October 20, 2024 • 33 mins
What happens when the competitive spirit of youth sports starts to wane? Join us for a captivating discussion with standout students De'Arieun Hicks, Teles Ortiz, and Amyannah Tucker as we explore how societal shifts are reshaping youth engagement in competitive activities. Reflecting on their own sports-filled childhoods, our guests share insights into the importance of competition and the resulting impact on today's younger generations. Alongside this, we unravel the core tenets of friendship that remain timeless—honesty, loyalty, and unwavering support.
As the world emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic, many found solace in simple pleasures and genuine human connections. Our episode ventures into the evolving landscape of youth culture and self-expression during this transformative period. We navigate the subjective nature of happiness and the profound growth that comes with making pivotal life decisions, like relocating for education. With heartwarming anecdotes and a touch of humor, we also explore the nostalgic quirks of fashion trends that continue to bridge generational gaps.
From the corridors of school discipline to the buzzing excitement of college sports transfers, our conversation spans a range of engaging topics. We spotlight the opportunities the transfer portal creates for student-athletes, with a special focus on women's basketball. Celebrating empowerment and positive reinforcement, our episode encourages listeners to chase dreams relentlessly. Tune in to this enlightening exchange of ideas, where the wisdom of youth leaves a lasting impression and inspires listeners of all ages to believe in themselves.
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Speaker 1 (00:05):
Welcome back to Out of the Mouth of Babes, the
podcast for our future leaders.
Today we got some exceptional,wonderful students in the house.
I'm going to start off with theyoung man down on that end and
let him introduce himself wherehe's from, what he's involved in
, what he's interested in andwhat his future looks like.
Go ahead, young man.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
De'Ariane Higgs, Gardner-Webb commit Defensive
tackle.
At Gardner-Webb I plan to studysocial science.
Speaker 3 (00:35):
All right, my name is Telus Foy Ortiz.
I go to Richmond High School.
I'm from Richmond originally.
I played four years of RHSfootball.
It's Telus Foro Ortiz.
I go to Richmond High School.
I'm from Richmond originally.
Speaker 4 (00:47):
I played four years of RHS football.
Amy Anna Tucker and I'm ajunior in high school.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
And I am Kevin L Hanley Sr.
And today we're going to justtalk to these students about
what it means to be a student in2024.
We're going to let them talk alittle bit about some of their
experiences and we're just goingto have a little fun up here
today.
So I'm going to throw somequestions out and see what they
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have to say and hopefully thelistening audience will enjoy.
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the Mouth of Babes Cup Series.
This is version one, um, so ifyou see me drinking on some fine
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Speaker 2 (01:41):
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Speaker 1 (01:44):
One of these days, out of the Mouth of Babes Is
going to sponsor.
We're going to get NIL dealsFor these young men Down here.
It's going to be Out of theMouth of Babes, alright.
So talk to me a little bitAbout what your perspective is
and what's going on In the worldIn 2024.
There's a lot of stuff going on.
Talk to me a little bit Aboutyour perspectives.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
You want me to start?
Speaker 1 (02:06):
It doesn't matter.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
I mean, a lot of stuff Going on in the world Is
like I'm going to throw one outthere.
Competition man, don't?
Nobody want to compete, no moreIn life in general.
That's why everyone's stuck atthe bottom.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
Wow, what do you guys think about that?
So, one of the things he saidis that and I think we see that
a lot, particularly with ouryouth sports so competition,
what do you guys think aboutthat?
What do you think?
I don't want to get specific toyour practices because I don't
want any of your old teammatesto want to see this and be like
she was talking about he wastalking about me, but and be
like she was talking about hewas talking about me, but in
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general, let's be.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
Let's talk in generalities right, right, right
, right, go ahead.
Speaker 3 (02:50):
Oh, okay, Sorry, I don't know.
Like, yeah, especially with,like, younger kids.
Younger kids, like a lot oftheir parents keep them out of
sports.
You know what I mean Now thatthey can like get on the iPad or
whatever, Like when I wasyounger, we was in baseball.
You remember that.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
I remember you remember Got the DVDs.
Speaker 3 (03:10):
Yeah, got the DVDs.
We used to.
Yeah, our team used to compete,we used to compete a lot, but
now there's like barely evenenough kids to even have the At
the league.
