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OneLegUpAlex Reacts to First St. John’s Tourney Win in 25 years 3-21-25 · OneLegUpAlex Media

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  Speaker 1: Here's your host, Alex Garren.
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  Speaker 2: All right, well, on the main channel today, we're gonna
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  Speaker 2: talk about why Saint John's winning their first tournament game
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  Speaker 2: since two thoy twenty five years is amplified because of
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  Speaker 2: the city, because of the borough they're in, and because
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  Speaker 2: of the sports landscape and specifically college sports landscape. Because
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  Speaker 2: I've been thinking about this last few minutes here, and
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  Speaker 2: the reason why I think this is so special for us,
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  Speaker 2: and I saw it at Queen's College too, is because the.
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  Speaker 1: Parents, the friends of the athletes, the brothers, the sisters,
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  Speaker 1: the siblings of.
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  Speaker 2: The athletes, the professors of the athletes in New York
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  Speaker 2: City alone, and of course Saint John's and yes a
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  Speaker 2: Queen's College when there you have success. Are I feel
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  Speaker 2: like so proud of these athletes more than any other
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  Speaker 2: territory or city in the country. I think why this
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  Speaker 2: is so specialist because we don't roll into these tournaments
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  Speaker 2: and think we are so special that we deserve to
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  Speaker 2: win this game or we deserve to be in.
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  Speaker 1: The final four. We fight for it.
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  Speaker 2: And isn't that the Borough of Queens and the borough
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  Speaker 2: and the city on the whole. We fight for what
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  Speaker 2: we deserve.
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  Speaker 1: And we earn it.
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  Speaker 2: Saint John's earned that title, they weren't given it. Saint
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  Speaker 2: John's fought for that tournament win last night. It wasn't
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  Speaker 2: easy some of the time against Omaha and the.
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  Speaker 1: Kids cheering out of their friends at the Students Center.
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  Speaker 1: How can you not love that?
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  Speaker 2: But there's the sense of pride because this city, like
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  Speaker 2: its people, aren't always an entitled bunch. We're not like
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  Speaker 2: the SEC and I'm sorry Duke fans. We're not like
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  Speaker 2: a Duke or North Carolina that say, well, we deserve
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  Speaker 2: to be here, We're gonna be here, We're gonna you know.
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  Speaker 1: We're always here.
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  Speaker 2: Saint John's is acting like they've never been here before,
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  Speaker 2: and it's true, in twenty five years they haven't. But
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  Speaker 2: that mentality is gonna go so far, so far, because
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  Speaker 2: when you act like you haven't been it makes it
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  Speaker 2: even more rewarding, it makes it even more determinating.
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  Speaker 1: Look at Bill's self in Kansas yesterday.
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  Speaker 2: They are always there, and somehow a lot of the
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  Speaker 2: time they're always out in the first or second round.
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  Speaker 2: And I don't understand it. And it's true, these tournament
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  Speaker 2: games are not guaranteed for anybody, but I think the
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  Speaker 2: air surrounding those other schools as oh, yeah, we're here.
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  Speaker 2: We deserve to be here, We deserve to get the calls. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 2: did you see how excited the Johnny's fan base was
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  Speaker 2: in Providence?
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  Speaker 1: The Johnny's cheer, the cheering for the Johnnies, the Rick
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  Speaker 1: Patino chance. Did you hear any of that last night?
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  Speaker 1: We're doing that because a part of.
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  Speaker 2: Us never feels like we are giving it.
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  Speaker 1: So when we earn it, the whole city earns it.
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  Speaker 2: That's right, when we earn as a city these tournament wins.
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  Speaker 2: There was Saint John's even.
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  Speaker 1: Across the river with Saint Peter's their.
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  Speaker 2: Run when sin Hall makes a run, When Seen Hall
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  Speaker 2: won the n T last year, look at that excitement
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  Speaker 2: that was brought to South Orange, New Jersey, and the
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  Speaker 2: parade and all that, which had a Kadari Richmond on it.
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  Speaker 2: By the way, these teams locally, we don't think we're
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  Speaker 2: the biggest shot on campus. We play to earn and
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  Speaker 2: win every game. This city is so motivated and surrounding
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  Speaker 2: Saint John's with so much love because we're all We've
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  Speaker 2: all been there to watch them get to this point.
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  Speaker 2: I'm a proud accepted student of Saint John's. I never
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  Speaker 2: was a student academically, but I'm proud to have been
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  Speaker 2: accepted by Saint John's and I'm proud to see the
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  Speaker 2: run thereon, just like I'm proud when I see Queen's
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  Speaker 2: College basketball go to the playoffs, because we got to
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  Speaker 2: support our local teams and we gotta act like we've
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  Speaker 2: never been there before. And Patino has this team humble.
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  Speaker 2: This team is humble, and every win's gonna be so sweet.
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  Speaker 2: You know why, because yeah, it happens every so often,
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  Speaker 2: but more so more so, we're a city that doesn't
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  Speaker 2: always feel and when it comes to sports.
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  Speaker 1: That we belong. I mean, yes, the Yankees.
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  Speaker 2: Are in the playoffs almost every year, but it's a
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  Speaker 2: fight to get to that postseason, isn't it.
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  Speaker 1: Same with the Rangers. Look at what they're struggling with
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  Speaker 1: right now. Look at the Knicks.
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  Speaker 2: They have their ups and downs. The Johnnies are bringing
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  Speaker 2: the city together. And as someone who's followed them and
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  Speaker 2: fell in love with that campus since I was about
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  Speaker 2: age fifteen or sixteen, going to student orientations and welcome
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  Speaker 2: and open houses.
