker 1: of you, um because Emma, Emma is a great friend

601
00:33:21,160 --> 00:33:25,720
Speaker 1: and a wonderful human being. Uh and right and Sasha too,

602
00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:28,800
Speaker 1: I love them both. Um. Can you tell me about

603
00:33:29,160 --> 00:33:32,440
Speaker 1: why you wanted to go on Dancing with the Stars.

604
00:33:32,520 --> 00:33:35,560
Speaker 1: So it's such a highlight in my life, man, like

605
00:33:35,640 --> 00:33:38,600
Speaker 1: wouldn't wouldn't a whirl? You smile about it every time

606
00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:40,920
Speaker 1: I ask you about it. You instantly smile, like almost

607
00:33:40,960 --> 00:33:43,600
Speaker 1: a bigger smile than asking you about the NFL, right

608
00:33:43,720 --> 00:33:47,560
Speaker 1: it is? It really is. I have no idea. The

609
00:33:47,640 --> 00:33:49,680
Speaker 1: NFL at least had a desire and I worked really

610
00:33:49,720 --> 00:33:51,680
Speaker 1: hard at like it was a whole plan of hope.

611
00:33:51,720 --> 00:33:55,880
Speaker 1: And this came out of clear blue sky Dancing with

612
00:33:55,960 --> 00:33:59,320
Speaker 1: the stars. What So what I do every offseason, I

613
00:33:59,360 --> 00:34:01,920
Speaker 1: will say that I'm an auder to deck. I'm addicted

614
00:34:01,960 --> 00:34:04,680
Speaker 1: to learning. I just love learning new things, and so

615
00:34:04,760 --> 00:34:06,479
Speaker 1: every off season I will pick up a new art

616
00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:09,520
Speaker 1: or craft. Um. The first off season, I picked up

617
00:34:09,520 --> 00:34:12,799
Speaker 1: the guitar, learn how to play it until the point

618
00:34:12,840 --> 00:34:14,759
Speaker 1: I could get in the studio John Mayer's the reason

619
00:34:14,800 --> 00:34:18,000
Speaker 1: why I picked up a guitar. Um. Then the next

620
00:34:18,040 --> 00:34:20,839
Speaker 1: off season, I learned a bunch of magic tricks right

621
00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:26,239
Speaker 1: so of them I love it. It's never a dull

622
00:34:26,360 --> 00:34:29,279
Speaker 1: party with me and uh so, Then the next off

623
00:34:29,320 --> 00:34:33,719
Speaker 1: season I picked up poetry, archery, Olympic style fencing. Every

624
00:34:33,719 --> 00:34:37,279
Speaker 1: single off season I picked up something new. And this

625
00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:40,960
Speaker 1: last offseason I was at one of my buddy Shouldn't dig.

626
00:34:40,960 --> 00:34:44,760
Speaker 1: They're having a whole little party and hanging out, barbecueing,

627
00:34:44,880 --> 00:34:46,840
Speaker 1: and I was in the house and there was this

628
00:34:46,920 --> 00:34:49,240
Speaker 1: commercial that came on and some people was moving across

629
00:34:49,239 --> 00:34:52,040
Speaker 1: the screen really good, and they were dancing. I was like, Yo,

630
00:34:52,160 --> 00:34:53,680
Speaker 1: that is dope. What in the world are they doing.

631
00:34:54,080 --> 00:34:57,200
Speaker 1: One of my buddies she's actually a dancer, and she

632
00:34:57,280 --> 00:34:59,120
Speaker 1: knew what they were doing, so she said, oh, that's

633
00:34:59,120 --> 00:35:04,120
Speaker 1: a chat chat. I said. She said, that's ballroom dancing.

634
00:35:04,440 --> 00:35:08,560
Speaker 1: So what the heck is ballroom dance? And she said

635
00:35:08,640 --> 00:35:10,960
Speaker 1: you should really check it out. I said, kind that

636
00:35:11,640 --> 00:35:14,359
Speaker 1: teached me to do that? They said, yeah, sure, I said,

637
00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:16,640
Speaker 1: you know what, That's what I'm gonna learn this offseason.

638
00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:18,799
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go figure out some ballroom dancing. Right. So

639
00:35:19,120 --> 00:35:21,160
Speaker 1: I'm in for a lot of Del Florida train every

640
00:35:21,200 --> 00:35:23,719
Speaker 1: day from eight am to buy like one pm, and

641
00:35:23,760 --> 00:35:26,040
Speaker 1: then I have the rest of the evening all and

642
00:35:26,160 --> 00:35:29,560
Speaker 1: uh So, one day, all sweating, yoked up, just finished

643
00:35:29,560 --> 00:35:34,520
Speaker 1: working out, when I google the local ballroom studio, the

644
00:35:34,520 --> 00:35:37,160
Speaker 1: nearest ballroom studios where I was staying, and I go in,

645
00:35:37,640 --> 00:35:40,040
Speaker 1: open the door, ding, I got a tank top on,

646
00:35:40,719 --> 00:35:45,080
Speaker 1: like just girly dude coming in and everybody's all daintily

647
00:35:45,320 --> 00:35:49,080
Speaker 1: and yeah, ballroom And I'm like, what the heck is this?

648
00:35:49,760 --> 00:35:53,120
Speaker 1: And the lady this told you how much I knew nothing.

649
00:35:53,239 --> 00:35:56,200
Speaker 1: The ladyships. He can we help you? And I said,

650
00:35:56,239 --> 00:35:59,359
Speaker 1: I said, yeah, I'm looking for the chat like it's

651
00:35:59,400 --> 00:36:04,440
Speaker 1: a person. And she you know, yes, we can teach

652
00:36:04,480 --> 00:36:08,120
Speaker 1: you how to jot you. Oh yeah, yeah, that's that's

653
00:36:08,120 --> 00:36:11,000
Speaker 1: what I was looking looking for. And she she laughed,

654
00:36:11,040 --> 00:36:13,200
Speaker 1: and she pulled me to the desk and she said,

655
00:36:13,239 --> 00:36:16,000
Speaker 1: with you like some privates or are you okay with

656
00:36:16,520 --> 00:36:18,719
Speaker 1: open floors? Had definitely gotta be private. I don't want

657
00:36:18,760 --> 00:36:22,279
Speaker 1: anybody see anything. She said, well, we don't have any

658
00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:25,879
Speaker 1: availability until two weeks from today. I said, sure, no problem,

659
00:36:25,920 --> 00:36:28,799
Speaker 1: I'll be back in two weeks. A week from that day,

660
00:36:28,880 --> 00:36:32,160
Speaker 1: Danced with the Stars called come on. Never got a

661
00:36:32,239 --> 00:36:34,439
Speaker 1: chance to go to that ballroom studio. And what makes

662
00:36:34,760 --> 00:36:36,600
Speaker 1: this funny? I never got a chance to go to

663
00:36:36,640 --> 00:36:39,799
Speaker 1: the ballroom studio. The first dance on Dance with the

664
00:36:39,800 --> 00:36:46,360
Speaker 1: Stars I learned wasn't When I won that lady called

665
00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:49,520
Speaker 1: me and said that I was supposed to learn from them.

