1 00:00:04,040 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: What do you do in life doesn't go according to plan? 2 00:00:07,160 --> 00:00:09,680 Speaker 1: That moment you lose the job, or a loved one, 3 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:14,040 Speaker 1: or even a piece of yourself. I'm Brookshields and this 4 00:00:14,560 --> 00:00:18,680 Speaker 1: is now What, a podcast about pivotal moments as told 5 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:21,279 Speaker 1: by people who lived them. Each week, I s to 6 00:00:21,360 --> 00:00:23,600 Speaker 1: teal with a guest to talk about the times they 7 00:00:23,640 --> 00:00:26,880 Speaker 1: were knocked off course and what they did to move forward. 8 00:00:27,880 --> 00:00:33,080 Speaker 1: Some stories are funny, others are cut wrenching, but all 9 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:38,320 Speaker 1: are unapologetically human and remind us that every success and 10 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:42,680 Speaker 1: every setback is accompanied by a choice, and that choice 11 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:50,320 Speaker 1: answers one question. Now what a friend of mine said 12 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:53,120 Speaker 1: to me. He looked at my hands, He goes, damn, 13 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:55,680 Speaker 1: last time I saw hands that big. They had a 14 00:00:55,720 --> 00:00:59,920 Speaker 1: Super Bowl ring on him and your mom and I 15 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:03,640 Speaker 1: think even did the hand to hand thing. I was like, mss, 16 00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:07,200 Speaker 1: you were tall tall women. I like, you know another thing. 17 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:11,680 Speaker 1: We all attracted tall, tall ladies. My mom's five eleven 18 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:16,200 Speaker 1: or so, and yeah, she's five nine or so. I 19 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:17,920 Speaker 1: mean it's short as I'll go. Yeah, I was gonna 20 00:01:17,959 --> 00:01:19,840 Speaker 1: say I thought she was taller than that. But I know, 21 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:23,319 Speaker 1: but I think it's great. I go, I get around 22 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:26,399 Speaker 1: you guys, and I'm I don't feel like an Amazon anymore. 23 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:32,280 Speaker 1: That voice you just heard is my good friend, Cooper Manning. 24 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:36,520 Speaker 1: Cooper is an entrepreneur, He's a TV personality and a 25 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:41,319 Speaker 1: wonderful husband and father. He hosts The Manning Hour on 26 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:44,959 Speaker 1: Fox Sports, and if you've watched football recently, you've likely 27 00:01:45,319 --> 00:01:48,520 Speaker 1: seen him steal the show in those hilarious Caesar sports 28 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 1: book commercials. Cooper is also part of the football famous 29 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:57,160 Speaker 1: Manning family. His dad, Archie, was a well respected NFL quarterback, 30 00:01:57,480 --> 00:02:00,840 Speaker 1: and brothers Peyton and Eli are widely considered some of 31 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:05,360 Speaker 1: the greatest quarterbacks to have played the league. As for Cooper, 32 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:08,840 Speaker 1: he was a talented player in his own right until 33 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:13,120 Speaker 1: a career ending diagnosis forced him to pivot and create 34 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:16,520 Speaker 1: a different life for himself. He is one of the 35 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:21,000 Speaker 1: most positive people I have ever met. He's so funny, 36 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 1: and I'm so happy that he's agreed to join the 37 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:27,120 Speaker 1: show and share his incredible story with us. All here 38 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:34,000 Speaker 1: is Cooper Manning. I'm so happy to be talking to you. 39 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:37,240 Speaker 1: I miss you. I missed you this summer too. I'm 40 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:39,680 Speaker 1: playing hard to get Is it working? Yes, it's working. 41 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:43,000 Speaker 1: In my my my heart is just exploding. When I 42 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:46,880 Speaker 1: wanted to speak to you for the podcast, my producer 43 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:49,079 Speaker 1: asked me how we knew each other, And it was 44 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:51,079 Speaker 1: funny because the first thing that I could think of 45 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:53,400 Speaker 1: would be was just going out and drinking too much 46 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:56,160 Speaker 1: tequila with you and Allen. I was like, that's the 47 00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:59,960 Speaker 1: first thing. That's where most great relationships began, in my opinion, 48 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:02,920 Speaker 1: you know totally. Well. I remember Chris was working in 49 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:06,080 Speaker 1: New Orleans, my husband, Chris, and I was working in 50 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:08,640 Speaker 1: New Orleans, and we were walking out of a restaurant 51 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:12,040 Speaker 1: and I ran into your mom and your dad, and 52 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:14,520 Speaker 1: I think the giants had just one. It was Marty Gras. 53 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:18,000 Speaker 1: They invited us immediately over to the house, and the 54 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:21,920 Speaker 1: minute you and Chris met, it was as if it 55 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:24,960 Speaker 1: was slow motion and music was playing the two of 56 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:28,240 Speaker 1: you that your eyes met, and then you found each 57 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:31,280 Speaker 1: other and and you just hit it off immediately. I 58 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:33,640 Speaker 1: feel pretty confident that both of us left that day 59 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:37,160 Speaker 1: going that guy is so much more immature than me. 60 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:39,240 Speaker 1: Both of the same the same thing about one another. Well, 61 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 1: I won't we won't get into some of the antics 62 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:43,560 Speaker 1: that you guys do when you're driving around town. We're 63 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:46,320 Speaker 1: going to leave that if you won't, certainly those are 64 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:48,720 Speaker 1: those are highlights of my life. So if you want 65 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:52,200 Speaker 1: those antics are already in the hip, ready loaded, ready 66 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:55,360 Speaker 1: to fire. So if you need, they're here. But great, No, 67 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:57,840 Speaker 1: it's been so funny, you know, and you know about 68 00:03:57,880 --> 00:04:00,880 Speaker 1: anyone Brook It's rare that you make really good friends 69 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:03,680 Speaker 1: later on in life, and so when you do, you 70 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:05,920 Speaker 1: cherish it. So it's been Uh, you're right, it's been 71 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:08,280 Speaker 1: too long since we've hung out, and we're we're overdue. 