WEBVTT 1 00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:10.160 Time for a soccer down. It's an odd man rush. 2 00:00:10.199 --> 00:00:12.119 I just realized it's an odd man rush. It's a 3 00:00:12.119 --> 00:00:14.880 two v one. This time we get to catch up 4 00:00:14.919 --> 00:00:17.760 with the Kuma and Shahagamaud who are now at Al 5 00:00:17.839 --> 00:00:19.239 Shabab in the U fifteen's. 6 00:00:20.039 --> 00:00:20.399 Uh. 7 00:00:20.559 --> 00:00:22.719 First off, guys, I'm glad that we were able to 8 00:00:22.839 --> 00:00:25.320 track you down because I know that we're dealing with 9 00:00:25.359 --> 00:00:29.559 stuff here in the worldwide sense of things. Where are 10 00:00:29.640 --> 00:00:33.159 you right now as we're talking right now, we're. 11 00:00:32.960 --> 00:00:34.920 In Atlanta, Georgia, hometown? 12 00:00:35.560 --> 00:00:37.560 Back home? That was my biggest question. It's like, I 13 00:00:37.560 --> 00:00:39.920 didn't know how international a conversation this was. 14 00:00:40.000 --> 00:00:42.359 But you're back home just for spring break. 15 00:00:42.439 --> 00:00:45.280 We head back to Riot in about three days. 16 00:00:45.679 --> 00:00:48.439 Wow. Okay, So I'm not going to mess around. 17 00:00:48.439 --> 00:00:50.240 I'm not gonna waste any more of your time because 18 00:00:50.240 --> 00:00:52.159 I want you guys to enjoy your time back here. 19 00:00:52.520 --> 00:00:56.719 So I want to I want to ask Uh Kuma. 20 00:00:56.799 --> 00:01:01.240 Let me start with you, what practed you to this 21 00:01:01.399 --> 00:01:06.480 idea of having shot to build his game by going 22 00:01:06.519 --> 00:01:07.599 to Saudi Arabia? 23 00:01:07.599 --> 00:01:09.400 How did this all come about? 24 00:01:09.959 --> 00:01:13.680 So we were actually recruited to go to Saudi Arabia 25 00:01:13.680 --> 00:01:16.519 as a you know, as part of my career or 26 00:01:16.760 --> 00:01:21.760 my job. But when we realized that the Saudi's takes 27 00:01:21.760 --> 00:01:26.439 SoC are really really importantly, we we started looking for 28 00:01:26.480 --> 00:01:28.719 a team for for Shat to join, and he did 29 00:01:28.719 --> 00:01:31.359 a lot of groundwork and I let him tell that story, 30 00:01:31.719 --> 00:01:35.319 but it's it's a great place for for young talented 31 00:01:35.319 --> 00:01:38.280 players to to get a foothold into the game. 32 00:01:38.840 --> 00:01:41.959 All right, So since your since your dad opened that 33 00:01:42.040 --> 00:01:45.319 door shot, let me ask, uh, they come knocking on 34 00:01:45.359 --> 00:01:47.599 the door or the the interest is there from the 35 00:01:47.640 --> 00:01:51.319 family about going? What was your initial thought this? 36 00:01:51.760 --> 00:01:54.079 Sorry, I was just soker because I at the time 37 00:01:54.439 --> 00:01:55.920 all I knew was Ronaldo. I had just gone. 38 00:01:56.000 --> 00:02:00.120 I didn't know anything about really the academy system, professional system, 39 00:02:00.359 --> 00:02:03.400 if they even had like club academies for our age. 40 00:02:03.640 --> 00:02:05.480 It was just how am I going to play? And 41 00:02:05.560 --> 00:02:08.759 how did that work? And I started looking and online 42 00:02:08.759 --> 00:02:11.319 they don't have much information and it required me to 43 00:02:11.360 --> 00:02:13.400 do a lot of asking around with my friends when 44 00:02:13.439 --> 00:02:17.199 I actually got there, asking questions, talking to people, and 45 00:02:17.680 --> 00:02:20.800 eventually it got me to an academy team and we 46 00:02:20.840 --> 00:02:23.240 played a scrimmage against the actual Al Shabab club and 47 00:02:23.439 --> 00:02:26.479 I played well, and yeah, it got invited. 48 00:02:26.159 --> 00:02:30.560 To a tryout, So how did that go? 49 00:02:30.719 --> 00:02:34.360 When you're playing the actual ol Shabab team, It's like, Okay, 50 00:02:34.400 --> 00:02:37.000 they're like really tall and really, how did that? 51 00:02:37.039 --> 00:02:37.800 How was that? 52 00:02:38.439 --> 00:02:38.599 Well? 53 00:02:38.639 --> 00:02:41.120 Yeah, I think the game we played was you eighteen 54 00:02:41.199 --> 00:02:43.759 or you nineteen? So I was by far the youngest 55 00:02:43.800 --> 00:02:46.560 player in the game. I got subbed in at halftime. 