666
00:36:49,520 --> 00:36:55,399
Speaker 1: He said, what just had learned? And she's looking on

667
00:36:55,440 --> 00:36:58,040
Speaker 1: TV seeing me win the shows. So it was it

668
00:36:58,160 --> 00:37:00,840
Speaker 1: was a time, but no man, I enjoyed it. Um.

669
00:37:00,920 --> 00:37:04,600
Speaker 1: I learned so much about myself. Um, I'm a true

670
00:37:04,719 --> 00:37:09,840
Speaker 1: hopeful romantic, so I enjoy the connectivity that I understand

671
00:37:09,840 --> 00:37:14,080
Speaker 1: the dance provides, you know. And also I cannot wait

672
00:37:14,120 --> 00:37:16,680
Speaker 1: to release a book that I have about how much

673
00:37:17,040 --> 00:37:21,279
Speaker 1: relationships in ballroom dance merge um man. It was just

674
00:37:21,320 --> 00:37:23,879
Speaker 1: such a highlight. I can't And and then when we

675
00:37:23,920 --> 00:37:25,480
Speaker 1: went on tour and if you would have told me

676
00:37:25,520 --> 00:37:27,879
Speaker 1: at the age of fifteen, one day you're gonna be

677
00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:32,759
Speaker 1: selling out arenas for dancing, you know, I felt it's

678
00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:35,799
Speaker 1: so cool. But you know what, I I also like,

679
00:37:36,080 --> 00:37:38,520
Speaker 1: really admi owned respective vote for that is one, you

680
00:37:38,560 --> 00:37:40,960
Speaker 1: had the courage to go to a totally different arena. One.

681
00:37:40,960 --> 00:37:42,520
Speaker 1: I love the fact that you learn a new skill

682
00:37:42,560 --> 00:37:46,040
Speaker 1: every offseason. That's amazing. That's just like I hope people

683
00:37:46,920 --> 00:37:49,920
Speaker 1: just absorbed that like a sponge because that's incredible too.

684
00:37:50,080 --> 00:37:52,160
Speaker 1: You had the courage to go into a totally different

685
00:37:52,160 --> 00:37:54,839
Speaker 1: arena and try something you've never done before. But then

686
00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:57,880
Speaker 1: I also remember when you won. I think they announced

687
00:37:57,920 --> 00:38:00,360
Speaker 1: that you and Emma headlogged I think three hundred and

688
00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:03,480
Speaker 1: twenty four hours of practice during that season. It was

689
00:38:03,680 --> 00:38:06,520
Speaker 1: it was some astronomical number that was almost twice as

690
00:38:06,600 --> 00:38:10,080
Speaker 1: much as any other competitor there um, which just goes

691
00:38:10,120 --> 00:38:12,279
Speaker 1: to show that you'll be successful in whatever you do

692
00:38:12,320 --> 00:38:16,200
Speaker 1: because there's underlying characteristics present within you as a human

693
00:38:16,239 --> 00:38:18,880
Speaker 1: being that will come out and can come out in

694
00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:21,719
Speaker 1: any different avenue of life or any different career that

695
00:38:21,840 --> 00:38:26,320
Speaker 1: you pursue. So myself watching that witnessing that is super

696
00:38:26,360 --> 00:38:28,840
Speaker 1: inspiring and I would go on that show in a

697
00:38:28,920 --> 00:38:31,719
Speaker 1: heartbeat because I think it's a beautiful art and I

698
00:38:31,719 --> 00:38:35,719
Speaker 1: would so love to learn to dance. Dude, if if

699
00:38:35,760 --> 00:38:39,439
Speaker 1: they has definitely doing it, it's it's life changing. Man.

700
00:38:39,560 --> 00:38:42,600
Speaker 1: I had a great experience. Emma helped that. Uh that

701
00:38:42,600 --> 00:38:46,400
Speaker 1: that the whole notion of you know, one wanting to

702
00:38:46,480 --> 00:38:49,439
Speaker 1: learn how to dance, and you know you create, you create,

703
00:38:49,480 --> 00:38:52,839
Speaker 1: So I created from friendships from the show, and you know,

704
00:38:52,880 --> 00:38:55,240
Speaker 1: as a whole new audience, I got to let people

705
00:38:55,239 --> 00:38:56,840
Speaker 1: know who I am as a person, not just the

706
00:38:56,960 --> 00:39:00,960
Speaker 1: jersey I where, but with the neatest bar And you

707
00:39:01,040 --> 00:39:04,440
Speaker 1: probably understand this man like coming from sports and you know,

708
00:39:04,520 --> 00:39:09,200
Speaker 1: playing like true American gladiator sports man amongst hitting each

709
00:39:09,239 --> 00:39:13,839
Speaker 1: other and then parlaying it into one of the most

710
00:39:13,920 --> 00:39:19,759
Speaker 1: gentle arts ballroom dance like Polar opposes you built the

711
00:39:19,880 --> 00:39:23,879
Speaker 1: run through human beings, and I have to figure out

712
00:39:23,880 --> 00:39:29,640
Speaker 1: where to place this cost and stand on. Yeah, it's crazy.

713
00:39:29,760 --> 00:39:33,719
Speaker 1: It's being your head back and just underneath all that

714
00:39:33,800 --> 00:39:38,120
Speaker 1: kind of stuff. Yeah. But what's super cool about it too,

715
00:39:38,280 --> 00:39:40,440
Speaker 1: is like you have a rhythm. You have a rhythm

716
00:39:40,440 --> 00:39:44,040
Speaker 1: and athletic rhythm of running, of agility, of jumping, of

717
00:39:44,040 --> 00:39:47,480
Speaker 1: of squatting, of weightlifting. That's a whole different rhythm. But

718
00:39:47,640 --> 00:39:50,960
Speaker 1: rhythm and dance. Moving your body is in dance is

719
00:39:50,960 --> 00:39:55,080
Speaker 1: a completely different language, just because like we're athletes, we

720
00:39:55,120 --> 00:39:57,680
Speaker 1: know how to move our bodies through space. But the

721
00:39:57,719 --> 00:40:00,080
Speaker 1: thing I love about it is like that captivates M

722
00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:02,879
Speaker 1: is then interpreting the music and having that rhythm come

723
00:40:02,920 --> 00:40:05,160
Speaker 1: through your body. And when I dance, I just feel

724
00:40:05,200 --> 00:40:07,560
Speaker 1: so awkward. I'm like, God, why do I feel so

725
00:40:07,600 --> 00:40:10,200
Speaker 1: out of rhythm? I'm an athlete, I moved my body.

