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Speaker 2: I always go, this is it's really real serving?

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Speaker 1: Well, I'm just serving pancakes. Yeah, I'm Maddie King and

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Speaker 1: I'm the big Oh you were I was just trying

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Speaker 1: so maybe have Molly the cage? Do you want to

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Speaker 1: This is prime time, all all all American. Yeah, also

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Speaker 1: I've actually known Molly for a very long time. You

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Speaker 1: And I just had to come up with epiphany in

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Speaker 4: You will see Molly in this beautiful spiritual body that

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Speaker 4: Ago that for sure, and welcome to our banks. We're

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Speaker 1: You am I going to cry probably how many time

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Speaker 5: You can't cry because I'm I'm like, I'm a self

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Speaker 1: Are you ready? Yes? Party, I'm not cheating.

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Speaker 4: If someone described long the cage energy in one sentence,

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Speaker 1: Hi, big one? You know, I think I have like

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Speaker 1: You have an alter you go name like I'm Mom

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Speaker 1: on what my body needs. Now. You know, you have

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Speaker 1: to go through hard things to come out of it

434
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Speaker 1: a better person. Yeah, retweet that. But also, I feel

435
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Speaker 1: like you are playing your best volleyball right now. I

436
00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:58,879
Speaker 1: was like, maybe you just need that, like recess reset

437
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Speaker 1: you think. I don't think it was a great Also,

438
00:26:06,760 --> 00:26:12,040
Speaker 1: connection was wasn't there? But like that he's the same,

439
00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:21,840
Speaker 1: Like it's not honestly to Bruce. I don't even know Bruce,

440
00:26:21,840 --> 00:26:26,280
Speaker 1: but yeah, I don't know these workout plans. Like I

441
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Speaker 1: feel strong, like I feel empowered, I feel stable. We

442
00:26:31,359 --> 00:26:33,200
Speaker 1: came to the tournament we're playing in.

443
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Speaker 4: We were training with our conditioning coach from what Altin

444
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Speaker 4: and Bruce he's Likenown from Texas.

445
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Speaker 1: He also coached I think a little bit NFL football

446
00:26:41,119 --> 00:26:44,159
Speaker 1: sometimes Yeah, NFL a bunch of track athletes, so he

447
00:26:44,280 --> 00:26:46,240
Speaker 1: knows this stuff and like that's training with him. Like

448
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Speaker 1: my I'm wearing one I've been wearing the past like

449
00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:54,520
Speaker 1: eighty years, which is crazy. So and Mollie is looking

450
00:26:54,560 --> 00:27:00,480
Speaker 1: like an Olympic triathletes Olympics.

451
00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:04,240
Speaker 4: Could you looking like you know? But she's she's crushing. Well,

452
00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:07,160
Speaker 4: it's insane, it's insane. Do you feel like going through.

453
00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:10,640
Speaker 10: The injury helped you appreciate your body more and I'll

454
00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:11,840
Speaker 10: help you enjoy playing more?

455
00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:15,719
Speaker 1: Oh? For sure, for sure, for sure you know that,

456
00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:19,560
Speaker 1: Like especially as we age too, like the limit does

457
00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:22,280
Speaker 1: not exist. I always think of that, like I can

458
00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:26,240
Speaker 1: get so strong and like, let's see how how fit

459
00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:28,800
Speaker 1: I can be, how healthy I can be. Let's see,

460
00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:30,680
Speaker 1: like if my mobility is off, let's see if I

461
00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:33,399
Speaker 1: can tweak that. Like there's never a like, oh, this

462
00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:36,240
Speaker 1: doesn't work anywhere. I'm done. Like, your body is actually

463
00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:39,080
Speaker 1: so malleable, and how you treat it is how how

464
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Speaker 1: much you get out of the sport and your body. Truly.

465
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Speaker 10: You know, in college, I used to eat every day

466
00:27:46,359 --> 00:27:48,760
Speaker 10: and I don't do that right, and now you're flying,

467
00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:49,920
Speaker 10: so there we go.

468
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Speaker 1: Yeah, truly, take care.

469
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Speaker 4: Of your body, take care of your body, and I

470
00:27:57,640 --> 00:27:59,919
Speaker 4: heard like, take care of your body, get the toyst too,

471
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Speaker 4: Yeah about it?

472
00:28:06,119 --> 00:28:11,480
Speaker 1: And we go out, what the one is good? I'm okay,

473
00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:12,840
Speaker 1: back to the youth.

474
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Speaker 10: What was it about Budel that like you did eventually,

475
00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:18,600
Speaker 10: like once you figured out that you liked it.

476
00:28:19,080 --> 00:28:21,360
Speaker 1: So it's kind of the same thing, like I'm so

477
00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:23,760
Speaker 1: bad at it and at first I was embarrassed. There

478
00:28:23,800 --> 00:28:25,560
Speaker 1: was a lot of shame of like I don't know

479
00:28:26,040 --> 00:28:27,879
Speaker 1: how bad I am, and I think that stuck with

480
00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:32,040
Speaker 1: me even throughout college, just like the volleyball is again

481
00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:36,720
Speaker 1: mistakes that for many therapy sessions I wear this, but

482
00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:40,440
Speaker 1: also this head of that is it's almost that I

483
00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:42,320
Speaker 1: can't figure it out. So I'm going to try my

484
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Speaker 1: best to figure it out. And that's what made me

485
00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:46,400
Speaker 1: be like I just want to, like a lot, I

486
00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:49,000
Speaker 1: want to figure out. Everybody talks about like you have

487
00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:51,720
Speaker 1: so much potential, Like we've all heard that you have potential,

488
00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:53,760
Speaker 1: and I was like, what is the potential? What do

489
00:28:53,760 --> 00:28:55,760
Speaker 1: you mean? Let's figure it out? And so I think

490
00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:58,880
Speaker 1: I fell in love with the figuring it out? Yeah,

491
00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:03,880
Speaker 1: why did you figure out that you were good? I've

492
00:29:03,920 --> 00:29:06,920
Speaker 1: been honestly when Jared was on my court and I

493
00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:10,200
Speaker 1: was like, this is interesting, that's crazy. Like I was

494
00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:14,440
Speaker 1: looking at you know, I you Indiana and like Florida

495
00:29:14,520 --> 00:29:16,760
Speaker 1: was a big one at the time. But then like

496
00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:19,840
Speaker 1: when Texas was like, oh, we think you're my sophomrey

497
00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:23,560
Speaker 1: in high school and I was like, oh, okay, you

498
00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:26,160
Speaker 1: think that. Yeah, I looked.

499
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Speaker 6: I was like surely tall right like you, just because

500
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Speaker 6: I'm tall. But and then.

501
00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:46,800
Speaker 1: I think this is constantly feeling like I was, is

502
00:29:46,800 --> 00:29:51,040
Speaker 1: a feeling of being surrounded by players, everybody. And that's

503
00:29:51,040 --> 00:29:55,080
Speaker 1: why I changed, because I knew that everything I got

504
00:29:55,120 --> 00:29:57,560
Speaker 1: the opportunity to learn and get better. And so I

505
00:29:57,600 --> 00:30:01,400
Speaker 1: think that has then told me and I'm good enough

506
00:30:01,440 --> 00:30:03,120
Speaker 1: to be in those spaces. I think also.

507
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Speaker 8: Especially in process, like oh, you come here, we're going

508
00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:09,800
Speaker 8: to start to you're gonna be back.

509
00:30:09,840 --> 00:30:13,320
Speaker 4: But like going to forty Acres and being these amazing

510
00:30:13,360 --> 00:30:16,240
Speaker 4: athletes here, it's like you can like cool, but.

511
00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:17,920
Speaker 1: I can't guarantee you that I'm gonna to come in

512
00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:20,560
Speaker 1: here and work hard. What's that great for you? Come

513
00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:22,120
Speaker 1: in here, you are going to get better. And that's

514
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Speaker 1: what I was acting as well, that like I wanted

515
00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:26,520
Speaker 1: to see how much that I could be around one

516
00:30:26,560 --> 00:30:30,040
Speaker 1: more experience than I was and a high level me. Yeah. Sure, yeah,

517
00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:31,880
Speaker 1: it's just such a thought after program. To be a

518
00:30:31,920 --> 00:30:35,120
Speaker 1: part of that is huge. Okay.

519
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Speaker 5: What something about Molly that you know that would surprise people?

520
00:30:41,120 --> 00:30:43,880
Speaker 5: You have thatch a big heart, I think, and I

521
00:30:43,920 --> 00:30:45,719
Speaker 5: think people really seeing you as like this is your

522
00:30:45,840 --> 00:30:53,880
Speaker 5: very business woman like, very like street, your business like character.