56 00:02:47.120 --> 00:02:50.560 They weren't they weren't huge, but they were definitely stronger 57 00:02:50.560 --> 00:02:52.520 and faster than me. So I had to be really 58 00:02:52.520 --> 00:02:55.159 smart with my decisions. I had to I had to 59 00:02:55.240 --> 00:02:57.280 kind of rely more on my technical aspect of the 60 00:02:57.319 --> 00:03:00.680 game and kind of game intelligence to performed. 61 00:03:00.719 --> 00:03:03.120 But yeah, it was It was fun. It's a good experience, 62 00:03:03.439 --> 00:03:03.759 all right. 63 00:03:03.840 --> 00:03:07.000 So Kumba, let me ask you, what's it like to 64 00:03:07.439 --> 00:03:12.360 see this happening where you You know about the Saudi 65 00:03:12.400 --> 00:03:14.879 Premier League, you know about how seriously they want to 66 00:03:14.919 --> 00:03:18.039 take things and they want to have your son and 67 00:03:18.080 --> 00:03:20.199 your family be a part of that growth. What's it 68 00:03:20.240 --> 00:03:22.800 been like for the family to sit there and say, yeah, man, 69 00:03:22.919 --> 00:03:23.719 he's over. 70 00:03:23.560 --> 00:03:26.120 In Saudi Arabia learning how to play the sport. 71 00:03:26.680 --> 00:03:30.520 It's been super exciting. My wife and I have been 72 00:03:30.560 --> 00:03:34.840 on soccer fields all over Georgia since are kids, most 73 00:03:34.840 --> 00:03:38.039 of them from about the age of three, so from 74 00:03:38.039 --> 00:03:42.159 PHV City at glennam Hauck and just watching them grow 75 00:03:42.240 --> 00:03:44.479 to the point where he's good enough to play at 76 00:03:44.479 --> 00:03:48.439 this level kind of makes all those wet, cold, rainy 77 00:03:48.520 --> 00:03:52.319 days worth it. 78 00:03:53.960 --> 00:03:56.400 What have you let me? Let me ask you this chat, 79 00:03:56.560 --> 00:03:59.439 what have you learned about yourself? Because it's not every 80 00:03:59.520 --> 00:04:03.159 day that someone who is a young man gets the 81 00:04:03.199 --> 00:04:08.159 opportunity to expand who they are, who they want to be, 82 00:04:08.280 --> 00:04:10.719 what they want to pursue. As you get older, I'm 83 00:04:10.719 --> 00:04:12.680 not gonna say grow up, but I'll say grow older. 84 00:04:13.400 --> 00:04:16.000 But you know, what have you learned about yourself in 85 00:04:16.040 --> 00:04:19.079 this process? Because I would imagine figuring out how to 86 00:04:19.079 --> 00:04:20.879 be somewhat independent as part of that. 87 00:04:22.079 --> 00:04:25.680 Well, for physically, for my game, I've learned I'm a 88 00:04:25.680 --> 00:04:28.959 lot quicker and faster than I think I always When 89 00:04:29.000 --> 00:04:31.160 I was younger, I was a little small and not 90 00:04:31.319 --> 00:04:34.079 the most dominant kid on the field, and it required 91 00:04:34.079 --> 00:04:36.240 me to rely a lot of my technical skills. But 92 00:04:36.399 --> 00:04:39.199 coming here, I've learned I I have a more aspects 93 00:04:39.240 --> 00:04:41.519 of my game. I'm a little bit faster and quicker 94 00:04:41.519 --> 00:04:43.759 and stronger than I thought, and that actually ended up 95 00:04:43.800 --> 00:04:45.079 to me changing my position. 96 00:04:45.160 --> 00:04:46.120 Now I play striker. 97 00:04:46.839 --> 00:04:48.920 Before I play more of a left wing position, and 98 00:04:48.959 --> 00:04:51.319 now because of my strength and size, I'm learning to 99 00:04:51.319 --> 00:04:54.040 play striker as well. And then kind of off the field, 100 00:04:54.040 --> 00:04:56.399 I'm just learning to be more independent because a lot 101 00:04:56.399 --> 00:04:59.079 of our games you have to travel, we fly, and 102 00:04:59.360 --> 00:04:59.800 also my. 103 00:04:59.800 --> 00:05:01.439 Perents aren't there for a lot of them. 104 00:05:02.160 --> 00:05:04.720 And yeah, I'm just just learning how to be an 105 00:05:04.720 --> 00:05:05.639 independent person. 