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Futbol Is Life It's A Lifestyle And Now A Book From Pro Soccer's Cristo Fernandez · Arroe Collins Like It's Live

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  Speaker 1: sir oh man? This has got to be an exciting
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  Speaker 1: time for you, not only with such an amazing book,
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  Speaker 1: but also with the World Cup taking place right now
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  Speaker 1: and the world seems to be embracing the true love
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  Speaker 1: of that sport. That when you say football is life,
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  Speaker 1: you are you were so far ahead of your game
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  Speaker 1: that people are saying, I agree, I agree, it's my
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  Speaker 1: life now.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I love how you describe it. It is.
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  Speaker 1: For you to share the game that you are, because
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  Speaker 1: this is the one thing that I am starting to
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  Speaker 1: see on the everyday streets, especially with the World Cup
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  Speaker 1: taking place now. By the way, this book is being
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  Speaker 1: released at the right time. I am seeing mothers and
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  Speaker 1: daughters and fathers and sons. They're all wearing their jerseys,
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  Speaker 1: they're all talking soccer. And when you give us this
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  Speaker 1: book right here, you are so in touch with where
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  Speaker 1: we are right now in America.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, thank you. I I mean, you know, like
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  Speaker 2: being part of the whole tut Lesvel journey during jameson
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  Speaker 2: Brand and Joe Bill, the writers, the creators of the show. Like,
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  Speaker 2: the biggest compliment is when we have fans that tell
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  Speaker 2: us that they didn't like football soccer, but now because
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  Speaker 2: of Setilazo, because it's not about football soccer. They love
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  Speaker 2: the messages and everything, but now they also love the sport,
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  Speaker 2: and there's always the biggest compliment. And being part of
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  Speaker 2: this journey has been a dream come true. But as
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  Speaker 2: you said, it's crazy and it's amazing to witness how
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  Speaker 2: much football soccer, the sport has grown in the US,
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  Speaker 2: which for me is life. But it's like a religion.
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  Speaker 2: You know, in Mexico, football is the biggest sport. I
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  Speaker 2: first went to the UK when I started my master
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  Speaker 2: and left abroad and worked there. You know, it's it's
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  Speaker 2: it's a religion over there too, but now seeing it
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  Speaker 2: in the US here, it's been really cool and it's
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  Speaker 2: and it's a sport that has given me so much.
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  Speaker 2: I describe it even in my in my book here
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  Speaker 2: that it is like my love letter to the sport
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  Speaker 2: that has given me so much in my life, has
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  Speaker 2: given me both the best and the worst moments. Because
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  Speaker 2: this book it's also it's based on that. It comes
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  Speaker 2: from my real life experiences of getting some injuries that
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  Speaker 2: for a moment were the worst thing that could ever
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  Speaker 2: happen to me. But with hard work, discipline, the love
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  Speaker 2: my family, my friends, my loved ones, I embraced those
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  Speaker 2: hard moments. I open myself to try new things that
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  Speaker 2: might not have been might have nothing to do with
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  Speaker 2: the sport at all, but they helped me to become
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  Speaker 2: a better athlete, to become a better person, to become
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  Speaker 2: a better artist, to become a better son, a very
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  Speaker 2: human being. And this is a children's book, but I
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  Speaker 2: hope for grown ups learn from it, because childrens have
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  Speaker 2: something beautiful. They they dream and play and in imagine
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  Speaker 2: crazy things and they don't care. And we've grown up.
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  Speaker 2: Sometimes we forget that and I hope people that are
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  Speaker 2: eighty years old, ninety, seventy, lity twenty, I just truly
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  Speaker 2: hope that they are like those kids, that they dream big.
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  Speaker 2: That it's never too late. And when these things happened
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  Speaker 2: to me, I think that also that awoke on me,
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  Speaker 2: that kid that I have inside. And that's why even
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  Speaker 2: now I'm coming back to play football talker in a
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  Speaker 2: pastegas because it's never too late.