726
00:40:10,360 --> 00:40:16,000
Speaker 1: How my body feels like it's moving really weird. That's hilarious, man.

727
00:40:16,360 --> 00:40:18,120
Speaker 1: I'm sure you would kill it though, I know you

728
00:40:18,160 --> 00:40:21,000
Speaker 1: would if I was partnered with M. I yeah, because Emma,

729
00:40:20,960 --> 00:40:22,960
Speaker 1: I think can I think am I can make magic

730
00:40:22,960 --> 00:40:25,239
Speaker 1: out of anybody. She made me a little better than

731
00:40:25,280 --> 00:40:28,480
Speaker 1: I am dude, I love it. It was so fun

732
00:40:28,480 --> 00:40:30,839
Speaker 1: to watch you because you crushed that season. Um, we're

733
00:40:30,840 --> 00:40:33,080
Speaker 1: gonna get We're gonna take a quick break, my man,

734
00:40:33,200 --> 00:40:35,640
Speaker 1: and then we're gonna come back with some listener questions

735
00:40:35,680 --> 00:40:38,879
Speaker 1: for professional athletes. So some of these were shot. I'm

736
00:40:38,880 --> 00:40:42,160
Speaker 1: sure you've been asked. Other ones are community submit some

737
00:40:42,239 --> 00:40:44,359
Speaker 1: interesting questions. So other ones I don't know if you've

738
00:40:44,400 --> 00:40:47,000
Speaker 1: ever been asked these questions. We'll be right back more

739
00:40:47,160 --> 00:40:57,520
Speaker 1: after the break back from break, we have our outstanding engineer,

740
00:40:57,600 --> 00:41:00,320
Speaker 1: slash producer, slash man of all trades and that's my

741
00:41:00,400 --> 00:41:03,160
Speaker 1: stash in the business. Mr Easton Allen with us, and

742
00:41:03,200 --> 00:41:06,080
Speaker 1: he's gonna fire some some of the how men think

743
00:41:06,160 --> 00:41:10,719
Speaker 1: listener questions rapid fire two Rashad and I uh. We

744
00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:13,720
Speaker 1: are two professional athletes and we're gonna answer your questions

745
00:41:13,719 --> 00:41:16,560
Speaker 1: as best we can. Let's see where we get. Yeah,

746
00:41:16,600 --> 00:41:19,080
Speaker 1: what do we got? Eastern? Thank you for that introduction, Bricks.

747
00:41:19,120 --> 00:41:22,600
Speaker 1: I appreciated our first question, where can you meet a

748
00:41:22,640 --> 00:41:26,320
Speaker 1: professional athlete and have a chance but not be mistaken

749
00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:31,480
Speaker 1: for a groupie chance? Chance? Well, hey, look I'm gonna

750
00:41:31,480 --> 00:41:34,040
Speaker 1: say like like I think you can meet a professional

751
00:41:34,040 --> 00:41:39,480
Speaker 1: athlete anywhere. Um nowadays, UM, I would say for myself

752
00:41:39,480 --> 00:41:41,640
Speaker 1: where you would find me at? You will find me

753
00:41:41,680 --> 00:41:46,240
Speaker 1: at a lot of foundational events. Um, You'll you'll find

754
00:41:46,239 --> 00:41:48,920
Speaker 1: me from time to time just at a great sushi

755
00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:53,120
Speaker 1: restaurant you know. Uh that those type of places you're

756
00:41:53,120 --> 00:41:55,520
Speaker 1: gonna find me. Yeah, you will find me too often

757
00:41:55,520 --> 00:41:56,960
Speaker 1: in the club. And if you find me in the club,

758
00:41:57,000 --> 00:41:59,680
Speaker 1: I'm in the VFP section anyway, so I gotta know

759
00:41:59,760 --> 00:42:06,200
Speaker 1: some my those money. But into the approach simple, You'll

760
00:42:06,239 --> 00:42:08,719
Speaker 1: be surprised. A lot of a professional athlete is just

761
00:42:08,760 --> 00:42:11,120
Speaker 1: an athlete, and the athletes just a human. Most people

762
00:42:11,160 --> 00:42:15,520
Speaker 1: like simplicity. Just come up, have a genuine conversation, uh

763
00:42:15,600 --> 00:42:17,359
Speaker 1: and see where you see where it goes from there,

764
00:42:17,360 --> 00:42:19,520
Speaker 1: you probably have a chance more thing, you know, ask

765
00:42:19,640 --> 00:42:27,399
Speaker 1: him to choteya. I'm whearing the chart. Um. I love

766
00:42:27,440 --> 00:42:31,360
Speaker 1: what you said there, dude. Um, yeah, because the foundational

767
00:42:31,400 --> 00:42:33,760
Speaker 1: one for sure, that's a great place to meet somebody.

768
00:42:34,040 --> 00:42:36,560
Speaker 1: And then sushi. I would I would? I echo with

769
00:42:36,640 --> 00:42:39,200
Speaker 1: that as well. So I'm gonna just accept for Shawn's

770
00:42:39,239 --> 00:42:42,160
Speaker 1: answers as mine. I would I would, I would. I

771
00:42:42,200 --> 00:42:44,560
Speaker 1: know she can't answer, but I would like her to

772
00:42:44,600 --> 00:42:47,640
Speaker 1: answer this, Where does a professional athlete go to find

773
00:42:47,640 --> 00:42:52,560
Speaker 1: a genuine girl? Here we go? Oh another you gotta

774
00:42:52,719 --> 00:42:54,920
Speaker 1: you gotta go to like yoga class or like a

775
00:42:54,960 --> 00:42:58,040
Speaker 1: coffee shop. I found out that the kils section and

776
00:42:58,160 --> 00:43:00,360
Speaker 1: hope foods or where the best women are. M M,

777
00:43:00,480 --> 00:43:03,759
Speaker 1: there you go. Okay, alright, kale section, that's where we

778
00:43:03,840 --> 00:43:06,640
Speaker 1: gotta hang. Uh. Next question, is it a no go

779
00:43:07,400 --> 00:43:09,839
Speaker 1: if he or she has dated or slept with someone

780
00:43:09,880 --> 00:43:14,799
Speaker 1: else on the team. Yeah, that's a that's a that's

781
00:43:14,800 --> 00:43:19,400
Speaker 1: almost a no fly zone. That's a tough one. Yeah. Me, personally,

782
00:43:20,040 --> 00:43:22,879
Speaker 1: I lose all interests if if a dude has talked

783
00:43:22,920 --> 00:43:25,839
Speaker 1: to a girl in any way shape form Capa's that's

784
00:43:25,840 --> 00:43:27,840
Speaker 1: just me though. I don't know what it is about it,

785
00:43:28,440 --> 00:43:31,640
Speaker 1: So for me, it's it's all limits. I have a team.

