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[commentator 1]
This is the most wide-open draft
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that involves quarterbacks I can recall.
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[commentator 2] Young.
Does what Bryce Young does.
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[commentator 3]
C.J. Stroud to the end zone.
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Touchdown!
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[commentator 4] He'll take off and run.
Are you kidding me?
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[Vick] The latest stop on my journey.
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I'm at the NFL draft in Kansas City.
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There's some history that's gonna
be made tonight, I got a feeling.
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And I'm excited about it.
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And I know the teams with
the first ten picks are excited as well.
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What's up, baby? What's good?
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- What's going on?
- Nothin' much.
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- [speaks indistinctly]
- You see-- see what I like now...
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- First of all, you look good.
- Appreciate you, my man.
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- You look good. You too.
- [Young] Appreciate that.
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- What's going on?
- How you doing?
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Now when I came to the draft,
I had the baggy suit on.
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Take it back to '01.
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These boys got their fitted suits on,
shoes look good. Amazing, man.
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What was the coolest part
about this draft process?
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{\an8}- Combine. Combine was good for me.
- [Vick] Yeah.
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{\an8}And then Pro Day was
another good one for me.
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{\an8}[Vick] Yeah, yeah. What about you, Ry?
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{\an8}Honestly, it's a weird--
Like, it's a unique experience,
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{\an8}but going through that, like, I feel like
it brings us, like, closer as a class.
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{\an8}- You feel me?
- [Vick] Yeah, yeah.
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{\an8}- What's up? All right, how you doing, man?
- Bryce's dad. Nice to meet you.
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{\an8}Looking good. The-The moment has come.
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[Craig] Yes. Yes. Yes.
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Just from a dad who had to navigate this,
thank you for what you did.
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Bryce couldn't be where he is,
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and especially with his size
and being Black and being mobile...
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- Yeah.
- ...if it wasn't for you.
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You opened the door for that,
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you blazed that trail for
African American quarterbacks
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and showed that you
can do it a different way.
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[Vick] Yeah.
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- C.J., what's good, baby? How are you?
- Great to meet you.
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Nice to meet you, too.
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- How you doing? Straight?
- Good. I'm good.
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{\an8}- How about you?
- Yes, sir. I'm good. I'm blessed, man.
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{\an8}- Appreciate you.
- I love that.
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{\an8}- Yes, sir. I got it from you.
- Yeah, no doubt.
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{\an8}Yeah, you was my idol
growing up, for sure.
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- Thank you, man.
- Appreciate you inspiring me.
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- Means a lot.
- Absolutely.
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I'm excited to see where you end up.
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- Appreciate you.
- You got it, baby.
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- Look good, too.
- Thank you. Thank you. Appreciate it.
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- Keep up the good work, baby.
- Yes, sir.
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- [person 1] Can we get a picture?
- Yeah.
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[camera shutter clicks]
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[person 2] All right, everybody.
Trying to get ready here...
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[crowd clamoring]
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[crew member] Get everything installed.
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Here we go.
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With the first pick in the 2023 NFL draft,
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the Carolina Panthers select Bryce Young.
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- I knew it. I knew it was gonna be Bryce.
- [crowd cheering]
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[Vick] Congratulations, Bryce.
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He in really good hands.
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[commentator 1] Carolina has needed
a quarterback for a couple of years now.
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{\an8}- What are you bringing to this team?
- Everything I have.
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We got the second pick.
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About to say,
more history about to be made.
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C.J. Stroud, second pick, Houston Texans.
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With the second pick
in the 2023 NFL draft,
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the Houston Texans select C.J. Stroud.
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- [crowd cheering]
- Two for two.
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Let's go!
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[Vick applauding] Let's go, C.J.!
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So history already been made
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when we had Black quarterbacks
get selected number one.
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Myself, Cam Newton.
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But this is the first time in history
where we had two Black quarterbacks
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get taken number one and number two.
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And so we continue to make history.
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We continue to evolve.
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The league is gradually
changing for the better.
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Proud to see that two Black quarterbacks
got drafted number one and number two.
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- It's an amazing feat.
- [Goodell] With the fourth pick,
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the Indianapolis Colts
select Anthony Richardson.
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- Oh!
- [crowd cheering]
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So, we got three Black quarterbacks
taken in the first four picks, man.
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Unprecedented.
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Love the game of football and what it's
done for so many people, including myself.
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Great game, man. Amazing game.
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[reporter 1] The Negro is proud of
the advancement his race is making.
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[commentator 1] That colored boy
is sure getting under their skin.
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[commentator 2] Kenny Washington's
getting the ball, fakes a pass.
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- He's going to run with it.
- [commentator 3] Let's go a long run!
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{\an8}[reporter 2] Government was
intended to be for the White man.
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{\an8}[Malcolm X]
We didn't land on Plymouth Rock.
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The rock was landed on us.
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{\an8}[reporter 3] Coaches seem to believe
that Blacks are inferior thinkers.
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[George Wallace] ...and segregation forever.
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I am a revolutionary.
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[commentator 4] Briscoe for the touchdown.
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[Jimmy Snyder]
The Black is a better athlete
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because he's been bred to be that way.
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[reporter 4] I hope Doug Williams
puts to bed about
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the Black athlete once and for all
in professional football.
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[Campanis] How many quarterbacks
do you have that are Black?
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They may not have the necessities...
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[commentator 5]
Falcons select Michael Vick.
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[Obama] There is not
a Black America and a White America.
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- There's the United States of America.
- [Lester Holt] An unarmed African American
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- teenager was shot and killed.
- [reporter 5] There is an awakening...
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[reporter 6] The emergence of
the Black quarterback is not a myth.
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[commentator 6] And Patrick
Mahomes's revolution continues!
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[Vick] The one-two punch
of the class of '99,
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and the Falcons taking me number one
two years later opened the floodgates.
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Black quarterbacks were everywhere
and celebrated in every form and fashion.
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But more of a profile
meant more responsibilities,
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on the field and off the field.
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[Boyd] There's now
an appreciation for the style
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{\an8}that many Black quarterbacks play
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{\an8}and the way that they go about conducting
themselves and leading their team.
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[Wyche] People may say, "Look,
Jalen Hurts, Patrick Mahomes
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playing in the Super Bowl.
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First time,
two Black quarterbacks faced off,
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{\an8}first three quarterbacks taken
in the 2023 draft were Black.
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{\an8}Like, we're on equal footing."
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{\an8}And you know, I would say so.
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The progress has been made where people
are giving opportunities based on merit.
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And I... And I think
that itself is a celebration,
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because for those in certain communities,
we just don't see that.
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{\an8}So, this is like an era that I call
the post-Obama quarterback era.
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And that is that I think this generation,
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whether it's other players,
whether it's coaches
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and regardless of their political views,
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they are accustomed to seeing
Black men in leadership positions.
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They saw the leader of
the free world as a Black man.
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So people aren't necessarily having
these same questions about
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intellect, about ability to read
defenses and we've seen, you know,
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some of the best quarterback play
in the history of the game.
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So, I think it's definitely
a moment of progress that we can point to.
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{\an8}Sports is always a reflection
of our broader society.
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It's why you first start to see
Black quarterbacks
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coinciding with the Black freedom
struggle of the '60s and '70s.
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It's why you saw the difficulty of
Black quarterbacks finding their way
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into the league in the 1980s.
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It's why you started to see that
crack open in the 1990s.
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And it's why today, largely due
to social media, there is more of a voice
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from communities of color
than we've seen in the past.
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So it's not surprising to me that
you would also see a greater prominence
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of the Black quarterback speaking out.
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- [crowd cheering]
- [commentator 1] Wilson fires.
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Touchdown, Seahawks!
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[commentator 2] Touchdown, Denver.
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[commentator 3] Wilson throwing,
and it's caught for the touchdown!
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{\an8}- Hey. What's up, baby?
- [Vick] There he is. Big all day.
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- How you feeling? Good to see you, man.
- Thanks for joining. Good to see you, man.
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I'm doing great, man.
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- It's an honor to sit with you, man.
- Absolutely. Vice versa.
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So, I wanna talk to you about
how you came to becoming a quarterback.
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First of all, shout-out to VA.
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- No doubt.
- We're both from Virginia.
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That's where the true ballers come from.
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- VA is home.
- I-- I grew up watching you,
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you know, one of the most electric players
on the planet
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in any sport, and that was you.
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Then you go to Virginia Tech
and I knew I wanted to be like you.
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I wanted to be this guy
that could scramble, make plays,
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be dominant on the field.
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[commentator 1]
What a move by Russell Wilson.
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What age did you
start playing quarterback,
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and you was like,
"Okay, this is gonna be my position"?
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Funny story, I didn't start playing
in a league until seventh grade.
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- Okay.
- [Wilson] When we were playing recess,
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when we're in the backyard,
I was playing quarterback.
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But my parents didn't want me
to play tackle football
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- until seventh grade.
- Makes sense.
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We were always tackling in
the backyard on snowy days in Virginia.
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So for me, I was a big baseball player.
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What happened was I got called up.
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It was Friday night. The coach was like,
"Can you come play on our team?"
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So we're about to play Saturday morning
and Friday night we had practice.
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Well, I hadn't been to any of
the practices, so I go out and throw.
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And so I chucked this ball
all the way down the field
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and I throw this ball about 60 yards.
But the coach is like, "Man."
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So the next day, um,
I'm-I'm the backup quarterback.
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First play quarterback drops back...
[grunts] ...bang, busts them open.
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And, uh, I have to go into the game.
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- What happened?
- I-I end up drawing the plays in the dirt.
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We beat them boys about 60-7.
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That was my first real experience
of playing football,
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and that's when I knew that
I wanted to do it for the rest of my life.
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[crowd cheering]
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I watched you in college
and-and I know you was NC State at first,
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and then you ended up in Wisconsin.
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Tell me what happened with that,
because I was a little confused.
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Because I thought NC State was crazy
for letting you get up out of there.
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Right before I go to NC State
I'm about to get drafted in baseball.
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I-I got offered like $1.1, $1.2 million.
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I say "No, I want $1.5, or I'm gonna go?"
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And so that was my number.
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Well, I turned it down.
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I wanna play football
and baseball in college.
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- Right.
- I go to NC State.
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But when I turn it down, my dad's like,
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"Hey, listen,
if you're gonna turn that down,
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I wanna make sure
you graduate in three years."
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I said, "What? Graduate in three years
while playing football and baseball?"
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So he's like, "Hey,
I want you to try to get all this done."
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So I-I had to shake on it.
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My dad, he played football
and baseball at Dartmouth.
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He got to try out with
the San Diego Chargers.
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But he was the one who taught me.
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Every morning he would
wake me up at 5:00, 5:15 in the morning.
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-"Hey-Hey, son, we gotta go."
- Let's go get it.
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He was a lawyer and he would wake me up
and take me to, you know, hit grounders
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and he'd take me to, you know,
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throw deep post routes
to my brother early in the morning.
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And that-that created drive in me,
and really taught me,
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- you know, how to persevere.
- Yeah.
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[Wilson] And so fast forward,
I get to NC State and my dad gets sick,
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you know, one of
the first weeks I get there.
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He had diabetes, his leg sw-swole up
and they had to amputate his leg.
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And, um, that-that was
hard on me because of...
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It challenged me
in such a way, personally...
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Yeah.
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...but also made me the man that I am today...
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Absolutely. Yeah.
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...and knowing that you
can overcome any obstacles.
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So, I go to NC State. The first
three years are great, I graduate early.
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And then my coach says,
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"You're not gonna be able
to play in the NFL. You're too small."
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- And, uh...
- Wow. Okay.
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And so I'm like, well,
I ain't giving up on my dream.
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So I get a call.
First call is from Auburn.
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- Yeah.
- The next call is from Wisconsin,
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then I get a whole bunch of calls.
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And my agent found a loophole
in the NCAA rules
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- that if you graduated early...
- [Vick] Yeah.
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[Wilson] ...that you could play right away.
So that goes back to my dad,
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my dad saying "I want you to graduate
in three years" not knowing.
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And the real reason
why I went to Wisconsin,
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my brother did pros and cons and he said,
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"Listen, you're 5'11",
and the reality is everybody's
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- gonna say you're too short still."
- Right.
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"So if you can prove that you can play
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behind these big offensive linemen
in Wisconsin,
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they can't have anything to say."
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[Vick] Wow.
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[Wilson] So Wisconsin was
the perfect spot for me.
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{\an8}[crowd cheering]
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{\an8}[Staff Sgt. Marlon Green]
With the 75th pick in the 2012 NFL draft,
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{\an8}the Seattle Seahawks
select Russell Wilson.
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[commentator 1]
Gonna lay it up over the top.
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Touchdown, Seahawks!
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[commentator 2]
What a play by Russell Wilson.
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Fast forward to your NFL career.
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You get drafted to Seattle third round,
you end up playing,
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win the Super Bowl a year later,
bunch of Pro Bowls.
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Like when you got to the NFL, could you
foresee this happening in your career?
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I was fortunate
to be able to go to a good football team,
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and they had a lot of great players.
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And I think the best part about it,
we were all competitive.
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We were all underdogs.
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Guys like Sherm, Earl Thomas,
Kam Chancellor, Bobby Wagner,
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Doug Baldwin, obviously Marshawn.
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- [commentator 1] Marshawn, what a run!
- [commentator 2] Are you kidding me?
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I-I knew that I was gonna take that job.
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I knew that I was gonna come in there
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and be the first one there,
the last to leave.
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I was gonna be the one
that wanted to put the work in
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and I was willing to go the distance.
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[Wilson] At the beginning of the year,
I asked y'all boys, "Why not us?"
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We're here for a reason
and let's go prove it tonight.
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[commentator 2] It doesn't
get bigger than this.
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They're excited, they're emotional
and they're ready to play.
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[Wilson] Let's go!
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[commentator 3] And Seattle is making
it look easy against the Denver Broncos.
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{\an8}[Vick] Being the second
Black quarterback to win a Super Bowl,
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{\an8}it meant so much for us,
but what did it mean for you personally?
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Yeah, man, it-it was a dream come true.
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When you think about Doug Williams being
the first Black quarterback to ever win
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and there was
this time period of space in between,
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do you sometimes as a player,
you kinda question why?
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You know,
why has this been so much distance?
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[Vick] Yeah.
