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[announcer] When the Prudential
Halftime Report continues,
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you'll meet a man with a lot on his mind--
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LSU's sensational Shaquille O'Neal.
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[applause]
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[man] Give me your best.
Let me see your best.
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-You all right?
-Yeah, I'm all right.
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Is he a student? 'Cause I saw him
at the club the other night.
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-[laughter]
-You all right? You okay?
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♪ Where is my mosh pit? ♪
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It's actually really good to be back,
especially to see this gentleman here.
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This gentleman was the one
who helped create the Shaq brand.
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I owe this man everything.
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♪ Who's the man that can
jam over any man? ♪
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♪ Shaq ♪
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When I first came to LSU,
I had a very bad stuttering problem,
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and he used to make the students
get up in front of class and he'd be like,
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"Shaq, want to speak?"
I'd be like, "Nope, I'll take the zero."
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I'm sitting around at my office,
piling around,
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and I get a knock at the door
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and this nice, polite young kid
pokes his head in
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and very humbly says,
"They tell me I might have a good career
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when college is over,
and I wanna be a good speaker.
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Would you mind helping me?"
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How do you speak from the diaphragm?
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Just have to take a breath and let it out.
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You know, some people when they speak
from their throat,
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they try to hold their breath and speak.
But if you let it out,
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let it flow out your mouth, off your lips.
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You can feel the vibration right here.
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I would come back every day,
hours upon hours,
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and I finally developed that confidence.
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Ain't life grand?
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This gentleman helped me create
the character known as Shaq.
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Shaquille O'Neal, AKA Shaq!
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Shaq.
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[announcer] O'Neal--look out!
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[dramatic music plays]
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[O'Neal] They saw
that I had a sense of humor,
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so he was like, "You can use this."
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Greetings, television viewers.
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[laughter, applause]
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I love it.
And you've been successful at that.
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-I'm always laughing.
-Very successful. Thank you.
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[laughter]
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Right now, are there any student athletes
that come to mind
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that you think are just killing it
at the NIL game?
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Angel. Yeah, she's-yeah, she's killing it.
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[woman] Mm-hmm.
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When I purchased Reebok,
Angel was my first call,
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and, you know, I did an NIL deal with her.
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[Karam] I think the true test of NIL's
gonna be
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how the fans accept it.
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It won't take long for the fans
to turn on the university
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if these athletes overdo the money
and the fame thing.
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The more money they make,
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they're gonna expect these athletes
to carry themselves
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like professional athletes
carry themselves.
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For real. So the more money you make,
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they're gonna expect you
to have perfect games.
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They'll expect you to be flawless.
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[dramatic electronic music plays]
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-[woman] Name, image, and likeness.
-[man] Name, image, and likeness.
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NIL.
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This ruling could, quite literally,
change everything.
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Let's go!
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[tiger roar]
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[indistinct chatter]
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[woman] What else?
This is the dressing room.
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Uh, but yeah, you're our first of three,
hopefully, amazing women
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that's going to be part of this campaign.
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-[Reese] Hi.
-[women] Hey.
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-[Reese] Hey, guys.
-So this is Whitney.
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Whitney works at Beats.
She's our lead producer on the project.
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[both] Nice to meet you.
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So all of this is primarily gonna be
2D for a new product
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that is releasing throughout the year.
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[Whitney] And this is one look option
that we're thinking.
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[woman] You'll pick one of these looks.
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Go back. I like--two more.
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I like that a lot.
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-We love that pop of color.
-Yeah.
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And the black I thought was cool, too.
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-Yeah. Yeah.
-[Reese] Don't even get Jeanine started.
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Jeanine is the lady that leads it all.
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Jeanine gets most of my deals.
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[man] You mind giving me like a little...
yeah.
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-Yeah, I like this.
-That's cute.
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I've been working with Angel
since the day NIL got started.
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We are incredibly close.
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-We're gonna have to get that kitchen.
-[laughter]
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Jeanine, do you know where the kitchen is?
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[Jeanine] What is a kitchen?
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It's the nape of your hair.
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[Jeanine] Why do they call it that?
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-It's like a Black thing.
-[laughter]
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So you need to go home to your husband
and tell him I know what a kitchen is.
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We're trying to get Jeanine hip.
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[Jeanine] Angel has not had a week, a day,
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an hour off
since she won the national championship.
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We're here with Beats, period.
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I'm not doing a deal
just for three months.
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I wanna work with these brands
for a lifetime.
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And for the women's side,
stacking your money four years straight
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is something that's gonna be helpful,
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especially women
that may not go to the next level.
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You kinda have to get how you get it.
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[woman]
Gonna keep it as simple as possible today.
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-Yep. Okay.
-I want you to just be yourself.
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You're used to a lot of eyes on you,
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but I do wanna try
and keep the world me and you.
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-Yeah
-'Cause there's gonna be a lotta...
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But I want you to feel good
about these too.
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I got you.
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[Jeanine] I would love to say
that I know the exact equation
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as to why she blew up
into the way she did.
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I just think it's because
she's so authentic and so herself,
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and she shows the raw side of it
and people gravitate to that.
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But you're always gonna get haters,
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and you're always going to get people
saying things.
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Unfortunately, we saw a lot of that
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right after the 2023
national championship.
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[announcer] Turn around for the MVP!
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[reporter] The events in the waning
moments of LSU's victory
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led to a national debate
on the rivalry, respect,
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and the unapologetically competitive
nature of women's basketball.
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My teammate Hailey, she was at Louisville.
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She had played Iowa.
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Caitlin had did something like this
or something like this,
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and I was like, "Hailey, I got you."
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Then it was like, this is gonna blow up.
This is going to blow up.
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Then the next morning
you start seeing all the media coverage.