72 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:11,160 Speaker 1: We were, We're definitely overdo and we'll fix that. The 73 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:14,560 Speaker 1: now what audience might be a slightly new audience for you. 74 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:17,280 Speaker 1: So if you were to introduce yourself to them, how 75 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:20,360 Speaker 1: would you how would you want to introduce yourself? Who? 76 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:25,039 Speaker 1: Who is? Who is Cooper Manning to this possibly new audience. Yeah, 77 00:04:25,839 --> 00:04:28,680 Speaker 1: I'm probably known more for being the brothers of two 78 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:32,680 Speaker 1: other famous people than being independently known. Um. I have 79 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:36,440 Speaker 1: a little, little, fun, little show on Fox before football 80 00:04:36,440 --> 00:04:39,600 Speaker 1: games on Sunday and called The Coop Manning Our Minus 81 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:43,039 Speaker 1: fifty eight minutes. I play a character that thinks he's 82 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:46,440 Speaker 1: really important. He's very cocky, he thinks he's the star 83 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:48,920 Speaker 1: of the show. And that is far from the truth. 84 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:51,960 Speaker 1: And I get to interview fun NFL players, show old 85 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:54,479 Speaker 1: side of them that's not on the field, whether it's 86 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:58,640 Speaker 1: I mean getting a couple's massot massage or getting a 87 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:02,760 Speaker 1: manicure to pedicure with another player, or wrestling or you 88 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:06,440 Speaker 1: know whatever, showing another side of them that that's lighthearted, 89 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:09,479 Speaker 1: not football related at all. And so that's been fun. 90 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:11,280 Speaker 1: It's my eighth year of doing that. And then my 91 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:14,279 Speaker 1: wife has always wanted to be married to a game 92 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:17,360 Speaker 1: show host, and so now hey, don't have a game show. 93 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:21,200 Speaker 1: So it's I'm really just racking up the points as 94 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:24,039 Speaker 1: far as uh. But I mean, you know, you brought 95 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:27,400 Speaker 1: up something, you know, someone who's been talked about mostly 96 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:32,080 Speaker 1: in relation to other entities. How does that feel to 97 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:36,080 Speaker 1: sort of just to really on your own terms carve 98 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:39,600 Speaker 1: out something that's new and fun for yourself. It's fun, 99 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:41,760 Speaker 1: you know. I'm not I would say, I'm probably not 100 00:05:41,839 --> 00:05:44,719 Speaker 1: trying too hard. Things just kind of come away and 101 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:47,279 Speaker 1: I do it, and I just I'm kind of content 102 00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:49,520 Speaker 1: with my life and I do a few fun things 103 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:52,479 Speaker 1: on the side that I think let people laugh and 104 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:54,600 Speaker 1: have a little fun. But I think it's been fun. 105 00:05:54,640 --> 00:05:57,280 Speaker 1: I mean, I wouldn't trade my role in the whole 106 00:05:57,440 --> 00:05:58,919 Speaker 1: scheme of things. I've got to do all kind of 107 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:02,360 Speaker 1: great fun things. And Peyton Eli are great football players 108 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:04,800 Speaker 1: and now they're great, they're on TV and doing well, 109 00:06:04,839 --> 00:06:07,360 Speaker 1: and then we all get along. Well it's it's it's fine. 110 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:11,240 Speaker 1: I'm I like my role and I'm content. Well, it's 111 00:06:11,279 --> 00:06:14,360 Speaker 1: also your family is such a you know what, I 112 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:17,960 Speaker 1: was amazed at, how what a what a really beautifully 113 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:21,040 Speaker 1: close knit family you were, you know, and that and 114 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:23,480 Speaker 1: that's a tribute to your mom and your dad and 115 00:06:23,839 --> 00:06:26,240 Speaker 1: I mean, were you guys always always such a very 116 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:29,720 Speaker 1: close knit family and really in each other's corner. I 117 00:06:29,720 --> 00:06:32,520 Speaker 1: would say, So, my parents are great. I'm pretty lucky 118 00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:34,880 Speaker 1: to have a template to watch how it's supposed to 119 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:36,800 Speaker 1: be done because they love each other, but they put 120 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:40,320 Speaker 1: their children first and and and we certainly felt that. 121 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:43,800 Speaker 1: I was thinking about that this morning on I didn't 122 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:45,080 Speaker 1: know what you were going to ask you, but I 123 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:48,039 Speaker 1: was kind of thinking about I'm the oldest of three, 124 00:06:48,120 --> 00:06:51,120 Speaker 1: and then I'm also the first grandchild, so my aunts 125 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:53,080 Speaker 1: and uncles and I was the first one, the oldest one, 126 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:56,039 Speaker 1: so I remember being kind of the star of the 127 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:58,360 Speaker 1: show from the gid go, like, you know, everybody was 128 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:01,080 Speaker 1: making a big deal out of me. Um, well before 129 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:02,960 Speaker 1: I deserve to be a big deal, you know at 130 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:04,920 Speaker 1: two and three, and like when you walk in the 131 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:06,599 Speaker 1: room and everybody stops and you kind of have the 132 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:09,159 Speaker 1: floor and it's like entertain me. My mom was like 133 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:10,880 Speaker 1: maybe laugh, you know, and you kind of had that 134 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:13,520 Speaker 1: role and that was certainly, um, I think a part 135 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:16,680 Speaker 1: of why I'm wired the way I am. But um, yeah, everybody, 136 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:19,200 Speaker 1: everybody gets along pretty well. Do you grow up with 137 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:23,480 Speaker 1: a lot of pressure? I think, Um, my parents were 138 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:26,440 Speaker 1: not big on complaining. You're not allowed to complain, So 139 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:31,120 Speaker 1: we were all I think independently driven. Um wanted to 140 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:36,120 Speaker 1: do well, wanted to succeed, and you know, fortunately athletics 141 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:39,200 Speaker 1: or a big part of how my dad interacted us 142 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:40,960 Speaker 1: with us. He always liked, hey, let's go out in 143 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:43,000 Speaker 1: the yard. Let's go, let's go throw I'll throw you 144 00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:45,120 Speaker 1: back in practice, let's go hit tennis ball, let's go 145 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:47,880 Speaker 1: you know, catch pop flies, whatever it may be. And 146 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:50,440 Speaker 1: that was a great way of of having constant interaction. 