So I mean, I think it's like itgoes from the parents down to
the kids.
You know what I mean.
Speaker 4 (03:30):
Different mentalities Coming from a female.
So most of us are likesensitive and when it comes to
competition, like us beingfriends and stuff like we might
like sometimes, like in ourpractice, we'll be like, hey,
like you go easy on me, likelike I'll go easy on you, type
of thing, but like when it comeslike competition, we just like
all think we're friends.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
it just doesn't collide together it makes sense,
because one of the things Inotice is that even when you,
you know, watch are the youth Ialways talk about the youth and
a lot of our youth programs aresuffering because there are not
a lot of kids signed up.
And then when you see the kidsout there, you know we didn't
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grow up in an era whereeverybody got participation
trophies.
But it appears that and again,no disrespect to anybody in the
listening audience but itappears that a lot of people are
getting participation ribboncertificates and trophies.
When we grew up, we had to kindof work for it, so thank you
for that.
What would you change?
What would be something thatyou would change in society?
Speaker 3 (04:39):
What I would change is like I think personally we
need more like activities foryounger kids to do.
I feel like Richmond peoplethink it's a very boring place.
But, when I was younger therewas so much stuff to do.
Boys and Girls Club was a thing.
We used to play flag football,baseball.
I was all year around doingsomething, but I feel like a lot
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of those programs just got awayfrom people.
Speaker 1 (05:06):
So I think we just need more programs for the
little kids.
What about you guys?
Are you guys involved in thingswhen you were younger?
Speaker 2 (05:12):
Yeah, always, always.
I stayed in sports Hub football.
The Bengals whooped on CoachKevin Hanley's Steelers
back-to-back, so I just thinkthat was kind of cool to really
have competition, so yeah.
Speaker 4 (05:40):
I was in sports too Basketball, cheerleading
football, softball.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
Friendship.
Let's talk a little bit aboutfriendship.
What do you think it takes tobe a friend?
Speaker 4 (06:01):
Speak your mind, Even when they may not want to hear
it.
You still got to tell themDon't be two-faced.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
Not being friendly, being able to talk to each other
.
Speaker 3 (06:22):
Personally, I think when you're a friend, you're
always there.
You know what I mean.
So there's never a time where,like your friend, never feels
lonely or anything like that.
So I think just being there fora person, I think that makes a
great friend what happens whenyour friends don't necessarily
like what you have to say?
Speaker 1 (06:43):
How do you deal with that?
Speaker 3 (06:47):
I respect their opinion.
You know what I mean.
I'll take into account whatthey're saying.
But, like at the end of the day, you know, like what I say is
most of the time what I believe.
So you know, like my choices,if my friends don't agree, then
they can disagree, that's fine.
But it's like it's opinion'sopinion based, and I'll listen
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to it because they're my friend.
Speaker 1 (07:15):
But at the end of the day it's your decision, anybody
else?
Speaker 2 (07:18):
No, I like that.
I like how you put it.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
So let me talk to you a little bit about.
Has there been a time where youstating your opinion or you
talking to your friends causedconflict?
Yeah, and how did you deal withthat?
Speaker 2 (07:35):
I kind of just waited a couple days and then we got
back right, we talked it out,gave him some space and then
respected each other, what wehad to say to each other.
Speaker 3 (07:52):
For example, there was a conflict I had during a
sports season.
I got on to one of my friendsand he didn't like it, but I'm
not going to say anything that Idon't see.
You know what I mean.
So like holding each otheraccountable for one's actions, I
mean that's a big thing for afriend, personally for me.
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So I think if they disagree youcan definitely like build on it
, talk about it.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
You know and understand each other's opinions
so I have this quote here Iwant to read to you.
It says it costs to be a friendor to have a friend.
There is nothing else in lifeexcept motherhood that costs so
much.
It not only costs time,affection, patience, love, but
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sometimes a man must lay downhis life for his friends.
There is no true friendshipwithout self-abnegation and
self-sacrifice.
What do you guys think aboutthat?
Speaker 3 (08:57):
I 100% agree.
You know I think sometimes yougot to, like you know, to
protect your friends.
You know what I mean.
So I feel like in the quote,self-sacrifice is a big thing,
like putting one's benefit.
That's the right word.
