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When I look at success,
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at, like, people who've achieved
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I'm always really happy they've got
the thing that they were hoping to get.
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But, I'm always cautious
of what comes with it.
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Like, what were the difficulties
that you had to go through
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to get this level of success?
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♪ Cried all my tears ♪
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Can you pass this
to Deshaun real quick?
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{\an8}- I just wanna show you one little clip.
Alright.
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{\an8}And if you could just
paint the picture to me
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{\an8}about, like,
what was that moment about?
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{\an8}
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Watson moves to his right.
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- Launches a deep throw down the field!
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We lost that game
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and I missed a couple throws
that I usually make.
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I don't like to wait.
I like to just go in and fix it,
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correct it, so I can move on
to the next thing.
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{\an8}One of the most
important days for my success
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{\an8}was, I get a text.
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Deshaun said he needed me,
their game just ended.
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So, I'm like,
"Alright, I'll be right there."
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I land and I go right to the stadium.
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We go through every play,
come up with detailed notes.
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And I'm like, "Let's go throw."
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And there's a reporter up there
who catches it,
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Aaron Wilson, he records it.
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He posts it on social media.
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It's like a big deal
because NFL quarterbacks
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don't work out right after the game,
that's unheard of.
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Quincy is amazing.
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That following Sunday,
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Deshaun throws for, like, 400 yards,
three TDs.
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A week ago,
Deshaun Watson stood on the turf
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in an empty NRG Stadium.
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Whatever he learned that day,
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he put it to great use today
against the Falcons.
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What a performance by Deshaun Watson.
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- He's ridiculous.
- Deshaun Watson is a star.
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And then on Sunday Night Football,
Tony Dungy's like...
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{\an8}He got his personal quarterback coach...
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{\an8}- Mm-hmm.
...Quincy Avery,
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{\an8}- to work with him after the game.
Mm.
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{\an8}Came out 28 for 33,
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{\an8}- 426 yards, five touchdowns.
Right.
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{\an8}- Maybe somebody needs to hire Quincy.
Maybe that's right.
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{\an8}
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I don't think some people
realize how valuable it is
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to just be able to pay
your own rent every month
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and not worry about like,
"Am I gonna be okay?"
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All those things were tough
to envision for me, at a point,
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'cause I couldn't get anybody
to train with me.
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- It was a year from living in a car...
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...just trying to figure out
how you're gonna eat your next meal.
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But I don't get caught up
in, like, right now
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or my comfort,
because that's fleeting.
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- I'm always thinking about the long game.
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How was I going to
lay my cards on the table
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because these are the things that I want
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and I was gonna do everything
I could to make it happen.
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- Right!
- And then, boom, all of a sudden,
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{\an8}I'm living a life like
I couldn't have, like, dreamed of.
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Quarterback guru Quincy Avery...
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Quincy Avery, president at
an elite quarterback training program.
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His clientele must be elite.
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I can't stand Quincy Avery.
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This is a guy who was
a Division-2 wide receiver
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and then he wants to act
as if he's a quarterback guru.
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What you're doing is working,
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and they're making money
and having great careers.
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{\an8}Quincy Avery is somebody who I trust.
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He's one of the best quarterback coaches
that I've ever worked with.
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He's someone that
you're not just going to work out with
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{\an8}just to do the workouts
and not talk to him again.
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{\an8}He's somebody that, you know,
you can chop it up with about life.
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{\an8}
He's one of the best to do it,
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{\an8}and he can relate to me
and, you know, other Black quarterbacks,
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in terms of what we have
to go through to be successful.
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Hey, guys, let's go!
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I've helped hundreds of young men
get college scholarships.
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I've trained more NFL quarterbacks
than anybody in the world.
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There's some kid today
who could be the star quarterback
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of an NFL team ten years from now,
who's not being given the opportunity
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to be the quarterback
of their ninth-grade football team.
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And that's really what I hope to impact.
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Keep moving through the throw.
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I'm saying, like, it's not necessarily
the football that we're trying to emulate.
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Literally, the whole point
of how we're training
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is to help you guys--
when shit happens in games,
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that you guys can self-organize
and make a throw on the ball
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and be in a contentious spot.
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We're showing you different ways
to do all the things that we talk about.
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Set. Hut.
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{\an8}-
Good.
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{\an8}
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{\an8}Hey, so, Malik,
did you know you got a 32
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on the-- on the one event?
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I don't know how I got that.
But I ain't cheat though.
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I ain't cheat though.
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They can't say I cheated.
I ain't finish neither though.
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- Huh?
- I ain't finished.
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- I had like ten questions left.
- ...like ten questions.
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To be able to play
at the college level is a huge deal.
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But now that there's one
more step above that,
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that they know
that they're on the cusp of,
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and it means so much to me to help them
take that next step in their journey.
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- Set. Hut.
- Get it. Good--
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No, too quick.
Don't be in a hurry.
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Quincy has always been straightforward,
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{\an8}and he's gonna shoot it to you honestly
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{\an8}so you can, you know,
get the most out of it.
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{\an8}I mean, he's not gonna sugarcoat it
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'cause that's not gonna help you
at the end of the day.
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No, no, no, no.
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- Jesus!
- Damn.
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- What I did wrong that time?
- You only took two steps.
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He thought I j-- I, like,
got mad at him for some shit
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that he didn't do wrong.
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When I was in college,
I was throwing it great
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but my feet were horrible.
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And we kept doing drills,
and I would keep messing up,
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and then make a great throw,
and then I'd be talking back to him,
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like, "Yeah, you see that?
Yeah, yeah." Just popping it.
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Set. Hut!
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What-- what was that you're doing?
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I don't wanna hear that shit.
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He was like,
"That's not gonna get it done.
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"Like, you could throw it,
but you gotta be able
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to do the things that take no talent,
you gotta do it the right way."
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Set. Hut.
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Yeah!
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- There it is.
- Yeah!
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And I think it's an understatement
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to say training with Q
changed the mindset that I had
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about the sport in general.
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- Set. Hut.
- Get out.
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Yeah, good job, Lik.
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Black quarterbacks
are often given the perception
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of us not being able to make
accurate passes and great decisions.
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So, everything that I'm doing
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is aimed to fight the stigmas
that we face because of that.
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I just take my foot around
and be able to go...
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When I was really little
and I got to see Warren Moon
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being one of the very few
Black quarterbacks
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that we had to look at or emulate,
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he gave a lot of young Black men
who wanted to be quarterbacks hope.
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I started learning about all the things
that Warren Moon had to go through.
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He had to show and prove over and over
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that he was one of the best,
just to get an opportunity.
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It's just what they did, because they
didn't think we were smart enough.
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And you could talk about anything else,
but when you really drill it down,
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they didn't think we were smart enough
to play the quarterback position.
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You know, I've heard all my life,
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"Black quarterbacks
are running quarterbacks.
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{\an8}"They're athletes back there.
They're not pocket passers.
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Might not be as smart with
the X's and O's," things like that.
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{\an8}Quincy knows, you know,
what the Black quarterback goes through
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{\an8}or what we have to go through in terms
of what we have to go through in life.
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Black quarterbacks
are the same as white quarterbacks,
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it's just oftentimes they had
to go through a little bit more
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to get to where they are now.
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It is gonna be more difficult
because we're a Black quarterback,
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but we're not gonna let that be
the reason we say we didn't make it.
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I think a lot of the reasons
I do what I do
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is because there wasn't somebody like me,
for me, when I was growing up.
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I didn't have, like,
an older, like, person
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I could lean on for advice,
or I could talk to about things
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that were going on,
or even with someone there to push me
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to let me know, like,
"This is what is required
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to get the things that you want."
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But I can be that for somebody else.
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Hey, you can either go out
on a right-foot double tap if you want
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or we can go left-foot lead.
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Aye. That's really good.
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My mission is to make sure
there's no quarterbacks
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who feel like you're in it by yourself,
that there's no support system.
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I want you to know that there's a lot
of Black quarterbacks out there
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who've been through the same things
that you're going through,
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and that you have a community.
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My philosophy is,
you don't know what is the moment
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that can change your life,
for good or for bad.
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And wherever you can help out,
you should help out.
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I think about, like,
the C.J. Stroud situation.
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{\an8}And he needed some help to get there.
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{\an8}The first time I met Q
was in Long Beach,
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at Elite 11 at the regional.
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The thing that I
talked about earlier
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and that you guys happened to miss,
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if you're confused,
just ask some questions.
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If you guys are not saying anything,
you're not gonna get where you wanna go.
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Elite 11 throws a number
of regional camps across the country,
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and then they invite the top 11
high school quarterbacks to the finals.
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And these quarterbacks
often go on to be the face
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of not only college, but the NFL.
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Set. Go.
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Right read! Right read...
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And he's watching me,
you know, he was like,
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"Man, who are you?"
And I'm like, "Uh, I'm C.J."
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And he was like, "Okay,
I'm gonna check you out today."
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And I was like, "Bet."
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Ooh!
Let's go, C.J.
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Set. Go.
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Good read, good ball.
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I'm doing good in the drills.
I'm putting all the money.
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C.J. was so locked in,
from on the field to the playbook.
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But I didn't get the invite that day.
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Jack Miller, where you at?
Our MVP.
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Going to the Elite 11 finals.
Come on up, Jack.
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Man, I remember, I was hot.
And he texted me,
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he was like,
"Bro, come to the one in Oakland."
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So, my mom, she did a great job
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hustling up some money
for us to get a hotel.
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We was in the hood, but...
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Here we go, C.J.
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The next day, I get up.
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I kill it again, like,
I'm doing really well.
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- Hey, that's ice cold.
- Yes, sir.
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That's ice cold.
Great job.
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But, don't get the invite again.
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And I was like,
"Man, I spent all this money,
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my mom sacrificed, like,
working extra hours."
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Like, I'm like, "Dang, like,
man, I let my family down."
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But Q was like,
"You should just reach back out."
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And I was like, "Bet."
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So, what I did, was I started DMing
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and emailing part
of the Elite 11 team every day.
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C.J. gets singularly focused,
and he's just all in.
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Mom.
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Mama, guess what?
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They invited me.
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Oh, my God.
They invited me.
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C.J. is the absolute last person
who was picked for the Elite 11.
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That's a great throw!
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C.J. was so locked in
on every single thing that was going on.
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Set. Hut!
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You could see his confidence
growing with every single throw.
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Every opportunity he had,
he took full advantage of.
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Stroud, with loads of time,
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fires over the middle
hits a wide-open man.
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Eyes downfield,
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finds a man in the back of the end zone!
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And our overall Elite 11
quarterback MVP for 2019,
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C.J. Stroud!
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And I won MVP.
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He goes out there
and goes from 24 to one.
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Unheard of.
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And before we left there,
I called Ohio State, I said, "Look,
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"this is the quarterback
you need to get from this class.
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Like, you need to make sure
you get C.J. Stroud."
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I'll probably get in trouble
for this, I really don't care.
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Q actually paid for me
for a flight and a hotel to--
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'cause it was an unofficial visit,
and Q paid for it.
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Q paid for me to go.
Man, it makes me wanna cry.
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Um, because like, bro,
like, no one trusted in me.
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I don't think bro knows this,
but like, it meant the world--
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and he was there with me the whole time,
like, never left my side.
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And, like, bro didn't know me that well,
but he just trusted me, you know?
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{\an8}The Ohio State.
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{\an8}-
I am committing, like, two weeks later.
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{\an8}At the time,
I didn't have my father in my life.
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I had other father figures,
but, like, you know,
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none of 'em would, like, do that,
and like, bro, it just meant the world.
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Quincy was one of the first people
to tell me I was special
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and tell me that I had a real talent
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and that I could take it
as far as I wanted to.
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I don't know if he knows that,
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but I'm just very appreciative
of it, you know, so...
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He's just been, uh, really
just a role model in my eyes.
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There's these little moments
where if you don't do everything right
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and it doesn't go your way,
if you don't just catch one little break,
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your life could be dramatically different.
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That's why you gotta present yourself
as the best version of yourself,
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every single day you wake up.
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I think that's the thing
that I learned from my mom,
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probably more than anything.
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Hey, love.
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{\an8}
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{\an8}- How you doing?
I'm good.
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{\an8}You see this tree right here?
We'd be at the tree.
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{\an8}It'd be me, Sean, and Terrell
and we would play football.
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{\an8}So, if you crossed over that
last steps in the brick house...
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- You'd score.
- ...if you made it past--
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I always saw him
as a quarterback.
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I've never played
any position in football
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other than quarterback,
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until I got to college.
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But it was just quarterback.
But that's all I'd seen.
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And my dad was a quarterback,
my dad coached quarterbacks.
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I envied my dad,
and him playing sports,
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and him being a quarterback
growing up.
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There was nothing else in my life
other than wanting to be a quarterback.
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{\an8}That was everything to me.
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Being a Black quarterback at that time,
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I knew I couldn't play anywhere else
but in the Big 10.
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The Big 10 was loaded
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{\an8}with African American
quarterbacks at that time.
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{\an8}
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And the University of Minnesota,
they had a history of Black quarterbacks.
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Sandy Stephens opens the fourth frame
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with some beautiful faking.
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Sandy Stephens was one of the first
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African American
All-American quarterbacks.
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Stephens passes perfectly
to Tommy Hall on the Purdue three.
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Tony Dungy had an impressive career
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with the Golden Gophers,
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named Minnesota's MVP,
chosen as team captain in '76,
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recognized as an All-American contender.
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Tony was the personification
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of what a quarterback was in my mind.
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So, it was nowhere in the world
I was going anywhere else
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but to the University of Minnesota.
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{\an8}One of our coaches came in
and said, "We've got this young man,
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we think he has potential
to be a great quarterback."
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Sure enough, they were right.
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They'll start Wendell Avery.
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He, uh, came in, right away,
dug his heels in,
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and we've been friends ever since.
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Tony Dungy was definitely a mentor
as far as how to do things
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in this confined area
of being a Black quarterback.
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After I left, he got a chance to play,
and they did some good things.
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Quarterback Wendell Avery
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unleashes a 45-yard bomb.
Hauled in!
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A 21-yard pickup and a fresh
set of downs at the Gophers' 46.
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When I was a young kid,
you would see how people revered him
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as that quarterback
from the University of Minnesota.
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Wendell Avery, fires deep...
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- ...for a huge gain!
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He just gave me like a--
a tremendous sense of pride.
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Then, to go see him
thrive as a coach.
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I really just thought my dad
did everything the right way.
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Once I made the decision
that I was gonna coach,
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I wanna be perfect,
and that was my driving force.
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I wanted to be better than most,
and that was my mindset.
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I'm always gonna be better than most.
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{\an8}And from there,
I got a call from Coach Dungy.
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{\an8}Said, "You ready to go?"
I said, "I'm ready to go."
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Next thing I know, I'm in the NFL.
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With the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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And I saw how all the stars
of that football team
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gravitated towards my father.
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I don't think that you could put
into words, like, how good that feels,
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as a little kid, like, to know that
your dad is, like, that revered.
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{\an8}I remember he had this big
S-Class Mercedes
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{\an8}when I was a little kid,
and he would put me in the front seat,
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and I'm like,
"Like, my dad is like a superhero."
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Me having a son
has been the highlight of my life.
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I tried to do as much as I can,
as often as I can, with him.
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There's not a city or a town
that I coached in
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that Quincy hadn't been a part of.
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I wanted to make sure
that he was exposed
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to what I was doing
and how I was doing it.
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But not only that,
I just wanted him around me.
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Being a father and being a coach,
it's a lot of movement.
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So, I missed a lot of Quincy's stuff
because I was coaching.
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But he used to send me clippings
when he was in high school,
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that he was one of the top passers
in the state back then.
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We're at Washburn High School
where I grew up.
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Played quarterback here.
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So, like, when you're a little kid
and you're in this neighborhood,
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every Friday night when you drive past
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you'd hear the announcers
and all the stands getting filled,
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you'd be like, "Man, I can't wait
until I'm that guy,
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like, doing those same things."
And then, you do it.
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I know that somebody's gonna be
driving down 50th Street,
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they're gonna look,
they're gonna see these lights on,
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and they're gonna be seeing me,
and you're gonna hear that
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"Touchdown Millers," right?
You get to hear that.
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And then the stands would be full
every week 'cause we never lost.
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It was-- you were like a rock star.
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A lot of the confidence that I have now,
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being able to walk in a room
and feel like I am who I am,
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is because of things
that I did while I was here.
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You know, I talked to Quincy
about how there's a lot of parallels
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between being a Black quarterback,
man, and father.
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We have to set a standard
that's a little different than most.
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You have to be on your P's and Q's,
and I guess that's with us in life, also.
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Life for African Americans
is uncomfortable
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and it's just something that I understood
that he would have to face
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as a young Black man growing up.
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In high school,
Quincy had been telling me
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that his teacher was racist,
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and that he didn't like him
or the other Black students.
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{\an8}So, there was an assignment
that was due,
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{\an8}and the teacher gave him a D.
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And one of his friends said,
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"I bet you if I turn it in,
I don't get a D."
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So, he scratched out the D,
turned the exact same paper in.
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And the teacher graded it
and gave him a much higher grade.
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That felt like a lot
of what we experience
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as African Americans.
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We claim that things
are just merit-based.
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Like, "If you do the work, we'll put you
in a position to be successful."
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But that situation showed me,
like, you can do the work,
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you can do it exactly how
it's supposed to be done,
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but there's still some guy
who gets to choose his own criteria,
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say that this was good
enough or it wasn't.
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That was just one grade that he gave me.
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But that man
didn't stop teaching that day.
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Like, his bias gets to continue
to affect kids,
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day after day after day.
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And it's little things like that
that can have lasting impact,
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so that when you look
at yourself in the mirror,
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you start hearing the voices of the people
who didn't think you were good enough
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and you start hearing them yourself.
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And that's impact that people like that
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have on many young
Black and brown kids today.