106 00:05:06.639 --> 00:05:10.160 Kuma, How different is scheme now as a as a 107 00:05:10.199 --> 00:05:15.199 young man, considering everything that you're seeing him learn in 108 00:05:15.279 --> 00:05:18.399 an atypical environment. How different a young man is he? 109 00:05:19.160 --> 00:05:21.560 So I always have stories, but I got to tell 110 00:05:21.600 --> 00:05:25.959 this one. So the first game, he goes to school, 111 00:05:26.079 --> 00:05:29.720 and then he goes to a practice. From that point on, 112 00:05:30.360 --> 00:05:33.399 they just get them into one of these big luxury 113 00:05:33.839 --> 00:05:37.839 buses and then they get shuttled to a hotel. And 114 00:05:37.879 --> 00:05:41.439 I'm trying to explain it to my wife that the 115 00:05:41.480 --> 00:05:43.680 fifteen year old is going to get on this bus 116 00:05:44.639 --> 00:05:47.560 with a lot of you know, people who he can't 117 00:05:47.600 --> 00:05:50.920 communicate with because he doesn't speak Arabic, and they're going 118 00:05:51.000 --> 00:05:53.519 to take him to a hotel and he's going to 119 00:05:53.560 --> 00:05:55.639 spend the night there. We're not going to see him 120 00:05:55.800 --> 00:05:59.959 the next day until the game. And she's like, whoa, whoa, whoa. 121 00:06:00.879 --> 00:06:04.839 Let's let's follow the van. So we drive. We drive 122 00:06:04.920 --> 00:06:08.720 behind the you know, the sports the team bus for 123 00:06:08.759 --> 00:06:13.480 about an hour hour ten. We get to the hotel 124 00:06:14.319 --> 00:06:17.600 and she says, go in and check. So I go in. 125 00:06:17.800 --> 00:06:21.079 I'm standing there, really weird. I see the team manager 126 00:06:21.120 --> 00:06:23.399 and he's like, you know, he's looking and be weird, 127 00:06:23.439 --> 00:06:26.560 and you know, he waves and I wave back, and 128 00:06:26.560 --> 00:06:28.720 I come back and I give the report to my wife. 129 00:06:29.360 --> 00:06:33.079 He's okay. And that was the first game now he's 130 00:06:33.120 --> 00:06:38.560 been to i'd say probably ten cities in Saudi by himself. 131 00:06:39.759 --> 00:06:42.759 They fly as a team the night before and I 132 00:06:43.279 --> 00:06:46.839 just realized, he's just becoming more independent. It's forcing him 133 00:06:46.879 --> 00:06:50.480 to mature a lot faster. And it's been it's been 134 00:06:50.519 --> 00:06:53.480 good in general. That's off the field. On the field, 135 00:06:53.600 --> 00:06:58.399 his game has evolved while he was While he was 136 00:06:58.560 --> 00:07:02.759 i'd say playing here here in Georgia, there weren't there 137 00:07:02.800 --> 00:07:06.079 weren't that many aspects of the game that he had 138 00:07:06.120 --> 00:07:09.720 to he had to work on, because you know, he 139 00:07:09.839 --> 00:07:14.319 had gone such great training and good understanding of the 140 00:07:14.360 --> 00:07:18.800 game from his coaches here, but having to interpret everything 141 00:07:19.079 --> 00:07:25.519 from hand gestures and and just things getting yelled out 142 00:07:25.600 --> 00:07:29.279 has made him a bit more patient, more insightful. So, 143 00:07:29.360 --> 00:07:32.079 but yeah's a lot of a lot of maturity in 144 00:07:32.120 --> 00:07:32.800 a short time. 145 00:07:33.360 --> 00:07:34.839 Chateau. How different is it? 146 00:07:34.920 --> 00:07:37.639 I mean, your dad mentions driving an hour and ten minutes, 147 00:07:37.680 --> 00:07:40.800 so that's basically like from Alpha Rered to Midtown during 148 00:07:40.879 --> 00:07:44.279 rush hour, and so now doing that with the family 149 00:07:44.279 --> 00:07:47.360 over in Saudi Arabia? How different is it from a 150 00:07:47.360 --> 00:07:49.959 a game day perspective of preparation perspective. 151 00:07:50.680 --> 00:07:50.800 Uh? 152 00:07:51.040 --> 00:07:54.920 You know, how how odd a situation. 