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Putting one's well-being aboveyour own in a friendship is
important because they'llreciprocate that.
Speaker 1 (09:26):
So all right, anybody else?
Speaker 2 (09:37):
I like how you putting it all right.
Speaker 1 (09:42):
What life events has shaped you the most?
Tell me something in your life.
Events have shaped you the most.
Tell me something in your lifethat has shaped you and has made
you become the person that youare.
Speaker 2 (09:52):
Uh COVID-19.
Speaker 1 (10:01):
COVID-19.
That's interesting.
Talk to us a little bit Aboutwhat happened.
That kind of helped shape, youknow, your perspective on life.
Speaker 2 (10:10):
Being stuck in the house all day.
Speaker 1 (10:13):
Being bored, and what did it motivate you to do?
Speaker 2 (10:17):
Take football series.
Speaker 1 (10:22):
Because you almost and let's be Because we you to
do, take football series.
Because you almost, because wealmost lost it, right, you never
thought that you would have hadthe opportunity to play in it
again.
Because I remember those timeswhere you know it was July and
those are times where we shouldhave been practicing, right,
right, we're stuck in the house.
What about you, tellus?
Speaker 3 (10:40):
I would say COVID as well, for a different reason
Made me value everything more.
I mean just seeing how, likeyou know, interacting with a
person like day to day couldjust be taken away, or like just
like things you, things youtake for granted.
It made me.
It made me really like thinklike, wow, I need to take like
the time I spend with like myparents and like my friends and
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all that I'm taking it forgranted.
It just made me value thosetimes way more.
Speaker 1 (11:08):
Miana, what about you ?
Speaker 4 (11:12):
My sophomore year hanging around the wrong people,
the same stuff I should havebeen doing.
It just made me realize if Iknow I want to like be better
and do more than like what I am,I just have to get myself
together and make choices thatmaybe I didn't want to make but
just had to how do you definehappiness?
Speaker 1 (11:36):
how do you define happiness again?
How do you define happinessAgain?
Speaker 3 (11:43):
how do you define happiness, happiness?
That's a tough one.
Speaker 2 (11:46):
Happiness.
That's a great word.
It's in the dictionary a coupletimes, a couple different
meanings, different meetings,but I would describe it as
something you get, something youfeel when, when you feel like
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when things are going good yeah,says successful what, yeah, go
ahead.
Speaker 4 (12:17):
I just said successful.
Speaker 1 (12:19):
You said successful.
What about you TO?
Speaker 3 (12:22):
Happiness is like for me is not a thing.
Like it's a thing, but it's notlike a physical thing.
Like I don't think we can likefind happiness in like items.
Speaker 4 (12:33):
You know what I mean.
Speaker 3 (12:34):
That's not for me.
You know what I mean.
I think happiness like it's notnecessarily a consistent thing,
because I think emotions, we goup and down.
We're human beings, we'realways going to feel some type
of way about something.
But like just being happy isjust like having a good support
system around you and being ableto express anything you feel
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Like.
For me, happiness is just likesimple things, like being able
to talk to my friends, beingable to like go outside, being
able to wake up.
You know, that's my happiness.
Speaker 1 (13:07):
What's the toughest decisions that you guys have had
to make?
Speaker 4 (13:13):
Transferring my junior year to a whole different
state and leaving my family.
Speaker 1 (13:18):
Tell me why that was difficult state and leaving my
family.
Speaker 4 (13:21):
Tell me why that was difficult?
Because I was just alwaysaround my siblings and my mom
and dad and then moving here,it's just me, my uncle and my
cousin and then barely at thehouse.
I'm just like by myself.
You know, I'm used to likebeing around six kids each day
in the house, so it's just weird.
Speaker 3 (13:47):
All right.
You said can you repeat thequestion?
Sorry, tough decision, toughdecision.
I think I haven't made one yet.
You know what I mean Like.
My toughest decision is comingup.
College is a huge decision.
That's where I'm going to spendmy next four years trying to
get a degree.
What am I going to do?
I don't think I've made it yet.
I think I still got a lot oftime.
My toughest decision isprobably creeping up on me.
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I'm getting a little worriedabout it.
We're working, we're trying tofigure out what we're going to
do.
Speaker 1 (14:19):
What about?