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{\an8}There is bias by so many people
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{\an8}on what they think a quarterback
is supposed to look like.
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{\an8}EJ Colson is someone I've trained
since they were in middle school.
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And even though EJ has always
wanted to be a quarterback,
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he's faced a lot of the same roadblocks
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that so many other
Black quarterbacks face.
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And that's coaches
trying to move him to different positions.
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Football is my passion.
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{\an8}I want to go play football
for ten, 12 years.
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From the time he was five,
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he has always wanted
to be on that football field.
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- Oh!
- Whoo!
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Through the years,
there's so many coaches
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{\an8}that have seen his athletic abilities
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{\an8}and they always wanna move him
to something else.
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Yes, he could do that.
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But he's a quarterback.
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So many times,
the young kids that I see
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who really want to be quarterbacks,
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and the coaches
just don't see 'em that way.
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It's not because they're a bad kid,
it's not because they're not talented.
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It's because somebody
who's been really important to them
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has never looked like Black folks.
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{\an8}And that's really what I hope to impact,
to show these people
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that that young man can do all the things
no white quarterback can do.
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EJ, come demo one!
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Kick back, kick back,
shuffle, evasive.
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Go.
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{\an8}EJ and I worked hard together,
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{\an8}and when he got his chance,
he did everything he could with it.
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{\an8}Biggest moment,
it was my first varsity game,
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and the night before,
like, I cried out of joy.
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Like, it's finally here.
Like, I waited so long to get here.
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And I threw my first touchdown.
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- We won.
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Everybody told me
I was an athlete.
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Nobody believed in me
being a quarterback,
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so it was like,
they can't tell me nothing now.
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00:22:24,218 --> 00:22:28,180
Like, I've done it,
I've done what they said I couldn't do.
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It was just amazing.
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00:22:31,100 --> 00:22:34,270
The thing about EJ
is he just kept working hard.
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He kept his head down,
kept his goal consistent
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so that he could get the opportunity
to be a quarterback.
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But what happened with him--
and the story's like as old as time--
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Black quarterback does really good,
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but, "We're just gonna move you
to wide receiver."
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{\an8}
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{\an8}
Tony Dungy orchestrated
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{\an8}the most dominant scoring drive
of the Gophers' season.
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{\an8}Playing in college,
it was pretty popular
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{\an8}to take good athletes
and move them around.
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00:22:58,294 --> 00:23:01,714
Dennis Franklin won 30 games
in three years,
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but then they told him, you know,
"If you wanna play in the NFL,
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you have to change positions."
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{\an8}Rookie Dennis Franklin,
once a Michigan quarterback,
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made the move to wide receiver
465
00:23:10,347 --> 00:23:12,516
and established himself
as a deep-threat starter.
466
00:23:13,475 --> 00:23:15,644
I talk about Warren Moon
a lot with this because
467
00:23:15,728 --> 00:23:17,563
he had to run his 40s
slower intentionally,
468
00:23:17,646 --> 00:23:18,731
so that they didn't move him.
469
00:23:20,107 --> 00:23:23,235
{\an8}Back in that day, if you had
the ability to move around and run,
470
00:23:23,319 --> 00:23:26,322
{\an8}they considered you
a dual-threat quarterback,
471
00:23:26,405 --> 00:23:29,074
which still,
there's definitely a stigma to it.
472
00:23:30,242 --> 00:23:32,620
Growing up, Peyton Manning
was the standard for quarterback.
473
00:23:32,703 --> 00:23:36,415
Pocket passer, stay in the pocket,
try not to run, try not to take any hits.
474
00:23:36,498 --> 00:23:39,376
There weren't too many, you know,
dual-threat rushing quarterbacks.
475
00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:43,255
I remember in high school,
man, like, I would go to camp,
476
00:23:43,339 --> 00:23:46,508
and they would write,
"dual-threat" on your name tag.
477
00:23:46,592 --> 00:23:50,387
{\an8}And dual-threat just came with the stigma
of, "This guy just likes to run around.
478
00:23:50,471 --> 00:23:52,765
{\an8}He's not gonna sit in the pocket,
he's not gonna make reads."
479
00:23:53,974 --> 00:23:56,977
In the National Football League,
we've been the victim of,
480
00:23:57,061 --> 00:23:59,104
"Well, we've always done it this way."
481
00:23:59,188 --> 00:24:02,942
The quarterback
had to be 6'4", and strong arm,
482
00:24:03,025 --> 00:24:05,110
and only function in the pocket,
483
00:24:05,194 --> 00:24:07,780
and be this type of leader
that everyone looked at.
484
00:24:09,782 --> 00:24:11,742
{\an8}Sports is very much a business,
485
00:24:11,825 --> 00:24:14,828
and you can't forget
the people evaluating,
486
00:24:14,912 --> 00:24:18,040
the people in the decision-making
of who gets the role,
487
00:24:18,123 --> 00:24:20,334
the people in the decision-making
of who cuts the check,
488
00:24:20,417 --> 00:24:24,296
having fundamental interests
and being able to look at the screen
489
00:24:24,380 --> 00:24:27,299
{\an8}and identify yourself as the hero.
490
00:24:27,383 --> 00:24:30,594
{\an8}So, what we have is
a large population of people
491
00:24:30,678 --> 00:24:34,014
not getting the chance
just based upon how they look.
492
00:24:35,182 --> 00:24:38,310
{\an8}So, you have a guy like Warren Moon,
Offensive Player of the Year,
493
00:24:38,394 --> 00:24:42,022
{\an8}led his team to a Rose Bowl victory,
and he didn't get drafted.
494
00:24:43,273 --> 00:24:46,819
So, for six years, he was in
the Canadian Football League,
495
00:24:46,902 --> 00:24:48,862
until he got the chance in the NFL.
496
00:24:50,739 --> 00:24:53,909
I had total confidence
in what I was doing on the field
497
00:24:53,993 --> 00:24:56,954
and my accomplishments
spoke for themselves.
498
00:24:57,037 --> 00:25:01,375
The only part that I was worried about is,
how would I be perceived by white America?
499
00:25:01,458 --> 00:25:03,627
Because there's a certain
percentage of society
500
00:25:03,711 --> 00:25:05,546
that doesn't like Black people.
501
00:25:08,674 --> 00:25:11,093
One day in Cleveland,
we were winning the game,
502
00:25:11,176 --> 00:25:13,387
and, uh, it was on my birthday.
503
00:25:13,470 --> 00:25:15,806
I had thrown
five touchdown passes that day,
504
00:25:15,889 --> 00:25:17,975
and then all of a sudden,
our head of security comes over
505
00:25:18,058 --> 00:25:21,311
with two police officers,
and-- and they, uh, surround me.
506
00:25:22,771 --> 00:25:25,149
And he says, "Warren, there's been
a death threat on your life
507
00:25:25,232 --> 00:25:28,360
and, uh, we gotta make sure
you get off the field safely."
508
00:25:30,904 --> 00:25:34,366
But that's one of the reasons
why I decided to play this position,
509
00:25:34,450 --> 00:25:36,368
because it came with a lot of pressure.
510
00:25:38,746 --> 00:25:41,457
There was a huge responsibility
every time I went out to play
511
00:25:41,540 --> 00:25:43,417
because I needed to
represent for my race,
512
00:25:43,500 --> 00:25:44,793
because I felt it.
513
00:25:44,877 --> 00:25:47,212
I felt it from fans,
I-- I felt it from people
514
00:25:47,296 --> 00:25:50,591
that came up to me in grocery stores,
just walking down the street.
515
00:25:51,592 --> 00:25:53,927
I had to take that baton
and do what I could do
516
00:25:54,011 --> 00:25:57,014
for that next generation of guys
to get more opportunities.
517
00:26:09,902 --> 00:26:12,279
Back when I'm in high school
and my dad
518
00:26:12,362 --> 00:26:13,989
was coaching
for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers,
519
00:26:14,073 --> 00:26:17,701
I'm watching football
and it's a Sunday night game.
520
00:26:18,619 --> 00:26:23,749
And across the ESPN ticker, it says,
"Wendell Avery missing from the game."
521
00:26:27,294 --> 00:26:30,547
{\an8}That had a-- a real shift
522
00:26:30,631 --> 00:26:32,424
{\an8}on, like, how I saw things
and I saw him,
523
00:26:32,508 --> 00:26:35,010
because you did all these things,
524
00:26:35,094 --> 00:26:38,347
like, you made all these steps,
all these sacrifices,
525
00:26:38,430 --> 00:26:41,558
spent so much time away
from, like, me, your son,
526
00:26:41,642 --> 00:26:44,103
to go coach
all these different places.
527
00:26:45,312 --> 00:26:48,273
And then,
you just gave it up.
528
00:26:49,399 --> 00:26:52,152
Right?
Over something so-- so stupid, so silly.
529
00:26:53,946 --> 00:26:56,448
All I wanted to be
was an NFL coach, period.
530
00:26:57,533 --> 00:26:58,659
That was my whole life.
531
00:27:01,411 --> 00:27:03,580
To get in the room,
finally be there...
532
00:27:04,873 --> 00:27:07,668
and piss it away,
makes no sense.
533
00:27:14,216 --> 00:27:16,677
A year after that, he's my coach
534
00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:18,679
at this camp that traveled
around the country.
535
00:27:19,513 --> 00:27:21,431
- And we go to the first stop.
536
00:27:22,558 --> 00:27:24,059
We get to a hotel.
537
00:27:28,146 --> 00:27:29,606
We're there, and he's like,
538
00:27:29,690 --> 00:27:31,650
"I'ma get out real quick.
I'll be right back."
539
00:27:36,446 --> 00:27:38,031
Wake up the next morning,
he's not there.
540
00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:43,036
My dad left me in a hotel room...
541
00:27:45,330 --> 00:27:46,540
because of his addiction.
542
00:27:50,961 --> 00:27:53,839
That was when I really had
an understanding, like,
543
00:27:53,922 --> 00:27:56,967
he may love me,
but at this-- this time,
544
00:27:57,050 --> 00:27:58,468
he loves this other thing more.
545
00:27:58,552 --> 00:28:00,846
That's kinda when I started, like,
to see my dad different.
546
00:28:00,929 --> 00:28:02,598
I probably just started
seeing the world different.
547
00:28:02,681 --> 00:28:04,766
It wasn't just him, but it's like...
548
00:28:05,767 --> 00:28:07,352
damn, people can--
can really let you down.
549
00:28:09,021 --> 00:28:13,567
It was a very hurtful
and impactful experience
550
00:28:13,650 --> 00:28:16,945
that could have really destroyed Quincy.
551
00:28:18,864 --> 00:28:20,324
He was very angry.
552
00:28:38,091 --> 00:28:39,426
Hey, how far are you away?
553
00:28:39,676 --> 00:28:41,011
Probably 15-20.
554
00:28:41,094 --> 00:28:42,095
Have you been there before?
555
00:28:42,179 --> 00:28:43,972
Yeah, that's where I had
my surgery and everything.
556
00:28:44,056 --> 00:28:45,057
- Okay.
- Uh,
557
00:28:45,140 --> 00:28:46,308
it should be
on the third floor.
558
00:28:46,391 --> 00:28:48,435
Alright.
I'll be there in 11 minutes.
559
00:28:48,644 --> 00:28:49,645
Alright, bet.
560
00:28:51,229 --> 00:28:53,523
Today was supposed
to be his first day throwing.
561
00:28:53,607 --> 00:28:58,111
So, headed there now to see
what the doc says,
562
00:28:58,195 --> 00:29:00,447
in regards to him being able to throw.
563
00:29:01,531 --> 00:29:04,201
I thought 2023 was gonna be
a big season for Deshaun,
564
00:29:04,284 --> 00:29:06,495
but shortly after he really
started to hit his stride,
565
00:29:06,578 --> 00:29:08,288
he his shoulder.
566
00:29:08,372 --> 00:29:10,499
Can Cleveland turn things around at home,
567
00:29:10,582 --> 00:29:11,750
and put one in the win column,
568
00:29:11,833 --> 00:29:12,918
against Tennessee?
569
00:29:13,001 --> 00:29:15,087
Watson fakes the handoff,
570
00:29:15,170 --> 00:29:17,422
breaks free, battles through defenders!
571
00:29:22,678 --> 00:29:24,429
Another day of practice for the Browns,
572
00:29:24,513 --> 00:29:26,723
another day without
Deshaun Watson participating.
573
00:29:26,807 --> 00:29:29,309
The quarterback remains
sidelined with a shoulder injury.
574
00:29:29,393 --> 00:29:32,145
Browns' quarterback saying
he hasn't been able to fully throw.
575
00:29:32,229 --> 00:29:35,148
When asked if he thinks
he'll be able to get back to 100%
576
00:29:35,232 --> 00:29:39,152
at some point this season,
Watson said quote, "I'm not sure."
577
00:29:39,236 --> 00:29:43,532
Watson, back out
with the team, throwing the football,
578
00:29:43,615 --> 00:29:46,410
hoping he might be back
against the Colts.
579
00:29:46,493 --> 00:29:49,371
Empty backfield on third and seven.
580
00:29:49,454 --> 00:29:51,164
Watson senses pressure closing in.
581
00:29:56,712 --> 00:29:59,006
Watson said,
"I'm praying," as to the shoulder,
582
00:29:59,089 --> 00:30:00,716
it's not anything worse."
583
00:30:01,758 --> 00:30:04,845
A must-win AFC North battle in Baltimore.
584
00:30:09,057 --> 00:30:10,058
The ball comes loose,
585
00:30:10,142 --> 00:30:11,601
scooped up,
586
00:30:11,685 --> 00:30:12,853
thrown to the end zone!
587
00:30:12,936 --> 00:30:16,148
Browns pull off the win, 33-31!
588
00:30:21,486 --> 00:30:25,657
Deshaun Watson is set
to undergo season-ending surgery
589
00:30:25,741 --> 00:30:28,702
for a broken bone
in his throwing shoulder.
590
00:30:28,785 --> 00:30:31,872
He's been on the field
for just one full season
591
00:30:31,955 --> 00:30:34,082
in the last two years.
592
00:30:35,459 --> 00:30:37,210
It's been nothing
but disappointments...
593
00:30:37,294 --> 00:30:39,046
- Yeah.
- ...with this contract
594
00:30:39,129 --> 00:30:42,132
since the moment that they traded
for him and signed it.
595
00:30:42,215 --> 00:30:45,302
It's already going down as
one of the worst contracts in NFL history.
596
00:30:45,385 --> 00:30:47,262
I cannot believe that he'll
be full strength next year.
597
00:30:47,345 --> 00:30:48,764
I mean, even if he is,
598
00:30:48,847 --> 00:30:51,725
fragility is the number one
on-the-field issue for him.
599
00:30:54,811 --> 00:30:56,688
- What's up there, brother?
- What's up with you?
600
00:30:58,940 --> 00:31:01,276
Is, uh, Dr. Rob here?
601
00:31:01,359 --> 00:31:03,403
Yeah, he said he should be
pulling up right now,
602
00:31:03,487 --> 00:31:05,280
or he already should be here.
603
00:31:05,363 --> 00:31:06,907
Are we throwing at UCLA?
604
00:31:06,990 --> 00:31:09,576
- Or you wanna throw somewhere else?
- I was gonna figure out everything now.
605
00:31:09,659 --> 00:31:12,996
I only throw like three times
a week for right now.
606
00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:15,248
- But not far?
- Not far, like--
607
00:31:15,332 --> 00:31:17,209
Because I ain't even
thrown a football, so...
608
00:31:17,292 --> 00:31:18,752
- Well, you said--
- I just been throwing
609
00:31:18,835 --> 00:31:20,170
- those little weighted balls.
- The plyo balls?
610
00:31:20,253 --> 00:31:21,630
- Mm-hmm. Okay.
- Let's do it.
611
00:31:21,713 --> 00:31:23,131
- How you guys doing?
- How you doing?
612
00:31:23,215 --> 00:31:24,508
Alright. How you doing, sir?
613
00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:33,892
My concern is,
do you remember that thing
614
00:31:33,975 --> 00:31:35,685
I used to tell you about,
like how he was having you
615
00:31:35,769 --> 00:31:38,980
do those warmups
and plyos and opening your hip?
616
00:31:39,064 --> 00:31:40,857
Remember all that stuff?
617
00:31:40,941 --> 00:31:42,400
No, no, I don't think that
with the things
618
00:31:42,484 --> 00:31:44,861
that he's doing rehab right now,
are setting you back.
619
00:31:44,945 --> 00:31:46,530
I think...
620
00:31:46,613 --> 00:31:51,284
Mm-mm, I think that he's--
I'm on board with him doing that.
621
00:31:51,368 --> 00:31:53,453
I think that everybody is.
622
00:31:53,537 --> 00:31:56,540
I-- I am-- I--
Well, I have real conc--
623
00:31:56,623 --> 00:31:59,334
I don't want him to do anything like,
624
00:31:59,417 --> 00:32:02,295
"Hey, no, your body should be moving
like this when you throw."
625
00:32:02,379 --> 00:32:05,632
It's light, but we got
12 days to throw, bro.
626
00:32:05,715 --> 00:32:07,801
So, literally,
whatever you need to do, I'm here.
627
00:32:07,884 --> 00:32:08,969
You know what I'm saying?
628
00:32:11,930 --> 00:32:13,390
Heading to the field now.
629
00:32:13,473 --> 00:32:14,766
Trying to see if he's gotten stronger.
630
00:32:14,850 --> 00:32:17,060
He can't even--
631
00:32:17,144 --> 00:32:19,479
he can't even really throw for real,
like, we ain't have--
632
00:32:19,563 --> 00:32:21,106
Oh, he's not ready?
633
00:32:21,189 --> 00:32:23,358
Basically, what they told him
was like, "Yeah, not yet."
634
00:32:23,441 --> 00:32:24,901
- But they didn't--
- Ah.
635
00:32:24,985 --> 00:32:27,612
But kinda, but-- but not yet.