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[Wilson] That was
the driving force behind my mentality is,
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my dad used to say, "Why not you, son?"
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[Vick] Yeah.
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[Wilson] To be able
to be the second Black quarterback
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- to win the Super Bowl was historic.
- [Vick] Yeah.
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I know my grandfather's smiling
up in heaven every day. My dad too.
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Did you ever had to deal with,
like, any racial issues?
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I know I had to deal with them
on a couple of different occasions.
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A time that was really tough on me is
I-I just, uh-- I'd just won a Super Bowl
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and it's that offseason and I'm sitting
there and I'm about to go play some golf.
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I was just kind of
getting to the golf course
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and I go to this, you know,
this nice country club.
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I remember getting breakfast,
and the guy comes up to me and goes,
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you know, "Golfers only."
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- Right.
- I thought the guy was joking at first.
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So I kind of laughed and--
and he kind of looked at me.
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He says, "That-That's not for you."
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And it kinda went a little bit further,
a little bit further.
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And it's that, like,
"What are you doing here?
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You're not supposed to be here."
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He told me
and I-I just remember, um, that moment.
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Even though you, we could be at
the highest point of our careers
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and the same time,
still face a low moment.
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That's when you realize that,
you know, um, people still need healing.
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Yeah, man.
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[Vick] Cam. What's up, baby?
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- My guy. Good to see you.
- Yes, sir. Yes, sir.
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- Looking good.
- You look better. [chuckles]
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- What can I say?
- [laughs]
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So when I was in high school,
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a guy looked at me and instantly
he told me I was gonna be a DB.
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Mmm.
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Have you ever had to deal
with something like that with...
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Somebody looked at you, might have been
a coach or somebody was recruiting you,
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and said you're gonna
play a different position.
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Yes.
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{\an8}My whole recruiting process was the
battle between being stern on me knowing
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{\an8}that I'm a quarterback and somebody else
thinking I was another position.
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The most influential person
in my life was my father.
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And he told me then,
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he's like "Bro, when you make this
decision to play quarterback,
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you're a quarterback.
Don't let nobody ever tell you different.
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You're cerebral enough.
You understand the game enough."
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And our stigma has always been,
we don't-- we don't know enough.
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We're not able to digest the playbook.
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We're not able to understand coverages,
things like that.
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In and out of the huddle.
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See, I look at me and you as two guys
who revolutionized the position.
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You know, we changed the game.
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I look at you as a guy who took the
torch and-and continued to run with it.
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Who was some guys that
you paid attention to in the past
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that helped shape and mold you?
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I mean, I'm not just saying this
just because you're here,
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but you gotta understand
my dynamic as I grew.
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I'm from Atlanta, Georgia.
I say that proudly.
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And when I was coming up,
you was that guy.
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[commentator 1] Holy cow!
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[commentator 2]
The vision and the footwork.
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[commentator 3]
He fires the football. Touchdown!
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[Newton] You was the man
that every person wanted to be.
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And the fact that you played in Atlanta
for the Falcons, that's all we saw.
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That's all we heard of.
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To be able to relate
to somebody that looked like me,
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act like me,
have the same cultural values.
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It hit different.
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So, yeah, I was a fan of Warren Moon.
I was a fan of Randall Cunningham.
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I was a fan of all these
different Black quarterbacks,
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but the one that hit home for me
was Michael Vick,
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in a sense where the time that
I needed you the most, you delivered.
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[commentator 3] He is looking deep.
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I had a perfect indication
of what a dynamic player was,
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playing the quarterback position
right in my hometown.
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Yeah.
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So when I was going outside to throw
the ball and dreaming to myself,
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you know,
"I'm Vick, I'm this, I'm that, I'm that."
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- [laughs]
- And... But it was that thing of
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being a dynamic, dominant player
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and imposing your will
the only way you know how to do it.
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[commentator 4] How about that!
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- [commentator 5] How does he do that?
- [commentator 6] ...in trouble.
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- Dances away.
- [commentator 7] Breaks a tackle.
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Breaks another tackle. Wow, what a run!
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[commentator 9] You saw
Superman take off his cape.
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I'm back!
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You brought style to the game.
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Mmm.
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The one thing people wanted to see was Cam
walking up and how he was gonna look.
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[Newton]
For me, I grew up in a church, man.
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My father's a preacher, still a preacher.
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And even though the great book of
the Bible says, "Come as you are,"
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my grandmother would not allow me
to just come into church,
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you know, with some flip-flops on,
you know what I'm saying, some gym shorts.
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Like me.
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It was smell the part,
look the part and even act the part.
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And then when I had my platform
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to show I'm comfortable
expressing myself through fashion,
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whether it was a very flamboyant outfit
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or just something that
was just very subtle,
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I just wanted to show that.
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Still fly and fresh
and one of the game's best.
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I got a question
that I wanna ask you, bro.
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Go ahead. [chuckles]
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Especially a person like you
who has impacted the game
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in a way that without Michael Vick, there
would never be opportunity for Cam Newton.
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[Vick] Yeah.
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What's more important,
championships or impact?
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What would you say is important?
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[grunts] I would say impact
and-and it's simply because
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I think everything we just talked about
from culture, style to just the history...
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- Mm-hmm.
- ...you know, it's-it's about the impact.
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It's about the imprint that you leave
in the game,
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because you got so many young men
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- following you, watching you...
- [Newton] Yeah.
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...listening to you,
studying you, scrutinizing you.
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And I think it's bigger than stats,
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you know, it's always gonna
be about legacy and I think your legacy,
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our legacies, will forever live on.
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And that's because of
the impact we had on the game.
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[commentator 1] Michael Vick, unstoppable.
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[commentator 2]
Cam Newton just outruns him.
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- [commentator 3] Turning on the jets.
- [commentator 4] Look at that speed!
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[commentator 5] Still on his feet.
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[commentator 6] He's still going.
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[commentator 7] It's like a man with boys.
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[commentator 8] What a superstar!
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[commentator 9] That ball is on a rope.
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[commentator 10] He does it all, folks.
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I don't want people
to take this the wrong way,
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- but it supersedes championships.
- Yes, sir.
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Because it sets up
for the next generation.
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It's crazy because I don't
even think you even remember this.
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Like for me, your impact alone while
you was in... at Virginia Tech, right,
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and you took the college football world
by storm.
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You did, like, a sit-down interview
or was it like an article?
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And I was like, "Man, Michael Vick say
when he goes into the convenience store,
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he always get the ChapStick,
the strawberry."
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- Or was it like the cherry ChapStick?
- [Vick] Yeah.
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I was trying to get a ChapStick deal.
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So every time I go
into a convenience store, bro,
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I'm going to get the cherry ChapStick.
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I probably done swiped out so many
cherry ChapSticks or strawberry ChapStick.
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Just off of the principle of
saying my hero, right?
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The person that I look up to,
he used this,
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and in Spike Lee's words,
"Is it the shoes?"
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I was saying
"Shit, it's the damn ChapStick."
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That's why this mother****
over here swiveling
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- and running for 80.
- [Vick] Running for everything.
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[Newton] You dig what I'm saying?
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So for me and whether you see my fashion,
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whether you see myself
being unapologetically me,
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whether you see the size, the stature,
the happiness, the joy, the fun,
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it's for somebody younger than me
to be able to say,
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"Bro, Cam did it like this."
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[exclaiming]
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00:20:22,974 --> 00:20:25,768
Hey! Let's do it,
let's do it, let's do it.
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00:20:25,768 --> 00:20:26,852
Hello?
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00:20:26,852 --> 00:20:27,895
[laughing]
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00:20:27,895 --> 00:20:29,188
Ah!
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[crowd cheering]
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[shouting]
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There was times that I was questioned
in terms of running the football too much,
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- and would that style be efficient...
- Sustainable.
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...in the National Football League?
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00:20:45,579 --> 00:20:46,664
And I even thought about,
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00:20:46,664 --> 00:20:50,376
"I just need to be a pocket passer,"
like, my first, second year.
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But then I was like,
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"You know what. If I just keep going
at the pace that I'm going,
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if I can continue to amass certain amounts
of yards passing every year
453
00:20:58,300 --> 00:20:59,301
and rushing every year,
454
00:20:59,844 --> 00:21:02,263
then there's a kid that's watching,"
and that kid was you.
455
00:21:02,263 --> 00:21:05,349
And, uh, I'm proud that
I had that impact on you.
456
00:21:27,413 --> 00:21:28,914
The summer of 2020,
457
00:21:28,914 --> 00:21:32,543
the social justice movement
was at an all-time high.
458
00:21:32,543 --> 00:21:35,296
Speak about that
and what that really meant to you.
459
00:21:35,296 --> 00:21:41,218
When you talk about Black Lives Matter,
I am as American as American could be.
460
00:21:41,218 --> 00:21:43,095
But first, I'm a Black man.
461
00:21:43,929 --> 00:21:46,974
You know, I really never even--
even spoke on it before.
462
00:21:46,974 --> 00:21:51,896
But Colin Kaepernick,
you know, took the world by storm
463
00:21:51,896 --> 00:21:57,443
by doing something that was
so heroic for him and for us.
464
00:21:57,443 --> 00:21:58,444
For us.
465
00:21:58,444 --> 00:22:01,072
He was just standing for something,
or kneeling for something,
466
00:22:01,655 --> 00:22:04,909
that it still ain't right to this day.
467
00:22:04,909 --> 00:22:06,410
People don't understand.
468
00:22:06,410 --> 00:22:09,205
[Newton] We had an individual
on our team at the time.
469
00:22:09,205 --> 00:22:12,833
I think it was around 2018, 2019,
Eric Reid.
470
00:22:12,833 --> 00:22:13,793
My guy.
471
00:22:13,793 --> 00:22:19,590
And when he came, I didn't
necessarily know what they was doing
472
00:22:19,590 --> 00:22:24,220
or the magnitude what was really
going on and why they was doing
473
00:22:24,220 --> 00:22:25,805
- what they was doing.
- [Vick] Yeah.
474
00:22:25,805 --> 00:22:28,140
[Newton] But when you have
them locker room talks and, you know,
475
00:22:28,140 --> 00:22:32,686
it hit a little different when you're
able to really see eyeball to eyeball
476
00:22:32,686 --> 00:22:35,272
with another individual and say,
"Man, this is what we believe in.
477
00:22:35,272 --> 00:22:37,817
We want inclusion with everybody.
478
00:22:37,817 --> 00:22:40,111
We wanna bring a lot of awareness
479
00:22:40,111 --> 00:22:42,988
to the unjust system
that's out there right now."
480
00:22:42,988 --> 00:22:44,365
- [Vick] Yep.
- And for me,
481
00:22:44,365 --> 00:22:49,286
I think the challenge for everybody
was to stand for something, do something.
482
00:22:49,286 --> 00:22:51,664
And I may not have took a knee,
483
00:22:51,664 --> 00:22:55,000
but I impacted my community
in the best way that I know how.
484
00:22:55,000 --> 00:23:00,047
And that's really taking kids
that come from economic challenging homes
485
00:23:00,047 --> 00:23:04,593
or single-parent homes and say,
"Hey, bro. You can be just like me."
486
00:23:04,593 --> 00:23:07,304
And once you get to
the top of the mountain,
487
00:23:07,304 --> 00:23:11,767
it's not for you to look down at people
and say, "Ah-ha, look at me. I made it."
488
00:23:11,767 --> 00:23:13,519
It's more or less that you reach back
489
00:23:13,519 --> 00:23:16,897
and you bring somebody else too
to empower them to say,
490
00:23:16,897 --> 00:23:19,692
"Even though
we are heroes in our own right,
491
00:23:19,692 --> 00:23:22,862
we also are the voice for so many people
492
00:23:22,862 --> 00:23:25,781
that would never
have this platform to speak on."
493
00:23:25,781 --> 00:23:29,076
So, what Colin did was something
494
00:23:29,076 --> 00:23:33,831
that was very,
very selfless of himself to do.
495
00:23:33,831 --> 00:23:36,709
The people who got it,
I tip my hat to them.
496
00:23:36,709 --> 00:23:39,086
The people who didn't get it,
it's-it's-it's just a shame.
497
00:23:39,086 --> 00:23:40,296
- Yeah.
- You know what I'm saying?
498
00:23:40,296 --> 00:23:43,716
Because when I hear Black Lives Matter,
that's not something that says, you know,
499
00:23:43,716 --> 00:23:46,218
Black people is better or-or, you know,
500
00:23:46,218 --> 00:23:48,554
they want more attention
than anybody else.
501
00:23:48,554 --> 00:23:51,432
It's no different than
somebody standing for gay rights.
502
00:23:51,432 --> 00:23:54,185
It's somebody that's standing up
for women rights.
503
00:23:54,185 --> 00:23:55,477
And that's it.
504
00:23:55,477 --> 00:23:58,939
They just wanted to bring awareness to
that and it impacted me enough to say,
505
00:23:59,899 --> 00:24:02,026
"Man, I'm gonna do right
by my own platform."
506
00:24:02,026 --> 00:24:03,652
Couldn't have said it no better.
507
00:24:03,652 --> 00:24:04,987
- Yes, sir.
- Damn.
508
00:24:04,987 --> 00:24:06,238
- Appreciate you.
- Thank you, bro.
509
00:24:06,238 --> 00:24:07,489
- [vocalizes]
- My man.
510
00:24:08,657 --> 00:24:12,077
[Vick] To even play
a small part in Cam's story means a lot.
511
00:24:12,995 --> 00:24:17,333
It means even more to see how he's
using his star power to pay it forward.
512
00:24:28,510 --> 00:24:30,679
- [Dak] What's up?
- What's up, baby? Looking good.
513
00:24:30,679 --> 00:24:31,597
- Let's do it.
- Yeah.
514
00:24:34,141 --> 00:24:35,935
Dak, man, thanks for joining me.
515
00:24:35,935 --> 00:24:38,062
{\an8}It's an honor and a pleasure
to be sitting here.
516
00:24:38,062 --> 00:24:41,106
{\an8}And I-I wanna know,
for those who never seen you play--
517
00:24:41,106 --> 00:24:43,359
Describe yourself as a quarterback.
518
00:24:43,359 --> 00:24:44,443
Selfless.
519
00:24:44,443 --> 00:24:47,321
- [commentator 1] Zeke, touchdown!