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  Speaker 1: Please do not move. There's more with Crystal Fernandez coming
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  Speaker 1: up next. The name of the book Football is Life.
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  Speaker 1: It's not just for ya readers, like he said in
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  Speaker 1: the conversation, this is for eighty year olds as well.
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  Speaker 1: We are back with Crystal Fernandez. You know you talked
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  Speaker 1: about how the writers and things like that, and even
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  Speaker 1: even the teams that you've played with, you know, truly
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  Speaker 1: understand the sport. We know a lot about that here
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  Speaker 1: in Charlotte because we have a pro team now. And
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  Speaker 1: what I love about the makers of Ted Lasso is
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  Speaker 1: that they knew about Charlotte and when I talk talk
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  Speaker 1: to them about the show and we talked about this
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  Speaker 1: Charlotte FC and stuff. That's what I love about soccer.
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  Speaker 1: It is not about oh this is my team. No,
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  Speaker 1: this is our league, this is our community. And that's
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  Speaker 1: what I love about you, christ is the fact that
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  Speaker 1: it has always been about the community and people coming
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  Speaker 1: together in one. To me, it's a celebration of life
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  Speaker 1: when you go to a match.
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  Speaker 2: I couldn't agree more like I'm glad you're saying these
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  Speaker 2: things because I agree with you. I know the way
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  Speaker 2: we live in might be complicated even now, as just
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  Speaker 2: said that the World Cup is happening. There might be
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  Speaker 2: stuff that we might not agree or disagree or whatever.
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  Speaker 2: But what brings us together is the sports, and that
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  Speaker 2: is different cultures getting together and dreaming big, dreaming big.
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  Speaker 2: And again, I'm a bit sad that my country, Maico lost.
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  Speaker 2: I'm a bit sad that my biggest hero of Christenda
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  Speaker 2: Ronaldo lost. My new hero was Inia with Kate Berde
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  Speaker 2: a country that many people didn't know about, lost but
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  Speaker 2: won the hearts of so many people around the world.
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  Speaker 2: And we all come together to dream big. And I
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  Speaker 2: believe that in life. I can tell you this from
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  Speaker 2: my experience and my perspective that none of the things
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  Speaker 2: I've always dreamed of I have achieved. But I don't
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  Speaker 2: like to think that I'm a loser because I didn't
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  Speaker 2: achieve those things. But I always put myself some high
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  Speaker 2: expectations on very big dreams, and I might not hit
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  Speaker 2: that big moon that I want, but I always ended
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  Speaker 2: up hitting something else, like a star, or like a
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  Speaker 2: special gust or something. So I think in the societies
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  Speaker 2: also sometimes we think that if you don't achieve what
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  Speaker 2: you want, you're a loser, but it's not. It's likely
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  Speaker 2: so complex. There's so many things that you cannot control,
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  Speaker 2: but always focus on the things you can control. Always
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  Speaker 2: ring big like a kid, and you might be amazed
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  Speaker 2: about the things you can achieve with hard work, discipline,
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  Speaker 2: and with all the other things you know.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, because one of the true stars inside your book
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  Speaker 1: Football is Life is the fact that you believe in teamwork.
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  Speaker 1: And there are a lot of little ones, a lot
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  Speaker 1: of little players that don't understand what teamwork is. But
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  Speaker 1: when they see it on these pages, they're going to go,
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  Speaker 1: I want to be a part of that. I got
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  Speaker 1: to be a part. I want to play football as well.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you. Yes, yes, I hope so, I hope they
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  Speaker 2: they get they learn some of these things that I
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  Speaker 2: believe in that I will put in the book, and yeah,
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  Speaker 2: it has a special dedication to my family and yes,
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  Speaker 2: my dad, my mom, my sister, my friends, my beautiful
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  Speaker 2: city Wall Lahada, and and and and it's and not
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  Speaker 2: only in life levels. I hope they learned some either
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  Speaker 2: you learn from Spanish or English because it's bi lingual.