636
00:32:27,696 --> 00:32:29,197
Can't risk it for sure. Yeah.
637
00:32:45,255 --> 00:32:48,466
So, we were getting ready
to go through the college process,
638
00:32:48,550 --> 00:32:50,886
like finding teams,
I'm sending out my highlight tapes.
639
00:32:50,969 --> 00:32:54,306
And then there was a bunch
of HBCUs that offered me.
640
00:32:54,389 --> 00:32:56,349
And my mom's like,
"You need to go to Morehouse.
641
00:32:56,433 --> 00:32:58,768
"It's the best HBCU
there is in the country.
642
00:32:58,852 --> 00:33:00,562
I want you to go there."
643
00:33:01,563 --> 00:33:04,107
My freshman year, I redshirted.
644
00:33:04,191 --> 00:33:06,526
And then, like, I know,
645
00:33:06,610 --> 00:33:09,362
"Hey, I might start this
next year, but I might not."
646
00:33:09,446 --> 00:33:11,031
Like, there was a good chance
I wouldn't.
647
00:33:12,157 --> 00:33:14,743
My whole life, I thought
I was gonna be this quarterback, right?
648
00:33:14,826 --> 00:33:17,245
That's the whole thought.
Like, I'm gonna be this quarterback.
649
00:33:17,329 --> 00:33:19,915
But at that point in time,
in my heart of hearts,
650
00:33:19,998 --> 00:33:22,959
I knew that I wasn't talented enough
to go to the NFL.
651
00:33:23,043 --> 00:33:24,586
{\an8}You gotta be bigger,
you gotta be stronger,
652
00:33:24,669 --> 00:33:25,837
{\an8}you gotta be faster.
653
00:33:25,921 --> 00:33:27,881
{\an8}So, I was trying to take matters
into my own hands.
654
00:33:27,964 --> 00:33:29,925
Coach is like,
"Yo, you'd be a starter
655
00:33:30,008 --> 00:33:31,760
at wide receiver for us right now."
656
00:33:34,638 --> 00:33:37,557
I just-- I love football.
I wanted to do it.
657
00:33:37,641 --> 00:33:39,935
{\an8}One of the oldest
rivalries in all of college football,
658
00:33:40,018 --> 00:33:42,229
{\an8}Tuskegee and Morehouse.
659
00:33:42,312 --> 00:33:44,731
Out of the shotgun is Sterling,
has a receiver open.
660
00:33:44,814 --> 00:33:47,525
That's a first down
to Quincy Avery.
661
00:33:49,694 --> 00:33:52,739
Completes his pass to Quincy Avery.
662
00:33:54,032 --> 00:33:56,117
Throw over the middle, wide open.
663
00:33:56,201 --> 00:33:57,911
Inside the 10,
664
00:33:57,994 --> 00:34:00,163
inside the five,
to the end zone.
665
00:34:00,247 --> 00:34:02,290
- Stretching for the pylon.
666
00:34:02,374 --> 00:34:04,542
Give him a touchdown!
667
00:34:04,626 --> 00:34:08,129
Quincy Avery
for a clutch catch-and-run,
668
00:34:08,213 --> 00:34:09,714
takes it to the house.
669
00:34:13,051 --> 00:34:15,387
So, I graduate from Morehouse, I'm 22.
670
00:34:15,470 --> 00:34:17,389
At that point in time,
like, my new vision
671
00:34:17,472 --> 00:34:19,641
was gonna be NFL,
college head coach.
672
00:34:19,724 --> 00:34:21,768
Like, that's the thing that I wanted.
673
00:34:21,851 --> 00:34:24,896
So, my dad called UCLA.
674
00:34:24,980 --> 00:34:26,982
His buddy, DeWayne Walker,
had just left.
675
00:34:27,065 --> 00:34:29,025
He was like, "Yeah, I'll try
and help you out, I'll make a call."
676
00:34:29,109 --> 00:34:32,404
Right? So, I drive from Atlanta,
clear across the country,
677
00:34:32,487 --> 00:34:34,447
to Los Angeles, California.
678
00:34:40,620 --> 00:34:42,330
So, I see Coach Neuheisel,
679
00:34:42,414 --> 00:34:45,000
who was the head coach at that time,
walk in the office.
680
00:34:45,083 --> 00:34:46,960
He sees me on the couch and he's like,
681
00:34:47,043 --> 00:34:49,796
"Yeah, what are you doing here?"
I'm like, "I want a job."
682
00:34:49,879 --> 00:34:51,715
He's like,
"Man, that's not how this works."
683
00:34:51,798 --> 00:34:52,882
Goes back to his office.
684
00:35:01,516 --> 00:35:03,852
He comes back out that evening,
I'm still there, right?
685
00:35:03,935 --> 00:35:06,730
He's like, "What are you doing?"
Like, I'm like, "Oh, I want a job."
686
00:35:06,813 --> 00:35:08,690
He's like, "That's not how it works."
He leaves.
687
00:35:08,773 --> 00:35:10,984
He comes back the next morning,
I'm there on the couch.
688
00:35:11,067 --> 00:35:13,945
Same spiel. "What are you doing here?"
"I want a job."
689
00:35:20,118 --> 00:35:24,372
Comes out that day, he's like, "Yo,
if you're here tomorrow, we can talk."
690
00:35:24,456 --> 00:35:26,458
Walks in, of course, I'm there.
691
00:35:26,541 --> 00:35:27,917
Goes into his office,
calls me back,
692
00:35:28,001 --> 00:35:29,919
and he's like,
"Look, we don't have a position for you,
693
00:35:30,003 --> 00:35:32,547
but you can volunteer.
You interested?"
694
00:35:32,631 --> 00:35:34,090
Of course.
695
00:35:34,174 --> 00:35:36,217
I didn't really think about
what that looked like.
696
00:35:36,301 --> 00:35:38,470
Volunteer.
You're not getting paid,
697
00:35:38,553 --> 00:35:41,056
but you're expected to work
like a-- a full-time coach.
698
00:35:41,139 --> 00:35:44,267
And at that time,
I was living in a locker room
699
00:35:44,351 --> 00:35:46,186
because I don't make any money.
700
00:35:48,188 --> 00:35:53,818
I can vividly remember, like,
seeing $4.39 in my bank account.
701
00:35:53,902 --> 00:35:56,279
Like, stuff like that,
it was-- it was miserable.
702
00:35:56,363 --> 00:35:58,239
Just not making any money,
not having...
703
00:35:59,699 --> 00:36:01,159
any way to really provide for yourself.
704
00:36:01,242 --> 00:36:04,746
So, you-- you--
you master survival skills.
705
00:36:07,666 --> 00:36:09,834
This is at a time where UCLA
706
00:36:09,918 --> 00:36:12,170
was even tripping about,
like, giving us food.
707
00:36:12,253 --> 00:36:15,965
So, the coaches would have us
go get the dinner, right,
708
00:36:16,049 --> 00:36:18,468
before we got into our staff meeting.
709
00:36:18,551 --> 00:36:20,679
And I would just get,
like, four to-go boxes.
710
00:36:20,762 --> 00:36:24,849
That to-go box would have
to last me that lunch,
711
00:36:24,933 --> 00:36:27,477
that dinner, the next morning lunch,
712
00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:29,562
and whatever I wanted to eat
in between.
713
00:36:31,606 --> 00:36:35,151
You really learned how to, like,
714
00:36:35,235 --> 00:36:37,237
just be okay in a world of suck.
715
00:36:39,823 --> 00:36:42,492
I'm sleeping on a carpet,
throwing a couple blankets down
716
00:36:42,575 --> 00:36:44,577
and just sleeping on top of that,
717
00:36:44,661 --> 00:36:46,287
barely getting any rest.
718
00:36:46,371 --> 00:36:47,455
That sucked.
719
00:36:52,127 --> 00:36:54,921
I needed to be in the office
every day at 4:30,
720
00:36:55,004 --> 00:36:57,632
leave at 11:30, midnight,
when the head coach left.
721
00:36:58,842 --> 00:37:01,344
Sleep, work all day, work all night.
722
00:37:01,428 --> 00:37:02,721
Live in the locker room.
723
00:37:04,806 --> 00:37:06,641
Eating the same things
over and over again
724
00:37:06,725 --> 00:37:09,144
because I couldn't afford anything else.
725
00:37:12,021 --> 00:37:13,356
So, that was the first year.
726
00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:15,400
The next year,
I got like $1,100 a month,
727
00:37:15,483 --> 00:37:17,861
which was not enough
to live anywhere.
728
00:37:19,404 --> 00:37:20,905
So, for two years...
729
00:37:20,989 --> 00:37:23,116
- ...I just grinded that out.
730
00:37:50,059 --> 00:37:54,939
It becomes so watered down
nowadays, 'cause, like, it's a cliché.
731
00:37:55,023 --> 00:37:58,526
It's like the Black athlete story
of like-- but it's real.
732
00:38:00,111 --> 00:38:01,571
I remember I used to wear
these small cleats.
733
00:38:01,654 --> 00:38:03,865
Like, I-- I wore a 13 in high school,
734
00:38:03,948 --> 00:38:07,118
and I had size, like, 10-and-a-half,
all I could afford.
735
00:38:07,202 --> 00:38:09,245
And I've always had
kind of bad eyesight.
736
00:38:09,329 --> 00:38:12,332
Played with one contact in my eye,
and I, like, savored that contact.
737
00:38:12,415 --> 00:38:14,834
Like, I, like, treated it like it my baby,
'cause if it ripped,
738
00:38:14,918 --> 00:38:18,087
or it broke, or it fell out,
I wouldn't be able to see at practice.
739
00:38:18,171 --> 00:38:20,632
And I never said a word to my mom
because I already knew she was--
740
00:38:20,715 --> 00:38:22,759
she had a lot of pressure,
she was already going through enough.
741
00:38:23,802 --> 00:38:25,845
Like, I remember coming home,
my mom was just, like, crying
742
00:38:25,929 --> 00:38:27,889
about, like, bills
and like, worrying about, like,
743
00:38:27,972 --> 00:38:30,517
we didn't know what--
what was gonna happen next.
744
00:38:31,643 --> 00:38:35,146
It was hard and I remember, like, man,
I devoted my life to sports after that.
745
00:38:45,615 --> 00:38:48,451
Yeah, man, there's so much adversity
I-- I faced early in my life
746
00:38:48,535 --> 00:38:50,870
with, uh, family issues that we had.
747
00:38:52,121 --> 00:38:53,832
My dad was my role model,
you know what I mean?
748
00:38:53,915 --> 00:38:55,583
He's the one who taught me everything,
749
00:38:55,667 --> 00:38:58,378
was always the one person
I always could, uh, rely on,
750
00:38:58,461 --> 00:39:01,130
and go to and ask questions to.
751
00:39:01,214 --> 00:39:03,299
But he passed away
when I was 14 years old,
752
00:39:03,383 --> 00:39:05,718
so going into sophomore year
of high school.
753
00:39:07,345 --> 00:39:09,722
But once I started getting
a couple offers in football,
754
00:39:09,806 --> 00:39:11,474
{\an8}I was like, alright,
this is gonna be my sport.
755
00:39:11,558 --> 00:39:13,518
{\an8}This is gonna take me to the next level,
take me to college,
756
00:39:13,601 --> 00:39:16,646
{\an8}let me get that education,
get school paid for, all that.
757
00:39:18,356 --> 00:39:19,941
You know, talk about NFL talent.
758
00:39:20,024 --> 00:39:21,359
It's 'cause of throws like that.
759
00:39:21,442 --> 00:39:24,070
Jordan Love
finding the hole in the defense.
760
00:39:24,153 --> 00:39:27,031
And Jordan Love gets the touchdown.
761
00:39:27,115 --> 00:39:30,410
That's when it really hit me, like,
alright, I'm gonna go to the NFL
762
00:39:30,493 --> 00:39:33,413
and keep taking this football route
as long as I can.
763
00:39:33,496 --> 00:39:36,332
The Packers will pay Love $220 million,
764
00:39:36,416 --> 00:39:40,128
making him the highest-paid
quarterback in NFL history.
765
00:39:40,211 --> 00:39:41,796
That's the dream,
you know, you make it to the NFL.
766
00:39:41,880 --> 00:39:44,382
You wanna be able to help
my family out with everything.
767
00:39:54,183 --> 00:39:56,060
As a Black quarterback,
I just remember my dad
768
00:39:56,144 --> 00:39:59,147
telling me in middle school, like,
"You're gonna have to be twice as good
769
00:39:59,230 --> 00:40:01,900
as a white quarterback to, you know,
get the same amount of credit."
770
00:40:03,735 --> 00:40:05,695
Growing up, I had a lot of raw talent.
771
00:40:05,778 --> 00:40:08,865
You know, I wasn't really
too big on my fundamentals.
772
00:40:10,575 --> 00:40:11,993
{\an8}I didn't have any offers.
773
00:40:13,119 --> 00:40:14,954
{\an8}So, in my sophomore year
in high school,
774
00:40:15,038 --> 00:40:16,456
{\an8}I started training with Q.
775
00:40:17,832 --> 00:40:19,334
{\an8}He taught me a lot of new stuff.
776
00:40:19,417 --> 00:40:22,337
{\an8}
777
00:40:26,716 --> 00:40:28,885
{\an8}
778
00:40:28,968 --> 00:40:31,471
{\an8}As I got better, as I started
to progress as a quarterback,
779
00:40:31,554 --> 00:40:34,057
{\an8}uh, you know, I kept moving up
in the ESPN ranking.
780
00:40:38,978 --> 00:40:41,898
{\an8}To the point where it was me
and Trevor Lawrence at the top,
781
00:40:41,981 --> 00:40:43,483
{\an8}we were at, you know,
number one and two.
782
00:40:47,362 --> 00:40:50,281
{\an8}The wait is over.
Quarterback Justin Fields
783
00:40:50,365 --> 00:40:52,158
{\an8}made the big announcement.
784
00:40:52,241 --> 00:40:55,620
{\an8}Quarterback Justin Fields
took off his Harrison Hoyas jersey
785
00:40:55,703 --> 00:40:58,581
{\an8}to reveal a University of Georgia jersey.
786
00:40:58,665 --> 00:41:01,584
{\an8}
787
00:41:01,668 --> 00:41:04,504
{\an8}I ended up committing to Georgia
and, you know, going to Georgia.
788
00:41:06,547 --> 00:41:08,675
But Georgia just played
at the national championship
789
00:41:08,758 --> 00:41:11,719
the year before with Jake Fromm,
who was still there.
790
00:41:13,888 --> 00:41:15,682
So, I played a little bit
in my freshman year.
791
00:41:15,765 --> 00:41:17,016
I didn't play as much as I'd like to.
792
00:41:18,518 --> 00:41:20,979
But you know, I did what I could
when I got in the game.
793
00:41:21,062 --> 00:41:23,147
{\an8}
Justin Fields in.
794
00:41:23,231 --> 00:41:25,984
{\an8}The game, we played
Tennessee my freshman year,
795
00:41:26,067 --> 00:41:27,694
{\an8}I scored two touchdowns.
796
00:41:27,777 --> 00:41:31,322
{\an8}Justin Fields.
Touchdown, Georgia!
797
00:41:31,406 --> 00:41:33,241
{\an8}Then, you know,
Coach Smart was putting me in,
798
00:41:33,324 --> 00:41:34,826
{\an8}taking me out, putting me in,
taking me out.
799
00:41:34,909 --> 00:41:36,494
{\an8}
Now, Fromm back in.
800
00:41:36,577 --> 00:41:40,289
{\an8}And there was a fan in the stands
801
00:41:40,373 --> 00:41:44,836
who, um, when I got taken out
after I scored a touchdown,
802
00:41:44,919 --> 00:41:46,879
he said, "Put that N-word back in."
803
00:41:52,218 --> 00:41:55,513
There was a group of girls right below him
and he just kept yelling it.
804
00:41:55,596 --> 00:41:58,099
They asked him to stop.
He just kept, you know,
805
00:41:58,182 --> 00:42:01,185
saying it, saying it, back and over.
"Put-- put that N-word back in."
806
00:42:05,815 --> 00:42:08,026
After the game,
it was kind of a big story.
807
00:42:11,404 --> 00:42:13,906
An incident unfolding
at the University of Georgia.
808
00:42:13,990 --> 00:42:15,700
{\an8}A former Greensboro High School
baseball player
809
00:42:15,783 --> 00:42:18,578
{\an8}is being accused of shouting racial slurs
at a football game
810
00:42:18,661 --> 00:42:20,371
to quarterback Justin Fields.
811
00:42:23,249 --> 00:42:25,585
That was the low point for me.
812
00:42:25,668 --> 00:42:26,961
I mean, just the emotion.
813
00:42:34,594 --> 00:42:36,763
The biggest thing with Q
and what he preaches is, you know,
814
00:42:36,846 --> 00:42:40,183
staying even-keeled and kinda having
that, you know, "Eff it" mentality
815
00:42:40,266 --> 00:42:42,435
and, um, you really can't be fazed
by anything.
816
00:42:42,518 --> 00:42:46,939
So, it's really just how you
react to the negatives
817
00:42:47,023 --> 00:42:49,192
and that defines who you are as a person.
818
00:42:50,985 --> 00:42:54,072
{\an8}Later in my freshman year,
I was with Dwayne Haskins,
819
00:42:54,155 --> 00:42:56,157
{\an8}we were working out together with Q,
820
00:42:56,240 --> 00:42:58,951
and I found out that Dwayne
was declaring for the NFL.
821
00:42:59,869 --> 00:43:02,455
And because I didn't know
how long I would have to sit
822
00:43:02,538 --> 00:43:05,208
to, you know, be the starting
quarterback at Georgia,
823
00:43:05,291 --> 00:43:07,251
so I felt like it was
a good opportunity for me
824
00:43:07,335 --> 00:43:10,755
to, you know, go up at Ohio State
and compete for the starting job.
