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<v Speaker 1>Streaming live on the Ihearts Radio WIB. This is I

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<v Speaker 1>on the Ball with Steve Rivera on Fox Sports fourteen fifty.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, welcome back to I in the Ball here on

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<v Speaker 2>Fox Sports fourteen fifty. I'm Steve Rivera. In with me

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<v Speaker 2>today is Tim Bentley from TMC. It's been a low Hello,

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<v Speaker 2>it's been well since you've been in. You were the

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<v Speaker 2>Friday guy and then Jay decided you wanted to come back.

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<v Speaker 3>Jay wanted to come back, and I'm thanks for reviting me.

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<v Speaker 3>I wanted to sneak in here and then talk about

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<v Speaker 3>running and we did that for last ten minutes.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that was by accident.

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<v Speaker 4>What a great day. And I on the Ball history, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>and we had JV was great.

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<v Speaker 2>Right. We would have Marcus Medelson here for the Maccabie

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<v Speaker 2>games here in Tucson, so that's coming up pretty soon.

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<v Speaker 2>We decided to talk to him. What's going to happen,

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<v Speaker 2>what's going on in about two or three weeks. I

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<v Speaker 2>think it's like June, do you have that up? Twenty second?

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<v Speaker 5>Twenty first, it's tours in July when us I'll tell

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<v Speaker 5>you that's coming up soon though, and they've had them

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<v Speaker 5>before Downtown.

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<v Speaker 3>July July, well July, and it's a couple it's over

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<v Speaker 3>a couple of weeks.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, cool, So we'll talk more about doc uh when

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<v Speaker 2>he comes on about four seventeen. Good to talk to

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<v Speaker 2>JB too. Two back to back. Some of the big

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<v Speaker 2>centers here in the U of A history history, Loring

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<v Speaker 2>Woods and today JB.

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<v Speaker 4>And you are on a roll man, it's your Rolodex.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me tell you, summer's gonna suck.

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<v Speaker 4>Your rolodex is on fire.

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<v Speaker 2>Summer's gonna suck because that rolodex is going to die

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<v Speaker 2>a slow death of trying to use people to try

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<v Speaker 2>to get used, use it to get people to come in.

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<v Speaker 4>Let me ask you this.

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<v Speaker 3>We've we've been talking about you know, uh, JB talked

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<v Speaker 3>about his mom and being a kid, and you know

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<v Speaker 3>we've been talking about coaching and making an impact on

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<v Speaker 3>on kids' lives. What does what does that mean? Or

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<v Speaker 3>you know this audience, I just lost my train of thought.

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<v Speaker 2>Was I saying you did you? I'm contagious. That happens

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<v Speaker 2>to all the time.

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<v Speaker 4>I did you had surgery? Now I have surgery, and

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<v Speaker 4>now I've totally forgot. I was gonna ask you.

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<v Speaker 2>About it, but that happens to be Jay and I

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<v Speaker 2>on a Friday, maybe it's a Friday we go to

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<v Speaker 2>that guy you know, that guy you know. But it

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<v Speaker 2>comes to me too. All the time I'm thinking about

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<v Speaker 2>that subject we were talking about. Here you go, are

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<v Speaker 2>you're gonna go with? You're talking about kids and be

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<v Speaker 2>talking about the uh the impact on something. No, you forgot.

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<v Speaker 2>I totally welcome to my world.

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<v Speaker 3>It's funny because for the six months I haven't been here,

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<v Speaker 3>and I mean you, I'm here for a one time.

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<v Speaker 2>I joke about this, but I know it's serious. I

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<v Speaker 2>forget names. Damn You're lucky. I remember yours because I

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<v Speaker 2>you know what, Tam, I gotta call Who's Who's.

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<v Speaker 5>I know?

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<v Speaker 4>So I'll probably think of it in a minute and

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<v Speaker 4>right in the middle of the games.

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<v Speaker 2>Anybody I want to call, please do five two, o, four, one, six, seven,

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<v Speaker 2>seventy four forty will take your call now as we

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<v Speaker 2>have time before we get on with mister Medlson. So again,

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<v Speaker 2>any coaches, I want to talk about philosophy. I love

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<v Speaker 2>talking about philosophy, coaching philosophy, whether it's running or baseball

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<v Speaker 2>or football. Because today's kids are tough I'm sure every

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<v Speaker 2>generations has these issues, right and it's always better or

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<v Speaker 2>worse before. But you know, coaching today's kids, to me,

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<v Speaker 2>would be very difficult given the nil given the Hey, coach,

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<v Speaker 2>I make more than you or just as much. Are

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<v Speaker 2>you gonna tell me to do this? And if you

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<v Speaker 2>tell me and I don't like it, guess what I'm

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<v Speaker 2>gonna do.

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<v Speaker 4>What I worry about sometimes I'm gonna leave.

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<v Speaker 3>They're gonna leave, and you know, so there's you know,

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<v Speaker 3>there's the sense that they didn't have to work as

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<v Speaker 3>hard to get to that fund and they've been giving

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<v Speaker 3>it right away, and so it's I worry about. We

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<v Speaker 3>talk about this age group all the time. This you know,

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<v Speaker 3>like sixteen to twenty two year olds that are knuckle heads.

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<v Speaker 2>Hold that thought. Oh you're on there and on the ball.

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<v Speaker 2>Who says.

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<v Speaker 6>There's a jim?

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<v Speaker 2>Jim? What's the word?

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<v Speaker 6>Man? I forgot?

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<v Speaker 3>Hey, you should come into and help us out here

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<v Speaker 3>because we are just one big Well, come forget with us.

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<v Speaker 2>Come forget with us. Fifty Jim. I didn't know you

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<v Speaker 2>had a sense of humor.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, I do. I actually robust.

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<v Speaker 2>What do you what do you got for us?

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<v Speaker 7>Well?

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<v Speaker 6>A couple of weeks ago, I tried to delve into

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<v Speaker 6>the question about what's his name?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh no, the guy with the deal, that football player.

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<v Speaker 6>For God's sake, it just won't come up.

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<v Speaker 4>Lebron James, Ron.

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<v Speaker 6>James, Thank you God. I just could not get that out.

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<v Speaker 2>We're all going through it. Go ahead.

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<v Speaker 6>I was asking the question and I wanted to get

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<v Speaker 6>the temperature on the room as to what impact Lebron

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<v Speaker 6>James has had on three levels one basketball, two sports,

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<v Speaker 6>and three the culture. Wow, Like I'd like to hear

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<v Speaker 6>people address that question in those areas. Is positive or negative?

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<v Speaker 2>Stick around?

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<v Speaker 6>Because and that would do it if you just want

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<v Speaker 6>to say positive or negative?

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, sticker, stick around? Give me the three kept Can

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<v Speaker 2>we answer this? We'll do it, not not at length,

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<v Speaker 2>but we'll try to because I think we'll have different opinions.

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<v Speaker 2>Give me your give me your.

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<v Speaker 6>Pro Basketball is number.

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<v Speaker 2>One, depends number two is no, no, no, no no. We'll

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<v Speaker 2>go one at a time. Basketball. Uh, everyone in the

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<v Speaker 2>the younger generation has him as the best player of

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<v Speaker 2>all time, right of course, maybe under thirty under is.

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<v Speaker 3>They fight between Lebron James and.

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<v Speaker 2>And fight Okay, yeah, at that era, but our guy

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<v Speaker 2>was Michael Jordan. Right, So basketball, I'll give him a

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<v Speaker 2>nine because I'm not that eraro. I covered Michael Jordan.

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<v Speaker 2>I saw him play a number of times. So to me,

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<v Speaker 2>he's fantastic.

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<v Speaker 3>And the impact he's had, I think is that commitment

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<v Speaker 3>to greatness. He wants to be great every day and

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<v Speaker 3>I like that, and kids like that they look to

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<v Speaker 3>that commitment.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, And that's our opinion. Whether it's debatable, Okay, I

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<v Speaker 2>give that.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah. I think there's a lot of opinions out there.

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<v Speaker 2>Sure. Okay, So next question sport in general, sport by sport.

