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Jaxon Smith-Njigba: "Everyone Understands What We Want To Become" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Doing great. It's good to be back.
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  Speaker 2: Good to see y'all get a trophy from the NFL
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  Speaker 2: for that I did.
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  Speaker 1: They just sent it.
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  Speaker 2: They just sent it to me a couple of days ago, so.
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  Speaker 1: Appreciate them. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we checked it. Everybody cleared it. I had, you know,
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  Speaker 2: the whole team read it, make sure it was right.
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  Speaker 2: And it's good solid trophies. I mean, you see the
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  Speaker 2: banner of the Lombardi Trophies out of the lobby.
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  Speaker 1: But get this attitude here. It's just about you know,
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  Speaker 1: moving forward. Talk about that. Yeah, yeah, I mean it's
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  Speaker 1: an awesome mindset. You know.
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  Speaker 2: Coach McDonald, you know, brought it to the team and
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  Speaker 2: you know, that's what we're rolling with. That's what who
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  Speaker 2: we are, and that's what we're we're standing on. And
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  Speaker 2: I think it's just an awesome mindset to have.
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  Speaker 1: You know, these banners.
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  Speaker 2: You know, it's great to see our names and to
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  Speaker 2: see you know, what we've done here, you know, in
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  Speaker 2: the last year, and you know, we want to move
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  Speaker 2: it forward and and you know, build and evolve, you know,
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  Speaker 2: with this new team and new circumstances that we're looking
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  Speaker 2: forward to have.
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  Speaker 1: You had a chance to kind of reflect them with
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  Speaker 1: a lot of full points of them. Like for you
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  Speaker 1: and you come you know at the season that you
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  Speaker 1: did and show you're one of the best receiving in
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  Speaker 1: the league. You get title and you get the contract.
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  Speaker 2: To go with it.
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  Speaker 1: What is it kind of all family for you kind
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  Speaker 1: of pick it back on.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, first and foremost, it's a blessing. You know,
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  Speaker 2: this year has been you know great. You know, it's
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  Speaker 2: brought me a lot of you know, great things and
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  Speaker 2: things to learn and overcome and trophies and parades and
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  Speaker 2: stuff like that. So it's a blessing. It's been an
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  Speaker 2: amazing year. And you know, we're six months into the
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  Speaker 2: year and I'm looking forward to the to the rest
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  Speaker 2: of it. Yeah, when you accomplished as much as you
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  Speaker 2: accomplished last.
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  Speaker 1: Year, versus just rattle off the individual the team stuff,
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  Speaker 1: like what what keeps you motivated? Yeah?
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  Speaker 2: Really the process honestly, you know when I said last year,
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  Speaker 2: process over results. You know, that's something that we live
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  Speaker 2: by and it's something that I want to perfect and
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  Speaker 2: grow and as a player and as a person. You know,
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  Speaker 2: the off season is great, Like I say, each year,
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  Speaker 2: all seasons great to just for me, learn as grow
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  Speaker 2: as a person and a player, and you know there's
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  Speaker 2: a lot of work to be done. So just understanding
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  Speaker 2: that and and and reaching for that goal is something
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  Speaker 2: that you know, keeps me on track and motivated.
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  Speaker 1: Jackson, You're you're in the end of the off season
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  Speaker 1: program here.
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  Speaker 2: How do you feel about where you guys are at
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  Speaker 2: with the new offense and how coach Fleury is may
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  Speaker 2: be bringing.
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  Speaker 1: Out some different wrinkles with your guys.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's been great. I mean we're all here learning,
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  Speaker 2: you know, all the guys. We're excited to be back
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  Speaker 2: and you know, learn this learn learn together and be
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  Speaker 2: together and figure this thing out.
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  Speaker 1: And it's been awesome.
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  Speaker 2: I think everybody's kind of understanding, you know, what we
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  Speaker 2: want to to come and it's been great to get
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  Speaker 2: on the field and get back with my guys and
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  Speaker 2: you know, put it on tape and go over it.
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  Speaker 2: So you know, we love to do that. And you know,
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  Speaker 2: it's the start of the new season depression run, you know,
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  Speaker 2: you know, straightforward, it's been good. Offense has been good,
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  Speaker 2: meeting has been great. You know, we're we're the type
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  Speaker 2: of guys that just you know, tell us what we
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  Speaker 2: need to do. And we'll go out there and do
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  Speaker 2: it and you know, fix any problems. So it's it's
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  Speaker 2: been great, healthy and and awesome. What you got anything?
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  Speaker 1: One of the one hundred most influenced people of our
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  Speaker 1: time to vagazine is for that.
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  Speaker 2: Uh still got to think about it and grasp it.
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  Speaker 1: But it's it's an honor. You know.
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  Speaker 2: I believe if I'm going to be an influencer, you know,
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  Speaker 2: I want to influence in the right way, and that's
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  Speaker 2: you know, you know, with my faith and you know,
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  Speaker 2: how to treat people being in a building outside of
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  Speaker 2: the building, the community.