147 00:07:50,480 --> 00:07:54,360 Speaker 1: And my mom probably deep down wanted some daughters brook 148 00:07:54,480 --> 00:07:58,000 Speaker 1: but she got three boys. And she, uh, she likes 149 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:01,240 Speaker 1: her granddaughters and she likes these gals that we all married, 150 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:03,840 Speaker 1: so it works out fine for her. There's some great, 151 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:07,680 Speaker 1: great women that married into that family. But there must 152 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:09,760 Speaker 1: have been something in the water or something in the 153 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:12,360 Speaker 1: genetics of your mom and dad, because one are the 154 00:08:12,440 --> 00:08:18,120 Speaker 1: chances of having two NFL stars. I mean, and you're 155 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:24,440 Speaker 1: a big family. Everybody's just a tall, handsome person. I'm 156 00:08:24,520 --> 00:08:27,640 Speaker 1: calling this show anytime you want. Um, I don't that 157 00:08:27,760 --> 00:08:30,520 Speaker 1: was not like the goal. We looked up to our dad. 158 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:33,319 Speaker 1: He had played and uh, I don't think there was 159 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:35,280 Speaker 1: any secret that that he was our hero and he 160 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:37,800 Speaker 1: did things the way we we kind of wanted to 161 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:41,840 Speaker 1: emulate ourselves, and so unfortunately we were You know, my 162 00:08:41,880 --> 00:08:43,960 Speaker 1: mom's side of the family is very athletic as well, 163 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:45,720 Speaker 1: and they're competitive and it's kind of part of the 164 00:08:46,200 --> 00:08:48,320 Speaker 1: part of the culture. I can imagine that type of 165 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:52,360 Speaker 1: competition is contagious. I mean your kids are all athletes. Yeah, 166 00:08:52,360 --> 00:08:55,600 Speaker 1: my oldest I have a daughter who's who's in her 167 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:59,240 Speaker 1: second year in college at Virginia. She was she was 168 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:02,079 Speaker 1: very good high school. The one state championship, she was 169 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:05,000 Speaker 1: m VP, and she wrote off into the sunset now 170 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:08,680 Speaker 1: is having fun as a it's just a college college gal. 171 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:12,480 Speaker 1: And then yeah, my oldest son, Arch is a senior 172 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:15,040 Speaker 1: in high school and he's he's a quarterback and he's 173 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:17,400 Speaker 1: going off to the University of Texas next year to 174 00:09:17,440 --> 00:09:20,000 Speaker 1: play play football. And then I have another son, Hide, 175 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:23,480 Speaker 1: who's um a junior who's who starts. He's an offensive lineman, 176 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:26,840 Speaker 1: a little bigger, a little more booty to him, booty 177 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:31,120 Speaker 1: and attitude and a funny, funny boy. I think we met, 178 00:09:31,120 --> 00:09:33,560 Speaker 1: didn't we meet all of them? Or they were like 179 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:41,600 Speaker 1: a little bowling ball, the greening other big bowling balls. 180 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:44,960 Speaker 1: My my girls were looking at the boys, like, Mom, 181 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:47,200 Speaker 1: I wonder what it's like to have brothers. I'm like, well, 182 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:50,920 Speaker 1: here it is there. They're a wired differently, I assure you. 183 00:09:51,640 --> 00:09:53,600 Speaker 1: I think back to what you talked about, Broke. I 184 00:09:53,640 --> 00:09:57,240 Speaker 1: think that the sports are such a good life lesson 185 00:09:57,320 --> 00:10:02,280 Speaker 1: because things go wrong and you lose, and you compete 186 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:04,640 Speaker 1: and you do everything right, and then you don't get 187 00:10:04,679 --> 00:10:07,680 Speaker 1: the results you want. And so I thought, I've always 188 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:10,800 Speaker 1: been really gravitated toward team sports because you have to 189 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:14,280 Speaker 1: put up with people who care about it less than 190 00:10:14,360 --> 00:10:17,000 Speaker 1: you do. Or that aren't as good as you, or 191 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:18,720 Speaker 1: that are better than you, And how do you deal 192 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:20,960 Speaker 1: with all those to get to where you want to be? 193 00:10:21,240 --> 00:10:24,240 Speaker 1: And the pressure. I'm sure of living up to the 194 00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:27,319 Speaker 1: Manning name. I mean, do any of your children not 195 00:10:27,480 --> 00:10:31,120 Speaker 1: want to go into the family business so to speak? Well, 196 00:10:31,760 --> 00:10:34,840 Speaker 1: you know, I don't think we ever talked about the pressure. 197 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:40,000 Speaker 1: I thought, I just really emphasize working hard and enjoying it. Um, 198 00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:41,800 Speaker 1: if you want to be really good, you're going to 199 00:10:41,920 --> 00:10:45,680 Speaker 1: have to do things above and beyond what the coaches 200 00:10:45,720 --> 00:10:48,440 Speaker 1: are asking you to do. You gotta you know, lift 201 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:51,560 Speaker 1: in in the morning and get runs in at night, 202 00:10:51,800 --> 00:10:55,200 Speaker 1: and do extra sit ups and throw when no one's looking, 203 00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:58,760 Speaker 1: and you know, practice practice, practice, because that's we're not 204 00:10:58,880 --> 00:11:02,920 Speaker 1: gifted enough to just up. And yeah, you gotta know 205 00:11:03,160 --> 00:11:06,000 Speaker 1: that's you know, going back to Peyton Eli's uncles, those 206 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:09,120 Speaker 1: guys are not by any way being stretched the most 207 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:11,960 Speaker 1: talented guys in the field, and they're not faster or stronger. 