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Jalen Milroe: "This Was A Great Opportunity To Build On" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Yeah, what a drink come true to have my first
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  Speaker 1: start the NFL game, no matter when it is, to
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  Speaker 1: be able to do so, I wanna thank coach McDonald
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  Speaker 1: on the whole officer staff allow me to take my
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  Speaker 1: first start. You know, it's a It was just a
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  Speaker 1: great opportunity just to be on the field, and especially
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  Speaker 1: here in Lambo Field, what a historic venue. So it
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  Speaker 1: was just a great opportunity. It was a lot of
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  Speaker 1: fun to be out there, to be able to compete.
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  Speaker 1: And so now it's just all about building upon today
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  Speaker 1: as a offense and just keep on going. Uh, no
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  Speaker 1: matter good beat or ugly, keep on going, keep fighting,
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  Speaker 1: keep being starving, have an optimistic mindset as you're opposed
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  Speaker 1: to field despite anything good, bad, or different. You gotta
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  Speaker 1: be the same person each and every day. You gotta
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  Speaker 1: keep on being encouraging on the sideline. You gotta keep
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  Speaker 1: on having that hunger mentality as you approach every single
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  Speaker 1: rep that you have. And so as a quarterback, you know, y,
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  Speaker 1: everyone looks at you, you know, and so that's important
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  Speaker 1: as you build up on at each rep no matter
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  Speaker 1: where you're at in the field, just keep on attacking
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  Speaker 1: and I apply our offense to that, you know, so
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  Speaker 1: now as we reflect, we can build on a build
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  Speaker 1: on it, and of course we know we're not perfect
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  Speaker 1: on offense, and then we're gonna be able to build
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  Speaker 1: upon it.
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  Speaker 2: So I'm excited for that. Everyone looks at you at
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  Speaker 2: your position.
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  Speaker 3: Is that why you try to keep even defeanor no
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  Speaker 3: matter what you look.
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  Speaker 2: After the touchdown pass? Could? Yeah?
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely, because despite anything where the game went, you gotta
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  Speaker 1: be the same person. You know, are you the same
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  Speaker 1: person when you're at a high point or you are
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  Speaker 1: the same person when you are at a low point?
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  Speaker 1: And as a quarterback, you gotta be consistent. You know,
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  Speaker 1: no one should be questioning how the quarter is gonna
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  Speaker 1: be despite anything. You know, fumbos come, intersections come, no
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  Speaker 1: matter false starts, it doesn't matter.
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  Speaker 2: Like you gotta keep on competing.
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  Speaker 1: You gotta keep on being starving and as a you know,
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  Speaker 1: as a leader, uh at the courter position, you gotta
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  Speaker 1: keep on building. So nothing to be discouraged about. Just
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  Speaker 1: keep on competing and keep on uh looking at head.
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  Speaker 3: Touch down drive coming after a rough first time? That
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  Speaker 3: can that help you hoild some confidence up drive together
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  Speaker 3: like that?
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  Speaker 1: Where yeah, yeah, I'm always confident you know, I'm never
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  Speaker 1: gonna lose my confidence despite anything, despite any disappointment, and
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  Speaker 1: during the game or anything, you gotta have confidence.
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  Speaker 2: You know.
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  Speaker 1: That's the number one thing for any player, uh to
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  Speaker 1: be successful, is that to be confident, you know, confident
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  Speaker 1: in their craft, confident and and uh how much they
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  Speaker 1: put into the game. And so with that, you know,
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  Speaker 1: you can always grow. You always can grow. You always
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  Speaker 1: can have an opportunity mindset and just keep on building.
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  Speaker 1: And so I'm gonna do that as much as possible
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  Speaker 1: as we go forward in the commission.
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  Speaker 3: What Cody White show you on that draft?
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  Speaker 2: Cody f Cody White's competitor.
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  Speaker 1: You know, what I appreciate about him is his hunger
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  Speaker 1: and how he always competes no matter where we're at
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  Speaker 1: during practice, when we're in Seattle, or no matter right now.
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  Speaker 1: He's competed his tail off throughout the whole entire game.
