WEBVTT - Getting Real with Molly McCage 0:00:00.040 --> 0:00:02.360 Should we hit the beat? I gotta to think of 0:00:02.400 --> 0:00:02.840 a new beat. 0:00:02.880 --> 0:00:16.919 I always go, this is it's really real serving? 0:00:37.640 --> 0:00:43.159 Well, I'm just serving pancakes. Yeah, I'm Maddie King and 0:00:43.200 --> 0:00:49.720 this is our guest, Mollie McKay original m B And 0:00:49.760 --> 0:00:51.720 what's an m B U For those of us that 0:00:51.920 --> 0:00:54.200 don't know, I do know, but you've got to tell 0:00:54.240 --> 0:00:58.520 the people. It's a Metal Blocker University n O G members. 0:00:58.800 --> 0:00:59.520 She can't be the U. 0:01:00.360 --> 0:01:03.640 I'm the big Oh you were I was just trying 0:01:03.680 --> 0:01:12.440 to that's a really good I'm pretty good. Wait wait anyways, okay, 0:01:12.480 --> 0:01:14.120 so maybe have Molly the cage? Do you want to 0:01:14.160 --> 0:01:18.080 share her accolades? Did you know all this? You know? 0:01:18.400 --> 0:01:28.399 This is prime time, all all all American. Yeah, also 0:01:28.640 --> 0:01:33.240 very sport. I don't even do that. And also that tread. 0:01:35.080 --> 0:01:38.200 I've actually known Molly for a very long time. You 0:01:38.240 --> 0:01:39.800 all know how she gets. 0:01:42.360 --> 0:01:44.560 I've been on a very long time, and honestly, I 0:01:44.640 --> 0:01:46.760 just I just been playing with her for a while. 0:01:46.560 --> 0:01:48.480 And I just had to come up with epiphany in 0:01:48.480 --> 0:01:49.960 this past week. Like you know, I've done her for 0:01:50.520 --> 0:01:53.400 since high school. You know when you have high school? Yeah, 0:01:53.480 --> 0:01:59.560 she had a bob brace calling me Bob. So it's 0:01:59.560 --> 0:02:00.400 such a full a moment. 0:02:00.480 --> 0:02:05.440 You will see Molly in this beautiful spiritual body that 0:02:05.520 --> 0:02:08.239 she's in and see how much she's grown. And I'm 0:02:08.280 --> 0:02:09.600 just so proud of you and I love you so much. 0:02:09.600 --> 0:02:11.840 Ago that for sure, and welcome to our banks. We're 0:02:11.880 --> 0:02:13.440 happy to have you. 0:02:13.320 --> 0:02:16.680 You am I going to cry probably how many time 0:02:16.720 --> 0:02:18.320 while I'm gonna cry because she probably wild. 0:02:18.440 --> 0:02:20.880 You can't cry because I'm I'm like, I'm a self 0:02:20.960 --> 0:02:24.000 diagnosed contact crier. So other people cry, I start crying 0:02:24.040 --> 0:02:26.440 even if I don't know what's going on because I 0:02:26.480 --> 0:02:31.480 cry first. Non So you all, we're going to hit 0:02:31.480 --> 0:02:33.720 you with some fast hit questions just to kind of 0:02:33.880 --> 0:02:36.239 keep the light symbol and get you going Instagram pancakes. 0:02:36.320 --> 0:02:39.680 Are you ready? Yes? Party, I'm not cheating. 0:02:40.240 --> 0:02:43.480 If someone described long the cage energy in one sentence, 0:02:43.720 --> 0:02:45.080 what would you hope they would say? 0:02:45.960 --> 0:02:58.800 Hi, big one? You know, I think I have like 0:02:59.320 --> 0:03:02.760 slip personal disorder. No, I'm kidding. I think off the court, 0:03:02.800 --> 0:03:07.880 I'm quite light in, giggly and hopefully relatable. But then 0:03:07.960 --> 0:03:11.520 on the court I get ritzy, fear and intense. I 0:03:11.560 --> 0:03:13.960 get after it and like, like my life depends on it, 0:03:14.000 --> 0:03:15.280 like it's my job, I guess. 0:03:15.080 --> 0:03:18.800 But it's like an alter ego, Like Mollie's definitely so 0:03:18.840 --> 0:03:20.639 different like off the court that she's on the court. 