825
00:43:11,422 --> 00:43:13,091
Major news here in college football
826
00:43:13,174 --> 00:43:14,717
that's involving Justin Fields.
827
00:43:14,801 --> 00:43:17,136
{\an8}Fields is expected to transfer
to Ohio State.
828
00:43:17,220 --> 00:43:21,349
He had worked out with
private quarterback coach Quincy Avery,
829
00:43:21,432 --> 00:43:23,976
who had Dwayne Haskins,
so he has a really good sense,
830
00:43:24,060 --> 00:43:26,646
from what I'm told,
what it's like at Ohio State.
831
00:43:26,729 --> 00:43:30,942
But the big question is gonna be,
can he get eligible this year?
832
00:43:31,025 --> 00:43:33,277
Fields will appeal the NCAA rule
833
00:43:33,361 --> 00:43:35,154
forcing him to sit out next year.
834
00:43:36,572 --> 00:43:41,035
Q brought up the idea of using
that, you know, particular situation
835
00:43:41,119 --> 00:43:44,122
to get immediate eligibility
the next year to play at Ohio State.
836
00:43:45,665 --> 00:43:48,543
It's not just about
on-the-field techniques.
837
00:43:48,626 --> 00:43:52,421
It's me making sure that I exhaust
every resource available,
838
00:43:52,505 --> 00:43:55,383
figuring out every way
that we can work around a situation...
839
00:43:57,260 --> 00:43:59,345
so that they can get
everything they deserve.
840
00:44:01,806 --> 00:44:05,184
I learned a lot of life lessons
from Q and his journey.
841
00:44:05,268 --> 00:44:08,187
He said, "No matter who you are in life,
you're bound to face adversity,
842
00:44:08,271 --> 00:44:09,856
"you're bound to face challenges.
843
00:44:09,939 --> 00:44:12,900
"But it's the way you handle 'em
and the way you bounce back from 'em
844
00:44:12,984 --> 00:44:17,613
that shapes you to be the person
who you're gonna be in the future."
845
00:44:17,697 --> 00:44:20,241
So, I just kept working at my position,
846
00:44:20,324 --> 00:44:22,577
and I just kept getting better and better
and better and better.
847
00:44:23,661 --> 00:44:27,248
And it really wasn't till
my first year at Ohio State
848
00:44:27,331 --> 00:44:29,667
where I was a Heisman finalist
where it was like,
849
00:44:29,750 --> 00:44:32,086
alright, I actually have a chance
to go to the NFL.
850
00:44:38,426 --> 00:44:41,804
Buckeye Pro Day
there on the campus of Ohio State,
851
00:44:41,888 --> 00:44:46,559
{\an8}and a look at Justin Fields
live in his throwing session.
852
00:44:46,642 --> 00:44:49,020
{\an8}Once in the discussion
for the number-one pick,
853
00:44:49,103 --> 00:44:51,689
{\an8}Justin Fields is now
the third-ranked quarterback
854
00:44:51,772 --> 00:44:53,024
on Todd McShay's big board.
855
00:44:53,107 --> 00:44:54,942
He's fifth on this one.
856
00:44:55,026 --> 00:44:57,278
{\an8}It just seems that
Justin Fields' stock is falling.
857
00:44:57,361 --> 00:44:59,155
{\an8}
How does the season end?
858
00:44:59,238 --> 00:45:01,949
{\an8}And without a game being played,
without an interception being thrown,
859
00:45:02,033 --> 00:45:04,410
{\an8}without a turnover being committed,
this brother dropped
860
00:45:04,493 --> 00:45:06,746
{\an8}to arguably the fifth-best quarterback.
861
00:45:06,829 --> 00:45:08,247
{\an8}Well, how the hell does that happen?
862
00:45:09,916 --> 00:45:13,461
{\an8}What seems to happen when
we're evaluating Black quarterbacks,
863
00:45:13,544 --> 00:45:17,048
{\an8}there are subtleties that
Black quarterbacks get critiqued with.
864
00:45:17,131 --> 00:45:20,259
{\an8}They say certain things that their
counterparts never get critiqued with.
865
00:45:20,343 --> 00:45:23,596
{\an8}Justin Fields,
his reads are still developing
866
00:45:23,679 --> 00:45:26,182
and his mechanics need fine-tuning.
867
00:45:26,265 --> 00:45:28,893
{\an8}I always hear,
"Black guys are very talented,"
868
00:45:28,976 --> 00:45:30,895
{\an8}as if Black quarterbacks
aren't hardworking,
869
00:45:30,978 --> 00:45:32,939
{\an8}they're just God-gifted,
have this natural ability.
870
00:45:33,022 --> 00:45:36,150
{\an8}
He's got an absolute cannon for an arm.
871
00:45:36,234 --> 00:45:39,445
{\an8}His athleticism is next-level.
872
00:45:39,528 --> 00:45:42,740
{\an8}But success still comes down to
precision passing.
873
00:45:42,823 --> 00:45:44,367
{\an8}
874
00:45:44,450 --> 00:45:46,661
{\an8}-
Yes, Justin Fields!
875
00:45:46,744 --> 00:45:49,538
{\an8}Another throw, on the move,
on the money.
876
00:45:49,622 --> 00:45:54,001
{\an8}When you do what he's done
and you have the résumé that he has,
877
00:45:54,085 --> 00:45:57,713
and then that gets ignored,
I'm just saying like, damn.
878
00:45:57,797 --> 00:45:59,590
It's disheartening to see that,
879
00:45:59,674 --> 00:46:03,177
because how much do you
need to be able to do?
880
00:46:03,261 --> 00:46:07,139
With the 11th pick,
my Chicago Bears select
881
00:46:07,223 --> 00:46:10,434
{\an8}Justin Fields, quarterback, Ohio State!
882
00:46:15,481 --> 00:46:16,607
I'm ready to work.
883
00:46:16,691 --> 00:46:18,776
There's been too much talking lately.
884
00:46:18,859 --> 00:46:20,111
I'm just ready to work - that's it.
885
00:46:22,280 --> 00:46:24,448
The media picks
and chooses on who, you know,
886
00:46:24,532 --> 00:46:26,575
they wanna talk good about
or talk bad about.
887
00:46:29,287 --> 00:46:31,414
{\an8}People saying,
"Oh, he's a running back, da-da-da-da.
888
00:46:31,497 --> 00:46:33,749
{\an8}He can't throw, he can't read
a defense, this and that."
889
00:46:33,833 --> 00:46:36,961
{\an8}I do think, in a sense,
that has something to,
890
00:46:37,044 --> 00:46:38,921
you know, do with my skin color,
at the end of the day.
891
00:46:41,215 --> 00:46:43,384
Not too long ago,
many of the top Black quarterbacks
892
00:46:43,467 --> 00:46:44,760
would go undrafted.
893
00:46:44,844 --> 00:46:48,014
And I know we're not at
that point anymore, but in today's age,
894
00:46:48,097 --> 00:46:50,599
Black quarterbacks find themselves
sliding down draft boards.
895
00:46:51,642 --> 00:46:54,812
And that's why I'm here,
so that they know that I have their back,
896
00:46:54,895 --> 00:46:57,231
and they know that there's a community
of people around them
897
00:46:57,315 --> 00:46:58,774
that believe in them.
898
00:47:07,742 --> 00:47:09,702
We got draft prep going on.
899
00:47:10,870 --> 00:47:13,039
I think the general
consensus of these guys
900
00:47:13,122 --> 00:47:16,334
that are getting ready for the draft
is just nervousness, right?
901
00:47:16,417 --> 00:47:20,338
Because you don't know where you're going,
what's gonna happen,
902
00:47:20,421 --> 00:47:23,424
where you'll get picked up,
if you'll get picked up.
903
00:47:24,425 --> 00:47:26,927
So, it's probably one of the most
difficult points in your life
904
00:47:27,011 --> 00:47:28,804
as a, uh, athlete.
905
00:47:28,888 --> 00:47:30,681
Emery, don't get too wide, right?
906
00:47:30,765 --> 00:47:33,934
One, two, three, four.
One, two, three.
907
00:47:34,018 --> 00:47:37,104
It's not make the move and-- Nah!
908
00:47:37,188 --> 00:47:39,732
Make one move,
get your feet in the ground.
909
00:47:39,815 --> 00:47:42,276
I want the quarterbacks
who are in my ecosystem
910
00:47:42,360 --> 00:47:43,652
to see themselves.
911
00:47:43,736 --> 00:47:45,863
No matter what people say about you,
912
00:47:45,946 --> 00:47:48,949
the opinions that they have,
the no's that they tell you,
913
00:47:49,033 --> 00:47:50,743
you get to write your own story.
914
00:47:50,826 --> 00:47:52,036
Do you see the difference?
915
00:47:52,119 --> 00:47:53,454
- Yeah.
- You stopped,
916
00:47:53,537 --> 00:47:56,499
rotated around, and the ball
jumped outta your hand.
917
00:47:56,582 --> 00:47:58,042
That's what we trying to get.
918
00:47:58,125 --> 00:48:00,920
Working with someone
like Jalen Hurts,
919
00:48:01,003 --> 00:48:03,964
he has that unwavering faith,
despite how many times
920
00:48:04,048 --> 00:48:06,467
things may have not worked out
like they were supposed to.
921
00:48:07,468 --> 00:48:09,637
Like, growing up,
he was always a great football player,
922
00:48:09,720 --> 00:48:11,639
like, high school, all those things.
923
00:48:11,722 --> 00:48:14,183
But he was someone
who didn't make the 11 at Elite 11.
924
00:48:15,601 --> 00:48:17,728
He's not the most
naturally gifted person,
925
00:48:17,812 --> 00:48:20,606
but he's the hardest worker
you'll ever meet.
926
00:48:20,689 --> 00:48:23,526
And so, every time he came back,
he was better than he was before.
927
00:48:24,527 --> 00:48:26,737
Jalen, he's a very reserved guy,
928
00:48:26,821 --> 00:48:29,532
and I imagine the only people
who really get to the inside
929
00:48:29,615 --> 00:48:31,325
are people who have been
around him a lot.
930
00:48:31,409 --> 00:48:33,411
- Mm-hmm.
- But when did you first meet him?
931
00:48:33,494 --> 00:48:36,163
So, I think I met Jalen when he was 16,
932
00:48:36,247 --> 00:48:38,040
but I didn't really start
working with Jalen
933
00:48:38,124 --> 00:48:41,001
until after he had got benched
934
00:48:41,085 --> 00:48:43,671
from, uh, that National Championship game.
935
00:48:44,588 --> 00:48:46,507
- My God!
- You weren't there.
936
00:48:46,590 --> 00:48:50,428
It was one
of the most awful, deplorable,
937
00:48:50,511 --> 00:48:54,390
embarrassing, impotent performances
that I have ever seen.
938
00:48:57,435 --> 00:48:59,311
People in that situation
939
00:48:59,395 --> 00:49:02,022
look at every single person
other than themselves.
940
00:49:02,106 --> 00:49:05,234
But he turned inward,
and the only thing he thought about
941
00:49:05,317 --> 00:49:08,112
was, "How could I improve so this
doesn't happen to me again?"
942
00:49:08,195 --> 00:49:10,948
- Full cadence.
- Wide 80. Wide. Set. Hut!
943
00:49:11,031 --> 00:49:12,825
Everybody in the game of football,
944
00:49:12,908 --> 00:49:15,953
is gonna have situations
where they don't play their best.
945
00:49:16,036 --> 00:49:17,455
Now, we'll go red zone.
946
00:49:17,538 --> 00:49:19,999
But that's where you have
to push through and persevere,
947
00:49:20,082 --> 00:49:21,917
because when you keep doing that,
948
00:49:22,001 --> 00:49:24,211
eventually, the universe
will bend to your will.
949
00:49:24,295 --> 00:49:25,296
Whoo!
950
00:49:25,379 --> 00:49:26,797
If you want it bad enough.
951
00:49:26,881 --> 00:49:28,048
Who you reading here?
952
00:49:28,132 --> 00:49:30,634
{\an8}Outside, in man.
In man on the line of scrimmage.
953
00:49:30,718 --> 00:49:34,430
That draft prep with Jalen Hurts is
probably the most I ever grew as a coach.
954
00:49:34,513 --> 00:49:37,308
What if you get free access
and they're giving you cover three,
955
00:49:37,391 --> 00:49:39,685
and we got passed off in switch team?
956
00:49:39,768 --> 00:49:42,855
Keep my corner same to my seam.
Getting here.
957
00:49:42,938 --> 00:49:45,733
We built this Pro Day script
and it was so meticulous.
958
00:49:45,816 --> 00:49:49,695
You got the, uh, OTB.
You're gonna be on the right side.
959
00:49:49,778 --> 00:49:52,990
And he would scratch things out,
put it back in, and scratch it out.
960
00:49:53,991 --> 00:49:55,743
Yeah.
Perfect tempo.
961
00:49:57,661 --> 00:49:59,455
I'd like to know
the player whose draft stock
962
00:49:59,538 --> 00:50:01,624
that you think will rise
the most at the combine.
963
00:50:01,707 --> 00:50:03,542
{\an8}I'm going with Jalen Hurts.
964
00:50:05,669 --> 00:50:09,215
Coming out in the draft
that year, everything you asked me to do
965
00:50:09,298 --> 00:50:12,885
during the pre-draft process,
Jalen Hurts crushed.
966
00:50:13,636 --> 00:50:15,763
{\an8}
Jalen Hurts is a name on the rise.
967
00:50:15,846 --> 00:50:18,474
{\an8}Now, his stock seems to be climbing fast.
968
00:50:18,557 --> 00:50:20,684
{\an8}There's clearly been progress.
969
00:50:20,768 --> 00:50:23,938
{\an8}His footwork's sharper,
his release is more compact.
970
00:50:24,021 --> 00:50:25,856
{\an8}It reflects who he is as a player,
971
00:50:25,940 --> 00:50:27,233
and I've become a huge fan.
972
00:50:27,316 --> 00:50:28,776
He's really impressive.
973
00:50:29,693 --> 00:50:32,905
At Oklahoma's Pro Day,
Jalen Hurts is out there slingin' it.
974
00:50:34,156 --> 00:50:36,659
{\an8}He put on a flawless
performance in his Pro Day,
975
00:50:36,742 --> 00:50:39,078
hitting every kind of throw
one could have asked for.
976
00:50:39,161 --> 00:50:40,996
Some had him as a fourth-rounder,
977
00:50:41,080 --> 00:50:43,082
but I don't see him falling
past the second.
978
00:50:43,165 --> 00:50:46,585
Excited to see which team
takes a shot on Jalen Hurts in the draft.
979
00:50:46,669 --> 00:50:49,088
The Philadelphia Eagles
select Jalen Hurts.
980
00:50:49,171 --> 00:50:51,674
We're on a bit of a run!
981
00:50:53,968 --> 00:50:55,678
A lot of people thought Jalen Hurts
982
00:50:55,761 --> 00:50:58,931
was gonna be like a third or fourth-round
draft pick or later.
983
00:50:59,014 --> 00:51:02,101
The Philadelphia Eagles wound up taking
Jalen Hurts in the second round.
984
00:51:02,184 --> 00:51:05,062
And that's the biggest example
of what Quincy Avery does.
985
00:51:05,145 --> 00:51:07,064
♪ Stick with it, grind, hustle ♪
986
00:51:07,147 --> 00:51:10,150
He can take a guy
who was supposedly broken,
987
00:51:10,234 --> 00:51:12,570
who people have given up on,
988
00:51:12,653 --> 00:51:15,447
Q takes those guys
and he gets them there.
989
00:51:16,448 --> 00:51:17,491
♪ Shine ♪
990
00:51:17,575 --> 00:51:18,909
♪ Grind never stop, grind never quit ♪
991
00:51:18,993 --> 00:51:20,619
♪ Gotta keep it movin',
gotta keep it goin' ♪
992
00:51:20,703 --> 00:51:22,496
♪ Hustle hard, and it's showin' ♪
993
00:51:22,580 --> 00:51:24,164
♪ Where I'm goin'
you ain't goin' ♪
994
00:51:29,670 --> 00:51:32,590
I think a lot of times
people get hung up
995
00:51:32,673 --> 00:51:36,385
on the particular set of circumstances
they're in at that moment.
996
00:51:36,468 --> 00:51:37,970
People don't understand,
like, that's fleeting,
997
00:51:38,053 --> 00:51:39,430
that's gonna be here short-term.
998
00:51:39,513 --> 00:51:40,931
But the things that you want,
999
00:51:41,015 --> 00:51:44,518
like, you get the value down the road
from having those sacrifices.
1000
00:51:50,524 --> 00:51:52,610
Part of my job
was evaluating quarterback tape.
1001
00:51:52,693 --> 00:51:54,987
And I'd see so many kids
from the Atlanta area
1002
00:51:55,070 --> 00:51:56,572
and I'd be like,
"These kids are talented,
1003
00:51:56,655 --> 00:51:59,199
but they don't have the--
the technique or the tools."
1004
00:51:59,283 --> 00:52:01,535
- "Oh, he's just doing this wrong," right?
1005
00:52:01,619 --> 00:52:04,204
And there's these little,
small errors that they're making
1006
00:52:04,288 --> 00:52:07,041
that's preventing them from being
the best versions of themselves.
1007
00:52:07,124 --> 00:52:10,085
And I'm like, "I can help dudes
live out their dreams."
1008
00:52:11,462 --> 00:52:12,588
I saw a market, right?
1009
00:52:12,671 --> 00:52:15,215
The market was,
these young men need help,
1010
00:52:15,299 --> 00:52:18,677
and I saw a really simple solution,
like, I can help them.
1011
00:52:23,265 --> 00:52:26,602
When I'm driving across the country,
I'm thinking success looks like
1012
00:52:26,685 --> 00:52:29,521
I can pay for my own apartment
and have a car.
