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Transitioning from Pro Basketball to Cinematography: A Personal Tale · Music Explored Podcast

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  When
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  we
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  were
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  sharing,
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  like,
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  these
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  dark
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  stories,
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  this
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  happened
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  to
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  me,
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  like,
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  about
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  three
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  times
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  now
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  because,
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  like,
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  when
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  I
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  start
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  sharing
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  how
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  I
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  grew
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  up
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  and
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  what
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  I
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  went
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  through,
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  everybody
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  gets,
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  like.
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  It
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  gets
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  real
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  quiet.
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  It
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  gets
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  real
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  sad.
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  And
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  I'm
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  just
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  in
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  the
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  mode
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  of
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  talking.
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  When
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  I
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  look
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  up,
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  people
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  got,
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  like,
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  the
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  puppy
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  dog
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  in
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  their
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  eyes,
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  and
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  I'm
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  just
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  like.
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  I'm
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  like,
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  all
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  right,
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  fuck,
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  let's
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  stop
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  talking
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  about
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  this.
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  Let's
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  go
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  back
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  to,
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  like,
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  basketball.
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  Yeah,
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  let's
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  talk
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  about
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  something
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  happy
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  and
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  stuff
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  like
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  that.
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  Like,
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  I
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  was
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  on
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  a.
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  I
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  was
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  on
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  a
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  production
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  right
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  before
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  COVID
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  right
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  before
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  the
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  initial
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  lockdown
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  happened,
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  and
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  I
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  was
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  telling
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  them,
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  like,
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  what
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  my
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  father
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  went
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  through,
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  and
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  I
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  was
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  like,
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  oh,
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  you
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  worried
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  about
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  him?
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  Like,
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  I
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  told
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  my
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  father
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  about
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  COVID
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  He
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  was
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  like,
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  man,
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  I
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  seen
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  all
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  our
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  black
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  leaders
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  die,
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  and
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  dog's
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  been
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  sitting
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  on
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  me
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  or
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  something
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  like
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  that.
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  I'm
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  scared
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  of
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  a
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  virus,
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  right?
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  I
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  went
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  through
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  all
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  this
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  stuff
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  like
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  that,
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  and
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  I
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  was
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  just
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  telling
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  about,
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  like,
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  what
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  I
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  went
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  through
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  and
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  what
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  my
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  father
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  went
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  through,
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  and
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  it
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  was
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  like
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  this.
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  Came
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  and
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  started
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  hugging
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  me
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  and
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  shit.
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  I
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  was
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  like,
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  I'm
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  okay.
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  Like,
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  yeah,
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  I'm
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  here.
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  I'm
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  happy.
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  Good.
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  Right.
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  But,
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  like,
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  so
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  I
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  just.
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  When
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  I.
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  When
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  that
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  stuff
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  happens,
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  I
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  just
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  try
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  to
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  flip
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  it
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  real
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  quick.
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  Like,
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  oh,
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  you
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  know,
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  I
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  used
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  to
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  play
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  ball,
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  and
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  we
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  used
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  to
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  do
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  this
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  and
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  that.
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  I
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  get
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  a
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  little
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  happy.
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  Yeah,
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  that
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  is.
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  Try
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  to.
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  That's
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  quite
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  a
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  transition,
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  though.
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  So
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  we
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  definitely
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  want
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  to
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  hear
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  a
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  little
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  bit
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  about
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  both.
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  Maybe
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  you
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  could
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  tell
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  us
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  a
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  little
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  bit
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  about
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  your
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  pro
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  ball
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  career
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  and
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  then
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  how
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  you
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  transitioned
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  into
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  cinematography.
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  Okay.
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  So
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  I
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  went
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  to
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  Winston
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  State
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  University,
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  and
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  after
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  I
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  graduated
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  there,
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  tried
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  out
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  for,
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  like,
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  worked
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  out
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  for,
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  like,
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  two
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  NBA
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  teams.
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  It
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  was
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  the
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  New
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  Jersey
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  Nets.
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  Okay.
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  Got
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  the
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  Brooklyn
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  Nets
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  and
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  the
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  Bobcats
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  and
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  also
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  got
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  scouted
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  by
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  the
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  Spurs.
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  None
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  of
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  them
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  wanted
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  me.
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  Brought
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  me
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  in
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  for
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  workouts,
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  you
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  know,
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  the
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  whole
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  thing.
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  Like,
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  ma,
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  quit
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  your
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  job.
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  This
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  is
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  it.
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  Nah,
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  none
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  of
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  that
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  happened.
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  They're
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  lost
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  then.
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  Yeah,
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  I
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  like
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  to
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  think
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  that.
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  I
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  really
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  do,
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  but
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  unfortunately,
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  that's
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  not
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  the
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  case.
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  First
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  went
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  on
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  to
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  win
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  championship
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  right
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  from
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  there,
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  talked
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  to
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  some
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  agents,
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  and
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  my
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  first
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  gig
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  was
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  in
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  Japan.
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  I
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  played
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  for
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  Toyota.
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  What
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  year
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  is
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  that?
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  Sorry?
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  This
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  is
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  2008.
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  2008.
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  2009.
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  Okay.
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  Okay.
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  And
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  that
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  was
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  your
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  first
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  time
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  traveling,
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  I
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  believe,
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  right?
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  Yes.
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  To
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  Japan.
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  Well,
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  no.
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  Excuse
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  me.
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  Excuse
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  me.
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  No,
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  my
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  first
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  time
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  ever
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  traveling,
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  I
• 2:14
  went
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  to
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  Switzerland,
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  in
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  Paris
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  for
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  a
• 2:19
  Nike
• 2:19
  tournament
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  when
• 2:19
  I
• 2:19
  was.
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  No
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  big
• 2:20
  deal.
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  16.
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  Yeah,
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  16
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  and,
• 2:22
  yeah.
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  And,
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  like,
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  this
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  is
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  just
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  give
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  you.
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  Like,
• 2:24
  my
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  family
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  is
• 2:24
  so
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  loving
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  and
• 2:25
  everything
• 2:25
  like
• 2:25
  that.
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  But
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  just
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  to
• 2:26
  give
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  you
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  an
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  idea
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  of,
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  like,
• 2:28
  my
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  mom
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  wanted
• 2:29
  me
• 2:29
  gone
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  because,
• 2:30
  like,
• 2:30
  I
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  left
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  at
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  16.
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  It
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  was
• 2:32
  two
• 2:32
  weeks,
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  right.
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  Came
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  okay.
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  One
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  of
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  them
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  allergic
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  to
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  dogs,
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  so
• 2:35
  we
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  don't
• 2:35
  have,
• 2:35
  like,
• 2:35
  animals
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  in
• 2:36
  the
• 2:36
  house,
• 2:36
  right?
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  Yeah.
• 2:37
  Came
• 2:37
  back.
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  There's
• 2:38
  a
• 2:38
  dog
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  there.
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  My
• 2:40
  room's,
• 2:40
  like,
• 2:41
  been
• 2:41
  damn
• 2:41
  near
• 2:41
  packed
• 2:41
  up.
• 2:42
  Did
• 2:42
  I
• 2:42
  click
• 2:42
  something?
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  Sorry.
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  Yeah,
• 2:43
  it's
• 2:43
  all
• 2:43
  good.
• 2:45
  My
• 2:45
  room's
• 2:45
  been
• 2:45
  damn
• 2:46
  near
• 2:46
  packed
• 2:46
  up.
• 2:46
  And
• 2:46
  she's
• 2:47
  like,
• 2:47
  oh,
• 2:47
  you
• 2:47
  about
• 2:47
  to
• 2:47
  go
• 2:47
  to
• 2:47
  college
• 2:48
  soon.
• 2:48
  You'll
• 2:48
  be
• 2:48
  all
• 2:48
  right.
