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>> LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY
MAY.
YOU KNOW, SAVE YOUR MONEY, ENJOY
YOURSELF, BUT DON’T -- YOU DON’T
TRY TO -- BECAUSE WHEN YOU START
DOING THAT, IT’S LIKE, I’M GOING
TO PLAY IN THIS GAME, THIS
PRESEASON GAME, BUT I’M GOING TO
PLAY NOT TO GET HURT.
WHO IS THE FIRST PERSON TO GET
HURT?
THAT GUY.
NOT EVERYBODY, BUT THE
MENTALITY, SOME OF THE GUYS
WOULD HAVE, I’M GOING TO PLAY
THIS AMOUNT OF TIME OR I’M GOING
TO PLAY THIS WAY.
IN THIS GAME.
AND YOU CAN’T PLAY THAT WAY.
YOU CAN’T, YOUR MIND SAID, I
DON’T THINK YOU CAN BE
SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE ME BEFORE YOU
THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO PLAY
YEARS BUT I DID NOT EVEN MAKE
THE ROSTER.
I SAW THAT HAPPENED SO MANY
TIMES.
>> SOUNDS LIKE A BROADER LIFE
LESSON, JUST ALL IN EVERY DAY
AND WHAT HAPPENS HAPPENS?
>> YEAH, YEAH.
WHAT WAS SO COOL ABOUT THE GAME
OF FOOTBALL, THE TEAMMATES, ALL
DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, RACE,
SIZE, SPEED.
THERE WAS JUST A DISCREPANCY.
BUT WE CAME TOGETHER AS ONE.
AND THAT WAS THE BEAUTY OF IT.
WHEN YOU WON AN UNBELIEVABLE
GAME THAT YOU WON ON THE LAST
PLAY, CELEBRATING WITH YOUR
TEAMMATES, THERE’S NOTHING LIKE
IT.
I CAN’T DESCRIBE TO YOU WITH
THAT FEELING IS, TO SEE THE GUYS
LOOK AT ME LIKE MAN, WE DID IT,
WE DID IT.
THE WE IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF
THAT PHRASE.
LIKE THROWING TOUCHDOWN PASSES
AT LAMBEAU FIELD, THERE IS NO
SUBSTITUTE FOR THAT "WE," THAT
UNITED FEELING.
AND LOSING A TOUGH GAME
TOGETHER, MAN, CRYING, CRIED
MANY A DAYS AFTER A TOUGH LOSS,
BUT I CRIED WITH MY TEAMMATES.
BECAUSE IT MATTERED.
AND NOT EVERY GUY PLAYED IT THAT
WAY WITH THAT PASSION.
I THINK, WHEN IT WAS OVER FOR
THEM, HOWEVER MANY YEARS IT WAS,
HOW MUCH OR HOW LITTLE, THEY
DIDN’T APPRECIATE IT.
>> YEAH.
>> AND I COACHED HIGH SCHOOL
FOOTBALL FOR TWO YEARS WHEN I
RETIRED.
DIDN’T MAKE ANY MONEY, DIDN’T
WANT ANY MONEY.
ENJOYED THE HELL OUT OF IT.
AND I THOUGHT, IT WAS KIND OF A
FAVOR TO THE HEAD COACH, TO BE
HIS OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR, BUT
IT ENDED UP BEING A BLESSING,
BECAUSE I REALLY ENJOYED IT.
BUT I WILL TELL THOSE KIDS ALL
THE TIME, YOU’VE GOT TO ENJOY
THE MOMENT.
I SAID, FIRST OF ALL, YOU ARE
YOUNG.
WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE, I COULDN’T
WAIT TO BE 21, MOVE ON TO THE
NEXT LEVEL.
AND WHILE FORTUNATE ENOUGH THAT
I PLAYED LONG ENOUGH IN THE NFL,
TIME SORT OF STOPPED, IF THAT
MAKES SENSE.
>> YEAH.
>> ALONG THE WAY, KIND OF STOP
AND SMELL THE ROSES.
FIRST FIVE, SEVEN, EIGHT YEARS,
IT WAS BOTH TO THE WALL, GOING
AND GOING, AND NEXT THING I
KNOW, IT SEEMED LIKE IT
TOOK FOREVER BUT BEFORE YOU KNEW
IT, YOU TURN 30, THE NEXT
BIRTHDAY, YOU ARE 53, AND THE
NEXT BIRTHDAY WAS 53, LIKE DAMN,
WAY TO THE 23 YEARS IN BETWEEN
GO?
I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH THAT I
PLAYED LONG ENOUGH THAT I COULD
KIND OF STOP AND SAY, YOU KNOW,
ENJOY THIS.
ENJOY THIS MOMENT, NO MATTER HOW
FUN OR DISAPPOINTING IT IS.
ENJOY THIS MOMENT BECAUSE THERE
WILL BE A TIME, TOO QUICKLY, IT
WILL BE GONE, AND I SAW SO MANY
GUYS NOT -- IT WAS HERE AND
GONE.
JUST LIKE THEM.
NEVER GOT TO APPRECIATE IT.
>> Tucker: SO TOMORROW YOU CAN