0:03:20.680 --> 0:03:22.560 You have an alter you go name like I'm Mom 0:03:22.600 --> 0:03:25.840 the Kate off the court, big dog, the k Dog. 0:03:26.120 --> 0:03:30.760 So my legal name actually just changed it to Mollie, 0:03:30.120 --> 0:03:32.840 like I've gotten that Molly my entire life. But like 0:03:33.040 --> 0:03:37.560 government name is now Molly. It used to be Mallory, 0:03:37.600 --> 0:03:41.600 So maybe it's Mallory that like shows herself on the court. 0:03:41.720 --> 0:03:44.120 It's like a scar girl. Yeah, so this is not 0:03:44.160 --> 0:03:48.640 a quick rapid they're quick hits, but they're just like that. 0:03:49.160 --> 0:03:51.400 Okay, if your team at Texas when you guys were 0:03:51.400 --> 0:03:53.360 there had to show a reality show. 0:03:53.240 --> 0:03:56.680 What would it be called Longhorns Club? Bad Girls Club? 0:03:56.720 --> 0:04:02.640 It No, that's really good. I think that's great. Real 0:04:02.920 --> 0:04:06.520 Bad Girls of Austin, Texas. 0:04:08.080 --> 0:04:12.520 We gave like like royalty that made sense, like you know, 0:04:12.640 --> 0:04:14.840 you have like no off instead of sports out there, 0:04:14.880 --> 0:04:17.839 but you had like you know, the soccer players and 0:04:17.880 --> 0:04:20.359 you have the softball players, which is fine, but like 0:04:20.480 --> 0:04:22.000 you know, we went out downtown. 0:04:22.440 --> 0:04:25.159 It was like, oh my god, you think that persists. 0:04:25.240 --> 0:04:28.600 Now you guys have I feel like Tone was a celebrity, 0:04:28.600 --> 0:04:29.520 I know't Texas. 0:04:29.560 --> 0:04:31.800 That's how I feel. That's how I feel too. I 0:04:31.839 --> 0:04:34.800 think that we made Texas volleyball school. Yeah I would 0:04:34.839 --> 0:04:37.880 say that, and it's so I need to be. But 0:04:38.600 --> 0:04:41.560 what's done it? I was like, yeah, I can't go 0:04:41.640 --> 0:04:45.120 get him. Everyone's bad. 0:04:46.640 --> 0:04:49.520 What's one thing that keeps you grounded no matter how 0:04:49.560 --> 0:04:52.280 crazy life gets? 0:04:54.200 --> 0:04:57.160 Yeah, I have some amazing people, and you guys could it. 0:04:57.240 --> 0:05:02.719 And it's honestly, I I lean on my friends a ton, 0:05:03.240 --> 0:05:06.080 to the point where maybe sometimes I'm like, I just 0:05:06.120 --> 0:05:10.320 tell my therapistiness anyways, but I really do just have 0:05:10.480 --> 0:05:13.240 like solid rockstar people in my life, and I like 0:05:13.400 --> 0:05:16.600 make that intention of mine and so the people in 0:05:16.640 --> 0:05:19.080 my life keep me grounded. And life can get crazy, 0:05:19.160 --> 0:05:23.039 as you guys know, but I very much lean on 0:05:23.080 --> 0:05:23.960 the people around me. 0:05:24.279 --> 0:05:25.760 With that being said, like, what are the things that 0:05:25.760 --> 0:05:28.480 you learned obviously playing the sport and on the court 0:05:28.480 --> 0:05:30.880 that you're applying to your life and in yourself outside 0:05:30.920 --> 0:05:31.760 the court in what. 0:05:31.720 --> 0:05:34.560 Way when you like what I've learned through visiting or 0:05:34.640 --> 0:05:37.240 just like you know, having a certain mentality of going 0:05:37.279 --> 0:05:39.840 off into the world world and applying that yet oh 0:05:39.920 --> 0:05:42.400 for sure, So it's I mean I've had a real 0:05:42.480 --> 0:05:47.280 adult job before. What was it? I was directing of operations. 0:05:54.480 --> 0:05:59.640 I had to get several jobs, but a director of 0:05:59.680 --> 0:06:02.800 operations for the men's Libel team of Pepperdine. I have 0:06:03.000 --> 0:06:06.560 worked at two different startups. As a marketing coordinator, I 0:06:06.640 --> 0:06:09.080 worked at a house plant shop. I was also the 0:06:09.080 --> 0:06:13.520 player player coordinator for Athletes Unlimited all the time and 0:06:13.680 --> 0:06:16.440 what else. I've done various odd jobs for AU in 0:06:16.560 --> 0:06:22.480 different regards. So but as a professional volleyball player, I 0:06:22.560 --> 0:06:24.600 very much take all of the skills in terms of 0:06:25.400 --> 0:06:28.159 I think we are over communicators. That's ingrained in us 0:06:28.200 --> 0:06:31.640 as bollyball players, and it's me when somebody isn't constantly 0:06:31.640 --> 0:06:34.640 communicating as well, and like eye contact and touch is 0:06:34.720 --> 0:06:39.560 actually like scientifically so proven to like expedite relationships interest 0:06:40.160 --> 0:06:42.839 and that's something I think I speak over to like 0:06:42.880 --> 0:06:46.240 the corporate world of like we need constant like even 0:06:46.320 --> 0:06:50.359 if it's not workoated, so like the bands for the jokes, 0:06:50.400 --> 0:06:52.400 the giggles of just like hey, let's catch up for 0:06:52.400 --> 0:06:55.159 an hour and instead of like actually talking about work, 0:06:55.200 --> 0:06:57.000 like sometimes that's more important than that work. 0:06:56.880 --> 0:07:00.600 Stuff truly, so keeping up same aspect to like when 0:07:00.640 --> 0:07:02.520 you meet the new team, where you start a new year, 0:07:02.640 --> 0:07:04.920 like going off the court and getting coffee and doing 0:07:04.920 --> 0:07:06.680 stuff outside of volleyball so much. 0:07:06.839 --> 0:07:12.960 Yeah, what does it mean right now? Couple jobs? Like 0:07:13.040 --> 0:07:16.280 you know, volleyball, you're back, I would say, your pride 0:07:16.360 --> 0:07:16.680 right now? 0:07:16.840 --> 0:07:25.680 Yeah for real, I would agree, great, starting is killing it? 0:07:25.920 --> 0:07:28.960 Like what does it mean just being who you are now? 0:07:30.040 --> 0:07:33.720 Thank you for saying that. I think we needed. I 0:07:33.800 --> 0:07:35.880 needed a little gut check and maybe it comes at 0:07:35.880 --> 0:07:39.680 different times in people's lives, but having the perspective of like, 0:07:39.760 --> 0:07:43.440 well it could be different and coming back and being 0:07:43.480 --> 0:07:45.600 like I am so grateful for this sport. I'm grateful 0:07:45.600 --> 0:07:49.480 for people around me. Our job is crazy amazing, Like 0:07:49.640 --> 0:07:53.080 our hours are great. Obviously travel you know whatever, at 0:07:53.200 --> 0:07:55.680 least you get to see people in travel. I think 0:07:55.760 --> 0:07:58.680 that this one's a huge one for me. I know 0:07:58.720 --> 0:08:00.440 that I have a clock, like we all kind of do, 0:08:00.680 --> 0:08:02.360 you know. So I'm just trying to milk it for 0:08:02.440 --> 0:08:06.600 what it's worth, and especially having League one, like playing 0:08:06.640 --> 0:08:09.080 here in the States is a huge, huge deal, and 0:08:09.120 --> 0:08:11.880 I the benefits that we received from this I think 0:08:11.960 --> 0:08:14.480 like this platform right now is a benefit, you know, 0:08:14.520 --> 0:08:17.640 and sharing our stories is something that we weren't really 0:08:17.640 --> 0:08:20.080 able to do and we were overseas and the frigid cold, 0:08:20.160 --> 0:08:22.520 like you know, we didn't have that kind of stage 0:08:22.560 --> 0:08:24.920 and that's something that's super fulfilling for me as well. 0:08:25.040 --> 0:08:29.480 So coming back and being grateful helps with my discipline 0:08:30.800 --> 0:08:35.040 and just knowing that it's leading. It truly is scary, 0:08:35.440 --> 0:08:38.839 but like that keeps it fun. Yeah, but doesn't it 0:08:38.920 --> 0:08:40.599 kind of help you show up every single day? We 0:08:40.760 --> 0:08:42.320 were like, wow, I don't know how the years I 0:08:42.320 --> 0:08:43.840 have left, Like I know, I'm at the tail end 0:08:43.880 --> 0:08:47.040 of my career technically, like I have less years left 0:08:47.040 --> 0:08:48.920 in me than like water behind me. And I'm like 0:08:49.400 --> 0:08:51.520 every day on the court, I'm like this, I don't 0:08:51.520 --> 0:08:53.040 even know when my last day will be, Like I'm 0:08:53.040 --> 0:08:55.560 going to treat it like this last also, like we 0:08:55.720 --> 0:08:58.480 just know what works now. Yeah, we have tried many 0:08:58.520 --> 0:09:01.920 things that didn't work, and so now I like, have 0:09:02.000 --> 0:09:03.880 we talked about this? Whenever? You know, a young man 0:09:03.920 --> 0:09:05.520 of Walker's like, hey, what can I do? And I 0:09:05.800 --> 0:09:07.440 can tell you all the things, but it kind of 0:09:07.520 --> 0:09:10.559 is just reps. Yeah, you just got to learn on it. 0:09:10.679 --> 0:09:13.520 Some things on your eyes. Yeah, yeah, yeah, it takes 0:09:13.520 --> 0:09:15.840 time to get good to your craft. We put in 0:09:15.880 --> 0:09:18.840 some time, very long time. I like this one. 0:09:18.920 --> 0:09:21.880 How has your definition of success changed from when you 0:09:21.880 --> 0:09:23.400 were at Texas until now? 0:09:23.800 --> 0:09:27.520 Oh, just a really good one. I think at that 0:09:27.600 --> 0:09:29.319 age I was chasing cloud. 0:09:33.120 --> 0:09:33.280 That. 0:09:34.160 --> 0:09:36.719 Yeah, I think, I mean all of the accolades and 0:09:36.800 --> 0:09:39.760 like championships meant that you were a great vollball player. 0:09:40.280 --> 0:09:42.079 And now I just know I'm a great level player. 0:09:42.200 --> 0:09:44.360 I don't need the athletes. That's very surprising. I would 0:09:44.360 --> 0:09:48.920 never you never did with you to me what I 0:09:49.160 --> 0:09:51.360 want to me, like us being in the same position 0:09:51.400 --> 0:09:52.240 and I was older than you. 0:09:52.400 --> 0:09:54.640 I felt like you were just trying to chasing to 0:09:54.679 --> 0:09:56.800 be better, you know, And that's so much respected to 0:09:56.920 --> 0:09:57.960 Like I didn't even know. 0:09:58.000 --> 0:10:01.040 That a better trophy. Yeah, yeah, I I think I 0:10:01.120 --> 0:10:03.480 want to. I'm not like like as a team like 0:10:03.520 --> 0:10:05.840 I wanted to be part of like the winning team, 0:10:06.400 --> 0:10:08.640 you know, Like I didn't think that all American was 0:10:08.640 --> 0:10:10.320 in the part to me because the team that I 0:10:10.360 --> 0:10:13.640 was on all Americans, So I was like just here 0:10:13.679 --> 0:10:15.840 for the ride and I want to win with them. 0:10:16.200 --> 0:10:18.360 And so it was an extra bonus to get all 0:10:18.400 --> 0:10:20.720 American awards for sure, But I think I was like 0:10:20.880 --> 0:10:25.640 I want so badly to win and winning now just 0:10:25.720 --> 0:10:28.720 being like doing your best and giving what you have 0:10:29.360 --> 0:10:30.640 and it doesn't define me. 0:10:32.440 --> 0:10:34.880 Yeah, what moment in your volleyball career may be the 0:10:34.960 --> 0:10:36.640 most proud of the WOK to come. 0:10:37.320 --> 0:10:55.280 Yeah, no emotional day, I think your times. You know, 0:10:55.360 --> 0:10:59.880 my path is kind of scarly. You're actually really drawing. 0:11:00.040 --> 0:11:02.960 I know, as you guys know, my path has been 0:11:03.000 --> 0:11:07.680 a little weird. And I stopped and retired and at 0:11:07.720 --> 0:11:09.800 a life crisis and then came back and was like 0:11:10.640 --> 0:11:13.920 am I still good enough to do this? And over 0:11:14.080 --> 0:11:17.000 time I was like, okay, maybe sure, like I still 0:11:17.040 --> 0:11:18.840 want this, but I don't know if it wants me. 0:11:19.160 --> 0:11:22.640 And then slowly over time I was like, Okay, I 0:11:22.679 --> 0:11:25.200 think that I deserve to be here. I think I'm 0:11:25.840 --> 0:11:30.800 always struggled with confidence and like, am I worthy enough 0:11:30.840 --> 0:11:33.680 to be on this team? Do I deserve a spot? 0:11:33.720 --> 0:11:36.400 And then now changing right