786
00:43:31,800 --> 00:43:34,040
Speaker 1: I played with one guy who married a girl that

787
00:43:34,120 --> 00:43:38,920
Speaker 1: used to date one of our teammates. So it does happen. Yeah,

788
00:43:39,040 --> 00:43:42,000
Speaker 1: for sure, they have and they have kids. Now. Yeah,

789
00:43:42,239 --> 00:43:45,200
Speaker 1: it's a personal deal. If if if you have any

790
00:43:45,239 --> 00:43:49,080
Speaker 1: interest in me, yeah, you better you can't have talk

791
00:43:49,160 --> 00:43:55,040
Speaker 1: to somebody I know. Alright. Next one, between training and

792
00:43:55,280 --> 00:43:58,400
Speaker 1: practice and everything like that, how much time can you

793
00:43:58,440 --> 00:44:05,040
Speaker 1: actually devote to a relation ship? Um. My answer of

794
00:44:05,080 --> 00:44:07,200
Speaker 1: that when when I was like between the age of

795
00:44:07,200 --> 00:44:10,520
Speaker 1: twenty and thirty, I was consumed as a professional athlete,

796
00:44:10,560 --> 00:44:12,840
Speaker 1: Like every every ounce of energy I had, every decision

797
00:44:12,840 --> 00:44:15,359
Speaker 1: I made was toward my sport. I was, and I

798
00:44:15,400 --> 00:44:18,520
Speaker 1: did that to myself. I fully where that I was consumed.

799
00:44:18,560 --> 00:44:22,239
Speaker 1: It was each sleep, rest, train, rinse, wash, repeat. It

800
00:44:22,320 --> 00:44:24,959
Speaker 1: was if like my rest was important, so I wasn't

801
00:44:24,960 --> 00:44:27,120
Speaker 1: going out on date nights. My diet was important, so

802
00:44:27,160 --> 00:44:30,120
Speaker 1: I wasn't just eating everything and what it was just

803
00:44:30,280 --> 00:44:33,600
Speaker 1: I was dialed in as an athlete. I fully admit

804
00:44:33,680 --> 00:44:35,719
Speaker 1: I did not have a lot of time to date

805
00:44:35,760 --> 00:44:37,960
Speaker 1: when I was twenty to thirty, and after that I

806
00:44:38,000 --> 00:44:40,440
Speaker 1: wanted more fulfillment in my life and started getting a

807
00:44:40,480 --> 00:44:43,760
Speaker 1: little more balanced in my personal life. Yeah, and that second,

808
00:44:43,760 --> 00:44:46,640
Speaker 1: that is it can be. It depends on the person, right,

809
00:44:46,719 --> 00:44:48,520
Speaker 1: Like you can't have box and went after. I know

810
00:44:48,640 --> 00:44:50,640
Speaker 1: some people that don't eat right and don't sleep right

811
00:44:50,640 --> 00:44:53,120
Speaker 1: and that you know, and still don't have time for

812
00:44:53,520 --> 00:44:57,879
Speaker 1: a relationship. So but I would say for myself, I

813
00:44:57,960 --> 00:45:01,239
Speaker 1: was I was. I was tonal vision. Um, you know,

814
00:45:01,280 --> 00:45:04,960
Speaker 1: I was married to my dream and uh before before anybody,

815
00:45:05,400 --> 00:45:07,319
Speaker 1: and so I gave a lot of effort to it.

816
00:45:07,320 --> 00:45:09,160
Speaker 1: It is it is time assuming if you you know,

817
00:45:09,200 --> 00:45:11,799
Speaker 1: if you're eating right, you know now you can't have

818
00:45:11,840 --> 00:45:14,040
Speaker 1: the QC date night eating your brown Sharon and Shandon

819
00:45:14,040 --> 00:45:16,400
Speaker 1: dessert as much because you focus and now you know

820
00:45:16,480 --> 00:45:19,000
Speaker 1: that could make her feel like she's not important. So

821
00:45:19,239 --> 00:45:22,799
Speaker 1: if it's not the right I wouldn't say right person. Uh,

822
00:45:23,440 --> 00:45:25,640
Speaker 1: if it's not the right timing. If if two people

823
00:45:25,640 --> 00:45:27,880
Speaker 1: really just don't understand where each other are at in

824
00:45:27,960 --> 00:45:31,040
Speaker 1: life and know their limits, it could be tough. I

825
00:45:31,040 --> 00:45:33,040
Speaker 1: don't want to say that's every professional athlete, though, I

826
00:45:33,040 --> 00:45:35,359
Speaker 1: don't want to like scare people off. That's just how

827
00:45:35,440 --> 00:45:37,560
Speaker 1: I approached it, and maybe that's how we shot approach it.

828
00:45:37,560 --> 00:45:39,839
Speaker 1: But I played with many, many, many guys that were married,

829
00:45:39,840 --> 00:45:41,719
Speaker 1: a lot of guys that were married young and and

830
00:45:41,800 --> 00:45:44,920
Speaker 1: their partners were a huge part of their lives and

831
00:45:44,960 --> 00:45:46,640
Speaker 1: a huge part of their careers as well. That was

832
00:45:46,719 --> 00:45:51,760
Speaker 1: just my path. Mhm. Absolutely, would either of you consider

833
00:45:51,880 --> 00:45:59,000
Speaker 1: dating someone who isn't famous? Absolutely? Yeah, I probably uh

834
00:45:59,239 --> 00:46:02,880
Speaker 1: would prefer to be honest with you, um to to

835
00:46:03,280 --> 00:46:06,719
Speaker 1: be with somebody that's not famous, Um, you know, but

836
00:46:06,840 --> 00:46:10,319
Speaker 1: that's me I think, And there's no right and right. Hey,

837
00:46:10,320 --> 00:46:12,799
Speaker 1: you fall in love with what you fall in love with.