208 00:11:12,480 --> 00:11:15,080 Speaker 1: Some people would probably disagree. Yeah, I mean, but you know, 209 00:11:15,120 --> 00:11:18,240 Speaker 1: but you get you get guys that are so gifted 210 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:21,680 Speaker 1: that sometimes don't work. I have, um, a couple that 211 00:11:21,679 --> 00:11:25,240 Speaker 1: are just grinders. You know, they will outwork you, they 212 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:27,400 Speaker 1: will stay up till four o'clock and do the work, 213 00:11:27,640 --> 00:11:30,480 Speaker 1: they'll run extra and then you have one that has 214 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:33,720 Speaker 1: tons of ability and likes to work. And if you 215 00:11:33,720 --> 00:11:35,560 Speaker 1: look around in the history of anything, if you have 216 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:38,200 Speaker 1: people that are just gifted and work, those are the 217 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:50,800 Speaker 1: ones that the people talk about. This show is called 218 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:55,080 Speaker 1: now What um and it really struck me as sort 219 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:58,079 Speaker 1: of the now what moments in our lives that really 220 00:11:58,120 --> 00:12:02,959 Speaker 1: do define how we respond to these these issues that 221 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:05,880 Speaker 1: really defines how we go forward in the world. And 222 00:12:05,920 --> 00:12:09,920 Speaker 1: I feel I've had now what moments probably my whole life. 223 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:12,880 Speaker 1: My most recent one, I was in the hospital for 224 00:12:12,920 --> 00:12:17,000 Speaker 1: a month I broke my femur. And I'm always fascinated 225 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:20,880 Speaker 1: with people's now what moments because we have multiples. It's 226 00:12:20,960 --> 00:12:24,240 Speaker 1: either it's a positive opportunity or or a difficult one, 227 00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:26,280 Speaker 1: or a tragedy or something that we have to face. 228 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:29,920 Speaker 1: What would you say that you're biggest now what moment 229 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:32,800 Speaker 1: has been in your life? For me, probably it was, 230 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:35,920 Speaker 1: you know, as I mentioned, grew up in a very 231 00:12:35,960 --> 00:12:40,120 Speaker 1: athletic oriented family and playing football was very important to me. 232 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:42,640 Speaker 1: And then go to go off to college to play football, 233 00:12:42,640 --> 00:12:46,240 Speaker 1: Little Miss, and then um, kind of before it even starts. 234 00:12:46,240 --> 00:12:49,360 Speaker 1: I mean literally, um, week two or three of the 235 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:52,160 Speaker 1: of the first season, doctors come in and say something, 236 00:12:52,160 --> 00:12:55,440 Speaker 1: we don't see something right here your hands or numb. 237 00:12:55,559 --> 00:12:58,800 Speaker 1: Something's up. We need to go sending to the Mayo 238 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:01,320 Speaker 1: clinic and go pop round season doctors. And you find 239 00:13:01,320 --> 00:13:05,439 Speaker 1: out surely thereafter that I have like a little stenosis 240 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:08,199 Speaker 1: in my spinal cord. And says, you know, football is 241 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:11,679 Speaker 1: no longer. So you're eighteen, you're going after college, college scholarship. 242 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:14,800 Speaker 1: He played for All Miss b a wide receiver. Have 243 00:13:14,880 --> 00:13:17,000 Speaker 1: fun kind of fu fail your dreams going back to 244 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:19,480 Speaker 1: where your parents played school and then they say, bam, 245 00:13:19,520 --> 00:13:23,400 Speaker 1: it's over. And so that was probably that was a tough, 246 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:25,760 Speaker 1: a tough moment for for an eighteen year old, even 247 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:27,800 Speaker 1: even for me. He was kind of happy, go lucky. 248 00:13:28,040 --> 00:13:31,760 Speaker 1: What is what is this to? Basically, most people have 249 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:34,760 Speaker 1: a spinal cord and you have a spinal column which 250 00:13:34,840 --> 00:13:37,520 Speaker 1: kind of you know, kind of protects it, so you 251 00:13:37,679 --> 00:13:39,840 Speaker 1: just kind of and they have like the space around it. 252 00:13:40,040 --> 00:13:42,520 Speaker 1: And mine was like I think gets happened. It kind 253 00:13:42,520 --> 00:13:45,079 Speaker 1: of bangs up against the wall and it can cause problems. 254 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:47,760 Speaker 1: So you're not You're fine. You can live your whole life. 255 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:50,120 Speaker 1: People can go on and play and never know. But 256 00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:55,559 Speaker 1: football is probably the one football water, skiing, car rex, 257 00:13:55,679 --> 00:13:58,040 Speaker 1: those kind of things or things they say, probably not 258 00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:01,360 Speaker 1: a good idea. And so, um, did you have surgery 259 00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:04,000 Speaker 1: with our surgery? Yeah, I had to have surgery the 260 00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:05,720 Speaker 1: kind of make a little more room around it, give 261 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:09,520 Speaker 1: you a little protection, and then had um a fusion. 262 00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:11,800 Speaker 1: Um a couple of years later was the how was 263 00:14:11,840 --> 00:14:16,040 Speaker 1: the recovery process and the physical therapy for well, I 264 00:14:16,040 --> 00:14:17,600 Speaker 1: had a Yeah, it was a pain because I had 265 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:21,280 Speaker 1: a blood clot and so I woke up and like, um, 266 00:14:21,880 --> 00:14:23,720 Speaker 1: wasn't the same Like as a matter of fact, I 267 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:26,160 Speaker 1: had they woke up and I was like paralyzed and 268 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:27,960 Speaker 1: they had to go back in and they fixed some things. 269 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:30,640 Speaker 1: And it's over my head as far as medical jargon, 270 00:14:30,760 --> 00:14:32,360 Speaker 1: but um, you know I had to learn how to 271 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:35,560 Speaker 1: walk again. My right leg lost its strength and my 272 00:14:35,640 --> 00:14:37,680 Speaker 1: left leg lost its feeling. And so you were like 273 00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:40,080 Speaker 1: and you felt like you were, you know, walking with 274 00:14:40,120 --> 00:14:44,520 Speaker 1: two different people's limbs right there. And so but you're 275 00:14:44,560 --> 00:14:46,480 Speaker 1: young and youthful, and I want to get back to 276 00:14:46,520 --> 00:14:48,960 Speaker 1: normal and and did my physical therapy and got back 277 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:52,200 Speaker 1: and it's always I'll never be the athlete that I was, 278 00:14:53,240 --> 00:14:56,200 Speaker 1: But I also can you know I can do just 279 00:14:56,240 --> 00:14:57,960 Speaker 1: about everything I want to do as well. What do 280 00:14:58,080 --> 00:15:00,480 Speaker 1: you tell what would you tell some on I mean, 281 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:02,760 Speaker 1: when I was in the hospital, the only thing I 282 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:06,160 Speaker 1: could do was learned how to walk, and I asked 283 00:15:06,160 --> 00:15:09,280 Speaker 1: to get physical therapy twice a day. And the learning 284 00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:14,480 Speaker 1: how to walk with such a strange, terrifying feeling. What 285 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:16,880 Speaker 1: is what would your advice to somebody who's got to 286 00:15:16,920 --> 00:15:21,360 Speaker 1: go through something like that to keep yourself strong emotionally 287 00:15:21,520 --> 00:15:25,480 Speaker 1: and mentally well. I think the the little steps for 288 00:15:25,760 --> 00:15:28,960 Speaker 1: like even like, hey, okay, you know now I'm walking 289 00:15:28,960 --> 00:15:32,560 Speaker 1: without holding onto the side of the rails. That's progress, 290 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:35,720 Speaker 1: you know. I think you've gotta baby steps are good steps. 291 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:39,280 Speaker 1: And um, I just wanted to get back to normal. 