523
00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:56,800
Speaker 4: But like your heart is so ut and you love

524
00:30:57,040 --> 00:31:00,959
Speaker 4: so that's why you don't think here that take care

525
00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:01,400
Speaker 4: of your heart.

526
00:31:01,480 --> 00:31:05,480
Speaker 1: I'm like, it's so precious. And I can say honestly,

527
00:31:05,560 --> 00:31:07,520
Speaker 1: like you're kind of close in the past, like you're

528
00:31:07,520 --> 00:31:10,160
Speaker 1: gonna have to be years and like I can see that.

529
00:31:10,280 --> 00:31:13,280
Speaker 4: Just growing even more and you're being more comfable and

530
00:31:13,560 --> 00:31:15,080
Speaker 4: allowing yourself to love people and.

531
00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:20,680
Speaker 1: Feelings and your emotions. And I'm just been really annoying

532
00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:21,440
Speaker 1: to be able to you.

533
00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:23,160
Speaker 4: On a person wove that way, like You've shared some

534
00:31:23,240 --> 00:31:25,360
Speaker 4: really meaningful things with me, and like I love you

535
00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:28,640
Speaker 4: so much, like like my thing, I love you. You

536
00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:33,080
Speaker 4: know how much I love you, you know? And also

537
00:31:33,920 --> 00:31:40,760
Speaker 4: if I want to she is hilarious, Okay, Okay, Her

538
00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:46,040
Speaker 4: humors like kind of dark but if you've met me hilarious.

539
00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:54,480
Speaker 1: Adversity, you're gonna be hilarious hilarious loyalty. Actually, so yeah,

540
00:31:58,400 --> 00:31:59,520
Speaker 1: I don't feel a couch.

541
00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:05,040
Speaker 5: Okay, one another question here says for me. Do you

542
00:32:05,040 --> 00:32:08,120
Speaker 5: remember the first time you met Mollie? And the first

543
00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:10,800
Speaker 5: time I remember not I don't think we met, but

544
00:32:10,920 --> 00:32:15,000
Speaker 5: it was at the All American banquet our senior year,

545
00:32:15,480 --> 00:32:16,280
Speaker 5: so you were a junior.

546
00:32:16,560 --> 00:32:19,400
Speaker 1: Yeah, and I just remember you like you're a human being.

547
00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:21,720
Speaker 5: It just like takes up space and you have such

548
00:32:21,720 --> 00:32:23,680
Speaker 5: a presence in a room and I was just like,

549
00:32:23,920 --> 00:32:27,520
Speaker 5: holy shit, engage and I was like wow.

550
00:32:27,560 --> 00:32:30,400
Speaker 4: Like these Texas girls, I'm just not like them. And

551
00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:32,080
Speaker 4: it was just a really cool moment because like you

552
00:32:32,160 --> 00:32:33,840
Speaker 4: were like a celebrity in my that.

553
00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:36,880
Speaker 1: We carry that too, you know, like everyone says, I

554
00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:39,600
Speaker 1: love that. Yeah, it is a cool thing and like

555
00:32:39,600 --> 00:32:42,120
Speaker 1: a little chip on your shoulders all of you Texas girlies.

556
00:32:42,160 --> 00:32:49,320
Speaker 1: But like it carries late, you know. Okay, I'm crazy. Yeah,

557
00:32:49,520 --> 00:32:53,000
Speaker 1: let's just turn the table. What was Kat like in college?

558
00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:58,320
Speaker 1: Oh my god, Oh my god. Okay, okay, I was

559
00:32:58,400 --> 00:33:02,280
Speaker 1: before we started. Day changed. I have grown.

560
00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:06,480
Speaker 4: Funny because cat and.

561
00:33:06,520 --> 00:33:10,200
Speaker 1: Is relationship has blossomed over the past couple of years,

562
00:33:10,360 --> 00:33:14,880
Speaker 1: and I almost regret not seeing more of Cat because

563
00:33:14,920 --> 00:33:16,400
Speaker 1: I know that you had this in you in college

564
00:33:16,440 --> 00:33:19,200
Speaker 1: and I'm almost like, man, we just put aside because

565
00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:22,280
Speaker 1: they're very different people, and that's okay. I think we

566
00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:26,440
Speaker 1: struggled with accepting our differences. Is still recognizing that we're compatible,

567
00:33:27,240 --> 00:33:31,920
Speaker 1: you know. And but Kat is the sunshine in every

568
00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:35,160
Speaker 1: single room, Like she is such a leader, She's so personable.

569
00:33:35,400 --> 00:33:38,640
Speaker 1: Every seaman is like, what's that doing? Like she's always

570
00:33:38,720 --> 00:33:44,400
Speaker 1: been such a magnet always really and I think that

571
00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:48,040
Speaker 1: you you also have a giant heart and you you

572
00:33:48,200 --> 00:33:50,880
Speaker 1: share that with everybody, and that part I was like,

573
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Speaker 1: I'm just fortunate to be the person that receives that

574
00:33:54,360 --> 00:33:56,840
Speaker 1: kind of love. Even whenever we knew that we were different,

575
00:33:56,880 --> 00:33:59,840
Speaker 1: as how you always took care of me regardless.

576
00:34:00,160 --> 00:34:01,760
Speaker 4: That was funny, is like I talk to people sometimes

577
00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:03,440
Speaker 4: you didn't always say like, no, you're more close now,

578
00:34:03,520 --> 00:34:04,760
Speaker 4: Like did you'll not get along in college?

579
00:34:04,760 --> 00:34:06,400
Speaker 1: I wouldn't even say that. I no, Like I can

580
00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:07,040
Speaker 1: think back.

581
00:34:06,920 --> 00:34:09,680
Speaker 4: To moments that like we did have conversations and we

582
00:34:09,719 --> 00:34:11,560
Speaker 4: did connect and we did bond and that kind of

583
00:34:11,560 --> 00:34:11,920
Speaker 4: stuff too.

584
00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:13,799
Speaker 1: I think also like me and mother put a stay

585
00:34:13,800 --> 00:34:16,440
Speaker 1: position at the time, she wants to say beef or

586
00:34:16,520 --> 00:34:26,040
Speaker 1: like not nicely, okay, okay, okay, okay.

587
00:34:26,160 --> 00:34:29,320
Speaker 11: So freshman year, I was sharing a room with Nicole

588
00:34:29,440 --> 00:34:33,680
Speaker 11: Halton and I had a poster of my favorite artist

589
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Speaker 11: ever any One House r I p WAT Artists R

590
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Speaker 11: P RIP.

591
00:34:37,480 --> 00:34:40,399
Speaker 1: But she's one of my all time faves, and I thought,

592
00:34:40,440 --> 00:34:43,200
Speaker 1: all he wasn't with her. Molly like loved her, and

593
00:34:43,280 --> 00:34:45,800
Speaker 1: it was a little bit too much. She was like okay,

594
00:34:46,040 --> 00:34:49,000
Speaker 1: like okay, like okay, Bruney's beers. You know I'm saying

595
00:34:49,640 --> 00:34:51,839
Speaker 1: she really did. It was a lot She's thinking about

596
00:34:51,880 --> 00:34:53,560
Speaker 1: some deep stuff. Yeah, you know, it was a lot

597
00:34:53,600 --> 00:34:56,880
Speaker 1: of soul. Anyways, I was going through some things and

598
00:34:57,320 --> 00:34:59,480
Speaker 1: I had, you know, a step dollar poster from Walmart

599
00:34:59,600 --> 00:35:02,719
Speaker 1: hung up on my wall in my dorm, and what

600
00:35:02,880 --> 00:35:05,320
Speaker 1: were we even fighting about? You just came in And

601
00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:08,400
Speaker 1: cats are a person like te these people and like

602
00:35:08,520 --> 00:35:13,080
Speaker 1: kind of pushes them to like be going to react,

603
00:35:13,200 --> 00:35:16,320
Speaker 1: and I, at that ripe age of eighteen, was not

604
00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:17,719
Speaker 1: ready to be teased like that.

605
00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:20,719
Speaker 4: She came in, and I know how much like Molly

606
00:35:20,760 --> 00:35:23,160
Speaker 4: loves She's like, don't touch the poster like whatever whatever,

607
00:35:23,320 --> 00:35:24,880
Speaker 4: Like it's one of those like don't touch my poster

608
00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:26,640
Speaker 4: like it's.

609
00:35:26,680 --> 00:35:28,560
Speaker 1: One of those kind of things. And I was like, oh,

610
00:35:28,640 --> 00:35:30,479
Speaker 1: don't dutch it. I'm going to rip it off your wall,

611
00:35:31,360 --> 00:35:41,120
Speaker 1: off the wall, the wall corner. You see that wall.