153 00:07:54.720 --> 00:07:56.759 Is this, at least initially for you because you were 154 00:07:56.839 --> 00:07:59.399 used to things here growing up, now you're over there. 155 00:07:59.399 --> 00:08:01.399 How different is over there in the Middle East versus 156 00:08:01.399 --> 00:08:02.120 here in Georgia. 157 00:08:02.560 --> 00:08:04.240 Yeah, it was really different. 158 00:08:04.360 --> 00:08:07.319 I remember growing up, like before our games, me and 159 00:08:07.319 --> 00:08:09.639 my family, we'd always have pizza on Friday night. So 160 00:08:09.800 --> 00:08:12.439 we do that with my family every night on Fridays 161 00:08:12.439 --> 00:08:13.120 before my game. 162 00:08:13.160 --> 00:08:14.680 We'd do that and then I. 163 00:08:14.680 --> 00:08:16.959 Kind of wake up, we'd watch the Premier League mornings 164 00:08:17.000 --> 00:08:18.800 on the TV and then kind of just head out 165 00:08:18.839 --> 00:08:21.879 to my game an hour maybe two hours before we'd 166 00:08:21.879 --> 00:08:23.920 warm up and we'd start the game here. 167 00:08:23.959 --> 00:08:25.319 It's huge shock. 168 00:08:25.399 --> 00:08:28.319 I mean I think the night before, maybe two or 169 00:08:28.319 --> 00:08:30.319 three hours after I get out of school, I head 170 00:08:30.360 --> 00:08:32.679 to the club and then we, like you said, we 171 00:08:32.759 --> 00:08:34.960 take the team bus to the hotel and then we 172 00:08:35.000 --> 00:08:39.240 have dinner together. We sleep together in the hotel as well, 173 00:08:39.519 --> 00:08:41.240 and then we wake up. We do a little bit 174 00:08:41.279 --> 00:08:44.000 of team preparation, we do a team meeting, then after 175 00:08:44.039 --> 00:08:45.720 that we head to the field and then we do 176 00:08:45.759 --> 00:08:47.440 our actual warm up and then we play the game. 177 00:08:47.480 --> 00:08:49.279 And it was just the first few games. It was 178 00:08:49.360 --> 00:08:51.519 rough because I was used to my routine back here 179 00:08:51.559 --> 00:08:53.200 and it took some getting used to me. 180 00:08:53.320 --> 00:08:55.360 Yeah, that was really the difference. 181 00:08:55.120 --> 00:08:58.600 Meeting catching up with the Gamadi's because one of them 182 00:08:58.639 --> 00:09:01.600 is playing over in Saudier, and we figured we grab 183 00:09:01.639 --> 00:09:03.200 on to him before he has to go back and 184 00:09:03.240 --> 00:09:06.879 actually play with al shababsu fifteens, son and father hanging 185 00:09:06.919 --> 00:09:08.480 out with us here for an odd man rush. 186 00:09:08.279 --> 00:09:10.159 On a two v one here on the SDH network. 187 00:09:10.200 --> 00:09:14.440 So you know, Kuma, you mentioned how it is with 188 00:09:14.679 --> 00:09:17.480 you and the boss making sure that everything is okay 189 00:09:18.320 --> 00:09:22.679 on on a daily basis. How difficult is it for 190 00:09:22.799 --> 00:09:27.440 you when you're over there knowing he has a job 191 00:09:27.519 --> 00:09:31.240 to do and knowing that he has some learning to do. 192 00:09:32.159 --> 00:09:37.200 How difficult is it to be a parent and want 193 00:09:37.240 --> 00:09:40.440 to understand that he's safe and that he's okay, but 194 00:09:40.519 --> 00:09:46.240 at the same time lay back a little bit and understand, okay, 195 00:09:46.360 --> 00:09:48.279 he has to learn this kind of stuff to grow. 196 00:09:48.320 --> 00:09:52.039 How difficult a clutch in a gas situation is that 197 00:09:52.240 --> 00:09:54.360 for the family watching him grow? 198 00:09:55.279 --> 00:09:58.080 Yeah, letting go has been pretty difficult for us because 199 00:09:58.080 --> 00:10:01.320 we move as a as a group, all of us. 200 00:10:01.360 --> 00:10:03.639 We go to each other's games, like Door that does 201 00:10:03.759 --> 00:10:06.720 horse riding, so we all go and watch that. And 202 00:10:07.919 --> 00:10:13.200 just because it's such a professional environment, there is no 203 00:10:13.360 --> 00:10:16.600 place to you know, you