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  Like,
• 2:49
  just
• 2:49
  go.
• 2:50
  But
• 2:51
  that
• 2:52
  was
• 2:52
  my
• 2:52
  first
• 2:52
  time
• 2:52
  out
• 2:52
  the
• 2:53
  country.
• 2:53
  That
• 2:53
  was
• 2:53
  my
• 2:53
  first
• 2:53
  time
• 2:54
  being
• 2:54
  like,
• 2:55
  there's
• 2:56
  a
• 2:56
  whole
• 2:56
  nother
• 2:56
  world
• 2:57
  out
• 2:57
  here
• 2:57
  that
• 2:57
  I
• 2:57
  want
• 2:57
  to
• 2:57
  see.
• 2:58
  So
• 2:58
  playing
• 2:58
  in
• 2:58
  Japan,
• 2:59
  playing
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  for
• 3:00
  Toyota
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  was
• 3:01
  just
• 3:01
  like.
• 3:01
  I
• 3:01
  played
• 3:01
  in
• 3:02
  the
• 3:02
  second
• 3:02
  league.
• 3:02
  So
• 3:02
  Toyota
• 3:03
  had
• 3:03
  a
• 3:03
  top
• 3:03
  league
• 3:03
  as
• 3:04
  well,
• 3:04
  a
• 3:04
  top
• 3:04
  league
• 3:04
  team
• 3:05
  where.
• 3:06
  I
• 3:06
  don't
• 3:06
  know
• 3:06
  if
• 3:06
  y'
• 3:06
  all
• 3:06
  follow
• 3:07
  a
• 3:07
  lot
• 3:07
  about
• 3:07
  basketball,
• 3:08
  but
• 3:08
  Charles
• 3:09
  o'
• 3:09
  Bannon
• 3:09
  played.
• 3:10
  So
• 3:10
  the
• 3:10
  Bannon
• 3:10
  brothers
• 3:11
  won
• 3:11
  the
• 3:11
  national
• 3:11
  championship
• 3:11
  at
• 3:12
  ucla,
• 3:13
  so.
• 3:13
  So
• 3:13
  he's
• 3:13
  older
• 3:14
  than
• 3:14
  his
• 3:14
  crazy.
• 3:14
  Probably
• 3:15
  was,
• 3:15
  like,
• 3:15
  three
• 3:15
  years
• 3:16
  from
• 3:16
  retiring
• 3:16
  at
• 3:16
  that
• 3:17
  time.
• 3:17
  They
• 3:17
  were
• 3:17
  playing
• 3:18
  against
• 3:18
  him
• 3:18
  in
• 3:19
  this
• 3:19
  big
• 3:20
  tournament
• 3:20
  around
• 3:21
  New
• 3:21
  Year's.
• 3:21
  New
• 3:21
  Year's
• 3:22
  tournament.
• 3:22
  Yeah.
• 3:22
  And
• 3:23
  it's
• 3:23
  like
• 3:24
  25
• 3:25
  to
• 3:26
  30,000
• 3:26
  people
• 3:26
  in
• 3:27
  the
• 3:27
  arena.
• 3:27
  Okay.
• 3:28
  And
• 3:28
  we
• 3:28
  had
• 3:28
  the
• 3:28
  free
• 3:28
  throw
• 3:29
  line,
• 3:29
  and,
• 3:30
  man,
• 3:30
  he
• 3:30
  was
• 3:30
  such
• 3:30
  a
• 3:31
  G.
• 3:31
  He
• 3:32
  was
• 3:32
  such
• 3:32
  a
• 3:32
  G.
• 3:32
  He
• 3:32
  was
• 3:32
  at
• 3:32
  the
• 3:32
  free
• 3:33
  throw
• 3:33
  line,
• 3:33
  and
• 3:33
  I
• 3:33
  was.
• 3:33
  No,
• 3:34
  just
• 3:34
  shooting.
• 3:34
  I'm
• 3:35
  just
• 3:35
  like,
• 3:35
  yo,
• 3:35
  man,
• 3:36
  why
• 3:36
  you
• 3:36
  never
• 3:36
  try
• 3:36
  to
• 3:36
  go
• 3:36
  back
• 3:36
  to
• 3:37
  the
• 3:37
  NBA,
• 3:37
  man?
• 3:38
  You're
• 3:38
  still
• 3:38
  hella
• 3:39
  nice
• 3:39
  and
• 3:39
  stuff
• 3:39
  like
• 3:39
  that.
• 3:39
  Why'd
• 3:40
  you
• 3:40
  stay
• 3:40
  out
• 3:40
  here
• 3:40
  your
• 3:40
  whole
• 3:40
  career?
• 3:41
  And
• 3:41
  he
• 3:41
  was
• 3:41
  like,
• 3:42
  well,
• 3:43
  because
• 3:44
  of
• 3:44
  this.
• 3:44
  And
• 3:44
  he
• 3:44
  took
• 3:44
  one
• 3:44
  step
• 3:45
  off
• 3:45
  the
• 3:46
  free
• 3:46
  throw
• 3:46
  line
• 3:46
  and
• 3:47
  raised
• 3:47
  his
• 3:47
  arms,
• 3:48
  and
• 3:48
  it
• 3:48
  was
• 3:48
  like,
• 3:48
  30,000
• 3:48
  people
• 3:49
  had,
• 3:49
  like,
• 3:50
  clappers.
• 3:50
  Yeah,
• 3:50
  yeah.
• 3:51
  He
• 3:51
  was
• 3:51
  like,
• 3:51
  oh,
• 3:51
  Bannon.
• 3:52
  Oh,
• 3:52
  wow.
• 3:53
  Oh,
• 3:53
  Bannon.
• 3:54
  Right,
• 3:54
  right,
• 3:54
  right.
• 3:54
  And
• 3:54
  I
• 3:54
  was
• 3:54
  just
• 3:54
  looking
• 3:55
  around,
• 3:57
  and
• 3:57
  I
• 3:57
  was
• 3:57
  looking
• 3:58
  around,
• 3:58
  and
• 3:58
  I
• 3:58
  was
• 3:58
  just
• 3:59
  like,
• 3:59
  yeah,
• 3:59
  I
• 4:00
  want
• 4:00
  this
• 4:00
  life,
• 4:00
  man.
• 4:00
  Like,
• 4:01
  he's
• 4:01
  like,
• 4:01
  yeah,
• 4:01
  I've
• 4:01
  been
• 4:01
  a
• 4:01
  bench
• 4:02
  player
• 4:02
  in
• 4:02
  the
• 4:02
  NBA.
• 4:02
  I
• 4:02
  wouldn't.
• 4:03
  I
• 4:03
  wouldn't
• 4:04
  be
• 4:04
  getting
• 4:04
  that
• 4:05
  type
• 4:05
  of
• 4:05
  stuff.
• 4:06
  I
• 4:06
  was
• 4:06
  gonna
• 4:06
  ask
• 4:06
  you.
• 4:07
  Cause,
• 4:07
  I
• 4:07
  mean,
• 4:07
  we
• 4:08
  all
• 4:08
  go
• 4:08
  through
• 4:08
  things.
• 4:08
  We
• 4:09
  work
• 4:09
  hard
• 4:09
  towards
• 4:10
  goals
• 4:10
  and
• 4:10
  different
• 4:10
  objectives
• 4:11
  in
• 4:11
  our
• 4:11
  lives.
• 4:12
  How
• 4:12
  did
• 4:12
  it
• 4:12
  feel
• 4:13
  in
• 4:14
  the
• 4:14
  moment?