838
00:46:12,920 --> 00:46:16,120
Speaker 1: I'm not saying that I would never, but instantly, if

839
00:46:16,160 --> 00:46:18,719
Speaker 1: somebody put on paper, would you want to dad a

840
00:46:18,800 --> 00:46:23,680
Speaker 1: celebrity or non celebrity, I would say non celebrity. And

841
00:46:23,800 --> 00:46:27,239
Speaker 1: uh here here's another like lifestyle one. What about here?

842
00:46:27,320 --> 00:46:30,399
Speaker 1: Is it true that athletes only date girls that are

843
00:46:30,400 --> 00:46:36,799
Speaker 1: super fit? No? I say no, My my ex wasn't.

844
00:46:37,480 --> 00:46:41,560
Speaker 1: So no, I'm not. I think, uh, now you're I

845
00:46:41,600 --> 00:46:45,600
Speaker 1: think you're Most humans are attracted to people that are fit.

846
00:46:45,719 --> 00:46:50,120
Speaker 1: Don't get me wrong, like hello, you know what I mean.

847
00:46:50,200 --> 00:46:53,200
Speaker 1: But no, so as far as the as far as

848
00:46:53,680 --> 00:46:57,400
Speaker 1: a commitment to someone, um, you know you want somebody

849
00:46:57,440 --> 00:47:01,680
Speaker 1: that is I think more so active than this figurative

850
00:47:01,960 --> 00:47:05,160
Speaker 1: model sort of speak. I think that is very important

851
00:47:05,160 --> 00:47:08,320
Speaker 1: to be with somebody that is an active individual. I

852
00:47:08,600 --> 00:47:13,359
Speaker 1: would echo that. Um, the question was super fit. So

853
00:47:13,480 --> 00:47:16,399
Speaker 1: to be real picky, here the question said super fit.

854
00:47:16,880 --> 00:47:19,759
Speaker 1: I don't think every athlete dates somebody who is super fit,

855
00:47:19,880 --> 00:47:24,080
Speaker 1: but um, to be honest, both at moost athletes will

856
00:47:24,200 --> 00:47:29,040
Speaker 1: date somebody who is is Like Rishad said active looks

857
00:47:29,080 --> 00:47:32,320
Speaker 1: after themselves, cares for themselves. Well, is a healthy, active,

858
00:47:32,440 --> 00:47:38,680
Speaker 1: fit person. Is it more attractive if the girl is

859
00:47:38,719 --> 00:47:46,640
Speaker 1: interested in sports? I don't think so. Yeah. I would

860
00:47:46,640 --> 00:47:51,360
Speaker 1: say what's attractive is the willingness, right, So, like I

861
00:47:51,440 --> 00:47:56,440
Speaker 1: actually what I actually enjoy somebody that doesn't understand the

862
00:47:56,440 --> 00:47:58,640
Speaker 1: game of football. It's like, it's hilarious to watch them

863
00:47:58,640 --> 00:48:03,040
Speaker 1: trying to figure it out. Yeah, so it it's the

864
00:48:03,120 --> 00:48:05,840
Speaker 1: willingness to sit there and wait, he did what I

865
00:48:05,880 --> 00:48:08,200
Speaker 1: thought that was? I thought that was a foul, Like,

866
00:48:08,239 --> 00:48:11,719
Speaker 1: that's hilarious, right to try to figure watch her figure

867
00:48:11,760 --> 00:48:13,239
Speaker 1: it out in the same thing for me to her,

868
00:48:13,320 --> 00:48:16,080
Speaker 1: Like I don't know anything about probably some of the

869
00:48:16,120 --> 00:48:18,200
Speaker 1: stuff she may bring to the table, but she probably

870
00:48:18,239 --> 00:48:20,919
Speaker 1: would love the fact that I'm willing to figure out

871
00:48:20,920 --> 00:48:25,880
Speaker 1: what narrow polish is the best. So it's the willingness

872
00:48:25,920 --> 00:48:28,440
Speaker 1: that is what it's attractive. I ain't really worried if

873
00:48:28,440 --> 00:48:31,120
Speaker 1: you know everybody's stats their names more than me, that

874
00:48:31,160 --> 00:48:36,360
Speaker 1: ain't attractive. Uh. Yeah, I actually liked because I was

875
00:48:36,400 --> 00:48:39,640
Speaker 1: so focused on my career, I actually liked and preferred

876
00:48:39,680 --> 00:48:42,680
Speaker 1: somebody that didn't have any idea about the sport because

877
00:48:42,719 --> 00:48:45,200
Speaker 1: I could get away from the sport. Whereas I have

878
00:48:45,360 --> 00:48:47,680
Speaker 1: teammates who had wives that were like, what did the

879
00:48:47,719 --> 00:48:49,759
Speaker 1: coach say in the locker room after the game? What

880
00:48:49,800 --> 00:48:51,680
Speaker 1: it like? And I was like, Wow, how could you

881
00:48:51,719 --> 00:48:54,480
Speaker 1: be that invested everywhere? Like I needed to get away

882
00:48:54,480 --> 00:48:56,719
Speaker 1: from it. I needed to be all in when I

883
00:48:56,760 --> 00:48:58,799
Speaker 1: was there, and then in a relationship get away from it.

884
00:48:58,840 --> 00:49:02,280
Speaker 1: And I actually preferred some that didn't have a real

885
00:49:03,080 --> 00:49:07,120
Speaker 1: in depth knowledge or background on the sport. All right,

886
00:49:07,640 --> 00:49:11,720
Speaker 1: all right, this is an interesting one. Are As an athlete,

887
00:49:11,800 --> 00:49:18,719
Speaker 1: are you easily tempted to be unfaithful? I would say

888
00:49:18,800 --> 00:49:23,320
Speaker 1: that is just you can take out the word athlete

889
00:49:23,800 --> 00:49:26,840
Speaker 1: and just say as a human. You know, um, I

890
00:49:26,960 --> 00:49:35,840
Speaker 1: see more. I've seen more doctors. I've seen more doctors

891
00:49:36,480 --> 00:49:39,919
Speaker 1: in places they shouldn't be at then athletes. All right,

892
00:49:40,360 --> 00:49:44,000
Speaker 1: so it's not just an athlete thing, it's it's truly

893
00:49:44,080 --> 00:49:48,160
Speaker 1: a human thing in it. Are you tempted? Yes? Who?