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<v Speaker 6>What do you mean, well, just the idea of competitive spirit.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I mean that he's fantastic, Right, He's fantastic. He

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<v Speaker 2>plays well, plays hard. Obviously, he flops and all other stuff,

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<v Speaker 2>but that's who he is, uh, sport, I give him.

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<v Speaker 2>I give him like an eight to nine. I don't know,

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<v Speaker 2>he's fantastic.

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<v Speaker 3>So, and I think, you know, we were hung up

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<v Speaker 3>on Jordan being six and oh and and and you

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<v Speaker 3>know Joe Montana four and O and Terry Bradshaw four

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<v Speaker 3>and O. You know Lebron James was in the finals

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<v Speaker 3>nine or ten years in a Row and so this

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<v Speaker 3>this this this level of greatness for so long. You

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<v Speaker 3>know Tom Brady, you know now we talk about him

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<v Speaker 3>being great and he's had some losses. So it's it's

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<v Speaker 3>opened that door to have some losses and still be great.

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<v Speaker 4>Good good answer.

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<v Speaker 6>So the third level is cultural, Well he keeps what

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<v Speaker 6>impact on the culture.

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<v Speaker 2>So Jim, you and I are you're a little older

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<v Speaker 2>than me. We also grew up with Muhamad Ali. We

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<v Speaker 2>had Jim Brown, guys who spoke out in certain things

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<v Speaker 2>exactly people and people who spoke out. And then we

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<v Speaker 2>have a generation that Michael Jordan did not speak about

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<v Speaker 2>stuff because you know, Republicans buy shoes too, Democrats buy

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<v Speaker 2>shoes too. Uh So there's that and Lebron speaks out

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<v Speaker 2>right and and a lot of people don't like that

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<v Speaker 2>he speaks out. Well, hey, speak out, Maybe what do

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<v Speaker 2>you have to say? So that I don't know, he's

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<v Speaker 2>very good at it, obviously.

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<v Speaker 3>I think he uses a platform for good. You know,

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<v Speaker 3>he's you know where on which side you're on? True,

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<v Speaker 3>But I mean, I don't think that he's malicious. And

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<v Speaker 3>I think that he's shown if you asked about the

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<v Speaker 3>impact he's had on sport. You know, he's showing them

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<v Speaker 3>what a what a high level athlete and how they

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<v Speaker 3>can harness multimedia opportunities, you know, brand opportunities to become

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<v Speaker 3>you know, one of the top athletes of all time.

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<v Speaker 2>What do you think.

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<v Speaker 6>You're asking me?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, unless, yeah, I was gonna ask you what do

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<v Speaker 2>you think? And one why the question?

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<v Speaker 6>He forgot The question I have to follow this up

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<v Speaker 6>with is I'm looking for an answer to this question,

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<v Speaker 6>and that is why are NBA ratings viewership at all?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah? Yeah, Okay, I don't know. If he's the king

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<v Speaker 2>of all time.

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<v Speaker 6>And he's a you know, the best athlete, the hardest worker,

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<v Speaker 6>and the most competitive and has had a positive influence

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<v Speaker 6>on the culture, what's what's going on with basketball?

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<v Speaker 2>I think there's a burnout one and they don't play basketball.

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<v Speaker 2>You and I and Tim and whoever saw it maybe

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<v Speaker 2>twenty years ago, thirty years ago, forty it's different now

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<v Speaker 2>it's it's it's perimeter basketball, and it's kind of boring to.

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<v Speaker 4>Watch, but yeah, it is somebody's making money to because I.

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<v Speaker 6>Like the more strategic approach where you pass the ball

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<v Speaker 6>up for a better shot Bobby nin style.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and it's now outside ball, it's still I know.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's I'm guilty of not watching the NBA specifically until

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<v Speaker 2>the playoffs and the now that the Goolden State Warriors are.

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<v Speaker 2>I really don't have a team or I don't care,

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<v Speaker 2>but I still watch it. Just watching basketball.

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<v Speaker 6>You know, the idea that a guy can run down

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<v Speaker 6>the court and jam the ball in the basket. It's great,

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<v Speaker 6>it's entertaining for about twenty minutes. You probably it's the

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<v Speaker 6>same thing over and over.

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<v Speaker 4>They carried the ball to you. Don't worry about it.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, you probably saw your own question or ask you

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<v Speaker 2>to answered your own question.

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<v Speaker 6>Well, look, I grew up in Indiana. My best friend

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<v Speaker 6>growing up was mister Basketball of Indiana, and he was

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<v Speaker 6>well they billed him as the next coming of Jerry West,

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<v Speaker 6>who was. He went to Purdue Jerry Nichols, and he

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<v Speaker 6>didn't get very far with this program. He dislocated and

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<v Speaker 6>hyper extended his petular ligament and his knee and the

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<v Speaker 6>NIT playoff his sophomore year. He was back when you

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<v Speaker 6>could not play until you were a sophomore, and he

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<v Speaker 6>had about this was his first real coming down and

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<v Speaker 6>he had about fifteen sixteen points and was just lighting

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<v Speaker 6>it up and the third or second half at that

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<v Speaker 6>point and did a reverse layup and just tore his

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<v Speaker 6>leg all up. You could see his petula halfway up

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<v Speaker 6>his thigh on TV.

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<v Speaker 3>So everybody in their car wherever they're listening to just

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, audience, our audience, get the big game. Get the

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah. Well, but every year for years, six or seven years,

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<v Speaker 6>the Indiana Pacers would have him out for another tryout

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<v Speaker 6>because Jerry was a good guy. He could play the

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Well, Jim, thanks for the tough questions.

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<v Speaker 6>I hope you can be interested to find out what.

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<v Speaker 6>Maybe you hit the nail on the head. Maybe it's

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<v Speaker 3>I think it's just somebody is making money because they're

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<v Speaker 2>I'll give you this though, it's not about ratio. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>in two weeks you're gonna find and this my guess,

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<v Speaker 6>Okay, I got.

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<v Speaker 2>You we're going to figure out Wait, hold on, let

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<v Speaker 2>Oklahoma State, likely Indie. No one's gonna watch it. You

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<v Speaker 6>Okay, very well said that. You're headed right to the

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<v Speaker 6>all of this is what's going to cause the likes

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<v Speaker 6>It's gonna be a championship game between Oklahoma State and.

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<v Speaker 2>But that that is that's out in the boies Jim, and.

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<v Speaker 6>People are gonna go, I don't even give a damn.

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<v Speaker 2>And win, Jim, that's not gonna happen in your lifetime.

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<v Speaker 4>And mind not the way they're they're setting that up.

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<v Speaker 6>are so geographically spread out. Yeah, I think it is

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<v Speaker 4>Well, well, twenty.

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<v Speaker 6>The college playoff game this year was down. The ratings

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<v Speaker 6>are down twenty five percent over last year.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well, if it happens, Jim, you'll take me out

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<v Speaker 2>for a coffee and all. Yeah, thank you very much for.

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<v Speaker 4>All All right, Well, who was that? I forgot that.

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<v Speaker 2>That was Jim.

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<v Speaker 5>Thanks Jim, Yeah, James, thanks, all right, thank you guys.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh no, that's cool. Hey, he'd been sending me this

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<v Speaker 2>Hello, Now on the phone, we have Marcus Mendelssohn from

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<v Speaker 2>the JCC Maccabi Gaines. How are you, Marcus?

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<v Speaker 7>Good?

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<v Speaker 14>Thanks, good, thank you, Thanks.

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<v Speaker 4>For having me.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, of course, an exciting time for you guys downtown right. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>it's gonna happen in a few weeks.

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<v Speaker 14>Yeah, we are Lett London two months away. Plans in

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<v Speaker 14>place that all the different teams are working hard and

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<v Speaker 14>we are super excited to be hosting this again for

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<v Speaker 14>the first time here in too.

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<v Speaker 2>I was gonna say, god, twenty five years to me,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm good going there. So how did it come back?

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<v Speaker 2>How do you guys get it to come back?

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<v Speaker 14>So it's been the plan for a little while of

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<v Speaker 2>Did you have to bid for them?

