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Speaker 1: it going. I'm going pretty well. Uh, you know, just

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Speaker 1: picking elive brain, um, picking the coach's brain. UM, watching film, Uh,

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Speaker 1: picking trees brain. Um. He does a really good job

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Speaker 1: me that I'm not used to seeing, I can go

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Speaker 1: trying to elevate my game in the area. We can

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Speaker 1: that just you being more comfortable Were you doing it

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Speaker 1: me just being a little more comfortable, you know. Um,

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Speaker 1: go and gainst another team. What even though you have

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Speaker 1: like when I'm saying I'm asserting myself into that role,

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Speaker 1: Know there's mostiple of us. UM. We all lead in

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