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[reporter]
When does trash talking cross the line?
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The media was like, how do you feel about
Angel going against Caitlin Clark?
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Angel, Caitlin Clark,
Angel, Caitlin Clark.
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Angel--you just see all the stuff
that they say about her on a daily basis
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on Twitter and all of that,
like it's disgusting.
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Why is she getting so much hate?
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[notifications dinging]
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I call her a classless piece of shit,
and off we go.
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[notification sound]
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[man] We see it two different ways.
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When Caitlin Clark did this,
it was considered swag.
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48 hours later, Angel Reese does
the exact same gesture--it's classless.
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It's funny how America,
society sees Black and white.
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[Reese] The negativity
came from a lot of white men.
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She was obnoxious.
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They didn't like how a Black girl
"put down" another white woman.
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We have trash talking
all the time in sports,
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and they tried to make it
a white and Black thing
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that was something
that it really wasn't at all.
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If Caitlin had been a Black girl,
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I don't think it would have been
the same response from the outside.
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We've seen so many athletes
do this same exact thing.
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[announcer] And Curry with
a little something to say afterwards...
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...expressing himself.
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[announcer 2] And I'm here for it.
I'm loving it.
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This is the competitive spirit
and what you wanted to see.
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Things have been going on
with men for years.
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Now that women are doing it, it's like,
"Oh, my God, this is entertaining."
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Controversy is controversy, good or bad.
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Brands love to see the engagement.
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I'm not sure if Angel Reese
meant to do this, but objectively,
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I think what she did yesterday
was a brilliant marketing decision.
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[Jeanine] You can't control the narrative,
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but it's still eyeballs
at the end of the day.
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And it's still followers
at the end of the day.
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[interviewer] How bad did all the noise
surrounding this get for her?
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We blocked it out pretty well.
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[quiet music plays]
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[Reese] I don't have
Instagram notifications on.
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I don't have Twitter notifications on.
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If I have a NIL thing I need to post,
post, get off.
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[photographer]
Angel, if I tell you more attitude,
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what is-what happens?
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[chuckles]
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And maybe like-like
if you're talking shit on the court...
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Does it make sense to, like,
a finger lickin' in this moment or no?
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[Reese] Ha ha!
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[photographer] Oops. I did my homework.
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[Reese] I'm not able to live freely
and do what I wanna do
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as I used to a year ago.
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That's a blessing and a curse.
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That's definitely something
I am thinking about, like...
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when do I want a normal life again,
and will it ever be normal?
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Because my life may never,
ever be normal again.
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[Alia] Um, you know, the girl I work with
in NILSU?
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She gave me this planner,
and I kind of need to like...
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set up some stuff, uh,
so I'm not just like all over the place.
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That's my checklist for today.
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Finish editing, post by tonight,
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and that'll be my first post.
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I feel like this week
I just want to focus on As I Am.
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Reebok is a question mark
because they haven't said anything back.
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-They didn't reach out to you?
-No.
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I DM'ed them on Instagram.
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They still have yet to reach out
to me as well, so, uh...
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That's just a big question mark.
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[mellow R&B plays]
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[Evan] You just been doing--
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[both laugh]
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-[Alia] So that's all I got so far.
-Mm-hmm.
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I want to be me, like, and I'm weird,
and I like to be that.
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Yeah, normal's boring, man.
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[Evan] It is. Let me ask you this.
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Like, you envision yourself
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being like the biggest track athlete ever?
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Who do you see yourself having, like,
deals with?
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-New Balance. That's what I need to put.
-Alright.
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When I go pro, that's who I wanna be with.
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[Evan] Mm-hmm.
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I love New Balance.
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As an athlete, I've always been humble,
but... I've never slept on myself.
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Okay, uh...
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My goal is a million.
I know what I'm worth.
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At least seven figures. At least.
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No one in my life that I care about
and that I love would be struggling.
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That's all I can say.
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[Evan] Listen, none of that
is far off at all.
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Okay, I guess.
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No! No. No "I guess." Like...
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be confident in yourself.
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-That's huge, though.
-So are you.
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Look at what you about to do this year.
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[Alia] My vision is I'm going to
make it out of regionals.
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I will be a national champion,
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and I'm going to make
the Olympic team, 100 percent.
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I believe that.
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But it's really,
really hard to have NIL as well,
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because they also have deadlines.
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I just want to set up so that way, like,
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when I get to the meet, I don't worry
about cramming anything in.
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I just don't really want to focus on NIL
while I'm at the track meet.
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Any time I get on this topic,
I get overwhelmed, 'cause I just...
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like, I wanna have everything done.
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But I gotta be realistic with myself.
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[Dunne] One thing that's
kind of crazy about gymnastics,
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especially college gymnastics,
is that you don't know the lineups.
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Like, you don't know
who's gonna be in, who's gonna be out,
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until the night before the competition.
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Either it can be very exciting,
sometimes quite disappointing.
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But I knew that this year
I wanted to give it my all.
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At the practice every day
I look around and I'm like,
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everyone's so good.
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Everyone that comes to LSU
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were probably
one of the best gymnasts in their area.
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So when everyone comes to LSU,
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it's kind of like
a little bit of a competition.
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You're kind of competing every day
in the gym.
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A healthy competition, of course,
but it kind of pushes you to get better.
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[cheers and applause]
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-[man] 9, 9.5.
-[man 2] Yeah.
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[woman] Come on, Liv!
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[women] Go, Liv!
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[women shouting encouragement]
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-[man] That's amazing.
-Come on, Liv!
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[man] That's amazing.
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[man] Tight, tight, tight, tight, tight.
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Good.
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[woman] All right, Liv.
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Hey, I can tell
you're still a little thinking about it.
