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  • LeBron James misses the fade away, the close out the third.

  • And there are a couple of players on the bench of the Cleveland Cavs that are getting up in the clapping.

  • They're kind of like talking to LeBron like, Yeah, you missed that one and I'm watching LeBron bark back at him.

  • And now I know fans would say, Why is LeBron James barking back of people?

  • That's petty.

  • He doesn't need to do that.

  • But you have to find ways to get yourself motivated throughout each individual game because there's a lot of games, right?

  • So then LeBron goes up for 21 points in the fourth quarter because that that got him to where he needed to be.

  • That's how my mind was always built.

  • Where are Siris of motivational things that I can find throughout the course of my day to keep me inspired, to keep me hungry, to keep that flame burning right, because at the end of the day, now you're only chasing after yourself and what goals you want to set for you.

  • But if you don't, you have to set what those targets are in order to keep chasing after in order to keep fueling that fire is human.

  • And that's the same thing with terrific Thomas Tom.

  • Terrific is I like to call him, uh, whatever that goal is that he wants to reach that 45 years old.

  • That's a goal to continue to play to his 45 in the mix of plan to his 45.

  • I'm a collects, um, or hardware along the way.

  • I'm not going to just be a guy that's on the team, because I got a uniformed time.

  • 45 wearing the logo time.

  • 45 years old.

  • No, I'm actually out there kicking your ass till I'm 45 that's what he wants to do.

  • And so that's his goal.

  • So everybody's goals or extremely different again.

  • You play, you know, because you you enjoy the game.

  • It's a fun game to play, but at the same time, there's fulfillment with the things that you have in your foresight that you want to get to and reach.

  • Yeah, that's a very clear eyed and macro approach.

  • I would say two things, one about Brady and then one thing.

  • Everybody in the audience could I think, related Thio with Brady, the guest this past week.

  • The guys that have played with him, Benjamin Watson, Matt Cassel, they all said.

  • Brady needs football.

  • Football is like oxygen to Brady.

  • He needs football.

  • Where is key?

  • Just actually, literally wanted to breathe right?

  • So that's kind of the dichotomy.

  • When you look at it now, here's the other thing I would say about leaving on your own terms.

  • That's the big thing.

  • I've always been amazed how much fans, guys that didn't play.

  • What is key?

  • Shawn's legacy in New York.

  • If it's not that important to Keyshawn, why is it that important to me, Right?

  • Michael Jordan is ruining his reputation by going to the Washington Wizards.

  • And Jerry Rice was the fifth receiver on the Denver Broncos and he got cut.

  • How could Jerry Rice do that to himself?

  • And I'm thinking to myself, Well, actually, I don't mean to cut you off, but actually he made the bronze.

  • But Jerry is 1/5 receiver, but he didn't make the team.

  • He did right?

  • So I look at it and say, Listen, if Michael's okay with it, if Jerry's okay with it, then why are we as fans so apoplectic and upset about it.

  • There's something about fans always angry because you live vicariously through us.

  • I get it, We buy your jersey.

  • I understand it, I respect it.

  • I love it.

  • That's why I treat fans with the utmost respect.

  • Until they become, you know what holes, Then I got to treat them as such.

  • We already one of those this morning, but I didn't spend it.

  • I didn't give you all of it.

  • I said, You know what?

  • But that is how it ISS like.

  • Jay mentioned LeBron barking at the fans.

  • I'm a bark back of the fan, too.

  • If I'm in the game and he's talking trash, that's cool.

  • Ain't nothing wrong with it.

  • We're not in physical confrontation.

  • It's just a conversation that I'm having with you.

  • But fans will be fans.

  • I don't you know how many times I've been called a bust in my career?

  • Countless.

  • I would imagine I can't even count.

  • Won't you be the number one overall pick go for damn near 11,000 yards and however many catches and win Super Bowls and do all of that and play with all the quarterbacks that I play with, I'm happy with that, though.

  • But you know how that goes Content with that?

  • Because much like you said Szubin, I left under my own power to be able to walk.

  • Very liberating, right?

  • I man, I'm out.

  • I'm done.

  • I'm gonna work for ESPN going to continue to play.

  • But I fulfilled my dream in my promise.

  • So why do I need to chase?

  • I don't need to chase.

  • When the longer you play, the more numbers you have, it takes away.

  • It takes nothing away from those that play long.

  • But we must understand the longer you play, the more statistics you get.

  • Let's not fool ourselves here, and we're more numbers obsessed than ever.

  • So when us So I stopped at 11 years with pretty good numbers.

  • Had I play 15 years, I'd have ridiculous.

  • No, I didn't want to do that to be chasing what, another ring or go jacket.

  • Just to be able to say, Oh, I'm one of the great No.

  • When I played, I was one of the great ones.

  • I'm not even worried about it.

  • My 11 years and I stepped on the field.

  • I wouldn't trade my career for nobody's in 9 11 years.

LeBron James misses the fade away, the close out the third.

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