- Determined.
520
00:24:47,321 --> 00:24:49,448
[commentator 2] They blitz him
and Prescott escapes.
521
00:24:49,448 --> 00:24:52,451
[Dak] Willing to do
whatever it is to win for his team.
522
00:24:52,451 --> 00:24:53,827
- [Vick] Yeah.
- [Dak] Period.
523
00:24:53,827 --> 00:24:57,081
Take me back to when you first knew
you was gonna be a quarterback.
524
00:24:57,081 --> 00:24:59,500
Started playing football in third grade,
but I was running back.
525
00:24:59,500 --> 00:25:01,085
Coach's son is always the quarterback.
526
00:25:01,085 --> 00:25:04,171
So, uh, that's how that situation was
until the sixth grade.
527
00:25:04,171 --> 00:25:05,297
That coach had to leave.
528
00:25:05,297 --> 00:25:08,092
Another coach moved me in to play
quarterback and the rest was history.
529
00:25:08,092 --> 00:25:11,220
So you had this amazing career
at Mississippi State.
530
00:25:11,220 --> 00:25:13,681
You get drafted
in the fourth round to Dallas,
531
00:25:14,348 --> 00:25:18,894
and then you actually
end up playing as a rookie.
532
00:25:18,894 --> 00:25:21,897
Was you ready for that?
And-And what was that experience like?
533
00:25:21,897 --> 00:25:25,818
'Cause a lot of guys don't step in
and play and have success.
534
00:25:25,818 --> 00:25:27,319
Yeah. No, I was definitely ready for it.
535
00:25:28,362 --> 00:25:30,906
Didn't think that opportunity
was gonna come as fast as it did
536
00:25:30,906 --> 00:25:32,241
or as early as it did.
537
00:25:32,241 --> 00:25:34,410
Having Kellen Moore get hurt
in training camp
538
00:25:34,410 --> 00:25:36,370
and then Tony going down in preseason.
539
00:25:36,370 --> 00:25:37,371
[commentator] Romo's hurt.
540
00:25:37,371 --> 00:25:39,081
[Dak] Just really
preparing myself to make sure
541
00:25:39,081 --> 00:25:42,209
that if that opportunity presents itself,
I'd take advantage of it.
542
00:25:42,209 --> 00:25:43,460
[Vick] How did you manage that?
543
00:25:43,460 --> 00:25:45,671
Because my rookie year,
it-it was tough for me.
544
00:25:45,671 --> 00:25:47,506
I gotta give credit to
the team that we had.
545
00:25:47,506 --> 00:25:50,009
I mean, all the future Hall of Famers
on that line
546
00:25:50,009 --> 00:25:53,304
to Zeke in the backfield,
Dez Bryant and Jason Witten outside.
547
00:25:53,804 --> 00:25:55,889
I was just surrounded
with a great support system
548
00:25:55,889 --> 00:25:57,558
that just allowed me to go play my game.
549
00:26:03,772 --> 00:26:05,858
[Vick] So, Dak,
you-you grew up in Louisiana.
550
00:26:05,858 --> 00:26:08,527
When I had my conversations
with Doug Williams,
551
00:26:08,527 --> 00:26:11,196
he grew up in Louisiana and it was,
you know, years ago
552
00:26:11,196 --> 00:26:13,115
and it was difficult times
553
00:26:13,115 --> 00:26:16,410
and I know you grew up
in a biracial household situation.
554
00:26:16,410 --> 00:26:18,495
You feel like that helped you
555
00:26:18,495 --> 00:26:22,249
be able to deal with a locker room
where it's diversity?
556
00:26:22,249 --> 00:26:24,918
There's no doubt that I give,
uh, my background
557
00:26:24,918 --> 00:26:28,422
and-and being biracial credit
for being able to bring that culture
558
00:26:28,422 --> 00:26:30,382
into the locker room
and teammates following me.
559
00:26:30,382 --> 00:26:32,926
And, I think, because of my experiences
and everything I've been through
560
00:26:32,926 --> 00:26:36,305
and amazing parents educating me
on what difference between prejudice
561
00:26:36,305 --> 00:26:40,100
and racism is, that understanding
that people are gonna be people,
562
00:26:40,100 --> 00:26:43,395
um, but-but you have to know who you are
and be-be firm and faithful in that.
563
00:26:45,606 --> 00:26:48,275
All the things that Doug
went through growing up,
564
00:26:48,275 --> 00:26:50,235
that opened the path
and opened the door for me.
565
00:26:51,153 --> 00:26:54,615
'Cause I've gotten to this position, not
only makes me appreciate this opportunity,
566
00:26:54,615 --> 00:26:57,076
but it-it makes me wanna
hold that torch higher
567
00:26:57,076 --> 00:27:00,621
and make sure that I represent not
only myself but being a Black quarterback.
568
00:27:00,621 --> 00:27:02,331
And something that
I don't take for granted.
569
00:27:05,793 --> 00:27:06,627
Talk to me about...
570
00:27:06,627 --> 00:27:10,547
about your mom, because I know
she was very influential in your life,
571
00:27:10,547 --> 00:27:13,884
Dak, and, you know,
you probably wouldn't be here without her.
572
00:27:13,884 --> 00:27:15,886
No, there's no "probably" about it.
573
00:27:15,886 --> 00:27:18,347
Uh, I damn sure
wouldn't be here without her.
574
00:27:18,347 --> 00:27:23,018
And, um, it just goes into who she was
and the way she raised me
575
00:27:23,018 --> 00:27:26,021
and telling the difference between
being-being ignorant and not right.
576
00:27:26,021 --> 00:27:29,066
And understanding, as I said,
people are gonna be people and,
577
00:27:29,066 --> 00:27:32,236
uh, we don't judge, but understanding
that you will get judged.
578
00:27:32,236 --> 00:27:35,989
So, everything that I do I just try to,
uh, be a reflection of her
579
00:27:35,989 --> 00:27:37,449
and-and in the way that she raised me.
580
00:27:37,449 --> 00:27:42,037
Yeah... [stammers] ...not only did she instill
great qualities, she raised a great man.
581
00:27:42,037 --> 00:27:43,831
- Appreciate you.
- Great to a point where
582
00:27:43,831 --> 00:27:46,250
you ended up winning Man of the Year.
583
00:27:46,250 --> 00:27:47,543
- Yeah.
- [crowd cheering]
584
00:27:47,543 --> 00:27:50,045
It's very humbling to stand here
on this stage.
585
00:27:50,045 --> 00:27:52,089
It's such an honor to be here tonight.
586
00:27:52,089 --> 00:27:54,383
Now, mostly I wanna acknowledge the person
587
00:27:54,383 --> 00:27:57,970
who has had the biggest influence
on my life. My mother.
588
00:27:57,970 --> 00:28:00,305
[Dak] I think
I've always cared about people.
589
00:28:00,305 --> 00:28:02,599
I've always wanted to make
this world a better place.
590
00:28:02,599 --> 00:28:04,143
And on top of that, when my mom got sick
591
00:28:04,143 --> 00:28:06,437
when I was in college, and she was
diagnosed with stage four cancer,
592
00:28:06,437 --> 00:28:08,230
she told me,
"Dak, all greats have a story,
593
00:28:08,230 --> 00:28:09,523
allow me to be your story."
594
00:28:09,523 --> 00:28:12,568
And at the time, I-I don't need you
being sick to be my story
595
00:28:12,568 --> 00:28:16,363
but to be honored as and receive
the Walter Payton Man of the Year
596
00:28:16,363 --> 00:28:18,198
is a reflection of that... [stammers]
597
00:28:18,198 --> 00:28:21,452
...of me carrying out
the challenge my mom put on me.
598
00:28:34,298 --> 00:28:38,594
2020, that year
was tough for a lot of people.
599
00:28:38,594 --> 00:28:44,516
And I read that you made a
million-dollar pledge to police training.
600
00:28:44,516 --> 00:28:47,728
Like it takes a lot to step up
and do those type of things.
601
00:28:47,728 --> 00:28:49,688
But, Dak, why did you feel you had to be
602
00:28:49,688 --> 00:28:52,566
an example for so many
Black and White people?
603
00:28:52,566 --> 00:28:55,652
Yeah, I mean, I just--
I-I felt like action needed to happen.
604
00:28:55,652 --> 00:28:56,570
Um.
605
00:28:56,570 --> 00:29:00,616
Obviously, I was hurt as everybody else
was and-and confused
606
00:29:00,616 --> 00:29:02,326
- in George Floyd...
- [Vick] Same here. Yeah.
607
00:29:02,326 --> 00:29:05,120
...uh, and-and didn't really
know how to react initially,
608
00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:06,497
wanted to react out of emotion.
609
00:29:06,497 --> 00:29:07,998
Um. But-But don't really do that.
610
00:29:07,998 --> 00:29:10,918
And so, a couple of days
together after a lot of thought,
611
00:29:10,918 --> 00:29:12,753
working with my team, I made a pledge.
612
00:29:12,753 --> 00:29:16,089
And I was like-- I wanted to use
my foundation and use my platform
613
00:29:16,089 --> 00:29:17,841
to-to make an actual difference.
614
00:29:17,841 --> 00:29:21,011
And, uh, my pledge was
to better the communities,
615
00:29:21,011 --> 00:29:26,558
uh, by getting rid of that-that stigma
and being afraid of the law enforcement,
616
00:29:26,558 --> 00:29:29,853
but in the same sense,
making sure that they are not policing
617
00:29:29,853 --> 00:29:32,189
but serving their community the right way.
618
00:29:32,189 --> 00:29:34,608
And so, uh,
it's literally to-to bridge the gap,
619
00:29:34,608 --> 00:29:36,902
uh, between the law enforcement
and the community they serve.
620
00:29:36,902 --> 00:29:37,986
The way that we're doing that
621
00:29:37,986 --> 00:29:42,324
is by trying to infiltrate
the academies and get the bad out
622
00:29:42,324 --> 00:29:44,284
and make sure that we're
teaching them the right ways
623
00:29:44,284 --> 00:29:46,828
and to be understanding of
the community that they're serving.
624
00:29:54,711 --> 00:29:57,589
[Vick] Being a Black quarterback
for America's team,
625
00:29:58,215 --> 00:30:01,093
what does that say
about progress in your mind?
626
00:30:01,093 --> 00:30:02,970
I think it says a lot about progress.
627
00:30:02,970 --> 00:30:03,971
Uh.
628
00:30:03,971 --> 00:30:07,808
You know, um, when I came
on my visit to Dallas, uh,
629
00:30:07,808 --> 00:30:11,061
there was a player in the training room,
and I won't say the name.
630
00:30:11,061 --> 00:30:14,147
Uh, and as I walked through,
he asked me who I am.
631
00:30:14,147 --> 00:30:16,733
I say, "Dak Prescott.
Quarterback. Mississippi State."
632
00:30:16,733 --> 00:30:19,236
And he goes, "Black quarterback?
You-- We won't have that."
633
00:30:20,028 --> 00:30:22,197
So I'm... Okay. And that's when I realized
634
00:30:22,197 --> 00:30:25,325
the impact that I could serve or have is...
635
00:30:25,325 --> 00:30:28,120
or I guess the wall that
I was gonna be trying to break down...
636
00:30:28,120 --> 00:30:30,038
- Right.
- ...if I got drafted by them.
637
00:30:30,038 --> 00:30:34,042
To say, a couple months later, when I
was drafted out and about on the town,
638
00:30:34,042 --> 00:30:37,546
once again, introducing myself,
I think it's to a club promoter.
639
00:30:37,546 --> 00:30:41,049
And she tells me again, "We'll never
have a Black quarterback in Dallas."
640
00:30:41,049 --> 00:30:43,343
And so at those two times,
in those two moments,
641
00:30:43,343 --> 00:30:45,554
I realized what I was gonna be facing.
642
00:30:45,554 --> 00:30:51,268
Um, and, uh, maybe the difficulties
of it, I guess you can say.
643
00:30:51,268 --> 00:30:52,311
But I-I... There's some...
644
00:30:52,311 --> 00:30:55,897
Race is something I've
never really put into my head.
645
00:30:55,897 --> 00:30:59,234
And... [stammers] ...as I say, I give credit
to the people before me, credit to my mom,
646
00:30:59,234 --> 00:31:02,404
the way that I was raised is "That's
your problem, that's not my problem."
647
00:31:02,404 --> 00:31:04,615
I-I'm proud of-of
the position that I have.
648
00:31:06,825 --> 00:31:09,369
All right, Dak.
So, we done went through everything.
649
00:31:10,078 --> 00:31:11,747
And since we're at the movie theater,
650
00:31:11,747 --> 00:31:13,790
we're gonna finish with
a couple commercials.
651
00:31:13,790 --> 00:31:16,501
With DIRECTV, I can get live TV
and On Demand together.
652
00:31:16,501 --> 00:31:18,670
- Ah.
- [actor] ...football housewife.
653
00:31:18,670 --> 00:31:21,131
- [Vick] This is one of my favorites, Dak.
- [Dak laughs]
654
00:31:21,131 --> 00:31:23,508
[Vick] You know, DIRECTV is a major brand.
655
00:31:23,508 --> 00:31:26,136
- [Dak] Yeah.
- [Vick] And you represent a major brand.
656
00:31:28,263 --> 00:31:30,599
- Who flips a table?
- [Dak] Yeah, that was a two-day set.
657
00:31:30,599 --> 00:31:32,517
- That was a good time.
- That was two days?
658
00:31:32,517 --> 00:31:35,437
Two days and one of my favorite sets
'cause CeeDee was on it.
659
00:31:35,437 --> 00:31:37,814
- [crowd exclaiming]
- Ah. Yeah.
660
00:31:37,814 --> 00:31:39,399
This the one I wanted to sneak in for you.
661
00:31:39,399 --> 00:31:41,735
- [Dak] Yeah. I remember this.
- My time, it-it came and gone, but...
662
00:31:41,735 --> 00:31:42,944
Some things are legendary.
663
00:31:42,944 --> 00:31:45,072
- [Vick laughs]
- [Dak] Yes. For sure remember this.
664
00:31:45,072 --> 00:31:46,865
[Vick] This one's
definitely take me back, man.
665
00:31:46,865 --> 00:31:49,242
- [Dak] It was before virtual reality.
- [Vick] Yeah.