1013
00:52:29,605 --> 00:52:31,732
Like, that's what success
was looking to me like.
1014
00:52:31,815 --> 00:52:34,026
And I thought that it would
be really, really quick.
1015
00:52:35,194 --> 00:52:37,196
This is an untapped market.
There's kids who need help.
1016
00:52:37,279 --> 00:52:40,866
I thought that instantaneously,
I would have 12, 15 clients.
1017
00:52:40,949 --> 00:52:44,078
And it couldn't have been
anything further from the truth.
1018
00:52:47,206 --> 00:52:49,166
- So, I would spend hours
1019
00:52:49,249 --> 00:52:50,918
{\an8}on Saturdays and Sundays,
1020
00:52:51,001 --> 00:52:52,878
going to youth football games,
1021
00:52:52,961 --> 00:52:55,297
cutting out flyers
and putting 'em on cars.
1022
00:52:55,381 --> 00:52:57,883
{\an8}Marketing to these youth kids' parents.
1023
00:52:57,966 --> 00:53:00,427
Like, they're playing fourth, fifth,
sixth-grade football, right?
1024
00:53:00,511 --> 00:53:02,680
Their parents are all in, they're spending
their whole weekend there.
1025
00:53:02,763 --> 00:53:05,015
I would think that they would want
someone like me
1026
00:53:05,099 --> 00:53:07,601
to be there to help 'em,
and they weren't interested.
1027
00:53:10,354 --> 00:53:12,856
- I couldn't get anybody to train with me.
1028
00:53:12,940 --> 00:53:14,483
I couldn't get 'em to train
with me for free.
1029
00:53:14,566 --> 00:53:15,984
I couldn't get 'em to pay me to train.
1030
00:53:16,068 --> 00:53:17,528
So, that didn't work.
1031
00:53:19,446 --> 00:53:21,824
Being homeless in Atlanta
was really unique,
1032
00:53:21,907 --> 00:53:24,910
because if you'd pop
my trunk at any given time,
1033
00:53:24,993 --> 00:53:28,789
you were able to quickly see, like,
I had all my little duffle bags,
1034
00:53:28,872 --> 00:53:30,332
like rows in a dresser.
1035
00:53:31,667 --> 00:53:33,794
Homelessness
is a different experience
1036
00:53:33,877 --> 00:53:37,464
because to not have a space
to rest from the doubt
1037
00:53:37,548 --> 00:53:40,634
and the naysay
that may be in your own head,
1038
00:53:40,718 --> 00:53:44,096
especially as a African-descent male
1039
00:53:44,179 --> 00:53:47,224
who's looked at to be
a provider, a protector.
1040
00:53:47,307 --> 00:53:50,185
And your brain is then even saying, like,
1041
00:53:50,269 --> 00:53:52,521
"Man, you can't even
provide or protect yourself.
1042
00:53:52,604 --> 00:53:54,273
You should just give up."
1043
00:53:56,108 --> 00:53:58,277
Throughout the difficulties
and tough times,
1044
00:53:58,360 --> 00:54:00,529
I knew that I was gonna do the things
that I was passionate about,
1045
00:54:00,612 --> 00:54:02,072
and I wasn't gonna let anything stop me.
1046
00:54:04,450 --> 00:54:07,411
Then I'm like, alright, let me reach out
to these people on Facebook.
1047
00:54:08,495 --> 00:54:10,748
And I did this for hundreds of teams.
1048
00:54:12,166 --> 00:54:15,252
Get up every morning,
take a shower at the gym,
1049
00:54:15,335 --> 00:54:16,795
- and go right to Starbucks.
1050
00:54:18,172 --> 00:54:21,967
Find a kid, try and cross-reference that
with the parent on Facebook,
1051
00:54:22,050 --> 00:54:24,553
then try and make sure
that they're in the location
1052
00:54:24,636 --> 00:54:25,846
that makes sense for this kid.
1053
00:54:25,929 --> 00:54:29,224
{\an8}And I'm doing this hours,
upon hours, upon hours.
1054
00:54:30,058 --> 00:54:31,810
And no one responded.
1055
00:54:31,894 --> 00:54:35,689
So, that's another five months,
so I'm like nine months in.
1056
00:54:35,773 --> 00:54:38,108
Then like, alright, well,
let me try high schoolers.
1057
00:54:39,526 --> 00:54:41,320
{\an8}I tried to reach out to high schoolers.
1058
00:54:41,403 --> 00:54:43,655
{\an8}Another three months,
nobody responded.
1059
00:54:44,865 --> 00:54:48,368
And I'm like, I gotta figure out a way
to get people to train with me.
1060
00:54:49,411 --> 00:54:51,997
There was a lot of risk
in what Quincy did,
1061
00:54:52,080 --> 00:54:54,208
in terms of his career goals.
1062
00:54:54,291 --> 00:54:59,087
But he was dedicated,
and he was willing to bet on himself
1063
00:54:59,171 --> 00:55:02,716
and sacrifice things that
other people wouldn't sacrifice
1064
00:55:02,799 --> 00:55:04,885
to accomplish what his goal was.
1065
00:55:06,178 --> 00:55:08,222
Man, do you know the level of resolve
1066
00:55:08,305 --> 00:55:11,642
and fortitude it takes,
night after night,
1067
00:55:11,725 --> 00:55:14,436
week after week,
month after month,
1068
00:55:14,520 --> 00:55:17,147
to look yourself in the mirror and say,
1069
00:55:17,231 --> 00:55:19,149
"Man, I believe in you, man.
Keep going"?
1070
00:55:19,233 --> 00:55:21,693
That's a different type of hustle.
1071
00:55:22,819 --> 00:55:24,905
So, my last-ditch effort was,
1072
00:55:24,988 --> 00:55:27,824
I'm going to come up
with a competition
1073
00:55:27,908 --> 00:55:30,369
that allows these top quarterbacks
1074
00:55:30,452 --> 00:55:32,496
in the state of Georgia
to compete with each other.
1075
00:55:33,914 --> 00:55:36,375
I came up with this formal,
like, invite letter,
1076
00:55:36,458 --> 00:55:38,126
sent it to the coaches.
1077
00:55:38,210 --> 00:55:42,214
On the back end, I sent a formal PDF
to their parents and the kid,
1078
00:55:42,297 --> 00:55:45,759
let 'em know that they're invited
to this one-of-one opportunity.
1079
00:55:45,842 --> 00:55:47,844
Little did they know
that I had to get the gym
1080
00:55:47,928 --> 00:55:50,889
at 5:30 in the morning on a Saturday
1081
00:55:50,973 --> 00:55:53,934
because I couldn't afford time
to rent out a football field.
1082
00:55:56,144 --> 00:55:57,854
Nobody came to this event.
1083
00:55:57,938 --> 00:55:59,731
Not one person.
1084
00:56:05,529 --> 00:56:08,657
That was the hardest part for me,
because when you have an idea,
1085
00:56:08,740 --> 00:56:11,910
you know that it should work,
but you can't get people
1086
00:56:11,994 --> 00:56:14,913
to buy into your vision.
That's difficult.
1087
00:56:19,501 --> 00:56:23,046
At night, it's dark for everybody,
but it's definitely a little darker
1088
00:56:23,130 --> 00:56:27,634
when you can't see the light
of opportunity on the horizon.
1089
00:56:31,346 --> 00:56:34,641
I think that everybody, in their life,
at one point or another,
1090
00:56:34,725 --> 00:56:37,853
has an opportunity
where you get your big break.
1091
00:56:42,065 --> 00:56:46,069
For me, it was when Josh Dobbs
followed up with me.
1092
00:56:48,196 --> 00:56:53,201
{\an8}And then, that was, like,
the first even inkling of momentum.
1093
00:56:57,247 --> 00:57:00,375
{\an8}He hit me up on Facebook
in the fall of my junior year.
1094
00:57:00,459 --> 00:57:02,502
{\an8}I think, at the time,
he would-- just had left UCLA.
1095
00:57:02,586 --> 00:57:04,129
{\an8}So, he had the UCLA in his background.
1096
00:57:04,212 --> 00:57:07,132
{\an8}So, it almost looked like
he was a college coach at the time,
1097
00:57:07,215 --> 00:57:09,009
{\an8}reaching out for recruiting.
1098
00:57:09,092 --> 00:57:11,386
And he just said, like,
"Hey, I'm having a local camp
1099
00:57:11,470 --> 00:57:13,764
with some local high school guys.
We'd love for you to come out."
1100
00:57:13,847 --> 00:57:17,267
And well, I played baseball in the spring,
so I couldn't make the event.
1101
00:57:17,351 --> 00:57:19,311
Um, so I hit him up, said,
"Yo, I can't make the event,
1102
00:57:19,394 --> 00:57:21,605
but would love to do some work with you."
1103
00:57:21,688 --> 00:57:25,400
Quincy said, "Alright, perfect.
I'll have receivers there ready to go,
1104
00:57:25,484 --> 00:57:27,819
"and I'll have cameras so we can
just get a baseline
1105
00:57:27,903 --> 00:57:29,446
of your skillset, and go from there."
1106
00:57:31,406 --> 00:57:33,450
So, I had a boy who lived in town.
1107
00:57:33,533 --> 00:57:36,328
He had one camera, but he had
some other ones that weren't working,
1108
00:57:36,411 --> 00:57:38,080
like a GoPro that didn't work.
1109
00:57:38,163 --> 00:57:40,332
I'm like, "Bro, I need you
to come out here,
1110
00:57:40,415 --> 00:57:42,042
I need you to bring,
like, all your cameras."
1111
00:57:42,125 --> 00:57:45,045
He's like, "No, they don't work."
I'm like, "That doesn't matter."
1112
00:57:45,128 --> 00:57:47,798
Right? We gotta give him the illusion
like this is something different
1113
00:57:47,881 --> 00:57:49,675
than anything he's experienced before.
1114
00:57:50,676 --> 00:57:54,096
So, we pulled up at North Park,
um, he has the GoPro set up.
1115
00:57:54,179 --> 00:57:55,931
He, like, straps it to my forehead.
1116
00:57:56,014 --> 00:57:57,140
And we did a workout.
1117
00:57:58,684 --> 00:58:01,269
I remember his mom, like,
drives up on the curb
1118
00:58:01,353 --> 00:58:04,356
to watch the whole workout,
like, she's an attentive eye.
1119
00:58:05,565 --> 00:58:09,569
We get done, walk over to her.
Just hoping that he liked the workout.
1120
00:58:09,653 --> 00:58:12,280
She's like, "Yeah, well,
let me talk to Josh about it."
1121
00:58:12,364 --> 00:58:15,450
So, in my heart, I'm like,
"Damn, I really hope this worked out."
1122
00:58:19,830 --> 00:58:21,998
A couple days later,
Josh reaches out to me,
1123
00:58:22,082 --> 00:58:23,959
like, "How much can we work?"
1124
00:58:24,042 --> 00:58:26,837
I'm like,
"Man, we can work out every day."
1125
00:58:26,920 --> 00:58:30,674
Quite frankly, it was, like,
the most instructive,
1126
00:58:30,757 --> 00:58:33,552
well-run quarterback session
I'd ever had.
1127
00:58:35,095 --> 00:58:38,348
That throwing session
led to coming back the next Sunday,
1128
00:58:38,432 --> 00:58:41,393
which then led to coming back
the next Sunday after that,
1129
00:58:41,476 --> 00:58:44,521
which then led to, "Let's meet,
whether it's in Alpharetta,
1130
00:58:44,604 --> 00:58:46,690
or down in the city,
let's get a session in."
1131
00:58:46,773 --> 00:58:48,650
Same tight base, J.
1132
00:58:48,734 --> 00:58:49,735
Better.
1133
00:58:49,818 --> 00:58:52,362
We trained, like, four days a week,
balls to the wall.
1134
00:58:52,446 --> 00:58:54,197
Keep those knees up.
Shoulder.
1135
00:58:54,281 --> 00:58:57,784
He didn't have any scholarship offers yet,
so we went all in.
1136
00:59:00,287 --> 00:59:03,039
There! Now, Josh, do it in less steps.
1137
00:59:03,123 --> 00:59:05,917
Firm.
That's what I want right there.
1138
00:59:06,001 --> 00:59:07,794
See the difference?
1139
00:59:07,878 --> 00:59:10,630
When I met Quincy, it was probably
about a month before I was heading off
1140
00:59:10,714 --> 00:59:12,215
{\an8}to my first Elite 11 camp.
1141
00:59:13,508 --> 00:59:16,303
{\an8}And I am the second finalist.
1142
00:59:16,386 --> 00:59:19,222
{\an8}So, me and Quincy continued our work,
we continued growing.
1143
00:59:19,306 --> 00:59:21,808
{\an8}And by the second regional,
I had another good showing.
1144
00:59:21,892 --> 00:59:23,310
{\an8}Ah! Nice!
1145
00:59:23,393 --> 00:59:26,438
{\an8}And on national TV, I got invited
to participate in the Elite 11.
1146
00:59:28,523 --> 00:59:30,275
{\an8}
That's a touchdown!
1147
00:59:30,358 --> 00:59:32,402
{\an8}Way to compete, baby.
Nice job.
1148
00:59:32,486 --> 00:59:35,989
{\an8}And so, in that competition,
I went from being in the top 25
1149
00:59:36,072 --> 00:59:41,620
{\an8}to being in the top 11 quarterbacks
of the 2013 quarterback class.
1150
00:59:43,288 --> 00:59:47,042
Having Quincy in that role
propelled me into one of 11,
1151
00:59:47,125 --> 00:59:49,377
and brought a ton of opportunities
for me to go on
1152
00:59:49,461 --> 00:59:52,506
and achieve my goals and dreams
on the football field.
1153
00:59:55,383 --> 00:59:58,804
Josh ends up getting
scholarship offers all over the country,
1154
00:59:58,887 --> 01:00:00,472
chooses to go to Tennessee.
1155
01:00:00,555 --> 01:00:02,557
{\an8}
1156
01:00:02,891 --> 01:00:06,812
{\an8}He said something to me, like,
"Man, couldn't have done it without you."
1157
01:00:06,895 --> 01:00:08,980
{\an8}And when I got off the phone,
I just started crying.
1158
01:00:10,232 --> 01:00:13,401
And that's the moment I realized,
it's bigger than football.
1159
01:00:14,820 --> 01:00:17,447
I'm sure as he's probably
shared in his side of the story,
1160
01:00:17,531 --> 01:00:20,283
I never really saw
that footage from the GoPro.
1161
01:00:20,367 --> 01:00:22,285
I don't think there was a SD card
in the GoPro,
1162
01:00:22,369 --> 01:00:24,037
is what I've learned over time, man.
1163
01:00:24,120 --> 01:00:26,331
But, for real, it wasn't about that, like,
1164
01:00:26,414 --> 01:00:29,417
I knew that he's just always
cared for me as a person
1165
01:00:29,501 --> 01:00:30,961
and me as a player.
1166
01:00:31,044 --> 01:00:33,630
And I think that's what
has always mattered to me.
1167
01:00:48,019 --> 01:00:51,273
This is, like,
EJ's third game on this team
1168
01:00:51,356 --> 01:00:53,275
since he moved
in the middle of the season.
1169
01:00:54,276 --> 01:00:58,822
It's really cool seeing, like,
him starting varsity games,
1170
01:00:58,905 --> 01:01:00,574
being the guy on the football field.
1171
01:01:01,575 --> 01:01:03,326
I've got to see a lot of guys
go through it,
1172
01:01:03,410 --> 01:01:05,912
but every time you see somebody
1173
01:01:05,996 --> 01:01:09,040
go through their own unique experience,
I think it's really cool.
1174
01:01:15,338 --> 01:01:17,674
My first thought before every game,
1175
01:01:17,757 --> 01:01:20,343
I say a prayer, God protects him.
1176
01:01:21,761 --> 01:01:23,972
He protects all the kids.
1177
01:01:28,977 --> 01:01:32,439
Here at Cedar Grove,
those coaches believe in him.
1178
01:01:32,522 --> 01:01:37,444
And I'm just so glad
that we can finally settle in.
1179
01:01:40,405 --> 01:01:42,699
And I love to see him play.
1180
01:01:42,782 --> 01:01:46,119
I love to see him
when he's in that mode.
1181
01:01:47,787 --> 01:01:49,789
- ♪ Young man, young man ♪
- I know what he can do.
1182
01:01:49,873 --> 01:01:50,874
♪ Trust and believe ♪
1183
01:01:50,957 --> 01:01:53,835
I just know he's gonna do
great things.
1184
01:01:53,919 --> 01:01:55,337
Amen. Let's get it, y'all!
1185
01:01:55,420 --> 01:01:58,089
His name, everybody's gonna know it.
1186
01:02:14,648 --> 01:02:16,191
- How you doing?
- What's going on?
1187
01:02:16,274 --> 01:02:18,985
Hey. This looks good.
1188
01:02:19,069 --> 01:02:20,779
Let's see if it tastes
as good as it looks.
1189
01:02:20,862 --> 01:02:22,322
Where did you order it from?
1190
01:02:22,405 --> 01:02:23,740
- Huh?
- Where did you order it from?
1191
01:02:23,823 --> 01:02:24,824
I don't need that.
1192
01:02:24,908 --> 01:02:26,701
I don't need that, like, energy.
1193
01:02:26,785 --> 01:02:29,245
Actually, I made this.
This is lemon butter chicken.
1194
01:02:29,329 --> 01:02:30,705
Okay.
1195
01:02:30,789 --> 01:02:32,624
Hey, what was
the final score last night?
1196
01:02:32,707 --> 01:02:34,000
56-0.
1197
01:02:34,084 --> 01:02:35,794
Oh!
1198
01:02:35,877 --> 01:02:38,254
We mad.
We was mad about that, man.
1199
01:02:38,338 --> 01:02:40,966
- You're mad about that? Why?
- It was supposed to be 70-0.