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<v Speaker 3>So, yeah, when you put these games on, you know

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<v Speaker 14>part of the experience and they can do sports reporting

425
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<v Speaker 14>and interviews and nowadays you know, social media based video

426
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<v Speaker 14>reporting and can still really be involved in meet fellow

427
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<v Speaker 14>teams from all over the world.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, no question. You're a veteran of the Games, right,

429
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<v Speaker 2>you played in there ideas.

430
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<v Speaker 14>I represented the MCCABI Great Britain team twice so two

431
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<v Speaker 14>thousand and six in Phoenix, two thousand and seven in

432
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<v Speaker 14>Orange County, California, and came away with the Golds the

433
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<v Speaker 14>first year is still for the second year.

434
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<v Speaker 4>In football, in football. Nice, well done in football?

435
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<v Speaker 2>Are you so?

436
00:23:04.680 --> 00:23:04.880
<v Speaker 4>I know?

437
00:23:05.559 --> 00:23:08.920
<v Speaker 2>Are you working for these events? Are you in Tucson?

438
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<v Speaker 2>Are you two soon based or you with the company?

439
00:23:11.240 --> 00:23:14.519
<v Speaker 14>I am okay, yeah, no, I'm too so based. I

440
00:23:14.559 --> 00:23:16.599
<v Speaker 14>work here at the Tuson JCC. I've been in town

441
00:23:16.720 --> 00:23:19.799
<v Speaker 14>for just over a year and thoroughly enjoying myself.

442
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<v Speaker 2>From from where originally from not originally because.

443
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<v Speaker 14>I know, yeah so originally originally from Essex in England.

444
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<v Speaker 14>I spent a year and a half in South Florida

445
00:23:30.759 --> 00:23:34.319
<v Speaker 14>working at a JCC near Fort Lauda, though Oka And yeah,

446
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<v Speaker 14>no I'm here.

447
00:23:35.319 --> 00:23:39.079
<v Speaker 2>So you came from Florida to here? I did, Okay,

448
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<v Speaker 2>So I was gonna say, I was going to say,

449
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<v Speaker 2>how you enjoyed the heap of South Florida is a

450
00:23:43.920 --> 00:23:45.519
<v Speaker 2>different type of heat? Uh?

451
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<v Speaker 14>So you're kind of a different type of heat enjoying it?

452
00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:50.960
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, of course, of course, Uh how do you? How

453
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<v Speaker 2>do you And You've been prepared for this for a

454
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<v Speaker 2>while obviously, right, for a long time.

455
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<v Speaker 14>Yes, so I've been working on it for a year,

456
00:23:59.599 --> 00:24:02.480
<v Speaker 14>but the team have been working on it probably close

457
00:24:02.519 --> 00:24:04.319
<v Speaker 14>on two and a half to three years by now.

458
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<v Speaker 2>Did they kind of search you out and say, I know,

459
00:24:07.799 --> 00:24:09.359
<v Speaker 2>I got a guy, We got a guy who might

460
00:24:09.400 --> 00:24:10.880
<v Speaker 2>be able to pull this baby off.

461
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<v Speaker 14>I mean, I am one part of a really experienced,

462
00:24:17.519 --> 00:24:21.799
<v Speaker 14>an amazing team. It was one of one of those

463
00:24:21.960 --> 00:24:26.839
<v Speaker 14>conversations that just happens I had experienced in the games,

464
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<v Speaker 14>you know, But there are people who are part of

465
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<v Speaker 14>this team, including our games director Josh Shanker, who has

466
00:24:34.119 --> 00:24:37.640
<v Speaker 14>been involved in these multiple times, our CEO Todd Rockoff,

467
00:24:38.200 --> 00:24:43.400
<v Speaker 14>who has hosted the games in previous communities and was

468
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<v Speaker 14>very very keen to bring it back here too soon.

469
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<v Speaker 3>I'm curious, you know, you've seen it in other communities

470
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<v Speaker 3>and your director has seen it, participated and help plan

471
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<v Speaker 3>in other communities. What does Tucson have that makes it,

472
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<v Speaker 3>you know, a good place to.

473
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<v Speaker 4>Host these games?

474
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<v Speaker 2>What?

475
00:24:58.160 --> 00:25:00.279
<v Speaker 4>What? What? What does Tucson have the lens of self

476
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<v Speaker 4>to it a successful games?

477
00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:05.519
<v Speaker 14>So in the year that I've been here an incredible community.

478
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<v Speaker 14>The community spirit is amazing, and that's without the community

479
00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:14.359
<v Speaker 14>behind you, these games cannot happen. Whilst we have a

480
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<v Speaker 14>professional team working on this day and day out, we

481
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<v Speaker 14>also have a huge number of volunteers community leaders who

482
00:25:23.240 --> 00:25:27.720
<v Speaker 14>lead our various committees. You know, without these games, with

483
00:25:28.319 --> 00:25:35.480
<v Speaker 14>transportation and food and the volunteers and countless other committees,

484
00:25:35.880 --> 00:25:39.680
<v Speaker 14>these games don't happen. So we have an incredible community

485
00:25:39.720 --> 00:25:43.119
<v Speaker 14>spirit that everyone right now is coming together, and we

486
00:25:43.160 --> 00:25:46.759
<v Speaker 14>are still in the lookout for volunteers. So if anyone

487
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<v Speaker 14>listening is interested, please reach out to JCC and I'd

488
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<v Speaker 14>be happy.

489
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<v Speaker 4>To talk to you.

490
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<v Speaker 2>I was just going to go there because I know

491
00:25:52.839 --> 00:25:54.480
<v Speaker 2>if I say something, I'm going to screw it up.

492
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<v Speaker 2>But could you give us give us the site one

493
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<v Speaker 2>and to the dates when these are going to happen.

494
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<v Speaker 14>Absolutely, So the games are taking place between July twenty

495
00:26:06.480 --> 00:26:09.880
<v Speaker 14>seventh and August first, and we're going to be using

496
00:26:09.960 --> 00:26:13.400
<v Speaker 14>sporting venues across town. The JCC is going to be

497
00:26:13.440 --> 00:26:19.599
<v Speaker 14>acting as the main hub. Yeah, we we're welcoming almost

498
00:26:19.599 --> 00:26:25.480
<v Speaker 14>a thousands teenage athletes, hundreds of coaches, delegation heads, and

499
00:26:26.319 --> 00:26:30.039
<v Speaker 14>potentially up into the thousands of spectators as well, whether

500
00:26:30.079 --> 00:26:32.680
<v Speaker 14>they're family members or friends who are traveling into town.

501
00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:35.839
<v Speaker 14>And that's something that I was hoping we would touch on,

502
00:26:36.000 --> 00:26:39.839
<v Speaker 14>because this really is for the entire community. This isn't

503
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<v Speaker 14>just for our members here at the JCC. It's tying

504
00:26:43.119 --> 00:26:47.519
<v Speaker 14>in people from right across Tucson and further afield. And

505
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<v Speaker 14>one of the really exciting things for Tucson it's that

506
00:26:52.079 --> 00:26:55.519
<v Speaker 14>we're estimating around a four million dollar economic impact into

507
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<v Speaker 14>the local economy.

508
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<v Speaker 2>So it really is I'm sorry giving the number event,

509
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<v Speaker 2>what's the number again?

510
00:27:00.079 --> 00:27:05.400
<v Speaker 14>Well, really a four million dollar impact locally for the community.

511
00:27:05.440 --> 00:27:06.480
<v Speaker 2>I was just going to say, you know, I was

512
00:27:06.519 --> 00:27:08.440
<v Speaker 2>going to ask you that question, so I'm sure visit

513
00:27:08.480 --> 00:27:11.079
<v Speaker 2>Tucson or whoever. The people you had to deal with, UH,

514
00:27:11.519 --> 00:27:13.440
<v Speaker 2>love you for that because you know that's great.

515
00:27:14.839 --> 00:27:19.559
<v Speaker 14>Yeah. They've worked really really closely with the team to

516
00:27:19.599 --> 00:27:22.920
<v Speaker 14>help us scout out various locations and we're going to

517
00:27:22.920 --> 00:27:28.680
<v Speaker 14>be using hotels across town, sporting events across sporting venues

518
00:27:28.680 --> 00:27:33.160
<v Speaker 14>across town, and with you know, local restaurants and transportation

519
00:27:33.640 --> 00:27:36.880
<v Speaker 14>and the hotels. It really is tying everyone in.

