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Former PGA Tour Winner Kenny Knox Joins Preston · Conversations: Special Guests with Preston Scott

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  Speaker 1: If you're just joining us, good morning, welcome. Show 5688
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  Speaker 1: of The Morning Show with Preston Scott. It's October 1st,
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  Speaker 1: which is a very big day because it's the release
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  Speaker 1: of a brand new book called Just Make It. And
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  Speaker 1: it's the story of the story by former PGA Tour winner,
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  Speaker 1: Kenny Knox. Kenny joins us on the program this morning.
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  Speaker 2: How are you? Good morning, Preston.
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  Speaker 1: You know... I just thought as we were spinning up
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  Speaker 1: to this segment, you and I have known each other
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  Speaker 1: now nearly 40 years.
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  Speaker 2: You're getting old.
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  Speaker 1: I hate to tell you, but I'm not the only one. Hey,
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  Speaker 1: tell me why you made the decision to write this book.
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  Speaker 2: Preston, I've always wanted to write my stories about all
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  Speaker 2: the golf, what I call golf's greatest generation. I was
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  Speaker 2: fortunate enough to have Jack Nicklaus as a friend and
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  Speaker 2: he was kind enough to allow me to play many,
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  Speaker 2: many practice rounds with him over the years and major
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  Speaker 2: championships to tutor me and to mentor me. And so
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  Speaker 2: it's not just about Jack Nicklaus, it's about so many
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  Speaker 2: different great players that we watched growing up, Preston, that
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  Speaker 2: you and I shared the enthusiasm watching them win golf
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  Speaker 2: tournaments and So I did that, and then it was
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  Speaker 2: also a combination of my spiritual life, my journey in life,
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  Speaker 2: and also my marriage of 42 years with Karen and
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  Speaker 2: the life that we've led and the mountaintop experience that
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  Speaker 2: we're having right now.
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  Speaker 1: You take readers through it all. How did you kind
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  Speaker 1: of decide what to share and what to keep private?
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  Speaker 2: Well, the bottom line is my commitment level to First
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  Speaker 2: the Lord this year has been overwhelming, and I just
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  Speaker 2: felt like I've been serving myself my entire life, and
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  Speaker 2: it was time to start serving others and try to
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  Speaker 2: help those in need. And it was just time to
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  Speaker 2: just lay it all out there. We all make mistakes,
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  Speaker 2: and we all fortunately have someone to go to that
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  Speaker 2: can forgive those mistakes. My opportunity to share that is
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  Speaker 2: the platform that I was given when I was blessed
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  Speaker 2: enough to win a few tournaments on tour and get
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  Speaker 2: the attention of a few people here and there. So
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  Speaker 2: it's just my opportunity to leave a legacy that may
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  Speaker 2: help those in need.
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  Speaker 1: Joining us on the program is Kenny Knox. The book
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  Speaker 1: is just make it. It is released available as of today.
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  Speaker 1: You can get it on amazon.com. I told you, I
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  Speaker 1: texted you, Kenny. I said, I've already got my hardcover coming. Uh,
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  Speaker 1: it comes in a, in a paperback hardcover or Kindle. Um, you,
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  Speaker 1: your title, just make it, give us the elevator pitch
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  Speaker 1: on where that come from.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, this will be a quick story, but it's a
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  Speaker 2: long one, but, uh, Basically, I was leading the tournament
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  Speaker 2: at the Honda Classic. I lost the lead after the
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  Speaker 2: horrible weather on Saturday, shooting an 80 with the average
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  Speaker 2: score that day being 79.2. And I went out in
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  Speaker 2: fourth place on Sunday, went to the first tee, and
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  Speaker 2: was encouraged by T.T. Rodriguez and Hubert Green to go
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  Speaker 2: out there and try to win the golf tournament. So
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  Speaker 2: I went from becoming the hunted to the hunter and
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  Speaker 2: got off to a fast start, burning three, four, and five,
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  Speaker 2: and then come into the pivotal ball hole number seven
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  Speaker 2: where I flew the green, buried my ball in the bunker,
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  Speaker 2: a green that was surrounded by water, and I got
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  Speaker 2: in and tried to hit an impossible shot, and I
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  Speaker 2: failed and went across the green in the water. I
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  Speaker 2: had to replay the shot from the same position, and
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  Speaker 2: my brain was in fast forward and didn't know what
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  Speaker 2: to do, how to do it. I just knew that
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  Speaker 2: I had blown the tournament at that point and tried
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  Speaker 2: to retain my composure. And as I waggled my golf club,
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  Speaker 2: I heard the voice come in my head, just make it.