• 4:14
  Just
• 4:15
  like
• 4:15
  a
• 4:16
  brief
• 4:16
  overview
• 4:17
  of
• 4:17
  the
• 4:17
  feeling
• 4:18
  when
• 4:18
  you're
• 4:18
  going
• 4:18
  for
• 4:18
  these
• 4:19
  pro
• 4:19
  teams,
• 4:19
  and
• 4:19
  then
• 4:19
  you
• 4:20
  realize
• 4:20
  you
• 4:20
  had
• 4:20
  to
• 4:20
  redirect
• 4:21
  your
• 4:21
  life
• 4:21
  to
• 4:22
  another
• 4:23
  direction.
• 4:24
  You
• 4:24
  told
• 4:25
  me,
• 4:25
  like,
• 4:25
  from
• 4:25
  not
• 4:25
  making
• 4:25
  NBA?
• 4:26
  Yeah,
• 4:26
  yeah.
• 4:27
  I
• 4:27
  just
• 4:27
  want,
• 4:27
  like,
• 4:27
  how
• 4:27
  did
• 4:27
  that.
• 4:28
  How
• 4:28
  did
• 4:28
  you
• 4:28
  feel
• 4:28
  and
• 4:28
  how
• 4:29
  did
• 4:29
  you
• 4:29
  overcome
• 4:29
  that?
• 4:29
  Because
• 4:30
  that
• 4:30
  feels
• 4:30
  like
• 4:30
  a
• 4:30
  big
• 4:30
  part
• 4:31
  of
• 4:31
  this
• 4:31
  story.
• 4:33
  Well,
• 4:34
  so
• 4:34
  how
• 4:34
  it
• 4:34
  works
• 4:35
  is,
• 4:35
  like,
• 4:35
  I
• 4:36
  had
• 4:36
  some
• 4:36
  connections
• 4:37
  where
• 4:37
  in
• 4:37
  my
• 4:38
  mind,
• 4:38
  I'll
• 4:38
  still
• 4:38
  go
• 4:38
  make
• 4:38
  the
• 4:38
  NBA.
• 4:39
  Okay.
• 4:39
  I
• 4:39
  was
• 4:39
  like,
• 4:39
  yo,
• 4:40
  go
• 4:40
  overseas
• 4:40
  for
• 4:41
  a
• 4:41
  couple
• 4:41
  of
• 4:41
  years,
• 4:42
  make
• 4:42
  some
• 4:42
  good
• 4:42
  money,
• 4:43
  bulk
• 4:44
  up
• 4:44
  some
• 4:44
  more,
• 4:44
  work
• 4:45
  on
• 4:46
  what
• 4:47
  I
• 4:47
  was
• 4:47
  lacking.
• 4:47
  Because,
• 4:48
  like,
• 4:48
  when
• 4:49
  they
• 4:49
  bring
• 4:49
  you
• 4:49
  in,
• 4:50
  they
• 4:50
  pretty
• 4:50
  much
• 4:51
  just
• 4:51
  like.
• 4:52
  It's
• 4:52
  like
• 4:52
  a
• 4:52
  shit
• 4:52
  party.
• 4:53
  It's
• 4:53
  like,
• 4:53
  yo,
• 4:53
  you
• 4:53
  know,
• 4:53
  I
• 4:53
  mean,
• 4:54
  when
• 4:54
  I
• 4:54
  met
• 4:55
  the
• 4:55
  rep
• 4:55
  from
• 4:55
  the
• 4:55
  spurs,
• 4:56
  he
• 4:56
  came
• 4:57
  to
• 4:57
  a
• 4:57
  game
• 4:57
  where
• 4:57
  I
• 4:57
  had
• 4:57
  like
• 4:58
  35
• 4:58
  points,
• 4:59
  you
• 4:59
  know,
• 4:59
  I
• 4:59
  mean,
• 4:59
  I
• 5:00
  shot
• 5:00
  real
• 5:00
  good.
• 5:00
  I
• 5:00
  was
• 5:00
  like,
• 5:00
  all
• 5:01
  right,
• 5:01
  this
• 5:01
  is
• 5:01
  it.
• 5:01
  And
• 5:02
  he
• 5:02
  was
• 5:02
  just
• 5:02
  like,
• 5:02
  yo,
• 5:03
  your
• 5:03
  foot
• 5:03
  slow,
• 5:04
  your
• 5:04
  foot
• 5:05
  speed
• 5:05
  slow.
• 5:05
  And
• 5:06
  then
• 5:06
  your
• 5:06
  shot
• 5:06
  gets
• 5:06
  off
• 5:07
  a
• 5:07
  half
• 5:07
  a
• 5:07
  second
• 5:07
  too
• 5:08
  late.
• 5:08
  It
• 5:08
  was
• 5:08
  just
• 5:08
  like
• 5:09
  a
• 5:09
  constant
• 5:09
  teardown.
• 5:10
  And
• 5:10
  I
• 5:10
  left
• 5:11
  that.
• 5:11
  I
• 5:11
  left
• 5:11
  that.
• 5:11
  You
• 5:12
  know,
• 5:12
  I
• 5:12
  was
• 5:12
  younger,
• 5:12
  immature
• 5:13
  at
• 5:13
  the
• 5:13
  time.
• 5:13
  I
• 5:13
  left
• 5:13
  that
• 5:13
  meeting
• 5:14
  like,
• 5:14
  yo,
• 5:14
  fuck
• 5:14
  you.
• 5:14
  Right?
• 5:15
  Right.
• 5:15
  I
• 5:15
  mean,
• 5:15
  I'm
• 5:16
  outta
• 5:16
  here.
• 5:17
  But
• 5:18
  so
• 5:18
  my
• 5:18
  mindset
• 5:19
  was
• 5:19
  like,
• 5:19
  I
• 5:19
  got
• 5:19
  a
• 5:19
  couple
• 5:19
  years
• 5:19
  and
• 5:20
  I'm
• 5:20
  gonna
• 5:20
  get
• 5:20
  the
• 5:20
  opportunity
• 5:21
  to
• 5:21
  work
• 5:21
  out
• 5:22
  again,
• 5:22
  which
• 5:23
  I
• 5:23
  did.
• 5:23
  I
• 5:24
  ended
• 5:24
  up
• 5:25
  one
• 5:25
  of
• 5:25
  my
• 5:25
  best
• 5:25
  friends
• 5:26
  who
• 5:26
  was
• 5:26
  my
• 5:27
  professional
• 5:27
  trainer.
• 5:28
  He
• 5:28
  ended
• 5:28
  up
• 5:28
  getting
• 5:29
  connected
• 5:29
  with
• 5:29
  Dan
• 5:29
  Gilbert
• 5:30
  and
• 5:30
  World
• 5:30
  Wide
• 5:30
  West.
• 5:31
  So
• 5:31
  I
• 5:32
  worked
• 5:32
  out
• 5:32
  with
• 5:32
  a
• 5:32
  lot
• 5:32
  of
• 5:32
  pro
• 5:33
  players
• 5:33
  that
• 5:33
  were
• 5:33
  trying
• 5:34
  to
• 5:34
  bring
• 5:34
  in.
• 5:34
  I
• 5:34
  don't
• 5:34
  know
• 5:35
  if
• 5:35
  y'
• 5:35
  all
• 5:35
  know
• 5:35
  who
• 5:35
  World
• 5:35
  Wide
• 5:35
  west
• 5:36
  is.
• 5:36
  Yeah,
• 5:36
  yeah,
• 5:36
  yeah.
• 5:36
  But
• 5:36
  he's
• 5:37
  one
• 5:37
  of
• 5:37
  the
• 5:37
  most
• 5:37
  powerful
• 5:37
  men
• 5:38
  in
• 5:38
  America.
• 5:39
  Yeah,
• 5:41
  shit,
• 5:41
  maybe
• 5:41
  America.
• 5:41
  Who
• 5:42
  knows?