520
00:27:38.440 --> 00:27:40.720
<v Speaker 3>I'm curious, how how do people qualify for these games?

521
00:27:40.839 --> 00:27:43.880
<v Speaker 3>Is their qualification and how far out do people start

522
00:27:43.880 --> 00:27:46.440
<v Speaker 3>to qualify? And when they get here are they is

523
00:27:46.480 --> 00:27:49.400
<v Speaker 3>this the championship? Can they go on to the International

524
00:27:49.400 --> 00:27:50.119
<v Speaker 3>Games from here?

525
00:27:51.880 --> 00:27:57.400
<v Speaker 14>So every every community has has a has a different system.

526
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<v Speaker 14>A lot will hold tryouts within their local communities. We're

527
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<v Speaker 14>going to be welcoming about forty one different delegations coming

528
00:28:04.440 --> 00:28:07.519
<v Speaker 14>in and I know many of them go through weeks

529
00:28:07.519 --> 00:28:13.440
<v Speaker 14>and months of trials and yeah there you know, to

530
00:28:13.920 --> 00:28:16.720
<v Speaker 14>trimutete and participate in the games. The athletes are Jewish

531
00:28:16.960 --> 00:28:19.960
<v Speaker 14>and something you know special to add these are the

532
00:28:20.119 --> 00:28:25.119
<v Speaker 14>largest youth sporting events for Jewish teams annually around the world.

533
00:28:25.799 --> 00:28:29.319
<v Speaker 14>And but that's the beauty of bringing in the entire

534
00:28:29.319 --> 00:28:32.960
<v Speaker 14>community where our athletes a Jewish, but everyone else involved

535
00:28:33.079 --> 00:28:37.920
<v Speaker 14>is from every corner of the community. And there are

536
00:28:37.960 --> 00:28:43.400
<v Speaker 14>opportunities to go on to participate nationally and internationally with

537
00:28:43.799 --> 00:28:49.000
<v Speaker 14>various Jewish delegations at different sets of games.

538
00:28:49.640 --> 00:28:52.440
<v Speaker 2>You wanted to mention the history some of the history

539
00:28:52.480 --> 00:28:57.039
<v Speaker 2>of of Tucson regarding you know, seventy years institution.

540
00:28:57.599 --> 00:29:01.519
<v Speaker 14>Yeah, yeah, this is a really important years for us

541
00:29:01.559 --> 00:29:05.880
<v Speaker 14>here at the Tucun Jay It's seventy years since the

542
00:29:05.960 --> 00:29:09.720
<v Speaker 14>Two Sun Jewish Community Center was founded. It's thirty six

543
00:29:09.839 --> 00:29:12.599
<v Speaker 14>years at our current site. And you might think why

544
00:29:12.680 --> 00:29:17.359
<v Speaker 14>is thirty six important? In Judaism, numerical values links to

545
00:29:17.359 --> 00:29:20.680
<v Speaker 14>words are very important, and the number eighteen links to

546
00:29:20.759 --> 00:29:24.480
<v Speaker 14>the Hebrew word of thigh, meaning of life. So thirty

547
00:29:24.519 --> 00:29:28.119
<v Speaker 14>six is double life, which is quite significant. And as

548
00:29:28.119 --> 00:29:31.559
<v Speaker 14>I mentioned earlier, twenty five years since we hosted last

549
00:29:31.640 --> 00:29:32.079
<v Speaker 14>in Tucson.

550
00:29:32.519 --> 00:29:34.519
<v Speaker 2>God, I mean twenty five years to be again, I

551
00:29:34.519 --> 00:29:36.880
<v Speaker 2>can't remember. I can't imagine twenty five years ago. But

552
00:29:37.000 --> 00:29:40.279
<v Speaker 2>when I went, you had opening ceremonies. I think, so

553
00:29:40.359 --> 00:29:43.480
<v Speaker 2>you do have a bout that, right, Yeah.

554
00:29:43.519 --> 00:29:45.519
<v Speaker 14>So one of the really special parts of the Games

555
00:29:45.759 --> 00:29:49.559
<v Speaker 14>is kind of an Olympic style of ceremony where all

556
00:29:49.599 --> 00:29:53.359
<v Speaker 14>the teams walk out to big crowds, big music, waving

557
00:29:53.400 --> 00:29:57.359
<v Speaker 14>their banners representing their local communities. And you know, I

558
00:29:57.440 --> 00:29:59.920
<v Speaker 14>still remember it walking out waving our Union Jack fly

559
00:30:01.200 --> 00:30:03.920
<v Speaker 14>representing Great Britain, and just the cheers as you walk

560
00:30:03.960 --> 00:30:07.119
<v Speaker 14>into an arena as a teenager, when everyone is there

561
00:30:07.200 --> 00:30:10.119
<v Speaker 14>to support you and you're there to make friends from

562
00:30:10.160 --> 00:30:12.079
<v Speaker 14>all over the world, it really is special.

563
00:30:12.480 --> 00:30:15.519
<v Speaker 3>You know, you talk about community involvement in community fans,

564
00:30:16.039 --> 00:30:18.359
<v Speaker 3>you know, what kind of competition level, what kind of

565
00:30:19.920 --> 00:30:22.799
<v Speaker 3>performances should we or could we expect to see from

566
00:30:22.839 --> 00:30:23.519
<v Speaker 3>these athletes.

567
00:30:24.279 --> 00:30:27.880
<v Speaker 14>So you know, some of some of the players that

568
00:30:27.920 --> 00:30:33.680
<v Speaker 14>come to these games are serious athletes, and whilst sport

569
00:30:34.039 --> 00:30:37.759
<v Speaker 14>is kind of the driver to bring our participants here,

570
00:30:38.119 --> 00:30:42.519
<v Speaker 14>it really is the community spirit that makes the games

571
00:30:42.559 --> 00:30:45.160
<v Speaker 14>what they are. But you know, from what I understand

572
00:30:45.200 --> 00:30:48.279
<v Speaker 14>and from the people I've spoken to across the country,

573
00:30:48.319 --> 00:30:53.400
<v Speaker 14>we have some state and national level athletes coming into town.

574
00:30:53.559 --> 00:30:56.079
<v Speaker 14>So anyone coming to watch will be in for a treat.

575
00:30:57.839 --> 00:31:00.720
<v Speaker 2>Could you I know you didn't mention the website. You

576
00:31:00.960 --> 00:31:03.720
<v Speaker 2>talked about going to the to the JCCSA. Let's go

577
00:31:03.799 --> 00:31:06.480
<v Speaker 2>to that. Give us a website school just the dot

578
00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:09.359
<v Speaker 2>com because they can find everything they want you there.

579
00:31:09.319 --> 00:31:14.640
<v Speaker 14>Right, absolutely, So it's jac C mccabi twuson dot com.

580
00:31:14.960 --> 00:31:16.680
<v Speaker 2>Right, you can find the volunteers if you want to

581
00:31:16.720 --> 00:31:18.200
<v Speaker 2>go there. You can talk about you have a lot

582
00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:21.519
<v Speaker 2>of different areas to go for that because how many

583
00:31:21.680 --> 00:31:24.400
<v Speaker 2>I'm sure it takes a few hundred to help pull

584
00:31:24.440 --> 00:31:24.839
<v Speaker 2>this off.

585
00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:32.920
<v Speaker 14>Well, yeah, we our volunteering platform actually went live today

586
00:31:33.359 --> 00:31:36.640
<v Speaker 14>and there's been a great uptake in the various volunteering opportunities,

587
00:31:36.799 --> 00:31:41.880
<v Speaker 14>and we estimate around a thousand volunteering time slots time

588
00:31:41.880 --> 00:31:42.680
<v Speaker 14>slots available.

589
00:31:42.799 --> 00:31:47.160
<v Speaker 4>So the more the more, the merrier. Yeah.