292 00:15:39,480 --> 00:15:40,800 Speaker 1: That was my goal, Like, look, I just want to 293 00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:43,400 Speaker 1: get back where I can do the daily things that 294 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:47,080 Speaker 1: everyone else can do. And so I was. I didn't. 295 00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:49,560 Speaker 1: I really don't look back and kind of feel sorry 296 00:15:49,640 --> 00:15:52,880 Speaker 1: for myself. I'm really like the task at hand and 297 00:15:52,920 --> 00:15:55,800 Speaker 1: say I'm gonna go get this. I'm hungry I'm motivated 298 00:15:56,160 --> 00:15:57,680 Speaker 1: and I'll do whatever it takes to get there. And 299 00:15:57,720 --> 00:15:59,960 Speaker 1: that's that was kind of my kind of my attitude. 300 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:03,280 Speaker 1: You always have a positive way to to look at 301 00:16:03,560 --> 00:16:07,240 Speaker 1: a situation, And do you think that's innate? Do you 302 00:16:07,280 --> 00:16:10,680 Speaker 1: think that it's just innate? And who you are? You know? 303 00:16:11,040 --> 00:16:14,920 Speaker 1: I do, and I'm I'm probably I'm not good at 304 00:16:15,360 --> 00:16:17,400 Speaker 1: some things that required Like I have a couple of 305 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:19,720 Speaker 1: buddies who are always can look at the other way, 306 00:16:20,040 --> 00:16:21,880 Speaker 1: and I gotta get them around me sometimes, like when 307 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:23,760 Speaker 1: you're looking at a business deal, I'm like, oh, this 308 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:26,160 Speaker 1: is great. I like this, this is good okay, And 309 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:29,400 Speaker 1: I just kind of helped the person who's pitching it, like, man, 310 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:31,280 Speaker 1: you've really done a nice job. And then I get 311 00:16:31,320 --> 00:16:33,240 Speaker 1: my guy and he's like, well, they didn't look at this, 312 00:16:33,320 --> 00:16:35,040 Speaker 1: they didn't look at that, you know, And I just 313 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:38,120 Speaker 1: I'm kind of a rosy grass is green right where 314 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:42,360 Speaker 1: I am. I don't particularly enjoy the company of real 315 00:16:42,520 --> 00:16:46,280 Speaker 1: serious people, and they probably think I'm, you know, just 316 00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:50,040 Speaker 1: rose colored glasses, and you know, well yeah, but I 317 00:16:50,080 --> 00:16:53,680 Speaker 1: think also to see the way that you've supported your brothers, 318 00:16:54,240 --> 00:16:56,400 Speaker 1: it's really such a beautiful thing to be able to say, 319 00:16:56,440 --> 00:16:59,840 Speaker 1: I celebrate your successes and I'm right here with you, 320 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:02,560 Speaker 1: and I love you and the sports so much that 321 00:17:02,640 --> 00:17:07,360 Speaker 1: I can actually enjoy this too. I think, um, truly 322 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:10,520 Speaker 1: being happy for people that are having success is a 323 00:17:11,080 --> 00:17:13,480 Speaker 1: is a great quality. And and I've been warned of 324 00:17:13,520 --> 00:17:15,960 Speaker 1: that before. In the business world. You'll say, someone will say, 325 00:17:16,280 --> 00:17:18,400 Speaker 1: you've got to be careful. Some people that don't want 326 00:17:18,440 --> 00:17:21,160 Speaker 1: anyone else to succeed, they get mad when other people 327 00:17:21,280 --> 00:17:24,880 Speaker 1: do well. That's that's a bad quality. And I don't 328 00:17:24,880 --> 00:17:28,840 Speaker 1: know if that's an eight or that's fixed or taught. Uh, 329 00:17:28,880 --> 00:17:32,439 Speaker 1: you know, can be healed. But when someone does something great, 330 00:17:32,840 --> 00:17:35,840 Speaker 1: Uh man, I'm I'm proud of them. I don't I 331 00:17:35,840 --> 00:17:37,960 Speaker 1: think that that's a healthy way. I think it's hard 332 00:17:38,040 --> 00:17:40,760 Speaker 1: for people. I mean, I think we regret. It's a 333 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:44,080 Speaker 1: hard thing. How do you not have regret? You know? 334 00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:46,480 Speaker 1: Some people talk about I was telling Ellen the other night, 335 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:48,879 Speaker 1: we have two kids playing high school football. It's but 336 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:51,000 Speaker 1: it's great that my parents were lucky enough to have 337 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:53,239 Speaker 1: Peyton and I were playing high school football together. They 338 00:17:53,240 --> 00:17:54,960 Speaker 1: were going to the games and their friends are there, 339 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:57,960 Speaker 1: and this is a fantastic time of our life. I mean, 340 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:01,480 Speaker 1: it is really neat. I mean just high school sports 341 00:18:01,480 --> 00:18:04,760 Speaker 1: are so pure and clean. No one really talks bad 342 00:18:04,800 --> 00:18:06,719 Speaker 1: about you if you don't do well, and it's just 343 00:18:07,359 --> 00:18:09,399 Speaker 1: it's pure and fun. And I talked to people that 344 00:18:09,440 --> 00:18:12,720 Speaker 1: have their kids have graduated and moved on, and they're going, 345 00:18:12,760 --> 00:18:15,240 Speaker 1: oh my god, I miss it so much. And I said, 346 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:17,400 Speaker 1: as much as I love it, I don't think I'm 347 00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:20,680 Speaker 1: ever gonna I'm gonna have loved it, but I don't 348 00:18:20,760 --> 00:18:24,520 Speaker 1: think I will be looking back and going that was 349 00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:28,040 Speaker 1: the best time. Now this is not. I look forward 350 00:18:28,080 --> 00:18:31,920 Speaker 1: to all the new next chapters and next steps. I don't. 351 00:18:32,480 --> 00:18:34,640 Speaker 1: I mean, I loved, you know, when they were playing 352 00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:37,159 Speaker 1: a little league, but I don't miss them playing a 353 00:18:37,160 --> 00:18:39,840 Speaker 1: little league anymore. I look forward to seeing how they 354 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:42,520 Speaker 1: grow up and see how it turns out. I don't. 355 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:45,520 Speaker 1: I kind of look forward to tomorrow every day. Are 356 00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:49,120 Speaker 1: you excited for Arch to play? Are you scared about 357 00:18:49,119 --> 00:18:52,359 Speaker 1: I'm really excited. You know, he loves it so much 358 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:54,439 Speaker 1: that it makes it It makes it easy, and he 359 00:18:54,480 --> 00:18:57,920 Speaker 1: works hard and he's um, you know, who knows how 360 00:18:57,920 --> 00:19:01,320 Speaker 1: it all works out, but he's know, he's chasing a 361 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:04,639 Speaker 1: dream and uh and a passion that he's you know, 362 00:19:04,720 --> 00:19:06,520 Speaker 1: he's excited about and that's all you want. I mean, 363 00:19:06,720 --> 00:19:09,760 Speaker 1: Ellen's nervous, isn't you know? You can see these how 364 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:11,960 Speaker 1: many people are going to the games, and see how 365 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:13,920 Speaker 1: big and fast everybody is. He's trying to kill him. 366 00:19:13,960 --> 00:19:16,359 Speaker 1: She's a nervous freck and she don't even knows what 367 00:19:16,359 --> 00:19:19,200 Speaker 1: he's getting into. But you know, I think you'd feel. 368 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:22,000 Speaker 1: I think you'd feel every impact. I think you just 369 00:19:22,119 --> 00:19:26,480 Speaker 1: feel every everything. My mother has been to more football 370 00:19:26,520 --> 00:19:29,240 Speaker 1: games than any woman in the world, and big, big 371 00:19:29,280 --> 00:19:32,439 Speaker 1: games that she's so calm and cool. I don't know 372 00:19:32,480 --> 00:19:43,439 Speaker 1: how she does it. How did you end up in 373 00:19:43,440 --> 00:19:47,040 Speaker 1: the business world? Like what was that trajectory like for you? 374 00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:49,120 Speaker 1: You know that was kind of a pivot also when 375 00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:51,359 Speaker 1: when football ended and you're like, Okay, now I gotta 376 00:19:51,359 --> 00:19:53,320 Speaker 1: figure out what I want to do. And I always 377 00:19:53,359 --> 00:19:56,520 Speaker 1: liked interacting with people. And I was told as a 378 00:19:56,560 --> 00:19:59,640 Speaker 1: young kid, like you're gonna go you're in sales. You've 379 00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:01,560 Speaker 1: gotta be a sales I don't know what they help man, 380 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:03,440 Speaker 1: you know you're twelve, Oh, you're gonna be a salesman. 