now, like there's so many 0:11:37.600 --> 0:11:41.200 serious but that too is hard too to be question 0:11:41.800 --> 0:11:44.959 and you'd every single day yeah, and you already do 0:11:45.040 --> 0:11:49.640 that to yourself. So being your own cheerleader and You've 0:11:49.640 --> 0:11:52.640 taught me this many many times. Being your own cheerleader 0:11:52.679 --> 0:11:55.120 is the most important. So maybe it wasn't a moment, 0:11:56.960 --> 0:12:00.079 but it was like a little tiny success is that 0:12:00.120 --> 0:12:03.960 I would get coming back again and being like, oh, 0:12:04.160 --> 0:12:06.600 this is where I'm supposed to be. I wasn't supposed 0:12:06.600 --> 0:12:08.600 to retire earlier, was supposed to come back and enjoy this, 0:12:08.640 --> 0:12:11.640 and I am worthy of the successes that I've worked 0:12:11.679 --> 0:12:14.800 hard for. Yeah, I think, especially as. 0:12:17.200 --> 0:12:20.480 It's always so hard to hear her saying things about herself, 0:12:20.480 --> 0:12:22.840 because like I always like, I wish you could see 0:12:22.920 --> 0:12:24.720 yourself how I see you. 0:12:25.120 --> 0:12:28.600 I'm like, of course you're you're so great, Like what 0:12:28.720 --> 0:12:29.280 look at you? 0:12:29.480 --> 0:12:32.800 Like you've been confidence, you're beautiful, you're outgoing, you're tall. 0:12:33.360 --> 0:12:36.280 Every room you walk in, everyone gravitates to you, you say, 0:12:36.360 --> 0:12:39.559 every room that you're in, And I think it's I 0:12:40.280 --> 0:12:41.920 always want to read that into you, and just like, 0:12:42.200 --> 0:12:44.360 of course you're meant to be here, like you right now, 0:12:44.360 --> 0:12:46.319 what you're doing is legally And second, I believe you're 0:12:46.320 --> 0:12:50.600 moving the way you're moving like I'm shocked, insane, lights 0:12:50.640 --> 0:12:53.240 out like a. 0:12:53.480 --> 0:12:55.200 Lad, like the gym one of you, and like whatever 0:12:55.280 --> 0:12:55.800 moment you're in. 0:12:55.880 --> 0:12:57.160 Just know that you're meant to be there and like 0:12:57.240 --> 0:12:59.880 this is you are in your moment right now and 0:13:00.160 --> 0:13:01.400 so much It's gonna get so much better. 0:13:01.440 --> 0:13:06.040 Toss. I love you so much too. See people, what 0:13:06.040 --> 0:13:11.240 we're talking about. Get real friends. That's the problem. Support women, 0:13:11.360 --> 0:13:17.280 Get friends, mary Win, Okay, what this is going to be? 0:13:20.080 --> 0:13:22.520 What's one thing the younger version of you would be 0:13:22.559 --> 0:13:28.760 shocked to know about your life today? Maybe sorry, we're 0:13:28.840 --> 0:13:31.800 so good at coming up with questions. You had odd 0:13:31.880 --> 0:13:34.800 jobs and you came that one. You could be a 0:13:34.840 --> 0:13:37.520 professionalball player. That's that's a crazy thought, like I could 0:13:37.520 --> 0:13:40.360 do this for a living. That you would be in 0:13:40.360 --> 0:13:43.920 the point zero zero one percent of the sport. So 0:13:44.240 --> 0:13:46.319 I mean thank you whenever we first right out. I 0:13:46.320 --> 0:13:49.720 don't know about you guys, but I was laughably terrible. 0:13:50.120 --> 0:13:52.200 I was on the B team in middle school. I 0:13:52.200 --> 0:13:58.120 couldn't serve over the bar. Yes, in the middle crazy. 