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Mentally Strong NASCAR Drivers & Denny Hamlin's Childhood | Coffee With Kenny · Kenny Wallace Media

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  Happy Monday morning, everybody. Denny Hamlin said that he would
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  be in his childhood bedroom and he would listen to his mother
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  and father go at it. The mom or dad would say we
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  can't spend any more money on Denny, and the mom or dad would
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  say just just a little bit more money on Denny.
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  That is the story that Denny Hamlin told in the media room
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  after he won his 60th NASCAR Cup race, which put him 10th all
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  time. So as you figured out by now,
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  today's coffee with Kenny is going to be about Denny Hamlin.
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  Denny Hamlin started crying after he won his 60th NASCAR Cup
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  race, and rightfully so out in Vegas, because Danny likes to
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  gamble. How about last year when Denny
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  Hamlin won hundreds of thousands of dollars on the spots?
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  Danny and his friend Michael Jordan, they love gambling.
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  So sixty wins, top 10. I think.
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  What's incredible about Danny is his mental capacity.
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  So respond right here, right now.
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  Who is the mentally, mentally, who is the strongest person in
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  all sports? But let's just whittle it down
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  to NASCAR. In NASCAR, who's the baddest son
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  of a bitch out there in the NASCAR history?
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  Who's the driver that you could mother?
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  You're a piece of we hate you. And then he would go out and win
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  the race. Was it Dale Earnhardt senior?
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  Was it Jimmy Spencer? Was it Rusty?
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  I'm going to tell you what, Rusty taught me some lessons in
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  life. I wish I had the mental capacity
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  that Rusty had his whole life. I just learned it.
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  I'll admit. I just learned about five years
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  ago to not give a flying what you think of me.
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  It's like I found freedom. You too.
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  Ha ha ha. Kiss my ass.
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  I was going to go off a little more, but I decided to stop her
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  right there. That's Rusty.
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  Rusty's as strong as a boulder. Sticks and stones may break my
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  bones, but words will never hurt me.
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  So who is the baddest son of a bitch in NASCAR?
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  Meaning that you just can't get them?
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  Is it Earnhardt? Is it Tony Stewart?
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  Who is it? I'll tell you somebody that
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  ranks right there. I'll tell you somebody right
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  there, and it's Denny Hamlin. Denny thrives on his talk.
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  Hey, Kenny, what must you cuss so much?
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  Well, am I really cussing if I used those words in the right
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  place? Am I really?
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  Denny Hamlin has taken enormous abuse because he he is an
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  entertainer. Whenever you entertain, whenever
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  the masses lay their eyes on you, they're going to find
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  everything they can wrong with you because it will make them
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  feel powerful. So when people talk badly to
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  you, what what does that do? So if I call you an that makes
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  me feel good about myself, I call him, How about Darryl
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  Waltrip? Darryl Waltrip once said to
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  anybody that wants to fight me, after this race, I'll be over in
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  the Walmart parking lot. Let's fight.
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  Is Daryl the strongest mental capacity, Daryl?
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  Daryl was probably the first one to use mind games and then go on
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  and win the championship. How about Tony Stewart going at
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  it in the media room at Miami Homestead?
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  How about Tony Stewart going at it with Carl Edwards?
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  Excuse me, Tony Stewart going at it with Carl Edwards in the
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  Miami Homestead Media. Remember that one?
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  But I'm going to have to put Denny Hamlin right up there and
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  I just giving you all the reasons why.
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  Do you all realize the abuse that you've given Denny Hamlin
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  and all he does is win? Actually, we've been down this
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  road, but I've never challenged you all for you all to admit.
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  Who do you think's the baddest son of a bitch?
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  OK, so Denny Hamlin cries because he says his dad is
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  ailing. This sixty wins means a lot
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  because his father is ailing. His father is not good.
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  And I started out coffee with Kenny saying that he thinks
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  right now about his mom and dad fighting over their financial
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  stake. You know, this is one of those
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  deals where you say to yourself, you know, there's just, there's
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  just weird people out there. You're poor.
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  I hope you win everything. Oh, you got money.
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  That's why you win everything. You see, It's a very strange
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  phenomenon. People love it when people are
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  poor and they do good. Yeah, I'd love to go eat and not
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  have to pay any money. I'd like to have a car and not
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  have to pay for it. But anything you do in life is
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  going to cost you some type of money.
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  So it's as far as going, well, hell, I have made it, but I just
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  don't got any money. Well, that's like saying they
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  get to eat. But I don't.
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  I mean, anything you do in life is going to take some type of
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  money. He's got a he's got a better
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  hauler than me. Oh, he must think he's somebody.
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  But what about a mom and dad that love you and you're just a
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  child and you ain't got no money?
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  You're in high school. What about the mom and dad that
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  invest in their child? Is that OK or is that illegal to
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  you? Oh well, the only reason that 10
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  year old kid made it is because his mom and dad got money.
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  What? What else?
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  I mean it's a 10 year old kid. So I really like the story that
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  Denny Hamlin told about his mom and dad.
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  He remembers that here Denny Hamlin is 43 years old and when
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  he won that race, he thought about his mom and dad arguing
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  over they're out of money. But boy, it sure did pay off.
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  Congratulations to Denny Hamlin and for Mr. Hamlin.
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  I hope you get well, buddy. I hope you get well 'cause I
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  know how proud you are of your son.
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  So congratulations to the complete Hamlin family And for
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  all of you who's the strongest metal driver in NASCAR history,
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  Respond right here.