666
00:31:49,242 --> 00:31:51,328
- [crowd cheering]
- [commentators speaking indistinctly]
667
00:31:51,328 --> 00:31:52,329
[screaming]
668
00:31:54,206 --> 00:31:56,708
Well, that's not in the playbook,
but it should be.
669
00:32:02,005 --> 00:32:04,633
[Lambre] The NFL is
a league driven by the teams.
670
00:32:05,384 --> 00:32:09,846
{\an8}The teams are the brands,
but when the NFL wants to sell games,
671
00:32:09,846 --> 00:32:11,431
{\an8}when they want to sell the teams,
672
00:32:11,431 --> 00:32:16,061
{\an8}the quarterback is who they
actually sell these games through.
673
00:32:16,061 --> 00:32:18,355
{\an8}When you start to see
Black quarterbacks emerge,
674
00:32:18,355 --> 00:32:21,650
over time as spokespeople, as heroes.
675
00:32:21,650 --> 00:32:22,984
That's a whole different thing.
676
00:32:22,984 --> 00:32:24,653
Now, that took a very long time.
677
00:32:24,653 --> 00:32:28,198
Even when Doug Williams is
winning Super Bowls, we don't have that.
678
00:32:28,198 --> 00:32:32,994
{\an8}It doesn't happen overnight.
You start to see a guy like Michael Vick.
679
00:32:32,994 --> 00:32:34,621
Number one overall pick.
680
00:32:34,621 --> 00:32:36,415
The Michael Vick experience.
681
00:32:36,415 --> 00:32:38,583
[announcer] Welcome
to the Michael Vick experience.
682
00:32:38,583 --> 00:32:40,711
[Boyd] Very strong Nike campaign.
683
00:32:40,711 --> 00:32:43,839
A guy like Cam Newton,
number one overall pick.
684
00:32:43,839 --> 00:32:45,340
- You can be my backup?
- Excuse me?
685
00:32:45,340 --> 00:32:48,135
- And make Panthers fans forget about you?
- What?
686
00:32:48,135 --> 00:32:52,472
{\an8}Now we're in an era where you see
a guy like Patrick Mahomes or Dak Prescott
687
00:32:52,472 --> 00:32:55,726
or Jalen Hurts who is
the face of their franchise.
688
00:32:55,726 --> 00:32:58,061
At the same time,
they're also the face of the league.
689
00:32:58,061 --> 00:33:02,774
{\an8}It's incredibly important and significant
that we are seeing more Black quarterbacks
690
00:33:02,774 --> 00:33:05,986
as the face of the league
and faces of the organization.
691
00:33:05,986 --> 00:33:09,072
{\an8}Seeing someone that
looks like you constantly on television,
692
00:33:09,072 --> 00:33:11,950
{\an8}having success, being interviewed,
you see them in commercials.
693
00:33:11,950 --> 00:33:15,537
That encourages young people
to not only participate in the sport
694
00:33:15,537 --> 00:33:17,873
but try out for that position.
And when they have success,
695
00:33:17,873 --> 00:33:24,129
it encourages organizations that are owned
by White men to draft those players,
696
00:33:24,129 --> 00:33:26,298
to develop those players,
to pay those players.
697
00:33:26,298 --> 00:33:30,677
When these guys start
getting embraced by Madison Avenue,
698
00:33:30,677 --> 00:33:32,804
that's a signal to the world
699
00:33:32,804 --> 00:33:35,348
that these are the guys
that we're selling the game through.
700
00:33:41,563 --> 00:33:44,107
Growing up, it wasn't
a lot of Black quarterbacks
701
00:33:44,107 --> 00:33:45,984
in the National Football League,
702
00:33:45,984 --> 00:33:49,196
and it certainly wasn't
a lot on TV or in movies,
703
00:33:49,196 --> 00:33:51,531
but, uh, I guess times change.
704
00:33:57,496 --> 00:33:59,080
It's the man right here.
705
00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:00,165
- Legend.
- Baby, I made it.
706
00:34:00,165 --> 00:34:01,958
- What's up, baby? How's it going?
- Legend, baby.
707
00:34:01,958 --> 00:34:03,668
Man, I'm good. Come on in, man.
Let's chop it up.
708
00:34:03,668 --> 00:34:05,253
- Yeah, absolutely, man. Let's go.
- Legend--
709
00:34:09,007 --> 00:34:10,926
- Jamie, you from Texas.
- Tejas, baby.
710
00:34:10,926 --> 00:34:12,511
- A big football state...
- Texas.
711
00:34:12,511 --> 00:34:15,180
{\an8}...and you played quarterback,
and passed 4,000 yards.
712
00:34:15,180 --> 00:34:16,223
{\an8}I read up on it, man.
713
00:34:16,223 --> 00:34:18,725
{\an8}Tell me a little bit about
your-your high school career.
714
00:34:18,725 --> 00:34:19,726
{\an8}Nothing like it, man.
715
00:34:19,726 --> 00:34:23,897
{\an8}Like, I was a sophomore, 15. I'm trying
to get on the-- on varsity first.
716
00:34:23,897 --> 00:34:24,815
{\an8}[Vick] Yeah.
717
00:34:24,815 --> 00:34:26,233
Pops was a coach at another school,
718
00:34:26,233 --> 00:34:28,777
so I was disappointed
'cause they didn't come get me.
719
00:34:28,777 --> 00:34:29,986
So I'm out there with JV.
720
00:34:29,986 --> 00:34:31,905
I'm sitting there like,
"Damn, I didn't make it."
721
00:34:32,489 --> 00:34:35,200
And then our coach, Coach Baylor,
we used to call him... [stammers] ...Superman
722
00:34:35,200 --> 00:34:36,535
because he looked like Christopher Reeve.
723
00:34:36,535 --> 00:34:37,786
He come out there and said,
724
00:34:37,786 --> 00:34:41,122
"I got a spot for you over
in the other locker room if you want."
725
00:34:41,122 --> 00:34:44,042
I said, "Man, what?"
So I get moved up to varsity
726
00:34:44,042 --> 00:34:45,377
- my sophomore year.
- [Vick] Yeah.
727
00:34:47,337 --> 00:34:51,550
[Foxx] Living in the south,
the racial component was always prevalent.
728
00:34:51,550 --> 00:34:53,134
- [Vick] Right, right.
- [Foxx] So,
729
00:34:53,927 --> 00:34:55,595
I didn't blame people there
730
00:34:55,595 --> 00:34:58,765
because the racial domino
had been pushed years ago.
731
00:34:58,765 --> 00:34:59,683
Yeah, yeah.
732
00:34:59,683 --> 00:35:01,935
So, when I see somebody
saying something racist to me,
733
00:35:01,935 --> 00:35:04,521
I said, "Oh, man, that's your father,
your grandfather, your grand...
734
00:35:04,521 --> 00:35:06,231
So, you ain't un-understanding."
735
00:35:06,231 --> 00:35:08,191
- So, it still hurt.
- Yeah.
736
00:35:08,191 --> 00:35:12,237
But I was like, "I gotta survive."
My grandma's like, "Listen, look past it."
737
00:35:12,737 --> 00:35:15,991
But when I play football,
and you get in that stance...
738
00:35:15,991 --> 00:35:18,618
That's why I wish
the whole world could play football.
739
00:35:18,618 --> 00:35:20,453
- Yeah.
- 'Cause when you under center,
740
00:35:20,453 --> 00:35:22,038
- everybody love you.
- Yeah.
741
00:35:22,038 --> 00:35:24,708
And then you hear,
"Bishop, the man under." [imitates echo]
742
00:35:24,708 --> 00:35:26,585
And I said, "Oh, I'm about to show out."
743
00:35:26,585 --> 00:35:28,253
Now, I did throw
a couple of interceptions.
744
00:35:28,253 --> 00:35:31,006
It's nothing like throwing an interception
in a small town
745
00:35:31,006 --> 00:35:33,174
- when the pastor is booing you.
- Yeah. Right, right, right. Damn.
746
00:35:33,174 --> 00:35:35,468
-"Boy! Goddamn it, don't you..." [chuckles]
- [chuckling]
747
00:35:35,468 --> 00:35:39,139
[laughs] "You throwing to
the wrong person in the name of Jesus."
748
00:35:39,139 --> 00:35:44,394
{\an8}But Texas football, in that moment,
gave me what I have today in my drive.
749
00:35:44,394 --> 00:35:45,312
{\an8}[Vick] Right, right.
750
00:35:45,312 --> 00:35:47,898
{\an8}[Foxx] So I take
that same drive in the arts.
751
00:35:47,898 --> 00:35:49,524
I'm never gonna be denied.
752
00:35:49,524 --> 00:35:52,569
- I'm gonna continue to work on my craft.
- [Vick] Yeah.
753
00:35:53,069 --> 00:35:54,779
[Foxx] I tell everybody in the business,
754
00:35:54,779 --> 00:35:59,534
"The only thing that matters to us
is two words, action and cut.
755
00:35:59,534 --> 00:36:01,161
And in between that time,
756
00:36:02,287 --> 00:36:04,080
- tear they ass up."
- [chuckling] Damn right, man.
757
00:36:04,080 --> 00:36:05,582
-"Tear they ass up."
- Yeah.
758
00:36:05,582 --> 00:36:07,459
So I take that
quarterback mentality all the time.
759
00:36:13,256 --> 00:36:15,842
So you leave Texas where...
Football career, you know,
760
00:36:15,842 --> 00:36:17,218
- it's not gonna happen.
- He ain't gonna do it.
761
00:36:17,218 --> 00:36:19,262
I went to college on
a classical piano scholarship
762
00:36:19,262 --> 00:36:22,933
but when I got to San Diego,
LA down the street.
763
00:36:22,933 --> 00:36:25,310
- Yeah.
- I was always funny.
764
00:36:25,310 --> 00:36:27,437
I would go to The Comedy Store
in San Diego,
765
00:36:27,437 --> 00:36:30,106
but since I was 18,
they wouldn't let me in the club.
766
00:36:30,106 --> 00:36:31,816
- [Vick] Yeah.
- [Foxx] I had to wait outside.
767
00:36:31,816 --> 00:36:33,818
So I'm just waiting,
you know, for my time.
768
00:36:33,818 --> 00:36:38,239
- Yeah.
- But then I get in on-on stage and rip.
769
00:36:38,239 --> 00:36:39,157
Rock the mic.
770
00:36:39,157 --> 00:36:41,409
And then I came to LA,
was the real testing ground.
771
00:36:41,409 --> 00:36:42,327
Yeah.
772
00:36:42,327 --> 00:36:45,038
So I go up one night
on a Monday night and--
773
00:36:45,038 --> 00:36:47,123
at The Comedy Store-- and it's Crip night.
774
00:36:47,123 --> 00:36:49,000
- Yeah.
- [Foxx] The gangbangers.
775
00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:52,212
But I'm from Texas, I don't know
nothing about no gangbangers, man.
776
00:36:52,212 --> 00:36:53,129
Yeah.
777
00:36:53,129 --> 00:36:56,716
So... [chuckles] ...I go up and when I look
in the audience, everybody got on blue.
778
00:36:56,716 --> 00:36:57,634
Okay.
779
00:36:57,634 --> 00:36:59,344
So my first thing is that,
"Are y'all on a field trip?"
780
00:36:59,344 --> 00:37:00,428
Yeah. [laughs]
781
00:37:00,428 --> 00:37:01,846
Why you motherfuckers got on blue, man?
782
00:37:01,846 --> 00:37:02,931
- Did you call him? And then--
- Yeah.
783
00:37:02,931 --> 00:37:04,057
But they embraced me.
784
00:37:04,057 --> 00:37:07,394
That's how I cut my teeth
as far as stand-up is concerned.
785
00:37:08,561 --> 00:37:12,190
Okay, so years later,
you were inspired to do Any Given Sunday.
786
00:37:12,190 --> 00:37:16,111
Tell me all about that because now you're
going back to your days as a quarterback.
787
00:37:16,111 --> 00:37:17,946
- Yeah...
- So it's all in relation.
788
00:37:17,946 --> 00:37:19,948
Any Given Sunday, first of all,
789
00:37:19,948 --> 00:37:25,453
was a come up because at the time as
a comedian, I'm trying to be Eddie Murphy.
790
00:37:25,453 --> 00:37:26,371
[Vick] Right.
791
00:37:26,371 --> 00:37:28,123
[Foxx] Any Given Sunday come up.
792
00:37:28,123 --> 00:37:31,376
They say, "Listen, they're not looking
for you but go read for Oliver Stone,"
793
00:37:31,376 --> 00:37:32,627
biggest director in the world.
794
00:37:32,627 --> 00:37:34,713
So I go read for another part.
795
00:37:34,713 --> 00:37:36,006
Oliver Stone don't like me at all.
796
00:37:36,006 --> 00:37:38,758
- He said, "[scoffs] You're too loud."
- Yeah.
797
00:37:38,758 --> 00:37:40,343
Because I was doing all my jokes like,
798
00:37:40,343 --> 00:37:42,679
"Yeah... [laughs]
...Any Given Sunday," you know.
799
00:37:42,679 --> 00:37:44,764
Because I had been on In Living Color
and on TV, we loud.
800
00:37:44,764 --> 00:37:45,890
Oh, you're stepping to me.
801
00:37:45,890 --> 00:37:47,726
Now, why you... Oh, cuz, don't do that.
802
00:37:47,726 --> 00:37:50,061
- [laughter]
- Don't do that. Why? Why?
803
00:37:50,061 --> 00:37:51,771
Oh, don't make me bust you up like that.
804
00:37:51,771 --> 00:37:53,565
So he dismissed me,
but the casting agent said,
805
00:37:53,565 --> 00:37:55,233
"Hey, can you come back
and read for another part?"
806
00:37:55,233 --> 00:37:57,944
But I felt disrespected
but I come back, read for the other part.
807
00:37:57,944 --> 00:38:00,655
I get it, but I feel
disrespected by Oliver Stone.
808
00:38:01,322 --> 00:38:02,782
So when he bring me back in, I said,
809
00:38:02,782 --> 00:38:04,117
"Hey, man, I just wanna
holler at you, man,
810
00:38:04,117 --> 00:38:05,869
about how you treated me in the process."
