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- What's up GQ.
This is Lavonte David, linebacker of
the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and these are my essentials.
Everybody needs their cell phone.
When I open it up, it's a picture of my mom and dad.
I lost both of my parents.
So, you know, for me to see them every time I wake
up in the morning and look at this phone, you know
gimme a little inspiration in the morning.
I was blessed to be raised in a two parent household.
My mom and dad, you know, played a huge part of my life
where my dad kind of played the stay at home dad role.
He the one who got me involved in, you know
sports and football and things like that, you know
he was a basketball player growing up.
And my mom, you know,
she was a football fan a little bit.
She didn't really, you know, take heed
in me playing football because of, I guess the,
you know, the violent part of it.
I don't think she thought I was really good
until she actually came to see me play.
So, that's when she really started getting involved,
getting more involved, getting more hands on with it.
And you know, she's definitely one of my biggest fans.
The watch that I have on is the Hublot Classic Fusion.
This watch is like one of my first big purchases.
Basically matches with everything, you know,
if I want to just go out and just throwing something,
you know, look nice and just throw on a watch.
This is the watch that I put on.
You know, I wear it all the time.
Got a little watch collection,
picking up a little bit.
Got my watch on my left wrist.
On my right wrist, I got a couple bands.
The first band that I wanna talk
about is this Zookrew band, basically a brand my friend
of mine, close friend of mine started, you know, back home
a guy who I grew up with since we were kids.
And this Zookrew brand was something that, you know,
he kind of took and ran with it.
Well, you know, trying to start a clothing line
and then that's just what we call ourselves.
I wear it to, you know, basically like just represent
you know, us, our little childhood group.
This other band it's called it's "Humble Over Hype".
You know, I just thought it just
resonated with me just being humble.
Got me to this position right now.
I feel like humble is always being humble
always, you know, gets you to where you need to
be, just being thankful and just being grateful for
you know, all the trials and tribulations you may have.
Got my toiletry bag.
As you can see, it's a Goyard toiletry bag
with my initials LD and my number on it, 54,
but actually a Christmas gift to myself.
Obviously I keep a lot of, you know
a lot of things in here.
I got my deodorant, my toothbrush, my lotion.
I mean, being down here
it ain't really no need for lotion, cause it's so hot.
You know, I gotta actually gift this bag to my teammates
the whole defense for Christmas.
And I was like, you know, why not get one for myself?
I remember guys used to pick on me because my
old toiletry bag was non-name brand.
It was, it was trash.
But I thought it was always useful.
But like since I got new one, I said, man
I'm in my way, just give myself a upgrade.
So this toiletry bag is a essential of mine.
I really like it.
I'm glad I purchased it.
Listerine cool mint mouthwash.
Always gotta keep this on deck.
I mean, I know a lot of people had that moment
where you know you out and you know, somebody tell you
do you, ask you, do you need a gum?
And you be like my breath stink or something?
You know, you get offended at first.
You know, you may be rushing, you may forget.
So I keep mouthwash in the car, you know
pop some in just in case.
Make sure I'm straight.
Go from there.
You know what I'm saying?
So hygiene is very important for me.
These not a fancy class sunglasses.
These are some Nike sunglasses
that I got off Nike elite.
Basically for free and they do everything
every other sunglasses do.
So I got, I gotta keep these on deck, living in Florida.
It be so bright outside.
Make sure I have the sunglasses on deck so I
don't mess up my eyesight.
And I think sunglasses look good on me anyway, so.
My Bose headphones, these things right here,
I love 'em cause of nose cancellation is really good
especially for the plane, for sure.
I get kind of nervous on the plane.
So I just put these on and it just kind of
tune me out and I put my tunes on and I be good.
These was free, so I'm definitely gonna put 'em to use.
But when I'm working out, you know, obviously it's a more
you know, hip hop, more hip hop working out.
And then when I'm on the plane
it's more calming music, R&B, gospel.
My favorite radio on Pandora is Luther Vandross
and then Tasha Cobb Leonard, you know.
So I listen to those kind of calm me down
when I'm on the plane ride.
Then in our linebacker position room,
you know, we had a, a group
of guys that have waves and stuff like that.
So we always having a little competition.
Always keep this round man.
I wear this, you know, around the house, you know
I'm just making a quick run somewhere, gotta keep this on.
And then obviously gotta keep the brush on deck
the soft side and the hard side after you finish
getting the haircut, you gotta get your hair brush kind
get the waves going getting it to shine a little bit.
Because I fell off, I'm gonna give it to probably
KJ Britt and Devin white.
They kind of battling, you know, they got
a nice little wave game up.
For the little stuff that I got,
I do the basic stuff.
So I'm doing pretty good.
I feel like I'm doing better than them
just because of the smallest stuff that
I do to get my waves.
Now, right here, I got my cologne, my Bond Number Nine.
Gotta have cologne as a man.
I feel like, you know,
you want to always smell good.
Maybe a special occasion, special events,
going out to dinner, things like that.
Just walking by people, people get a whiff of you.
Oh, you smell good.
You know, everybody like good compliments,
and I feel like wearing this Bond Number Nine, give you that
you know that compliment that, that you may need
you know what I'm saying?
Your day might not be going good.
You pop on some Bond Number Nine, you walk outside.
Somebody say, oh, you smell good,
and that's all you need.
Now your day going better.
My wedding band, obviously, you know, I gotta keep this on.
I can't take it off.
Probably the only times I probably take it off is
getting in the shower, maybe.
This one right here, this is the rubber wedding band,
so it sticks to my finger.
Can't lose it.
Engraved in it I have the initials,
my wife name and my name, and the date we were married.
So, I definitely can't lose this.
All right.
I'm out.
Hope you gotta learn a little bit about me.
See you next time.