December 5, 2024 • 30 mins
Seahawks running back Kenny McIntosh joins Jessamyn to talk about family, his career and giving back to his community. Despite growing up so far away in South Florida, he explains the roots he's built here and why giving back in his new home matters so much.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome into this episode of Seattle Voice. I'm Jessamine McIntyre,
your host, and we are talking about what is going
on in the community.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
And one of.
Speaker 1 (00:10):
The people I've had a pleasure of talking to before
and who is giving back to the community, Kenny McIntosh,
is with me.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Kenny, how are you today?
Speaker 3 (00:20):
I'm doing good and thank you for having me today.
How much you, sir?
Speaker 1 (00:23):
Thank you for having me and I appreciate that. As
we are in the giving season and you have an
event coming up which we will get into a lot.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
But I want people who may not.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
Have had the chance to know you as well as
I do just covering the Seahawks in my everyday life.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
Tell us a little bit about yourself.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
I mean, you come from well, you come from Florida,
but you played at Georgia and now you're in Seattle.
That's a very cross country kind of transition. I liking
it out here.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
I'm loving it out here. Man.
Speaker 4 (00:55):
It's a different, different scenery, very different from the slave
getting like liking the different different things.
Speaker 3 (01:03):
You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 4 (01:04):
It's a lot of sight seeing out here, So I'm
going to do different things that I wouldn't do normally
do back at home, like heights, you know, going to
see miles and stuff like this. Been to a waterfall
out here before. I've never seen the waterfall before. So
different things out here, man.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
Look.
Speaker 4 (01:17):
I look at it as a vesting really, because like
I said, I wouldn't be able to see things like
this back at.
Speaker 3 (01:22):
Home or in the South. But I'm loving to gout here.
Speaker 4 (01:26):
I would say, just the weather in the rain, it's
probably like the only thing that would never split on anybody.
Speaker 3 (01:33):
But besides that, I love it out here. Man. It's
not bad.
Speaker 4 (01:37):
Definitely, get me away from home, get me keep me level,
level headed, stay focused, and stuff like that, so I
can't complain.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
I do you hear that from a lot of football players.
That helps them to be away from their normalcy of
what they grew up with. I mean, I grew up
in New York, so this is different for me too.
I'm an East Coast person, not necessarily South, but I
understand that, and I think it's good. I always I
grew up on Long Island, and I said, those that
don't get out get.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
Trapped in the bubble.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
Yeah, tell us a little bit about growing up in Florida, man,
Growing up in Florida.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
Man, it was you know, it was fun.
Speaker 4 (02:16):
All I can remember. I'm the youngest of five girls,
five boys.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
Oh wow, a big family.
Speaker 4 (02:25):
Man. So I was spoiled, definitely. I was the baby,
the baby falling as the youngest child, so on the baby.
My mom always, you know, made sure I was good.
My dad always made sure I was good. So you
know I had a good growing up.
Speaker 3 (02:38):
Man. I couldn't complain. I did a lot of things
you know, my older siblings couldn't do. You know.
Speaker 4 (02:43):
So my life, my childhood life was you know, it
was a dream actually, man. I traveled a lot. Uh,
placed a lot of sports, basketball, football, track. Uh, I
did a lot man down there, So.
Speaker 3 (02:59):
Growing know, watching my older brothers and stuff like that,
I had, you know, I had the guidance.
Speaker 4 (03:05):
I had a father figure in my life that you know,
always in my in my ear by doing right, doing
what's right, they're definitely teaching me about the men above God.
So growing up down everyone in the church almost every Sunday,
I had a god farand mother that always provided and.
Speaker 3 (03:24):
Definitely was there in my ear as well too.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
Just you know, a normal, normal, normal childhood life.
Speaker 4 (03:30):
Man, Just you know, living out of dream, playing football,
playing sports, going to school, you know, living life definitely
with my brothers and stuff like their sisters. So, uh,
I couldn't complain that. Florida was Definitely I'm glad I'm
from Florida. Actually I always said that growing up, you know,
because the weather, the football, you know, it's a vacation.
Speaker 3 (03:52):
Everybody come vacation there.
Speaker 4 (03:53):
Definitely spring March, so it's it's like it's like, you know,
I wasn't missing any thing.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
So definitely a blessed growing up in South Florida.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
Sounds like it absolutely So.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
You said you're the youngest of five brothers and five sisters,
so that makes you number eleven or is that a
come tent? You're the tenth Okay, Okay, I got it,
you're the last brother. Kenny Macintosh joining us here on
Seattle Voice. Kenny, it sounds like you have a lot
of gratitude in your life from your upbringing.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
Definitely definitely did your parents install that in you.
Speaker 3 (04:34):
I definitely said enough from our parents, man, Like I said,
they taught me it was right, was wrong.
Speaker 4 (04:41):
You know, they always wanted me to be They always
got received great compliments from you know, not even just me,
but their kids from other people who's like going, I
went to different high school than my siblings, so like
they're getting these confirmations from the kids on how you.
Speaker 3 (04:56):
Acting and stuff like that, and how humble are and
stuff like that.
Speaker 4 (04:59):
You know they I mean, they gave him a smile
something that's not about you know, showing up at advents
and stuff like that.
Speaker 3 (05:05):
You know, you know that's that's something I learned from
my parents. Definitely, I can set up I.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
Can say I learned the same from mine.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
You know, I'm only one of three in my family,
but Irish Catholic upbringing you greatful for family, I'll tell
you that much.
Speaker 4 (05:26):
Again.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
This is Seattle's Boys, our Community Boys, brought to you
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Speaker 2 (05:31):
Kenny.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
Let's talk a little bit about your event. I know
that you have something coming up which is extremely special
for our community here in Seattle, and it's a Toys
for Tots event.
Speaker 2 (05:43):
Can you tell me a little bit about that?
Speaker 5 (05:46):
Uh?
Speaker 3 (05:46):
Yes, Like time, it's actually called home is what a
heart is? My mom?
Speaker 4 (05:53):
You know, it was definitely a big inspiration of why
his name was was what we called it because you
know my mom is now she she's a woman. That's uh,
you love her family. She like I said, she provided
and I always was there for her family. Man, and
that's all she carried out. Really that's the number one,
(06:13):
number one thing I can say. But home is what
the heart is is you know, definitely her I did,
and it's consistent. It's still primary missions to serve our
community by improvement in the educational opportunities and sports related
assistance for disadvantaged children. I want to give scholarship. It
(06:36):
gives scholarship to deserve high school students as well as
assistants with their career path and the credit university. So
I want to give them the opportunity to go to
you know, universitys to get their experience and like I did,
you know what I'm saying. So I also have a
(06:57):
nephew that was also an inspiration of this. This homis
with the hardest uh, he has autism. So also have
the privilege or give opportunities for disadvantaged kids that have
those problems in their life. The also obesity, mental health.