1200
01:02:41,049 --> 01:02:43,718
- We was supposed to go 10-10-9.
- Y'all stopped scoring.
1201
01:02:43,802 --> 01:02:46,763
- Yeah.
- I thought y'all did it on purpose.
1202
01:02:46,846 --> 01:02:48,556
Like, trying to have
some class or something.
1203
01:02:48,640 --> 01:02:50,767
See, y'all was a little late,
1204
01:02:50,850 --> 01:02:52,727
so the food might be a little colder
than I think.
1205
01:02:52,811 --> 01:02:54,396
- Mm-hmm.
- But we about to see.
1206
01:02:54,479 --> 01:02:56,106
- Just make sure you get some of the--
- It's good.
1207
01:02:56,189 --> 01:02:57,983
- I appreciate that.
- Mm-hmm.
1208
01:02:58,066 --> 01:03:02,070
Hey, what happened on that, uh,
pass you didn't throw on the, the slant?
1209
01:03:03,571 --> 01:03:05,740
EJ, what are you doing?
1210
01:03:05,824 --> 01:03:08,410
That was not a good idea or decision.
1211
01:03:08,493 --> 01:03:11,538
Well, let's put it-- I didn't know.
I thought it was the bubble screen.
1212
01:03:11,621 --> 01:03:12,956
And then you found out later.
1213
01:03:13,039 --> 01:03:15,375
Yeah, it was a slant
with the bubble screen.
1214
01:03:15,458 --> 01:03:19,129
I saw the slant out the corner of my eye.
I said, "Oh, my God."
1215
01:03:19,212 --> 01:03:22,382
Mm-hmm. Like, those are big plays.
And I'd be like, I would agree on that.
1216
01:03:22,465 --> 01:03:24,300
Like, okay, you can do
a better job on that.
1217
01:03:24,384 --> 01:03:26,344
But I watched the game.
I'm like, you did some good things.
1218
01:03:26,428 --> 01:03:28,013
Like when you went flat escape right,
1219
01:03:28,096 --> 01:03:29,973
crossed your foot over,
you threw a perfect ball.
1220
01:03:30,056 --> 01:03:31,850
Good-ass pass, boy!
1221
01:03:31,933 --> 01:03:33,435
That was great.
Like, that's something
1222
01:03:33,518 --> 01:03:35,270
- we worked on all the time.
- Right.
1223
01:03:35,353 --> 01:03:37,522
Just the consistency
of, like, little things, like...
1224
01:03:37,605 --> 01:03:39,649
- Yep.
- ...throw a slant on time.
1225
01:03:39,733 --> 01:03:43,319
Throw a hitch on time.
Like, we know you're super talented.
1226
01:03:43,403 --> 01:03:45,864
So, you being super talented,
that'll get you a scholarship.
1227
01:03:45,947 --> 01:03:48,408
Get it there, EJ!
Yeah.
1228
01:03:48,491 --> 01:03:50,493
So, "Okay, cool,
I get to get a scholarship."
1229
01:03:50,577 --> 01:03:52,787
But that's not what lets you
play in college.
1230
01:03:52,871 --> 01:03:55,623
So, I just think in terms
of, like, your next steps,
1231
01:03:55,707 --> 01:03:59,085
you have to do a better job of knowing
what the defense is doing, right?
1232
01:03:59,169 --> 01:04:01,671
Because defenses work
in a structure, right?
1233
01:04:01,755 --> 01:04:03,423
Everything works together on a string.
1234
01:04:03,506 --> 01:04:07,093
Like, one guy can't come
unless the next guy rotates.
1235
01:04:07,177 --> 01:04:10,764
So, when you see the defense
go from an over front to an under front,
1236
01:04:10,847 --> 01:04:13,558
and the strong safety rolls down,
you already know, like,
1237
01:04:13,641 --> 01:04:15,351
"Oh, they're gonna bring Sam, Mike,
1238
01:04:15,435 --> 01:04:17,687
"strong safety's gonna
come down to the hole.
1239
01:04:17,771 --> 01:04:20,231
This is what they trying to do.
Here's how I beat 'em."
1240
01:04:20,315 --> 01:04:23,026
That's what you can do to defenses
if you understand what they're doing.
1241
01:04:23,109 --> 01:04:25,570
And I want you to be able
to play football like that
1242
01:04:25,653 --> 01:04:28,114
so you don't have
to overpower people with your skills.
1243
01:04:28,198 --> 01:04:29,365
- Mm.
- Now, it's like,
1244
01:04:29,449 --> 01:04:32,827
"I can do it with my mind.
And if that falls apart,
1245
01:04:32,911 --> 01:04:34,579
now, I'm still better
than you athletically."
1246
01:04:34,662 --> 01:04:35,663
- Yeah.
- Mm-hmm.
1247
01:04:35,747 --> 01:04:38,249
If we can do those things
in this off-season,
1248
01:04:38,333 --> 01:04:41,628
that takes you from being, like,
"EJ is a good quarterback,"
1249
01:04:41,711 --> 01:04:43,838
to, "EJ is now one of the best
quarterbacks in the state,"
1250
01:04:43,922 --> 01:04:46,508
and then everybody--
and then your mailbox is full.
1251
01:04:46,591 --> 01:04:48,635
- Yeah.
- Quarterback Takeover's there to help you,
1252
01:04:48,718 --> 01:04:51,930
so we're gonna put the things in place
for you to get the attention you need.
1253
01:04:52,013 --> 01:04:53,765
- But we gonna do it.
- Fo' sho'.
1254
01:04:53,848 --> 01:04:56,101
We can make it happen.
You got everything you need.
1255
01:04:56,184 --> 01:04:58,061
- Oh yeah.
- We just gotta put the work in.
1256
01:04:58,144 --> 01:04:59,145
Let's get it.
1257
01:05:06,945 --> 01:05:09,572
So, at that point in time,
I had Josh and we worked out a ton.
1258
01:05:09,656 --> 01:05:12,325
He was getting ready to go to Tennessee
and I was starting to get younger kids.
1259
01:05:12,408 --> 01:05:14,452
'Cause younger kids would
see me working with Josh.
1260
01:05:15,328 --> 01:05:19,582
Josh was always super helpful in me
finding and training other kids.
1261
01:05:20,667 --> 01:05:24,087
This guy has helped me become one of
the top 11 quarterbacks in the country.
1262
01:05:24,170 --> 01:05:25,547
Clearly, he knows what he's talking about.
1263
01:05:25,630 --> 01:05:28,508
He deserves, also, to be able
to teach, and coach,
1264
01:05:28,591 --> 01:05:32,220
and mentor the next class
of quarterbacks across the United States.
1265
01:05:32,303 --> 01:05:36,099
I'm moving back, I'm escaping, escaping,
and using my core to still get it there.
1266
01:05:36,182 --> 01:05:38,768
So, next year,
when I was an Elite 11 alum,
1267
01:05:38,852 --> 01:05:41,187
I had the opportunity
to take Quincy to Elite 11
1268
01:05:41,271 --> 01:05:42,981
and introduce him to the coaches.
1269
01:05:43,064 --> 01:05:46,359
And he brings me up there
when they all know Josh,
1270
01:05:46,442 --> 01:05:48,570
and they're talking about how good
his fundamentals were,
1271
01:05:48,653 --> 01:05:50,405
how polished he looks.
1272
01:05:50,488 --> 01:05:52,615
A couple days later,
Trent Dilfer calls me, he's like,
1273
01:05:52,699 --> 01:05:54,534
"Hey, we're building
the staff for Elite 11."
1274
01:05:54,617 --> 01:05:57,287
{\an8}And I said, "If you wanna earn
this thing, you gotta come to Columbus."
1275
01:05:58,538 --> 01:06:00,540
He had brought
all the top quarterback trainers
1276
01:06:00,623 --> 01:06:02,250
from all across the country.
1277
01:06:02,333 --> 01:06:04,878
I'm nobody at this time,
but no one really is.
1278
01:06:04,961 --> 01:06:07,422
Like, this is a new industry.
1279
01:06:08,256 --> 01:06:10,842
I put him on a drill
I really cared about.
1280
01:06:10,925 --> 01:06:13,094
We're, like, nervous,
'cause every time he walks by,
1281
01:06:13,178 --> 01:06:16,139
like, "Did-- did I coach that
exactly how he wants it?"
1282
01:06:16,222 --> 01:06:17,807
He was not just coaching the drill,
1283
01:06:17,891 --> 01:06:21,102
but he was playing
the outside rush backer.
1284
01:06:21,186 --> 01:06:24,772
And he's running around,
sweating like a dog.
1285
01:06:24,856 --> 01:06:28,985
I thought I was gonna pass out
because I was trying to coach so hard.
1286
01:06:30,153 --> 01:06:32,906
And then we get done, and I'm like,
"Well, what happens now?"
1287
01:06:34,991 --> 01:06:37,493
- Couple days later, Trent's like,
1288
01:06:37,577 --> 01:06:39,829
"Yo, we want you to--
to be a part of the staff."
1289
01:06:39,913 --> 01:06:43,583
When I watched Q,
the biggest thing was that communication,
1290
01:06:43,666 --> 01:06:46,461
that engagement, the ability
to give 'em the why.
1291
01:06:46,544 --> 01:06:49,130
So, his was coaching always was,
"Hey, this happened,
1292
01:06:49,214 --> 01:06:50,798
and here's why it mattered."
1293
01:06:50,882 --> 01:06:53,676
And every kid that went
through that drill that day
1294
01:06:53,760 --> 01:06:56,012
- was better when they left.
1295
01:06:57,805 --> 01:07:00,850
Basically, from there is like
when my career took off, right?
1296
01:07:00,934 --> 01:07:03,061
Between that Elite 11 experience,
1297
01:07:03,144 --> 01:07:05,772
you know, Josh helping me out,
getting on that staff,
1298
01:07:05,855 --> 01:07:07,315
Trent Dilfer believing in me.
1299
01:07:08,483 --> 01:07:12,487
Coaching there, that's where I meet
Deshaun Watson, his junior year.
1300
01:07:12,570 --> 01:07:14,447
Deshaun didn't come from much at all.
1301
01:07:14,530 --> 01:07:18,243
Like, they're living in a house
that Warrick Dunn gave them.
1302
01:07:18,326 --> 01:07:20,495
So, here's somebody who had to work
1303
01:07:20,578 --> 01:07:22,872
after football practice
just to help out, right?
1304
01:07:22,956 --> 01:07:24,707
His mom was suffering
from tongue cancer,
1305
01:07:24,791 --> 01:07:28,461
and Deshaun basically had to be
a leader in that household.
1306
01:07:28,544 --> 01:07:32,340
Then Josh, probably, the exact opposite.
Josh's parents were always there.
1307
01:07:32,423 --> 01:07:34,384
So, it was like two different ends
of the spectrum.
1308
01:07:34,467 --> 01:07:36,844
Both super talented.
Deshaun's probably like the number-one,
1309
01:07:36,928 --> 01:07:38,554
number-two quarterback in the country.
1310
01:07:38,638 --> 01:07:40,556
Dobbs is like number 20.
1311
01:07:40,640 --> 01:07:42,308
So, they're both elite recruits.
1312
01:07:42,392 --> 01:07:43,601
Let's go.
1313
01:07:43,685 --> 01:07:46,312
But the common thread
between these two individuals
1314
01:07:46,396 --> 01:07:47,855
is just their work ethic.
1315
01:07:47,939 --> 01:07:49,065
Like it.
1316
01:07:49,148 --> 01:07:52,902
They both were willing to work
extremely hard to be successful.
1317
01:07:52,986 --> 01:07:54,028
Do it again.
1318
01:07:55,196 --> 01:07:56,531
Close your shoulder up. There.
1319
01:07:56,614 --> 01:07:58,491
Yes. Let the hem go.
1320
01:07:58,574 --> 01:08:00,576
Both throughout high school and college,
1321
01:08:00,660 --> 01:08:03,621
every break, they'd be working out alone,
they'd be working out together.
1322
01:08:04,205 --> 01:08:05,206
Yeah.
1323
01:08:05,290 --> 01:08:06,874
They both just decided
they were gonna work
1324
01:08:06,958 --> 01:08:10,586
as hard as they could at football
to be the best versions of themselves.
1325
01:08:10,670 --> 01:08:12,672
- Great.
- Get that again.
1326
01:08:12,755 --> 01:08:14,841
- Finish it.
- Last hard.
1327
01:08:14,924 --> 01:08:16,175
Treat it like two.
1328
01:08:16,259 --> 01:08:18,094
We ended up working on today
when we got on the field,
1329
01:08:18,177 --> 01:08:21,097
it was all about getting back on base,
back on platform, being able to drive,
1330
01:08:21,180 --> 01:08:22,515
stay big through my chest.
1331
01:08:22,598 --> 01:08:25,727
Right hook is the same thing
as throwing a football,
1332
01:08:25,810 --> 01:08:28,104
staying big, finishing,
really working towards greatness.
1333
01:08:28,187 --> 01:08:30,440
- Nice and right straight.
- Same thing.
1334
01:08:30,523 --> 01:08:32,150
Working towards greatness is what we on.
1335
01:08:33,276 --> 01:08:35,528
At that time, they both
go through difficulties,
1336
01:08:35,611 --> 01:08:37,155
but they're different.
1337
01:08:37,238 --> 01:08:39,574
Deshaun's were, like, at home,
all these different things,
1338
01:08:39,657 --> 01:08:41,743
like, difficulty, difficulty, difficulty.
1339
01:08:41,826 --> 01:08:45,079
Then when he goes
on the football field, smooth sailing.
1340
01:08:45,163 --> 01:08:48,166
Dobbs, at home,
everything's taken care of.
1341
01:08:48,249 --> 01:08:50,668
But when he goes
on the football field, it's difficult.
1342
01:08:50,752 --> 01:08:53,671
{\an8}
1343
01:08:53,755 --> 01:08:55,089
{\an8}Yes, I'm their trainer,
1344
01:08:55,173 --> 01:08:58,009
but it's more like a big brother,
little brother situation.
1345
01:08:58,092 --> 01:08:59,969
So, seeing them battle
1346
01:09:00,053 --> 01:09:02,430
and just grow
through these difficulties,
1347
01:09:02,513 --> 01:09:04,223
it was really, really special.
1348
01:09:05,141 --> 01:09:08,102
Josh wins a TaxSlayer Bowl,
then he wins an Outback Bowl.
1349
01:09:08,186 --> 01:09:09,645
He wins a Music City Bowl.
1350
01:09:09,729 --> 01:09:13,316
He holds the single-season record
for rushing yards and rushing touchdowns.
1351
01:09:14,317 --> 01:09:17,528
Deshaun Watson
was a two-time Heisman finalist,
1352
01:09:17,612 --> 01:09:19,447
Davey O'Brien Award winner,
1353
01:09:19,530 --> 01:09:22,325
national runner-up
and a national champion.
1354
01:09:25,078 --> 01:09:27,038
It's so cool to see these guys
go on this journey
1355
01:09:27,121 --> 01:09:30,291
where it's high school,
they're grinding it out, college.
1356
01:09:30,375 --> 01:09:33,961
They get to see this real success.
And then draft day, in 2017...
1357
01:09:35,046 --> 01:09:38,841
I mean, at that point, it's a culmination
of 20-some years of hard work,
1358
01:09:38,925 --> 01:09:40,802
like, them doing everything
they could to get there.
1359
01:09:42,595 --> 01:09:44,972
Seeing them getting drafted,
1360
01:09:45,056 --> 01:09:47,725
all I could feel is, like,
deep down, like, true happiness.
1361
01:09:48,726 --> 01:09:51,104
It wasn't about me,
wasn't about the business,
1362
01:09:51,187 --> 01:09:53,856
it was about them and--
and achieving their goals
1363
01:09:53,940 --> 01:09:55,608
and, like, seeing them happy.
1364
01:09:59,987 --> 01:10:03,616
You know, it's interesting because, like,
this moment when they make it to the NFL,
1365
01:10:03,700 --> 01:10:06,202
I mean, I knew it would be important
or helpful,
1366
01:10:06,285 --> 01:10:07,954
but you don't know
that basically from there
1367
01:10:08,037 --> 01:10:09,914
is like when my career took off.
1368
01:10:09,997 --> 01:10:11,499
Let's go, quicker.
Come on, come on, y'all.
1369
01:10:11,582 --> 01:10:13,584
Quick, quick, quick, quick, quick, quick.
That's really good, E.
1370
01:10:13,668 --> 01:10:16,421
We have to move from one spot to another
and be ready to throw.
1371
01:10:16,504 --> 01:10:17,755
You guys got me?
1372
01:10:17,839 --> 01:10:19,882
I didn't know like,
"Okay, I'm successful."
1373
01:10:19,966 --> 01:10:21,676
Like, you might be in it,
you don't know it's happening
1374
01:10:21,759 --> 01:10:24,554
and then, boom, all of a sudden,
it's kinda like an avalanche.
1375
01:10:24,637 --> 01:10:26,431
- Quarterback guru.
- Quincy Avery.
1376
01:10:26,514 --> 01:10:27,932
One of the best
quarterback coaches
1377
01:10:28,015 --> 01:10:30,601
in the game, Quincy Avery.
1378
01:10:30,685 --> 01:10:32,395
I think that it's transformed to, like,
1379
01:10:32,478 --> 01:10:34,856
{\an8}NFL coaches see me
when I walk into a building
1380
01:10:34,939 --> 01:10:36,315
{\an8}and when I talk to them.
1381
01:10:36,399 --> 01:10:39,152
{\an8}And now, I'm living a life
like I couldn't have dreamed of.
1382
01:10:40,528 --> 01:10:43,156
{\an8}He putting all he got into us,
so we gotta put all we got into the game.
1383
01:10:44,407 --> 01:10:48,035
One of the coolest things is
I help hundreds of young men
1384
01:10:48,119 --> 01:10:50,037
get college scholarships, right?