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-Just a little bit.
-Little bit.
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Be patient. Keep your head in
and let the tap finish.
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[Dunne] Yeah.
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[man] All right, general thoughts
on the day.
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Anything... earth shattering change
from what we already thought?
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I told Sierra to stop tumbling.
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What was she struggling with, the ankle?
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Yeah, but if Sierra comes out,
Liv is going first.
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[woman] Right.
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Who do I put on paper?
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-Oh, Sierra.
-Okay.
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[Clark] You still wanna leave her
in that spot right now?
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-Yeah.
-Okay.
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But you said they both been doing good
since the break, right?
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Yeah. I told them if I call your name,
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be ready to go in two to six.
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You're gonna go in whoever's spot it is.
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[Clark] Liv--I would just send her a text.
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Say, I'ma warm you up on the side
because you may end up--
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depending on a couple of...
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-People out there--
-...scenarios, you may have to go in.
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-All right. We're clear.
-Mm-hmm.
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[Clark] We're in a good place.
You're prepared.
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You're ready to start the season.
Tomorrow is not the NCAA championship.
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Tomorrow is our starting point.
Let's be matter of fact and business-like.
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We're just going in there
to get our baseline.
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Ticket sales crossed over 11,000 today.
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I'm expecting something
in the neighborhood of 12,000 people.
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So you can get excited about that.
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It's gonna be...
it's gonna be loud and proud.
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There's a lotta buzz about you guys
around here right now,
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so embrace it, okay?
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You guys look awesome. You're ready.
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I want you confident. Attack it.
Just go in there and have a party.
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It's our first party of many
tomorrow night.
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[woman] Together, family.
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[indistinct chant]
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-[woman] And what?
-Together we win!
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[thunder rumbling]
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[moody music plays]
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[Dunne] Last year, I was hurt,
and I kind of...
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felt like I missed out a little bit.
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-Hi.
-[woman] Hello.
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[Dunne] And I worked really hard
on the off season this year
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to get where I wanted to be
for my last year of gymnastics.
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My last first meet. That's crazy.
That's actually crazy to think about,
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since I've been doing gymnastics
since I was three, but this is it.
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I just feel like...
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each year that has come,
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I've grown even closer to the team,
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which is... the best feeling.
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-They're like my sisters.
-[women] ♪ Now look at me ♪
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♪ And this opportunity ♪
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♪ Is standing right in front of me ♪
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♪ But one thing I know,
it's only part luck and so ♪
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♪ I'm putting on my best show... ♪
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[Dunne] You have a whole team of people
that want you to do your best.
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And the fact that I can just rely
and lean on my teammates
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is like the best feeling.
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[T.I.] ♪ Bring 'em out, bring 'em out ♪
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♪ Bring 'em out, bring 'em out... ♪
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[announcer] Great to be back
in the sport's greatest venue.
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Ladies and gentlemen,
it's time to take to your feet
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and welcome your 2024 Fighting Tigers
of LSU!
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[announcer 2]
They do have reason to be enthusiastic.
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LSU is arguably the finest NCAA team
who has not yet won the national title.
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Is this the year they get there?
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[announcer 1] Out of Spring, Texas,
please welcome from Amari Drayton.
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[cheers and applause]
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Sierra Ballard.
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Welcome Konnor McClain.
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An All-American on the uneven bars,
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and a former US national team member
from Hillsdale, New Jersey,
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say hey to Olivia Dunne.
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[announcer 2] The head coach
in his fourth season here,
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but over 34 years coaching in the NCAA
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and got that team through last year,
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which was heroic in so many ways.
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[announcer 1] It's go-time!
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[Clark] In collegiate gymnastics, we have
four events, or four apparatuses.
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Vault.
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Bars.
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Beam.
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And floor.
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There are six competitors on every event.
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Five scores count. You drop the low.
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Each event has a different set of criteria
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in terms of what it takes
to have a 10-0 start value.
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I like to say that it comes down
to handstands and landings,
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and many times a meet is separated
by a 10th of a point,
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or, in some cases less.
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[announcer] But good for her!
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[team cheering]
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[announcer 2] This is as good as it gets
in the world.
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-Oh!
-Boom!
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-Yes!
-That was fabulous!
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[announcer 1] Haleigh for the Tigers!
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[Clark] The team with the fewest
deductions is the team that wins.
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I've seen championships decided by
by less than a quarter of a 10th before.
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[announcer] LSU Tigers, who have a lead
by one quarter of a point
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after the first of four rotations.
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Go, Sierra!
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Let's go!
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[Dunne] My sister sits in the same seat
at every meet
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and screams her head off.
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Even this year my coaches were like,
we better see Julz in that seat.
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[laughing]
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And I'm like, she'll be there.
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Yes! Let's go!
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[cheering]
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Let's go!
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[announcer] Her warm-up was so good.
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Watch the shape in the air.
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-Oh!
-Oh, darn.
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[announcer 2] And that lead
is getting a little bit tighter.
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[announcer 1]
LSU goes to floor. They're behind.
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That's not something they've ever felt.
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They need to show themselves
they've got that grit.
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[Dunne] Right before I compete,
I just breathe.
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My last thought is always,
this would be pretty badass
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if I hit this right now.
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[announcer] And next,
the floor from LSU...
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Olivia Dunne.
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Let's go!
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Let's go, Liv!
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Come on!
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[Dunne] I kinda learned in college
that it's more about the preparation.
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Your body should just go on autopilot.
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[serious music plays]
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[announcer] Beautiful elevation
on those moves,
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and a very difficult second leap.
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Yes! Let's go!
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[announcer] Those of you who are watching
and saying,
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I've heard that name, Olivia Dunne--
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well, she has 15 million followers
on social media.