(07:23):
I want to help people that's going through you know,
consists of medical research and to go to the university
of medical research to help them. You know that people
had their needs and sorry.
Speaker 3 (07:38):
It provides fundings for their for their scholarships.
Speaker 4 (07:47):
They also they also focused on making the difference in
the health and well being of children, adjusting childhood, like
I said, autism and mental health.
Speaker 3 (07:57):
So I'm out here just look giving back to the kids.
Like I said, I got family members that.
Speaker 4 (08:03):
I went going through those problems, so I look at
it as a giving back to them and also other
kids and around the youth that's maybe going through problems
like that.
Speaker 3 (08:12):
So that's pretty much with mine.
Speaker 2 (08:15):
Well that's a lot. Yeah, that's a lot.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
That is a lot of things that you guys are doing.
Home is where the art is and I love the
name of that organization. I think it's great and obviously
your mother was the inspiration for it, and you are
bringing it here to Seattle.
Speaker 2 (08:33):
Again.
Speaker 1 (08:33):
This is Kenny McIntosh running back for the Seahawks, who
is joining us here on Seattle Voice Jessamin McIntyre. Here
it is brought to you by iHeart Seattle and Kenny,
can you just tell us a little bit more about
but beyond your mother, what inspired you to bring it
here where you live now, which is so far from home?
Speaker 3 (08:54):
Uh, you know, It's just something I'm always was. I
wanted to do it.
Speaker 4 (08:58):
Not that my mother had the inspiration of the name,
but it's something I always had in my heart to do.
I grew up saying, you know, give me a lot
of kids, because I always love the kids, loving being
around the kids, loving helping the kids. It's just something
in my heart that I always wanted to give back
and something I wanted to do. Also, I had, like
(09:19):
I said, brothers that I had the the blessing to
look up for it too and seeing them do things
like this. So it's something I always wanted to do
with my own and to have my first event to come,
you know, I'm excited and getting nervous to you know,
get the things started getting, you know, getting the thing
rolls and getting the ball rolling, because I can see
(09:39):
myself taking this so far away, taking seeing this being
a big deal in communities, not just at in South Florida,
but you know where I'm at in Seattle now. So
God gave me the blessing to be here. Like I said,
it's a blessing to be away from home right now,
all the way from home across the grove.
Speaker 3 (09:57):
So but I'm here.
Speaker 4 (10:00):
I want to get the opportunity, you know, people around
here to know my name and you know, to get
the opportunity to know who I am and where I'm
from there where I do the things I do. So
that's another reason why just because I'm here, I don't
want to stop. I don't want to have you put
anything on mine, slowed me down, anything like that. You know,
like you said, we're in there during the season right now,
(10:20):
I'm still trying to do things.
Speaker 3 (10:21):
In the community. And sure that that kid because I do,
like I said, I got family members that.
Speaker 4 (10:28):
I'm going through, you know, little things like that, I'm
trying to support my homeless wouldn't heard it.
Speaker 1 (10:35):
So I think that's beautiful. I think it's great, and
your motivation sounds amazing. I love that people don't stop,
regardless of where their lives take them. Kenny Macintosh is
joining us. A big win yesterday, by the way, congratulations.
Speaker 3 (10:50):
Yeah that is that's definitely was a big win.
Speaker 4 (10:52):
Man.
Speaker 3 (10:53):
We needed that. Uh definitely celebrated that when we needed
that for sure.
Speaker 2 (10:58):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (10:58):
Well, back on the wind call again and now the
NFC West looks a little different than we've seen in
recent times where it's pretty much even across the board.
How much does I mean Obviously you've spoken about what
your mother and father have instilled in you, but how
much do your siblings contribute to your passion? You know,
(11:21):
you talked about nieces and nephews, and you know you
have a extended family with a ten kid family that
you grew up in as a baby. So how much
do the younger ones mean to you or in an
inspirational way?
Speaker 4 (11:36):
Well, since I am the youngest and I you know,
I guess I can say played that road growing up.
But looking at for my younger nieces and nephew's men,
it means a lot. And they play a lot because
they play a big role because growing up and just
seeing them having a smile, man and giving their hair
the things that I was able to have growing up
(11:58):
and stuff like that, you know, just just went a
long way with me, you know what, something like that.
And if I can see them, you know, making my
nieces a nephew smells, it's the only kid and I
can just imagine what I can do across the glow,
I mean across the world, you know what I'm saying
like that, So just to see all the other kids
that's in need or unfortunate too, to just see them
(12:18):
have a smile on their face. And my siblings played
a lot because they definitely can. They did that for me,
and they made sure I was good as well too.
When we were growing up and we were out and
not in front of my parents and stuff like that,
I definitely was still protected or.
Speaker 3 (12:32):
You know, not word.
Speaker 4 (12:34):
It's just you know, being a kid and you know,
having fun and stuff like that. Not even worried about
anything in my mind. So I say, they definitely installed
a big idea in my head that you know, being
that role model is can go a long way because
I can remember all the moments, you know, we had
(12:56):
growing up and stuff like that.
Speaker 3 (12:57):
So I just want to be that best and for
kids that's unfortunate.
Speaker 1 (13:02):
Yeah, your parents obviously did a great job with you.
I covered your brother in Washington State when he was
there in college and always a pleasure.
Speaker 2 (13:11):
And you have been as well.
Speaker 1 (13:13):
And I wanted to ask you as we're entering the
holiday season again, Kenny macintosh here with Jessman McIntyre on
Seattle Voice, some of your favorite memories growing up in
a big family, and you sound like you come from
an extremely warm environment. I wanted to ask you a
little bit about some of your favorite memories when you
(13:34):
were a kid.
Speaker 3 (13:36):
Okay, let me see, let me see.
Speaker 2 (13:39):
Yeah, I'm sure you have a lot of them, So
take your time.
Speaker 3 (13:42):
I got it. I got a lot, got a big
like I say, man, I used to sing.
Speaker 2 (13:51):
Used to say.
Speaker 3 (13:52):
I used to say, like in front of my family,
that's it nice serious, but I have to say praisey
is what I do. And my mom used to make
me get on the mic and singing, you're friend of
my family.
Speaker 4 (14:05):
Man.
Speaker 3 (14:05):
It's a shirt song.
Speaker 4 (14:08):
Gossip SONGA man is to this day is like one
of my favorite songs, like one of my favorite gossip songs,
the same game listen to so whenever it come home
with me and my mom will call me if I'm
not with her, she called me, you know, just to
hear me sing that song.
Speaker 3 (14:25):
It's that's one. Uh definitely, I can definitely think of
the sports, but I'm like another one. I'll be man,
I got in trouble.
Speaker 2 (14:38):
You got in trouble.
Speaker 3 (14:40):
I got in trouble throwing the football at my brother.