590
00:31:47.359 --> 00:31:49.920
<v Speaker 3>The site is easier to navigate. I was just checking

591
00:31:49.960 --> 00:31:52.079
<v Speaker 3>it out, so yeah, you know Tucson.

592
00:31:52.279 --> 00:31:55.400
<v Speaker 14>Yeah, every everything, everything you need is on there, breaks

593
00:31:55.440 --> 00:31:59.039
<v Speaker 14>everything down volunteering. Q and A takes you into the

594
00:31:59.079 --> 00:32:00.119
<v Speaker 14>registration sift and.

595
00:32:01.119 --> 00:32:02.920
<v Speaker 4>There's a way to give. So there's there's lots of

596
00:32:02.920 --> 00:32:03.759
<v Speaker 4>good information here.

597
00:32:04.200 --> 00:32:07.440
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, so let me ask you how Let me ask

598
00:32:07.480 --> 00:32:09.640
<v Speaker 2>you your age if you don't mind about forty something?

599
00:32:11.079 --> 00:32:14.200
<v Speaker 14>Uh well maybe by my voice, I'm fecty too.

600
00:32:14.960 --> 00:32:17.799
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, but you're sixteen years ago, you say when he

601
00:32:17.839 --> 00:32:18.400
<v Speaker 3>was a teenager.

602
00:32:18.440 --> 00:32:19.440
<v Speaker 2>I thought I was talking to some guy.

603
00:32:19.559 --> 00:32:20.480
<v Speaker 4>Wait about age.

604
00:32:21.839 --> 00:32:27.039
<v Speaker 2>Congratulations or sorry, I'm apologized now, But what I wanted

605
00:32:27.079 --> 00:32:29.519
<v Speaker 2>you was talk about you as a kid playing because

606
00:32:29.759 --> 00:32:32.359
<v Speaker 2>I thought this was a while ago. What it meant

607
00:32:32.359 --> 00:32:35.640
<v Speaker 2>to you to be a gold medal winner, civil win

608
00:32:35.720 --> 00:32:36.079
<v Speaker 2>or winner?

609
00:32:37.880 --> 00:32:38.920
<v Speaker 14>Sorry can you repeat that?

610
00:32:39.279 --> 00:32:41.160
<v Speaker 2>Just what it meant to you because you're you're a

611
00:32:41.240 --> 00:32:43.359
<v Speaker 2>You're next champion is what did it mean to you

612
00:32:43.400 --> 00:32:45.880
<v Speaker 2>to do this and accomplish what you accomplished.

613
00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:51.880
<v Speaker 14>You know, I think for me, I flew halfway around

614
00:32:51.880 --> 00:32:55.839
<v Speaker 14>the world to do this and to represent you know,

615
00:32:55.960 --> 00:33:03.039
<v Speaker 14>the all essentially representing my country. For you know, it

616
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<v Speaker 14>was special.

617
00:33:03.759 --> 00:33:04.440
<v Speaker 4>It was special.

618
00:33:07.119 --> 00:33:09.440
<v Speaker 14>I you know, I played week in week out growing

619
00:33:09.519 --> 00:33:13.519
<v Speaker 14>up and to win was amazing. But the following year

620
00:33:13.720 --> 00:33:15.960
<v Speaker 14>to lose in the final was very humbling. But what

621
00:33:16.039 --> 00:33:18.839
<v Speaker 14>made it so special was even though we lost in

622
00:33:18.839 --> 00:33:22.200
<v Speaker 14>that final, that same evening we went out and hang

623
00:33:22.240 --> 00:33:24.720
<v Speaker 14>out with the team who were the local team in

624
00:33:24.759 --> 00:33:28.759
<v Speaker 14>Orange County who beat us, and we went go karting

625
00:33:29.279 --> 00:33:31.640
<v Speaker 14>and to go go karting with the team that just

626
00:33:31.680 --> 00:33:34.519
<v Speaker 14>beat you in a final, going from tears to laughter

627
00:33:34.640 --> 00:33:37.000
<v Speaker 14>within the space of a couple of hours, that's what

628
00:33:37.119 --> 00:33:39.759
<v Speaker 14>makes it so special. And I'm still in contact with

629
00:33:39.839 --> 00:33:42.200
<v Speaker 14>some people that I played with and that I met

630
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<v Speaker 14>from back.

631
00:33:43.559 --> 00:33:43.920
<v Speaker 4>In the day.

632
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<v Speaker 2>Well, I was going to say, the friendships you build

633
00:33:45.599 --> 00:33:46.400
<v Speaker 2>and stuff like this.

634
00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:50.759
<v Speaker 3>That's the beauty of sports really of just participation at

635
00:33:50.799 --> 00:33:54.920
<v Speaker 3>that age, you know, sixteen seventeen, those are lifetime friendships.

636
00:33:54.319 --> 00:33:58.960
<v Speaker 2>Right right, And you know, go ahead, I'm sorry, no, no,

637
00:33:59.000 --> 00:33:59.440
<v Speaker 2>that's fine.

638
00:33:59.799 --> 00:34:04.039
<v Speaker 14>I think you're about to ask anything else, And absolutely

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<v Speaker 14>there is there's something really really special amongst everything else,

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<v Speaker 14>well two.

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<v Speaker 6>Special things, if I have a couple of yes.

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<v Speaker 14>So every single team who comes along with their coaches

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<v Speaker 14>participates in something called JCCS and that's something that really

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<v Speaker 14>helps out participating teams realize that they're part of something

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<v Speaker 14>much bigger and it's a really big Jewish value that

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<v Speaker 14>we have called tiku Alam repairing the World, and it's

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<v Speaker 14>JCCKES is a service project that they do to give

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<v Speaker 14>back to the local community that you're visiting. And we're

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<v Speaker 14>really really excited and we're planning some really special opportunities

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<v Speaker 14>here for the teams for them for them to do

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<v Speaker 14>this not just with their own delegation, but with each other,

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<v Speaker 14>their new friends and their competitors that they've met during

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<v Speaker 14>the week. And they'll be spending an afternoon morning, some

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<v Speaker 14>of their time whilst they're here and too soon giving

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<v Speaker 14>back to our local community. And the other part I

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<v Speaker 14>wanted to mention is something called j c C mccarby Access.

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<v Speaker 14>That's something that's been through a three year pilot and

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<v Speaker 14>we are truly honored to be the first, the first

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<v Speaker 14>community to be hosting the Access Games where they are

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<v Speaker 14>a part of the games every year moving forward, and

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<v Speaker 14>these are for teenagers and young adults age twelve through

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<v Speaker 14>twenty two with intellectual and developmental disabilities where they have

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<v Speaker 14>their own program with catered activities and sports for them,

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<v Speaker 14>and then they also participate in unified sports with the

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<v Speaker 14>rest of the game's athletes to show that this really

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<v Speaker 14>is about community and coming together.

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<v Speaker 2>Very nice, very nice. Well, Marcus Mendelssohn. Good luck to you.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll probably touch you again maybe sometime early July. Just

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<v Speaker 2>to blind people, how can people go? Is it cost

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<v Speaker 2>to paid watch? How does that work.

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<v Speaker 14>That for local community members that there is no cost.

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<v Speaker 14>We would love all of your listeners and their friends,

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<v Speaker 14>their families, their colleagues to volunteer. You have to be

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<v Speaker 14>eighteen and above to volunteer, and if volunteering isn't your thing,

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<v Speaker 14>just come along and cheer on our athletes. To the

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<v Speaker 14>website everyone and click the registration button. It's that simple.

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<v Speaker 14>My contact details are on the website as well, so

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<v Speaker 14>if you're not sure, give me a call and I'd

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<v Speaker 14>be happy to talk to you.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks a bunch of Marcus. We'll talk to you against sir.

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<v Speaker 4>Luck Marcus, Thanks for sharing that very amazing.

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<v Speaker 14>Thank you so much and have a great week you.

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<v Speaker 2>Too, Thank you very much. Yes, great, great stuff. Got

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<v Speaker 2>twenty five years and I'm old and.

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<v Speaker 4>Fleur years ago. You're about our age, right, Marcus. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>I'm thirty two, exactly.

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<v Speaker 5>To be Marcus thirty two down older.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm sorry, I'm thirty.