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  Speaker 2: And I heard it not just once, but three times.
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  Speaker 2: And I drew the club back, splashed the ball out
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  Speaker 2: on the green, checking up and rolling down the hill
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  Speaker 2: and falling in the front of a cup.
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  Speaker 1: Anybody who's ever played a game of golf right now is,
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  Speaker 1: is doing what I'm doing because we know that feeling
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  Speaker 1: only not in the pressure that you were feeling it, Kenny. Um,
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  Speaker 1: and so he, you just make it and you just did, uh,
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  Speaker 1: more to come with Kenny Knox. And again, the book,
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  Speaker 1: just make it our guest here on the morning show
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  Speaker 1: with Preston Scott. Kenny, I'm looking at the cover. This
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  Speaker 1: is an old school kind of design cover. Slightly flared
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  Speaker 1: red pants, the sweater, the shirt wide open with the
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  Speaker 1: big collar. Man, that is old school there, pal.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, that was my Mark Scott clothing attire there. Polyester pants,
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  Speaker 2: spandex waist. And, you know, the thermal underwear that we
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  Speaker 2: had back in those days was like wearing armor. You know,
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  Speaker 2: it was unbelievable. But those were the good old days anyway, right, Preston?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, indeed. Your book is different for a lot of reasons. Obviously,
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  Speaker 1: you're sharing your story, the story that you and Karen share,
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  Speaker 1: as well as what you share with other professional players.
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  Speaker 1: You got a lot of contributions at the beginning of
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  Speaker 1: your book from a lot of players. Share a little
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  Speaker 1: bit about what went into getting some of those guys
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  Speaker 1: to pen a note or two.
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  Speaker 2: Well, again, what an honor it is to even... know
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  Speaker 2: those guys, but I decided I was going to shoot
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  Speaker 2: for the moon, so I called Jack up, and he
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  Speaker 2: didn't answer the phone initially. I said, oh, well, and
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  Speaker 2: then as I was leaving the voice message, he answered it.
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  Speaker 2: He said, well, I better answer it to 850 number,
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  Speaker 2: so I said, hey, Jack, it's Kenny, and we started talking.
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  Speaker 2: I had him laughing for about 30 minutes, and we
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  Speaker 2: had a great conversation, and I finally got the courage
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  Speaker 2: up to ask him to do the forward, and he
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  Speaker 2: graciously agreed, and So I said, okay, I'm going to
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  Speaker 2: go ahead and keep shooting the moon. So I got
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  Speaker 2: in touch with Gary Player, Ben Crenshaw, Lee Trevino, and others.
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  Speaker 2: I've got some very good friends that have done contributions.
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  Speaker 2: So unfortunately, Lee Trevino was not able to do it,
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  Speaker 2: but Gary and Ben did, and they were very gracious
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  Speaker 2: in doing that.
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  Speaker 1: Your book also features something that is remarkably new in
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  Speaker 1: how you're integrating QR codes. And so as people that
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  Speaker 1: read the story, and obviously you're going to have golf
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  Speaker 1: fans buying this, they're going to get some bonus content
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  Speaker 1: if they like. Tell us about that.
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  Speaker 2: I'll tell you what, this was all the Lord. I'm
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  Speaker 2: not that smart. But I decided that I could write songs.
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  Speaker 2: I started writing songs when I wrote Karen a Valentine poem.
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  Speaker 2: We turned it into a song, and it really turned
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  Speaker 2: out nice. And so I realized I could do Pebble
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  Speaker 2: Beach when I played with Jack Nicklaus the first time.