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  Speaker 1: Oh my god, the open house my dad and I
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  Speaker 1: went to.
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  Speaker 2: This feels like a long time coming because this part
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  Speaker 2: of Queen's Jamaica Queens.
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  Speaker 1: Is a hotspot for winning.
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  Speaker 2: And I grew up in Jamaica Queens since I was
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  Speaker 2: age of ten, and having gotten to know some of
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  Speaker 2: the folks in Saint John's athletics, whether it was on
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  Speaker 2: a nine seven the answer over the years, or going
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  Speaker 2: on campus to watch games and all that, I'm so
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  Speaker 2: happy for them. I'm happy for the alumni of Saint
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  Speaker 2: John's too, David Oliva, my friend's kim Ber and Aaron
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  Speaker 2: from the dance team, Jess and Yvonne to other Saint
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  Speaker 2: John's gowns. I know this is a moment, but if
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  Speaker 2: you're connected with the community aj aj Panani as well,
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  Speaker 2: if you're connected with the Saint John's community, you know
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  Speaker 2: that we've all been waiting for this moment forever.
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  Speaker 1: We used to get so excited over a Saint John's
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  Speaker 1: win over Villadova.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, now we can get excited over a tournament win
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  Speaker 2: for the first time in twenty five years.
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  Speaker 1: What a change up. And yes, Patino deserving to have
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  Speaker 1: his name chaned.
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  Speaker 2: I kind of joke put up the statue already because
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  Speaker 2: he's made history even before reaching the final four, which
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  Speaker 2: I think they still can do. And even in his
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  Speaker 2: postgame press conference, you know, he was like.
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  Speaker 1: Well, you can't let.
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  Speaker 2: Cal Perry box you out like that, and he's already
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  Speaker 2: focused on defeating coach Cal and they just won their
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  Speaker 2: first tournament game in twenty five years. And his response is,
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  Speaker 2: we can't. We can't let coach Cal and Arkansas beat us.
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  Speaker 1: That's his first response. And I love that.
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  Speaker 2: I love how focus is. I love how focused he
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  Speaker 2: and Kadari have the team.
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  Speaker 1: But we're we're enjoying this.
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  Speaker 2: Because we're not one of those big schools that seems
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  Speaker 2: to make it every year.
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  Speaker 1: We're a school.
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  Speaker 2: And I'm not saying we because I'm part of Saint John's,
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  Speaker 2: but I'm saying we're as a city, and Saint John's
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  Speaker 2: is our school. This is a school that puts its
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  Speaker 2: head down and competes, and they don't always get the
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  Speaker 2: highlights every night, but they compete and they win, and
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  Speaker 2: now it's taking them to this big stage because they've
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  Speaker 2: deserved it, because they're not a team that seems to
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  Speaker 2: just be picked every year, even if someone else deserves
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  Speaker 2: to be there, this team deserves it their spot in
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  Speaker 2: the tournament, and they are proving that and the city
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  Speaker 2: is motivating them and pushing them to the next level.
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  Speaker 1: I think.
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  Speaker 2: And my hope is that this team just acts like
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  Speaker 2: they've been there with every win they've gotten and stays
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  Speaker 2: humble like that because this is uncharted territory for Saint
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  Speaker 2: John's program that has weighed twenty five years. Twenty five
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  Speaker 2: years for a tournament.
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  Speaker 1: W you know how.
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  Speaker 2: Wild that is. So let's soak it up and let's
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  Speaker 2: stay humble as a city and teach that humble to
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  Speaker 2: all the city schools and say, no, what, yeah, you're
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  Speaker 2: not a mid major team all the time. You're not
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  Speaker 2: the Dukes, the Uncs, the Gonzagas, if you will, the UCLA's.
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  Speaker 2: But we've got character. This city, this borough has character,
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  Speaker 2: and I think what Saint john is doing is emblementic of.
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  Speaker 1: The Borough of Queens.
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  Speaker 2: You know why, because there are so many hardworking New
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  Speaker 2: Yorkers in the Borough of Queens.
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  Speaker 1: It emulates.
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  Speaker 2: It's very similar, and that hard work it's not only
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  Speaker 2: paying off in the court, but in the court on
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  Speaker 2: the court, but in the culture of Saint John's and
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  Speaker 2: of Queens this borough. So let's keep staying humble, Let's
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  Speaker 2: keep working hard, Let's keep putting our head down and
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  Speaker 2: getting our own victories in our lives and earning everything
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  Speaker 2: we get.
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  Speaker 1: Because that's what Saint John's doing. They're earning it and
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  Speaker 1: they're not.
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  Speaker 2: Asking for any kind of respect or you know, showing
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  Speaker 2: off about it.
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  Speaker 1: They just putting their head down and going on to
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  Speaker 1: the next game. I think we can all learn from that.
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  Speaker 2: So, yes, what Saint John's Runner is about is more
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  Speaker 2: than just basketball. It's about a borough that fights tooth
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  Speaker 2: and nail and works hard every day to keep New York.
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  Speaker 1: City going and to keep the members of Queen's the
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  Speaker 1: Borough of Queen's going.
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  Speaker 2: And that's why, to me, this run is so important
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  Speaker 2: and special, cause it's emblematic. It's emblematic of the hard
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  Speaker 2: working members, citizens and residents of the.
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  Speaker 1: Borough of Queens Go Johnny's Go, as Chuck Berry would sing.