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<v Speaker 2>Two, thirty two because he did to me, didn't you

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<v Speaker 2>sound older?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, but you know he did say that he as

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<v Speaker 3>a teenager. He competed in two thousand and six. I

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<v Speaker 3>can't do math. Come on, I get two bucks in

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<v Speaker 3>my pocket. I one dollar, two dollars. Let's see your break.

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<v Speaker 1>now went five to two oh four, one seventy four forty.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, welcome back to my the ball. If here on

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<v Speaker 2>Fox Sports fourteen fifty. Them Steve Rivera, you're blake.

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<v Speaker 3>You're not blake, Tim, That was a cool, cool guest. Yeah, Mark,

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<v Speaker 3>you know he's talking about he's thirty two.

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<v Speaker 4>Everybody.

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<v Speaker 2>You know.

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<v Speaker 3>When I was in high school, I competed at a

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<v Speaker 3>at a national cross country race, UH Sacramento, and it

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<v Speaker 3>was called Kenny it was. It was a shoe store

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<v Speaker 3>regional meet, national meet. And you know, he talks about

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<v Speaker 3>the camaraderie that he still feels. I still have friends

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<v Speaker 3>from that meet, from other schools and other states that came,

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<v Speaker 3>and there's there's an impact that these games, these types

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<v Speaker 3>of games bring for other athletes. You know, the benefit

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<v Speaker 3>of the community is great, but you know what resonates

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<v Speaker 3>with me is the impact that makes on the athletes.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh yeah, your community or your country.

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<v Speaker 2>My son, my son, my oldest son was twelve at

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<v Speaker 2>the time, I think it was he was part of

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<v Speaker 2>it was on the state best Soccer Kids and they

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<v Speaker 2>went to Minnesota up and you you know, you do

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<v Speaker 2>anything for your kids, right, You're selling shirt, you're selling

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<v Speaker 2>whatever you do. You went in Minnesota to play and

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<v Speaker 2>there's a bunch of it was a Beverly It was

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<v Speaker 2>the bad news bearers in my mind, it was like, okay, whatever,

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<v Speaker 2>and then we're pretty good. But you know, you're thinking

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<v Speaker 2>of this team. They go to Minnesota and they win games,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm thinking, how are they doing that? And then

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<v Speaker 2>win games and what they win games and then they

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<v Speaker 2>find themselves in the championship game against the Cuba or

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<v Speaker 2>I can't remember, it was the Brazil Brazil. I'm thinking

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<v Speaker 2>my son's team, who plays goalie, And I'm thinking, this

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<v Speaker 2>experience itself is like it was fantastic for me. Imagine

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<v Speaker 2>what it was for the kids. You know, I can't

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<v Speaker 2>get too excited, but now I'm getting excited, but I'm thinking,

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<v Speaker 2>if that weren't me, it was like the Little League

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<v Speaker 2>World Series. Sure, when you're going when you're doing that

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<v Speaker 2>and you're thinking, God, I can't believe that we're here

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<v Speaker 2>playing in front of this, these people in front of TV.

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<v Speaker 2>Because guess what you dream of exactly that moment. So

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<v Speaker 2>for then them, I'm not sure if that's that big

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<v Speaker 2>of a moment, but so's pretty good, pretty big.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, you're wearing a uniform, it has your name

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<v Speaker 3>on it, it has your maybe your city or something.

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<v Speaker 3>It's you know, right when I coached, I would always

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<v Speaker 3>around them.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm not a runner.

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<v Speaker 3>I would say, hey, that you need to represent your school.

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<v Speaker 4>You need to represent your community doing.

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<v Speaker 3>Something, whether it's the doing basketball or being in drama

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<v Speaker 3>or volunteering, doing something and represent you know, representing your community.

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<v Speaker 3>Uh is the value I think that comes out of

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<v Speaker 3>these games. You know, not only competing at a high level,

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<v Speaker 3>but you're you're you know, you're you're part of something bigger.

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<v Speaker 2>So how much resistance did you get when you said

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<v Speaker 3>I was very persuasive. We would have fifty or sixty

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<v Speaker 3>kids out for cross country and.

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<v Speaker 2>Track every day, and how many how many stuck it out?

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<v Speaker 4>Most of them? You know, it was it was you know,

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<v Speaker 4>it was a ton of fun.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, we would eat a ton of pizza and

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<v Speaker 3>provide good experiences and and and great you know competition.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, the whole goal is to make good kids.

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<v Speaker 3>so you nurture them, you give them opportunities to rise

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<v Speaker 2>of of many things that he was able to do,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, just kind of like, Okay, this is what

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<v Speaker 2>they're going to Spain, they're going to Germany to play

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<v Speaker 2>and blah blah blah. You're thinking, okay, but you know

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<v Speaker 3>And so it's that's why I'm an advocate for kids,

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<v Speaker 3>play soccer, do track, shoot hoops, play baseball, do lots

848
00:44:56.679 --> 00:44:58.719
<v Speaker 3>of different things, and then the thing that they love

849
00:44:58.719 --> 00:45:02.559
<v Speaker 3>will come to them, you know. But multiple sports, multiple

850
00:45:02.559 --> 00:45:03.840
<v Speaker 3>activities growing up.

851
00:45:04.239 --> 00:45:06.079
<v Speaker 2>Sure, thanks for better people too.

852
00:45:06.119 --> 00:45:07.519
<v Speaker 4>I think, hey, are you going to the Are you

853
00:45:07.559 --> 00:45:08.559
<v Speaker 4>gonna be at the race tomorrow?

854
00:45:09.159 --> 00:45:11.480
<v Speaker 2>Oh no, no, I was was there last year?

855
00:45:11.559 --> 00:45:11.679
<v Speaker 5>Right?

856
00:45:11.719 --> 00:45:13.960
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, we have our crew going. I'm not because I

857
00:45:14.000 --> 00:45:17.599
<v Speaker 2>can't really help given my situation with lifting and things.

858
00:45:17.639 --> 00:45:20.000
<v Speaker 2>Like that. So I'm not gonna go sorry to say that'sture.

859
00:45:20.000 --> 00:45:22.199
<v Speaker 2>I have fun. It was, it was, it was very impressive.

860
00:45:22.239 --> 00:45:23.719
<v Speaker 2>And go ahead and tell what you're talking about.

861
00:45:23.679 --> 00:45:26.519
<v Speaker 3>Oh, I just it's they meet me Downtown five k

862
00:45:26.599 --> 00:45:29.760
<v Speaker 3>and Festival of Miles but by well TMC is one

863
00:45:29.800 --> 00:45:32.159
<v Speaker 3>of the title sponsors, but it's it's a great community event.

864
00:45:32.559 --> 00:45:35.599
<v Speaker 2>Yeah. No, I was very impressed. Uh, you know, Randy

865
00:45:35.599 --> 00:45:38.199
<v Speaker 2>does a great job. Randy, that's where I met you, right,

866
00:45:38.239 --> 00:45:40.480
<v Speaker 2>you come up to me and I got some history

867
00:45:40.480 --> 00:45:42.880
<v Speaker 2>and Regio, that's okay, leave me alone.

868
00:45:43.199 --> 00:45:45.840
<v Speaker 4>Get out of here, a little guy. I'll be I'll

869
00:45:45.840 --> 00:45:47.440
<v Speaker 4>be announcing down there, So come and say hi.

870
00:45:47.519 --> 00:45:49.559
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, you have a good band that Joe.

871
00:45:51.800 --> 00:45:55.920
<v Speaker 4>And the little closed. One of my friends will text

872
00:45:55.960 --> 00:45:56.159
<v Speaker 4>me there.

873
00:45:56.159 --> 00:45:59.280
<v Speaker 2>But yeah, yeah, yeah. So she's a lot of fun. Uh,

874
00:45:59.320 --> 00:46:01.719
<v Speaker 2>and that's awesome. Of the friends I've known for a

875
00:46:01.719 --> 00:46:04.559
<v Speaker 2>while running. Hey, you're running, okay and part of TMC

876
00:46:05.039 --> 00:46:07.840
<v Speaker 2>and you have this contingent of runners, right, so what

877
00:46:07.920 --> 00:46:10.440
<v Speaker 2>do you hear? I worked there? Run there. We have

878
00:46:10.480 --> 00:46:14.599
<v Speaker 2>a group there, right, it's their TMC run shirts.