• 5:42
  Definitely
• 5:42
  a
• 5:43
  sports.
• 5:44
  But
• 5:45
  he
• 5:45
  was
• 5:45
  just
• 5:45
  like.
• 5:48
  He
• 5:48
  was
• 5:48
  a
• 5:48
  huge
• 5:49
  asshole,
• 5:49
  man.
• 5:49
  I
• 5:49
  mean,
• 5:50
  he's
• 5:50
  a
• 5:50
  very.
• 5:50
  If
• 5:51
  you're
• 5:51
  in
• 5:51
  his
• 5:51
  circle,
• 5:51
  he'll
• 5:52
  take
• 5:52
  care
• 5:52
  of
• 5:52
  you,
• 5:53
  but,
• 5:53
  like,
• 5:53
  he'll
• 5:53
  have
• 5:53
  players
• 5:54
  that
• 5:54
  I
• 5:55
  was
• 5:55
  giving
• 5:55
  him
• 5:55
  the
• 5:55
  business,
• 5:56
  but
• 5:56
  because
• 5:56
  I
• 5:56
  wasn't
• 5:57
  in
• 5:57
  the
• 5:57
  circle,
• 5:57
  it
• 5:57
  was
• 5:57
  like
• 5:58
  I
• 5:58
  wasn't
• 5:58
  getting
• 5:58
  opportunities.
• 5:59
  Right,
• 5:59
  right,
• 5:59
  right.
• 5:59
  So
• 6:00
  after
• 6:00
  that
• 6:01
  point,
• 6:01
  it
• 6:01
  got
• 6:01
  to
• 6:02
  the
• 6:02
  point
• 6:02
  where
• 6:02
  it
• 6:02
  was
• 6:02
  like,
• 6:02
  I'm
• 6:03
  just
• 6:03
  gonna
• 6:03
  focus
• 6:04
  on
• 6:04
  making
• 6:05
  as
• 6:05
  much
• 6:05
  money
• 6:05
  as
• 6:05
  I
• 6:06
  can
• 6:06
  and
• 6:07
  playing
• 6:07
  in
• 6:07
  as
• 6:07
  many
• 6:07
  countries
• 6:08
  and
• 6:08
  seeing
• 6:08
  as
• 6:08
  much
• 6:09
  as
• 6:09
  the
• 6:09
  world
• 6:09
  as
• 6:09
  I
• 6:09
  can.
• 6:10
  A
• 6:10
  good
• 6:10
  idea.
• 6:11
  Yeah,
• 6:12
  we
• 6:12
  shall
• 6:12
  go
• 6:12
  ahead.
• 6:13
  No,
• 6:13
  that
• 6:13
  makes
• 6:13
  sense.
• 6:14
  Makes
• 6:14
  good
• 6:14
  sense.
• 6:14
  Yeah,
• 6:15
  that.
• 6:15
  That
• 6:16
  makes
• 6:16
  me.
• 6:16
  I
• 6:16
  want
• 6:16
  to
• 6:17
  ask
• 6:17
  about
• 6:17
  another
• 6:18
  thing
• 6:18
  that
• 6:18
  you
• 6:18
  told
• 6:18
  me
• 6:18
  about
• 6:19
  regarding
• 6:19
  travel
• 6:20
  and
• 6:21
  discovering
• 6:22
  the
• 6:22
  world
• 6:22
  and
• 6:24
  the
• 6:24
  attitude
• 6:25
  that
• 6:25
  you
• 6:25
  may
• 6:25
  have
• 6:26
  had
• 6:26
  before
• 6:26
  that
• 6:26
  and
• 6:27
  how
• 6:27
  that
• 6:27
  changed
• 6:27
  it.
• 6:28
  And
• 6:30
  what.
• 6:30
  What
• 6:30
  was
• 6:30
  that
• 6:31
  like?
• 6:31
  What
• 6:31
  really
• 6:31
  changed
• 6:32
  after
• 6:32
  that
• 6:32
  first
• 6:32
  time
• 6:32
  you
• 6:32
  traveled?
• 6:33
  So
• 6:34
  America
• 6:35
  brainswash
• 6:36
  you
• 6:36
  to
• 6:37
  make
• 6:37
  you
• 6:37
  feel
• 6:37
  like
• 6:39
  the
• 6:39
  world's
• 6:39
  dangerous.
• 6:40
  And
• 6:40
  there
• 6:41
  are
• 6:41
  places
• 6:41
  in
• 6:41
  the
• 6:41
  world
• 6:41
  that
• 6:42
  are
• 6:42
  dangerous.
• 6:42
  But
• 6:42
  it's
• 6:42
  like
• 6:42
  they,
• 6:43
  they
• 6:43
  make
• 6:43
  you
• 6:43
  think
• 6:44
  like
• 6:44
  we're
• 6:44
  the
• 6:44
  best,
• 6:45
  here's
• 6:45
  the
• 6:45
  best.
• 6:46
  Everywhere
• 6:46
  else
• 6:46
  sucks.
• 6:46
  Everywhere
• 6:47
  else
• 6:47
  is
• 6:47
  dangerous,
• 6:47
  right?
• 6:49
  Don't
• 6:49
  leave
• 6:49
  here.
• 6:50
  I
• 6:51
  mean
• 6:51
  when
• 6:52
  traveling
• 6:52
  the
• 6:53
  world,
• 6:53
  man,
• 6:54
  I
• 6:54
  made
• 6:54
  some
• 6:54
  great
• 6:54
  friends,
• 6:55
  had
• 6:55
  some
• 6:55
  great
• 6:55
  experiences.
• 6:58
  Japan
• 6:58
  is
• 6:58
  one
• 6:59
  of
• 6:59
  my
• 6:59
  favorite
• 6:59
  places
• 7:00
  I
• 7:00
  ever
• 7:00
  been
• 7:00
  to
• 7:00
  in
• 7:01
  the
• 7:01
  world.
• 7:01
  Just
• 7:01
  the
• 7:01
  culture,
• 7:02
  the
• 7:02
  people,
• 7:02
  the
• 7:03
  food,
• 7:03
  everything
• 7:04
  was
• 7:04
  amazing
• 7:04
  there.
• 7:05
  Have
• 7:05
  you
• 7:05
  been
• 7:05
  back?
• 7:06
  Yeah,
• 7:06
  I
• 7:06
  was
• 7:06
  able
• 7:06
  to
• 7:06
  take
• 7:06
  my
• 7:07
  wife
• 7:07
  like
• 7:07
  I
• 7:07
  always
• 7:08
  talked
• 7:08
  about.
• 7:08
  So
• 7:08
  like
• 7:09
  I
• 7:10
  was
• 7:10
  able
• 7:10
  to
• 7:10
  bring
• 7:10
  my
• 7:10
  wife
• 7:10
  back
• 7:11
  there
• 7:12
  actually.
• 7:13
  Right.
• 7:14
  Right
• 7:14
  before
• 7:15
  COVID
• 7:15
  hit
• 7:15
  was
• 7:15
  there
• 7:15
  like
• 7:16
  in
• 7:16
  January.
• 7:16
  Oh
• 7:17
  wow.
• 7:17
  And
• 7:18
  great,
• 7:18
  great
• 7:18
  time,
• 7:19
  great
• 7:19
  experience.
• 7:20
  We
• 7:21
  actually
• 7:21
  want
• 7:21
  to
• 7:21
  go
• 7:21
  back
• 7:21
  when
• 7:22
  ain't
• 7:22
  allowed
• 7:22
  to
• 7:22
  travel
• 7:22
  again.
• 7:23
  Hopefully
• 7:24
  that's
• 7:24
  it.
• 7:25
  Yeah,
• 7:25
  hopefully.
• 7:25
  Yeah.