don't even watch practices, you 204 00:10:16.639 --> 00:10:18.840 don't go to any of the trainings. It's it's an 205 00:10:18.879 --> 00:10:24.879 actual stadium where you know, you need a special permission 206 00:10:24.919 --> 00:10:28.519 to enter the training facilities. So it's been, it's been. 207 00:10:29.159 --> 00:10:32.559 It's been difficult, say to let go, because I mean 208 00:10:32.679 --> 00:10:35.440 I see him as, you know, a young teenager. His 209 00:10:35.519 --> 00:10:38.039 mom sees him as a still a two year old. 210 00:10:38.440 --> 00:10:41.360 So at fifteen, just to you know, pull back that 211 00:10:41.559 --> 00:10:45.360 much and just watch the games. It's both refreshing but 212 00:10:45.679 --> 00:10:47.480 still a bit difficult. 213 00:10:47.519 --> 00:10:50.639 So you know, Slie, let me ask when it comes 214 00:10:50.679 --> 00:10:56.039 to where you think your game is. Obviously there are 215 00:10:56.080 --> 00:11:00.399 stages of growth, stages of development. How different a player 216 00:11:00.480 --> 00:11:03.240 are you from when you first went over to now? 217 00:11:03.320 --> 00:11:05.679 Where has your game changed? I'm not going to ask 218 00:11:06.159 --> 00:11:08.279 about what else you need to work on, because I mean, 219 00:11:08.360 --> 00:11:10.440 it's a it's a growth curve, and that that curve 220 00:11:10.519 --> 00:11:12.000 is going to be there for a while. But how 221 00:11:12.039 --> 00:11:14.759 different a player and a person are you in just 222 00:11:14.840 --> 00:11:19.399 that little time coming over? Being somewhat sequestered, You're you're 223 00:11:19.440 --> 00:11:23.120 having to focus on football pretty much every chance you get. 224 00:11:23.159 --> 00:11:24.279 How different are you? 225 00:11:25.320 --> 00:11:26.440 It's an excellent question. 226 00:11:26.519 --> 00:11:28.600 I've been talking to my dad about this a lot because, 227 00:11:28.960 --> 00:11:31.240 like I said before, back here i played, I played 228 00:11:31.320 --> 00:11:33.240 left wing and I really really came to love it. 229 00:11:33.279 --> 00:11:34.000 I enjoyed it. 230 00:11:34.559 --> 00:11:37.559 And now I'm playing striker and it requires a lot 231 00:11:37.639 --> 00:11:41.720 more patience. You know, you get much much less touches 232 00:11:41.759 --> 00:11:44.120 on the ball, and it's it's difficult for me because 233 00:11:44.120 --> 00:11:47.039 I'm not typically a patient person, and my dad's been 234 00:11:47.039 --> 00:11:49.360 telling me I need to watch on Sierry Henri play. 235 00:11:49.399 --> 00:11:51.159 He touched the ball so little, but he was very 236 00:11:51.200 --> 00:11:53.960 effective in his job. And yeah, right now, I'm just 237 00:11:54.000 --> 00:11:57.039 working on that kind of making the right runs, timing 238 00:11:57.080 --> 00:11:58.919 my runs, and just learning how to play like a 239 00:11:58.960 --> 00:12:01.559 true proper nine opposed to netling, which is what I'm 240 00:12:01.639 --> 00:12:01.919 used to. 241 00:12:02.840 --> 00:12:04.080 If my math is right. 242 00:12:04.200 --> 00:12:08.559 The next matchup is going coming up against Alula, I think, 243 00:12:08.679 --> 00:12:12.159 yeah in the morning on the ninth, So literally it's 244 00:12:12.200 --> 00:12:13.639 like a couple of days left and you've got to 245 00:12:13.679 --> 00:12:15.840 fly over. You've got to get ready for the next 246 00:12:15.840 --> 00:12:18.240 match up against Alula in the U fifteenth. It's amazing 247 00:12:18.240 --> 00:12:19.759 what Google will do when you're sitting there and you're 248 00:12:19.759 --> 00:12:20.879 trying to research in a hurry. 249 00:12:20.919 --> 00:12:22.600 It's like, when's this next match? You're trying to figure 250 00:12:22.639 --> 00:12:23.279 out what's going on? 251 00:12:24.720 --> 00:12:28.559 How How often Kuma does the family go over as 252 00:12:28.639 --> 00:12:31.480 a group? Is it just you and his mom? 253 00:12:32.000 --> 00:12:32.279 You know? 254 00:12:32.360 --> 00:12:36.240 How how much interaction are you allowing yourselves? Is it 255 00:12:36.320 --> 00:12:38.480 back and forth? Are you also are you all there 256 00:12:38.519 --> 00:12:40.759 with him this entire time? What's the layout? 