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She is the number one earning
NIL athlete
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for all female athletes in college.
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[announcer 1] And she does gymnastics.
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Let's go!
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[announcer 1] Watch this finish.
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[cheers and applause]
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Let's go, Liv! Yeah!
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[announcer] And a smile
that lights up the arena.
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She's still got so much flexibility.
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That is really the highlight
of her performance.
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So flexible.
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[announcer 2] Boy, every 10th of a point
is going to matter.
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And enormous pressure
for Ohio State on the beam.
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-[announcer 1] Oh!
-Oh, boy.
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[announcer 1] Oh, boy.
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[announcer 2] Oh...
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[tense string music plays]
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[cheers and applause]
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[announcer 2] Jojo Warga.
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[announcer 1]
Not gonna finish the routine.
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[announcer 2] LSU gets the win
in their home opener.
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What a great way to start the NCAA season.
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[Dunne] We won. It was a little closer
than it should have been.
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I know that we had some hiccups
here and there.
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Just getting out the nerves,
kind of seeing what it's like
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to be in the competition
environment again.
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[indistinct singing]
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L-S-U!
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But we got the dub,
so that's all that matters.
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[playing end chords]
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[notification sounds]
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[Young] What's going on, bro?
You already know. The usual.
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Yes, sir. Little extra, man. You know it.
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-Trace. How we doing?
-Mr. Charlie.
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-What's going on, man?
-Good to see you.
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-[Trace] How you doing?
-Loving life.
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-Doing good, man?
-Loving life.
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00:25:05,254 --> 00:25:08,591
-How's, uh, how's the poke?
-Oh, phenomenal.
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[Charlie] We can still
work on that Trace Bowl for you.
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-Absolutely.
-We need to. We need to lock it in.
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We're gonna come in.
You're gonna create everything on it.
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You're going to build it your own,
every every ingredient that you like,
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and it's going to be the Trace Bowl.
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That's the name--Trace Bowl?
Okay, I like that.
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It's gonna have to be this right here.
This is the go-to.
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Let's do it.
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[Trace] When NIL first dropped,
I think businesses got really excited
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because they were like, "Okay,
we gotta be the first to get on this."
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So I had people reaching out to me.
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That's when I started.
I put together an email,
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I started doing research
on how to reach out to companies
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and be official and be marketable.
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So I would just start emailing.
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"My name is Trace Young.
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I've gone to your restaurant
by campus a few times
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and loved the food and atmosphere.
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I've had an opportunity to grow
my social followings
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to over 100,000 followers on Instagram
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and over 200,000 followers
on TikTok as well.
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I was wondering if y'all would be open
to a potential NIL collaboration.
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Let me know if you're interested.
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I did something similar at my last school
with a Smoothie Bowl restaurant
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and generated a lot of new customers
for them.
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Excited to hear back. Thank you."
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00:26:12,196 --> 00:26:14,156
He asked me. He kinda put it in my court.
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00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:16,492
He was like, "What are you thinking
in terms of this stuff?"
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00:26:16,575 --> 00:26:19,662
And I was like,
"I just want some free food, man.
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I'm in college. Trying to get some food."
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00:26:22,331 --> 00:26:24,500
So, uh, I told him I was like,
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"I probably won't spend more than...
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...like, 500, 600 bucks a month."
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00:26:28,921 --> 00:26:31,465
It sounds like a lot,
but I'd take my teammates there,
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I'd take the gymnastic girls there,
like whatever.
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And I just post on my story twice a month.
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00:26:40,266 --> 00:26:43,602
Recently I worked with, like, Snickers,
Nerf, Mercedes.
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00:26:43,686 --> 00:26:45,563
You know, some of these larger brands.
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00:26:46,314 --> 00:26:48,232
My going rates
my agents usually send me is
478
00:26:48,316 --> 00:26:51,360
10 to $20,000.
479
00:26:51,444 --> 00:26:53,988
I'm like, dang, I just had to do
a couple different posts,
480
00:26:54,071 --> 00:26:55,698
and I just got a G-wagon.
481
00:26:59,076 --> 00:27:00,411
That's just two posts.
482
00:27:01,412 --> 00:27:04,582
It's a crazy day and age now
when you can look at things in that way.
483
00:27:04,665 --> 00:27:07,585
But it's probably nothing like
Angel and Livvy.
484
00:27:16,635 --> 00:27:18,137
-What's going on?
-[man] What's up brother?
485
00:27:18,220 --> 00:27:19,055
How y'all doing?
486
00:27:20,848 --> 00:27:22,391
Trace. Nice to meet you.
487
00:27:22,475 --> 00:27:24,185
Appreciate ya.
488
00:27:24,268 --> 00:27:26,812
One thing that my agent said
would help my brand grow--
489
00:27:26,896 --> 00:27:27,897
me modeling.
490
00:27:27,980 --> 00:27:31,025
You guys let me know
if I'm being awkward or something.
491
00:27:31,108 --> 00:27:32,777
I'm better behind the camera.
492
00:27:32,860 --> 00:27:35,237
I'm better behind the camera
than in front of it.
493
00:27:35,321 --> 00:27:37,281
That's one of those things
that kinda helps you grow
494
00:27:37,365 --> 00:27:40,493
from like an influencer
to like a... almost like an icon.
495
00:27:43,204 --> 00:27:45,456
[photographer] Not even edited yet,
and I'm obsessed.
496
00:27:45,539 --> 00:27:46,624
Look that way again.
497
00:27:48,084 --> 00:27:50,586
[Trace] Once I'm done playing
basketball in these couple a years,
498
00:27:50,669 --> 00:27:53,172
I'm gonna be done
and let it go and move on.