• 7:28
  But
• 7:28
  like
• 7:28
  my
• 7:28
  biggest
• 7:28
  thing
• 7:29
  was
• 7:29
  like
• 7:29
  when
• 7:29
  I
• 7:30
  got
• 7:30
  my
• 7:30
  contract
• 7:30
  to
• 7:30
  Saudi
• 7:31
  Arabia,
• 7:32
  my
• 7:32
  mom
• 7:32
  was
• 7:32
  like,
• 7:33
  yo,
• 7:33
  don't
• 7:33
  go,
• 7:33
  it's
• 7:33
  dangerous
• 7:34
  out
• 7:34
  there.
• 7:34
  You
• 7:34
  know
• 7:34
  what
• 7:34
  I
• 7:35
  mean?
• 7:35
  Like
• 7:36
  terrorists,
• 7:36
  things
• 7:36
  like
• 7:36
  that.
• 7:37
  I
• 7:37
  was
• 7:37
  like,
• 7:37
  well,
• 7:37
  my
• 7:37
  agents
• 7:38
  tell
• 7:38
  me
• 7:38
  it's
• 7:38
  cool.
• 7:40
  A
• 7:40
  couple
• 7:40
  of
• 7:40
  my
• 7:40
  other
• 7:41
  boys
• 7:41
  played
• 7:41
  in
• 7:41
  other
• 7:41
  parts
• 7:42
  in
• 7:42
  the
• 7:42
  Middle
• 7:42
  east
• 7:42
  and
• 7:42
  they
• 7:43
  spoke
• 7:43
  highly
• 7:43
  of
• 7:43
  it.
• 7:44
  And
• 7:44
  I
• 7:44
  went
• 7:44
  out
• 7:45
  to
• 7:45
  Saudi
• 7:45
  and
• 7:45
  man,
• 7:47
  it
• 7:47
  was
• 7:47
  amazing.
• 7:48
  I
• 7:48
  wasn't
• 7:49
  Muslim
• 7:49
  so
• 7:49
  I
• 7:49
  was,
• 7:51
  I
• 7:51
  played
• 7:51
  for
• 7:51
  a
• 7:51
  team
• 7:52
  at
• 7:52
  Mecca,
• 7:52
  which
• 7:52
  is
• 7:52
  one
• 7:52
  of
• 7:52
  the
• 7:53
  most
• 7:53
  holiest
• 7:53
  cities
• 7:53
  in
• 7:53
  the
• 7:53
  world.
• 7:54
  So
• 7:54
  I
• 7:54
  had
• 7:54
  to
• 7:54
  live
• 7:54
  in
• 7:54
  the
• 7:55
  desert
• 7:55
  on
• 7:55
  the
• 7:55
  outskirts
• 7:56
  of
• 7:56
  the
• 7:56
  city.
• 7:56
  But
• 7:57
  my
• 7:57
  teammates
• 7:58
  were,
• 7:58
  were
• 7:58
  so
• 7:58
  cool
• 7:59
  and
• 8:00
  they
• 8:00
  took
• 8:00
  great
• 8:01
  care
• 8:01
  of
• 8:01
  me
• 8:01
  and
• 8:01
  they're
• 8:02
  very,
• 8:02
  very
• 8:02
  family
• 8:02
  oriented
• 8:03
  out
• 8:03
  there.
• 8:03
  They
• 8:04
  never
• 8:04
  pressured
• 8:04
  the
• 8:04
  Quran
• 8:05
  on
• 8:05
  me,
• 8:05
  but
• 8:05
  they
• 8:05
  gave
• 8:05
  me
• 8:05
  one
• 8:06
  to
• 8:06
  read.
• 8:06
  They
• 8:07
  prayed
• 8:07
  five
• 8:07
  times
• 8:08
  a
• 8:08
  day.
• 8:08
  Which
• 8:09
  I'll
• 8:09
  tell
• 8:09
  you
• 8:09
  right
• 8:09
  now,
• 8:10
  that
• 8:10
  prayer
• 8:10
  call
• 8:11
  your
• 8:11
  first
• 8:11
  week
• 8:11
  there
• 8:12
  will
• 8:12
  scare
• 8:12
  the
• 8:12
  shit
• 8:13
  out
• 8:13
  of
• 8:13
  you.
• 8:13
  Cause
• 8:13
  it
• 8:13
  comes
• 8:14
  on
• 8:14
  at
• 8:14
  5am
• 8:14
  in
• 8:14
  the
• 8:15
  morning.
• 8:17
  It's
• 8:17
  like
• 8:18
  it
• 8:18
  echoes
• 8:19
  throughout
• 8:19
  the
• 8:20
  city.
• 8:20
  And
• 8:20
  if
• 8:20
  you're
• 8:20
  not
• 8:20
  used
• 8:21
  to
• 8:21
  that,
• 8:21
  you're
• 8:21
  like
• 8:22
  what
• 8:22
  the
• 8:22
  fuck
• 8:23
  was
• 8:23
  that?
• 8:24
  But
• 8:24
  they
• 8:25
  were
• 8:25
  just
• 8:25
  great
• 8:26
  to
• 8:26
  me
• 8:26
  out
• 8:26
  there,
• 8:26
  man.
• 8:26
  It
• 8:27
  was
• 8:27
  very
• 8:27
  safe.
• 8:30
  The
• 8:31
  most
• 8:31
  dangerous
• 8:31
  part
• 8:31
  about
• 8:31
  being
• 8:31
  in
• 8:31
  Saudi
• 8:32
  was
• 8:32
  like
• 8:32
  driving
• 8:33
  because
• 8:34
  like
• 8:34
  they
• 8:34
  can't
• 8:34
  drive.
• 8:34
  It's
• 8:34
  like
• 8:35
  bumper
• 8:35
  cars
• 8:35
  out
• 8:35
  there.
• 8:37
  And
• 8:37
  then
• 8:37
  it's
• 8:38
  like,
• 8:38
  well,
• 8:38
  the
• 8:38
  rule
• 8:38
  changed
• 8:39
  now.
• 8:39
  But
• 8:39
  before
• 8:39
  when
• 8:39
  I
• 8:39
  was
• 8:40
  out
• 8:40
  there,
• 8:40
  women
• 8:40
  weren't
• 8:40
  allowed
• 8:41
  to
• 8:41
  drive.
• 8:41
  So
• 8:41
  you
• 8:41
  see
• 8:41
  like
• 8:41
  eight
• 8:41
  year
• 8:42
  old
• 8:42
  boys
• 8:42
  like
• 8:43
  barely
• 8:43
  standing
• 8:43
  over
• 8:43
  the
• 8:43
  steering
• 8:44
  wheel
• 8:44
  to
• 8:44
  drive
• 8:44
  their
• 8:45
  mother
• 8:45
  to
• 8:45
  the
• 8:45
  grocery
• 8:46
  store.
• 8:46
  Right,
• 8:47
  right.
• 8:47
  Wow.
• 8:47
  Wow.
• 8:48
  Law
• 8:48
  abiding
• 8:49
  citizen.
• 8:49
  I
• 8:49
  did
• 8:49
  not
• 8:49
  think
• 8:50
  of
• 8:50
  that
• 8:50
  solution.
• 8:51
  I
• 8:52
  don't
• 8:52
  know
• 8:52
  if
• 8:52
  I
• 8:52
  thought.
• 8:52
  Of
• 8:52
  course
• 8:52
  that's
• 8:53
  the
• 8:53
  solution
• 8:54
  really.
• 8:54
  If
• 8:55
  you
• 8:55
  need
• 8:55
  milk.
• 8:56
  Yeah,
• 8:57
  you
• 8:57
  Know,
• 8:58
  So
• 8:59
  that
• 8:59
  was
• 9:00
  like
• 9:00
  coming
• 9:00
  back
• 9:01
  and
• 9:01
  telling
• 9:02
  my
• 9:02
  friends
• 9:02
  and
• 9:03
  family
• 9:03
  what.