811
00:38:05,869 --> 00:38:08,079
He said,
"Man, aw shut up. You got the part,"
812
00:38:08,079 --> 00:38:09,414
he said, "but it was for a side part."
813
00:38:09,414 --> 00:38:10,331
Yeah.
814
00:38:10,331 --> 00:38:13,084
He said, "But I got a problem.
I need somebody to play the main guy,
815
00:38:13,084 --> 00:38:14,586
somebody that could play the quarterback."
816
00:38:14,586 --> 00:38:17,589
I said, "Well, listen, man. I don't know
about all these cameras and shit."
817
00:38:17,589 --> 00:38:18,882
- Yeah.
-"I did that."
818
00:38:18,882 --> 00:38:21,676
- [Vick] I did that. Yeah. Yeah.
- I said, "I-I do it on a different level."
819
00:38:21,676 --> 00:38:23,928
So I become the quarterback
on Any Given Sunday.
820
00:38:23,928 --> 00:38:26,389
[Vick] Willie Beamen
became a legendary character, like, we...
821
00:38:26,389 --> 00:38:30,894
People was coming to me like, "That
was designed because of what you did."
822
00:38:30,894 --> 00:38:31,978
Of course.
823
00:38:31,978 --> 00:38:35,231
And I was telling Oliver Stone,
if you want a Black quarterback,
824
00:38:35,231 --> 00:38:36,524
certain things you gotta have.
825
00:38:37,275 --> 00:38:40,361
I said, "In the movie when-when
you're showing your Black players,
826
00:38:40,862 --> 00:38:42,113
- play Black music."
- [Vick] Yeah.
827
00:38:42,113 --> 00:38:44,074
Showing your White players,
play rock and roll.
828
00:38:44,074 --> 00:38:44,991
Yeah.
829
00:38:44,991 --> 00:38:47,952
And then Willie Beamen was
supposed to do a photo shoot.
830
00:38:47,952 --> 00:38:50,663
I said, "Oliver, they don't do photo
shoots no more. They do music videos."
831
00:38:50,663 --> 00:38:51,581
Yeah.
832
00:38:51,581 --> 00:38:54,918
So I go in my apartment, come up with this
track. So we cook it up in the apartment,
833
00:38:54,918 --> 00:38:56,169
show it to him.
834
00:38:56,169 --> 00:38:57,587
He looked at it. He said, "That's it."
835
00:38:57,587 --> 00:38:58,797
{\an8}♪ My name is Willie ♪
836
00:38:58,797 --> 00:39:00,131
{\an8}♪ Willie Beamen ♪
837
00:39:00,131 --> 00:39:01,341
{\an8}♪ I keep the ladies ♪
838
00:39:01,341 --> 00:39:02,675
♪ Creamin' ♪
839
00:39:02,675 --> 00:39:03,718
♪ And all my fans ♪
840
00:39:03,718 --> 00:39:05,136
♪ Got 'em screamin' ♪
841
00:39:05,136 --> 00:39:09,349
You probably weren't thinking it at the
time, but that's what the future became.
842
00:39:09,933 --> 00:39:13,937
[Foxx] When Willie Beamen came along,
we saw remnants of who you are.
843
00:39:13,937 --> 00:39:16,689
The swag is from you.
The confidence is from you.
844
00:39:16,689 --> 00:39:19,192
The I'm-gonna-get-it-done-ness
is from you.
845
00:39:19,192 --> 00:39:22,695
And you look at the quarterbacks of today,
it's not even a question.
846
00:39:23,738 --> 00:39:25,031
And then when it came to...
847
00:39:25,031 --> 00:39:26,324
Look, man, it's Al Pacino.
848
00:39:26,324 --> 00:39:27,242
[Vick] Right.
849
00:39:27,242 --> 00:39:28,910
[Foxx] So I meet Al
Pacino for the first time.
850
00:39:28,910 --> 00:39:29,911
I meet him in-in a...
851
00:39:29,911 --> 00:39:31,830
[stammers] We was in Santa Monica.
He had a hotel.
852
00:39:31,830 --> 00:39:33,289
- [Vick] GOAT. Man, the GOAT.
- [Foxx] GOAT, right?
853
00:39:33,289 --> 00:39:35,125
So I walk in, he's sitting in dim light.
854
00:39:35,125 --> 00:39:36,835
I said, "Ooh, this
motherfucking Scarfather.
855
00:39:36,835 --> 00:39:39,838
- Scarfather. Scarface and Godfather."
- [Vick] This is real.
856
00:39:39,838 --> 00:39:43,633
I go up and I-I speak to him.
I said, "Um, Mr. Pacino--"
857
00:39:43,633 --> 00:39:45,468
[imitating Al Pacino]
"You like cranberry juice?"
858
00:39:45,468 --> 00:39:47,345
[normal] I said, "What the fuck?" [laughs]
859
00:39:47,345 --> 00:39:48,304
What do you mean?
860
00:39:48,304 --> 00:39:50,473
[imitating Al Pacino]
"They have great cranberry juice here."
861
00:39:50,473 --> 00:39:52,642
[normal] I said, "Yeah, man,
let me get some of that."
862
00:39:52,642 --> 00:39:55,520
Come to find out,
he's not the gangster that you see,
863
00:39:55,520 --> 00:39:58,606
he's a real thespian
and he really took care of me.
864
00:39:58,606 --> 00:40:01,818
He's like, "Yo, I want you to tell me
what you need for the character."
865
00:40:01,818 --> 00:40:06,739
And that movie will be
a textbook for what football films are.
866
00:40:06,739 --> 00:40:08,449
And Oliver Stone is amazing.
867
00:40:08,449 --> 00:40:10,034
He took a chance on me, man.
868
00:40:10,535 --> 00:40:14,998
And I'm indebted to him, because that
changed the perception of who I was.
869
00:40:14,998 --> 00:40:17,834
Because I was doing comedy.
I was Wanda, I was all that.
870
00:40:17,834 --> 00:40:22,505
But when I played that character,
that opened up a lot of dramatic doors.
871
00:40:26,050 --> 00:40:30,305
Actors, entertainers, football players,
basketball players, professional level,
872
00:40:30,305 --> 00:40:33,433
we all got a responsibility
to the next generation, like...
873
00:40:33,433 --> 00:40:35,226
Now, here's what's crazy is that,
874
00:40:35,977 --> 00:40:37,645
- it's on us.
- [Vick] Yeah.
875
00:40:37,645 --> 00:40:40,648
Sometimes, I think, well, maybe it's not
fair because no one else has to do that.
876
00:40:40,648 --> 00:40:43,234
- Right.
- But if we don't do it...
877
00:40:43,234 --> 00:40:45,236
- Nobody else is gonna do it. Yeah.
- Yeah, yeah.
878
00:40:45,236 --> 00:40:47,488
Jamie, we've seen evolution
all across the board.
879
00:40:47,488 --> 00:40:48,865
- Yeah.
- [Vick] You've been a part of that.
880
00:40:48,865 --> 00:40:50,408
You've been an instrument of the change.
881
00:40:50,408 --> 00:40:53,828
[Foxx] A lot of times they
didn't want us to celebrate us, you know,
882
00:40:53,828 --> 00:40:55,163
for whatever reason.
883
00:40:55,163 --> 00:40:58,041
But we past that now as Prime would
say, "We're not coming, we're here,"
884
00:40:58,041 --> 00:41:00,877
and, uh, and it feels good and
I think everybody benefits from it.
885
00:41:02,295 --> 00:41:06,090
[Vick] Everybody benefits,
and there's a lot to celebrate,
886
00:41:07,050 --> 00:41:10,345
but unfortunately,
there's still a lot to do.
887
00:41:10,345 --> 00:41:11,262
[Vick] There it is.
888
00:41:13,514 --> 00:41:15,016
Oh! There it go.
889
00:41:15,016 --> 00:41:17,644
[Vick] We've shown
we can be leaders on the field.
890
00:41:19,479 --> 00:41:20,647
Even more important,
891
00:41:21,648 --> 00:41:23,650
we've shown we can lead off the field.
892
00:41:25,193 --> 00:41:26,527
Using our platforms,
893
00:41:27,820 --> 00:41:31,741
{\an8}using the same talents
that win games, for change.
894
00:41:35,036 --> 00:41:40,833
{\an8}You cannot write American history
of this era without Colin Kaepernick.
895
00:41:42,293 --> 00:41:43,878
I'm not talking about sports history.
896
00:41:44,379 --> 00:41:45,922
American history.
897
00:41:45,922 --> 00:41:48,633
[Zirin] You can't understand
898
00:41:48,633 --> 00:41:51,761
{\an8}why Colin Kaepernick
made the cultural impact he did
899
00:41:51,761 --> 00:41:56,015
without understanding the role
of a quarterback on the NFL team.
900
00:41:56,599 --> 00:41:58,268
You're not just the leader,
901
00:41:58,268 --> 00:42:01,062
you're not just
the most important player on the field,
902
00:42:01,562 --> 00:42:04,524
you're also the public face of a team.
903
00:42:04,524 --> 00:42:07,068
- [people chattering]
- These aren't new situations,
904
00:42:07,068 --> 00:42:08,486
this isn't new ground.
905
00:42:08,486 --> 00:42:12,031
It's things that have gone on
in this country for years and years
906
00:42:12,031 --> 00:42:13,658
and have never been addressed.
907
00:42:13,658 --> 00:42:14,742
And they need to be.
908
00:42:14,742 --> 00:42:17,954
[Taylor] I think it was very significant
what Colin Kaepernick did
909
00:42:17,954 --> 00:42:21,666
because conversations
are very important to progress.
910
00:42:21,666 --> 00:42:24,210
Disrupters are very important to progress.
911
00:42:24,210 --> 00:42:29,632
Colin introduced that conversation to a
lot of places and a lot of dinner tables,
912
00:42:29,632 --> 00:42:32,135
a lot of barstool seats.
913
00:42:32,135 --> 00:42:35,638
A lot of living rooms that
weren't having those conversations,
914
00:42:35,638 --> 00:42:39,058
that weren't talking about
what he was protesting
915
00:42:39,058 --> 00:42:41,602
and weren't having to have those
conversations with their parents,
916
00:42:41,602 --> 00:42:43,313
with their grandparents,
with their uncles,
917
00:42:43,313 --> 00:42:44,897
with their cousins, with their friends.
918
00:42:45,481 --> 00:42:48,359
He sacrificed his NFL career
to take a knee
919
00:42:48,359 --> 00:42:50,570
and force those conversations
into those rooms.
920
00:42:51,404 --> 00:42:54,282
There are historical figures everywhere
921
00:42:54,282 --> 00:42:57,869
that had to sacrifice in order to make
those conversations happen
922
00:42:57,869 --> 00:42:59,912
and enforce change and he was one of them.
923
00:43:00,663 --> 00:43:05,501
[reporter] Cassius Clay is sentenced
to five years in prison and fined $10,000.
924
00:43:05,501 --> 00:43:10,173
[Zirin] The late 1960s was a period
known as The Black Athletes Revolt.
925
00:43:11,382 --> 00:43:13,259
Often referred to in that regard
926
00:43:13,259 --> 00:43:18,056
because of a host of athletes in a host
of different sports asserting themselves,
927
00:43:18,056 --> 00:43:21,559
asserting their right to
have a voice in the sports world.
928
00:43:22,310 --> 00:43:25,438
[Boyd] As we move forward,
opportunities present themselves.
929
00:43:25,438 --> 00:43:27,732
Athletes are increasingly more visible.
930
00:43:28,775 --> 00:43:30,401
Things seem to change at some level.
931
00:43:30,401 --> 00:43:34,447
But there's this
constant streak of political issues
932
00:43:34,447 --> 00:43:36,532
that come about in sports over time.
933
00:43:36,532 --> 00:43:39,619
But it seemed as though
people had sort of forgotten about this.
934
00:43:39,619 --> 00:43:42,872
And then Colin Kaepernick
protesting police brutality,
935
00:43:42,872 --> 00:43:46,542
reignited a conversation
that had been dormant for a long time.
936
00:43:47,960 --> 00:43:50,922
[Taylor] A lot of the people who
were very frustrated with Colin Kaepernick
937
00:43:50,922 --> 00:43:54,342
when he first kneeled, fast forward
to 2020, had a change of heart.
938
00:43:55,259 --> 00:43:57,512
[Wyche] And now looking at it
in the rearview mirror,
939
00:43:58,304 --> 00:44:01,265
you have to say that
he was on to something.
940
00:44:02,141 --> 00:44:05,269
[Rye] In 2020, we had the convergence
941
00:44:05,269 --> 00:44:09,565
of so many different crises
happening at the same time.
942
00:44:10,191 --> 00:44:14,028
{\an8}When you consider the fact
that before George Floyd,
943
00:44:14,028 --> 00:44:17,407
there was Breonna Taylor,
there was Ahmaud Arbery.
944
00:44:17,990 --> 00:44:20,660
And for the first time in our history,
945
00:44:20,660 --> 00:44:22,912
this country did not have
the benefit of looking away.
946
00:44:25,206 --> 00:44:30,002
[Boyd] The combination of the COVID-19
pandemic and the killing of George Floyd
947
00:44:30,503 --> 00:44:34,465
created this moment when
a movement seemed to emerge
948
00:44:34,465 --> 00:44:38,344
and place a modern spin
on the sort of issues
949
00:44:38,344 --> 00:44:42,432
that have long been circulating in public,
socially and politically.
950
00:44:42,432 --> 00:44:44,684
[Nichols] One of the beauties
of this entire thing
951
00:44:44,684 --> 00:44:50,106
is in 2020 when you saw some of
the kneeling going on throughout the NFL,
952
00:44:50,106 --> 00:44:56,028
{\an8}you saw White players, some,
in solidarity with their Black teammates.
953
00:44:56,028 --> 00:45:00,450
{\an8}And recognizing that "Hey, we share a
locker room together, that we're brothers.
954
00:45:00,450 --> 00:45:04,203
And if you say you're hurting,
then I'm with you."
955
00:45:04,745 --> 00:45:07,790
[Taylor] As an athlete,
you do have power in this platform.
956
00:45:07,790 --> 00:45:09,584
And when you have these
hard conversations,
957
00:45:09,584 --> 00:45:12,336
not only with your teammates
and the people around you,
958
00:45:12,336 --> 00:45:15,298
but also with the world,
people have to pay attention.