Speaker 2 (14:45):
Which brother did you go for the oldest one?
Speaker 3 (14:47):
The oldest, my oldest brother, Big.
Speaker 4 (14:53):
Yeah, he hit me with the ball at first, so
and I want to chase him, and he was obviously.
Speaker 3 (15:01):
You know, he's fasted right there at this point, and
I'm chasing him, and I thought I had him.
Speaker 4 (15:06):
Man, he was quicker. He ducks and the ball hit
neighbor's window.
Speaker 2 (15:13):
Oh no, well.
Speaker 1 (15:21):
That's a good one sometimes, the one I had to
learn from that On I was gonna say, sometimes the
hardest adversity treats us the best lessons.
Speaker 3 (15:30):
Right, you got to learn live.
Speaker 4 (15:33):
But that's something we laugh about to this day. His brother,
I can go long and on. Man, I got a
lot with my sisters. Man and my sister used to
catch lizards.
Speaker 2 (15:44):
Man, lizards.
Speaker 3 (15:47):
We used to catch lizards out there outside. Man, that's like.
Speaker 1 (15:52):
The little there. They're super quick. I've been to Florida.
I know what they look like. They are, even the
big ones. Like, can we sign this guy to the team.
Speaker 3 (16:06):
It's funny, like I could hear it for real, but
not as.
Speaker 2 (16:11):
I love that again.
Speaker 1 (16:13):
Kenny mcinti Seahawks running back joining Jasaman mcintyreron Seattle Boys.
So you have the reason I wanted to relive some
memories from your childhood is because you have a giving
back to the community his new community here in Seattle,
coming all the way from South Florida playing at Georgia,
and we have a toys for Tots event coming up. Kenny,
(16:34):
you shared some memories of your childhood and the fun
that you had with your family. Unfortunately, there are people
in this community that need help, and especially around this
time the holidays, it gets difficult for people because parents
just want to give back to their children. And you're
hosting this an amazing event on December ninth.
Speaker 2 (16:55):
It is a Monday.
Speaker 1 (16:56):
It's from four to eight pm, so hopefully people can
get there right after work. There'll be photo ops with
current and former players, and you can come bring a
newly unwrapped toy or child clothing to donate. That's at
the Pizza Coop and Alehouse in Woodenville. Kenny, tell me
how you got involved in this event.
Speaker 4 (17:19):
I got involved in this event because my mother and
also I always wanted to be a part of something
like this. It's my first event that I got coming up.
There's something like this to give back to kids, and
it's just something I grew up you know, watching you know,
seeing my brothers do things like this and now it's
my turn to you know, get the ball rolling. So
(17:40):
I have my mother in my head on my corner,
the you know, the guide me. She came up the name,
and I think it's a great name because it's, you know,
something that I grew up, you know, looking and believing in,
and my mother installed it into me and all kids.
And you know, home is what a heart is, so
you know, always come home and we always have each
other no matter what. So that's how I got into this.
Speaker 2 (18:02):
I love that and home is where the heart is.
Speaker 1 (18:05):
Now home, You've brought your heart here out to Seattle,
and I think that's amazing. You have homes in several
places now, Kenny, Yes, well, I think the city has
embraced you already, you know, as you know, coming here,
you see the fans, you see jerseys everywhere.
Speaker 2 (18:26):
You see the way that people get up for games.
Speaker 1 (18:29):
And this team, specifically the Seattle Seahawks, have been extremely
influential in our community. Does it mean something to join
a team like that even though they selected you, but
they selected you along with your draft mates for a reason.
Speaker 3 (18:44):
Yes, man, definitely.
Speaker 4 (18:46):
You know, I can say I didn't know a lot
about Seattle when I first got directed with my parents
and my father definitely my father, man, he told me
a lot about the you know, the city and how
it was coming to a great team and how to
you know, Pete was definitely a players coach man, you know,
being able to come to a great, great organization.
Speaker 3 (19:05):
Man, it was a blessing man.
Speaker 4 (19:07):
Like I said, I look at it as a best
of coming from all the way from South Florida, all
the way across the globe on the other end of
the West Coast. It's a blessing man to be out there.
And I just want to give back because I am
blessed to be out here. Man.
Speaker 3 (19:22):
I thank god.
Speaker 2 (19:22):
You's an every day well we are thankful for you.
Speaker 1 (19:26):
And again the city of Woodenville will be supporting the
Toys for Tots and King County and Home is where
the heart is both focused on youth with challenging financial
support and also Kenny McIntosh's foundation provides financial assistance regarding fitness,
health and education.
Speaker 2 (19:45):
And we do really really appreciate that for you bringing
that here.
Speaker 1 (19:51):
And I know that these there can be challenges when
it comes to running a foundation providing support for people,
and it almost seems like if you just help one person, then, man,
there's so many people that need help.
Speaker 2 (20:08):
But I use this short story that I've read as
a child.
Speaker 1 (20:12):
It might be a poem, but I use this in
every episode of this show that I do, where there's
a little girl walking on a beach and there's hundreds
and hundreds of starfish that are washed up because it's
low tide, and she's just flinging them back into the
sea one by one to save them. And someone comes
up to her and says, what are you doing. That's
(20:33):
not going to matter, And she flings one into the
sea right in front of this person and says, it
matters to that one. And I think if you can
affect one person every day, every chance that you get,
no matter whether you're giving parents a toy to give
to a child, if you're just smiling at someone who
(20:54):
might be having a bad day, if you have more
patience than anger, then we can affect people in a
positive way. And it sounds like you're one of those people.
Speaker 4 (21:02):
Definitely, definitely, And I agree I was taught to, you know, Karen,
Karen can.
Speaker 3 (21:09):
Go a long way. Man. It doesn't hurt the whold
of door, for you know, the dead one or to
say thank you.
Speaker 4 (21:16):
I was taught to have manners and stuff like that,
and I think that take that, that'll go along way.
And I fucking go out my way and do this
for the next don't you know? Who knows what can
happen if someone might get inspired by you know, me
going out to you know, just like I said, like
you said, give toys, somebody might want to you know,
be inspired or you know, go above and beyond and
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take it further.
Speaker 3 (21:39):
You knows, you know.
Speaker 4 (21:41):
So I feel like me learning and like I said,
learning from my older peers. I just want to keep
it going, man, And I feel like it it can
go a long way around the whole world. And you know,
me being in the Seattle like you mentioned, and being
from Florida. You who knows where it's gonna go if
(22:03):
you just keep going, you know, pushing Florida, you know
the love.
Speaker 3 (22:07):
But yeah, definitely I think this is to go along
far far. We just keep going.
Speaker 2 (22:12):
It just takes one step, That's all it takes, is
one step.
Speaker 1 (22:17):
Yes, you mentioned your peers, what if they taught you
about giving back and having kindness.
Speaker 3 (22:24):
I was fortunate enough, man to go to a private
school and South Florida.