0:13:58.200 --> 0:14:09.000 It is middle ber It's so set up. That's why 0:14:09.280 --> 0:14:17.280 you know. Anyway, Oh gosh, I think yeah that she 0:14:19.440 --> 0:14:23.480 that she chose a path and it was super not linear, 0:14:23.800 --> 0:14:26.960 but then she persevered. Anyways, I think she would have 0:14:27.000 --> 0:14:31.000 been proud of the fact that I chose a hard 0:14:31.040 --> 0:14:34.920 pass sometimes on purpose. I think she would have proud 0:14:34.960 --> 0:14:38.560 that she gets to giggle and laugh every single day. Seriously, 0:14:39.240 --> 0:14:50.040 I think proud of her sense of style. Now me, 0:14:53.560 --> 0:14:56.400 I would love to I will. I will tell anybody 0:14:56.480 --> 0:14:58.200 that that is my if we go shopping, that is 0:14:58.240 --> 0:15:03.040 my love language. Let's go shopping ready and spend my money. Yes, 0:15:03.960 --> 0:15:06.880 do you want to spend money? Spend love money on 0:15:07.000 --> 0:15:11.120 close to pick up for me? Yeah, you can make them. Okay, 0:15:11.160 --> 0:15:13.920 what's one thing you still quote from Jared Elliott's practices? 0:15:14.760 --> 0:15:17.200 You still like? I still think it still in there. 0:15:17.920 --> 0:15:25.840 I think it's the middle. I think about this. I know, 0:15:26.000 --> 0:15:30.920 but back we don't have especially because we have nb 0:15:31.000 --> 0:15:34.840 as on our team. However, he would always he would 0:15:34.880 --> 0:15:36.240 have with us sometimes. 0:15:36.600 --> 0:15:46.720 Oh the court, there. 0:15:46.240 --> 0:15:50.240 Was barely grazing over the it was just going point 0:15:51.480 --> 0:15:57.080 credit card. No, but he would was like, here's a 0:15:57.160 --> 0:16:00.800 rich and so I always think of like my shots, 0:16:00.840 --> 0:16:03.440 like my shot book needs to be more because it's 0:16:03.520 --> 0:16:05.520 like I need to be able to use my arms 0:16:05.520 --> 0:16:10.160 saying but also my wrist. I think woman up. He 0:16:10.240 --> 0:16:15.560 always tells the woman and the man out there and 0:16:16.160 --> 0:16:21.000 sorry a bitch. Oh okay, yea. Honestly, if I had 0:16:21.000 --> 0:16:22.920 to be back to Texas when I was playing it 0:16:22.960 --> 0:16:29.000 to you guys, I'd be like, that's a tea. Yeah, 0:16:29.320 --> 0:16:35.280 I don't know, that's the very songs like that whole thing. 0:16:35.640 --> 0:16:38.120 And then after the game you had you were wearing 0:16:38.240 --> 0:16:43.200 like a what are like a striped and you were 0:16:43.200 --> 0:16:44.800 sitting in the stands of the hood just like this. 0:16:45.200 --> 0:16:47.520 I was like, and I saw this woman in a 0:16:47.560 --> 0:16:51.480 dark alley, I would not want to I was, I'm 0:16:51.520 --> 0:16:55.560 going to be her best friend. Let's be Bessie later. 0:16:55.680 --> 0:16:59.040 Yeah, what's the last thing in Google? 0:16:59.400 --> 0:17:07.560 Honestly flights to California? But we don't we do excellent? 0:17:09.240 --> 0:17:12.800 What do you have? Actually? Hate hidden talent? 0:17:13.560 --> 0:17:13.879 Oh? 0:17:15.080 --> 0:17:17.840 I always say I can do the worm right now? 0:17:21.280 --> 0:17:24.520 You really lived her up. And I love being in Texas. 0:17:24.920 --> 0:17:28.639 I learned how to dance from the But like you 0:17:28.640 --> 0:17:31.840 were doing the worm in the club or some time, 0:17:34.800 --> 0:17:39.919 you know, times be one at all the browntime you 0:17:40.000 --> 0:17:43.639 do like the slips in a bar in the last years. 0:17:43.720 --> 0:17:52.440 It's actually almost will always be there right leg were 0:17:52.480 --> 0:17:56.639 playing at Texas right now, say that or not? But 0:17:58.119 --> 0:18:01.240 we it was we got back to the game. I 0:18:01.320 --> 0:18:03.640 was Clebate Halloween, but we'd have costumes. What we did 0:18:03.800 --> 0:18:05.840 was we wore wore up. 0:18:07.760 --> 0:18:09.639 And we all had bought like a group of like 0:18:09.880 --> 0:18:12.840 we were like masks and we literally walked around on campus, 0:18:12.880 --> 0:18:15.320 which is like the nice part of like the campers 0:18:15.359 --> 0:18:18.680 were Lincoln and we were like hopping over cards. 