499
00:27:53,255 --> 00:27:55,674
So I want to make sure
that I take full advantage
500
00:27:55,758 --> 00:27:58,135
of NIL and like making my own brand
501
00:27:58,219 --> 00:28:00,805
and also use any of those benefits
that I can
502
00:28:00,888 --> 00:28:03,015
to set myself up
for after college as well.
503
00:28:03,099 --> 00:28:04,725
All right, look right here.
504
00:28:04,809 --> 00:28:08,479
[Trace] Supposed to graduate this year,
but when I transferred here,
505
00:28:08,562 --> 00:28:10,064
a bunch of my credits did not transfer.
506
00:28:10,147 --> 00:28:12,191
So now I graduate next year.
507
00:28:12,274 --> 00:28:14,610
I think I would still stay regardless
508
00:28:14,693 --> 00:28:17,029
just because it would be like
a good financial decision,
509
00:28:17,113 --> 00:28:21,200
which is crazy because it's like
I'm not on a full scholarship.
510
00:28:21,283 --> 00:28:22,284
So it's like...
511
00:28:23,744 --> 00:28:25,704
...how would it be a good
financial decision
512
00:28:25,788 --> 00:28:28,624
to stay in college
if you're paying for college?
513
00:28:28,707 --> 00:28:30,918
But it's like the platform I'm building
514
00:28:31,001 --> 00:28:34,713
and everything that's going on
with being an athlete here--
515
00:28:34,797 --> 00:28:37,383
NIL money makes up for it and more, so...
516
00:28:38,759 --> 00:28:40,886
You're the man. Appreciate you.
517
00:28:40,970 --> 00:28:43,180
Hey, the first of many.
518
00:28:54,442 --> 00:28:56,819
-[water running]
-[soft pop music plays]
519
00:28:56,902 --> 00:28:59,864
[Alia] Alexa, play "You Will Win."
520
00:28:59,947 --> 00:29:02,408
Yes, Jesus. It's my day.
521
00:29:02,491 --> 00:29:04,201
♪ You will win ♪
522
00:29:04,285 --> 00:29:06,245
♪ Hey, yeah ♪
523
00:29:06,328 --> 00:29:08,747
♪ Lay your hands on yourself
and say this ♪
524
00:29:08,831 --> 00:29:11,041
♪ It's my winning season ♪
525
00:29:11,542 --> 00:29:14,211
♪ It's my winning season ♪
526
00:29:14,295 --> 00:29:16,172
♪ Speak to your season ♪
527
00:29:16,255 --> 00:29:17,840
♪ It's my winning season ♪
528
00:29:17,923 --> 00:29:20,009
♪ Prophesy to your season... ♪
529
00:29:20,092 --> 00:29:23,679
So today's my season opener
of my last collegiate season.
530
00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:25,890
I'm so excited.
531
00:29:25,973 --> 00:29:27,850
♪ Lay hands on your money ♪
532
00:29:27,933 --> 00:29:29,477
♪ Lay hands on your money ♪
533
00:29:29,560 --> 00:29:31,812
But I put a lot of pressure on myself.
534
00:29:37,026 --> 00:29:39,570
[dramatic music throughout]
535
00:29:39,653 --> 00:29:44,366
Knowing that I have these opportunities
means a lot.
536
00:29:44,450 --> 00:29:46,410
Like it holds a lot of weight.
537
00:29:52,124 --> 00:29:54,210
When I was younger, in elementary school,
538
00:29:54,293 --> 00:29:57,588
I always felt like I was different
from everybody else,
539
00:29:57,671 --> 00:29:58,964
not in a cocky way,
540
00:29:59,048 --> 00:30:02,593
but I felt like I didn't have
a lot of friends.
541
00:30:03,344 --> 00:30:06,680
But I kinda realized
you're cut from a different cloth,
542
00:30:06,764 --> 00:30:10,476
and I found my own way to stand out.
543
00:30:14,355 --> 00:30:16,649
Rhinestones are sparkly.
They're shiny.
544
00:30:17,441 --> 00:30:19,860
The whole concept of
you're not like anyone else--
545
00:30:19,944 --> 00:30:23,906
no one does this,
so I found my own groove.
546
00:30:26,742 --> 00:30:29,203
For every single meet that I run in
547
00:30:29,286 --> 00:30:30,996
I say, "No one's gonna be in front of you.
548
00:30:31,080 --> 00:30:32,915
No one's gonna be next to you.
549
00:30:33,749 --> 00:30:37,920
They're just gonna be behind you."
And that's how confident I am in myself.
550
00:30:40,047 --> 00:30:41,632
That's just what God instilled in me.
551
00:30:41,715 --> 00:30:44,593
That's what my mom instilled in me
from day one,
552
00:30:44,677 --> 00:30:47,263
'cause, also, she's a hurdler, too...
in the past.
553
00:30:50,975 --> 00:30:53,477
Growing up, my mom ran track
at Mississippi State.
554
00:30:53,561 --> 00:30:57,439
She was supposed to go to the Olympics,
and then she got pregnant with my sister.
555
00:31:00,317 --> 00:31:03,028
For a long time,
my mom was in a single parent household.
556
00:31:06,323 --> 00:31:08,200
We were struggling really bad.
557
00:31:09,535 --> 00:31:13,247
It was a situation where she was
like kind of eating our scraps.
558
00:31:13,330 --> 00:31:14,957
She wasn't really eating much.
559
00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:18,502
She wanted to make sure that we were okay,
we were good, we were eating well,
560
00:31:18,586 --> 00:31:21,880
but she wasn't really... okay.
561
00:31:23,674 --> 00:31:25,634
Like, she sacrificed so much.