Speaker 2 (14:19):
you Tink Picking my major.
I said social science, but I'mnot sure.
Speaker 1 (14:25):
So, that's going to be a tough decision for you.
Yeah, all right, so let's talka little bit.
So you know, I've been askingyou guys some scripted questions
, so I'm about to close the iPadand we're about to keep it real
as I say, this is the sectionof keeping it real, when keeping
it real goes wrong.
Alright, so today.
So today at work, as you guysknow, I work in a middle school
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and today was dress like astudent day and so I decided to
wear a state property, which youguys don't know nothing about,
this sweatsuit, right, and I'llsend you a picture of it.
I'll send it to my man so hecan put it out there.
But I decided to wear a stateproperty suit with a Gary
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Roosevelt t-shirt on and, if youguys know, I'm from Gary and
went to Roosevelt High School inGary and some Timberlands right
, and some Timberlands Right andsome Timberlands.
Speaker 2 (15:25):
Oh.
Speaker 1 (15:26):
And so now I can tell you the top, the pants, kind of
fit.
You know what I'm saying.
The top was a little snug.
I hadn't really worn thisoutfit.
I hadn't really worn thisoutfit until you know, since
shoot in the early 2000s.
You know what I'm saying.
(15:47):
You hanging on to clothes thatlong.
Speaker 3 (15:49):
Oh yeah, I got some stuff, I got some heat in the
closet.
Speaker 1 (15:52):
I'm telling you, I'm getting back to my, I'm getting
back in my fighting trim.
But I got some heat, I got someFUBU, I got some cross, I got
some FUBU, I got some crosscolors.
Okay, yeah, I got some stuff.
I just gotta get back into it,right?
Anyway, you got some shacks.
Speaker 2 (16:08):
Man, I hey I.
Speaker 1 (16:09):
Hey, I rock the shacks Shacks one of my
fraternity brothers.
So, yeah, I rock the shacks.
You know what I'm saying,alright, but anyway.
So, one of the things that youknow, one of the A lot of the
teachers were wearing thingsbecause that's what kids wear
like house shoes to school,sagging pants, tight.
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I mean, one male teacher had onsome spandex pants, flip-flops,
airpods on Pooh Shiesty mask,flip flops, airpods on poo
shysty mask ain't that what it'scalled?
The shysty mask?
Shysty mask, talk to me alittle bit about.
And I had a group of young men.
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I was talking to them and Isaid hey, man, these teachers
are wearing this stuff, butdon't you guys get a little
offended about this?
He's like no, I was like so youthink it's cool to walk around
with your pants sagging?
You know what I'm sayingshowing your underwear, and you
know what I'm saying, justgetting up and actually it looks
like you go to bed and wearwhat you went to bed in.
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You know what I'm saying toschool.
I'm assuming you guys see a lotof that at school, right?
Speaker 3 (17:19):
Yeah, most definitely .
Speaker 1 (17:21):
Do you guys partake in any of that?
Speaker 2 (17:27):
I mean the shysty.
I wore it during footballseason, but not in school.
Speaker 3 (17:35):
That's not smart.
I think the shysty matchprobably not.
I don't like wearing sweatpantsor sandals.
Speaker 4 (17:37):
The Shisei mask probably not.
Speaker 3 (17:40):
I don't like wearing sweatpants or sandals,
respectfully, I feel like itmakes me look a little lazy.
That's just me.
When I look in the mirror, I'mlike, okay, I look a little lazy
, like I just had a chill day onthe couch, just came to school,
you know what I mean.
At least try to wear jeans oror something.
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That's just my thing.
Speaker 1 (18:03):
What about you, amiana?
Speaker 4 (18:04):
I don't care why I wear to school, cause I'm not
there For fashion, I'm justthere For school.
Speaker 1 (18:10):
All right, what about you, Tink?
Speaker 2 (18:11):
Tink.
Yeah, I don't care what I wear.
I don't care what people thinkabout what I wear.
I'm not going to be there inthree months anyway, so it
really doesn't matter.
Speaker 1 (18:24):
But the purpose of me bringing this up is that
there's some cultural issuesgoing on there.
Naturally, as an adult, we seesome of the behaviors as not
positive.
I like what Teller said when hetalked a little bit about it.
It makes you look lazy.