381 00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:06,320 Speaker 1: Like whatever that means. Because we're all we're all sales 382 00:20:06,640 --> 00:20:10,520 Speaker 1: in in some fashion sales people. But um, I was 383 00:20:10,600 --> 00:20:13,399 Speaker 1: really lucky. Um. Out of college, I went to work 384 00:20:13,720 --> 00:20:17,040 Speaker 1: for this uh um, and I want to do something 385 00:20:17,040 --> 00:20:19,359 Speaker 1: that I didn't It was not tied to my name 386 00:20:19,560 --> 00:20:21,440 Speaker 1: or tied to sports. I kind of wanted to go 387 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:23,520 Speaker 1: off and do my little deal. And there was a 388 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:26,200 Speaker 1: in the in the energy business, in the oil service business. 389 00:20:26,240 --> 00:20:27,720 Speaker 1: There was a family there that was hiring people. And 390 00:20:27,720 --> 00:20:30,760 Speaker 1: I said, I don't know anything about this, and they 391 00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:33,360 Speaker 1: took a shot on me, and it was it was great. 392 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:36,320 Speaker 1: I worked there, I learned I didn't know anything. And 393 00:20:36,359 --> 00:20:41,199 Speaker 1: then three years later, another investment banking firm said, you know, 394 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:43,679 Speaker 1: we're looking for some young institutional salesman. It was this 395 00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:45,399 Speaker 1: cool thing. And I had a little history and then 396 00:20:45,920 --> 00:20:49,280 Speaker 1: in energy business and they were energy related and I 397 00:20:49,280 --> 00:20:52,760 Speaker 1: didn't have a great financial background, but I was good 398 00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:54,280 Speaker 1: at it. I was good at talking to people. I 399 00:20:54,359 --> 00:20:56,200 Speaker 1: was good at get people on the phone and get 400 00:20:56,240 --> 00:20:59,720 Speaker 1: people to trust me, and and wound up being really 401 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:03,480 Speaker 1: good at at you know, on Wall Street. Um, you know, 402 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:06,960 Speaker 1: got lucky on some timing of things. Continue to learn 403 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:10,240 Speaker 1: and continue to meet new incredible people that are so 404 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:14,560 Speaker 1: intelligent and driven that uh, and surround ourselves with smart 405 00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:17,120 Speaker 1: people and it's maybe look good. What are you most 406 00:21:17,119 --> 00:21:19,919 Speaker 1: proud of? Do you think? I think I'm proud of 407 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:23,760 Speaker 1: the fact that if someone called and said, hey, I 408 00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:25,840 Speaker 1: got a call from Coop remaining about doing this deal? 409 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:28,080 Speaker 1: Do you know him? Should I look at it? Is 410 00:21:28,160 --> 00:21:31,879 Speaker 1: he a good guy? I think you I get pretty 411 00:21:31,880 --> 00:21:36,680 Speaker 1: good grades. I know you would. Um. Do you think 412 00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:39,600 Speaker 1: that there's people that there are misconceptions that people have 413 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:43,080 Speaker 1: of your family? Probably? I think they probably think we're 414 00:21:43,119 --> 00:21:48,080 Speaker 1: just there's never a cross word or just everybody's just singing, 415 00:21:48,359 --> 00:21:52,200 Speaker 1: you know in harmony, as we have perfect table manners 416 00:21:52,320 --> 00:21:54,360 Speaker 1: and you know, go to bed at ten thirty at night. 417 00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:56,160 Speaker 1: And I don't think that's true. I mean, I don't 418 00:21:56,160 --> 00:21:57,840 Speaker 1: know if they do or not. I think we've done 419 00:21:57,840 --> 00:22:00,960 Speaker 1: a pretty good job of letting people know that we 420 00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:04,679 Speaker 1: have a ton of flaws, and we're wrong a lot, 421 00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:07,920 Speaker 1: and we're far from perfect. But I think we try 422 00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:11,480 Speaker 1: to do the right thing, and we're we um surround 423 00:22:11,480 --> 00:22:14,720 Speaker 1: ourselves with smart people and good people, and and like 424 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:18,119 Speaker 1: to poke fund on ourselves. I'm sure you've experienced it more. 425 00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:20,640 Speaker 1: But people will come up and say things and they don't. 426 00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:23,679 Speaker 1: They don't mean it. I don't think they say really 427 00:22:24,359 --> 00:22:28,200 Speaker 1: dumb things and they're trying to be kind. I think, 428 00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:32,040 Speaker 1: you know, somewhat kind. Like they'll say, you know whatever, 429 00:22:32,119 --> 00:22:36,520 Speaker 1: a boy Peyton was terrible last night and in the 430 00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:39,800 Speaker 1: Monday night game, and I'm like, oh, that's so thank 431 00:22:39,840 --> 00:22:43,200 Speaker 1: you for okay, great, thank you for sharing that. I'm 432 00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:46,439 Speaker 1: sorry you you know, like you don't say that, but 433 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:48,560 Speaker 1: they don't know, and so you just kind of have 434 00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:51,639 Speaker 1: to put on a happy face. And I did a 435 00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:57,200 Speaker 1: speaking engagement yesterday and Michigan, and a woman came up 436 00:22:57,200 --> 00:22:59,800 Speaker 1: to me at the end and she said, I was 437 00:23:00,119 --> 00:23:06,400 Speaker 1: really not anticipating liking your talk, but I did very much. 438 00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:13,879 Speaker 1: And I was like, well, thank you for sharing the up. Yeah. Really, 439 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:15,760 Speaker 1: what do they think they're gonna do? You're gonna go 440 00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:18,160 Speaker 1: there and juggle and just tell bad jokes. I mean, 441 00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:21,080 Speaker 1: but it's like it's like every time I've been on Broadway, 442 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:22,919 Speaker 1: someone's come up to me and said, you know, I 443 00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:28,119 Speaker 1: thought you were gonna suck, but you're you're good like people. 