257 00:12:41.039 --> 00:12:45.159 So to the games? So training, we don't go for 258 00:12:45.279 --> 00:12:49.879 the games generally. If I am available, I will go 259 00:12:50.039 --> 00:12:54.320 with my wife. There have been a couple of games 260 00:12:54.360 --> 00:12:58.320 where we've all been, but that's just been one or 261 00:12:58.320 --> 00:13:01.639 two games. It's just me, me and me and my 262 00:13:01.679 --> 00:13:02.759 wife at the games. 263 00:13:02.879 --> 00:13:07.440 Yeah, so do you you know sha te Do you 264 00:13:07.480 --> 00:13:09.720 look up? Do you look for them? Or do you 265 00:13:09.840 --> 00:13:11.799 just like it's like, do you know you come out 266 00:13:11.840 --> 00:13:14.159 of the tunnel. Do you try to find them and 267 00:13:14.200 --> 00:13:17.240 then focus and lock back in or is it kind 268 00:13:17.279 --> 00:13:20.320 of a continuous experience where it's like, Okay, I'm out, 269 00:13:20.360 --> 00:13:22.120 I see them. At one time, I know they're there. 270 00:13:22.480 --> 00:13:24.279 I'm out, I'm doing my work. I look back. 271 00:13:24.320 --> 00:13:25.840 I still I see that they're there. 272 00:13:25.879 --> 00:13:27.840 They've gone to the concession stand and got things that 273 00:13:27.919 --> 00:13:29.000 I like that I can have. 274 00:13:29.320 --> 00:13:32.039 I mean, what's it? Are you looking for them? Are you? 275 00:13:32.120 --> 00:13:33.879 Are you seeing them? And how much of a comfort 276 00:13:33.960 --> 00:13:35.320 level is that when you do see them? 277 00:13:35.759 --> 00:13:36.000 Yeah? 278 00:13:36.080 --> 00:13:38.440 Yeah, my mom and dad can tell you. I'm always looking. 279 00:13:38.559 --> 00:13:40.720 Even during I remember one walk out, I saw them 280 00:13:40.720 --> 00:13:42.360 come in and I couldn't help leaving. I know you're 281 00:13:42.399 --> 00:13:44.960 supposed to be serious and professional, but I had to leave. 282 00:13:45.080 --> 00:13:47.279 So what happens is when we enter the stadium, at 283 00:13:47.279 --> 00:13:49.919 first I check, and during our warm up I'm looking, 284 00:13:49.960 --> 00:13:52.799 and then usually right before kickoff happens, you're there. If not, 285 00:13:53.200 --> 00:13:55.159 maybe five ten minutes into the game. I'm there, and 286 00:13:55.200 --> 00:13:57.240 it's honestly just a sense of me knowing you have 287 00:13:57.360 --> 00:13:58.759 people there to support. 288 00:13:58.360 --> 00:13:59.919 Me good deals. 289 00:14:00.120 --> 00:14:02.200 So now that they're there, now that you're there to 290 00:14:02.279 --> 00:14:07.279 support and we talked about letting go and learning and 291 00:14:07.320 --> 00:14:10.480 all these kinds of things you mentioned Tierry on Rikuma 292 00:14:10.639 --> 00:14:13.960 about you know, hey, watch tape of this guy. What's 293 00:14:14.000 --> 00:14:16.000 it like to see him be different and now be 294 00:14:16.080 --> 00:14:19.600 a striker And where are you kind of steering his 295 00:14:19.960 --> 00:14:23.799 youtubeian habits and video habits to continue to have him grow. 296 00:14:24.720 --> 00:14:27.320 So there's only so much I can do because I 297 00:14:27.440 --> 00:14:29.840 was a soccer player too, and I was a striker, 298 00:14:29.879 --> 00:14:32.960 but not a very good one. So I let the 299 00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:36.799 professionals he's not amazing coaches, I let them do a 300 00:14:36.840 --> 00:14:40.200 lot of the showing and then I try to, you know, 301 00:14:40.279 --> 00:14:43.039 give him a few tips from you know, the really 302 00:14:43.080 --> 00:14:45.399 really great players and see what he can pick up 303 00:14:45.440 --> 00:14:49.600 from from there. I gave him the example because when 304 00:14:49.600 --> 