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  Speaker 1: And when his opportunity to presented himself, he was there
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  Speaker 1: there for me. And so when you have guys like that,
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  Speaker 1: that makes their job easier for a quarterback. And so,
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  Speaker 1: you know, I appreciate him for how much he you know,
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  Speaker 1: how much he uh cares about me, and also how
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  Speaker 1: much he he uh wants to win and wants to compete.
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  Speaker 1: Those first two fumbles, what do you take out of that?
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  Speaker 2: Was?
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  Speaker 3: Were they big hits?
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  Speaker 2: Mistakes on your prayer? Just what do you need to
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  Speaker 2: call on me?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, every our, every turnover that's front of
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  Speaker 1: the cord position, you gotta be on it. You know,
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  Speaker 1: you gotta take care of the football. You gotta as
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  Speaker 1: all those on me. You know, I gotta be better
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  Speaker 1: with ball security. Uh, you know, it's tough when you're
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  Speaker 1: in the trenches. They're gonna swipe at the ball. Some
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  Speaker 1: big strong dudes, they're they're you know, they're heavier than me.
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  Speaker 1: You know, you gotta protect the ball.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it happens.
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  Speaker 1: And so but that one play didn't loses the game,
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  Speaker 1: you know, And you gotta keep on keeping. You gotta
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  Speaker 1: keep on building. That's a part of the game. And
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  Speaker 1: so I'm gonna learn from that and grow from it.
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  Speaker 2: What's the big thing he took out of this month?
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  Speaker 1: Biggest thing I took for this month is just the
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  Speaker 1: preparation going into the week. You know, all the practice
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  Speaker 1: habits that you have is gonna come out to shine
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  Speaker 1: and when it comes to play and so, uh, being
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  Speaker 1: a guy that's been around a lot of veterans in
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  Speaker 1: our in my room. You know, you just see h
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  Speaker 1: what it takes, you know, to play. It was and
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  Speaker 1: also being around a lot of great knowledge with coach Kubiak, Coachynoko,
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  Speaker 1: and the offensive staff. So for me as a young player,
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  Speaker 1: just it's all you gotta do is keep on learning.
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  Speaker 1: So uh now it's been great. You know, it's been
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  Speaker 1: a great preseason for me to go against different NFL
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  Speaker 1: teams and also have the opportunity to lead our guys,
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  Speaker 1: and so, uh now I'm moving forward.
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  Speaker 2: It's all about build 'em. What you expect going forward?
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  Speaker 2: Do you expect the package of plays in each week's
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  Speaker 2: game plan? I I s.
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  Speaker 1: I expect to be prepared whenever my opportunity presents itself.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know when that opportunity is gonna presents itself,
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  Speaker 1: but when it does, gonna be my best me. And
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  Speaker 1: also I'm gonna be trusted when I go in the game.
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  Speaker 1: You know, if I'm in the game, it's because the
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  Speaker 1: coaches staff trusts me, and it's it's gonna come from
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  Speaker 1: my working habits, practice habits, the stuff that's done in
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  Speaker 1: the dark. So it's gonna come out to shine for sure.
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  Speaker 1: I know that better things are ahead. You know, it's
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  Speaker 1: a preseason You're gonna win to super Bowl today? No one, no,
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  Speaker 1: no team's gonna win the super Bowl to day. And so,
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  Speaker 1: uh you know, i'm'a just decided for the opportunity because
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  Speaker 1: it's gonna be another opportunity for me to play.
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  Speaker 2: So it's all about seasoning, you know, from.
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  Speaker 3: Kind of trade preseason mode to regular season. Does does
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  Speaker 3: it change for you every yard?
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  Speaker 2: Nah? None, nothing change, nothing change. I'm'a keep on preparing.
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  Speaker 1: I know my the cultures are very confident in me,
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  Speaker 1: and so when you have that coaching staff like that,
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  Speaker 1: you know, it just makes you excited to go back
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  Speaker 1: to work, and so nothing to be discouraged about.
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  Speaker 2: You know, if you discourage, I mean you're not a competitor.
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  Speaker 2: I love football.
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  Speaker 1: I love everything about it, the highs and lows, you know,
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  Speaker 1: the failures, disappointment. You gotta love football, and so it's
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  Speaker 1: part of the game. And so man, it's my first start. Man,
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  Speaker 1: it's and it's a great opportunity to build upon it.