Speaker 4 (22:33):
Just being able to see being able to receive that,
it was a lot for my family. You know, my
older siblings were fortunate enough to go to a private
school as well in high school and for them to
receive that, they had got it first obviously, So it was.
Speaker 3 (22:51):
A blessing, you know, to get out.
Speaker 4 (22:54):
From where we're from, to go to a school, to
receive education and know that it was going to be
able to further our education by going to college.
Speaker 3 (23:03):
It was a blessing.
Speaker 4 (23:04):
And and for them to you know, to definitely receive
at first, they installed in me like to take it
as you know, take it as a blessing. So going
to school people wasn't getting the education we was getting
going to private schools and being able to wake up
every morning and have a meal, a buffet at our.
Speaker 3 (23:25):
School, stuff like that, you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 4 (23:27):
So it was it was a blessing to go to
these things and being able to receive these things at
a young age. And they definitely taught me to you know,
to don't have no living life with no regrets, you
know what I'm saying. So definitely I went to school
each and every day to you know, further my education
and definitely to my sports.
Speaker 3 (23:48):
Definitely to take sports serious.
Speaker 4 (23:50):
So that was another reason why they installed anybody to
stay focused and stay levelheaded because a lot of people
wasn't receiving what we were receiving at a young age.
Speaker 1 (23:59):
Man, how about in the Seattle Seahawks locker room. There
are a lot of guys that get back there. That's
also amazing that you were afforded that opportunity when you
were younger. But how about the guys that you've been around,
how have they inspired you to give back?
Speaker 4 (24:17):
Chenna, I said you, Chenna was definitely somebody I look
up look up to when it comes back comes to
giving back.
Speaker 3 (24:26):
Man, He's done a lot. Only been here two years
with him, Man.
Speaker 4 (24:29):
He's done so much for the community. I can I
can give a list on and on and just being
able to be on this wing to watch it and
I've been able to I've been fortunate enough to make
it to some of his events and to see him
in action and how he's with the community is definitely inspirational.
Speaker 3 (24:49):
Man, something I look forward to go far like he
has definitely tend to somebody I look look up too
when it comes to giving back.
Speaker 1 (25:00):
Well, that's great, and I'm sure the collective Seahawks fans
around the listening area will really appreciate that. I wanted
to go back to the beginning because your draft call
was quite special. And I'll only play a minute of
it because I know you talked to the media afterwards,
but I want you to take a listen to this
and then revisit how you felt at this moment.
Speaker 3 (25:22):
And he has a feeling.
Speaker 5 (25:24):
I've been waiting all day. Who's around you said, who
around me?
Speaker 3 (25:35):
My family, man, my whole sebiity.
Speaker 5 (25:38):
We all been sitting wait here, Not just me, we
all been sitting here.
Speaker 4 (25:43):
What was it like when you finally got the call
from the.
Speaker 3 (25:47):
Man?
Speaker 5 (25:47):
I was understairs already, man like, going through it, already,
waiting for my native Because so when they called me,
I was gonna fault my agent talking about freedom?
Speaker 3 (25:58):
Did they call me mad? In the middle of the call?
I freaked my agent and then I say, hold on them.
I got a call and they called me and said
they're gonna take.
Speaker 5 (26:05):
Me two seven.
Speaker 4 (26:09):
So sounds like you're a pretty passionate person. Is that
an accurate description?
Speaker 3 (26:16):
Yeah, So I'm confident. What do you think Georgia.
Speaker 1 (26:21):
I just wanted to relive that moment because of how
special it was for us. We hear these constantly. I
work in the media, I work in sports media, and
that one touched our hearts, and of course your family
was there, So I wanted to bring a full circle
with that. Uh and just what I mean, I think
we could tell what you were feeling in that moment,
(26:42):
But did you have any idea how much projection that
moment would have.
Speaker 3 (26:47):
I did not at the time. I had no idea. Man,
I was just going through a lot of emotions at
the time. My family.
Speaker 4 (26:57):
Man, he brought me back to the moment for rever
because I was going through a lot. My family was
going through a lot, and for me to get that call, man,
it just meant a lot, you know, meant everything because
we knew what.
Speaker 3 (27:13):
What it took.
Speaker 4 (27:14):
You know, all the days, my mother, my father, the
long days, long long nights.
Speaker 3 (27:22):
It took a lot, man.
Speaker 4 (27:23):
So once that moment came and paid off, you know,
all the the monkeys on our back was gone.
Speaker 3 (27:31):
You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 4 (27:31):
Like it was, it was a relief and the dream
come true in the miracle, and I just thank God
for it.
Speaker 3 (27:40):
So, man, that's crazy.
Speaker 1 (27:42):
You got me back in that moment ry now that actually,
I'm glad to bring you back to that moment because
it sounds like it brought a.
Speaker 2 (27:49):
Lot of joy to you.
Speaker 3 (27:51):
Definitely, definitely did.
Speaker 1 (27:53):
I understand that being a former college athlete myself. My
father's a football coach, so I understand the long days,
a long nights, and the family sacrifices that come along
with that sport, and it means it means a ton.
And I get the impression that that brought more joy
to you because of what your family did for you
(28:15):
than even you yourself.
Speaker 3 (28:16):
Yeah, it's definitely that's what it was. Man.
Speaker 4 (28:20):
Like my mother and father and my sisters and brothers
down there, like they're feeling what I was feeling. And
just like I said, to bring it back to that smile,
just to see them have that smile on their.
Speaker 3 (28:33):
Face, it meant lighting me and it brought to.
Speaker 2 (28:40):
It's absolutely beautiful.
Speaker 1 (28:42):
I feel like they're thinking you did it, Kenny, and
you're thinking we did it exactly.
Speaker 2 (28:47):
I love it.
Speaker 1 (28:48):
Well, thank you again once again. Kenny macintosh is going
to be over at the Pizza Coop in Wooden Bill
on December ninth. It's a Monday four to eight pm,
and that is happy our folks. So you go get
down there, you get a slice, so you get whatever
beverage you'd like, and then you go get a picture
(29:09):
with Kenny and meet this wonderful human being. There will
be other former and current Seahawks there in attendance, including
Logan Gilbert kind of an ace for your Seattle Mariners.
And there's trivia starting at seven o'clock, a ton of fun.
Bring some unwrapped toys donate to his wonderful Home Is
(29:29):
Where the Heart Is Foundation. Kenny, I cannot tell you
how much I appreciate your time spending with me today
and we can't wait to see what success you have
with this event and in the future in your athletic career.
Speaker 3 (29:42):
I appreciate you. Thank you so much for having me again.
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (29:47):
You got it all right.
Speaker 1 (29:48):
This has been Seattle Voice Jessamin McIntyre, presented by iHeartRadio.
Speaker 2 (29:52):
And we will get back to you next week.