00:14:54.360 all ready went to Barcelona, he just made so many 305 00:14:54.440 --> 00:14:57.960 runs and was just available whether to drag players away, 306 00:14:59.000 --> 00:15:01.200 which took a lot of Pati from being the main 307 00:15:01.320 --> 00:15:05.200 man in the EPL to kind of playing a support 308 00:15:05.320 --> 00:15:10.440 role almost at Barcelona, which was, Uh, you know something 309 00:15:10.480 --> 00:15:13.600 I think all young players can can can learn from. 310 00:15:14.279 --> 00:15:16.440 And at the same time, you also learned that you 311 00:15:16.440 --> 00:15:20.080 were supposed to listen to your coaches because Pep Guardiola 312 00:15:20.159 --> 00:15:22.360 will be more than happy to bench Tierran Raef. He's 313 00:15:22.360 --> 00:15:25.399 not paying attention to the collective when it comes to 314 00:15:25.480 --> 00:15:30.480 all of the information. Uh what let me so then 315 00:15:30.600 --> 00:15:32.799 let me let me ask you both this and Chautal. 316 00:15:32.799 --> 00:15:38.200 I'll start with you. What advice would you give someone 317 00:15:38.440 --> 00:15:39.120 of your. 318 00:15:39.039 --> 00:15:43.799 Age who might be thinking about doing something in a 319 00:15:43.879 --> 00:15:46.480 far flung land. It's not like going, It's like I'm not, 320 00:15:46.600 --> 00:15:48.960 you know, moving over to Oak Mountain and Birmingham to 321 00:15:49.039 --> 00:15:50.000 go and be at. 322 00:15:49.919 --> 00:15:50.919 Oak Mountain High School. 323 00:15:50.919 --> 00:15:56.120 But if there were opportunities overseas in other countries, what 324 00:15:56.159 --> 00:16:00.759 would you tell folks that are your age, with men 325 00:16:00.840 --> 00:16:03.919 and women, boys and girls about these kinds of opportunities? 326 00:16:03.919 --> 00:16:07.039 What would you tell them about either if they're calling 327 00:16:07.200 --> 00:16:09.320 where to go, what to expect? What would you what 328 00:16:09.320 --> 00:16:11.360 would you tell folks for your age about this kind 329 00:16:11.399 --> 00:16:12.039 of experience. 330 00:16:12.679 --> 00:16:15.080 So I'd say first to just embrace it and take 331 00:16:15.120 --> 00:16:17.720 it for what it is. Obviously it's a little it's 332 00:16:17.759 --> 00:16:20.080 a little nerve racking at first, but you have to 333 00:16:20.120 --> 00:16:22.440 really see it for what it is. It's an opportunity 334 00:16:22.440 --> 00:16:24.120 to learn and go your game, and I think that's 335 00:16:24.360 --> 00:16:28.080 really important for young people's experience. I think also additionally, 336 00:16:28.080 --> 00:16:29.360 what you have to do is you have to be 337 00:16:29.440 --> 00:16:32.559 brave and kind of confident. You have to understand your abilities, 338 00:16:32.600 --> 00:16:35.080 and if you don't believe in yourself, nobody else will. 339 00:16:35.320 --> 00:16:37.519 And I think that's really important, and that that kind 340 00:16:37.559 --> 00:16:39.639 of helped me to kind of earn my spot and 341 00:16:39.679 --> 00:16:42.720 to be able to perform how I perform right now. 342 00:16:43.279 --> 00:16:45.960 And then last year, I think you should expect for 343 00:16:46.039 --> 00:16:48.320 me personally, the people are very welcoming and kind, and 344 00:16:48.360 --> 00:16:51.559 that's that's something you have to kind of hope for. 345 00:16:51.679 --> 00:16:53.440 And I think it also really helped me this. I 346 00:16:53.480 --> 00:16:56.120 would be people are very welcoming and very kind to 347 00:16:56.159 --> 00:16:57.279 me on my arrival. 348 00:16:57.600 --> 00:16:59.919 All right, So Kima, what about the adults and converse 349 00:17:00.440 --> 00:17:02.759 like this? What would you tell them and what would 350 00:17:02.799 --> 00:17:04.799 you what advice would you give or what would you 351 00:17:05.799 --> 00:17:08.359 sit there and say, Okay, expect ABC D and E. 352 00:17:08.400 --> 00:17:11.559 If an opportunity like this, whether it's Saudi Arabi or elsewhere, 353 00:17:11.880 --> 00:17:12.640 comes call him. 354 00:17:13.200 --> 00:17:17.799 I'd say take the opportunity jump all in. You will 355 00:17:17.839 --> 00:17:22.079 not regret it? And will I'll add a story to it? 356 00:17:22.240 --> 00:17:26.359 And can I tell the story? I always have to 357 00:17:26.400 --> 00:17:30.000 ask his permission because it involves one of his new friends. 