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  Speaker 2: He walked up on a tee with Tom Weisskopf and
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  Speaker 2: looked at the tee sheet and says, at the U.S.
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  Speaker 2: Open in 1982 at Pebble Beach, he said, can I
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  Speaker 2: join you? So I wrote a story about that experience,
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  Speaker 2: and then I said, so I wrote my first song
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  Speaker 2: in the book about playing with Jack Nicklaus and Tom Weisskopf,
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  Speaker 2: and it turned out good. And so I wrote another
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  Speaker 2: 116 songs to go with all the subchapters. So you
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  Speaker 2: can read the subchapters and QR code and listen to
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  Speaker 2: the songs, and I guarantee you they will not bore you.
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  Speaker 2: You will be laughing. You will be laughing. You will
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  Speaker 2: be experiencing music like you've never heard before, and you'll
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  Speaker 2: be dancing and crazy. And it's such a cool concept.
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  Speaker 2: I'm glad that I came up with it. And I
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  Speaker 2: haven't found anybody else who's done it. So at the
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  Speaker 2: end of the book, Preston, I did QR codes for
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  Speaker 2: my golf lessons. I hired a videographer to come in
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  Speaker 2: to TPC Sawgrass, and we shot many videos together. And
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  Speaker 2: so you can read my golf lessons and then hit
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  Speaker 2: the QR code and I'm right there teaching you with
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  Speaker 2: a video of what I just taught you in text.
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  Speaker 1: So with the purchase of a book, you're not only
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  Speaker 1: getting a memoir of your life on the PGA Tour
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  Speaker 1: and some of your interactions and stories along the way,
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  Speaker 1: you're sharing insights of some of the greatest names in
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  Speaker 1: golf history. You're sharing your story of faith and the
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  Speaker 1: ups and the downs of walking that walk. And you're
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  Speaker 1: also giving some music and golf instruction too.
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  Speaker 2: That's exactly right. And it's a one-of-a-kind book. I don't
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  Speaker 2: think anybody's ever done it. I'm really hoping this. I
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  Speaker 2: need everybody to buy a book today because if we
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  Speaker 2: get on Amazon, we're going to go first bestsellers list,
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  Speaker 2: and then this is going to go national, international, and
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  Speaker 2: and we're going to bring some notoriety to Tallahassee.
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  Speaker 1: Most importantly, though, you're going to bring some notoriety to
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  Speaker 1: our Lord and Savior, Jesus, because really yours and Karen's
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  Speaker 1: story is the story of the redemptive faith and work
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  Speaker 1: of God.
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  Speaker 2: Well, the golf was the hook. I'll be honest with you.
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  Speaker 2: The golf was the hook. Everybody wants to read about
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  Speaker 2: all the great golfers, but this is a real story
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  Speaker 2: about our life together, 42 years, and how I met
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  Speaker 2: Karen and how we went through our ups and downs
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  Speaker 2: and the struggles that we had later in our marriage
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  Speaker 2: and then the recovery and the reconciliation for the last
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  Speaker 2: 14 years has just been something unbelievable and it can
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  Speaker 2: only be done by God and God's in control of
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  Speaker 2: all this and all we have to do is submit
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  Speaker 2: ourselves and allow him to work through us through our
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  Speaker 2: obedience Kenny.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks for your friendship. I appreciate you and Karen. You
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  Speaker 1: know that. And thanks for making time for us this morning.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks for all that you do, Preston. You're the best.
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  Speaker 1: I appreciate it, my friend. Kenny Knox with us. The
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  Speaker 1: book is Just Make It. You can order it right now.
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  Speaker 1: And I'm kind of like, well, let's order books today because,
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  Speaker 1: like you said, if books get sold in large numbers
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  Speaker 1: on the first day, you get popped up on Amazon's
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  Speaker 1: seller list, and it can make a difference. And so
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  Speaker 1: it's available in paperback, hardcover, and Kindle. I've ordered mine.
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  Speaker 1: Order yours. Just Make It. The author, Kenny Knox, our
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  Speaker 1: guest here on The Morning Show with Preston Scott.