• 9:03
  What
• 9:04
  the
• 9:04
  world
• 9:04
  was
• 9:04
  like,
• 9:05
  that
• 9:05
  experience.
• 9:06
  And
• 9:07
  I
• 9:08
  mean,
• 9:08
  and
• 9:08
  like,
• 9:08
  I
• 9:09
  came
• 9:09
  from.
• 9:09
  Not
• 9:09
  the
• 9:10
  best
• 9:10
  situation
• 9:10
  growing
• 9:11
  up
• 9:11
  in
• 9:11
  Queens
• 9:11
  and
• 9:11
  stuff
• 9:12
  like
• 9:12
  that.
• 9:12
  But
• 9:12
  like,
• 9:13
  I
• 9:13
  played
• 9:13
  in.
• 9:14
  I
• 9:15
  played
• 9:15
  in
• 9:15
  Ecuador
• 9:16
  in
• 9:16
  the
• 9:17
  Amazon,
• 9:17
  in
• 9:18
  this
• 9:18
  small
• 9:18
  city
• 9:18
  called
• 9:19
  Marcus,
• 9:19
  where
• 9:20
  it
• 9:20
  rained.
• 9:21
  Like,
• 9:21
  you
• 9:22
  know
• 9:22
  how
• 9:22
  it
• 9:22
  storms
• 9:22
  early
• 9:22
  today?
• 9:23
  Yeah.
• 9:23
  It'll
• 9:23
  be
• 9:23
  like
• 9:24
  that
• 9:24
  every
• 9:25
  morning
• 9:25
  until
• 9:26
  like
• 9:26
  11
• 9:26
  o'
• 9:27
  clock.
• 9:27
  And
• 9:27
  it
• 9:27
  was
• 9:27
  so
• 9:28
  hot,
• 9:28
  by
• 9:28
  12:30,
• 9:29
  everything's
• 9:29
  dry.
• 9:30
  Wow.
• 9:30
  She
• 9:30
  called
• 9:31
  that
• 9:31
  place
• 9:31
  like
• 9:31
  a
• 9:31
  rainforest
• 9:32
  or
• 9:32
  something.
• 9:32
  Yeah,
• 9:35
  exactly.
• 9:35
  Right?
• 9:36
  They
• 9:36
  should.
• 9:36
  That's
• 9:36
  a
• 9:36
  good
• 9:36
  name.
• 9:39
  But
• 9:39
  people
• 9:39
  will
• 9:40
  come
• 9:40
  out,
• 9:40
  they
• 9:40
  have
• 9:41
  proper
• 9:41
  plumbing.
• 9:41
  They'll
• 9:41
  wash
• 9:42
  their
• 9:42
  self
• 9:42
  in
• 9:42
  the
• 9:42
  street
• 9:42
  in
• 9:42
  the
• 9:42
  morning.
• 9:43
  Right.
• 9:43
  So,
• 9:44
  like,
• 9:44
  watching
• 9:44
  that
• 9:44
  level
• 9:45
  of
• 9:45
  poverty
• 9:46
  made
• 9:46
  me
• 9:47
  realize,
• 9:47
  like,
• 9:47
  as
• 9:48
  bad
• 9:48
  as
• 9:48
  I
• 9:48
  thought
• 9:48
  things
• 9:48
  were,
• 9:50
  you
• 9:50
  know,
• 9:50
  I
• 9:50
  mean,
• 9:50
  I
• 9:50
  was
• 9:50
  blessed
• 9:51
  to
• 9:51
  have
• 9:51
  certain
• 9:51
  opportunities
• 9:52
  and
• 9:52
  stuff.
• 9:52
  Right.
• 9:53
  Perspective
• 9:53
  is
• 9:53
  important.
• 9:54
  And
• 9:54
  what
• 9:54
  did
• 9:54
  your
• 9:54
  friends
• 9:55
  think
• 9:55
  of
• 9:55
  that?
• 9:55
  Other
• 9:56
  friends
• 9:56
  that
• 9:56
  have
• 9:57
  never
• 9:57
  left
• 9:58
  Queens,
• 10:00
  they
• 10:00
  were
• 10:01
  skeptical.
• 10:01
  They
• 10:01
  were
• 10:02
  like,
• 10:02
  oh,
• 10:02
  this
• 10:02
  is
• 10:02
  amazing,
• 10:03
  D.
• 10:03
  And
• 10:03
  stuff
• 10:03
  like
• 10:03
  that.
• 10:03
  But
• 10:03
  like,
• 10:04
  oh.
• 10:04
  Because
• 10:05
  whenever
• 10:05
  I
• 10:05
  was
• 10:05
  playing,
• 10:06
  I
• 10:06
  would
• 10:06
  be
• 10:06
  like.
• 10:07
  I'd
• 10:07
  be
• 10:08
  like,
• 10:08
  yo,
• 10:08
  son,
• 10:08
  I'm
• 10:08
  being
• 10:08
  this
• 10:08
  country
• 10:09
  this
• 10:09
  year.
• 10:09
  You
• 10:10
  got
• 10:10
  to
• 10:10
  come
• 10:10
  out.
• 10:11
  I
• 10:11
  mean,
• 10:11
  my
• 10:11
  only
• 10:11
  thing
• 10:12
  was
• 10:12
  like,
• 10:12
  you
• 10:12
  have
• 10:13
  to
• 10:13
  buy
• 10:13
  the
• 10:13
  ticket
• 10:13
  there,
• 10:14
  right?
• 10:14
  But
• 10:14
  I'll
• 10:15
  buy
• 10:15
  a
• 10:15
  ticket
• 10:15
  home.
• 10:16
  You
• 10:16
  know,
• 10:16
  you
• 10:16
  have
• 10:16
  somewhere
• 10:17
  to
• 10:17
  stay.
• 10:17
  Everything's
• 10:18
  on
• 10:18
  me.
• 10:18
  I'm
• 10:18
  gonna
• 10:18
  show
• 10:18
  you
• 10:19
  a
• 10:19
  hell
• 10:19
  of
• 10:19
  a
• 10:19
  time.
• 10:20
  We
• 10:20
  gonna
• 10:20
  party,
• 10:21
  we're
• 10:21
  gonna
• 10:21
  do
• 10:21
  it
• 10:21
  up.
• 10:22
  You
• 10:22
  just
• 10:22
  gotta
• 10:22
  get
• 10:22
  there.
• 10:23
  I'll
• 10:23
  give
• 10:23
  that
• 10:23
  to
• 10:23
  all
• 10:24
  my
• 10:24
  friends
• 10:25
  and
• 10:25
  overcome
• 10:26
  my
• 10:26
  career.
• 10:26
  And
• 10:26
  nobody
• 10:27
  ever
• 10:27
  came.
• 10:27
  Damn.
• 10:28
  Because
• 10:28
  nobody.
• 10:30
  Where
• 10:30
  I'm
• 10:30
  from,
• 10:31
  people
• 10:31
  don't
• 10:31
  travel
• 10:31
  like
• 10:31
  that.
• 10:32
  It's
• 10:32
  starting
• 10:32
  to
• 10:32
  happen
• 10:33
  more
• 10:33
  now.
• 10:33
  Cause
• 10:33
  you
• 10:33
  see
• 10:34
  more
• 10:34
  of
• 10:34
  the
• 10:34
  world.