Speaker 1 (29:54):
Happy Thanksgiving, Happy holidays to everyone, and we'll talk to
you soon.
Welcome into this episode of Seattle Voice. I'm Jessamine McIntyre,
your host, and we are talking about what is going
on in the community.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
And one of.
Speaker 1 (00:10):
The people I've had a pleasure of talking to before
and who is giving back to the community, Kenny McIntosh,
is with me.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Kenny, how are you today?
Speaker 3 (00:20):
I'm doing good and thank you for having me today.
How much you, sir?
Speaker 1 (00:23):
Thank you for having me and I appreciate that. As
we are in the giving season and you have an
event coming up which we will get into a lot.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
But I want people who may not.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
Have had the chance to know you as well as
I do just covering the Seahawks in my everyday life.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
Tell us a little bit about yourself.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
I mean, you come from well, you come from Florida,
but you played at Georgia and now you're in Seattle.
That's a very cross country kind of transition. I liking
it out here.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
I'm loving it out here. Man.
Speaker 4 (00:55):
It's a different, different scenery, very different from the slave
getting like liking the different different things.
Speaker 3 (01:03):
You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 4 (01:04):
It's a lot of sight seeing out here, So I'm
going to do different things that I wouldn't do normally
do back at home, like heights, you know, going to
see miles and stuff like this. Been to a waterfall
out here before. I've never seen the waterfall before. So
different things out here, man.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
Look.
Speaker 4 (01:17):
I look at it as a vesting really, because like
I said, I wouldn't be able to see things like
this back at.
Speaker 3 (01:22):
Home or in the South. But I'm loving to gout here.
Speaker 4 (01:26):
I would say, just the weather in the rain, it's
probably like the only thing that would never split on anybody.
Speaker 3 (01:33):
But besides that, I love it out here. Man. It's
not bad.
Speaker 4 (01:37):
Definitely, get me away from home, get me keep me level,
level headed, stay focused, and stuff like that, so I
can't complain.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
I do you hear that from a lot of football players.
That helps them to be away from their normalcy of
what they grew up with. I mean, I grew up
in New York, so this is different for me too.
I'm an East Coast person, not necessarily South, but I
understand that, and I think it's good. I always I
grew up on Long Island, and I said, those that
don't get out get.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
Trapped in the bubble.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
Yeah, tell us a little bit about growing up in Florida, man,
Growing up in Florida.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
Man, it was you know, it was fun.
Speaker 4 (02:16):
All I can remember. I'm the youngest of five girls,
five boys.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
Oh wow, a big family.
Speaker 4 (02:25):
Man. So I was spoiled, definitely. I was the baby,
the baby falling as the youngest child, so on the baby.
My mom always, you know, made sure I was good.
My dad always made sure I was good. So you
know I had a good growing up.
Speaker 3 (02:38):
Man. I couldn't complain. I did a lot of things
you know, my older siblings couldn't do. You know.
Speaker 4 (02:43):
So my life, my childhood life was you know, it
was a dream actually, man. I traveled a lot. Uh,
placed a lot of sports, basketball, football, track. Uh, I
did a lot man down there, So.
Speaker 3 (02:59):
Growing know, watching my older brothers and stuff like that,
I had, you know, I had the guidance.
Speaker 4 (03:05):
I had a father figure in my life that you know,
always in my in my ear by doing right, doing
what's right, they're definitely teaching me about the men above God.
So growing up down everyone in the church almost every Sunday,
I had a god farand mother that always provided and.
Speaker 3 (03:24):
Definitely was there in my ear as well too.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
Just you know, a normal, normal, normal childhood life.
Speaker 4 (03:30):
Man, Just you know, living out of dream, playing football,
playing sports, going to school, you know, living life definitely
with my brothers and stuff like their sisters. So, uh,
I couldn't complain that. Florida was Definitely I'm glad I'm
from Florida. Actually I always said that growing up, you know,
because the weather, the football, you know, it's a vacation.
Speaker 3 (03:52):
Everybody come vacation there.
Speaker 4 (03:53):
Definitely spring March, so it's it's like it's like, you know,
I wasn't missing any thing.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
So definitely a blessed growing up in South Florida.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
Sounds like it absolutely So.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
You said you're the youngest of five brothers and five sisters,
so that makes you number eleven or is that a
come tent? You're the tenth Okay, Okay, I got it,
you're the last brother. Kenny Macintosh joining us here on
Seattle Voice. Kenny, it sounds like you have a lot
of gratitude in your life from your upbringing.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
Definitely definitely did your parents install that in you.
Speaker 3 (04:34):
I definitely said enough from our parents, man, Like I said,
they taught me it was right, was wrong.
Speaker 4 (04:41):
You know, they always wanted me to be They always
got received great compliments from you know, not even just me,
but their kids from other people who's like going, I
went to different high school than my siblings, so like
they're getting these confirmations from the kids on how you.
Speaker 3 (04:56):
Acting and stuff like that, and how humble are and
stuff like that.
Speaker 4 (04:59):
You know they I mean, they gave him a smile
something that's not about you know, showing up at advents
and stuff like that.
Speaker 3 (05:05):
You know, you know that's that's something I learned from
my parents. Definitely, I can set up I.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
Can say I learned the same from mine.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
You know, I'm only one of three in my family,
but Irish Catholic upbringing you greatful for family, I'll tell
you that much.
Speaker 4 (05:26):
Again.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
This is Seattle's Boys, our Community Boys, brought to you
by iHeartRadio.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
Kenny.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
Let's talk a little bit about your event. I know
that you have something coming up which is extremely special
for our community here in Seattle, and it's a Toys
for Tots event.
Speaker 2 (05:43):
Can you tell me a little bit about that?
Speaker 5 (05:46):
Uh?
Speaker 3 (05:46):
Yes, Like time, it's actually called home is what a
heart is? My mom?
Speaker 4 (05:53):
You know, it was definitely a big inspiration of why
his name was was what we called it because you
know my mom is now she she's a woman. That's uh,
you love her family. She like I said, she provided
and I always was there for her family. Man, and
that's all she carried out. Really that's the number one,
(06:13):
number one thing I can say. But home is what
the heart is is you know, definitely her I did,
and it's consistent. It's still primary missions to serve our
community by improvement in the educational opportunities and sports related
assistance for disadvantaged children. I want to give scholarship. It
(06:36):
gives scholarship to deserve high school students as well as
assistants with their career path and the credit university. So
I want to give them the opportunity to go to
you know, universitys to get their experience and like I did,
you know what I'm saying. So I also have a
(06:57):
nephew that was also an inspiration of this. This homis
with the hardest uh, he has autism. So also have
the privilege or give opportunities for disadvantaged kids that have
those problems in their life. The also obesity, mental health.
(07:23):
I want to help people that's going through you know,
consists of medical research and to go to the university
of medical research to help them. You know that people
had their needs and sorry.