Do you find it difficult to seeyour peers walking around with
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their pants sagging?
I know that's not attractive toa young lady.
I know that for young menthat's kind of like, I mean put
your pants up.
Speaker 2 (19:00):
I feel like he's disrespecting himself.
I don't think he's right.
He don't got no self-respect.
Speaker 3 (19:10):
I think showing your underwear when you're sagging, I
think that's a little, that's alittle crazy.
Speaker 4 (19:15):
It's like no one should see your underwear when
you're sagging.
Speaker 3 (19:16):
I think that's a little crazy.
No one should see yourunderwear.
It's underwear, you know what Imean.
You're supposed to wear underthings, not show everybody.
Speaker 2 (19:21):
Type type.
Speaker 1 (19:24):
What about you?
What do you think?
Speaker 4 (19:26):
Yeah, it's not cute at all.
I don't like it.
Speaker 1 (19:28):
So do you guys hold your peers accountable for that?
No, it's none of my business,can't fix someone who don't want
to be fixed.
Speaker 3 (19:38):
What about you TO?
I don't really say anything.
I mean it's the, it's like it'swhat makes them you know them
happy.
I mean, like I ain't gonna likestart a start an argument or
issue with somebody because theythey dress a certain way.
So you know, it's just myopinion.
Speaker 4 (19:59):
Yeah, I mean, if they do it, then they just do it.
There's nothing you can reallydo about it.
Speaker 1 (20:04):
So what happens if All of you, let's say all of you
guys, got little sisters right?
Yeah, little boy, come over tothe house To hang out with your
sisters.
Speaker 3 (20:12):
We not even let it get that far.
They're not coming to the crib.
Speaker 1 (20:15):
And they're not coming to the crib.
Speaker 3 (20:16):
They're not coming to the crib.
Speaker 1 (20:17):
But what happens if they slide past you one day when
you're at work and they come tothe crib and the little boy
pants is sagging when he comesto the door?
What are you saying?
What are you going to say?
Speaker 2 (20:29):
Pull your britches up .
Young man.
Speaker 3 (20:37):
I Young man, I'm sending him home.
He not coming in the crib likethat, especially with my little
sister.
Nah, I'm a little, I'm a littleprotective Over my little
sister, so I'm not, you know,i'ma make sure, I make sure that
it's a good kid and if you, ifyou have your pants sagging you
already off, rip doing Doing abad job, you judging, I mean,
yeah, if it Bro's, bro's pantsalready halfway down Trying to
come inside with my littlesister.
Oh no, I'm okay, I'm off.
Speaker 1 (20:59):
That Appreciate that Appreciate the honesty.
What about you, amy, anna?
Speaker 4 (21:04):
I'll probably mention something about a belt, but I'm
not about to just judge.
Speaker 1 (21:08):
What you going to say .
Belt, Put a belt on no.
Speaker 4 (21:11):
I'll probably be like .
You know, there's belts madefor a reason.
Why don't you just put one on,or something?
Speaker 1 (21:16):
I told the kids at school that you know what I was
going to do Bring some zip ties.
Speaker 4 (21:21):
Shoelaces.
Speaker 1 (21:22):
And just start zipping them.
If you don't want to wear abelt, I'm going to zip it up.
You think that's crazy?
What is the craziest thing aschool person has said Now I
don't want to necessarily schoolperson what's the craziest
thing you done?
Heard somebody say like, or doyou know so like?
I grew up in an era where ourprincipals would do something
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crazy like that, like put like ashoestring or a zip tie.
Have you guys ever seensomething crazy like that?
Tink said somebody had a paddlewhip before.
Speaker 2 (21:52):
Yeah, one of my old principals back when I was in
kindergarten had a paddle withbefore.
Yeah, I'm under my Oldprincipals Back when I was in
kindergarten had a paddle and hekinda Showed it to me in a
Respectful manner.
Speaker 3 (22:06):
I ain't.
I've never had an experiencelike that.
I don't think anybody's Everdone anything that crazy.
Speaker 1 (22:11):
Amiana.
Speaker 4 (22:14):
Yeah, I don't think there's really nothing that
crazy.
Speaker 1 (22:16):
Alright, let's talk a little bit about music.
What are y'all listening to?
Who's listening?
Who got Killer Mike playing onrepeat D'Arian?