0:18:18.720 --> 0:18:21.280 We were entering people's like random parties and what is 0:18:21.320 --> 0:18:24.520 it called a flash mob? Yeah, it was whenever the 0:18:24.600 --> 0:18:27.280 Purge came out, That's what it was. 0:18:26.720 --> 0:18:29.359 And all these tall girls with these masks on and 0:18:29.400 --> 0:18:32.320 we walked into Rand's houses an apartment and like line 0:18:32.359 --> 0:18:34.919 up like five six seven, and that would hit a 0:18:35.000 --> 0:18:37.080 move and then they was at the same move and. 0:18:37.000 --> 0:18:39.320 We was just and when we recorded, like hey we 0:18:39.560 --> 0:18:46.560 just leave and oh yeah, can you imagine? That was 0:18:46.600 --> 0:18:49.199 on TikTok and they're like tas volleyball team. We went 0:18:49.280 --> 0:18:56.440 in my room. Yeah all right, what's something you unlearned 0:18:56.600 --> 0:18:58.840 that made you a better athlete? I used to be 0:18:58.880 --> 0:19:02.560 obsessed with stats, and now I don't really look at them. 0:19:02.760 --> 0:19:04.560 I mean, yes, we're like okay, you know in the 0:19:04.600 --> 0:19:08.640 leader workop set like there I am, but after games, 0:19:08.760 --> 0:19:11.760 I am way less success I was. I was really 0:19:11.880 --> 0:19:14.119 going through in college, I was like, because year it 0:19:14.119 --> 0:19:15.720 would be like you have to get this certain amount 0:19:15.760 --> 0:19:17.199 to play, and I'd be like, okay, well I have 0:19:17.280 --> 0:19:20.080 to get this hitting percentage. And that made me like 0:19:20.160 --> 0:19:22.560 tense up and lock up. And now I'm like, did 0:19:22.600 --> 0:19:24.960 it feel good? I have a relationship with my setter? 0:19:25.359 --> 0:19:34.560 Do they need to be more for me? What's a 0:19:34.600 --> 0:19:36.720 story about your career that you never get asked about 0:19:36.800 --> 0:19:40.920 but wish people know? If you not want the story 0:19:40.920 --> 0:19:44.439 about my career your injury, want to oh yeah, you 0:19:44.440 --> 0:19:48.240 were there for that. So I played for another week 0:19:48.560 --> 0:19:52.399 and recently and I went through an injury and that 0:19:52.480 --> 0:19:54.520 was the first time in a long time that I 0:19:54.560 --> 0:19:56.800 experienced an injury. Like I've had some finger surgeries, but 0:19:56.880 --> 0:19:59.520 like other than that, like I've been pretty healthy. 0:20:00.160 --> 0:20:02.919 Something almost like out of control of everybody, you know, 0:20:02.960 --> 0:20:04.800 I mean, like, yeah, really figure out what was wrong, 0:20:04.880 --> 0:20:06.320 and like ortunally knew what we. 0:20:06.280 --> 0:20:08.720 Were feeling with you. And when I really experienced your 0:20:08.720 --> 0:20:12.200 experience with so not being injured and then being injured 0:20:12.240 --> 0:20:14.760 it nobody could figure out what it was. So my 0:20:14.920 --> 0:20:17.159 left leg outside of my left knee, I was just 0:20:17.200 --> 0:20:21.120 experiencing pain and I couldn't get off the ground. And 0:20:21.320 --> 0:20:23.840 while they're like all R, let's get them right, there 0:20:23.920 --> 0:20:29.080 was like normal things that are you know, like I 0:20:29.119 --> 0:20:33.720 should be functional. I shouldn't be like losing activation. And 0:20:34.000 --> 0:20:37.639 it took like give me the whole thing. Yes, I 0:20:37.680 --> 0:20:39.160 did the rest of the season because I could figure 0:20:39.200 --> 0:20:41.359 it out. The rest of the summer, I was on 0:20:41.400 --> 0:20:43.800 my own, just going to different like chiropractors and pps 0:20:43.800 --> 0:20:46.240 and being like, hey, can you help me? And then 0:20:46.440 --> 0:20:48.640 we finally figured out what it was. But it took 0:20:48.720 --> 0:20:53.040 like eight nine months. And so I had the L 0:20:53.080 --> 0:20:55.200 five S one here neated in my back and so 0:20:55.280 --> 0:20:58.439 I was hitting