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  Speaker 1: You know, Uh, man, it is it is.
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  Speaker 2: Im. I'm excited just to keep on competing and keep
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  Speaker 2: on getting better about that work in the dark. It's
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  Speaker 2: a true you get up at the four thirty in
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  Speaker 2: the morning.
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  Speaker 1: It's ah always always, man, I'm up always, you know,
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  Speaker 1: because you know, biggest thing as a quarterback gotta be trusted.
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  Speaker 1: And with that, it's all about working on your craft
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  Speaker 1: so that you can be prepared to lead the guys.
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  Speaker 1: You know, you gotta have similar focus each and every
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  Speaker 1: rep that you have at the position.
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  Speaker 2: You gotta be dialed in.
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  Speaker 1: And so it's the work that you've done in dark,
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  Speaker 1: whether it's physically running, getting up, stretching, yoga, you know,
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  Speaker 1: whether it's VR system, whether it's meeting extra of my coaches.
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  Speaker 1: Wanna continue to do that, you know, no matter what.
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  Speaker 1: And so that's just something I like to do. And
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  Speaker 1: I know that building on my craft and doing those
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  Speaker 1: things is just gonna allow me to be there the quarterback.
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  Speaker 2: I wanna be who you are this month? Yes? Yes,
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  Speaker 2: how is that from? Yeah? It's beneficial.
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  Speaker 1: You know you have those extra reps and that you
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  Speaker 1: may not get at practice and post you're on your timing.
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  Speaker 2: You uh, build a schedule to keep on working.
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  Speaker 1: These are reps where you're getting the physical also mental
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  Speaker 1: us at practice, but also building upon that, uh with
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  Speaker 1: doing that and so it's been great for me. It's
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  Speaker 1: been awesome to have that resource here in Seattle or
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  Speaker 1: in in Seattle, and so I'm gonna.
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  Speaker 2: Keep on using it moving forward. The first time you
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  Speaker 2: used it, uh yes, yep.
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  Speaker 3: And there's an injury scar tag or when you then
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  Speaker 3: CJ get up and walk off, like what's just kind
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  Speaker 3: of centraliy for you guys.
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  Speaker 1: And uh So twelve is one is our model as
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  Speaker 1: a group, and that comes into life when it comes
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  Speaker 1: to any player on our team getting hurt. You know,
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  Speaker 1: all we wanna do is ensure that Bubbo's okay. Also
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  Speaker 1: all our teammates are okay, and you know it's a
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  Speaker 1: dangerous sport for sure, and so biggest thing I wanna
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  Speaker 1: do is checking up on him, ensure that he's okay.
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  Speaker 1: But when you go into a game, the biggest mission
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  Speaker 1: is come out everyone head up high and healthy.
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  Speaker 2: And so.
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  Speaker 1: I know it definitely affects me having a player that
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  Speaker 1: you know that I went down, So we're definitely twelve
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  Speaker 1: is one I'm gonna definitely check up on him.
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  Speaker 2: Is what is your military your parents' military background done
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  Speaker 2: for you? As a football player.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, dtail oriented, working as a group. Uh, haven't
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  Speaker 1: seen little focused, being driven by goals. So many things
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  Speaker 1: that I you know, I learned from my parents. But
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  Speaker 1: those are couple of things. You know, There's a lot
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  Speaker 1: of things I can you know, talk about my parents,
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  Speaker 1: but those are the things that have been instilled in me.
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  Speaker 1: And so when it comes to playing football, it's a
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  Speaker 1: lot of similarities when it comes to their background and
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  Speaker 1: how much they poured into me. And uh, they show
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  Speaker 1: what right looks like as being parents, and I definitely
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  Speaker 1: love and appreciate them and despite anything, disappointment, failure, smiles,
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  Speaker 1: that's the first people I wanna greet when I'm around them.
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  Speaker 1: And so those are the those are the people that
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  Speaker 1: I love, appreciate and we talk about unconditional love.
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  Speaker 2: I had that with my parents and this city yet yes,
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  Speaker 2: yeah it have yeah, yeah, yeah, coming back
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  Speaker 1: And September seven for sure, Yeah, absolutely, alright, anything else,
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  Speaker 1: I'm good, Thank you er, yeah, appreciate youransciation.