Speaker 3 (07:38):
It provides fundings for their for their scholarships.
Speaker 4 (07:47):
They also they also focused on making the difference in
the health and well being of children, adjusting childhood, like
I said, autism and mental health.
Speaker 3 (07:57):
So I'm out here just look giving back to the kids.
Like I said, I got family members that.
Speaker 4 (08:03):
I went going through those problems, so I look at
it as a giving back to them and also other
kids and around the youth that's maybe going through problems
like that.
Speaker 3 (08:12):
So that's pretty much with mine.
Speaker 2 (08:15):
Well that's a lot. Yeah, that's a lot.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
That is a lot of things that you guys are doing.
Home is where the art is and I love the
name of that organization. I think it's great and obviously
your mother was the inspiration for it, and you are
bringing it here to Seattle.
Speaker 2 (08:33):
Again.
Speaker 1 (08:33):
This is Kenny McIntosh running back for the Seahawks, who
is joining us here on Seattle Voice Jessamin McIntyre. Here
it is brought to you by iHeart Seattle and Kenny,
can you just tell us a little bit more about
but beyond your mother, what inspired you to bring it
here where you live now, which is so far from home?
Speaker 3 (08:54):
Uh, you know, It's just something I'm always was. I
wanted to do it.
Speaker 4 (08:58):
Not that my mother had the inspiration of the name,
but it's something I always had in my heart to do.
I grew up saying, you know, give me a lot
of kids, because I always love the kids, loving being
around the kids, loving helping the kids. It's just something
in my heart that I always wanted to give back
and something I wanted to do. Also, I had, like
(09:19):
I said, brothers that I had the the blessing to
look up for it too and seeing them do things
like this. So it's something I always wanted to do
with my own and to have my first event to come,
you know, I'm excited and getting nervous to you know,
get the things started getting, you know, getting the thing
rolls and getting the ball rolling, because I can see
(09:39):
myself taking this so far away, taking seeing this being
a big deal in communities, not just at in South Florida,
but you know where I'm at in Seattle now. So
God gave me the blessing to be here. Like I said,
it's a blessing to be away from home right now,
all the way from home across the grove.
Speaker 3 (09:57):
So but I'm here.
Speaker 4 (10:00):
I want to get the opportunity, you know, people around
here to know my name and you know, to get
the opportunity to know who I am and where I'm
from there where I do the things I do. So
that's another reason why just because I'm here, I don't
want to stop. I don't want to have you put
anything on mine, slowed me down, anything like that. You know,
like you said, we're in there during the season right now,
(10:20):
I'm still trying to do things.
Speaker 3 (10:21):
In the community. And sure that that kid because I do,
like I said, I got family members that.
Speaker 4 (10:28):
I'm going through, you know, little things like that, I'm
trying to support my homeless wouldn't heard it.
Speaker 1 (10:35):
So I think that's beautiful. I think it's great, and
your motivation sounds amazing. I love that people don't stop,
regardless of where their lives take them. Kenny Macintosh is
joining us. A big win yesterday, by the way, congratulations.
Speaker 3 (10:50):
Yeah that is that's definitely was a big win.
Speaker 4 (10:52):
Man.
Speaker 3 (10:53):
We needed that. Uh definitely celebrated that when we needed
that for sure.
Speaker 2 (10:58):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (10:58):
Well, back on the wind call again and now the
NFC West looks a little different than we've seen in
recent times where it's pretty much even across the board.
How much does I mean Obviously you've spoken about what
your mother and father have instilled in you, but how
much do your siblings contribute to your passion? You know,
(11:21):
you talked about nieces and nephews, and you know you
have a extended family with a ten kid family that
you grew up in as a baby. So how much
do the younger ones mean to you or in an
inspirational way?
Speaker 4 (11:36):
Well, since I am the youngest and I you know,
I guess I can say played that road growing up.
But looking at for my younger nieces and nephew's men,
it means a lot. And they play a lot because
they play a big role because growing up and just
seeing them having a smile, man and giving their hair
the things that I was able to have growing up
(11:58):
and stuff like that, you know, just just went a
long way with me, you know what, something like that.
And if I can see them, you know, making my
nieces a nephew smells, it's the only kid and I
can just imagine what I can do across the glow,
I mean across the world, you know what I'm saying
like that, So just to see all the other kids
that's in need or unfortunate too, to just see them
(12:18):
have a smile on their face. And my siblings played
a lot because they definitely can. They did that for me,
and they made sure I was good as well too.
When we were growing up and we were out and
not in front of my parents and stuff like that,
I definitely was still protected or.
Speaker 3 (12:32):
You know, not word.
Speaker 4 (12:34):
It's just you know, being a kid and you know,
having fun and stuff like that. Not even worried about
anything in my mind. So I say, they definitely installed
a big idea in my head that you know, being
that role model is can go a long way because
I can remember all the moments, you know, we had
(12:56):
growing up and stuff like that.
Speaker 3 (12:57):
So I just want to be that best and for
kids that's unfortunate.
Speaker 1 (13:02):
Yeah, your parents obviously did a great job with you.
I covered your brother in Washington State when he was
there in college and always a pleasure.
Speaker 2 (13:11):
And you have been as well.
Speaker 1 (13:13):
And I wanted to ask you as we're entering the
holiday season again, Kenny macintosh here with Jessman McIntyre on
Seattle Voice, some of your favorite memories growing up in
a big family, and you sound like you come from
an extremely warm environment. I wanted to ask you a
little bit about some of your favorite memories when you
(13:34):
were a kid.
Speaker 3 (13:36):
Okay, let me see, let me see.
Speaker 2 (13:39):
Yeah, I'm sure you have a lot of them, So
take your time.
Speaker 3 (13:42):
I got it. I got a lot, got a big
like I say, man, I used to sing.
Speaker 2 (13:51):
Used to say.
Speaker 3 (13:52):
I used to say, like in front of my family,
that's it nice serious, but I have to say praisey
is what I do. And my mom used to make
me get on the mic and singing, you're friend of
my family.
Speaker 4 (14:05):
Man.
Speaker 3 (14:05):
It's a shirt song.
Speaker 4 (14:08):
Gossip SONGA man is to this day is like one
of my favorite songs, like one of my favorite gossip songs,
the same game listen to so whenever it come home
with me and my mom will call me if I'm
not with her, she called me, you know, just to
hear me sing that song.
Speaker 3 (14:25):
It's that's one. Uh definitely, I can definitely think of
the sports, but I'm like another one. I'll be man,
I got in trouble.
Speaker 2 (14:38):
You got in trouble.
Speaker 3 (14:40):
I got in trouble throwing the football at my brother.
Speaker 2 (14:45):
Which brother did you go for the oldest one?
Speaker 3 (14:47):
The oldest, my oldest brother, Big.