• 10:35
  But
• 10:35
  like,
• 10:35
  it
• 10:36
  took
• 10:36
  my
• 10:36
  best
• 10:36
  friend,
• 10:38
  it
• 10:38
  took
• 10:38
  him
• 10:39
  until
• 10:39
  he
• 10:39
  was
• 10:39
  over
• 10:40
  30
• 10:40
  years
• 10:40
  to
• 10:40
  leave
• 10:41
  the
• 10:41
  hood,
• 10:41
  you
• 10:41
  know
• 10:41
  what
• 10:41
  I
• 10:42
  mean?
• 10:42
  Like,
• 10:42
  not
• 10:42
  even
• 10:43
  the
• 10:43
  country,
• 10:44
  just
• 10:44
  the
• 10:44
  hood.
• 10:44
  Yeah,
• 10:45
  like.
• 10:46
  Like
• 10:46
  that's
• 10:46
  even
• 10:47
  crazier.
• 10:47
  Like,
• 10:47
  it's
• 10:48
  not
• 10:48
  even
• 10:48
  about
• 10:48
  flying.
• 10:48
  It's
• 10:49
  about
• 10:49
  going
• 10:49
  to
• 10:50
  another
• 10:50
  town
• 10:50
  or
• 10:51
  another
• 10:51
  city.
• 10:51
  They
• 10:51
  haven't
• 10:52
  even
• 10:52
  done
• 10:52
  that.
• 10:52
  And
• 10:53
  I
• 10:53
  had
• 10:53
  to
• 10:53
  tell.
• 10:53
  I
• 10:53
  had
• 10:53
  to
• 10:54
  tell
• 10:54
  him
• 10:54
  was
• 10:54
  like,
• 10:54
  yo,
• 10:54
  man,
• 10:54
  if
• 10:55
  you.
• 10:55
  He's
• 10:55
  my
• 10:55
  best
• 10:55
  man
• 10:55
  at
• 10:56
  my
• 10:56
  wedding.
• 10:56
  I
• 10:56
  was
• 10:56
  like,
• 10:56
  if
• 10:56
  you
• 10:56
  don't
• 10:57
  come.
• 10:58
  The
• 10:58
  wedding
• 10:58
  was
• 10:59
  in
• 10:59
  Toronto.
• 10:59
  Yeah.
• 11:00
  I
• 11:00
  was
• 11:00
  like,
• 11:01
  yo,
• 11:01
  if
• 11:01
  you
• 11:01
  don't
• 11:01
  come,
• 11:01
  like,
• 11:02
  we're
• 11:02
  no
• 11:02
  longer
• 11:02
  friends.
• 11:03
  And
• 11:03
  when
• 11:03
  I
• 11:03
  see
• 11:03
  you,
• 11:03
  we're
• 11:04
  fighting.
• 11:06
  You
• 11:06
  know
• 11:06
  what
• 11:06
  it
• 11:06
  is?
• 11:07
  And
• 11:08
  he
• 11:08
  was.
• 11:08
  Of
• 11:08
  course
• 11:08
  he
• 11:08
  was
• 11:09
  there.
• 11:09
  And
• 11:09
  he
• 11:09
  was
• 11:09
  only
• 11:10
  in
• 11:10
  Toronto
• 11:10
  for
• 11:13
  maybe
• 11:14
  like
• 11:14
  36
• 11:14
  hours.
• 11:15
  They
• 11:15
  moved.
• 11:15
  And
• 11:15
  that
• 11:15
  was
• 11:16
  Enough.
• 11:16
  That
• 11:16
  was
• 11:16
  enough.
• 11:17
  That
• 11:18
  man
• 11:18
  travels
• 11:19
  everywhere
• 11:19
  now,
• 11:19
  right?
• 11:19
  He's
• 11:20
  like,
• 11:20
  yo,
• 11:21
  it
• 11:21
  was
• 11:21
  enough
• 11:22
  that
• 11:22
  way.
• 11:22
  Yeah,
• 11:22
  yeah.
• 11:23
  It
• 11:23
  was
• 11:23
  like
• 11:23
  more
• 11:23
  than
• 11:23
  enough.
• 11:23
  He
• 11:24
  was
• 11:24
  like,
• 11:24
  wow.
• 11:24
  I
• 11:24
  see.
• 11:24
  He's
• 11:25
  like,
• 11:25
  it's
• 11:25
  amazing
• 11:25
  here.
• 11:25
  I
• 11:25
  want
• 11:25
  to
• 11:25
  come
• 11:26
  back.
• 11:26
  And
• 11:26
  then
• 11:26
  like
• 11:27
  his
• 11:27
  wife
• 11:27
  would
• 11:27
  travel.
• 11:28
  She'll
• 11:28
  travel
• 11:28
  without
• 11:28
  him.
• 11:29
  Oh,
• 11:29
  wow.
• 11:29
  She'll
• 11:29
  just
• 11:30
  leave
• 11:30
  him.
• 11:30
  Like,
• 11:30
  I'm
• 11:30
  going
• 11:30
  to
• 11:30
  Mexico.
• 11:31
  Yeah.
• 11:31
  So
• 11:32
  now
• 11:32
  they
• 11:32
  go
• 11:32
  together,
• 11:33
  you
• 11:33
  know
• 11:33
  what
• 11:33
  I
• 11:33
  mean?
• 11:33
  And
• 11:34
  I
• 11:35
  mean,
• 11:35
  that's
• 11:35
  cool.
• 11:35
  That's
• 11:36
  cool.
• 11:36
  Watching
• 11:36
  that
• 11:36
  change
• 11:37
  in
• 11:37
  him
• 11:37
  and
• 11:37
  some
• 11:37
  of
• 11:37
  my
• 11:37
  other
• 11:38
  boys
• 11:38
  who've
• 11:39
  got
• 11:40
  money
• 11:40
  now,
• 11:40
  they're
• 11:41
  older,
• 11:41
  and
• 11:41
  then
• 11:41
  they're
• 11:42
  traveling
• 11:42
  and
• 11:42
  seeing
• 11:43
  other
• 11:43
  things
• 11:43
  of
• 11:43
  the
• 11:43
  world.
• 11:44
  So
• 11:44
  he's
• 11:44
  still.
• 11:46
  At
• 11:46
  least
• 11:46
  he's
• 11:47
  leaving
• 11:47
  the
• 11:47
  hood
• 11:47
  now,
• 11:47
  but
• 11:47
  it's
• 11:47
  like
• 11:48
  he
• 11:48
  goes
• 11:48
  to.
• 11:49
  He
• 11:49
  goes
• 11:50
  all
• 11:50
  inclusive
• 11:50
  resorts
• 11:51
  and
• 11:51
  he
• 11:51
  doesn't
• 11:51
  leave.
• 11:53
  Somewhat
• 11:54
  traveling.
• 11:55
  I
• 11:55
  mean,
• 11:55
  listen,
• 11:55
  man,
• 11:56
  you
• 11:56
  gotta
• 11:57
  start
• 11:57
  somewhere.
• 11:57
  You
• 11:57
  crawl
• 11:57
  before
• 11:58
  you
• 11:58
  walk.
• 11:58
  Right,
• 11:58
  Exactly.
• 11:59
  I'm
• 11:59
  happy
• 12:00
  that
• 12:00
  he's
• 12:00
  least.
• 12:01
  At
• 12:01
  least
• 12:01
  leaving.
• 12:01
  Where
• 12:02
  was
• 12:02
  your
• 12:02
  favorite
• 12:02
  place
• 12:03
  to
• 12:03
  play
• 12:03
  ball?
• 12:03
  Like
• 12:04
  what
• 12:04
  was
• 12:04
  your
• 12:04
  favorite
• 12:05
  city
• 12:05
  or
• 12:06
  country?
• 12:08
  Well,
• 12:09
  it's.
• 12:10
  Keep
• 12:10
  in
• 12:10
  mind,
• 12:10
  they're
• 12:11
  all
• 12:11
  listening.
• 12:12
  It's.