1385
01:10:50,121 --> 01:10:53,875
Like, everybody doesn't make the NFL,
but I changed a hundred people's lives,
1386
01:10:53,958 --> 01:10:55,877
like, helping them get this scholarship.
1387
01:10:56,794 --> 01:10:58,129
I do understand it was your first day
1388
01:10:58,212 --> 01:11:00,006
and I understand
we were really, really hard on you.
1389
01:11:00,089 --> 01:11:02,383
But we expect greatness, alright?
We expect greatness with everything.
1390
01:11:02,467 --> 01:11:04,218
The way you do small things,
the way you do all things.
1391
01:11:05,219 --> 01:11:07,180
The things that I went through
made me really understand
1392
01:11:07,263 --> 01:11:10,892
that you need struggle,
because success
1393
01:11:10,975 --> 01:11:12,602
is kinda like a fast car.
1394
01:11:12,685 --> 01:11:14,312
Think like a Dodge Viper.
1395
01:11:16,230 --> 01:11:19,525
If that's the first car you get,
probably gonna it up.
1396
01:11:19,609 --> 01:11:20,818
Right?
You're gonna crash it.
1397
01:11:20,902 --> 01:11:23,529
Hey, man, hey!
All these extra steps don't work!
1398
01:11:23,613 --> 01:11:26,991
Then, you throw an interception.
Then, your girlfriend mad.
1399
01:11:27,074 --> 01:11:29,452
Then, your parents upset,
they sent you to damn camp.
1400
01:11:29,535 --> 01:11:31,204
Y'all get y'all minds right!
1401
01:11:32,663 --> 01:11:35,374
You need your Hyundai Elantra
or something like that.
1402
01:11:35,458 --> 01:11:38,836
You need to, like, go through,
like, some of the difficult times
1403
01:11:38,920 --> 01:11:40,505
so you can learn how to handle it.
1404
01:11:45,134 --> 01:11:48,846
I'ma build my guys up,
fill them with confidence,
1405
01:11:48,930 --> 01:11:50,640
and let them know the thing
that we have to worry about
1406
01:11:50,723 --> 01:11:52,391
is what is next?
1407
01:11:52,475 --> 01:11:55,019
How do we continue to being
the best version of ourself?
1408
01:11:55,102 --> 01:11:58,397
And that's what I lean on.
resilient.
1409
01:12:00,942 --> 01:12:02,985
Hey, when I got QB, you got takeover.
1410
01:12:03,069 --> 01:12:04,278
- QB!
- Takeover!
1411
01:12:14,664 --> 01:12:16,791
Today, I'm out in LA,
working with Deshaun
1412
01:12:16,874 --> 01:12:19,168
with ramping up his
throwing situation.
1413
01:12:19,252 --> 01:12:22,547
So, we've been managing workload,
managing workload, managing workload.
1414
01:12:22,630 --> 01:12:24,882
And now, it's time to, like,
just keep ramping up the deal
1415
01:12:24,966 --> 01:12:28,094
so that he's going to be peaking
1416
01:12:28,177 --> 01:12:30,346
when it's time to get back
to camp with his team.
1417
01:12:32,640 --> 01:12:36,102
It's been really interesting,
because you have one person
1418
01:12:36,185 --> 01:12:41,107
who is the most important asset
on a multi-billion dollar company,
1419
01:12:41,190 --> 01:12:44,527
and you happen to be the person
who works with them.
1420
01:12:45,987 --> 01:12:49,407
If it doesn't go right,
$250 million investment
1421
01:12:49,490 --> 01:12:51,868
in that person crumbles.
1422
01:12:52,869 --> 01:12:55,413
So, I'm speaking
with the trainer all the time,
1423
01:12:55,496 --> 01:12:58,291
and speaking with the head coach,
speaking with the staff,
1424
01:12:58,374 --> 01:13:00,376
constantly figuring out
where we are with the plan.
1425
01:13:00,459 --> 01:13:03,045
How do we make sure
that this looks right?
1426
01:13:03,129 --> 01:13:06,883
And I think that it's a unique position
for someone like me to be in,
1427
01:13:06,966 --> 01:13:10,553
because I-- I don't work for the team,
I work for him.
1428
01:13:22,523 --> 01:13:25,151
Early on in this process,
coming back from my shoulder injury,
1429
01:13:25,234 --> 01:13:28,613
I kinda wanted it to be one-on-one,
very detailed,
1430
01:13:28,696 --> 01:13:32,033
very point blank of just like,
"Alright, this is the things
1431
01:13:32,116 --> 01:13:34,243
that we need to work on
to get back to where we were before."
1432
01:13:34,327 --> 01:13:36,913
'Cause you know,
without throwing five, six months,
1433
01:13:36,996 --> 01:13:39,540
you don't lose it all,
but you kinda get little bit rusty.
1434
01:13:39,624 --> 01:13:41,959
You know, we wanna make sure
we fine tune things
1435
01:13:42,043 --> 01:13:44,462
so whenever we do, you know,
get back into live action
1436
01:13:44,545 --> 01:13:47,089
during training camp,
everything is clicking on point.
1437
01:13:48,758 --> 01:13:50,635
I don't even call him
my quarterback coach.
1438
01:13:50,718 --> 01:13:52,762
So, when people ask me,
I'm like, "That's my brother, Q."
1439
01:13:52,845 --> 01:13:55,222
You know, we go back
since I was in high school.
1440
01:13:55,306 --> 01:13:58,142
He was one of the first guys, you know,
thought something special about me.
1441
01:13:58,225 --> 01:14:01,395
I've known Deshaun
since he was... 10th grade.
1442
01:14:01,479 --> 01:14:05,232
It's not like someone who I just met,
a professional athlete,
1443
01:14:05,316 --> 01:14:07,777
who it's just been like
all great times, right?
1444
01:14:07,860 --> 01:14:09,195
I've seen the struggles,
1445
01:14:09,278 --> 01:14:12,239
I've seen where he grew up
in Gainesville, Georgia.
1446
01:14:12,323 --> 01:14:15,242
Like, I've seen the tough parts.
1447
01:14:15,326 --> 01:14:18,037
That connection, he understands me,
you know, he can keep it real with me.
1448
01:14:18,120 --> 01:14:19,997
He can always be honest
with me about everything,
1449
01:14:20,081 --> 01:14:22,208
on the field, but also off the field.
1450
01:14:22,291 --> 01:14:24,502
And I think that, you know,
he's a guy that I can look up to,
1451
01:14:24,585 --> 01:14:27,046
I can, you know, follow,
as far as just, you know,
1452
01:14:27,129 --> 01:14:30,174
being that man, that father,
that brother that, you know,
1453
01:14:30,257 --> 01:14:32,760
have a lot of experience
in this game and in this life.
1454
01:14:37,223 --> 01:14:39,350
Undoubtedly, people are gonna need you.
1455
01:14:39,433 --> 01:14:42,186
And having somebody's back is a choice.
1456
01:14:42,269 --> 01:14:44,063
Like, you get to make that.
1457
01:14:44,146 --> 01:14:48,317
You get to decide, like,
how you're gonna handle these moments.
1458
01:14:50,861 --> 01:14:52,780
The thing about, like,
Deshaun's situation...
1459
01:14:54,490 --> 01:14:58,160
...I remember when the first
allegation came out.
1460
01:14:58,244 --> 01:15:00,788
With 22 women filing these suits,
1461
01:15:00,871 --> 01:15:03,290
what can you tell us about
what actually happened
1462
01:15:03,374 --> 01:15:04,583
with these women?
1463
01:15:07,128 --> 01:15:09,588
In that situation, it was like,
"Alright, what do I do?"
1464
01:15:09,672 --> 01:15:12,008
And rather than waiting,
I drive to his house,
1465
01:15:12,091 --> 01:15:14,552
we sit in the kitchen
and we just talk, right?
1466
01:15:14,635 --> 01:15:17,221
I think that, at that point,
1467
01:15:17,304 --> 01:15:19,515
he just needed somebody to talk to.
1468
01:15:19,598 --> 01:15:21,308
I'm-- at that point,
I'm not a quarterback trainer,
1469
01:15:21,392 --> 01:15:24,270
I'm not any of those things.
I'm-- I'm just a friend, right?
1470
01:15:24,353 --> 01:15:29,025
And I think, in moments like those,
those are where your friends can step up.
1471
01:15:31,402 --> 01:15:35,239
I think it'd be easy for a lot of people
to, like, jump ship or abandon him,
1472
01:15:35,322 --> 01:15:37,783
'cause of the things that are going on
and how it maybe look.
1473
01:15:37,867 --> 01:15:40,828
But I-- I think that the things
that I went through
1474
01:15:40,911 --> 01:15:43,080
made me really understand
how important that was
1475
01:15:43,164 --> 01:15:44,999
to, like, just be there.
1476
01:15:47,418 --> 01:15:50,671
It's difficult for people of that stature
1477
01:15:50,755 --> 01:15:53,049
to find people who really
hold their feet to the fire,
1478
01:15:53,132 --> 01:15:55,217
like, "Man, we gotta do better
here, here, and here."
1479
01:15:55,301 --> 01:15:57,595
I'll critique you, like, I'll tell you,
you know what I'm saying,
1480
01:15:57,678 --> 01:16:01,015
like, "We gotta do better,"
but I'm not gonna abandon you.
1481
01:16:02,558 --> 01:16:06,353
These guys look at me
like a mentor or the brother.
1482
01:16:06,437 --> 01:16:09,148
And I think that, as someone
who's been, like, left at times,
1483
01:16:09,231 --> 01:16:11,442
where-- where I just needed
somebody to talk to
1484
01:16:11,525 --> 01:16:13,652
or I just needed a father,
1485
01:16:13,736 --> 01:16:17,031
I knew that I could be there
for him in those moments.
1486
01:16:21,535 --> 01:16:23,829
Quincy, he'd be there
for anything and everything.
1487
01:16:23,913 --> 01:16:25,873
You can call him
about something off the field,
1488
01:16:25,956 --> 01:16:27,374
you can call him about stuff on the field.
1489
01:16:27,458 --> 01:16:31,253
I feel like he's just straightforward
and can give you an unbiased opinion.
1490
01:16:31,337 --> 01:16:34,381
And I feel like that's more valuable
than a lot of stuff.
1491
01:16:36,759 --> 01:16:38,636
You know, you get
some coaches to where,
1492
01:16:38,719 --> 01:16:40,846
you know, you only communicate with them,
you know, on the field.
1493
01:16:40,930 --> 01:16:43,432
But with Q,
he's a person that you can trust.
1494
01:16:44,558 --> 01:16:47,645
Quincy Avery is somebody
who I lean upon,
1495
01:16:47,728 --> 01:16:49,480
uh, really since high school,
1496
01:16:49,563 --> 01:16:52,316
and has put a lot of faith into me
and confidence.
1497
01:16:52,399 --> 01:16:55,361
Also has stuck up for me
in a lot of different ways,
1498
01:16:55,444 --> 01:16:57,196
with ball, away from ball,
1499
01:16:57,279 --> 01:17:00,950
and really just been, uh,
really just a role model in my eyes.
1500
01:17:02,535 --> 01:17:06,163
Q found a way to connect
with his clients
1501
01:17:06,247 --> 01:17:08,457
in a way that most
quarterback coaches don't.
1502
01:17:10,000 --> 01:17:12,461
People who are excellent at what they do,
1503
01:17:12,545 --> 01:17:15,589
prove that, not only
by the results you get,
1504
01:17:15,673 --> 01:17:19,552
but by what you do to uplift
the people around you.
1505
01:17:21,470 --> 01:17:23,055
When you talk about
the Quincy Avery Effect,
1506
01:17:23,139 --> 01:17:26,308
I've seen the Quincy Avery Effect
in real time.
1507
01:17:26,392 --> 01:17:28,477
And you can't deny the results.
1508
01:17:36,318 --> 01:17:38,070
You want me
to grab something to dust with?
1509
01:17:38,154 --> 01:17:39,572
Or you want to just get 'em out first?
1510
01:17:39,655 --> 01:17:41,991
We'll just get 'em out first,
and then I got--
1511
01:17:42,074 --> 01:17:45,244
- We'll see how to arrange 'em.
- Okay.
1512
01:17:45,327 --> 01:17:47,163
Now, what about this big trophy?
1513
01:17:47,246 --> 01:17:49,748
Oh, that one need
to go up here first.
1514
01:17:49,832 --> 01:17:52,126
Uh, we grabbed the trophies
1515
01:17:52,209 --> 01:17:54,712
because it just told of our journey.
1516
01:17:55,713 --> 01:17:57,798
It's been a long, hard road,
1517
01:17:57,882 --> 01:18:00,050
but we finally made it
1518
01:18:00,134 --> 01:18:02,344
to one of the-- the top goals,
1519
01:18:02,428 --> 01:18:05,723
and that's college
and playing college football.
1520
01:18:05,806 --> 01:18:07,349
Yeah.
1521
01:18:07,433 --> 01:18:10,352
EJ my baby, that's my baby.
1522
01:18:10,436 --> 01:18:14,607
And I had already said, I didn't know
we were gonna be moving to Orlando.
1523
01:18:14,690 --> 01:18:18,402
But visiting here, it just felt like home.
1524
01:18:18,485 --> 01:18:22,531
And so, we ran it by EJ,
and he was like, "Okay, okay."
1525
01:18:23,449 --> 01:18:26,285
You know, it's like, three
or four more boxes of trophies, right?
1526
01:18:26,368 --> 01:18:28,037
You're not gonna be able to put
1527
01:18:28,120 --> 01:18:29,955
- all these trophies in here.
- Mm-mm.
1528
01:18:33,792 --> 01:18:37,546
EJ was able to maximize
his potential,
1529
01:18:37,630 --> 01:18:39,548
excel throughout
his high school career.
1530
01:18:39,632 --> 01:18:42,801
{\an8}-
1531
01:18:42,885 --> 01:18:45,095
{\an8}Won state championships.
1532
01:18:45,179 --> 01:18:46,472
{\an8}
Colson, looking deep.
1533
01:18:46,555 --> 01:18:48,557
{\an8}Got a man open.
He's got him.
1534
01:18:48,641 --> 01:18:50,517
{\an8}
He just hangs it out there perfectly.
1535
01:18:50,601 --> 01:18:52,519
{\an8}
Cedar Grove, state champion.
1536
01:18:55,064 --> 01:18:58,484
EJ even left high school a year early
so he could get to college sooner,
1537
01:18:58,567 --> 01:19:01,111
because he's that talented
of a young man.
1538
01:19:01,195 --> 01:19:04,365
{\an8}I couldn't be here without my family,
my coaches,
1539
01:19:04,448 --> 01:19:07,243
{\an8}um, my teammates,
and my community.
1540
01:19:07,326 --> 01:19:09,119
Y'all are a big part of it,
for real, all of you.
1541
01:19:09,203 --> 01:19:10,287
I thank God and I love y'all.
1542
01:19:10,371 --> 01:19:13,040
So, with that being said,
I will commit
1543
01:19:13,123 --> 01:19:15,960
to the University of Central Florida.
1544
01:19:23,217 --> 01:19:25,594
The vision that we had two years ago,
1545
01:19:25,678 --> 01:19:29,139
was pick a good school,
what your major's gonna be,
1546
01:19:29,223 --> 01:19:32,726
and then the football will pay for it.
1547
01:19:32,810 --> 01:19:34,812
And it came to fruition.
1548
01:19:36,272 --> 01:19:38,357
That scholarship
wasn't given to him.
1549
01:19:38,440 --> 01:19:42,319
He had to work for it,
and sacrifices are a part of it.
1550
01:19:42,403 --> 01:19:43,862
If you want to get somewhere in life,
1551
01:19:43,946 --> 01:19:46,198
{\an8}you will have to sacrifice
certain things.
1552
01:19:47,283 --> 01:19:49,493
You know, football,
it took me away from a lot,
1553
01:19:49,576 --> 01:19:52,079
you know, people would say you
not being able to have a "childhood."
1554
01:19:52,162 --> 01:19:55,666
But you know, when you get
to live a life like this,
1555
01:19:55,749 --> 01:19:58,085
just because we have
to sacrifice things like that,
1556
01:19:58,168 --> 01:19:59,336
it's-- it's a blessing.
1557
01:20:02,339 --> 01:20:04,842
Q deserves a lot of gratitude
1558
01:20:04,925 --> 01:20:07,720
for helping EJ get to the point
that he's at now.
1559
01:20:08,262 --> 01:20:09,763
- Where are you talking about?
- On the right.
1560
01:20:09,847 --> 01:20:12,266
Just the time that he spent
with him, not just on the field,
1561
01:20:12,349 --> 01:20:15,185
but the conversations
that they had out-- off the field,
1562
01:20:15,269 --> 01:20:17,396
uh, just helped EJ get to the next level.
1563
01:20:19,148 --> 01:20:20,566
He's only 17 years old
1564
01:20:20,649 --> 01:20:23,861
and he's already started
his first college game.
1565
01:20:23,944 --> 01:20:26,989
I'm hopeful that he's gonna
have an amazing career
1566
01:20:27,072 --> 01:20:30,409
and, eventually, the opportunity
to someday play in the NFL.
1567
01:20:34,872 --> 01:20:37,624
My parents mean everything
to me, um, you know.
1568
01:20:37,708 --> 01:20:40,169
For them to do everything they have done,
1569
01:20:40,252 --> 01:20:43,839
it's just them being them, and you know,
they never asked for anything.
1570
01:20:43,922 --> 01:20:46,592
Um, they never, you know,
threw it back in my face.
1571
01:20:46,675 --> 01:20:48,052
They never, you know, "We do this."
1572
01:20:48,135 --> 01:20:50,387
They do it because they love me.
1573
01:20:50,471 --> 01:20:52,806
It's just-- it's a blessing
to have, you know,
1574
01:20:52,890 --> 01:20:54,725
a supporting pair of parents like that.