444 00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:30,640 Speaker 1: I'm glad the bar is so low that I can 445 00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:33,959 Speaker 1: just succeed. You know. I do have one thing I 446 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:36,919 Speaker 1: want to do in my life that I'm scared to do, 447 00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:38,560 Speaker 1: and I'm kind of you're you're bringing it out of 448 00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:41,000 Speaker 1: me Brook And I would love to try to do 449 00:23:41,200 --> 00:23:43,280 Speaker 1: a stand up comedy bit. I don't know where you 450 00:23:43,320 --> 00:23:45,000 Speaker 1: do it? Do it local and do you know do 451 00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:49,240 Speaker 1: five ten fifteen shows. I love listening to Jerry Seinfeld 452 00:23:49,280 --> 00:23:52,439 Speaker 1: talking two different comedians and they when things go terrible, 453 00:23:52,520 --> 00:23:55,560 Speaker 1: like bombing this night, you know, and it's like a 454 00:23:55,560 --> 00:23:58,520 Speaker 1: badge of hotter. You you gotta get booed or throw 455 00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:01,920 Speaker 1: just absolute no hitters to to kind of get there. 456 00:24:02,080 --> 00:24:05,000 Speaker 1: And I've always loved stand up comedians and watching them 457 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:07,680 Speaker 1: and and seeing different styles and see how they work. 458 00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:10,360 Speaker 1: But I would one day when I'm bored, I think 459 00:24:10,359 --> 00:24:13,439 Speaker 1: I'm gonna just hit the room. Well I know, I mean, listen, 460 00:24:13,520 --> 00:24:17,160 Speaker 1: you got Chris Huntie, so I mean, at least that's 461 00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:19,440 Speaker 1: one guy who will be in the audience to be 462 00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:22,520 Speaker 1: in the audience, and he definitely help you. I know 463 00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:24,200 Speaker 1: he would do it. But I don't. They have sort 464 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:28,159 Speaker 1: of open mic nights and comedy comedy clubs. There's no reason. 465 00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:29,920 Speaker 1: I mean, I've been and I have a son who 466 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:31,880 Speaker 1: I tell I said, you know, when you think of things, 467 00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:33,680 Speaker 1: just just put a little note card, just write them down, 468 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:38,280 Speaker 1: because I don't love rehearsing and like having the same thing, 469 00:24:38,359 --> 00:24:40,119 Speaker 1: Like I'd love to do it, but i'd want to 470 00:24:40,119 --> 00:24:41,879 Speaker 1: do it once and I want new material. I need 471 00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:44,679 Speaker 1: to be better at. You know, when something pops up 472 00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:48,560 Speaker 1: in my head, that's funny, right, being able to get 473 00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:50,680 Speaker 1: it out in the right in the right way, because 474 00:24:50,680 --> 00:24:53,080 Speaker 1: it's a tonal thing, and then it's a it's an 475 00:24:53,119 --> 00:24:57,640 Speaker 1: economy of words, you know what I mean. It's very interesting. 476 00:24:57,680 --> 00:25:00,359 Speaker 1: I tried it once. I had to host something, and 477 00:25:01,359 --> 00:25:03,640 Speaker 1: I am not good at it. I'm really not good 478 00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:05,639 Speaker 1: at I can tell stories that are funny sort of 479 00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:08,040 Speaker 1: on a talk show, or I can be funny and 480 00:25:08,080 --> 00:25:10,720 Speaker 1: slip in things, but when it comes to just the 481 00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:15,280 Speaker 1: stand up horrible. Chris tried it too and said he 482 00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:17,880 Speaker 1: just wasn't very good at it, and so he would 483 00:25:17,920 --> 00:25:22,919 Speaker 1: sell jokes to other comedians like he sold Jim Carrey. 484 00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:26,600 Speaker 1: I think my young Jim Carrey like a fifty joke 485 00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:31,920 Speaker 1: in the eighties. I wonder what it's worth now. Yeah, 486 00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:35,480 Speaker 1: I love um. One of my favorite things to do 487 00:25:35,680 --> 00:25:40,040 Speaker 1: is to give a toast at a rehearsal dinner. And 488 00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:45,119 Speaker 1: I particularly love it when I'm barely invited to that event, 489 00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:49,160 Speaker 1: like I'm not you know, I'm a fringe. Last minute 490 00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:52,000 Speaker 1: someone canceled on cooking them are up here, they came 491 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:53,560 Speaker 1: to the wedding, Go ahead and invite them. And then 492 00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:55,960 Speaker 1: I get up and no one even knows who I 493 00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:58,760 Speaker 1: am when I get up and just take over the room. 494 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:00,960 Speaker 1: I was at a wedding one time in Memphis and 495 00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:04,280 Speaker 1: we had no business being invited, and the toasts were 496 00:26:04,280 --> 00:26:06,880 Speaker 1: not going well, and they were they were downright bad. 497 00:26:07,359 --> 00:26:09,880 Speaker 1: And my dad was at the table and I said, Dad, 498 00:26:09,880 --> 00:26:12,280 Speaker 1: I'm gonna I'm gonna make a toast and he's like, no, 499 00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:14,040 Speaker 1: you're not, no, you know, I said Dad. And the 500 00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:16,159 Speaker 1: toast kept on going and they were not good, and 501 00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:17,720 Speaker 1: I said Dad, I'm gonna do it, and he goes, 502 00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:19,679 Speaker 1: you don't have the balls to do it, and I 503 00:26:19,720 --> 00:26:22,240 Speaker 1: went okay, and I just like I got Mike, please, 504 00:26:22,320 --> 00:26:26,399 Speaker 1: and I went on, do you ever get questions you hate? Like, 505 00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:29,000 Speaker 1: what's the question? You? You just want to like punch 506 00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:34,400 Speaker 1: somebody for asking you? Oh goodness, um oh, people ask 507 00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:37,439 Speaker 1: me when when you know Eli and Peyton have a 508 00:26:37,520 --> 00:26:39,600 Speaker 1: Monday night they do the Monday night football game and 509 00:26:39,640 --> 00:26:41,520 Speaker 1: they have guests and they go, when are you going 510 00:26:41,560 --> 00:26:43,600 Speaker 1: to be a guest on Monday Football? And I'm just 511 00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:45,520 Speaker 1: not going to be And so I don't know why 512 00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:48,280 Speaker 1: I might they think I'm getting like my feelings hurt 513 00:26:48,359 --> 00:26:50,760 Speaker 1: or rejected or something. I always say I'm the guests 514 00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:52,920 Speaker 1: when it go to overtime, and that's so much thinking 515 00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:55,960 Speaker 1: over time, waiting, Like it's like I'm waiting there in 516 00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:58,879 Speaker 1: the studio, like please go to overtime to me be it. 517 00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:01,560 Speaker 1: But you know, it's so fun, Like what a That's 518 00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:05,880 Speaker 1: such a silly thing to ask you because it's it's 519 00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:09,439 Speaker 1: not really I mean, the question would be do you 520 00:27:09,480 --> 00:27:13,080 Speaker 1: have any desire to be on said show? But this 521 00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:14,840 Speaker 1: sort of like when are you going to do it? 522 00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:17,240 Speaker 1: It just sounds like it's like a needlingk. I don't 523 00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:22,000 Speaker 1: hate questions like that, right, definitely, No, it's fun. I mean, um, 524 