959
00:45:15,298 --> 00:45:18,843
I think 2020 really shifted
the narrative for athletes
960
00:45:18,843 --> 00:45:23,890
and their voices and what they're able
to do with the platforms that they earned.
961
00:45:24,515 --> 00:45:26,392
Not that they were given.
962
00:45:37,612 --> 00:45:40,740
[Vick] Ben, I feel like we can't talk
evolution of the Black quarterback
963
00:45:40,740 --> 00:45:42,867
without talking about Colin Kaepernick.
964
00:45:42,867 --> 00:45:45,119
- When you see him speak out...
- [Crump] Yeah.
965
00:45:45,119 --> 00:45:48,873
{\an8}...and-and use his voice,
you had to be proud to see that.
966
00:45:48,873 --> 00:45:54,295
{\an8}Colin is an inspiration to so many
on a whole different level.
967
00:45:54,295 --> 00:45:56,547
I mean, you had other athletes doing it,
968
00:45:56,547 --> 00:46:00,635
but that quarterback position
was such a sacred position.
969
00:46:00,635 --> 00:46:02,553
So, here you had Colin saying,
970
00:46:02,553 --> 00:46:08,559
"I know I got this role as quarterback,
but I'm gonna use it to do even more."
971
00:46:08,559 --> 00:46:09,477
Yeah.
972
00:46:09,477 --> 00:46:12,563
When you think about them saying,
"Well, just shut up and dribble."
973
00:46:12,563 --> 00:46:15,691
Or, "You just play ball and nothing else."
974
00:46:15,691 --> 00:46:20,404
It's almost... Harkens back to
the slave mentality, the plantation.
975
00:46:20,404 --> 00:46:22,532
"Boy, you just do what I tell you to do.
976
00:46:22,532 --> 00:46:26,744
You're not allowed to think for yourself,
you're not allowed to speak for yourself.
977
00:46:26,744 --> 00:46:30,039
And your only mission for me
is you go run that football,
978
00:46:30,039 --> 00:46:31,582
you go throw that football."
979
00:46:31,582 --> 00:46:36,546
And so what Colin did with-with
breaking the shackles saying, you know,
980
00:46:36,546 --> 00:46:41,551
"I can't keep turning a blind eye to
the pain and suffering of my people."
981
00:46:41,551 --> 00:46:44,011
There are major developments tonight
982
00:46:44,011 --> 00:46:47,265
in the case of
a neighborhood watch captain in Florida
983
00:46:47,265 --> 00:46:50,851
who shot and killed
an unarmed 17-year-old.
984
00:46:50,851 --> 00:46:55,147
The US Justice Department has now
opened a civil rights investigation,
985
00:46:55,147 --> 00:46:58,693
and the local prosecutor
has convened a grand jury
986
00:46:58,693 --> 00:47:00,861
to consider criminal charges.
987
00:47:06,867 --> 00:47:09,579
[Vick] Being here in Florida,
Trayvon Martin situation.
988
00:47:09,579 --> 00:47:11,747
He grew up five minutes away from here.
989
00:47:11,747 --> 00:47:13,541
You took on that case.
990
00:47:13,541 --> 00:47:17,128
[Crump] Yeah, I was
the lead lawyer both for Trayvon Martin
991
00:47:17,128 --> 00:47:18,796
and George Floyd.
992
00:47:18,796 --> 00:47:22,967
I represented Michael Brown,
Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery.
993
00:47:22,967 --> 00:47:25,970
And Trayvon started it all, no doubt.
994
00:47:25,970 --> 00:47:31,976
Trayvon was that case
that raised the consciousness level
995
00:47:31,976 --> 00:47:37,189
of what Black people have to endure
in the United States of America.
996
00:47:37,189 --> 00:47:38,357
Yeah. At any given time.
997
00:47:38,357 --> 00:47:41,360
[Crump] Any given moment,
any given time, man.
998
00:47:41,360 --> 00:47:45,906
He was just walking home with
a bag of Skittles and a can of iced tea,
999
00:47:45,906 --> 00:47:48,284
minding his own business.
1000
00:47:48,826 --> 00:47:53,623
Seventeen years old and this neighborhood
watch volunteer would profile,
1001
00:47:53,623 --> 00:47:55,374
pursue him and shoot him in his heart.
1002
00:48:06,344 --> 00:48:09,347
Sports is phenomenal, dynamic in America.
1003
00:48:09,347 --> 00:48:14,518
Everybody's watching sports,
and it's a way to bring America together.
1004
00:48:14,518 --> 00:48:18,397
And when you all have
that microphone in front of you,
1005
00:48:18,397 --> 00:48:22,485
what you say speaks to America
1006
00:48:23,069 --> 00:48:25,780
like nobody else can speak to America.
1007
00:48:39,794 --> 00:48:41,921
[Vick] Colin Kaepernick. What's up, baby?
1008
00:48:41,921 --> 00:48:43,589
- Hey, what's happening, man?
- How you doing, big dog?
1009
00:48:43,589 --> 00:48:45,716
- Good to see you, man.
- Good to see you. How you been, man?
1010
00:48:45,716 --> 00:48:48,719
{\an8}I've been good, man. You looking good,
man. What you working out,
1011
00:48:48,719 --> 00:48:50,680
{\an8}- you staying in shape?
- Yeah, yeah. Always.
1012
00:48:51,430 --> 00:48:52,973
[Vick] Thanks for joining me, man.
1013
00:48:52,973 --> 00:48:57,687
Considered a hero by myself and many.
It's an honor to sit down with you.
1014
00:48:57,687 --> 00:48:59,897
Colin, describe your style of play.
1015
00:49:00,439 --> 00:49:02,149
Arm strength is always a piece of it.
1016
00:49:02,149 --> 00:49:03,693
[commentator 1]
And he throws at the end zone.
1017
00:49:03,693 --> 00:49:04,777
And it is caught for an...
1018
00:49:04,777 --> 00:49:06,987
[commentator 2] An absolute laser throw.
1019
00:49:06,987 --> 00:49:09,115
[Kaepernick] But the other part
is when things break down,
1020
00:49:09,115 --> 00:49:10,741
I wanna be able to go 90 on you.
1021
00:49:10,741 --> 00:49:13,369
[commentator 3] Kaepernick, long strides.
Breaking to the clear.
1022
00:49:13,369 --> 00:49:16,997
It's a foot race and nobody
will catch Colin Kaepernick.
1023
00:49:16,997 --> 00:49:19,959
[Kaepernick] I like that balance
of being able to do both.
1024
00:49:19,959 --> 00:49:23,337
There's an element of whatever
you need me to do for us to win,
1025
00:49:23,963 --> 00:49:25,464
that's just gonna be what it is.
1026
00:49:27,550 --> 00:49:30,386
You know, I just wanna know a little bit
about how you got into the game.
1027
00:49:30,386 --> 00:49:32,304
I started playing football
at eight years old
1028
00:49:32,304 --> 00:49:34,223
and my first year of playing,
1029
00:49:34,223 --> 00:49:38,436
I played four plays,
two at defensive end, two at punter.
1030
00:49:38,436 --> 00:49:42,273
And then when I was nine years old,
my dad took over coaching,
1031
00:49:42,857 --> 00:49:44,525
- put me in at quarterback...
- [Vick] Yeah.
1032
00:49:44,525 --> 00:49:46,986
...and then
was quarterback up until middle school.
1033
00:49:46,986 --> 00:49:48,571
Did you wanna play quarterback
1034
00:49:48,571 --> 00:49:51,449
or did Pops just throw you at quarterback
because he knew you can handle it?
1035
00:49:51,449 --> 00:49:54,285
No, I-I always wanted to play quarterback.
1036
00:49:54,285 --> 00:49:55,202
[Vick] Yeah.
1037
00:49:55,202 --> 00:49:57,705
No one gave me that shot
that first year to even try.
1038
00:49:57,705 --> 00:50:02,209
Every level that I played at,
I started off as a backup.
1039
00:50:02,209 --> 00:50:03,169
Okay.
1040
00:50:03,169 --> 00:50:06,088
So, I was never put in the position that's
like, "Oh, that's the guy," out the gate.
1041
00:50:06,088 --> 00:50:08,591
- I always had to earn it every level.
- Right.
1042
00:50:08,591 --> 00:50:11,677
[Kaepernick] When I got to college,
I only had one scholarship offer.
1043
00:50:11,677 --> 00:50:14,764
And my coach told me after I graduated,
1044
00:50:14,764 --> 00:50:17,224
"Yeah, we gave you
the scholarship offer 'cause, you know,
1045
00:50:17,224 --> 00:50:19,226
we thought you might be able
to play quarterback.
1046
00:50:19,226 --> 00:50:22,354
But if you come, we're gonna put
you at receiver or safety anyways."
1047
00:50:22,354 --> 00:50:23,272
Damn.
1048
00:50:23,272 --> 00:50:27,568
Even the game that I went in to play
quarterback, our quarterback got injured.
1049
00:50:27,568 --> 00:50:29,737
Before the game I was
out there catching punts.
1050
00:50:29,737 --> 00:50:31,363
[Vick] Wow, that's crazy.
1051
00:50:31,363 --> 00:50:33,199
So, you enter into
the National Football League,
1052
00:50:33,199 --> 00:50:35,367
get drafted by the San Francisco 49ers.
1053
00:50:35,367 --> 00:50:39,497
{\an8}The San Francisco 49ers
select Colin Kaepernick.
1054
00:50:39,497 --> 00:50:40,748
{\an8}Quarterback, Nevada.
1055
00:50:40,748 --> 00:50:41,916
{\an8}[Chris Berman] It's my guy, Mel.
1056
00:50:41,916 --> 00:50:43,834
{\an8}- [Mel Kiper Jr.] You go, Boom.
- [Berman] It's my guy.
1057
00:50:43,834 --> 00:50:48,923
{\an8}10,000 yards passing, 4,000 yards running.
The first guy ever to do it.
1058
00:50:48,923 --> 00:50:51,008
{\an8}[Vick] Take over
pretty early for Alex Smith.
1059
00:50:53,969 --> 00:50:57,264
[Kaepernick] The first year, I got
to see everything and learn everything.
1060
00:50:57,264 --> 00:51:00,351
So when I came in that second year,
I knew I was ready.
1061
00:51:00,351 --> 00:51:02,144
I was like, "I'm coming to get this spot."
1062
00:51:02,144 --> 00:51:03,062
Damn.
1063
00:51:03,062 --> 00:51:06,732
The part that gave me confidence was
that offseason after practice,
1064
00:51:06,732 --> 00:51:07,900
Randy Moss, he was like,
1065
00:51:07,900 --> 00:51:10,945
"Yo, if we're gonna go to the Super Bowl
this year, you gotta take us there."
1066
00:51:10,945 --> 00:51:13,072
And I'm like, "Okay."
1067
00:51:13,072 --> 00:51:16,075
He's played with so many
Hall of Fame quarterbacks,
1068
00:51:16,075 --> 00:51:18,994
like, that confidence
from someone that I was like,
1069
00:51:18,994 --> 00:51:21,372
"Yo, this is--
this is someone I look up to."
1070
00:51:21,372 --> 00:51:24,124
So, when Alex got injured and I came in,
1071
00:51:24,124 --> 00:51:26,961
- I knew what I was expected to do.
- [crowd cheering]
1072
00:51:26,961 --> 00:51:29,088
[commentator 1] Kaepernick strikes again.
1073
00:51:30,130 --> 00:51:33,551
[Vick] Your first year starting,
Green Bay Packers.
1074
00:51:33,551 --> 00:51:34,802
You have an amazing game.
1075
00:51:34,802 --> 00:51:37,054
You actually broke
my rushing record in that game.
1076
00:51:37,054 --> 00:51:38,639
[Kaepernick] When I think about that game,
1077
00:51:38,639 --> 00:51:42,476
I don't think most people realize
the first drive of that game.
1078
00:51:42,977 --> 00:51:44,270
I went out and threw a pick-six.
1079
00:51:45,396 --> 00:51:50,109
And I remember coming to the sideline
and seeing the whole team look at me like,
1080
00:51:50,109 --> 00:51:51,944
"Yo, is this what
you're gonna do in the playoffs?"
1081
00:51:51,944 --> 00:51:53,445
- You can feel that energy.
- That...
1082
00:51:53,445 --> 00:51:55,447
That forever stuck in my mind.
1083
00:51:55,948 --> 00:51:58,200
And I was like, "We gotta come
back out and just keep swinging."
1084
00:51:58,200 --> 00:51:59,535
[commentator 2]
Kaepernick throws a slant...
1085
00:51:59,535 --> 00:52:01,912
And throws a deep post.
Looking, throws the ball, it's caught!
1086
00:52:01,912 --> 00:52:03,372
Touchdown, 49ers.
1087
00:52:03,873 --> 00:52:06,208
Gonna run the ball to the five,
to the corner and in.
1088
00:52:06,208 --> 00:52:08,377
[commentator 3] Can't...
And, oh, Kaepernick keeps it going
1089
00:52:08,377 --> 00:52:10,588
outside to the right,
and Kaepernick is gone!
1090
00:52:10,588 --> 00:52:12,214
Turned into a record-breaking day.
1091
00:52:13,424 --> 00:52:15,759
Man, take me through Super Bowl XLVII.
1092
00:52:16,886 --> 00:52:18,721
[Kaepernick] Stepping on that field,
1093
00:52:18,721 --> 00:52:20,723
- everybody's ready, locked in.
- [Vick] Yeah.
1094
00:52:20,723 --> 00:52:24,518
The toughest part about that game,
we were off.
1095
00:52:24,518 --> 00:52:28,063
I truly believe if we played that game
ten times, we'd win nine of them.
1096
00:52:28,564 --> 00:52:30,524
- And that was that one game we didn't.
- Right.
1097
00:52:31,025 --> 00:52:34,236
You remember, that was actually
the Super Bowl the lights went out.
1098
00:52:34,236 --> 00:52:36,655
Once that happened,
it was like a reset for us
1099
00:52:37,323 --> 00:52:39,700
and everything after that,
we started to play like ourselves.
1100
00:52:39,700 --> 00:52:41,493
But just being in that moment...
1101
00:52:41,493 --> 00:52:43,996
[commentator 4] Kaepernick running
to the ten, to the five. He's in!