562
00:31:31,724 --> 00:31:34,435
I think that's why I run the way I do.
563
00:31:36,020 --> 00:31:39,690
Because she knows what it takes
to be the best.
564
00:31:45,571 --> 00:31:47,865
[percussive music plays]
565
00:31:50,701 --> 00:31:51,869
Let's go, baby.
566
00:32:05,090 --> 00:32:07,635
Well, you know me.
I'm the biggest cheerleader anyway.
567
00:32:07,718 --> 00:32:11,055
So I take your space.
When you ain't there, I still be cheering.
568
00:32:12,681 --> 00:32:14,808
Let's go, Li Li.
569
00:32:14,892 --> 00:32:16,644
[softly] Yeah!
570
00:32:18,479 --> 00:32:20,105
[laughing]
571
00:32:23,984 --> 00:32:27,571
"No weapon formed against us
shall prosper."
572
00:32:27,655 --> 00:32:29,907
In the name of Jesus,
we thank you for this opportunity.
573
00:32:29,990 --> 00:32:32,034
Lord God, you said you'd bring us to it,
you'll bring us through it.
574
00:32:32,117 --> 00:32:34,912
And guess what God? We're going through
the door that you just opened.
575
00:32:34,995 --> 00:32:36,205
Amen. Let's go!
576
00:32:36,288 --> 00:32:38,248
[announcer] Lane five, Alia Armstrong,
LSU,
577
00:32:38,332 --> 00:32:41,085
six time All-American NCAA champion.
578
00:32:42,711 --> 00:32:43,796
On your marks.
579
00:32:47,758 --> 00:32:49,760
[Alicia] Let's go, Li Li!
580
00:32:49,843 --> 00:32:52,846
[tense string music plays]
581
00:32:56,809 --> 00:32:58,477
[announcer] Set.
582
00:32:58,560 --> 00:33:00,354
-[start gun pops]
-[Alicia] Get out!
583
00:33:00,437 --> 00:33:02,398
Get out! Let's go!
584
00:33:02,481 --> 00:33:05,567
Let's go, let's go, let's go!
585
00:33:05,651 --> 00:33:06,985
What!
586
00:33:09,780 --> 00:33:11,532
[announcer] Alia Armstrong
the heat winner.
587
00:33:11,615 --> 00:33:12,741
8.10.
588
00:33:16,704 --> 00:33:19,665
Fifth and final heat,
the women's 60-meter hurdles.
589
00:33:19,748 --> 00:33:20,916
Out the gate!
590
00:33:20,999 --> 00:33:25,129
[announcer] Lane six, Vanessa Balde
from Northwestern State
591
00:33:25,212 --> 00:33:26,797
19.6 and a half.
592
00:33:26,880 --> 00:33:28,841
[Alicia] Go to the trainer.
Go to the trainer.
593
00:33:28,924 --> 00:33:30,134
[announcer] 17.6.
594
00:33:30,217 --> 00:33:32,553
Let me give you all a update.
She gone to the trainer with her back.
595
00:33:32,636 --> 00:33:35,264
I don't know what's going on.
I didn't see her twist anything,
596
00:33:35,347 --> 00:33:36,640
but she grabbed her back.
597
00:33:36,724 --> 00:33:40,144
-[trainer] Tell me what happened.
-So I'm not used to race distance.
598
00:33:40,227 --> 00:33:43,647
So I was reaching, but like when I went
to step and go over the hurdle,
599
00:33:43,731 --> 00:33:45,149
I overextended my back.
600
00:33:45,232 --> 00:33:47,276
-Any problem with that?
-A little.
601
00:33:47,359 --> 00:33:49,570
Okay, go on your belly for me.
602
00:33:59,371 --> 00:34:01,832
-That's great.
-Good?
603
00:34:01,915 --> 00:34:03,459
Feels good. Thank you.
604
00:34:03,542 --> 00:34:06,295
Yes, ma'am.
Rest a little bit, then let's go get them.
605
00:34:06,378 --> 00:34:07,629
Okay.
606
00:34:07,713 --> 00:34:09,590
Don't want my baby to get hurt.
607
00:34:11,258 --> 00:34:13,051
Dang it. That sucks.
608
00:34:13,802 --> 00:34:15,846
Mama was a little worried,
but you know what, I wasn't worried.
609
00:34:15,929 --> 00:34:17,473
I was worried, but I wasn't worried.
610
00:34:18,390 --> 00:34:21,602
I knew it was a... That's why I was like
I was worried, but I wasn't.
611
00:34:21,685 --> 00:34:24,229
-I been moving it.
-Just gotta like... just gotta...
612
00:34:24,313 --> 00:34:26,148
If you just do like this, look.
613
00:34:26,231 --> 00:34:28,317
If you just twerk it and work it
and just... yeah.
614
00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:29,777
And just...
615
00:34:29,860 --> 00:34:34,072
[both laughing]
616
00:34:34,573 --> 00:34:36,158
-Mama, love you.
-Okay. I love you too.
617
00:34:36,241 --> 00:34:38,160
-Go get 'em, tiger.
-Okay.
618
00:34:42,247 --> 00:34:44,082
[Alicia] I know you're good.
619
00:34:44,166 --> 00:34:45,793
Yeah, I know you feel good.
620
00:34:45,876 --> 00:34:48,921
When that gun pop--game changer.
621
00:34:49,004 --> 00:34:50,088
Game over.
622
00:34:55,677 --> 00:34:58,430
[Alia] I say,
"Alia, you're ready for this."
623
00:34:59,681 --> 00:35:01,767
Whatever you visualize,
whatever you told yourself
624
00:35:01,850 --> 00:35:03,435
before this race, it's gonna happen.
625
00:35:05,145 --> 00:35:08,315
This is your race. I feel it.