00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:23,840 Speaker 1: if I really want to be on it, I call 525 00:27:23,880 --> 00:27:25,280 Speaker 1: either one of them saying hey, can I get on 526 00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:30,239 Speaker 1: the show? Dear goodness? What the heck? Okay? All right, 527 00:27:30,359 --> 00:27:34,399 Speaker 1: so quick fire. These are questions like even growing up 528 00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:37,880 Speaker 1: or even now, but between you and your brothers, all right, 529 00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:39,919 Speaker 1: I'm gonna say two things and then or I'm going 530 00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:41,280 Speaker 1: to say one thing and then you tell me what 531 00:27:41,359 --> 00:27:43,720 Speaker 1: The first thing it comes to your mind is who's 532 00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:47,960 Speaker 1: the messiest? We are so neat all of you anal 533 00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:53,639 Speaker 1: over the top, anal retentive. My dad would made us 534 00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:57,040 Speaker 1: lay out our clothes every night in lower school before 535 00:27:57,040 --> 00:27:59,880 Speaker 1: we're gonna wear you know. As a matter of fact, 536 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:01,600 Speaker 1: I'll tell Peyton and I would get in a fight 537 00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:03,760 Speaker 1: every now and then in middle school what have you? 538 00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:07,600 Speaker 1: And uh, I would go into his room and mess 539 00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:09,959 Speaker 1: up his room, like literally, take his chair and just 540 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:12,640 Speaker 1: put it down, take some papers and you know, place 541 00:28:12,720 --> 00:28:15,199 Speaker 1: place him neatly but on the floor, take his you 542 00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:18,320 Speaker 1: know yeah, make up his unmake his bed. I mean 543 00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:20,800 Speaker 1: it was like that was that was that was that 544 00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:24,280 Speaker 1: was gonna say, must have been crazy. Did he retaliate? 545 00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:27,080 Speaker 1: He would retaliate by doing the same thing to me. 546 00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:29,560 Speaker 1: It was pretty It's pretty high level fighting, right, Okay, 547 00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:33,399 Speaker 1: who is the biggest whiner? Peyton's a tough customer, you know, 548 00:28:33,480 --> 00:28:36,520 Speaker 1: so now I you know, he just like he would 549 00:28:36,560 --> 00:28:38,160 Speaker 1: like to. He likes to give you a hard time 550 00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:41,719 Speaker 1: about your selection of things, like, hey, where we're going 551 00:28:41,760 --> 00:28:43,400 Speaker 1: dinner night, and that's how we're going here. And he 552 00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:46,240 Speaker 1: get there and he'd be like, you know, so now 553 00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:48,240 Speaker 1: I say, I don't know. I don't know wherever you 554 00:28:48,280 --> 00:28:50,959 Speaker 1: want to go, so therefore no one can can complain. 555 00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:54,720 Speaker 1: Eli is the least complaining person whining up. He's never 556 00:28:55,080 --> 00:28:59,040 Speaker 1: had a Eli doesn't even know how to complain. I mean, 557 00:28:59,040 --> 00:29:01,520 Speaker 1: he could go to a restaurant, I said, and order 558 00:29:01,560 --> 00:29:04,160 Speaker 1: a steak and they bring him a flounder. He wouldn't 559 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:06,160 Speaker 1: even tell the waitress. He would just eat it and 560 00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:08,040 Speaker 1: never know, would ever know he didn't order it. It's 561 00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:11,360 Speaker 1: amazing some people. Yeah, he's he's he's a contempt to 562 00:29:11,800 --> 00:29:17,920 Speaker 1: give his life for me. Whose mom's favorite helies number one? 563 00:29:18,520 --> 00:29:20,320 Speaker 1: And then I'd say Peyton and I are tied for 564 00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:28,080 Speaker 1: the last. Why because he's so sweet and nice and thoughtful, 565 00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:33,480 Speaker 1: and I just I sometimes out on those little qualities. 566 00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:37,160 Speaker 1: But I'm always broke. But I will say I'm always like, 567 00:29:37,240 --> 00:29:40,920 Speaker 1: if there's an event or a party, I'm number one 568 00:29:41,240 --> 00:29:45,640 Speaker 1: request to make it fun. Can's down the most fun. 569 00:29:46,040 --> 00:29:47,960 Speaker 1: So's that's a trade I gotta take if I'm gonna 570 00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:50,280 Speaker 1: be last, you know, loved, at least I'll be first 571 00:29:50,280 --> 00:29:55,440 Speaker 1: when it's a good quality to have. Um, who is 572 00:29:55,680 --> 00:30:00,360 Speaker 1: most likely to be late? Another thing? We are very 573 00:30:00,560 --> 00:30:04,120 Speaker 1: neat and we were very punctual. We were early earlier. 574 00:30:04,240 --> 00:30:05,760 Speaker 1: I think I know the answered to this one. But 575 00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:10,640 Speaker 1: who's the best salesperson? Yeah? Yeah, Um, Payton is not bad. 576 00:30:10,960 --> 00:30:12,960 Speaker 1: Eli is not a very good salesman. I don't think 577 00:30:13,080 --> 00:30:15,320 Speaker 1: I think I could. You could take Peyton. You get 578 00:30:15,320 --> 00:30:17,320 Speaker 1: Peyton and a room together. We're gonna, we're gonna, we're 579 00:30:17,320 --> 00:30:22,280 Speaker 1: gonna move some paper. Um okay, it's a family event 580 00:30:22,480 --> 00:30:25,600 Speaker 1: and you're picking quarterback. Who gets picked first? And he 581 00:30:25,760 --> 00:30:30,960 Speaker 1: gets the bench? Oh shoot, um, mom has great hands. 582 00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:35,280 Speaker 1: Peyton Eili are just gonna play, you know, one on 583 00:30:35,280 --> 00:30:37,239 Speaker 1: one and my dad and I are gonna over there 584 00:30:37,280 --> 00:30:38,960 Speaker 1: and have an old fashioned and a cigar and just 585 00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:42,400 Speaker 1: watch everybody run around. I can do some cheerleading with Chris. 586 00:30:42,760 --> 00:30:46,000 Speaker 1: I was a cheerleader for football and basketball. Is that Yes, 587 00:30:46,280 --> 00:30:49,120 Speaker 1: We've never really talked about it, but it's a high school. 588 00:30:49,480 --> 00:30:55,080 Speaker 1: I think that's a whole Another podcast. Another podcast that 589 00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:58,160 Speaker 1: was the hilarious Cooper Manning and my husband getting into 590 00:30:58,160 --> 00:31:00,560 Speaker 1: a lot of trouble together. So I think it's time 591 00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:02,720 Speaker 1: we hang out again. If you want to hear more 592 00:31:02,800 --> 00:31:05,840 Speaker 1: from him, check out The Manning Hour on Fox Sports. 593 00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:11,800 Speaker 1: That's it for us today, Talk to you next week Now. 594 00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:15,080 Speaker 1: What is produced by the wonderful Julia Weaver with help 595 00:31:15,120 --> 00:31:19,480 Speaker 1: from Darby Masters. Our executive producer is Christina Everett. The 596 00:31:19,560 --> 00:31:22,960 Speaker 1: show is mixed by Bahid Fraser and Christian Bowman. A 597 00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:26,840 Speaker 1: special thanks to nicky Etre and Will Pearson. If you 598 00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:29,800 Speaker 1: liked this episode, please subscribe to the show on the 599 00:31:29,840 --> 00:31:33,600 Speaker 1: I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get 600 00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:34,120 Speaker 1: your shows.