Speaker 4 (14:53):
Yeah, he hit me with the ball at first, so
and I want to chase him, and he was obviously.
Speaker 3 (15:01):
You know, he's fasted right there at this point, and
I'm chasing him, and I thought I had him.
Speaker 4 (15:06):
Man, he was quicker. He ducks and the ball hit
neighbor's window.
Speaker 2 (15:13):
Oh no, well.
Speaker 1 (15:21):
That's a good one sometimes, the one I had to
learn from that On I was gonna say, sometimes the
hardest adversity treats us the best lessons.
Speaker 3 (15:30):
Right, you got to learn live.
Speaker 4 (15:33):
But that's something we laugh about to this day. His brother,
I can go long and on. Man, I got a
lot with my sisters. Man and my sister used to
catch lizards.
Speaker 2 (15:44):
Man, lizards.
Speaker 3 (15:47):
We used to catch lizards out there outside. Man, that's like.
Speaker 1 (15:52):
The little there. They're super quick. I've been to Florida.
I know what they look like. They are, even the
big ones. Like, can we sign this guy to the team.
Speaker 3 (16:06):
It's funny, like I could hear it for real, but
not as.
Speaker 2 (16:11):
I love that again.
Speaker 1 (16:13):
Kenny mcinti Seahawks running back joining Jasaman mcintyreron Seattle Boys.
So you have the reason I wanted to relive some
memories from your childhood is because you have a giving
back to the community his new community here in Seattle,
coming all the way from South Florida playing at Georgia,
and we have a toys for Tots event coming up. Kenny,
(16:34):
you shared some memories of your childhood and the fun
that you had with your family. Unfortunately, there are people
in this community that need help, and especially around this
time the holidays, it gets difficult for people because parents
just want to give back to their children. And you're
hosting this an amazing event on December ninth.
Speaker 2 (16:55):
It is a Monday.
Speaker 1 (16:56):
It's from four to eight pm, so hopefully people can
get there right after work. There'll be photo ops with
current and former players, and you can come bring a
newly unwrapped toy or child clothing to donate. That's at
the Pizza Coop and Alehouse in Woodenville. Kenny, tell me
how you got involved in this event.
Speaker 4 (17:19):
I got involved in this event because my mother and
also I always wanted to be a part of something
like this. It's my first event that I got coming up.
There's something like this to give back to kids, and
it's just something I grew up you know, watching you know,
seeing my brothers do things like this and now it's
my turn to you know, get the ball rolling. So
(17:40):
I have my mother in my head on my corner,
the you know, the guide me. She came up the name,
and I think it's a great name because it's, you know,
something that I grew up, you know, looking and believing in,
and my mother installed it into me and all kids.
And you know, home is what a heart is, so
you know, always come home and we always have each
other no matter what. So that's how I got into this.
Speaker 2 (18:02):
I love that and home is where the heart is.
Speaker 1 (18:05):
Now home, You've brought your heart here out to Seattle,
and I think that's amazing. You have homes in several
places now, Kenny, Yes, well, I think the city has
embraced you already, you know, as you know, coming here,
you see the fans, you see jerseys everywhere.
Speaker 2 (18:26):
You see the way that people get up for games.
Speaker 1 (18:29):
And this team, specifically the Seattle Seahawks, have been extremely
influential in our community. Does it mean something to join
a team like that even though they selected you, but
they selected you along with your draft mates for a reason.
Speaker 3 (18:44):
Yes, man, definitely.
Speaker 4 (18:46):
You know, I can say I didn't know a lot
about Seattle when I first got directed with my parents
and my father definitely my father, man, he told me
a lot about the you know, the city and how
it was coming to a great team and how to
you know, Pete was definitely a players coach man, you know,
being able to come to a great, great organization.
Speaker 3 (19:05):
Man, it was a blessing man.
Speaker 4 (19:07):
Like I said, I look at it as a best
of coming from all the way from South Florida, all
the way across the globe on the other end of
the West Coast. It's a blessing man to be out there.
And I just want to give back because I am
blessed to be out here. Man.
Speaker 3 (19:22):
I thank god.
Speaker 2 (19:22):
You's an every day well we are thankful for you.
Speaker 1 (19:26):
And again the city of Woodenville will be supporting the
Toys for Tots and King County and Home is where
the heart is both focused on youth with challenging financial
support and also Kenny McIntosh's foundation provides financial assistance regarding fitness,
health and education.
Speaker 2 (19:45):
And we do really really appreciate that for you bringing
that here.
Speaker 1 (19:51):
And I know that these there can be challenges when
it comes to running a foundation providing support for people,
and it almost seems like if you just help one person, then, man,
there's so many people that need help.
Speaker 2 (20:08):
But I use this short story that I've read as
a child.
Speaker 1 (20:12):
It might be a poem, but I use this in
every episode of this show that I do, where there's
a little girl walking on a beach and there's hundreds
and hundreds of starfish that are washed up because it's
low tide, and she's just flinging them back into the
sea one by one to save them. And someone comes
up to her and says, what are you doing. That's
(20:33):
not going to matter, And she flings one into the
sea right in front of this person and says, it
matters to that one. And I think if you can
affect one person every day, every chance that you get,
no matter whether you're giving parents a toy to give
to a child, if you're just smiling at someone who
(20:54):
might be having a bad day, if you have more
patience than anger, then we can affect people in a
positive way. And it sounds like you're one of those people.
Speaker 4 (21:02):
Definitely, definitely, And I agree I was taught to, you know, Karen,
Karen can.
Speaker 3 (21:09):
Go a long way. Man. It doesn't hurt the whold
of door, for you know, the dead one or to
say thank you.
Speaker 4 (21:16):
I was taught to have manners and stuff like that,
and I think that take that, that'll go along way.
And I fucking go out my way and do this
for the next don't you know? Who knows what can
happen if someone might get inspired by you know, me
going out to you know, just like I said, like
you said, give toys, somebody might want to you know,
be inspired or you know, go above and beyond and
(21:38):
take it further.
Speaker 3 (21:39):
You knows, you know.
Speaker 4 (21:41):
So I feel like me learning and like I said,
learning from my older peers. I just want to keep
it going, man, And I feel like it it can
go a long way around the whole world. And you know,
me being in the Seattle like you mentioned, and being
from Florida. You who knows where it's gonna go if
(22:03):
you just keep going, you know, pushing Florida, you know
the love.
Speaker 3 (22:07):
But yeah, definitely I think this is to go along
far far. We just keep going.
Speaker 2 (22:12):
It just takes one step, That's all it takes, is
one step.
Speaker 1 (22:17):
Yes, you mentioned your peers, what if they taught you
about giving back and having kindness.
Speaker 3 (22:24):
I was fortunate enough, man to go to a private
school and South Florida.