612
00:35:42,120 --> 00:35:44,000
Speaker 1: You probably were taking the corner and looking at her

613
00:35:44,040 --> 00:35:47,160
Speaker 1: in the eyes and you're like, I tore the smallest piece.

614
00:35:47,200 --> 00:35:51,480
Speaker 3: And I definitely was like like Dennis, and then it

615
00:35:51,640 --> 00:35:58,759
Speaker 3: was like like, yeah I did.

616
00:35:58,920 --> 00:36:03,120
Speaker 1: I felt that too, yeah, yeah, And then she's my

617
00:36:03,280 --> 00:36:07,440
Speaker 1: position to have already a little scared of her. When

618
00:36:07,520 --> 00:36:10,600
Speaker 1: did you switch to ling opposite though? Senior year?

619
00:36:11,080 --> 00:36:12,920
Speaker 4: And even with that, I felt like we were competitive

620
00:36:12,960 --> 00:36:15,320
Speaker 4: in that too, because also wanted to play the opposite

621
00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:16,319
Speaker 4: but but.

622
00:36:19,040 --> 00:36:23,960
Speaker 1: You yeah, so then we was Pauline there yet or not?

623
00:36:24,440 --> 00:36:30,160
Speaker 1: She wasn't there yet later junior year because I play

624
00:36:30,160 --> 00:36:34,640
Speaker 1: opposite only my senior year. Okay, maybe yeah, she wasn't.

625
00:36:34,719 --> 00:36:36,680
Speaker 4: Whenever it was it was only me and you kind

626
00:36:36,680 --> 00:36:38,560
Speaker 4: of seeing we're gonna play opposite, and then when Paulina

627
00:36:38,640 --> 00:36:39,440
Speaker 4: came in and kind of like.

628
00:36:39,560 --> 00:36:41,239
Speaker 1: Made it, it was almost like a six to when

629
00:36:41,239 --> 00:36:43,560
Speaker 1: Polina came in. Eventually, you know what because he always

630
00:36:43,560 --> 00:36:47,360
Speaker 1: wanted to play Sarah Hattas. I'm not kidding. I'm not kidding,

631
00:36:47,560 --> 00:36:51,040
Speaker 1: but for what she probably had a good Yeah, we

632
00:36:51,160 --> 00:36:52,560
Speaker 1: have the Olympian on our team.

633
00:36:52,680 --> 00:36:55,520
Speaker 4: I don't know which was crazy, but yeah, we so

634
00:36:55,960 --> 00:36:58,319
Speaker 4: really opposite my senior year and it was most funny.

635
00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:00,960
Speaker 1: It is like me and which hat and I'm liking myself.

636
00:37:00,960 --> 00:37:03,320
Speaker 1: I'm like, yeah, I don't want to run slide anymore.

637
00:37:03,320 --> 00:37:05,239
Speaker 1: I don't want to block everywhere. I'm like, you got it,

638
00:37:05,520 --> 00:37:07,319
Speaker 1: ain't no way eating in this and that's the chance

639
00:37:07,480 --> 00:37:09,680
Speaker 1: to just stay in one area. I'm gonna stay right here.

640
00:37:10,360 --> 00:37:13,120
Speaker 1: So that's what when she's going out every single day like.

641
00:37:15,040 --> 00:37:19,560
Speaker 4: Back robots, play outside like my first two years, my

642
00:37:19,640 --> 00:37:22,239
Speaker 4: first year, this all right, now we're going to.

643
00:37:22,280 --> 00:37:25,480
Speaker 1: Go post collegiate. Okay, was on pro? Did you know

644
00:37:25,560 --> 00:37:28,319
Speaker 1: you wanted to play pro? No? Absolutely not. How did

645
00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:32,520
Speaker 1: that come about? Nothing else? Do? How did you did

646
00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:36,840
Speaker 1: you know people that had played pro though at that time? Yeah? Okay,

647
00:37:37,120 --> 00:37:40,719
Speaker 1: yeah I had my teammates yeah yeah, And I was like, yo,

648
00:37:40,880 --> 00:37:42,480
Speaker 1: what is it like? Like, how do I do this?

649
00:37:43,360 --> 00:37:45,680
Speaker 1: I felt like the roadmap to playing pro was so

650
00:37:45,920 --> 00:37:48,640
Speaker 1: ambiguous and nobody was like like I could ask for

651
00:37:48,719 --> 00:37:51,120
Speaker 1: more players, but like everybody's path is so different. We

652
00:37:51,200 --> 00:37:53,640
Speaker 1: signed with different agents, and I was like, should I

653
00:37:53,840 --> 00:37:56,120
Speaker 1: just do exactly my teammates? Dude, like what's master for me?

654
00:37:56,160 --> 00:37:58,400
Speaker 1: And everybody was like figure out on your own and

655
00:37:59,239 --> 00:38:01,680
Speaker 1: I was. And then it was like, okay, I'm a

656
00:38:01,719 --> 00:38:05,520
Speaker 1: middle I'm not earning, you know, opposite money, which is

657
00:38:05,560 --> 00:38:07,880
Speaker 1: another reason I want to play out, but you know,

658
00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:11,600
Speaker 1: and I was like, I don't know if this is

659
00:38:11,719 --> 00:38:14,960
Speaker 1: worth it. It's not a big paycheck, Like should I

660
00:38:15,120 --> 00:38:18,480
Speaker 1: just go work at Freeola and like it's mental device

661
00:38:18,560 --> 00:38:21,480
Speaker 1: sales like every other athlete that graduates, Like I couldn't

662
00:38:21,520 --> 00:38:24,239
Speaker 1: figure out what to do. And it was actually I

663
00:38:24,320 --> 00:38:27,680
Speaker 1: member my sister. I was talking I just signed with

664
00:38:27,719 --> 00:38:29,800
Speaker 1: an agent, sat on my sister and I was like

665
00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:32,280
Speaker 1: this kind of seems lame, like it's not a big paycheck.

666
00:38:32,320 --> 00:38:34,239
Speaker 1: And then I I live in Germany. I don't know

667
00:38:34,239 --> 00:38:35,960
Speaker 1: if I want to be away from home that long.

668
00:38:36,080 --> 00:38:40,160
Speaker 1: And she was like, you get to be a pro athlete,

669
00:38:40,600 --> 00:38:42,279
Speaker 1: like maybe you should give that a shot and if

670
00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:45,799
Speaker 1: you hate it, yeah, but like how many people can

671
00:38:45,840 --> 00:38:48,480
Speaker 1: say they get to be pro athletes? I was like, Okay, fine,

672
00:38:48,560 --> 00:38:50,680
Speaker 1: you're right, but it was never like I got to

673
00:38:50,920 --> 00:38:52,600
Speaker 1: be professional, like I got to take this to the

674
00:38:52,680 --> 00:38:55,600
Speaker 1: next level. I was like, sure, I guess I.

675
00:38:55,680 --> 00:38:58,279
Speaker 4: Was almost decision that happened towards the end, so you

676
00:38:58,320 --> 00:38:59,719
Speaker 4: don't really think about it like in the season. I.

677
00:39:00,440 --> 00:39:03,000
Speaker 1: Once I finished, I was like, I don't really know where.

678
00:39:02,840 --> 00:39:05,320
Speaker 4: To go here, and you're like agree in draft, I'm like,

679
00:39:05,800 --> 00:39:07,880
Speaker 4: that sounds I guess the showcase myself.

680
00:39:07,880 --> 00:39:09,800
Speaker 1: That's what I can do. I'm sayings down on me

681
00:39:21,520 --> 00:39:25,200
Speaker 1: like it was crazy anyways. Yeah, yeah, it was kind

682
00:39:25,239 --> 00:39:27,040
Speaker 1: of as you guys know, you kind of figure out

683
00:39:27,080 --> 00:39:28,120
Speaker 1: your own I was like, I.

684
00:39:28,080 --> 00:39:29,560
Speaker 5: Don't know if I want to do that. It's the

685
00:39:29,680 --> 00:39:32,840
Speaker 5: most wacky way to get a job. You have to

686
00:39:33,640 --> 00:39:36,400
Speaker 5: from big schools where like people have gone on and played.

687
00:39:36,520 --> 00:39:39,120
Speaker 5: You're like, okay, I could contact this person. Like for me,

688
00:39:39,200 --> 00:39:40,759
Speaker 5: I think I know two people that I played BRO,

689
00:39:41,480 --> 00:39:43,840
Speaker 5: So I was like, what do I even do? So

690
00:39:44,200 --> 00:39:47,120
Speaker 5: it's it's crazy that we got here ended up here.