them and sending pain signals down my 0:20:58.520 --> 0:21:01.879 left leg. Yeah, nothing is activating because that nerve was 0:21:01.960 --> 0:21:05.160 just like so I finally got a corn zone shot 0:21:06.000 --> 0:21:09.600 in Austin and that helped so much. It was just 0:21:09.760 --> 0:21:13.920 inflamed that little ten spot. Hadn't that nerve crazy? It's crazy, 0:21:14.000 --> 0:21:16.000 like it's really that it hurts your back. 0:21:16.400 --> 0:21:20.080 Went back through the championship game in twenty twelve, and 0:21:20.200 --> 0:21:23.040 it was also sitting on that nerve like I thought 0:21:23.080 --> 0:21:24.920 that was going the literatly every time I said up 0:21:25.240 --> 0:21:27.240 and I'm really girl, this up bad? 0:21:27.240 --> 0:21:32.840 It was like, it was no, that's scarce. It was crazy. 0:21:33.359 --> 0:21:38.120 You got a woman up all right, last quick one 0:21:38.359 --> 0:21:46.280 which haven't been quick? Now? What quality value most anybody 0:21:46.320 --> 0:21:53.800 on that? Yeah, I don't know. Anyway, I can't. I can't. 0:21:54.320 --> 0:21:58.880 Yeah, Okay, now to the beginning of time switching gear 0:22:00.240 --> 0:22:01.879 where Texas? 0:22:02.040 --> 0:22:04.679 Okay, yeah, but we're got to go even more back. Okay, 0:22:05.760 --> 0:22:24.320 there we go. The season would never beat us. I know, 0:22:24.600 --> 0:22:26.800 I know, I know, I get it. Anyway, where did 0:22:26.840 --> 0:22:33.040 you grow up? You say? I grew up in a 0:22:33.080 --> 0:22:36.679 suburb of Chicago. Actually I moved to Texas where I 0:22:36.720 --> 0:22:40.360 was ten, I know. So we lived outside of Houston, 0:22:40.680 --> 0:22:44.159 another suburb, yep Age Town, and then I got a 0:22:44.200 --> 0:22:46.760 crewer to go to Texas. But I started playing volleyball 0:22:46.920 --> 0:22:52.560 at age thirteen club volleyball fourteenth year, and I begged 0:22:52.560 --> 0:22:54.200 my parents to stop take me to practice because I 0:22:54.240 --> 0:22:57.120 was so bad. I was like this, I'm embarrassed, I'm 0:22:57.440 --> 0:23:00.359 other things like I was decent at basketball, is decent 0:23:00.480 --> 0:23:04.439 swimming volleyball I was I far the worst at and 0:23:04.480 --> 0:23:07.159 my club coach was like, if you quit, like I 0:23:07.200 --> 0:23:09.679 will make you come to practice, like you will have to. 0:23:09.880 --> 0:23:11.800 I remember them saying you'll have to fry or out 0:23:11.800 --> 0:23:15.440 of my cool dead hands. And then I stuck with it, regrettingly, 0:23:16.160 --> 0:23:24.080 and so the drive. Yes. So my senior year, the 0:23:24.119 --> 0:23:26.359 club's in Houston were kind of all over the place 0:23:26.440 --> 0:23:29.200 like they were folding, and a lot of new clubs 0:23:29.200 --> 0:23:32.080 are happening. So the best club in Texas at the 0:23:32.119 --> 0:23:35.320 time was Austin Juniors, and so my parents it was 0:23:35.320 --> 0:23:37.760 their idea. Actually, they were like, what if we played 0:23:38.040 --> 0:23:40.600 for Austin Juniors senior y and we drove every Sunday 0:23:40.720 --> 0:23:44.840 for two and a half hours. Whoa, yeah, two days. 0:23:44.840 --> 0:23:46.800 So I played for Austin Junior nteans here, which is 0:23:46.800 --> 0:23:49.160 super cool because now we practiced at Austin. 0:23:48.960 --> 0:23:54.960 Juniors and your pictures up there, I know definite. Were 0:23:55.000 --> 0:23:57.280 you scared that you wouldn't figure it out? Did you 0:23:57.320 --> 0:23:58.560 start thinking about. 0:23:58.400 --> 0:24:02.520 What your future would look like you couldn't play again injury? Yeah? Oh, 0:24:03.400 --> 0:24:06.600 more odd jobs in your future may Surprisingly, No, I 0:24:06.680 --> 0:24:08.600 was so adamant of it, about being like, we're going 0:24:08.640 --> 0:24:11.480