1102
00:52:43,996 --> 00:52:45,164
Making it to that point,
1103
00:52:45,164 --> 00:52:48,000
- it felt so normal for us.
- Damn.
1104
00:52:48,584 --> 00:52:52,254
I think I actually took for granted
how hard it is to get there.
1105
00:52:52,254 --> 00:52:55,382
Because the Super Bowl was my--
my tenth game starting.
1106
00:52:56,050 --> 00:52:57,760
{\an8}My first three years,
1107
00:52:57,760 --> 00:53:00,721
first year when I was sitting,
we went to the NFC championship,
1108
00:53:00,721 --> 00:53:02,681
my second year, we went to the Super Bowl
1109
00:53:02,681 --> 00:53:05,434
third year,
we went back to the NFC championship.
1110
00:53:05,434 --> 00:53:06,435
Me, I was like,
1111
00:53:06,435 --> 00:53:07,853
-"Oh, this is just what we do."
- Yeah.
1112
00:53:07,853 --> 00:53:10,898
We just gonna go out here and
win games and we gonna get over that hump.
1113
00:53:10,898 --> 00:53:14,735
And at that point that's when Harbaugh
got pushed out of San Francisco.
1114
00:53:14,735 --> 00:53:16,487
Changed the whole dynamic.
1115
00:53:19,657 --> 00:53:21,742
{\an8}[Vick] So, things get a little crazy.
1116
00:53:21,742 --> 00:53:24,787
{\an8}Colin Kaepernick is warming up
with his teammates on the field,
1117
00:53:24,787 --> 00:53:28,916
{\an8}but a little bit later tonight, about
100 feet to my right on the sideline,
1118
00:53:28,916 --> 00:53:31,001
{\an8}he is expected to kneel once again.
1119
00:53:31,001 --> 00:53:32,086
[reporter 1] Specifically,
1120
00:53:32,086 --> 00:53:34,213
what would you like to see change
in order for you to stand?
1121
00:53:35,214 --> 00:53:37,132
There's a lot of things
that need to change.
1122
00:53:37,132 --> 00:53:40,219
Uh, one-one specifically
is police brutality.
1123
00:53:40,719 --> 00:53:44,390
There's people being murdered
unjustly and not being held accountable.
1124
00:53:44,390 --> 00:53:48,268
Cops are getting paid leave
for killing people.
1125
00:53:48,978 --> 00:53:52,523
That's not right.
That's not right by anyone's standards.
1126
00:53:53,023 --> 00:53:55,901
2016, that year was full of ups and downs.
1127
00:53:56,986 --> 00:53:59,613
Colin Kaepernick again refused to stand...
1128
00:53:59,613 --> 00:54:01,824
[reporter 2] Kaepernick,
as he's done all season,
1129
00:54:01,824 --> 00:54:04,326
today took a knee
during the national anthem.
1130
00:54:04,326 --> 00:54:06,620
People aren't being held accountable
and that needs to change.
1131
00:54:06,620 --> 00:54:09,832
{\an8}- You've gotta respect the flag.
- Get that son of a bitch off the field...
1132
00:54:09,832 --> 00:54:13,168
{\an8}There is nothing more American
than a Jackie Robinson
1133
00:54:13,168 --> 00:54:15,379
or a Bill Russell or a Colin Kaepernick.
1134
00:54:15,379 --> 00:54:18,632
[Vick] And then to come that offseason,
they didn't bring you back.
1135
00:54:18,632 --> 00:54:22,011
It's just all abruptly.
Like, how-how did that make you feel?
1136
00:54:22,011 --> 00:54:24,638
[clicks tongue] Yeah, I mean, it's, uh...
1137
00:54:28,267 --> 00:54:30,436
It's hard when you don't get to go out
on your terms.
1138
00:54:30,436 --> 00:54:31,687
[Vick] Yeah.
1139
00:54:31,687 --> 00:54:34,898
Like, if it was just a matter of like,
1140
00:54:34,898 --> 00:54:38,777
"Hey, you ain't got it,"
or I can't do it anymore.
1141
00:54:39,445 --> 00:54:43,032
When it's not that,
it-it's tougher to deal with.
1142
00:54:43,032 --> 00:54:44,116
[Vick] Yeah.
1143
00:54:44,700 --> 00:54:47,077
{\an8}[reporter 3] The 29-year-old
quarterback is leaving the team
1144
00:54:47,077 --> 00:54:50,414
{\an8}after more than five years
and plenty of controversy.
1145
00:54:54,918 --> 00:54:56,503
You miss the game of football?
1146
00:54:56,503 --> 00:54:57,629
Absolutely.
1147
00:54:58,714 --> 00:55:01,091
- The art of it. The competition.
- [Vick] Yeah.
1148
00:55:01,675 --> 00:55:04,053
There's something about
going toe-to-toe with people.
1149
00:55:04,053 --> 00:55:09,349
It's very few places in your life that you
get challenged the way you do in football.
1150
00:55:10,059 --> 00:55:15,773
Physically, mentally, emotionally,
the amount of trust and camaraderie
1151
00:55:15,773 --> 00:55:18,067
that you have to build
to be able to go out there.
1152
00:55:18,692 --> 00:55:20,569
How you have to lead.
1153
00:55:20,569 --> 00:55:22,905
- Even when things are thrown on you.
- [Vick] Right.
1154
00:55:22,905 --> 00:55:25,783
It's like, all right, throw it on my back,
it's all good. I'll carry it.
1155
00:55:25,783 --> 00:55:27,826
So you saying that,
I heard the competitiveness,
1156
00:55:27,826 --> 00:55:29,536
and I know you're a competitive person.
1157
00:55:29,536 --> 00:55:32,915
What scratches that competitive
itch now for you in your life?
1158
00:55:33,791 --> 00:55:35,459
I still do all of my training,
1159
00:55:35,459 --> 00:55:39,296
but I've had to look at competition
in different ways.
1160
00:55:39,296 --> 00:55:42,674
It can be training,
it could be running businesses.
1161
00:55:42,674 --> 00:55:47,137
It's now become, "How can I make
this a competition against myself?"
1162
00:55:51,266 --> 00:55:55,062
When you look back at your tenure
in the NFL, your legacy,
1163
00:55:55,062 --> 00:55:59,399
what you want that to be when you got
the next generation, looking up to you...
1164
00:55:59,399 --> 00:56:01,193
- Mmm.
- ...and looking at your story?
1165
00:56:03,487 --> 00:56:05,614
One of the things that's
interesting to me is, like,
1166
00:56:07,282 --> 00:56:09,743
there's always this idea of,
like, doing things the right way.
1167
00:56:11,787 --> 00:56:15,499
And I think traditionally
that's framed through a conform.
1168
00:56:15,499 --> 00:56:18,669
And for me doing things
the right way is like, "Yo, be yourself,
1169
00:56:18,669 --> 00:56:22,464
be who you are,
but be the best at what you do."
1170
00:56:23,090 --> 00:56:24,091
For me, I want people
1171
00:56:24,091 --> 00:56:28,011
to remember me as someone
who put everything out there.
1172
00:56:28,512 --> 00:56:30,764
If I win or lose,
that's actually irrelevant
1173
00:56:30,764 --> 00:56:35,102
as long as I'm doing everything I can
to make sure I'm winning.
1174
00:56:35,602 --> 00:56:37,271
[Vick] Kap, that's unbelievable, man.
1175
00:56:37,271 --> 00:56:40,023
And I wanna say thank you.
I appreciate you, man.
1176
00:56:40,023 --> 00:56:42,651
And to-to know
that you had your own set of battles,
1177
00:56:43,152 --> 00:56:46,697
fought through it and still fighting
makes me proud to sit across from you.
1178
00:56:46,697 --> 00:56:48,740
- [chuckles] Absolutely, man.
- No doubt.
1179
00:56:48,740 --> 00:56:52,452
I-I appreciate you taking the time,
and I appreciate you paving the way.
1180
00:56:52,452 --> 00:56:55,122
- [Vick] No doubt.
- Like, you laid the foundation
1181
00:56:55,122 --> 00:56:59,042
for me to be able to step into the space
that I did and the way I was able to.
1182
00:56:59,042 --> 00:57:01,670
So, me and many others.
1183
00:57:05,883 --> 00:57:07,050
[Vick] Evolution.
1184
00:57:07,426 --> 00:57:08,510
It's where we are.
1185
00:57:09,344 --> 00:57:11,054
It's where we were.
1186
00:57:12,222 --> 00:57:15,392
{\an8}In many ways,
this journey started four years ago
1187
00:57:15,851 --> 00:57:20,022
{\an8}when I sat down with a quarterback
that reminded me so much of myself.
1188
00:57:23,150 --> 00:57:25,235
I'm sitting with the GOAT. MV, himself.
1189
00:57:25,235 --> 00:57:26,695
[commentator 1] That is crazy.
1190
00:57:26,695 --> 00:57:28,322
[commentator 2] Oh, my goodness.
1191
00:57:28,322 --> 00:57:29,698
- [grunts]
- [sputters]
1192
00:57:30,282 --> 00:57:31,325
[Vick] I need some popcorn.
1193
00:57:31,325 --> 00:57:33,410
- About to eat some popcorn.
- [chuckles]
1194
00:57:33,410 --> 00:57:36,413
[commentator 3] The spin,
the sprint and the score.
1195
00:57:36,413 --> 00:57:38,040
- [Vick] Now that was instinctive.
- [Jackson] Yep.
1196
00:57:38,040 --> 00:57:40,209
- One of the greatest players I ever seen.
- [Jackson] Appreciate that.
1197
00:57:40,209 --> 00:57:41,501
- The ultimate quarterback.
- [laughs]
1198
00:57:41,501 --> 00:57:44,004
[commentator 4] Forty, 35, 30, 25.
1199
00:57:44,004 --> 00:57:45,255
[Vick] Yes, this is legendary,
1200
00:57:45,255 --> 00:57:47,925
but it doesn't have
the flash that your running has.
1201
00:57:47,925 --> 00:57:51,053
Bro, you just split two
people over top with a walk off. [laughs]
1202
00:57:51,053 --> 00:57:52,554
But you had the spin move, bruh.
1203
00:57:52,554 --> 00:57:55,682
But that wasn't a walk off, though.
[laughs] That wasn't a walk off.
1204
00:57:56,433 --> 00:57:57,434
[Vick] We need more of this.
1205
00:57:57,434 --> 00:58:00,145
Maybe it's a young kid out there
aspiring to be like you.
1206
00:58:00,145 --> 00:58:01,605
- Like us.
- Like us.
1207
00:58:02,731 --> 00:58:07,152
[Vick] Lamar isn't just the present.
He's the future of the game.
1208
00:58:07,819 --> 00:58:12,658
And if this journey started with him,
there's someone else it has to end with.
1209
00:58:19,665 --> 00:58:21,667
[Vick] So, right now
we at Chiefs training camp.
1210
00:58:21,667 --> 00:58:24,127
I felt like Patrick
was a must-have because,
1211
00:58:24,127 --> 00:58:27,297
you know, he's changing the game
and continuing to pave the way.
1212
00:58:27,798 --> 00:58:30,092
And it's always good
to hear that perspective.
1213
00:58:34,054 --> 00:58:37,724
{\an8}I spent the 2017 training camp
with the Chiefs.
1214
00:58:38,308 --> 00:58:42,729
He was working alongside Alex Smith,
who was so influential in his development.
1215
00:58:43,313 --> 00:58:44,982
Patrick was a great understudy,
1216
00:58:44,982 --> 00:58:48,527
and you could tell
he wanted to learn and get better.
1217
00:58:48,527 --> 00:58:51,530
And I watched him in three weeks,
get better each and every day.
1218
00:58:56,368 --> 00:58:58,078
{\an8}- Pat, what's up, baby?
- What's up, my man?
1219
00:58:58,078 --> 00:58:59,371
{\an8}- What's up, baby?
- How you been?
1220
00:58:59,371 --> 00:59:00,747
- Good, how 'bout yourself?
- Good.
1221
00:59:00,747 --> 00:59:02,499
- Thanks for stopping in.
- I appreciate you having me.
1222
00:59:02,499 --> 00:59:03,959
[Vick] Have a seat. For sure.
1223
00:59:03,959 --> 00:59:06,128
Patrick, look,
I really appreciate this, man.
1224
00:59:06,128 --> 00:59:07,170
You sitting down
1225
00:59:07,170 --> 00:59:08,964
- and just chop it up with you, bro.
- Yes, sir.
1226
00:59:08,964 --> 00:59:11,425
When did you first know
you was gonna be a quarterback?
1227
00:59:14,886 --> 00:59:17,306
[Mahomes] I actually played baseball
my whole entire life.
1228
00:59:17,306 --> 00:59:19,474
I didn't start playing football
until I was in seventh grade.
1229
00:59:19,474 --> 00:59:21,351
When I first started playing,
I started off--
1230
00:59:21,351 --> 00:59:24,813
I wanted to play quarterback and
they had me playing linebacker at first.
1231
00:59:24,813 --> 00:59:28,525
I moved to safety and I played...
I was the backup quarterback on varsity.
1232
00:59:28,525 --> 00:59:31,278
I didn't take over starting quarterback
until I was a junior in high school.
1233
00:59:31,278 --> 00:59:34,239
That's when I kind of knew I wanted
to play quarterback the whole time.
1234
00:59:36,325 --> 00:59:41,413
What advice did your parents give you,
in pertaining to your upbringing, sports
1235
00:59:41,413 --> 00:59:44,666
and-and just how
you have to live your day-to-day life?
1236
00:59:45,709 --> 00:59:48,670
Yeah, for me, I think it was, um,
1237
00:59:48,670 --> 00:59:52,341
my dad just kind of telling me
that no matter what the noise was outside,
1238
00:59:52,341 --> 00:59:53,967
the way you handled yourself on the field
1239
00:59:53,967 --> 00:59:56,053
was gonna be the true character
of who you are.
1240
00:59:56,053 --> 00:59:58,555
But it was being in that locker room,
the baseball locker room
1241
00:59:58,555 --> 01:00:01,016
where you're getting different races,
different nationalities.
1242
01:00:01,016 --> 01:00:02,893
- It's diverse. Really diverse.
- It's diverse,
1243
01:00:02,893 --> 01:00:04,686
and everybody is just a...
It's a brotherhood.