691
00:39:49,640 --> 00:39:55,000
Speaker 5: Thank goodness they put a league in the US. Okay,

692
00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:55,680
Speaker 5: where did you play?

693
00:39:55,920 --> 00:39:59,600
Speaker 1: BRO? You went to Germany first, I went to Wiesbaden, Germany,

694
00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:04,320
Speaker 1: and then I went to Stuttgart. For two years and

695
00:40:04,400 --> 00:40:07,120
Speaker 1: then I was like, hey, actually i think I'm done.

696
00:40:08,280 --> 00:40:11,480
Speaker 1: So just Germany, did you pick up any German? Yeah,

697
00:40:11,520 --> 00:40:13,640
Speaker 1: a little bit. Yeah, I could get around. I think

698
00:40:13,680 --> 00:40:16,000
Speaker 1: I hear you saying a bad word in German.

699
00:40:23,400 --> 00:40:25,800
Speaker 4: You have a like, was the transition from college to

700
00:40:25,880 --> 00:40:28,520
Speaker 4: pro they jump for you or were you like this

701
00:40:28,960 --> 00:40:29,400
Speaker 4: is easy?

702
00:40:29,840 --> 00:40:32,520
Speaker 1: Yes, and that they expected more from me. I will

703
00:40:32,560 --> 00:40:34,960
Speaker 1: say at Texas there were times that I was like,

704
00:40:35,680 --> 00:40:37,640
Speaker 1: You're just a middle blocker. And then I got to

705
00:40:37,880 --> 00:40:39,840
Speaker 1: Europe and they were like, no, you have to be

706
00:40:39,920 --> 00:40:42,160
Speaker 1: a volleyball player and do all of the other skills,

707
00:40:42,200 --> 00:40:44,920
Speaker 1: and I was like, I don't know what set so

708
00:40:48,080 --> 00:40:50,840
Speaker 1: so they expected a lot from me. Of course, the

709
00:40:50,920 --> 00:40:53,320
Speaker 1: game is like a little bit more powerful, a little quicker.

710
00:40:54,880 --> 00:40:57,480
Speaker 1: I'd say, like on my team in v spot In,

711
00:40:57,760 --> 00:41:00,479
Speaker 1: I think we were we were kind of low level

712
00:41:00,600 --> 00:41:03,120
Speaker 1: of the league in Germany. That Germany is like a

713
00:41:03,200 --> 00:41:04,799
Speaker 1: decent league, you know, like the top couple of teams

714
00:41:04,880 --> 00:41:07,680
Speaker 1: learn Champions League, but like the lower level. It's like

715
00:41:08,560 --> 00:41:10,120
Speaker 1: I felt like I was one of the better ones

716
00:41:10,160 --> 00:41:12,319
Speaker 1: on my team. That being said, I had a really

717
00:41:12,360 --> 00:41:15,279
Speaker 1: really great coach, and then playing against the teams that

718
00:41:15,360 --> 00:41:17,960
Speaker 1: were in Champions League. I was like, oh, I have

719
00:41:18,040 --> 00:41:20,760
Speaker 1: a giant learning curve here, Like I just wasn't reading

720
00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:21,680
Speaker 1: well at all.

721
00:41:29,480 --> 00:41:31,920
Speaker 4: Would you say that, like the very important students to

722
00:41:32,719 --> 00:41:35,439
Speaker 4: go overseas and get that learning go to that learning curve.

723
00:41:35,719 --> 00:41:40,360
Speaker 1: Yeah, good, it's so important. I still encourage college athletes

724
00:41:40,440 --> 00:41:44,040
Speaker 1: once they graduate overseas first, and of course these leagues

725
00:41:44,040 --> 00:41:47,360
Speaker 1: are amazing. I will not go overseas now, like I

726
00:41:47,480 --> 00:41:51,440
Speaker 1: have a great life. But being a foreigner is one thing.

727
00:41:51,560 --> 00:41:55,640
Speaker 1: Learning a different style of the game is another. Just

728
00:41:56,239 --> 00:41:59,080
Speaker 1: being out of your comfort zone and learning from people

729
00:41:59,120 --> 00:42:00,920
Speaker 1: that you never would have paths I don't know, and

730
00:42:01,080 --> 00:42:04,400
Speaker 1: different people from all over the world. I just think that, like,

731
00:42:04,520 --> 00:42:06,960
Speaker 1: it's good for you as a human being and also

732
00:42:07,000 --> 00:42:08,560
Speaker 1: a volleyball player to go overseas.

733
00:42:08,960 --> 00:42:11,759
Speaker 4: Yeah, you get adversity on all fronts, the volleyball front,

734
00:42:11,840 --> 00:42:13,439
Speaker 4: the human front, the traveling front.

735
00:42:13,760 --> 00:42:16,000
Speaker 1: How do I turn myself on another country front?

736
00:42:16,080 --> 00:42:18,040
Speaker 4: Like, oh, there's just so many little pieces of it

737
00:42:18,080 --> 00:42:19,319
Speaker 4: where you're like, Okay, I have to figure all these

738
00:42:19,360 --> 00:42:20,120
Speaker 4: things out on my own.

739
00:42:20,440 --> 00:42:23,160
Speaker 1: And you grew up instead of people having to do

740
00:42:23,239 --> 00:42:25,880
Speaker 1: it for me. Yeah, And at Texas they did everything

741
00:42:25,920 --> 00:42:28,560
Speaker 1: for us. Everything I was like, wait, I have to,

742
00:42:28,640 --> 00:42:32,480
Speaker 1: like I'm on vitamin's now and learn how to learn

743
00:42:32,560 --> 00:42:37,799
Speaker 1: how to take care of my body. Yeah, wild, Yeah,

744
00:42:38,840 --> 00:42:40,760
Speaker 1: How do you think volleyball has shaped you as a person?

745
00:42:41,560 --> 00:42:43,920
Speaker 1: Oh god, It's been everything. That's why I'm playing for

746
00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:48,399
Speaker 1: the Women's Sports Foundation. I think that girls who play

747
00:42:48,440 --> 00:42:50,840
Speaker 1: sports are women who lead. And I wouldn't be the

748
00:42:50,880 --> 00:42:54,960
Speaker 1: person I am today without volleyball and being around strong

749
00:42:55,120 --> 00:42:58,279
Speaker 1: women all of the time. How many other jobs get

750
00:42:58,320 --> 00:43:01,840
Speaker 1: to do that? Like this is I am constantly empowered.

751
00:43:01,960 --> 00:43:04,640
Speaker 1: I know my worth. I know that I can show

752
00:43:04,680 --> 00:43:06,279
Speaker 1: up in space as and be a leader like I

753
00:43:06,640 --> 00:43:08,920
Speaker 1: wouldn't have been able to develop that kind of confidence.

754
00:43:08,920 --> 00:43:10,120
Speaker 1: But I didn't play a lot of ball in mins,

755
00:43:10,280 --> 00:43:12,359
Speaker 1: I don't think. Yeah, and like having a cat bell

756
00:43:12,480 --> 00:43:17,080
Speaker 1: in everyone? No, really truly? All right, let's switch a

757
00:43:17,120 --> 00:43:21,000
Speaker 1: little bit of gears outside of volleyball. You're a multi

758
00:43:21,200 --> 00:43:22,080
Speaker 1: faceted person.

759
00:43:22,320 --> 00:43:26,880
Speaker 4: You advocate for sustainable fashion and intersectional environmentalism.

760
00:43:27,239 --> 00:43:30,440
Speaker 1: Yes, I do drop drop some knowledge because that those

761
00:43:30,480 --> 00:43:37,800
Speaker 1: words were crazy. Oh yeah, I you know, fashion is

762
00:43:37,880 --> 00:43:41,360
Speaker 1: a pretty giant polluter on this so behind it's Oily

763
00:43:41,440 --> 00:43:44,759
Speaker 1: g Acid's fashion actually, and there's a literal fashion island

764
00:43:44,800 --> 00:43:47,480
Speaker 1: in the middle of the ocean of like our waste,

765
00:43:47,760 --> 00:43:50,280
Speaker 1: Like we're just so obsessed with fast fashion as a society,

766
00:43:51,160 --> 00:43:53,480
Speaker 1: so I thrift as oft as modify, also signing that

767
00:43:53,600 --> 00:43:55,680
Speaker 1: drifting is like fits me better as a tall woman

768
00:43:56,640 --> 00:43:58,560
Speaker 1: last longer because it was stuilt in a time that

769
00:43:58,680 --> 00:44:02,040
Speaker 1: they didn't have fast fashion and is cooler. So I

770
00:44:02,360 --> 00:44:04,920
Speaker 1: try to thrift as often as possible. It's not dealable

771
00:44:04,960 --> 00:44:07,440
Speaker 1: all of the time, especially with like sports care and stuff,

772
00:44:07,520 --> 00:44:09,480
Speaker 1: but it's something that I want to be conscious of.