626
00:35:08,398 --> 00:35:09,733
This is the one.
627
00:35:13,111 --> 00:35:14,238
I get in the blocks.
628
00:35:15,280 --> 00:35:18,534
I put my hands down and I look forward,
629
00:35:18,617 --> 00:35:20,786
and I visualize myself in the race.
630
00:35:21,912 --> 00:35:23,121
I take a deep breath.
631
00:35:25,249 --> 00:35:26,416
Set.
632
00:35:27,543 --> 00:35:29,711
I let go and I let God.
633
00:35:31,296 --> 00:35:33,549
[smooth music playing throughout]
634
00:35:53,861 --> 00:35:55,404
I know it's God.
635
00:35:56,697 --> 00:36:00,117
There's nothing more than
that feeling like it's God for sure.
636
00:36:02,578 --> 00:36:03,579
[Alicia] Get out!
637
00:36:03,662 --> 00:36:06,415
Let's go! Let's go! Let's go!
638
00:36:06,498 --> 00:36:09,126
Let's go! Let's go!
639
00:36:17,009 --> 00:36:18,260
Let's go!
640
00:36:18,343 --> 00:36:22,014
[announcer] Alia Armstrong
your champion, 8.05.
641
00:36:22,097 --> 00:36:24,516
[Alicia] Just the beginning, Lord.
Just the beginning.
642
00:36:25,559 --> 00:36:27,352
One down, a season to go.
643
00:36:28,687 --> 00:36:30,272
Ooh, I'm so proud of you.
644
00:36:37,946 --> 00:36:39,781
Yeah, you can sleep with that tonight.
645
00:36:39,865 --> 00:36:41,241
[voice fades]
646
00:36:51,001 --> 00:36:54,254
[radio static, voices]
647
00:36:54,338 --> 00:36:57,507
[announcer] The following
is an exclusive presentation
648
00:36:57,591 --> 00:37:01,303
of the LSU Sports Radio Network.
649
00:37:03,639 --> 00:37:05,849
[announcer] Live from
Maravich Assembly Center
650
00:37:05,933 --> 00:37:08,435
in Baton Rouge, it's LSU,
women's basketball action
651
00:37:08,518 --> 00:37:10,729
here on the LSU Sports Radio Network.
652
00:37:10,812 --> 00:37:15,025
Tigers coming off of a tough season
opening loss in Las Vegas to Colorado.
653
00:37:17,527 --> 00:37:21,239
[Reese] First game, Coach kept telling us
y'all number one. That don't mean nothing.
654
00:37:21,323 --> 00:37:23,367
Y'all number one. That don't mean nothing.
Y'all number one. That don't mean nothing.
655
00:37:23,450 --> 00:37:25,702
Colorado will beat y'all.
They will beat y'all.
656
00:37:25,786 --> 00:37:27,663
They will beat y'all.
They will beat y'all.
657
00:37:27,746 --> 00:37:29,706
We were like, tch,
no, they not gonna beat us.
658
00:37:29,790 --> 00:37:31,333
[announcer] Hailey Van Lith!
659
00:37:31,416 --> 00:37:33,710
[Reese] That was a humbling point for us,
660
00:37:33,794 --> 00:37:36,964
because we don't wanna be
looking like that in March.
661
00:37:38,340 --> 00:37:42,302
[announcer] At forward,
the 6'3" junior from Baltimore, Maryland,
662
00:37:42,386 --> 00:37:44,096
number 10,
663
00:37:44,179 --> 00:37:48,976
Angel Reese!
664
00:37:49,059 --> 00:37:51,561
[Reese] Me and Flau'Jae
were the only two starters from last year,
665
00:37:51,645 --> 00:37:53,855
so of course she's gonna
look at both of us first.
666
00:37:54,523 --> 00:37:57,609
Me first, of course,
'cause I'm a leader on this team.
667
00:37:57,693 --> 00:37:59,945
She considers me as--we go as I go.
668
00:38:04,616 --> 00:38:07,953
[announcer] LSU is gonna hit the boards.
Gotta box out, look to transition,
669
00:38:08,036 --> 00:38:10,706
and just get better
against this Kent State team.
670
00:38:11,915 --> 00:38:13,291
[announcer] We are set to go.
671
00:38:16,503 --> 00:38:20,799
LSU with the first possession,
and Reese on the floor at the opening tip.
672
00:38:20,882 --> 00:38:23,176
-Reese will take a 3.
-[announcer 2] Reese might not be
673
00:38:23,260 --> 00:38:25,804
the first person
you want to take a 3-point shot.
674
00:38:31,768 --> 00:38:34,438
Aalyah! Angel!
675
00:38:34,980 --> 00:38:37,024
[announcer 1] Maybe a little early
to be taking a 3,
676
00:38:37,107 --> 00:38:40,193
because right after the dead ball,
Reese goes to the bench.
677
00:38:41,903 --> 00:38:44,573
[announcer 2] I think they'll bring her
over to the bench and say, hey,
678
00:38:44,656 --> 00:38:48,285
we're gonna make intentional shots,
take good shots, play good defense.
679
00:38:49,494 --> 00:38:51,788
[announcer 1] Williams goes baseline,
hangs in the air,
680
00:38:51,872 --> 00:38:54,082
and eases another one in.
681
00:38:54,166 --> 00:38:56,752
[notification sounds]
682
00:38:57,335 --> 00:38:58,879
Johnson steals it.
683
00:39:00,088 --> 00:39:03,050
On her way to the rim,
lays it up and scores.
684
00:39:03,133 --> 00:39:05,677
Last year, we just had people
who just wanted to win.
685
00:39:05,761 --> 00:39:09,890
We just had dogs, you know what I mean?