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  Speaker 2: And I believe in multiculturality too. I believe, I believe
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  Speaker 2: that the world we live in.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I was going to talk about that because
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  Speaker 1: what you and James Raceanchess have put together here and
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  Speaker 1: because I am here in the South and I know
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  Speaker 1: who lives here in the South, is that you are
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  Speaker 1: giving a face to a lot of people by putting
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  Speaker 1: it on this cover and inside this storyline, you are
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  Speaker 1: being so real with with the bilingual and more importantly,
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  Speaker 1: this is the part where I giggle like a child
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  Speaker 1: seeing them in their uniform, because you know what it's like, Christ,
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  Speaker 1: when you put on that uniform, you are not the
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  Speaker 1: same person before you walked in that door, because you
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  Speaker 1: have that uniform on and you are representing the people.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, yes, you there's a there's a community behind you.
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  Speaker 2: There's lots of responsibility and and yeah, that's something I've
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  Speaker 2: learned throughout the years and of opportunities opened for me.
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  Speaker 2: It becomes also our responsibility to open doors for the
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  Speaker 2: people I believe in, to work hard for my people.
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  Speaker 2: In this case, I'm from Guallagada, but when I was
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  Speaker 2: living in the UK and my people became London people
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  Speaker 2: and the people from Vetlaso, and then I moved to
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  Speaker 2: la and there's a big community Latino community that I
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  Speaker 2: lived in and has helped me. And yeah, a big
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  Speaker 2: cholter to the illustrator the drawer of my book, James
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  Speaker 2: Ray Sanchez, who is so talented and helped me based
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  Speaker 2: on some photos from me as a kid and my family.
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  Speaker 2: And yeah, big shelter scholastic who has helped me make
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  Speaker 2: my book and make this dream come true. And everyone
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  Speaker 2: around has participated in my book.
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  Speaker 1: Where can people go to find out more about what
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  Speaker 1: you're doing because your outreach is so inspirational.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you brother, I am yeah, I mean, my my
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  Speaker 2: children's book is out today seventh July all over the
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  Speaker 2: US and in Mexico and different parts of the world,
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  Speaker 2: and I hope it does well. I hope people like it.
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  Speaker 2: I'm in all social media and I'm developing my film
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  Speaker 2: company with my sister Paloma in Guadalajada and Los Angeles.
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  Speaker 2: I'm playing now football soccer professionally in a pass of
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  Speaker 2: Texas with my new family, my community, Los Locus, who
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  Speaker 2: I send them a big hug, and who have been
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  Speaker 2: amazing and just trying to keep creating and opening doors
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  Speaker 2: for my people. I just said, it's important, and it's
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  Speaker 2: a responsibility, and and thank you for watching my films,
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  Speaker 2: thank you for reading my books, thank you for believing
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  Speaker 2: in my crazy dreams, and yeah, we all can do
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  Speaker 2: those things. It's all about dreaming big and understanding that
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  Speaker 2: we all have a unique power that is just being ourselves,
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  Speaker 2: no matter who you are, where you come from, Just
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  Speaker 2: be truthful to who you are. And I or why
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  Speaker 2: I didn't know that was my superpower because I don't
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  Speaker 2: know if I'm a good actor, a good artist, a
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  Speaker 2: good athlete, are good in anything, But I believe in
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  Speaker 2: in in the skills and and lessons at the sport,
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  Speaker 2: This beautiful sport football soccer has taught me and I
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  Speaker 2: hope the people learn something out of it. Wow.
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  Speaker 1: Well, please come back to this show anytime in the future.
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  Speaker 1: The door is always going to be open for you.
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  Speaker 2: Row you too, You have a friend in or in
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  Speaker 2: Alpaso or in La wherever I am.
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  Speaker 1: Will you be brilliant today?
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  Speaker 2: Okay sir, Hey you too, brother Gradua