773
00:44:09,760 --> 00:44:15,680
Speaker 1: And intersexual environmentalism it means that it cross acrosses different organizations.

774
00:44:15,719 --> 00:44:17,439
Speaker 1: So it's not just fashion, but it's like the way

775
00:44:17,520 --> 00:44:21,960
Speaker 1: people you know consume like their local produce. Like there's

776
00:44:21,960 --> 00:44:25,880
Speaker 1: so many things that like intersect as humans in society.

777
00:44:26,440 --> 00:44:28,680
Speaker 1: Like if we are just a good global citizen, we

778
00:44:28,800 --> 00:44:31,279
Speaker 1: know that we're affecting like our neighbors, our communities. Like

779
00:44:31,719 --> 00:44:34,600
Speaker 1: it's just more about awareness and like you know, where

780
00:44:34,880 --> 00:44:38,040
Speaker 1: am I getting this produce? Where am I shopping for this?

781
00:44:38,320 --> 00:44:41,200
Speaker 1: Like being a good consumer and understanding that if your

782
00:44:41,640 --> 00:44:45,040
Speaker 1: purchases affect others is a huge passion the world be

783
00:44:45,080 --> 00:44:53,920
Speaker 1: a better places. We have as president, why is it

784
00:44:54,000 --> 00:44:56,320
Speaker 1: important to you to use your platform as an athlete

785
00:44:56,440 --> 00:45:00,560
Speaker 1: for good. I think it's quite vulnerable. Sometimes it's not

786
00:45:00,719 --> 00:45:03,719
Speaker 1: always easy. I think it's sometimes kind of painful to

787
00:45:03,800 --> 00:45:06,560
Speaker 1: be like, well, this is my story and you guys

788
00:45:06,600 --> 00:45:08,919
Speaker 1: are going to dissect it and give your opinions about

789
00:45:09,000 --> 00:45:13,719
Speaker 1: me and I am, but I find it so fulfilling

790
00:45:14,200 --> 00:45:17,799
Speaker 1: knowing that I can help somebody. You know. It's funny.

791
00:45:18,000 --> 00:45:19,719
Speaker 1: Coaching just keeps coming up with my life too, and

792
00:45:19,760 --> 00:45:21,040
Speaker 1: I'm like, I don't know if I want to coach,

793
00:45:21,120 --> 00:45:25,359
Speaker 1: but like being somebody's mentor even like, you know, there are.

794
00:45:25,280 --> 00:45:27,200
Speaker 4: Young middles that are playing in this league and they're like,

795
00:45:27,480 --> 00:45:29,600
Speaker 4: you know, how did you learn how to take care

796
00:45:29,640 --> 00:45:30,120
Speaker 4: of your body?

797
00:45:30,320 --> 00:45:33,000
Speaker 1: How did you get you know, how are you playing?

798
00:45:33,200 --> 00:45:35,239
Speaker 1: How are you jumping well at age thirty one? Or

799
00:45:35,719 --> 00:45:38,680
Speaker 1: how do you read blocks so well? Which are wonderful

800
00:45:38,840 --> 00:45:41,040
Speaker 1: compliments that I'm like, it's crazy you think I'm doing

801
00:45:41,120 --> 00:45:42,880
Speaker 1: these things well because I'm also in my head of

802
00:45:43,000 --> 00:45:46,160
Speaker 1: like sometimes I'm not. I want to be perfect and

803
00:45:46,200 --> 00:45:50,520
Speaker 1: I'm not, and that's it's not here nor there. Okay,

804
00:45:50,880 --> 00:45:55,880
Speaker 1: that's okay, But the fact that like I get to

805
00:45:55,960 --> 00:45:59,120
Speaker 1: help somebody and using my platform to do that. Like,

806
00:45:59,200 --> 00:46:01,920
Speaker 1: I think that that is the most fulfilling thing for me.

807
00:46:03,360 --> 00:46:06,040
Speaker 1: It's a privilege to have this stage. As you guys

808
00:46:06,120 --> 00:46:10,200
Speaker 1: know it was. It's funny that sports allow you to

809
00:46:10,280 --> 00:46:12,680
Speaker 1: do that. Like, it's not many jobs that you can

810
00:46:12,760 --> 00:46:15,719
Speaker 1: be so good at your your job and that people

811
00:46:15,960 --> 00:46:20,719
Speaker 1: following regardless. But I think, especially with women's lleyball, we

812
00:46:20,920 --> 00:46:25,840
Speaker 1: are incredible role models. Almost no all of my teammates.

813
00:46:25,920 --> 00:46:30,160
Speaker 1: I mean, I'm like, you're you are such a role model.

814
00:46:30,280 --> 00:46:33,879
Speaker 1: You're also hilarious, You're also like beautiful. There's so many

815
00:46:33,960 --> 00:46:37,000
Speaker 1: things that like women's while I'm like, yes, the youth

816
00:46:37,040 --> 00:46:39,360
Speaker 1: should follow us. I don't know. We just like know

817
00:46:39,480 --> 00:46:42,759
Speaker 1: how to work hard, Like we know that we know

818
00:46:42,840 --> 00:46:44,560
Speaker 1: how to be teammates who know how to lead. Like,

819
00:46:44,840 --> 00:46:49,440
Speaker 1: I think that the platform should be ours and that's

820
00:46:49,480 --> 00:46:51,680
Speaker 1: the fint I want to keep hiding. We're taking it over. Yeah,

821
00:46:51,880 --> 00:46:54,560
Speaker 1: come for that freaking platform. Yeah all right.

822
00:46:54,680 --> 00:46:57,440
Speaker 4: Fashion questions What do you love about fashion and how

823
00:46:57,480 --> 00:46:58,960
Speaker 4: does it help you express yourself?

824
00:47:00,120 --> 00:47:05,640
Speaker 1: I love playing dress up and putting on different hats

825
00:47:05,960 --> 00:47:10,160
Speaker 1: and feeling you know, beautiful different ways, or feeling myself

826
00:47:10,239 --> 00:47:13,000
Speaker 1: in different ways because we all have different sides of us.

827
00:47:13,080 --> 00:47:15,560
Speaker 1: And I think that fashion is you're able to express

828
00:47:15,600 --> 00:47:18,680
Speaker 1: herself in so many different ways. I gained so much

829
00:47:18,719 --> 00:47:20,920
Speaker 1: confidence through the clothes that I wear and the things

830
00:47:20,960 --> 00:47:23,840
Speaker 1: that I pick out. I also gained so much fulfillment

831
00:47:24,120 --> 00:47:27,759
Speaker 1: styling people and so like Danny Durms came to my

832
00:47:27,880 --> 00:47:30,160
Speaker 1: room and was like, hey, silently for this photo shoot,

833
00:47:30,160 --> 00:47:32,360
Speaker 1: and I was like, for sure, I have all of

834
00:47:32,440 --> 00:47:34,320
Speaker 1: these things that I know are going to look great

835
00:47:34,440 --> 00:47:35,840
Speaker 1: on you, and I made her try them on and

836
00:47:36,640 --> 00:47:38,560
Speaker 1: I could tell that she was like, I'm not comfortable

837
00:47:38,640 --> 00:47:41,520
Speaker 1: in this, and I was like totally like that's fine,

838
00:47:41,520 --> 00:47:44,719
Speaker 1: you look amazing, and that's yes, I should tell her that,

839
00:47:44,800 --> 00:47:46,880
Speaker 1: but I also want her to feel comfortable. So then

840
00:47:46,960 --> 00:47:50,319
Speaker 1: like learning the person through fashion is also really cool

841
00:47:50,360 --> 00:47:52,520
Speaker 1: for me to see of like what are you comfortable wearing?

842
00:47:53,000 --> 00:47:55,719
Speaker 1: What makes you feel powerful? Like I think fashion is

843
00:47:55,719 --> 00:47:57,960
Speaker 1: such a cool platform into building confidence in women.

844
00:47:58,400 --> 00:48:01,480
Speaker 5: What would you say, Sorry, somebody who's like doing a

845
00:48:01,680 --> 00:48:04,600
Speaker 5: new a new wearing something new, a new piece of

846
00:48:04,680 --> 00:48:07,040
Speaker 5: fashion that's like maybe not in their normal.