1244
01:00:04,686 --> 01:00:06,438
- Right.
- That to me showed
1245
01:00:06,438 --> 01:00:08,982
that no matter what was going on
in the out-outside world,
1246
01:00:08,982 --> 01:00:10,901
those guys
in that locker room believe in you.
1247
01:00:10,901 --> 01:00:12,778
And that was big for me coming up.
1248
01:00:12,778 --> 01:00:15,572
I mean, there's not a lot
of African Americans playing baseball.
1249
01:00:15,572 --> 01:00:18,325
I was able to go out there and have
a good group of people around me.
1250
01:00:18,325 --> 01:00:20,243
It gave me that confidence to be who I am.
1251
01:00:22,371 --> 01:00:25,248
[Vick] Pat, you recently spent time
with Shack Harris and Doug Williams.
1252
01:00:25,248 --> 01:00:29,002
Talk about that experience
and what gems you got from them,
1253
01:00:29,002 --> 01:00:31,296
- and what you took away.
- I'm glad you're shedding a light on it.
1254
01:00:31,296 --> 01:00:35,133
How much Doug and Shack put me
in the position where I'm at today.
1255
01:00:35,133 --> 01:00:38,220
So just being able to go down there
to New Orleans and talk with them,
1256
01:00:38,220 --> 01:00:39,554
to hear the stories that they're telling.
1257
01:00:39,554 --> 01:00:41,640
I mean, they're some of the funniest guys
you would know.
1258
01:00:41,640 --> 01:00:44,518
And they're-they're trying to bring light
to the HBCUs down there
1259
01:00:44,518 --> 01:00:47,312
where they have the all-star game.
They get to put their talents on display.
1260
01:00:47,312 --> 01:00:49,731
Man, I just learned from them, man.
You just listen to them talk
1261
01:00:49,731 --> 01:00:53,193
about what they went through and you're
appreciative of where we're at today.
1262
01:00:53,193 --> 01:00:55,320
We're in a lot better place
'cause of guys like that,
1263
01:00:55,320 --> 01:00:57,072
and guys like you, who have kind of showed
1264
01:00:57,072 --> 01:01:00,200
that the Black quarterback could be one
of the best football players in the NFL.
1265
01:01:00,784 --> 01:01:03,120
I mean, even if you look back
to when you were playing,
1266
01:01:03,120 --> 01:01:05,580
everybody respected you
for being able to run around
1267
01:01:05,580 --> 01:01:07,165
- and make all these different plays.
- [Vick] Yeah.
1268
01:01:07,165 --> 01:01:09,292
[Mahomes] Now I go back
and I watch the same tape,
1269
01:01:09,292 --> 01:01:11,795
because we have them in that same offense
that you are with Coach Reid.
1270
01:01:11,795 --> 01:01:14,965
Man, you see how you're in the pocket
making these throws down the field.
1271
01:01:14,965 --> 01:01:16,967
The same throws that you see
all these quarterbacks making.
1272
01:01:16,967 --> 01:01:18,468
- [Vick] Right.
- You didn't get credit for that.
1273
01:01:18,468 --> 01:01:21,138
And I think with me and some of these
other guys in the league,
1274
01:01:21,138 --> 01:01:24,599
if we're dominating from within the pocket
and we're making plays on the run,
1275
01:01:24,599 --> 01:01:28,228
I feel like it's showing that guys like
you, guys that I'm sure you played with,
1276
01:01:28,228 --> 01:01:30,230
I mean, we could've been playing
quarterback the whole time.
1277
01:01:31,690 --> 01:01:34,151
There's been some weird criticism
towards some of the guys
1278
01:01:34,151 --> 01:01:37,654
like Lamar and Kyler Murray
and-and you chose to speak up about it.
1279
01:01:37,654 --> 01:01:40,282
The Black quarterback has had to battle
to be in this position that we are,
1280
01:01:40,282 --> 01:01:41,950
to have this many guys
in the league playing.
1281
01:01:42,534 --> 01:01:45,954
It always is weird when you see guys
like me, Lamar, Kyler get that on them
1282
01:01:45,954 --> 01:01:46,955
and other guys don't.
1283
01:01:46,955 --> 01:01:48,832
But we're gonna go out there
and prove ourselves every day
1284
01:01:48,832 --> 01:01:51,168
to show that we can be some of the
best quarterbacks in the league.
1285
01:01:51,168 --> 01:01:54,296
Yeah. And I... Not even as much for myself.
1286
01:01:54,296 --> 01:01:57,340
Lucky enough for me, I haven't had
as much criticism as guys like that.
1287
01:01:57,340 --> 01:02:00,677
But it was more for-for guys
like Lamar and Kyler.
1288
01:02:00,677 --> 01:02:02,929
- Guys I watch on tape every single week.
- [Vick] Right.
1289
01:02:02,929 --> 01:02:05,265
[Mahomes] I'm taking stuff from their game
because of how they're playing,
1290
01:02:05,265 --> 01:02:08,268
and they're athletic and they can run.
So that's all people look at.
1291
01:02:08,268 --> 01:02:11,104
And you see that these guys are making
throws from within the pocket.
1292
01:02:11,104 --> 01:02:12,981
I mean, they're making the throws
that they need to be made
1293
01:02:12,981 --> 01:02:15,525
and if they weren't, defense would
be playing cover zero every single play
1294
01:02:15,525 --> 01:02:16,902
and they'd be stopping the run.
1295
01:02:16,902 --> 01:02:20,322
[commentator 1] Oh, my goodness.
What a play, what a throw.
1296
01:02:20,322 --> 01:02:22,324
So when they get criticized like that,
1297
01:02:22,324 --> 01:02:24,951
I feel like I-I'm in a place now
where I can speak up
1298
01:02:24,951 --> 01:02:26,786
- for not only myself but for them.
- Yeah.
1299
01:02:26,786 --> 01:02:29,289
I've watched the tape every single week
of every quarterback in this league.
1300
01:02:29,289 --> 01:02:31,917
And to see the success that they've had
it's not a mistake,
1301
01:02:31,917 --> 01:02:33,960
it's because they're doing things
the right way.
1302
01:02:35,629 --> 01:02:36,922
- [crowd cheers]
- [screams]
1303
01:02:38,340 --> 01:02:40,926
- [Mahomes] Believe this is our moment!
- [player] Believe it!
1304
01:02:40,926 --> 01:02:42,802
Ain't no better time to be great
than today!
1305
01:02:42,802 --> 01:02:45,013
[commentator 2]
Welcome again to the magic show.
1306
01:02:45,013 --> 01:02:49,518
Touchdown, Kansas City! Unreal!
1307
01:02:57,025 --> 01:02:58,443
[Mahomes shouts indistinctly]
1308
01:02:58,443 --> 01:03:01,363
After reaching certain heights
in your career so early,
1309
01:03:01,363 --> 01:03:05,158
what's the motivation
to continue to be great
1310
01:03:05,158 --> 01:03:07,536
for all the young kids
that's watching right now?
1311
01:03:07,536 --> 01:03:10,413
When you taste that Super Bowl,
when you win that thing,
1312
01:03:10,413 --> 01:03:11,998
everything else kinda seems
like a failure.
1313
01:03:11,998 --> 01:03:14,876
[commentator 3]
The Chiefs Kingdom will raise a banner
1314
01:03:14,876 --> 01:03:17,796
above the National Football League again!
1315
01:03:17,796 --> 01:03:19,589
[Mahomes] I was watching
that Derek Jeter documentary.
1316
01:03:19,589 --> 01:03:22,634
He won, like, three or four
in his first few years in the league
1317
01:03:22,634 --> 01:03:24,803
and he's like, if he lost,
no matter how the season actually went,
1318
01:03:24,803 --> 01:03:26,388
- it felt like a failure.
- Yeah.
1319
01:03:26,388 --> 01:03:27,847
And I-I... That kind of hit home with me.
1320
01:03:27,847 --> 01:03:30,100
Once you go out there
and you're on top of that mountain
1321
01:03:30,100 --> 01:03:31,309
and you get that Super Bowl win,
1322
01:03:31,309 --> 01:03:33,937
you get to have that parade
and you get to celebrate that stuff,
1323
01:03:33,937 --> 01:03:36,147
you feel like you got to do that
every single time.
1324
01:03:37,315 --> 01:03:40,485
I wanna be someone that's remembered
for how I play on the field,
1325
01:03:40,485 --> 01:03:43,363
but someone who's remembered more
for the guy that I was off of it.
1326
01:03:43,363 --> 01:03:44,906
- [Vick] Right.
- That comes with a lot of things.
1327
01:03:44,906 --> 01:03:47,867
Going out there and winning games,
having character when you win games,
1328
01:03:47,867 --> 01:03:50,954
being in the community, showing these kids
that I'm just a normal guy.
1329
01:03:50,954 --> 01:03:54,040
I grew up going to parks playing football
with all my friends,
1330
01:03:54,040 --> 01:03:56,626
and now I'm kind of living out that dream
and it's hard work.
1331
01:03:56,626 --> 01:03:59,838
It's going in and doing whatever I can
to be the best player,
1332
01:03:59,838 --> 01:04:01,798
- the best student every single day.
- Yeah.
1333
01:04:01,798 --> 01:04:04,718
Whatever your dream is, follow it
'cause you can go out and achieve it.
1334
01:04:04,718 --> 01:04:07,596
Patrick, thank you, man,
for blessing us with your presence
1335
01:04:07,596 --> 01:04:10,140
and blessing me with your presence
and the world.
1336
01:04:10,140 --> 01:04:12,726
We're gonna get to see
what an amazing man you are, man.
1337
01:04:12,726 --> 01:04:14,894
- We appreciate it. Thank you.
- Appreciate you, my man.
1338
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When you study
the role of the Black quarterback,
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you cannot separate that
1340
01:04:27,073 --> 01:04:29,909
from the advancements
of Black people in this country.
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01:04:30,910 --> 01:04:32,621
[Lambre] There have been
moments of progress,
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01:04:32,621 --> 01:04:34,748
there's been moments of pushback,
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01:04:35,373 --> 01:04:39,586
and in many ways, the story
of the African American quarterback
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01:04:39,586 --> 01:04:45,592
encompasses the trajectory
of African American opportunity
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01:04:45,592 --> 01:04:50,430
and also retrenchment
within all aspects of society.
1346
01:04:50,930 --> 01:04:54,351
When you think about
the fact that we have progressed
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01:04:54,351 --> 01:04:59,606
to the point where about half the league
has Black quarterbacks.
1348
01:04:59,606 --> 01:05:02,317
You stop and think about that
and go, "Wow."
1349
01:05:02,317 --> 01:05:05,320
Because there was a time
in my professional lifetime
1350
01:05:05,320 --> 01:05:07,072
within the past 30 years
1351
01:05:07,072 --> 01:05:10,200
where there may have been
one Black quarterback in the league.
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01:05:11,368 --> 01:05:13,203
[Taylor] It's important
to celebrate progress.
1353
01:05:13,203 --> 01:05:17,165
You can't know what you're experiencing
and why it's significant
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01:05:17,165 --> 01:05:19,417
if you don't know the history behind it.
1355
01:05:20,627 --> 01:05:24,506
You know, people often refer to 1947
1356
01:05:24,506 --> 01:05:28,218
as the year Jackie Robinson broke
the color line in baseball.
1357
01:05:28,218 --> 01:05:31,971
People wanna talk
about breaking the color line,
1358
01:05:31,971 --> 01:05:34,391
they don't wanna talk
about the color line.
1359
01:05:35,308 --> 01:05:36,976
People wanna talk about the fact
1360
01:05:36,976 --> 01:05:42,524
that Black quarterbacks are now given the
opportunity and they're succeeding.
1361
01:05:43,233 --> 01:05:45,485
They don't wanna be reminded of the fact
1362
01:05:45,485 --> 01:05:49,364
that Black quarterbacks were
not always afforded this opportunity,
1363
01:05:49,364 --> 01:05:52,575
because that's a conversation
about racism.
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01:05:52,575 --> 01:05:58,331
They simply want to celebrate the good
at the expense of ignoring the bad.
1365
01:05:58,331 --> 01:06:00,625
But it's all part of the same story.
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01:06:00,625 --> 01:06:04,838
You can't talk about the progress without
talking about the history that led to it.
1367
01:06:04,838 --> 01:06:07,424
And if you do, you're being disingenuous.
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01:06:07,424 --> 01:06:10,051
Throughout history,
Black people have been seen
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01:06:10,051 --> 01:06:13,722
as insufficiently talented
to do the job of White men.
1370
01:06:13,722 --> 01:06:16,307
We've been questioned, we've been excluded
1371
01:06:16,307 --> 01:06:19,436
and when we've been included,
we've been discriminated against.
1372
01:06:19,436 --> 01:06:22,647
And when we've been finally given a shot
to thrive,
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01:06:22,647 --> 01:06:25,567
we're held to a higher standard
and given a shorter leash.
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01:06:25,567 --> 01:06:28,528
This isn't just Black quarterbacks,
this is Black people in America.
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01:06:28,528 --> 01:06:33,950
So as we watch that journey
from Fritz Pollard to Patrick Mahomes,
1376
01:06:33,950 --> 01:06:36,202
we're not just watching an athletic story.
1377
01:06:36,202 --> 01:06:40,665
We're watching a story of social progress.
We're watching a story of struggle.
1378
01:06:42,625 --> 01:06:44,711
We're watching a story of success.
1379
01:06:46,463 --> 01:06:48,465
Just like the Black president
in the White House,
1380
01:06:48,465 --> 01:06:53,386
the Black quarterback on the field is for
many people a symbol of what's possible.
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01:07:00,894 --> 01:07:06,608
[Vick] This journey, when I set out on it,
I thought I knew most of the stories.
1382
01:07:08,651 --> 01:07:10,445
I learned so much more.
1383
01:07:11,196 --> 01:07:13,907
It was more than a trip through history.
1384
01:07:13,907 --> 01:07:16,951
It was a journey
through my own experience.
1385
01:07:18,161 --> 01:07:20,622
One I share with so many others.
1386
01:07:21,581 --> 01:07:25,627
It's an unforgettable story
of how far we've come
1387
01:07:26,294 --> 01:07:28,213
and where we still have to go.
1388
01:07:29,631 --> 01:07:32,008
I can't wait to see what's next.