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  Speaker 1: So it was awesome to see that today.
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  Speaker 2: What if anything, you know, it's different in Sam this
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  Speaker 2: year where he's been with you.
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  Speaker 1: For a whole year versus being.
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  Speaker 2: New to this team last year. Yeah, I'm really I
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  Speaker 2: mean it's his team. I love going into you know,
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  Speaker 2: year or two you know with these guys and Sam especially,
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  Speaker 2: just to grow the connection and and you know, we
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  Speaker 2: really understand each other on the field and I understand
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  Speaker 2: what he needs from me. So just to take another
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  Speaker 2: step forward to something that I always love and look
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  Speaker 2: forward to.
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  Speaker 1: What was your first purchase after any spurges.
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  Speaker 2: Or no splurges no slurges, just figuring everything out and
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  Speaker 2: making sure you know, I understand, you know what's going on,
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  Speaker 2: and you know how much I'm getting and you know
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  Speaker 2: all that really, So my lifestyle, really, my lifestyle.
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  Speaker 1: Is you know great.
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  Speaker 2: I'm comfortable where I'm at, so I don't need anything
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  Speaker 2: to you know, really change that.
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  Speaker 1: But you're saying nothing's changed really for you? How do
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  Speaker 1: you keep nothing changing?
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  Speaker 2: That's I mean, I wouldn't say I wouldn't say nothing,
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  Speaker 2: of course, but you know, when it comes to my
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  Speaker 2: everyday lifestyle, yeah, nothing's you know, there's always nuances that
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  Speaker 2: you add on. You know that I add to my
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  Speaker 2: routine that I feel like, you know, are good and healthy.
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  Speaker 2: But you know, I'm a simple man. That's what I'm
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  Speaker 2: really trying to say. You know, I love to play ball,
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  Speaker 2: love to be here. I love to go home and chill.
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  Speaker 2: So that's what I mean by that. Yeah, you mentioned
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  Speaker 2: taking another step for you personally, and what could that
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  Speaker 2: be really? You know, like I said in the off season,
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  Speaker 2: it's always attacking, getting bigger, faster, stronger, and that second
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  Speaker 2: year of growth with Sam and and the team and
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  Speaker 2: you know, playing off sheet and coop and just evolving
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  Speaker 2: in that in that way, seeing Rashid take off here,
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  Speaker 2: he's full of Yeah. Last year, yeah, yeah, I'm excited
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  Speaker 2: for him. Came back more than more explosive than ever.
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  Speaker 2: I'm happy for him to, you know, finally get a
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  Speaker 2: whole off season with us and into training camp. It's
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  Speaker 2: always a special time and it's a grind. So for
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  Speaker 2: him to be here with us and go through that,
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  Speaker 2: I think it's gonna just excel him to, you know,
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  Speaker 2: greater things this season.
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  Speaker 1: A mom asked you about the trophy threat, and there's also.
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  Speaker 2: Talk about that.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously, have a lot to be happy about, pred.
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  Speaker 2: You know, the Super Bowl, it's it's a lot and
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  Speaker 2: a lot of things are thrown at you, you know,
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  Speaker 2: and I try my best to stay focused and stuff
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  Speaker 2: like that, you know, on the game of course, you know,
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  Speaker 2: but now you know, I have no I have no feelings,
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  Speaker 2: no ways towards the NFL, Roger or or Drewski. So
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  Speaker 2: you know, I'll just take my trophy and accolades and
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  Speaker 2: and all that stuff and and chill at home.
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  Speaker 1: What was the contract process like for you to get
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  Speaker 1: that and everything?
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  Speaker 2: And yeah, I think it was. I mean, from what
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  Speaker 2: I know, it was really good. Obviously we got it
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  Speaker 2: done early, and that's for me. That's you know, that
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  Speaker 2: was that was awesome. That was really good and for
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  Speaker 2: me to just really be here with the guys and focus,
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  Speaker 2: you know, on what's next. So you know, I definitely
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  Speaker 2: appreciate them for doing that. Well, you go back to
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  Speaker 2: back home and train there this summer, I think you did.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah yeah, well yeah, yeah, I'll try to find the
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  Speaker 2: sun and and work out there.
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  Speaker 1: How import it you get back? Last question in your foundation?
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  Speaker 1: Get you did something last week? Yeah?
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  Speaker 2: I mean it's very important, you know, as you know
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  Speaker 2: my foundation girls and and you know, ways I can
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  Speaker 2: help the community and and push you know, great things
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  Speaker 2: and be involved in great things and help you know,
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  Speaker 2: help out you know, serve serve the people.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: So I found out we we connected with head Start
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  Speaker 2: UH organization program that I was involved in as a
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  Speaker 2: young kid. So just to have that full circle moment
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  Speaker 2: and you know, to give back and see those kids
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  Speaker 2: and have fun and you know, get them you know,
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  Speaker 2: kind of what they need and see their faces is
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  Speaker 2: was awesome last weekend.
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  Speaker 1: All right, thanks guys,