894
00:49:48,400 --> 00:49:51,960
Speaker 1: Everybody is always tempted. The tempt is revelatant, and it's

895
00:49:52,000 --> 00:49:55,239
Speaker 1: about are you going to respond, you know, to to

896
00:49:55,440 --> 00:49:58,640
Speaker 1: these tempts. But to answer the question, yeah, everybody's tempted,

897
00:49:59,120 --> 00:50:01,040
Speaker 1: you know, Yeah, I would agree with that I think,

898
00:50:01,160 --> 00:50:05,480
Speaker 1: um more is kind of more temptation kind of comes

899
00:50:05,480 --> 00:50:08,879
Speaker 1: your way. You're as an athlete, you're a young guy,

900
00:50:09,360 --> 00:50:14,640
Speaker 1: you are very successful, very driven. Um you probably have

901
00:50:14,680 --> 00:50:16,920
Speaker 1: a few bucks in your wallet. Um, you have some

902
00:50:17,000 --> 00:50:20,239
Speaker 1: sort of fame or notoriety, some sort of communal importance

903
00:50:20,800 --> 00:50:24,880
Speaker 1: quote unquote. Um. So that that there's just more. Probably

904
00:50:24,960 --> 00:50:28,000
Speaker 1: you'll probably get approached more than maybe just the other

905
00:50:28,040 --> 00:50:30,880
Speaker 1: guy from town. Um. So then, but it's just like

906
00:50:30,960 --> 00:50:33,360
Speaker 1: Rashad said, then it's you know, how do you handle it?

907
00:50:33,360 --> 00:50:36,399
Speaker 1: Do you just you know, um say hey, it's great,

908
00:50:36,440 --> 00:50:37,759
Speaker 1: nice to me. Do you have a nice day and

909
00:50:37,760 --> 00:50:39,880
Speaker 1: be cordial and polite with a human being? Because you

910
00:50:39,920 --> 00:50:43,120
Speaker 1: can still do that, that's completely fine. Or do you

911
00:50:43,680 --> 00:50:45,759
Speaker 1: do you cross boundaries? It's just who you are as

912
00:50:45,760 --> 00:50:48,520
Speaker 1: a human being. But I think to answer the question, yes,

913
00:50:48,640 --> 00:50:51,960
Speaker 1: you probably are more tempted just because of what comes

914
00:50:52,080 --> 00:50:55,520
Speaker 1: with being an athlete. Rashot, are you open to dating

915
00:50:55,640 --> 00:51:03,680
Speaker 1: right now? Dating? I don't know how about this? Who

916
00:51:03,719 --> 00:51:10,640
Speaker 1: would be your dream date? Uh, that's a good one,

917
00:51:10,840 --> 00:51:14,120
Speaker 1: that's a really good one. I mean that wouldn't be,

918
00:51:14,280 --> 00:51:16,880
Speaker 1: this would not be. This isn't answering the question, But

919
00:51:16,920 --> 00:51:18,799
Speaker 1: this was not this is not my dream day. But

920
00:51:18,880 --> 00:51:21,440
Speaker 1: like just to give some kind of like ideas of

921
00:51:22,000 --> 00:51:24,480
Speaker 1: you know myself, I grew up Jennifer Lopez is my

922
00:51:24,719 --> 00:51:28,640
Speaker 1: childhood crush, you know what I mean? Um, but like

923
00:51:28,800 --> 00:51:34,200
Speaker 1: my ideal date of a person. So I enjoy going

924
00:51:34,200 --> 00:51:36,560
Speaker 1: out on days. This is a very true thing about me.

925
00:51:36,600 --> 00:51:38,799
Speaker 1: When I was in uh, when I was in New York,

926
00:51:38,840 --> 00:51:41,040
Speaker 1: when I would go out on different dates all the time,

927
00:51:41,160 --> 00:51:42,480
Speaker 1: Like it was a point where I think I went

928
00:51:42,480 --> 00:51:44,359
Speaker 1: out on a different date, like every four or five days,

929
00:51:44,440 --> 00:51:49,720
Speaker 1: somebody different, and and but this is this is why, um,

930
00:51:49,800 --> 00:51:53,120
Speaker 1: how I look at dating, right you they didn't get

931
00:51:53,160 --> 00:51:55,400
Speaker 1: to know somebody cool, nothing wrong with I think you

932
00:51:55,440 --> 00:51:56,879
Speaker 1: get to know somebody all the time. We get annoy

933
00:51:56,880 --> 00:51:59,480
Speaker 1: each other right now, you just don't quote it anything

934
00:52:00,000 --> 00:52:04,120
Speaker 1: of the setting. But I would try to find somebody

935
00:52:04,200 --> 00:52:09,440
Speaker 1: that had some type of skill or profession that they

936
00:52:09,440 --> 00:52:11,879
Speaker 1: did and we would go out on the date. Right

937
00:52:11,880 --> 00:52:13,479
Speaker 1: Like to give no names to anybody, but I would

938
00:52:13,480 --> 00:52:16,200
Speaker 1: take somebody that was a professional golf a golfer out.

939
00:52:16,960 --> 00:52:19,400
Speaker 1: I don't know nothing about golf. You spent thirty years

940
00:52:19,440 --> 00:52:22,120
Speaker 1: to professional to make this to profession, so you know,

941
00:52:22,120 --> 00:52:24,040
Speaker 1: a lot about golf. I know a lot about football.

942
00:52:24,200 --> 00:52:28,960
Speaker 1: Let's exchange lives of information. I'll take it. Who's a gardener? Man?

943
00:52:29,000 --> 00:52:31,200
Speaker 1: We had one of the greatest dates. We went out

944
00:52:31,280 --> 00:52:34,400
Speaker 1: and and and uh and uh in a park and

945
00:52:34,480 --> 00:52:38,360
Speaker 1: she was explaining every plant and how it was made

946
00:52:38,400 --> 00:52:40,640
Speaker 1: and what is it doing an atmosphere. And I'm like,

947
00:52:40,680 --> 00:52:43,879
Speaker 1: this is amazing. You're giving me life. I never would

948
00:52:44,360 --> 00:52:48,560
Speaker 1: let me explain some of my life. Like, so I

949
00:52:48,680 --> 00:52:51,840
Speaker 1: date all the time. There's, um, what you just touched

950
00:52:51,880 --> 00:52:53,960
Speaker 1: on your There's a couple of things I remember hearing

951
00:52:54,040 --> 00:52:59,799
Speaker 1: things that are afrodisiacs. Natural afrodisiacs. Two people, uh, and

952
00:53:00,000 --> 00:53:04,640
Speaker 1: who of the things? Are watching somebody perform their mastery,

953
00:53:04,760 --> 00:53:07,200
Speaker 1: whatever it is that they do. You're a football watching