• 12:14
  If
• 12:14
  it's
• 12:14
  strictly
• 12:15
  for
• 12:15
  basketball.
• 12:16
  Yeah.
• 12:17
  Canada.
• 12:18
  If
• 12:19
  it's
• 12:19
  the
• 12:19
  overall
• 12:20
  experience,
• 12:21
  it
• 12:21
  was
• 12:22
  Japan.
• 12:23
  Okay.
• 12:24
  Why
• 12:24
  Canada
• 12:24
  then?
• 12:25
  Yeah.
• 12:25
  So
• 12:25
  Canada,
• 12:26
  when
• 12:26
  they
• 12:26
  started
• 12:27
  Canadian
• 12:27
  League
• 12:27
  out
• 12:27
  here,
• 12:28
  you
• 12:28
  had.
• 12:29
  They
• 12:30
  had,
• 12:30
  let's
• 12:30
  say,
• 12:31
  the
• 12:31
  roster
• 12:31
  of
• 12:31
  12
• 12:31
  people.
• 12:31
  You're
• 12:32
  allowed
• 12:32
  to
• 12:32
  have
• 12:32
  up
• 12:32
  to
• 12:32
  eight
• 12:32
  Americans.
• 12:33
  Okay.
• 12:34
  So
• 12:34
  it
• 12:34
  felt.
• 12:34
  What?
• 12:35
  Yeah,
• 12:36
  that's
• 12:37
  even
• 12:37
  in
• 12:37
  the
• 12:37
  CFL
• 12:38
  team.
• 12:38
  Any
• 12:38
  Canadian
• 12:39
  league,
• 12:39
  we
• 12:39
  have
• 12:39
  to
• 12:40
  make
• 12:40
  room
• 12:40
  for
• 12:40
  them.
• 12:41
  They're
• 12:41
  better
• 12:41
  than
• 12:43
  it
• 12:43
  was.
• 12:44
  Like
• 12:44
  being
• 12:44
  in
• 12:45
  college
• 12:45
  again.
• 12:46
  But
• 12:46
  we're
• 12:46
  all
• 12:46
  pros.
• 12:47
  We're
• 12:47
  all
• 12:48
  getting
• 12:48
  paid
• 12:48
  to
• 12:48
  do
• 12:48
  this
• 12:48
  now.
• 12:49
  Right.
• 12:49
  And
• 12:50
  yeah.
• 12:50
  Must
• 12:51
  be
• 12:51
  nice.
• 12:51
  Yeah,
• 12:53
  it
• 12:53
  was
• 12:53
  a
• 12:53
  cool
• 12:54
  situation.
• 12:54
  And
• 12:55
  then
• 12:57
  we
• 12:57
  was
• 12:57
  in
• 12:58
  Moncton,
• 12:58
  New
• 12:58
  Brunswick.
• 12:59
  Okay.
• 12:59
  And
• 13:02
  I
• 13:02
  don't
• 13:02
  know
• 13:03
  the
• 13:03
  correct
• 13:04
  way
• 13:04
  to
• 13:04
  say
• 13:05
  this,
• 13:06
  but
• 13:07
  they've
• 13:07
  seen
• 13:08
  black
• 13:08
  people
• 13:09
  before
• 13:09
  out
• 13:09
  there,
• 13:09
  but
• 13:10
  not
• 13:10
  a
• 13:10
  lot.
• 13:10
  Rednecks.
• 13:11
  Is
• 13:11
  that
• 13:11
  what
• 13:11
  you're
• 13:11
  looking
• 13:11
  for?
• 13:12
  No,
• 13:13
  they
• 13:13
  never
• 13:13
  met
• 13:14
  some
• 13:14
  real
• 13:15
  black
• 13:16
  people.
• 13:17
  I
• 13:17
  don't
• 13:17
  know
• 13:17
  if
• 13:17
  I'm
• 13:17
  gonna
• 13:17
  say
• 13:18
  real
• 13:18
  black
• 13:18
  people
• 13:18
  is
• 13:18
  another
• 13:19
  word
• 13:19
  I
• 13:19
  want
• 13:19
  to
• 13:19
  use
• 13:19
  for.
• 13:19
  But
• 13:19
  we're
• 13:20
  not
• 13:20
  gonna
• 13:20
  use
• 13:20
  that.
• 13:20
  Right?
• 13:20
  Yeah,
• 13:20
  I
• 13:20
  know,
• 13:21
  but
• 13:21
  like
• 13:22
  they've
• 13:22
  never
• 13:23
  met
• 13:23
  people
• 13:23
  like
• 13:23
  us.
• 13:24
  Right.
• 13:27
  You
• 13:27
  got
• 13:27
  my
• 13:28
  boyfriend
• 13:28
  from
• 13:28
  like
• 13:29
  the
• 13:29
  hood.
• 13:29
  Hood
• 13:29
  in
• 13:30
  Atlanta.
• 13:31
  From
• 13:31
  Compton.
• 13:32
  La,
• 13:32
  Right?
• 13:33
  Yeah.
• 13:33
  I
• 13:33
  mean,
• 13:33
  New
• 13:33
  York.
• 13:34
  Yeah.
• 13:34
  Yeah.
• 13:34
  And
• 13:35
  it
• 13:35
  was
• 13:35
  just.
• 13:36
  We
• 13:36
  just
• 13:36
  took
• 13:36
  over
• 13:37
  that
• 13:37
  town
• 13:37
  and
• 13:37
  it
• 13:38
  was
• 13:38
  just
• 13:38
  like
• 13:38
  they
• 13:39
  overwhelming
• 13:39
  for
• 13:40
  them.
• 13:40
  Oh
• 13:40
  my
• 13:40
  God.
• 13:41
  Was
• 13:41
  it.
• 13:42
  Was
• 13:42
  it
• 13:42
  ever.
• 13:43
  They
• 13:43
  did
• 13:43
  not
• 13:43
  know
• 13:43
  what
• 13:44
  you
• 13:44
  came
• 13:44
  out
• 13:44
  the
• 13:45
  box.
• 13:46
  Yeah.
• 13:46
  And
• 13:47
  they
• 13:48
  were
• 13:48
  so
• 13:48
  nice
• 13:48
  to
• 13:49
  us.
• 13:49
  They
• 13:49
  were
• 13:49
  so
• 13:49
  nice
• 13:49
  to
• 13:50
  us.
• 13:50
  Like,
• 13:50
  we
• 13:50
  were
• 13:51
  eating
• 13:51
  at
• 13:51
  people's
• 13:52
  houses.
• 13:52
  We
• 13:52
  met
• 13:52
  so
• 13:52
  many
• 13:53
  rich
• 13:53
  people
• 13:53
  that
• 13:53
  were
• 13:53
  just
• 13:53
  like.
• 13:54
  Was
• 13:54
  this
• 13:54
  before
• 13:54
  get
• 13:55
  out.
• 13:56
  Yes.
• 13:57
  This
• 13:58
  is
• 13:58
  two
• 13:58
  thousand
• 13:59
  and
• 14:00
  twelve.
• 14:01
  Eleven.
• 14:01
  Twelve.
• 14:01
  Okay.
• 14:02
  Yeah.
• 14:03
  It
• 14:03
  was
• 14:03
  a
• 14:03
  great
• 14:03
  experience.
• 14:04
  It
• 14:04
  was
• 14:04
  very
• 14:04
  nice
• 14:05
  to
• 14:05
  us
• 14:05
  out
• 14:05
  there.
• 14:06
  Did
• 14:06
  you
• 14:06
  meet
• 14:06
  the
• 14:06
  trailer
• 14:06
  park
• 14:07
  boys?
• 14:08
  No,
• 14:11
  I
• 14:12
  did
• 14:12
  it,
• 14:12
  but.