847
00:48:06,880 --> 00:48:10,000
Speaker 1: Style and they just want to try it, and you're

848
00:48:10,080 --> 00:48:13,000
Speaker 1: like you should just go for it or like absolutely

849
00:48:13,080 --> 00:48:14,719
Speaker 1: go for it. Yeah, at the end of the day,

850
00:48:15,040 --> 00:48:18,160
Speaker 1: it's new. Who matters. I'm just like, like I used

851
00:48:18,160 --> 00:48:20,319
Speaker 1: to be so hung up of like being a tall

852
00:48:20,360 --> 00:48:22,840
Speaker 1: woman and like sleeves every being long enough, you know,

853
00:48:23,080 --> 00:48:25,920
Speaker 1: And now I'm like, I don't know if I care anymore,

854
00:48:26,040 --> 00:48:28,520
Speaker 1: like my risk a cold, which they're never cold in Austin,

855
00:48:28,640 --> 00:48:30,719
Speaker 1: But like, I just am going to wear something because

856
00:48:30,719 --> 00:48:31,880
Speaker 1: I want to wear it and I know that it

857
00:48:32,000 --> 00:48:34,120
Speaker 1: makes me feel cool. So if it makes you feel

858
00:48:34,160 --> 00:48:37,880
Speaker 1: often and you bought it with your own money, what

859
00:48:37,960 --> 00:48:40,440
Speaker 1: would be your advice for, like, like someone who's building

860
00:48:40,440 --> 00:48:42,400
Speaker 1: a new cloth called clothes, what like the basics you

861
00:48:42,440 --> 00:48:44,359
Speaker 1: think that someone should have when they're building up from

862
00:48:44,400 --> 00:48:48,319
Speaker 1: the ground up. Yes, I'm a big like jeans girl.

863
00:48:48,480 --> 00:48:50,120
Speaker 1: I think I have over thirty pairs of genes. That's

864
00:48:50,120 --> 00:48:53,200
Speaker 1: actually kind of a problem finding a pair of jeans

865
00:48:53,239 --> 00:48:56,920
Speaker 1: that feel you, that are comfortable that you can always

866
00:48:57,040 --> 00:48:59,000
Speaker 1: be like, Okay, if I put these on, I feel

867
00:48:59,000 --> 00:49:02,759
Speaker 1: the most to me. I would say jackets. They're great

868
00:49:02,800 --> 00:49:05,000
Speaker 1: for layerry. You can find like a denim or a

869
00:49:05,080 --> 00:49:07,200
Speaker 1: leather jacket. Every time I wore my leather jacket, I

870
00:49:07,239 --> 00:49:09,359
Speaker 1: get comments you wore my leather jacket and you also

871
00:49:09,360 --> 00:49:13,320
Speaker 1: look great man, and like, I don't know, I just

872
00:49:13,360 --> 00:49:16,000
Speaker 1: feel like a leather jacket is like a statement piece

873
00:49:16,280 --> 00:49:19,120
Speaker 1: and but it's easy to find and like especially drifting,

874
00:49:20,440 --> 00:49:23,320
Speaker 1: and then all the basics. You know, sometimes it's surprising

875
00:49:23,400 --> 00:49:25,040
Speaker 1: that I'll put on an outfit and people like I

876
00:49:25,280 --> 00:49:27,319
Speaker 1: am obsessed with them, like really it's like a tank

877
00:49:27,400 --> 00:49:30,200
Speaker 1: and pants and about I don't know, how do you

878
00:49:30,440 --> 00:49:32,680
Speaker 1: choose your walk in outfits? For love?

879
00:49:33,520 --> 00:49:36,640
Speaker 4: And then like do you style other people too? Or

880
00:49:37,200 --> 00:49:39,680
Speaker 4: we actually we like calling so this stings passed me.

881
00:49:39,840 --> 00:49:41,680
Speaker 4: Tiaka and Malli like always want to dress up together

882
00:49:41,680 --> 00:49:44,920
Speaker 4: and we're like calling each other. But eventually we came

883
00:49:45,120 --> 00:49:46,719
Speaker 4: like themes like okay, we're going to go business and

884
00:49:46,800 --> 00:49:48,759
Speaker 4: like new sow is the way you want to do

885
00:49:48,920 --> 00:49:52,960
Speaker 4: business style? Yeah, guys, I like for fun, I play

886
00:49:53,040 --> 00:49:54,680
Speaker 4: dress up. Yeah, by myself.

887
00:49:54,719 --> 00:49:57,319
Speaker 1: I put on a good playlist, and I know I'm

888
00:49:57,360 --> 00:49:59,920
Speaker 1: not kidding. I just go through my entire closet and

889
00:50:00,120 --> 00:50:02,200
Speaker 1: just start putting up its together. I take pictures of them,

890
00:50:02,239 --> 00:50:04,200
Speaker 1: so I have like logs of all my outfits. And

891
00:50:04,280 --> 00:50:08,160
Speaker 1: then yeah, no, yeah, everybody every woman should do every

892
00:50:08,200 --> 00:50:09,800
Speaker 1: person on the Star. I would want to do that.

893
00:50:09,880 --> 00:50:12,040
Speaker 1: But like the method of cleaning I'm putting the clothes

894
00:50:12,080 --> 00:50:14,759
Speaker 1: back is what I don't want to do. Yeah, I

895
00:50:14,960 --> 00:50:17,520
Speaker 1: try it on and hand that up. Yeah, but like

896
00:50:17,680 --> 00:50:21,000
Speaker 1: that is my like therapy, that's my favorite thing to do.

897
00:50:21,239 --> 00:50:23,120
Speaker 1: And then I'll make lists of things that I wish

898
00:50:23,160 --> 00:50:25,080
Speaker 1: I could add to it. So I'm like heavily on

899
00:50:25,200 --> 00:50:27,520
Speaker 1: Pinterest and like I have like a wish list and

900
00:50:27,640 --> 00:50:29,920
Speaker 1: like it would be great to add this purst to

901
00:50:29,960 --> 00:50:32,040
Speaker 1: this habit, and then I'll be a noish list and

902
00:50:32,120 --> 00:50:34,320
Speaker 1: then it's my goals of like I want this bonus

903
00:50:34,400 --> 00:50:37,920
Speaker 1: to my this curse. Okay o good? Yeah, So do

904
00:50:38,160 --> 00:50:40,000
Speaker 1: like love that we get to do the tunnel walk

905
00:50:40,040 --> 00:50:44,399
Speaker 1: ins and everything, similar to like w NBA so much life.

906
00:50:44,440 --> 00:50:49,440
Speaker 1: I'm not kidding the five seconds that we get it,

907
00:50:49,800 --> 00:50:50,800
Speaker 1: we're so adding about it.

908
00:50:50,880 --> 00:50:53,040
Speaker 4: Like for the photographers, if we're not getting the pictures

909
00:50:53,040 --> 00:50:55,000
Speaker 4: we're looking for, we started taking our own pictures of our.

910
00:50:54,960 --> 00:50:56,200
Speaker 1: Own phone, yes, to make sure we.

911
00:50:56,239 --> 00:51:00,120
Speaker 4: Got to know.

912
00:51:00,360 --> 00:51:04,080
Speaker 1: I love whenever people who are not comfortable doing walkins,

913
00:51:04,440 --> 00:51:06,759
Speaker 1: but they try it and they also feel powered and

914
00:51:06,840 --> 00:51:09,080
Speaker 1: they're like, oh I get to like show up to

915
00:51:09,160 --> 00:51:11,320
Speaker 1: a game in a way that like builds up my

916
00:51:11,520 --> 00:51:14,719
Speaker 1: confidence and I don't know, I just encourage people. It

917
00:51:14,800 --> 00:51:16,839
Speaker 1: might not be your thing, but like try it once

918
00:51:16,960 --> 00:51:19,560
Speaker 1: and like it just kind of feels great and gurly

919
00:51:19,600 --> 00:51:22,359
Speaker 1: pop to be taken photos of and like in your

920
00:51:22,480 --> 00:51:25,440
Speaker 1: outfit that you that you chose, like, I just I

921
00:51:25,520 --> 00:51:28,360
Speaker 1: love it. I love the concept. Do you have outfits

922
00:51:28,480 --> 00:51:31,600
Speaker 1: in the works for next season already? Yeah? You do,

923
00:51:33,520 --> 00:51:36,080
Speaker 1: Like we won what you're gonna Do you have a

924
00:51:36,120 --> 00:51:40,320
Speaker 1: huge closet? Yeah, yeah, I have a lot of clothes

925
00:51:41,320 --> 00:51:44,839
Speaker 1: Fashion Island actually in your closet? Yeah? Actually yes. How

926
00:51:44,880 --> 00:51:47,120
Speaker 1: do you clean your closet?