954
00:53:07,280 --> 00:53:10,280
Speaker 1: you perform at the highest level as a football player

955
00:53:10,440 --> 00:53:13,839
Speaker 1: is something that is an aphrodisiact to person, to somebody, Um,

956
00:53:13,840 --> 00:53:15,560
Speaker 1: it could be the same as this lady who's a

957
00:53:15,640 --> 00:53:18,880
Speaker 1: gardener watching her guard do her thing something that that

958
00:53:19,040 --> 00:53:22,160
Speaker 1: is her mastery, her art form. Watching somebody perform their

959
00:53:22,239 --> 00:53:25,440
Speaker 1: art form is an aphrodisiac And the other one is

960
00:53:26,320 --> 00:53:30,520
Speaker 1: watching somebody perform a charitable act that is very much

961
00:53:30,560 --> 00:53:34,600
Speaker 1: an aphrodisiact to somebody as well. So, um, anyway, I

962
00:53:34,719 --> 00:53:36,640
Speaker 1: just wanted to share that with the community. There you go,

963
00:53:37,160 --> 00:53:41,480
Speaker 1: Eastern rapid fire questions. Let's go all right? These are

964
00:53:41,520 --> 00:53:43,840
Speaker 1: these are when it comes to women, it's kind of

965
00:53:43,840 --> 00:53:45,480
Speaker 1: like an either or thing. So this first thing that

966
00:53:45,560 --> 00:53:54,880
Speaker 1: comes to mind sneakers or stilettos. Stilettos are so sexy.

967
00:53:56,160 --> 00:54:00,439
Speaker 1: Makeup or no makeup? I don't like how to makeup?

968
00:54:00,480 --> 00:54:02,319
Speaker 1: Can I go very little makeup? If I had to choose,

969
00:54:02,320 --> 00:54:07,319
Speaker 1: I go no makeup or very little makeup, not makeup. Yeah,

970
00:54:07,760 --> 00:54:10,800
Speaker 1: either way, they only don't make me no difference. Whatever

971
00:54:10,880 --> 00:54:17,759
Speaker 1: makes it ain't too much either, all right, athlete or

972
00:54:17,840 --> 00:54:24,760
Speaker 1: non athlete? Athletic you gotta be athletic. Athletic is fun? Active,

973
00:54:24,880 --> 00:54:27,120
Speaker 1: active or athletic? Yeah, somebody? Because I want to do

974
00:54:27,160 --> 00:54:28,919
Speaker 1: athletic things in my life. I want to climb hills,

975
00:54:28,920 --> 00:54:30,239
Speaker 1: I want to climb mountains, I want to go on

976
00:54:30,280 --> 00:54:33,920
Speaker 1: adventures like and so if somebody isn't isn't able, or

977
00:54:33,960 --> 00:54:36,560
Speaker 1: doesn't want to come on that, that's difficult for me.

978
00:54:39,719 --> 00:54:42,759
Speaker 1: Right needs to communicate all day long or goes a

979
00:54:42,800 --> 00:54:47,000
Speaker 1: week without talking, you know, I'm gonna take I'm gonna

980
00:54:47,040 --> 00:54:53,799
Speaker 1: take the uh uh untrodden road and say communicate all

981
00:54:53,840 --> 00:54:56,640
Speaker 1: the time. I would do it. I would I echo

982
00:54:56,760 --> 00:55:03,759
Speaker 1: that I'm okay with talking my head off. Cooking or cleaning.

983
00:55:05,600 --> 00:55:10,520
Speaker 1: We have to choose one. I'm gonna have to say cooking.

984
00:55:10,560 --> 00:55:13,440
Speaker 1: If I might have to pick between between these two,

985
00:55:13,480 --> 00:55:17,280
Speaker 1: it's tough. If I have to cooking, cooking is cooking

986
00:55:17,400 --> 00:55:20,359
Speaker 1: is a thing for me? Definitely? I agree with some shot. Yeah.

987
00:55:20,560 --> 00:55:23,680
Speaker 1: I am happy to happy to be to clean everything.

988
00:55:23,880 --> 00:55:26,680
Speaker 1: If one of the like my love languages is just

989
00:55:26,880 --> 00:55:29,319
Speaker 1: give me food. Please, just give me healthy food, cook

990
00:55:29,400 --> 00:55:31,360
Speaker 1: for me, and I'm a happy man. And so I

991
00:55:31,360 --> 00:55:34,279
Speaker 1: will happily clean all the dishes everything, just like when

992
00:55:34,320 --> 00:55:38,080
Speaker 1: somebody cooks for me. That is a love language. Yeah,

993
00:55:39,080 --> 00:55:42,319
Speaker 1: a dog person or dog person all day. No casts

994
00:55:42,360 --> 00:55:46,440
Speaker 1: allowed in the house. There was hair with cats. Much

995
00:55:46,719 --> 00:55:50,040
Speaker 1: looking for a cat. A cat has too many personalities.

996
00:55:50,160 --> 00:55:52,000
Speaker 1: You have to earn their trust, you have to earn

997
00:55:52,040 --> 00:55:55,080
Speaker 1: their love. And if there's already one person, I'm trying

998
00:55:55,120 --> 00:55:57,000
Speaker 1: to earn all that from. I don't have time for two.

999
00:55:57,280 --> 00:56:00,680
Speaker 1: I need that's just happy to see me every time

1000
00:56:00,719 --> 00:56:02,520
Speaker 1: I see him. I'm not trying to earn no cats,

1001
00:56:02,520 --> 00:56:10,560
Speaker 1: trust this. Next one's coffee or Cosmo? I don't get it.

1002
00:56:10,560 --> 00:56:15,480
Speaker 1: What's cosmo? It calls my apolitan. I'm guessing. Like drink,

1003
00:56:15,840 --> 00:56:23,360
Speaker 1: you know, like whichever. Yeah, I don't. I don't drink.

1004
00:56:23,400 --> 00:56:25,279
Speaker 1: I don't drink either. I don't drink coffee. So it's

1005
00:56:25,280 --> 00:56:26,920
Speaker 1: not like I want to share a coffee and I

1006
00:56:27,000 --> 00:56:29,560
Speaker 1: don't drink a Cosmo cosin palitin like for shot, I

1007
00:56:29,600 --> 00:56:35,960
Speaker 1: don't drink. So um, Yeah, I don't know. Next question, Yeah,

1008
00:56:36,000 --> 00:56:37,439
Speaker 1: I don't drink either. I don't know what that means.

1009
00:56:37,680 --> 00:56:41,879
Speaker 1: Um horror movie or action comedy, action comedy all day.