879
00:46:14.320 --> 00:46:15.519
<v Speaker 4>Run TMC Baby un.

880
00:46:17.840 --> 00:46:20.880
<v Speaker 2>Run DMC is somewhere out there. Yeah. No, that's very cool,

881
00:46:20.880 --> 00:46:22.760
<v Speaker 2>and he's it's very cool. I mean a lot of

882
00:46:22.760 --> 00:46:26.119
<v Speaker 2>different levels too, young, old, high school, older.

883
00:46:25.960 --> 00:46:28.760
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, festival miles, there's a mile race for kids, there's

884
00:46:28.760 --> 00:46:30.079
<v Speaker 3>a mile race for high school kids.

885
00:46:30.119 --> 00:46:31.400
<v Speaker 4>There's a mile race that's open.

886
00:46:31.880 --> 00:46:34.119
<v Speaker 3>There's a five k it's kind of a badge of

887
00:46:34.159 --> 00:46:35.920
<v Speaker 3>honor to run it when it's one hundred degrees and

888
00:46:36.360 --> 00:46:38.519
<v Speaker 3>get it done. And there's you know, free entry into

889
00:46:38.559 --> 00:46:41.599
<v Speaker 3>the children's museum if you've got family and kids, and

890
00:46:41.639 --> 00:46:44.199
<v Speaker 3>there's a beer garden and you know, all kinds of activities.

891
00:46:44.239 --> 00:46:46.800
<v Speaker 2>It's it's not all day. I mean, it's a four

892
00:46:46.800 --> 00:46:47.320
<v Speaker 2>hour deal.

893
00:46:47.840 --> 00:46:50.480
<v Speaker 4>It starts at five with some stuff and it's over

894
00:46:50.519 --> 00:46:51.039
<v Speaker 4>by eight.

895
00:46:51.320 --> 00:46:53.639
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that was the whole thing. It's funny because I've

896
00:46:53.639 --> 00:46:55.679
<v Speaker 2>known Randy for a while, but we've never seen him

897
00:46:55.719 --> 00:46:58.039
<v Speaker 2>in action. And I look at him and doing that

898
00:46:58.239 --> 00:46:59.400
<v Speaker 2>is that's what I must look like.

899
00:46:59.760 --> 00:46:59.880
<v Speaker 5>Tour.

900
00:47:00.920 --> 00:47:03.159
<v Speaker 2>You got it all over the place, right, and you're

901
00:47:03.320 --> 00:47:04.639
<v Speaker 2>just kind of getting on mic.

902
00:47:05.000 --> 00:47:06.599
<v Speaker 3>Okay, I just get on the mic and I just

903
00:47:06.639 --> 00:47:08.679
<v Speaker 3>tell people where the bathrooms are and how you know

904
00:47:08.679 --> 00:47:10.840
<v Speaker 3>how to cool put your.

905
00:47:10.719 --> 00:47:12.119
<v Speaker 4>BIS on the front of your shirt.

906
00:47:12.960 --> 00:47:14.800
<v Speaker 3>But it's a lot of fun and I you know,

907
00:47:15.960 --> 00:47:18.920
<v Speaker 3>we've been talking about through history and time and stuff

908
00:47:18.960 --> 00:47:21.960
<v Speaker 3>like that, but people will always see community. Whether back

909
00:47:22.039 --> 00:47:24.440
<v Speaker 3>in the day it was bowling leagues or going to

910
00:47:24.519 --> 00:47:28.039
<v Speaker 3>the Elks Lodge. People want to have community, and Tucson

911
00:47:28.119 --> 00:47:30.920
<v Speaker 3>has really done a number of getting people outside to

912
00:47:30.960 --> 00:47:34.119
<v Speaker 3>get them moving. There's lots of great activities. You know,

913
00:47:34.119 --> 00:47:36.760
<v Speaker 3>there's the Maccabi games we're talking about. There's you know,

914
00:47:37.119 --> 00:47:39.239
<v Speaker 3>Joe Blair wants to put basketball courts in a park

915
00:47:39.320 --> 00:47:41.760
<v Speaker 3>so that kids can play year round. You know, Tucson

916
00:47:41.840 --> 00:47:46.920
<v Speaker 3>has our unfair share of fit activities that you can

917
00:47:46.960 --> 00:47:47.320
<v Speaker 3>do here.

918
00:47:47.559 --> 00:47:49.519
<v Speaker 4>Whether it's what do you mean by that, we have.

919
00:47:49.440 --> 00:47:51.599
<v Speaker 3>Our unfair share of people that you know are active

920
00:47:52.599 --> 00:47:53.840
<v Speaker 3>and engaged in our community.

921
00:47:53.880 --> 00:47:56.559
<v Speaker 4>I really believe that unfair share.

922
00:47:57.159 --> 00:48:00.320
<v Speaker 3>We have more than our you take out an average,

923
00:48:00.679 --> 00:48:03.199
<v Speaker 3>we have more. I think we have a higher average

924
00:48:03.199 --> 00:48:05.400
<v Speaker 3>of people that are active. Of course, so I always

925
00:48:05.400 --> 00:48:08.039
<v Speaker 3>say we have our unfair share of people.

926
00:48:08.360 --> 00:48:10.679
<v Speaker 2>Not super saturated, but we have people doing a lot of.

927
00:48:11.000 --> 00:48:12.000
<v Speaker 4>People doing a lot of things.

928
00:48:12.199 --> 00:48:14.280
<v Speaker 3>You know, Tucson is a runner friendly city, it's a

929
00:48:14.280 --> 00:48:15.280
<v Speaker 3>bicycle friendly city.

930
00:48:15.320 --> 00:48:17.960
<v Speaker 2>It's if you haven't learned by now, Tim, you have

931
00:48:18.039 --> 00:48:20.800
<v Speaker 2>to talk to me like like a little kid, I

932
00:48:20.880 --> 00:48:27.960
<v Speaker 2>forgot and this comes after this. Could you explain that please? Yeah? Yeah, yeah,

933
00:48:28.079 --> 00:48:28.960
<v Speaker 2>so that makes sense.

934
00:48:29.079 --> 00:48:30.880
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, so you see it, you know, you see it

935
00:48:30.880 --> 00:48:33.079
<v Speaker 3>out in the community and you know, people playing sports,

936
00:48:33.079 --> 00:48:35.440
<v Speaker 3>and you know it's it's that's what I love about

937
00:48:35.440 --> 00:48:37.079
<v Speaker 3>too soon. That's one of the reasons, one of the

938
00:48:37.079 --> 00:48:38.840
<v Speaker 3>reasons why people say I love they love.

939
00:48:38.719 --> 00:48:41.440
<v Speaker 2>Touson when you here's the difference. And I grew up

940
00:48:41.440 --> 00:48:44.639
<v Speaker 2>a small town. Obviously, people know that. When you drive around.

941
00:48:44.679 --> 00:48:48.840
<v Speaker 2>Do you see enough kids playing as you go home? Now,

942
00:48:48.840 --> 00:48:50.679
<v Speaker 2>it's kind of time, but it's gonna get hot here.

943
00:48:50.760 --> 00:48:53.400
<v Speaker 2>You don't see him on the courts just too hot, right, it's.

944
00:48:53.239 --> 00:48:56.400
<v Speaker 4>A little too hot. But you see kids, and you know, did.

945
00:48:56.199 --> 00:48:59.599
<v Speaker 2>You grow up that way? You know, at the park, chasing, chasing,

946
00:48:59.679 --> 00:49:02.039
<v Speaker 2>you know, I group in the park playing ball, I

947
00:49:02.199 --> 00:49:02.800
<v Speaker 2>playing ball.

948
00:49:03.239 --> 00:49:03.639
<v Speaker 7>We did.