We had a lot of leadership on that team.
686
00:39:09,973 --> 00:39:12,184
I think this year
that's kind of what we're lacking.
687
00:39:13,185 --> 00:39:16,021
[announcer 1] In case you're wondering
where's Angel Reese?
688
00:39:16,104 --> 00:39:17,898
She got pulled by Head Coach Kim Mulkey
689
00:39:17,981 --> 00:39:20,067
and now sitting on the end of the bench
with her jacket on.
690
00:39:20,150 --> 00:39:21,860
So I think a point is being made.
691
00:39:21,943 --> 00:39:24,696
[notification sounds]
692
00:39:34,790 --> 00:39:38,585
[announcer 1] LSU wins it 109 to 79.
693
00:39:38,668 --> 00:39:41,505
-That lineup was something else.
-[announcer 2] That was amazing.
694
00:39:46,009 --> 00:39:48,512
[reporter] Angel didn't play
in the second half. No Kateri today.
695
00:39:48,595 --> 00:39:52,057
Is there--just like your lineup
and the way they matched up?
696
00:39:52,140 --> 00:39:53,308
Yeah.
697
00:39:55,393 --> 00:39:58,063
Could you expand a little more
on why Poole didn't play
698
00:39:58,146 --> 00:39:59,648
and why Reese didn't play
in the second half?
699
00:39:59,731 --> 00:40:01,399
Yeah, I could, but I won't.
700
00:40:01,483 --> 00:40:03,276
Just a coach's decision.
701
00:40:07,697 --> 00:40:09,032
[interviewer] Why did you get benched?
702
00:40:09,116 --> 00:40:12,035
Yeah, that was Coach's decision
to sit me the rest of the half.
703
00:40:13,870 --> 00:40:14,871
Yeah.
704
00:40:19,126 --> 00:40:20,127
Thank y'all.
705
00:40:30,011 --> 00:40:33,807
[man] LSU. Kim Mulkey. Angel Reese.
706
00:40:33,890 --> 00:40:36,685
What in the hell is going on?
707
00:40:36,768 --> 00:40:38,979
[woman] Angel Reese, she was benched,
708
00:40:39,062 --> 00:40:41,773
and she ain't been
back on the court since.
709
00:40:41,857 --> 00:40:44,484
They should have listened to me
and made a reality TV show
710
00:40:44,568 --> 00:40:47,445
about LSU women's basketball this year,
because what's going on
711
00:40:47,529 --> 00:40:50,907
down in Baton Rouge right now
is what they would call in the Biz,
712
00:40:50,991 --> 00:40:52,159
good television.
713
00:40:53,827 --> 00:40:57,664
[notification sounds]
714
00:40:59,958 --> 00:41:01,543
[announcer] And if you're wondering,
715
00:41:01,626 --> 00:41:04,087
Angel Reese is not active tonight.
That is all we know.
716
00:41:04,171 --> 00:41:08,008
Though she was benched
earlier in the week.
717
00:41:09,384 --> 00:41:12,179
[reporter] First of all, any reasons to...
718
00:41:12,554 --> 00:41:15,265
explain why Angel wasn't here tonight?
719
00:41:16,600 --> 00:41:18,518
You want me to explain why?
720
00:41:18,602 --> 00:41:21,146
It's very obvious.
Angel was not in uniform.
721
00:41:21,229 --> 00:41:23,231
Angel is a part of this basketball team,
722
00:41:23,315 --> 00:41:25,734
and we hope we see her sooner than later.
723
00:41:29,779 --> 00:41:30,614
Ron?
724
00:41:32,115 --> 00:41:33,617
[reporter]
Does that mean it was her decision?
725
00:41:33,700 --> 00:41:35,452
I'm not... I'm not gonna answer any more.
726
00:41:35,535 --> 00:41:38,538
That's it. That's all y'all need to know.
Okay?
727
00:41:39,331 --> 00:41:40,665
[reporter] Allergy problem?
728
00:41:40,749 --> 00:41:42,626
I ain't a sissy. I don't have allergies.
729
00:41:42,709 --> 00:41:45,962
I got some kind of cold.
It might be COVID, but I ain't testing.
730
00:41:46,046 --> 00:41:47,047
[laughter]
731
00:41:48,048 --> 00:41:49,841
[man] Angel Reese? I don't know.
732
00:41:49,925 --> 00:41:53,762
Sure seems like Kim Mulkey
is allowing speculation to go crazy.
733
00:41:53,845 --> 00:41:57,140
[woman] There's a ton of rumors
coming out of Baton Rouge.
734
00:41:57,224 --> 00:41:59,559
Among them, Angel Reese has been suspended
735
00:41:59,643 --> 00:42:01,019
because she's failing her classes.
736
00:42:02,145 --> 00:42:05,941
[woman] Angel is now being
spun a narrative
737
00:42:06,024 --> 00:42:09,486
between her grades,
between her personal endorsements.
738
00:42:09,569 --> 00:42:10,946
You know, ill.
739
00:42:12,405 --> 00:42:15,200
[woman] Yet another rumor,
and maybe the most likely--
740
00:42:15,283 --> 00:42:17,619
NIL has divided the locker room.
741
00:42:23,708 --> 00:42:26,419
[man] Look at me. What about me
742
00:42:26,503 --> 00:42:30,173
would make you think that I care
about your opinion of me?
743
00:42:30,257 --> 00:42:34,135
Your opinion of me is not the opinion
that I have of myself.
744
00:42:34,219 --> 00:42:36,680
You ain't make me, so you can't break me.
745
00:42:37,681 --> 00:42:38,640
[notification sound]
746
00:42:42,519 --> 00:42:45,522
[chill electronic music plays]
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