1010
00:56:43,080 --> 00:56:45,600
Speaker 1: It depends on the move. Man. I I love a

1011
00:56:45,680 --> 00:56:48,359
Speaker 1: good horror movie, I really really really do. So what's

1012
00:56:48,360 --> 00:56:51,439
Speaker 1: the best one you've seen lately? Man, I haven't seen

1013
00:56:51,440 --> 00:56:55,000
Speaker 1: a good one lately. Like it's um, I mean the

1014
00:56:55,080 --> 00:56:58,600
Speaker 1: last one I saw what was the summer um summer you?

1015
00:56:59,200 --> 00:57:01,640
Speaker 1: I mean I had that seeing a solid horror mov

1016
00:57:01,680 --> 00:57:04,000
Speaker 1: in a while. So if y'all got any please have

1017
00:57:04,360 --> 00:57:06,120
Speaker 1: It's it's not so much a horror movie, but have

1018
00:57:06,200 --> 00:57:08,439
Speaker 1: you seen the movie? It's probably this like scariest movie

1019
00:57:08,440 --> 00:57:10,600
Speaker 1: I've ever seen because it's based on a true story.

1020
00:57:10,880 --> 00:57:15,200
Speaker 1: Have you seen the movie The Fourth Kind? No? Oh,

1021
00:57:15,560 --> 00:57:17,800
Speaker 1: look up the watch. Here you go. You got a

1022
00:57:17,800 --> 00:57:20,560
Speaker 1: new movie to watch. Just have somebody in the house

1023
00:57:20,920 --> 00:57:22,880
Speaker 1: the rest of the night, because you're gonna have nightmares

1024
00:57:22,920 --> 00:57:25,080
Speaker 1: when you watch it. It's based up in Alaska, and

1025
00:57:25,120 --> 00:57:29,800
Speaker 1: it's based on some alien encounters. And there's like different

1026
00:57:29,800 --> 00:57:32,280
Speaker 1: types of alien encounters. In the fourth it's like seeing

1027
00:57:32,280 --> 00:57:35,720
Speaker 1: an alien talking to an alien whatever. The Fourth Kind

1028
00:57:35,840 --> 00:57:39,760
Speaker 1: is like abduction by an alien. And so that's what

1029
00:57:39,880 --> 00:57:43,600
Speaker 1: this movie is about. And it's got real life video,

1030
00:57:43,760 --> 00:57:47,040
Speaker 1: it's got real life audio included in the movie. It's

1031
00:57:47,040 --> 00:57:54,760
Speaker 1: called The Fourth Kind. It's will Scare Them. Okay, So man,

1032
00:57:54,600 --> 00:57:56,919
Speaker 1: I know you can find it somewhere. But it's called

1033
00:57:56,960 --> 00:58:00,840
Speaker 1: The Fourth Kind. It's probably on Netflix or Amazon Prime

1034
00:58:00,920 --> 00:58:05,080
Speaker 1: somewhere like that. I'm gonna check it out, all right.

1035
00:58:05,120 --> 00:58:11,160
Speaker 1: We got one more strict vegan or dunkin Donuts regular vegan. Yeah,

1036
00:58:11,240 --> 00:58:13,760
Speaker 1: if I had to pick between them two, I'm going

1037
00:58:13,800 --> 00:58:17,520
Speaker 1: to Duncan Donuts Regular. That might lead to a bad

1038
00:58:17,600 --> 00:58:22,040
Speaker 1: life trajectory. Yeah. Yeah, it's not a good it's not

1039
00:58:22,080 --> 00:58:24,800
Speaker 1: a good thing. Rashad, my brother. I appreciate you taking

1040
00:58:24,840 --> 00:58:27,520
Speaker 1: the time for us. Um, dude, where can where can

1041
00:58:27,560 --> 00:58:30,520
Speaker 1: people find you? Where do you hang out on social media? Yeah?

1042
00:58:30,600 --> 00:58:34,520
Speaker 1: So my name Rasha Janis. I'm at Dennis on every

1043
00:58:34,560 --> 00:58:39,560
Speaker 1: social media platform, UM, Twitter and Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn everything

1044
00:58:39,680 --> 00:58:41,600
Speaker 1: is just my name? Which one do you spend the

1045
00:58:41,600 --> 00:58:47,040
Speaker 1: most time on? Uh? Instagram and LinkedIn? Right on? Love brother?

1046
00:58:47,080 --> 00:58:49,520
Speaker 1: And then where can people find the the new Kids book?

1047
00:58:49,520 --> 00:58:51,720
Speaker 1: What's it called? And where can people find it? Yeah?

1048
00:58:51,800 --> 00:58:53,800
Speaker 1: So you can Actually, I would say for just go

1049
00:58:53,840 --> 00:58:56,680
Speaker 1: to rashais dot com. That's where everything will fun know

1050
00:58:56,840 --> 00:59:00,840
Speaker 1: you um to anything directly, but just go to shots

1051
00:59:00,880 --> 00:59:03,640
Speaker 1: dot com. Everything I've ever done, um or for sell

1052
00:59:03,800 --> 00:59:05,480
Speaker 1: or I'm about you will get to know me on

1053
00:59:05,520 --> 00:59:08,000
Speaker 1: a different level. Um. And you can find ways to

1054
00:59:08,080 --> 00:59:10,760
Speaker 1: support and also you can find ways that I can

1055
00:59:10,800 --> 00:59:13,200
Speaker 1: help you. Guys. I'm always tell people I don't have

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Speaker 1: all the answers. There's nothing special about me. Is just

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Speaker 1: a position I'm in. It's very unique. It's my job

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Speaker 1: to be a magnifying glass when I when I find

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Speaker 1: opportunities to do so. So I'm always looking for more

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Speaker 1: people in the community to help me. Help you. Brother,

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Speaker 1: You are a special person. There is a tome special

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Speaker 1: about you. You're integral, you are resilient, you're intelligent, you

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Speaker 1: are driven, You're kind. I love your heart, brother, Thank

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Speaker 1: you so much for taking the time, buddy. Our audience

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Speaker 1: appreciate it. Appreciates it. I appreciate it. Um and uh,

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Speaker 1: next time I see it, we're gonna do with jo job.

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Speaker 1: Let's let's do it, man, Let's do it. Thanks for shot,

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Speaker 1: best brother. I can't wait to see against soon, Buddy.

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Speaker 1: Everybody else, thank you for listening till next week. Take

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Speaker 1: care of one another, love one another, and we'll see you.

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Speaker 1: Back here for another episode of How Man Think