358 00:17:31.960 --> 00:17:35.119 Just just the impact of move like this has on individuals, 359 00:17:35.119 --> 00:17:38.319 the people they meet and the friends. There was a 360 00:17:38.400 --> 00:17:41.960 day I was going out with our youngest and schat said, 361 00:17:42.000 --> 00:17:45.119 can I come to the park with you guys? And 362 00:17:45.160 --> 00:17:47.759 I said, sure, come on, come along, and we get 363 00:17:47.799 --> 00:17:52.039 there and he goes, Dad, can I go to Chris's house? Later? 364 00:17:52.519 --> 00:17:57.839 I go who's Chris? He says Chris Junior? I said, 365 00:17:57.960 --> 00:18:02.559 who's Chris Junior? He says Ronald Son. And I looked 366 00:18:02.559 --> 00:18:05.119 at him. I said, you do not know Ronaldo's son. 367 00:18:06.480 --> 00:18:11.640 Five minutes in and I'm walking away from him, a 368 00:18:11.680 --> 00:18:16.400 young man comes into the park saying calling Shata Shata, 369 00:18:16.920 --> 00:18:19.559 and I'm like, okay, you're kidding, right, So I call 370 00:18:19.640 --> 00:18:22.160 his mom over. I called his mom on the phone 371 00:18:22.160 --> 00:18:25.519 and I say, do you know anything about this? And 372 00:18:25.519 --> 00:18:28.599 she goes, yeah, he talks about him sometimes. Anyways, they 373 00:18:28.599 --> 00:18:31.599 play a little game, A crowd starts to build on 374 00:18:31.640 --> 00:18:36.359 the outside, and as they're leaving, Chris says shatte don't 375 00:18:36.359 --> 00:18:41.160 forget about tomorrow, and I go, so it was to 376 00:18:41.480 --> 00:18:44.640 So I call him mom again and I go, Okay, 377 00:18:44.680 --> 00:18:48.039 we've got to figure out what's going on here. I 378 00:18:48.119 --> 00:18:50.799 ask him how does he know him? He gives me 379 00:18:50.839 --> 00:18:53.759 the regular teenage thing, a one or two word answer. 380 00:18:54.480 --> 00:18:57.759 And the reason for this story is, I mean, these 381 00:18:57.759 --> 00:19:02.599 are friends that you're gonna make in just keep for 382 00:19:02.640 --> 00:19:08.039 a lifetime. But what are the chances that chat you know, 383 00:19:08.480 --> 00:19:12.599 meets Chris Junior and actually has a relationship of friendship 384 00:19:12.640 --> 00:19:16.319 with him. I volunteered to take him over the next 385 00:19:16.400 --> 00:19:19.319 day so I can see Ronaldo. I will confirm I 386 00:19:19.319 --> 00:19:22.640 did not see Ronaldo. I tried a few times waiting 387 00:19:22.720 --> 00:19:26.160 outside the house, but it was, I mean it was. 388 00:19:26.240 --> 00:19:30.519 It's just amazing the relationships, the friendships, and and and 389 00:19:30.559 --> 00:19:34.839 the experiences that they would have just leaving, you know, 390 00:19:35.000 --> 00:19:38.240 like in our in our case, Phtree City, our little 391 00:19:38.240 --> 00:19:42.960 bubble has just been great for him soccer wise and 392 00:19:44.440 --> 00:19:47.200 just development wise as a young man. 393 00:19:47.759 --> 00:19:50.720 Well, gentlemen, it's great to catch you back here on 394 00:19:50.759 --> 00:19:52.920 this side of the Atlantic, inside the state of Georgia 395 00:19:53.039 --> 00:19:55.720 as you are balancing spring break and playing in the 396 00:19:55.799 --> 00:19:58.240 U fifteen's in the Saudi League up at El Sha Bob. 397 00:19:58.240 --> 00:19:59.680 It's great to catch up with you both, Kum and 398 00:19:59.720 --> 00:20:00.480 shot Kamada. 399 00:20:01.200 --> 00:20:03.880 Guys. Just be safe, have fun, enjoy the experience. 400 00:20:03.960 --> 00:20:06.400 Don't be strangers and knock on our door anytime and 401 00:20:06.440 --> 00:20:09.119