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- What's up, GQ sports it's Ryan Shazier
and these are my ten essentials.
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My first essential is cologne, the Bleu by Chanel.
You never know when you're going to see somebody,
sometimes your first impression with somebody,
you just never know what it is,
so I just want to make sure I smell good at least.
My favorite two colognes right now is between,
the Chanel and my Tom Ford cologne I have right now.
[sprays cologne]
That's what I'm talking about.
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My next essential is, my bike.
I like to ride my bike every morning
and this bike right here is pedal assist,
so, when me being hurt with my spinal cord injury
and being technically disabled,
with me having a pedal assist,
they actually allow me to get that extra boost.
It's only about 20 pounds at most.
I can just throw it over my shoulder.
If I need to go somewhere,
just throw it in the back of my truck,
to be able to ride a bike now, you got to have faith.
You got to just trust God and just it's a blessing.
People told me I'd never walk again
and now I'll be able to ride a bike.
To me is kind of rehabbish,
it allows me to actually get those extra reps in
that I'm trying to get in, lifting up my knee.
With football, man, you lift a lot of weights
and I've been lifting weights since I was
about 10 years old.
One thing I'm not doing no more, is lifting weights.
I just jump on that bike.
My next essential, is my Rapha, rain jacket.
Most people don't know this,
but in Pittsburgh, we easily get over a hundred days
of rain a year.
And then another thing,
when it get a little chilly, this rain,
jacket got a little, warm to it,
so, when it get around 50, 40 degrees,
I could just throw this on too.
So, this is my favorite go to jacket for sure.
Man, if you pour any water on it or even like,
if it's raining outside,
you literally feel like you not getting wet at all.
I actually liked Rapha gear.
I feel like it's some of the best gear
to wear when you're riding a bike.
Hey Rapha man, hit me up for sure man,
let me join team Rapha.
My next essential, my Holy Bible.
This right here is a Tony Evans study Bible.
I've grew up in the church, my dad's a pastor.
One thing I wanted to make sure I do is continue to study
and understand what he's trying to teach us.
Especially with all I went through,
I definitely need to know what God is talking about
and this Bible allow me to do that.
In my book Walking Miracle,
I talk about my faith and just my positive outlook on life.
The thing is about faith is believing in what you don't see.
I had to continue to believe in that I was going
to be able to get better,
continue to believe in God
and just know that he had a bigger purpose for my life.
My favorite passage is Philippians 4:13,
I actually I have a tattooed on me.
I didn't know if this could be an essential or not,
but you can do all things
through Christ who strengthens you.
My next essential is my nasal spray,
if I don't take this,
I'm a completely different person.
It's like Flonase, but this is actually like a prescription.
I have really bad allergies,
I'm allergic to everything,
I'm actually allergic to grass,
I don't know how I play football.
[Ryan laughs]
I'm allergic to nuts, I'm allergic to seafood,
I'm allergic to grapes, corn, everything.
I wouldn't say hitting the nasal spray is part
of my pre-game ritual, but it's part of my pre day ritual,
if I don't take this everyday, it's a problem.
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My next essential, Oreos, I'm really a double stuffed guy,
but my wife got me the single stuff this time.
If I get a pack of Oreos, I'm eating the whole tray.
I don't know one person that can eat one Oreo.
I have a glass of milk
and then I literally crack my Oreo open
and dip it in the milk and just let it sit there,
then I have another Oreo that I have,
then I dip that Oreo in,
I got a milk choice and I thought,
get the milk jar I just had and literally drink the Oreo.
I definitely eat the Oreo
and I chase it with Oreo milk.
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So, my next essential is my Shay trucking Yeti.
My wife got this from me,
because I drink all the time out of these Yeti.
Like it doesn't matter what it is,
right now, I got me an Orange Crush in here,
cause this is my favorite soda,
but every single night,
I make sure I have me something in his Yeti to get me going.
I actually have a few Yetis, but different colors.
If you pour a coffee in here and you're trying
to have a coffee for the next two hours,
it's going to be warm for the next two hours,
if you pour a soda in here with some ice,
you trying to have him cold for the next three, four hours,
that's exactly what you're gonna get.
My go to is crushed, then I throw water in here,
when I'm feeling a little feisty,
I got to throw my Classic Zulu here as well.
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So, my next essential right here is my headphones.
I'm just a huge Java guy, I got apple phone, I got a laptop,
I got headphones, I got that airpods
and I got an airpod Max's.
These things right here, man.
It's like, once you throw these on you can't hear nothing.
And then these things right here,
I can be incognito and still not hear nothing.
I love going into the airport, being in my hoodie,
lean onto the window with my airpods in
and the guy next to me trying to talk
and I was like, I don't even hear you bro,
I'm going to sleep.
I love music, I love hip hop
and I listened to Drake and listened to a Lil Baby.
My favorite song is Papi's Home right now.
I don't know why I like that song,
but that's a song that's stuck with me,
I listen to it almost every single day.
But then when it comes to actually focusing in
and trying to get to where I want to get to,
I listen to my Bible on here,
growth books and leadership books.
I listen to Steve Harvey motivational podcasts
and it kind of get me up and going.
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My next essential, my Macbook Pro,
I gotta rep where I'm at and where I'm from.
Like I said, I'm a Mac guy,
I just love apple gear with everything going on,
I got to have a central location and my laptop allowed me
to be everywhere at one time.
I actually spent more time on my headphones on my book,
than I actually did on my laptop on my book.
I actually tried to get a new Macbook Pro,
I went to the apple store two days ago.
I was like, hey, I'm trying to get a new Mac book,
I might have trade mine in
and they was like, yoU, we don't have no more.
And I just walked away from the guy.
It almost seemed like I was the maddest person
in the world.
If you log into my computer, my desktop, not crazy,
but the thing is, I always have everything open,
like everything open.
You open my computer, in the moment you open,
I have one browser with eight tabs,
the other browser with seven tabs,
then I got them like split screen and you switch over
and then I got like pictures up.
To me, I used to tell my mom growing up,
my room might look messy,
but I know exactly what I need
and I know exactly where it's at
and that's how I rock with my computer.
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My last essential,
X-Box, every single day,
I'm jumping on that game.
You don't have to worry about it,
I've been playing with a few of my friends,
we played basketball,
a little bit of 2K, I'm just a gamer,
I really just love jumping on a game
and if somebody is trying to play it,
if I got some type of interest in it,
I'm gonna be on it for a while.
I definitely rage, I definitely talk smack some time,
I don't get into, public chats,
I can't have no 12 year olds talking smack to me.
Sometimes I get disrespectful and I don't mean to be,
but we gamers,
we understand, it's just for the moment,
it's not real.
Online gaming and trash talking is way worse than the NFL.
Because in the NFL, if somebody talks trash to you,
you have a direct contact with this guy.
If he talks trash to me,
I can do something to this guy in this moment
or the next play.
On video games, you can have a 13 year old talking
so much smack to you and you don't know where he's at,
what he looks like, what he's doing
and he could just ruin your whole day.
And then you never hear about this kid again,
but you still thinking about them two weeks later.
With football, somebody talks smack to me,
all I gotta do is go tackle that guy,
or force a fumble or I cause a pick.
I just deflated that guy.
You could be playing rocket league
and the 12 year old deflates you, it's crazy.
My wife knew, coming into this relationship
is two things that Ryan loved to do,
play football and play video games.
Man, I appreciate everybody for checking me out,
seeing all the things I love, seeing all the essentials.
I want to say, thank you, GQ sports for having me.
And make sure to check out my book
is already out, "Walking Miracle".
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