What are you listening to TO?
Speaker 3 (22:31):
I don't really.
I listen to J Cole.
That's probably my favorite.
Stop, nah, you disrespectingnow.
Speaker 2 (22:39):
I mean he aight, but he not aight.
Speaker 1 (22:41):
Who's?
Speaker 3 (22:41):
better.
Speaker 1 (22:43):
J Cole's a lyricist.
J Cole is good.
Who's better than J Cole?
Speaker 3 (22:47):
I'm like nah.
Speaker 2 (22:49):
Drake better than J Cole?
Okay, Drake.
Speaker 3 (22:51):
Just stop See.
That's the problem with ouryouth today.
Speaker 4 (22:55):
I don't even listen.
Speaker 2 (22:55):
That's the problem.
Speaker 3 (22:57):
Youth it's team Youth .
Speaker 2 (23:00):
Nah, but I say Boston Richie, I like Boston Richie.
Speaker 1 (23:05):
Is that a real person ?
Speaker 2 (23:06):
Yeah, a real Boston Richie.
Yes, he's from Florida.
Speaker 1 (23:11):
Florida, yeah, so why is his name Boston?
Because that's his nickname,boston.
Okay, does he move from Bostonto Florida?
Yeah, okay, I'm going to checkhim out.
He's tough, I'm sure.
Boston Richie.
What about you, amy?
Who are you bumping in the tapedeck?
Look at me, I'm dating myself Isaid the tape deck, I'm dating
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myself.
I said the tape deck.
Speaker 4 (23:34):
I'm like an old school type of person right now.
Speaker 1 (23:37):
Like what.
Speaker 4 (23:37):
I'm starting to get out of my comfort zone.
Speaker 1 (23:41):
Like what Old school R&B or rap.
Speaker 4 (23:43):
R&B.
Speaker 1 (23:48):
And rap R&B.
Tell me somebody.
R&b, tell me somebody.
You would be like.
You talking about old school,like Xscape, old school like
Jodeci.
Old school like Jodeci.
Old school like Tank, like whoNot that far, not that far old
man you talking, you talking who?
Speaker 4 (24:08):
Like um you talking, Scissor.
Like two years ago Is that hername Scissor or something?
Yeah, it just depends.
Speaker 1 (24:17):
Honestly, Give me somebody, give me a name, give
me an artist.
I can't think right off the topof my head, all right, all
right, I'm going to come back toyou, so think about it and then
, when you get it, then jumpback in Favorite sports team
right now.
Who is it Out?
All sports.
Speaker 3 (24:30):
Who is it right now?
Speaker 1 (24:31):
I'm going to tell you you hear me out first.
Oh my God, you want to hear it.
The greatest team out right nowis the South Carolina Gamecocks
.
Speaker 2 (24:40):
I'm trying to tell you Okay.
Speaker 1 (24:42):
Gamecocks is right there.
I'm talking about right now.
That's performing right now isthe Gamecocks.
Speaker 2 (24:54):
You name somebody better Gardner WoodWitt.
Speaker 1 (24:55):
I'm with you, I respect that In what sport?
It don't matter.
I said every sport.
Speaker 3 (25:00):
No, like you're talking about Gamecocks South.
Speaker 1 (25:02):
Carolina Women's basketball.
Women's basketball right now.
Speaker 3 (25:07):
LSU, Gardner-Witt LSU .
I know they beat them, but hey.
Speaker 2 (25:15):
I hear him.
I respect the Gardner-Wells, ohmy good.
Speaker 1 (25:18):
I respect it.
You got to hey, you got torepresent.
Speaker 2 (25:21):
Guys too, bro.
Yeah, I feel like youdisrespecting me saying South
Carolina.
Speaker 1 (25:26):
I'm talking about sports that are performing right
now.
Speaker 2 (25:31):
In my state bro.
Speaker 1 (25:33):
Different state.
Speaker 2 (25:34):
Different state but close to my state.
Speaker 1 (25:35):
Close enough, I'm with you.
I'm with you.
Hey man, I love it.
I might have to send this off.
You're fighting for it, boy,but let me tell you, have you
seen the South Carolina game?
Cox play.
Speaker 3 (25:48):
Yeah, I have Women's basketball though yes sir.
They got the number one seed.