949
00:49:04.159 --> 00:49:07.159
<v Speaker 3>I grew up in Wichitak, Kansas, and you know, everything

950
00:49:07.360 --> 00:49:09.599
<v Speaker 3>was you know, run to your friend's house, it was

951
00:49:09.800 --> 00:49:12.800
<v Speaker 3>it was at sports, baseball, all those things. It's a

952
00:49:12.800 --> 00:49:14.920
<v Speaker 3>different time, I get it, you know, but it was

953
00:49:15.519 --> 00:49:17.599
<v Speaker 3>more structured, a little bit more structured. I you know

954
00:49:17.639 --> 00:49:21.159
<v Speaker 3>that it's it's a challenge that I faced with being

955
00:49:21.199 --> 00:49:23.920
<v Speaker 3>a coach. Is you know sometimes kids get committed early

956
00:49:23.960 --> 00:49:26.840
<v Speaker 3>to a sport. You know they're eight, nine, ten to

957
00:49:26.920 --> 00:49:30.480
<v Speaker 3>one and to one sport. Yeah, and I've said this

958
00:49:30.559 --> 00:49:33.840
<v Speaker 3>before when I when I had college coaches called to

959
00:49:33.880 --> 00:49:37.239
<v Speaker 3>recruit my kids, they always ask does your kid?

960
00:49:37.360 --> 00:49:39.360
<v Speaker 4>Does this kid play multiple sports?

961
00:49:39.400 --> 00:49:42.480
<v Speaker 2>And they wanted to see that they do because.

962
00:49:42.519 --> 00:49:45.679
<v Speaker 3>Just because it makes them a well rounded kid. You know,

963
00:49:45.679 --> 00:49:49.119
<v Speaker 3>they can disengage from the main sport, be a good team.

964
00:49:49.559 --> 00:49:51.840
<v Speaker 3>And you know, you hear it all the time on

965
00:49:52.000 --> 00:49:54.639
<v Speaker 3>you know, NBA and NFL, like, oh this this this

966
00:49:54.719 --> 00:49:57.599
<v Speaker 3>elite pro athlete was also on his baseball team and

967
00:49:57.639 --> 00:50:00.000
<v Speaker 3>helped his friends, helped his team win a state championshi

968
00:50:00.239 --> 00:50:02.639
<v Speaker 3>or he was the state she was the state champion

969
00:50:03.079 --> 00:50:03.760
<v Speaker 3>long jumper.

970
00:50:04.199 --> 00:50:06.880
<v Speaker 4>And it's coaches like that. They like.

971
00:50:08.920 --> 00:50:12.519
<v Speaker 3>That competitiveness across sports. But then there's also science that

972
00:50:12.639 --> 00:50:15.280
<v Speaker 3>just says that kids that age that more cross directional

973
00:50:15.360 --> 00:50:18.800
<v Speaker 3>sports they're playing is better for their bones.

974
00:50:18.960 --> 00:50:21.719
<v Speaker 2>Some coaches wouldn't agree with you because they want to specialize, right,

975
00:50:21.840 --> 00:50:24.320
<v Speaker 2>they want to specialize. And I'm not that guy. I'm

976
00:50:24.360 --> 00:50:26.639
<v Speaker 2>not that guy. It's funny. Last night I was watching softball,

977
00:50:27.079 --> 00:50:29.199
<v Speaker 2>I don't know if it was UCLA or TEX like

978
00:50:29.280 --> 00:50:33.360
<v Speaker 2>one of those. And they're identifying with this one one girl,

979
00:50:33.400 --> 00:50:37.400
<v Speaker 2>one woman, I think whatever position. She's got a nursing,

980
00:50:37.559 --> 00:50:39.519
<v Speaker 2>she's going to nursing, and she's a four point zero.

981
00:50:39.800 --> 00:50:42.719
<v Speaker 2>She she does all these all those other things, like

982
00:50:43.119 --> 00:50:45.800
<v Speaker 2>holy crap, she wants to read this. And she she's

983
00:50:45.800 --> 00:50:47.840
<v Speaker 2>a band. She plays in the band. She's a drummer.

984
00:50:48.079 --> 00:50:51.159
<v Speaker 2>And I'm thinking, God, I guess her parents must be retired.

985
00:50:51.280 --> 00:50:54.280
<v Speaker 2>But she's brilliant, you know what I'm And she's an

986
00:50:54.320 --> 00:50:57.920
<v Speaker 2>elite softball player. I mean, I'm sure there's more stories

987
00:50:58.000 --> 00:51:01.639
<v Speaker 2>like that than not, because all these people, all these

988
00:51:01.719 --> 00:51:04.239
<v Speaker 2>women and men at are overachievers.

989
00:51:05.280 --> 00:51:08.679
<v Speaker 3>Listen, I work at a hospital with physicians who often

990
00:51:08.719 --> 00:51:13.639
<v Speaker 3>are also Olympic trial athletes, who world class pilots.

991
00:51:14.159 --> 00:51:16.360
<v Speaker 2>Because are over achievers.

992
00:51:15.800 --> 00:51:20.960
<v Speaker 3>Successful people in sports. You know they are achieve greatness

993
00:51:21.000 --> 00:51:21.880
<v Speaker 3>at a lot of different things.

994
00:51:21.920 --> 00:51:23.719
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you have no question. And the one thing that

995
00:51:23.719 --> 00:51:27.079
<v Speaker 2>Ictual said this before to a number of coaches. They

996
00:51:27.239 --> 00:51:31.400
<v Speaker 2>understand teamwork. And if you have a good team, you

997
00:51:31.440 --> 00:51:34.079
<v Speaker 2>have good teamwork. Right, you don't have jealousies. You don't

998
00:51:34.119 --> 00:51:37.000
<v Speaker 2>have I'm sure you do in different spots, right. But

999
00:51:37.000 --> 00:51:38.880
<v Speaker 2>but good teams make good champions.

1000
00:51:39.280 --> 00:51:42.119
<v Speaker 3>They make great champions, and they make good teammates and

1001
00:51:42.159 --> 00:51:44.719
<v Speaker 3>good competitors, and they hold each other accountable.

1002
00:51:45.119 --> 00:51:46.719
<v Speaker 2>I think that's part of the too, you know, the

1003
00:51:46.920 --> 00:51:47.639
<v Speaker 2>big part of it.

1004
00:51:48.480 --> 00:51:51.920
<v Speaker 3>You know, you're recruiting an eighteen nineteen six seventeen, eighteen

1005
00:51:52.000 --> 00:51:52.840
<v Speaker 3>nineteen year old kid.

1006
00:51:53.119 --> 00:51:55.599
<v Speaker 2>You want to make sure they're a good kid. Yeah, well,

1007
00:51:55.760 --> 00:51:58.079
<v Speaker 2>part of the toos. And I'm sure you played ball

1008
00:51:58.119 --> 00:52:00.159
<v Speaker 2>and I played ball, and you have a team. You

1009
00:52:00.199 --> 00:52:04.400
<v Speaker 2>don't want to disappoint your your buddy, so you try hard.

1010
00:52:04.519 --> 00:52:05.519
<v Speaker 4>I mean you play hard.

1011
00:52:05.599 --> 00:52:07.519
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you don't. You don't want to disappoint you. You

1012
00:52:07.519 --> 00:52:10.480
<v Speaker 2>don't want to disappoint anybody, especially when yourself and your

1013
00:52:10.480 --> 00:52:12.000
<v Speaker 2>buddy who's playing next to you and says, god, I

1014
00:52:12.039 --> 00:52:13.920
<v Speaker 2>screwed up exactly.

1015
00:52:13.960 --> 00:52:16.679
<v Speaker 4>So I think there's getting that.

1016
00:52:16.800 --> 00:52:21.960
<v Speaker 3>Tucson has our unfair share of talented athletes, and you know,

1017
00:52:22.119 --> 00:52:25.079
<v Speaker 3>just a good, good community and good atmosphere.

1018
00:52:24.599 --> 00:52:26.920
<v Speaker 2>To succeed with that. We got to go. God, it

1019
00:52:26.960 --> 00:52:27.760
<v Speaker 2>goes by fast.

1020
00:52:28.039 --> 00:52:29.679
<v Speaker 4>Thanks for having me, Thanks for having me back.

1021
00:52:29.800 --> 00:52:30.239
<v Speaker 2>Thank you