927
00:51:47,160 --> 00:51:49,279
Speaker 4: You can close it every every summer. Do you like

928
00:51:49,440 --> 00:51:52,480
Speaker 4: Good Steed Go Away? Like you guys, I'm not to

929
00:51:52,520 --> 00:51:52,880
Speaker 4: go through a.

930
00:51:53,000 --> 00:51:56,239
Speaker 1: Giant purge because the past over and a half, you know,

931
00:51:56,360 --> 00:51:58,480
Speaker 1: I think I'm gonna make it a series. The past

932
00:51:58,600 --> 00:52:00,640
Speaker 1: year and a half, all of my stuff is then storage,

933
00:52:00,840 --> 00:52:02,839
Speaker 1: so I live out of like two three suitcases at

934
00:52:02,880 --> 00:52:07,360
Speaker 1: a time. I knews newly, so I rent clothes sometimes

935
00:52:07,480 --> 00:52:09,960
Speaker 1: it helps us, Like Stephen pieces for like the walk Ins,

936
00:52:10,000 --> 00:52:12,560
Speaker 1: I'll like rent the piece and then return it. They

937
00:52:12,600 --> 00:52:14,120
Speaker 1: have an option to buy. I have a lot a

938
00:52:14,120 --> 00:52:17,880
Speaker 1: few things, but yeah, so I'm going to unpack my

939
00:52:18,160 --> 00:52:20,320
Speaker 1: entire storage unit whenever I get back to Austin in

940
00:52:20,360 --> 00:52:22,480
Speaker 1: a couple of days and have to go through all

941
00:52:22,520 --> 00:52:26,319
Speaker 1: of that, so I'll come over. That sounds really exciting. Okay,

942
00:52:26,400 --> 00:52:29,799
Speaker 1: speaking of going back to Austin, season two is coming up.

943
00:52:30,280 --> 00:52:32,560
Speaker 1: We're there so soon. What are you looking forward to

944
00:52:32,760 --> 00:52:36,400
Speaker 1: this season specifically? I am very much looking forward to

945
00:52:37,000 --> 00:52:42,360
Speaker 1: being with my friends. I'll we have up. That was crazy.

946
00:52:46,480 --> 00:52:49,920
Speaker 1: I love Austin. I love Austin so much. I love

947
00:52:50,000 --> 00:52:51,840
Speaker 1: the fact that I get to play Austin Juniors and

948
00:52:51,960 --> 00:52:55,120
Speaker 1: see those people from from whenever I was in high school.

949
00:52:55,920 --> 00:52:57,960
Speaker 4: Being back, Like it's a moment for you, Like, how

950
00:52:58,080 --> 00:52:59,520
Speaker 4: is it like you're enjoying a lot more than you

951
00:52:59,760 --> 00:53:00,960
Speaker 4: enjoy when you're in school thing.

952
00:53:01,360 --> 00:53:06,240
Speaker 1: Yeah, yes, because like I know that I am always

953
00:53:06,320 --> 00:53:08,320
Speaker 1: taking care of in every regard if I need anything,

954
00:53:08,520 --> 00:53:10,879
Speaker 1: I have people. I think that's what's so great about

955
00:53:10,920 --> 00:53:14,400
Speaker 1: Austin and where I felt like, especially whenever I got injured,

956
00:53:14,600 --> 00:53:16,840
Speaker 1: I didn't feel like people had my back and I

957
00:53:16,920 --> 00:53:19,160
Speaker 1: was like, I'm the only one advocating for myself right now,

958
00:53:19,640 --> 00:53:21,920
Speaker 1: and it made me learn that. But in Austin, I

959
00:53:22,760 --> 00:53:27,279
Speaker 1: our network is huge. We have great medical connections, Like

960
00:53:27,520 --> 00:53:29,479
Speaker 1: we have friends outside of volleyball. Like I just feel

961
00:53:29,480 --> 00:53:32,480
Speaker 1: like I have a whole complete life in Austin and

962
00:53:32,640 --> 00:53:36,239
Speaker 1: my job isn't defining me. Yeah yeah, okay.

963
00:53:36,360 --> 00:53:38,080
Speaker 4: So then also you were with the national team this

964
00:53:38,160 --> 00:53:40,960
Speaker 4: summer and now you have Eric Commedy, you have Tayubadummy

965
00:53:41,320 --> 00:53:42,080
Speaker 4: Rol Brownie coming.

966
00:53:42,640 --> 00:53:47,040
Speaker 1: Tell yourself, it's just we've translated everybody and putting them

967
00:53:47,200 --> 00:53:50,600
Speaker 1: in Love Austin. Yeah, it's really cool and another full

968
00:53:50,640 --> 00:53:53,200
Speaker 1: circle moment having Eric. So Eric was our coach, our

969
00:53:53,239 --> 00:53:56,200
Speaker 1: assistant coach at Texas and now the dash team head

970
00:53:56,239 --> 00:53:58,799
Speaker 1: coach and then also the Love Austin coach. And it's

971
00:53:58,840 --> 00:54:02,120
Speaker 1: really cool because I Eric is like a dear friend

972
00:54:02,200 --> 00:54:04,920
Speaker 1: of mine and so having him be my coach again,

973
00:54:05,160 --> 00:54:08,080
Speaker 1: and I I mean, throughout my pro career, I've attributed

974
00:54:08,239 --> 00:54:14,719
Speaker 1: a lot of my like locking to Eric, like the MBU. Yes, yeah,

975
00:54:15,400 --> 00:54:24,279
Speaker 1: a lot of things like this crazy Yeah well you said,

976
00:54:25,120 --> 00:54:32,520
Speaker 1: so I SuDS like this is one. It's so hard

977
00:54:33,320 --> 00:54:38,080
Speaker 1: it oh for sure for sure. Yeah. Anyways, No, it's

978
00:54:38,160 --> 00:54:40,680
Speaker 1: really cool. I this just the fact I felt like

979
00:54:40,719 --> 00:54:43,279
Speaker 1: the summer flew by, So I'm really really excited to

980
00:54:43,360 --> 00:54:47,160
Speaker 1: keep learning from that coaching staff. Obviously they all have camaraderie,

981
00:54:47,360 --> 00:54:50,960
Speaker 1: so like just the blend of like Texas people and

982
00:54:51,120 --> 00:54:52,920
Speaker 1: national team. Like I think that, like it's like a

983
00:54:53,000 --> 00:54:56,440
Speaker 1: built in connection that we get to have. Yeah, that's

984
00:54:56,480 --> 00:55:01,480
Speaker 1: actually really awesome. Yeah, sorry, whatever, we have a good

985
00:55:01,520 --> 00:55:05,360
Speaker 1: team too. He's a great team. Else. You guys have

986
00:55:05,480 --> 00:55:08,760
Speaker 1: some new people this year, right, you are excited about

987
00:55:09,640 --> 00:55:13,279
Speaker 1: you know, Magdalena Yersick the Polish medal. I'm a big

988
00:55:13,320 --> 00:55:16,320
Speaker 1: fan of hers. I think that she yeah, yeah, watching

989
00:55:16,360 --> 00:55:20,879
Speaker 1: her play this summer. She is super fast. I love

990
00:55:21,040 --> 00:55:23,160
Speaker 1: how patient she is as a middle blocker. Like, I

991
00:55:23,360 --> 00:55:27,319
Speaker 1: just I admire she's not like super undersized, but she's

992
00:55:27,320 --> 00:55:30,120
Speaker 1: a little undersized as a middle and I just admire

993
00:55:30,200 --> 00:55:31,960
Speaker 1: undersized middle It's like, you know how hard they have

994
00:55:32,040 --> 00:55:35,000
Speaker 1: to work to its already her job. Yes, I don't

995
00:55:35,000 --> 00:55:37,800
Speaker 1: know how yet. Yeah, I know I'm gonna be obsessed

996
00:55:37,800 --> 00:55:44,080
Speaker 1: with her. We're adding another longhorn Berg Mark. Yeah, MBU

997
00:55:44,719 --> 00:55:48,080
Speaker 1: is everyone on your team from MBU, every middle except

998
00:55:48,080 --> 00:55:51,400
Speaker 1: for Okay. Yeah, I don't know if i'm saying your name, right,

999
00:55:51,440 --> 00:55:53,879
Speaker 1: I'm so sorry if I'm saying that. Ologies girl. Yeah,

1000
00:55:54,320 --> 00:55:56,400
Speaker 1: but I'm excited to meet you, Okay, why do you

1001
00:55:56,560 --> 00:55:59,879
Speaker 1: think volleyball is getting more popular? I think it's fine

1002
00:56:00,120 --> 00:56:03,320
Speaker 1: getting its flowers, you know. I think that participation in

1003
00:56:03,400 --> 00:56:07,440
Speaker 1: the sport is growing on all sides. The youth level.