1575
01:21:06,445 --> 01:21:09,323
I know that my dad
wanted to be a good father.
1576
01:21:10,407 --> 01:21:13,702
And I think that for most of my life,
he was a really good father.
1577
01:21:15,954 --> 01:21:19,541
It takes a lot of self-work
to, like, forgive somebody
1578
01:21:19,625 --> 01:21:23,879
and know that the things that they do
weren't intentional to hurt you.
1579
01:21:23,962 --> 01:21:26,173
It's just-- it's life.
1580
01:21:26,465 --> 01:21:28,467
None of it was intentional.
1581
01:21:29,009 --> 01:21:31,512
You know, from a young mind,
a young perspective,
1582
01:21:31,595 --> 01:21:33,806
you know, he has to process
and go through everything,
1583
01:21:33,889 --> 01:21:36,141
you know, for himself to--
to see what it was.
1584
01:21:36,600 --> 01:21:40,312
My feelings and love for my son
has never, ever changed, ever.
1585
01:21:40,396 --> 01:21:42,523
You know what I mean? Never.
1586
01:21:42,606 --> 01:21:45,818
But, you know, from my perspective,
1587
01:21:45,901 --> 01:21:48,904
perfection, guys.
I was a perfectionist all my life.
1588
01:21:49,363 --> 01:21:52,074
That devastated me more
than anything in the world.
1589
01:21:52,157 --> 01:21:53,325
But not only that,
1590
01:21:54,743 --> 01:21:57,746
it made me react to something
in a way that I probably shouldn't,
1591
01:21:57,830 --> 01:22:00,791
'cause I overdid it as far as
me punishing myself.
1592
01:22:00,874 --> 01:22:03,627
As a result of me not being
perfect no more, who was I?
1593
01:22:05,963 --> 01:22:08,632
I was able to forgive him
and we're able to move forward
1594
01:22:08,715 --> 01:22:10,384
and we're able to have
a great relationship,
1595
01:22:10,467 --> 01:22:12,761
because I do love him,
I do care about him.
1596
01:22:12,845 --> 01:22:15,514
And I-- I know that he means well.
1597
01:22:15,973 --> 01:22:18,183
Pops, you did well for yourself, man.
1598
01:22:18,267 --> 01:22:19,435
Uh...
1599
01:22:19,518 --> 01:22:21,770
I wanna let you know
that I do appreciate you.
1600
01:22:21,854 --> 01:22:26,483
Um, all the groundwork that you paved,
and all the things that you've done,
1601
01:22:27,151 --> 01:22:30,946
good times, bad times,
I saw you persevere.
1602
01:22:31,947 --> 01:22:35,617
And persevere through some
of the most difficult moments
1603
01:22:35,701 --> 01:22:38,120
that could break a weaker man.
1604
01:22:38,203 --> 01:22:40,539
And I think that me
being able to see that
1605
01:22:40,622 --> 01:22:43,375
has allowed me to do many of the things
that I've been able to do today.
1606
01:22:44,251 --> 01:22:45,878
And those things shaped me,
1607
01:22:45,961 --> 01:22:50,090
and have allowed me to shape
many young men who I see to this day.
1608
01:22:50,841 --> 01:22:53,552
So, I wanna let you know
I appreciate you,
1609
01:22:54,052 --> 01:22:57,139
they may not know this
but they appreciate you,
1610
01:22:57,222 --> 01:23:01,101
um, and I hope we get to
continue this for a long time.
1611
01:23:01,185 --> 01:23:02,519
- 'Cause I love you...
- My brother.
1612
01:23:02,603 --> 01:23:04,062
- I appreciate you.
- ...and I appreciate you.
1613
01:23:04,146 --> 01:23:06,190
Same here. Same here.
1614
01:23:06,648 --> 01:23:08,942
My relationship with my son has been, uh,
1615
01:23:09,026 --> 01:23:10,694
more than I can ask for, really.
1616
01:23:10,777 --> 01:23:14,698
Uh, as we continue to grow
and be around each other, you know,
1617
01:23:14,781 --> 01:23:17,701
with nothing but love,
and that's the way I want live my life.
1618
01:23:18,660 --> 01:23:19,995
You know what's crazy?
1619
01:23:21,914 --> 01:23:23,081
No one gets it.
1620
01:23:29,546 --> 01:23:32,508
As I was growing up,
I see my mom sacrificed a lot
1621
01:23:32,591 --> 01:23:35,302
to, like, make sure we always had
the things that we needed.
1622
01:23:37,012 --> 01:23:40,057
She laid the groundwork on what,
like, hard work looks like,
1623
01:23:40,140 --> 01:23:41,475
what commitment looks like,
1624
01:23:41,558 --> 01:23:43,352
and what sacrificing
for others look like.
1625
01:23:43,435 --> 01:23:45,771
And I think that's something
that has been paramount
1626
01:23:45,854 --> 01:23:48,065
in the things that I've been able to do,
to this day.
1627
01:23:50,859 --> 01:23:53,111
So, one of the coolest moments, to me,
1628
01:23:53,195 --> 01:23:55,155
and when I felt like
I was successful is,
1629
01:23:55,239 --> 01:23:58,951
I was fortunate enough to be able
to pay off my mom's house.
1630
01:24:01,870 --> 01:24:03,580
Read it. What does it say?
1631
01:24:03,664 --> 01:24:08,919
"4608 was the house
you made into a home."
1632
01:24:09,002 --> 01:24:12,256
And I actually had a picture
of my mom's front door.
1633
01:24:12,339 --> 01:24:15,384
It had the address on it,
and I'm just letting her know, like,
1634
01:24:15,467 --> 01:24:17,844
how special the memories were
that were created in that house,
1635
01:24:17,928 --> 01:24:21,848
and that, um, I just didn't want her
to have to worry about it anymore.
1636
01:24:21,932 --> 01:24:24,184
So, I was gonna take care of it.
1637
01:24:24,268 --> 01:24:26,311
And that felt good, um, for sure.
1638
01:24:43,996 --> 01:24:47,207
She-- she started crying,
like, some slow tears,
1639
01:24:47,291 --> 01:24:48,625
but it was-- it was cool.
1640
01:24:53,755 --> 01:24:57,843
That, to me, was probably the moment
I'm like, "Yeah, I did it," right?
1641
01:24:57,926 --> 01:25:00,053
And I've been on a football field
with everybody. Like...
1642
01:25:00,137 --> 01:25:03,265
everybody, like, I've been on a
football field with every single person.
1643
01:25:03,348 --> 01:25:07,311
But that moment was probably cooler to me
than all those other things.
1644
01:25:08,520 --> 01:25:11,231
Even though I can't repay
all the things she did for me,
1645
01:25:11,315 --> 01:25:14,943
I wanted to do something special for her
that I think that she deserves.
1646
01:25:20,282 --> 01:25:23,076
I've seen guys with
so much potential, like, not make it,
1647
01:25:23,160 --> 01:25:24,870
It hasn't been 'cause
they weren't talented enough
1648
01:25:24,953 --> 01:25:26,663
or didn't put in the work.
1649
01:25:26,747 --> 01:25:29,124
It's usually because things off the field
1650
01:25:29,207 --> 01:25:32,044
changed the whole trajectory
that they had been on.
1651
01:25:33,795 --> 01:25:36,089
Life is hard.
People get comfortable
1652
01:25:36,173 --> 01:25:38,300
in thinking that this is how
it's supposed to go.
1653
01:25:38,383 --> 01:25:41,553
It's supposed to be all butterflies,
and smooth, and gold, and...
1654
01:25:41,637 --> 01:25:43,805
Nah.
This shit is tough.
1655
01:25:53,231 --> 01:25:55,609
My mom told me
she had tongue cancer.
1656
01:25:56,652 --> 01:25:59,237
She was just like, you know,
"Things gonna be alright."
1657
01:26:00,405 --> 01:26:02,199
"And I just want you to--
don't worry about me.
1658
01:26:02,282 --> 01:26:03,492
"I'ma be fine.
1659
01:26:03,575 --> 01:26:05,994
"You just worry about taking care
of your little brother and sister
1660
01:26:06,078 --> 01:26:07,162
"with your big brother,
1661
01:26:07,245 --> 01:26:08,580
"and you be the best son
1662
01:26:08,664 --> 01:26:10,624
and be the best football player
you can be."
1663
01:26:11,833 --> 01:26:14,586
One thing I've learned
in this world, it's all about faith.
1664
01:26:14,670 --> 01:26:16,838
You have to surround yourself
with the right people, right,
1665
01:26:16,922 --> 01:26:21,009
that have faith in you,
that see the potential in you
1666
01:26:21,093 --> 01:26:22,386
that you see in yourself.
1667
01:26:23,637 --> 01:26:26,014
Q was there
right by my side dealing with it,
1668
01:26:26,098 --> 01:26:27,724
and walking through
this whole process with me.
1669
01:26:28,725 --> 01:26:30,769
And that was the moment where it clicked.
1670
01:26:30,852 --> 01:26:32,229
I took it to a whole 'nother level.
1671
01:26:36,733 --> 01:26:38,860
Being young, Black,
1672
01:26:38,944 --> 01:26:42,698
I was always looked at
as, like, negative or defensive.
1673
01:26:42,781 --> 01:26:45,575
I never really, like, got to have
those conversations with my dad.
1674
01:26:45,659 --> 01:26:48,912
You know, like he-- he raised me
until I was like-- like 12, 13.
1675
01:26:48,995 --> 01:26:51,289
And, like, for a young boy,
like, you need your father
1676
01:26:51,373 --> 01:26:53,166
to correct you in those moments.
1677
01:26:53,250 --> 01:26:55,794
And I initially didn't have that
at that time.
1678
01:26:55,877 --> 01:26:57,879
Back in high school
when I didn't have any offers,
1679
01:26:57,963 --> 01:27:00,424
I remember times in my, you know, bedroom
when I'm by myself,
1680
01:27:00,507 --> 01:27:03,510
just, you know, crying,
and you know, crying to myself
1681
01:27:03,593 --> 01:27:06,346
and just wanting an offer
from somewhere.
1682
01:27:07,556 --> 01:27:09,307
I just wanted
someone that believed in me,
1683
01:27:09,391 --> 01:27:11,893
my skills and abilities,
no matter what they looked like.
1684
01:27:13,311 --> 01:27:15,731
My dad left me in the hotel room.
1685
01:27:15,814 --> 01:27:18,316
And just learning,
like, in terms of football,
1686
01:27:18,400 --> 01:27:20,402
it had no impact,
because football's a thing
1687
01:27:20,485 --> 01:27:22,070
that was gonna be there.
1688
01:27:22,154 --> 01:27:24,322
It's not gonna, like, betray you,
1689
01:27:24,406 --> 01:27:26,241
or leave you alone,
or abandon you.
1690
01:27:27,576 --> 01:27:30,746
It's gonna be there.
And you have the ultimate choice
1691
01:27:30,829 --> 01:27:33,457
in, like, how this game is gonna go.
1692
01:27:33,540 --> 01:27:36,293
I get to lock in and focus
on the things that I want to,
1693
01:27:36,376 --> 01:27:38,462
and it's like an escape
from everything else.
1694
01:27:40,338 --> 01:27:41,923
Every time you step on that field,
1695
01:27:42,007 --> 01:27:44,634
it's like jumping out of a plane
and it's like, that-- that rush,
1696
01:27:44,718 --> 01:27:48,263
your-- your energy, the blood is flowing,
your heart's beating.
1697
01:27:48,346 --> 01:27:52,017
Being out there in front of those fans,
and I think adrenaline-wise,
1698
01:27:52,100 --> 01:27:54,102
the closest comparison
would be like NASCAR racing.
1699
01:27:56,938 --> 01:27:59,608
Football is special,
because it's one huddle,
1700
01:27:59,691 --> 01:28:02,319
one voice, one call to action,
and that's to win.
1701
01:28:03,612 --> 01:28:06,490
When you learn so much about yourself,
you know, the kind of person you are.
1702
01:28:07,699 --> 01:28:09,159
That's why football is special,
1703
01:28:09,242 --> 01:28:12,579
because it teaches you
so many life lessons.
1704
01:28:12,662 --> 01:28:14,247
But I love this game.
The game changed my life.
1705
01:28:16,208 --> 01:28:18,043
Football affords you,
I mean, the opportunity
1706
01:28:18,126 --> 01:28:19,920
to continue to play the game you love,
1707
01:28:20,003 --> 01:28:23,298
and get to become that superstar
that you looked up to as a kid,
1708
01:28:23,381 --> 01:28:25,801
which is, you know,
something that you always dreamed of.
1709
01:28:28,386 --> 01:28:32,641
To see Quincy Avery
help young quarterbacks
1710
01:28:32,724 --> 01:28:34,976
grow on the field, off the field,
1711
01:28:35,060 --> 01:28:36,102
grow as young men,
1712
01:28:36,186 --> 01:28:38,313
- teach them the game...
- Right! Left!
1713
01:28:38,396 --> 01:28:42,025
...especially when we have
the history where that wasn't there
1714
01:28:42,108 --> 01:28:44,027
for young African American quarterbacks.
1715
01:28:45,028 --> 01:28:48,031
And that's what Quincy's doing now,
and I think it's beautiful.
1716
01:28:48,114 --> 01:28:50,784
He believes in what he does
1717
01:28:50,867 --> 01:28:54,371
and he believes in the people
who he's trying to uplift.
1718
01:28:54,454 --> 01:28:55,872
- Look at Jalen.
1719
01:28:55,956 --> 01:28:58,959
Quincy Avery took this guy
1720
01:28:59,042 --> 01:29:01,711
who needed to find something
inside of himself
1721
01:29:01,795 --> 01:29:03,713
to see if he could reach a certain level,
1722
01:29:03,797 --> 01:29:04,923
and Quincy got it out of him.
1723
01:29:05,006 --> 01:29:08,176
Super Bowl 59 MVP,
quarterback Jalen Hurts.
1724
01:29:11,596 --> 01:29:13,849
I've helped people
just live their dreams, right?
1725
01:29:13,932 --> 01:29:15,475
And that's how I measure success.
1726
01:29:16,977 --> 01:29:20,438
I'm blessed to be in the position I am,
to do the things that I'm doing.
1727
01:29:20,522 --> 01:29:22,899
{\an8}
1728
01:29:22,983 --> 01:29:24,442
{\an8}The next step for me is,
1729
01:29:24,526 --> 01:29:26,778
{\an8}I'm going to be the voice
of the quarterback position.
1730
01:29:26,862 --> 01:29:29,906
{\an8}You've gotta start putting quarterbacks
in the position to be successful.
1731
01:29:29,990 --> 01:29:31,867
{\an8}We need you to be confident, right?
1732
01:29:31,950 --> 01:29:33,535
{\an8}You cannot have a great quarterback
1733
01:29:33,618 --> 01:29:35,203
{\an8}who's not confident,
there's no quarterback...
1734
01:29:35,287 --> 01:29:37,706
{\an8}That I get a seat at that desk.
I get to shape the way
1735
01:29:37,789 --> 01:29:40,500
{\an8}we view and analyze
these young Black quarterbacks,
1736
01:29:40,584 --> 01:29:42,377
{\an8}so that they can get a fair shake.
1737
01:29:42,460 --> 01:29:45,088
{\an8}That someone who looks like them,
has been through their experiences,
1738
01:29:45,171 --> 01:29:47,132
can see this from more
of an unbiased view.
1739
01:29:49,509 --> 01:29:53,221
But at the end of the day,
my job every time I go on that field
1740
01:29:53,305 --> 01:29:55,891
is to be the best version of myself.
1741
01:29:55,974 --> 01:29:58,643
Because I don't care
if you're in fifth grade,
1742
01:29:58,727 --> 01:30:01,396
trying to be the starting quarterback
on your middle school team,
1743
01:30:01,479 --> 01:30:03,690
or you're trying to win an NFL MVP.
1744
01:30:03,773 --> 01:30:07,527
Wherever you're at,
tomorrow's the most important day for you.
1745
01:30:07,611 --> 01:30:10,906
And I don't take that for granted.
1746
01:30:24,711 --> 01:30:26,504
- ♪ I love this one ♪
1747
01:30:26,588 --> 01:30:28,089
♪ Yeah ♪
1748
01:30:28,173 --> 01:30:29,549
♪ Aye ♪
1749
01:30:32,093 --> 01:30:35,388
♪ They say a quitter never wins ♪
1750
01:30:35,472 --> 01:30:37,974
♪ And a winner never quits ♪
1751
01:30:38,058 --> 01:30:39,309
♪ Aye ♪
1752
01:30:40,644 --> 01:30:42,687
♪ Better than ever, I'll say it again ♪
1753
01:30:42,771 --> 01:30:44,481
♪ Better than ever,
beginnin' to end ♪
1754
01:30:44,564 --> 01:30:46,399
♪ The road has been rough
but I'm here to win ♪
1755
01:30:46,483 --> 01:30:48,944
♪ Whatever it takes,
I won't ever quit ♪
1756
01:30:49,027 --> 01:30:50,904
♪ You could doubt me ♪
1757
01:30:50,987 --> 01:30:52,697
♪ That won't change much ♪
1758
01:30:52,781 --> 01:30:54,950
♪ And when you see me shinin' ♪
1759
01:30:55,033 --> 01:30:57,243
♪ Don't change up ♪
1760
01:30:57,327 --> 01:31:01,081
♪ Champion, overcomer ♪
1761
01:31:01,164 --> 01:31:04,834
♪ All year round,
winter, summer ♪
1762
01:31:04,918 --> 01:31:08,922
♪ Say champion, overcomer ♪
1763
01:31:09,005 --> 01:31:12,884
♪ All year round,
winter, summer ♪
1764
01:31:12,968 --> 01:31:16,888
♪ Yeah, they knock me down,
I recover ♪
1765
01:31:16,972 --> 01:31:20,850
{\an8}♪ And I'm back now,
better than ever ♪