Speaker 4 (22:33):
Just being able to see being able to receive that,
it was a lot for my family. You know, my
older siblings were fortunate enough to go to a private
school as well in high school and for them to
receive that, they had got it first obviously, So it was.
Speaker 3 (22:51):
A blessing, you know, to get out.
Speaker 4 (22:54):
From where we're from, to go to a school, to
receive education and know that it was going to be
able to further our education by going to college.
Speaker 3 (23:03):
It was a blessing.
Speaker 4 (23:04):
And and for them to you know, to definitely receive
at first, they installed in me like to take it
as you know, take it as a blessing. So going
to school people wasn't getting the education we was getting
going to private schools and being able to wake up
every morning and have a meal, a buffet at our.
Speaker 3 (23:25):
School, stuff like that, you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 4 (23:27):
So it was it was a blessing to go to
these things and being able to receive these things at
a young age. And they definitely taught me to you know,
to don't have no living life with no regrets, you
know what I'm saying. So definitely I went to school
each and every day to you know, further my education
and definitely to my sports.
Speaker 3 (23:48):
Definitely to take sports serious.
Speaker 4 (23:50):
So that was another reason why they installed anybody to
stay focused and stay levelheaded because a lot of people
wasn't receiving what we were receiving at a young age.
Speaker 1 (23:59):
Man, how about in the Seattle Seahawks locker room. There
are a lot of guys that get back there. That's
also amazing that you were afforded that opportunity when you
were younger. But how about the guys that you've been around,
how have they inspired you to give back?
Speaker 4 (24:17):
Chenna, I said you, Chenna was definitely somebody I look
up look up to when it comes back comes to
giving back.
Speaker 3 (24:26):
Man, He's done a lot. Only been here two years
with him, Man.
Speaker 4 (24:29):
He's done so much for the community. I can I
can give a list on and on and just being
able to be on this wing to watch it and
I've been able to I've been fortunate enough to make
it to some of his events and to see him
in action and how he's with the community is definitely inspirational.
Speaker 3 (24:49):
Man, something I look forward to go far like he
has definitely tend to somebody I look look up too
when it comes to giving back.
Speaker 1 (25:00):
Well, that's great, and I'm sure the collective Seahawks fans
around the listening area will really appreciate that. I wanted
to go back to the beginning because your draft call
was quite special. And I'll only play a minute of
it because I know you talked to the media afterwards,
but I want you to take a listen to this
and then revisit how you felt at this moment.
Speaker 3 (25:22):
And he has a feeling.
Speaker 5 (25:24):
I've been waiting all day. Who's around you said, who
around me?
Speaker 3 (25:35):
My family, man, my whole sebiity.
Speaker 5 (25:38):
We all been sitting wait here, Not just me, we
all been sitting here.
Speaker 4 (25:43):
What was it like when you finally got the call
from the.
Speaker 3 (25:47):
Man?
Speaker 5 (25:47):
I was understairs already, man like, going through it, already,
waiting for my native Because so when they called me,
I was gonna fault my agent talking about freedom?
Speaker 3 (25:58):
Did they call me mad? In the middle of the call?
I freaked my agent and then I say, hold on them.
I got a call and they called me and said
they're gonna take.
Speaker 5 (26:05):
Me two seven.
Speaker 4 (26:09):
So sounds like you're a pretty passionate person. Is that
an accurate description?
Speaker 3 (26:16):
Yeah, So I'm confident. What do you think Georgia.
Speaker 1 (26:21):
I just wanted to relive that moment because of how
special it was for us. We hear these constantly. I
work in the media, I work in sports media, and
that one touched our hearts, and of course your family
was there, So I wanted to bring a full circle
with that. Uh and just what I mean, I think
we could tell what you were feeling in that moment,
(26:42):
But did you have any idea how much projection that
moment would have.
Speaker 3 (26:47):
I did not at the time. I had no idea. Man,
I was just going through a lot of emotions at
the time. My family.
Speaker 4 (26:57):
Man, he brought me back to the moment for rever
because I was going through a lot. My family was
going through a lot, and for me to get that call, man,
it just meant a lot, you know, meant everything because
we knew what.
Speaker 3 (27:13):
What it took.
Speaker 4 (27:14):
You know, all the days, my mother, my father, the
long days, long long nights.
Speaker 3 (27:22):
It took a lot, man.
Speaker 4 (27:23):
So once that moment came and paid off, you know,
all the the monkeys on our back was gone.
Speaker 3 (27:31):
You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 4 (27:31):
Like it was, it was a relief and the dream
come true in the miracle, and I just thank God
for it.
Speaker 3 (27:40):
So, man, that's crazy.
Speaker 1 (27:42):
You got me back in that moment ry now that actually,
I'm glad to bring you back to that moment because
it sounds like it brought a.
Speaker 2 (27:49):
Lot of joy to you.
Speaker 3 (27:51):
Definitely, definitely did.
Speaker 1 (27:53):
I understand that being a former college athlete myself. My
father's a football coach, so I understand the long days,
a long nights, and the family sacrifices that come along
with that sport, and it means it means a ton.
And I get the impression that that brought more joy
to you because of what your family did for you
(28:15):
than even you yourself.
Speaker 3 (28:16):
Yeah, it's definitely that's what it was. Man.
Speaker 4 (28:20):
Like my mother and father and my sisters and brothers
down there, like they're feeling what I was feeling. And
just like I said, to bring it back to that smile,
just to see them have that smile on their.
Speaker 3 (28:33):
Face, it meant lighting me and it brought to.
Speaker 2 (28:40):
It's absolutely beautiful.
Speaker 1 (28:42):
I feel like they're thinking you did it, Kenny, and
you're thinking we did it exactly.
Speaker 2 (28:47):
I love it.
Speaker 1 (28:48):
Well, thank you again once again. Kenny macintosh is going
to be over at the Pizza Coop in Wooden Bill
on December ninth. It's a Monday four to eight pm,
and that is happy our folks. So you go get
down there, you get a slice, so you get whatever
beverage you'd like, and then you go get a picture
(29:09):
with Kenny and meet this wonderful human being. There will
be other former and current Seahawks there in attendance, including
Logan Gilbert kind of an ace for your Seattle Mariners.
And there's trivia starting at seven o'clock, a ton of fun.
Bring some unwrapped toys donate to his wonderful Home Is
(29:29):
Where the Heart Is Foundation. Kenny, I cannot tell you
how much I appreciate your time spending with me today
and we can't wait to see what success you have
with this event and in the future in your athletic career.
Speaker 3 (29:42):
I appreciate you. Thank you so much for having me again.
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (29:47):
You got it all right.
Speaker 1 (29:48):
This has been Seattle Voice Jessamin McIntyre, presented by iHeartRadio.
Speaker 2 (29:52):
And we will get back to you next week.
Speaker 1 (29:54):
Happy Thanksgiving, Happy holidays to everyone, and we'll talk to
you soon.
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