1004
00:56:08,000 --> 00:56:14,279
Speaker 1: It's to pass youth basketball recently, let's go finally less concussions,

1005
00:56:15,400 --> 00:56:19,920
Speaker 1: and also adult participation so adults such are fun, Like,

1006
00:56:20,040 --> 00:56:24,759
Speaker 1: it's a huge, massive sport indoor, beach, grass like. I

1007
00:56:24,920 --> 00:56:28,120
Speaker 1: just think that there's a lot of relatability that's finally

1008
00:56:28,160 --> 00:56:31,840
Speaker 1: happening in the US, and it's surpassing basketball, it's passing

1009
00:56:31,880 --> 00:56:35,160
Speaker 1: other teams sports, and that like such a fun sport

1010
00:56:35,239 --> 00:56:37,399
Speaker 1: to play, but also a really fun sport to watch

1011
00:56:37,480 --> 00:56:40,920
Speaker 1: and be part of. I also think the community is amazing,

1012
00:56:41,440 --> 00:56:43,800
Speaker 1: like experiencing and I don't want to trap other sports,

1013
00:56:43,840 --> 00:56:46,840
Speaker 1: but I'm like experiencing other sports and like that we

1014
00:56:46,960 --> 00:56:50,440
Speaker 1: are so special. I'm not kidding. There's like bruin upon

1015
00:56:50,560 --> 00:56:53,000
Speaker 1: the like the volleyball world is just full of really

1016
00:56:53,400 --> 00:56:55,600
Speaker 1: great people. What do you think it is that makes

1017
00:56:55,680 --> 00:56:59,919
Speaker 1: volleyble so unique? It is, to its core a team sport.

1018
00:57:00,719 --> 00:57:02,920
Speaker 1: You can't have somebody like in basketball. You can have

1019
00:57:02,960 --> 00:57:05,080
Speaker 1: a player like take up take over the whole entire game.

1020
00:57:05,320 --> 00:57:07,760
Speaker 1: But like track, it's like just that, just that athlete,

1021
00:57:07,800 --> 00:57:11,000
Speaker 1: the porcer's relays. But like, volleyball is such a team sport,

1022
00:57:11,040 --> 00:57:13,640
Speaker 1: And then I think that because it's such a team sport,

1023
00:57:14,160 --> 00:57:17,200
Speaker 1: everybody has to be a team player and therefore likable.

1024
00:57:17,640 --> 00:57:19,720
Speaker 4: Every way, Like you don't get the set, you need

1025
00:57:19,800 --> 00:57:21,240
Speaker 4: less to get the past you need, You don't get

1026
00:57:21,240 --> 00:57:22,880
Speaker 4: the attacking lets you get to set you need, and

1027
00:57:23,000 --> 00:57:24,160
Speaker 4: if you get to set, you need to get a

1028
00:57:24,200 --> 00:57:26,080
Speaker 4: ball and you get blocked, you get that everyone covering

1029
00:57:26,160 --> 00:57:26,280
Speaker 4: for you.

1030
00:57:26,960 --> 00:57:30,080
Speaker 1: Everyone has to be takes the whole village. Yeah, you

1031
00:57:30,320 --> 00:57:35,880
Speaker 1: have to be selfless, and the coolest people are selfless, Yes, totally, yes, Okay, Well,

1032
00:57:36,120 --> 00:57:37,440
Speaker 1: and where do you think volleyball is going to be

1033
00:57:37,560 --> 00:57:41,400
Speaker 1: in like the next decade? Gosh, I see volleyball just

1034
00:57:41,480 --> 00:57:44,919
Speaker 1: being the sport that people are excited to go watch

1035
00:57:45,040 --> 00:57:48,480
Speaker 1: and be a part of. I think that the past

1036
00:57:48,560 --> 00:57:52,840
Speaker 1: couple of years that like how profitable women's sports are

1037
00:57:52,960 --> 00:57:55,520
Speaker 1: because they are different than men's sports, Like it's not

1038
00:57:55,640 --> 00:57:58,200
Speaker 1: that we're comparing at all, and volleyball is actually a

1039
00:57:58,240 --> 00:58:00,640
Speaker 1: really special space and that like we don't have the

1040
00:58:00,720 --> 00:58:06,960
Speaker 1: men paving the path for us. Mother yeah, and that

1041
00:58:07,160 --> 00:58:10,440
Speaker 1: is so cool because I think we're we're still kind

1042
00:58:10,480 --> 00:58:13,120
Speaker 1: of forming our identity and like what does that look like?

1043
00:58:13,960 --> 00:58:15,720
Speaker 1: And it is different from all of the other sports.

1044
00:58:15,760 --> 00:58:19,680
Speaker 1: It's it's different from men's sports, but I I really

1045
00:58:19,840 --> 00:58:23,320
Speaker 1: want to see it in a way that like is inspiring.

1046
00:58:23,640 --> 00:58:27,960
Speaker 1: It's taking over brand partnerships, and it's on ESPN regularly,

1047
00:58:28,160 --> 00:58:30,640
Speaker 1: Like I just think it needs to be more accessible.

1048
00:58:31,120 --> 00:58:33,040
Speaker 1: And once we make it accessible, it's like, of course

1049
00:58:33,040 --> 00:58:34,240
Speaker 1: you're going to fall in love. You're going to fall

1050
00:58:34,280 --> 00:58:35,520
Speaker 1: in love with the players are going to fall in

1051
00:58:35,520 --> 00:58:37,640
Speaker 1: love with the game, Like how fast it is, how

1052
00:58:37,680 --> 00:58:40,320
Speaker 1: physical we are, Like there's just so many things about

1053
00:58:40,360 --> 00:58:42,200
Speaker 1: the sport that I'm like, how would you not love it?

1054
00:58:42,440 --> 00:58:47,280
Speaker 1: Like truly, we are jumping so high, we're all so graceful,

1055
00:58:47,320 --> 00:58:49,840
Speaker 1: we're all so strong, Like we're also strategic, Like there's

1056
00:58:49,880 --> 00:58:53,400
Speaker 1: so many this we're also beautiful, Like we're also jumping high.

1057
00:58:54,480 --> 00:59:02,040
Speaker 1: Product she's something super high. Like I remember so whenever

1058
00:59:02,200 --> 00:59:05,760
Speaker 1: we you know, first came first volleyball professionalllyball in the US,

1059
00:59:06,000 --> 00:59:09,040
Speaker 1: And I have some basketball friends that were like, oh

1060
00:59:09,120 --> 00:59:12,080
Speaker 1: my god, you guys are like crazy athletic and like

1061
00:59:12,160 --> 00:59:15,080
Speaker 1: you never you're so humble about it, and I'm like, yeah,

1062
00:59:15,560 --> 00:59:19,120
Speaker 1: I know, that's crazy. I mean, I'm teoting around horn

1063
00:59:19,200 --> 00:59:26,880
Speaker 1: like hard right now, I'm not for real, like we

1064
00:59:27,000 --> 00:59:30,040
Speaker 1: are kind of super human. I don't know. Yeah, there's

1065
00:59:30,080 --> 00:59:32,360
Speaker 1: a lot of super human volleyball players. It's pretty impressive.

1066
00:59:33,400 --> 00:59:35,120
Speaker 1: The fans are saying, oh, why are you have a

1067
00:59:35,120 --> 00:59:39,240
Speaker 1: women's league man's league, because some do it better. Hey, okay,

1068
00:59:39,320 --> 00:59:42,240
Speaker 1: put on the shirt. I will say. I love I

1069
00:59:42,320 --> 00:59:44,640
Speaker 1: love men's follyball. I learned a lot from men's allyball.

1070
00:59:44,760 --> 00:59:47,800
Speaker 1: So working at Pepperdine for that one year, I I

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Speaker 1: door men's alliball in the way that they're all super grateful.

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Speaker 1: We'll be there. I don't know if it was just

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Speaker 1: was like, why are you guys so happy all the time?

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Speaker 1: But a hormone is colorship, scholarship so and or they

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Speaker 1: get cut from programs, so they're just like yeah, and

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Speaker 1: they don't have a professional league here, but they like

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Speaker 1: just sattle that still play and it's it's a different game.

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Speaker 1: But I felt like I learned a lot because it's

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Speaker 1: a different game. And I was like Oh that's how

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Speaker 1: they gott how you hit it like? I can do

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Speaker 1: that too? But am I happy that women fall all

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Speaker 1: gets to pay the way? Yes? Agreed. Wow, this has

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Speaker 1: just been really great episode. Yeah all right, this has

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Speaker 1: been Serving Pancakes. I'm Maddie Kingdon. I'm on the cage.

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