Speaker 1 (25:53):
Number one seed.
They tough, they are supertough.
And not only are they toughwith just the starting five.
The next six through ten offthe bench are tough.
That's how they got LSU,because, see, lsu only really
plays six players.
Speaker 3 (26:09):
Yeah, they ain't got no rotation.
Speaker 1 (26:16):
They put the subs in and came off hitting 20 points.
Name one of your favoriteplayers on the team, amion, I
know you got one.
Speaker 4 (26:22):
I think her name's like Mylaser or something like
that.
You know what I'm talking about, is that?
Speaker 1 (26:26):
Flo Wiley yeah.
Speaker 4 (26:28):
Yeah, yeah, she got game.
Speaker 1 (26:29):
She got game.
She got game.
I mean, she came off the benchand hit 25.
Did you see it?
I did not.
You did not watch the game.
What were you in the gym, myman?
Speaker 2 (26:46):
In bed?
No, I was not in bed.
I was probably on the phonewith somebody.
Speaker 1 (26:51):
Did you see the game?
No, I didn't see it, all right.
Speaker 3 (26:55):
All right, yeah.
So Wait, march.
Did you see the game?
Nah, I didn't see it, alright.
So, Wait, March Madness comingup, right it is, is it?
Speaker 4 (26:59):
here, or is it on my?
It's here.
Yeah, it's this week.
Gotta have brackets in byFriday.
Speaker 1 (27:05):
Yep, you gotta have brackets in by Friday.
Speaker 4 (27:07):
You guys.
Speaker 1 (27:09):
You guys interested in doing a bracket?
Yeah, alright, I'll send it toyou.
Speaker 3 (27:13):
You got your bracket.
You doing a bracket?
Yeah, all right, I'll send itto you you got your bracket.
Speaker 1 (27:18):
You doing a bracket, you got a bracket.
Yeah, the girls best.
I'm doing well with my some ofmy friends from home, but I'll
create one for the bro, for thebrothers yeah, well, that upsets
last year there's a whole bunchof it's crazy the bunch of
upsets.
Last year they had a bunch ofteams.
I was pretty pleased they had ateam out of Florida Atlantic
had a brother from Gary whoplays on that team, played at
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21st Century Charter School.
Man, he was balling.
He's back again this yearballing Same team, same team,
same team.
One of the things we see insports is that you see this
whole move of this transferportal.
When I was in college and Iplayed, is that you see this
whole move of, like thistransfer portal right and so
when I was in college and Iplayed in college, you couldn't
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transfer up.
So like I played at Earl LomaDivision III, I couldn't
transfer to a Division II orDivision I.
It was kind of like high schoolwhere you had to sit out a year
.
If you did, now you have to sitout.
So people didn't do it.
That deterred you fromtransferring and that's what
happens in high school.
That's why you don't see a lotof kids transferring unless they
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move, you have to almost moveIn high school.
You have to move or yourparents have to get a job in
that location.
But we see a lot of that incollege sports.
What are your thoughts on that?
But we see a lot of that incollege sports.
Speaker 2 (28:36):
What are your thoughts on that?
Do you think that's how itshould be?
I feel like if you transfer,you got to sit out a year if
it's not for a valid reason.
I feel like the transfer portalkind of messed my recruiting up
between my junior year in thesummer and my senior year.
Speaker 1 (28:51):
I wasn't getting recruited by a lot of big
schools besides, like IndianaState and Miami, ohio, but I
feel like colleges would ratherhave a 23-year-old than an
18-year-old yeah, 23-year-oldand an 18-year-old yeah, that's
how I feel, yeah absolutely yeah, because you know, especially a
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23-year-old that hasn't playedthe game before, right yeah,
they haven't been a part of it.
So, yeah, absolutely.
What about you?
What are your thoughts on thatTO?
Speaker 3 (29:20):
Me personally.
I like it.
I like the idea of someonecoming from like a D3 school and
like proving what they got andthen like people are noticing it
.
You know what I mean.
It's not going to stop collegesfrom like you know what I mean
Be like, oh, that guy has asedate year, like we don't want
to.
You know what I mean?
I think it just gives likepeople with like Like less I'm
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not sure how to say it Like theyweren't recruited heavily Less
exposure.
Yeah, like people from smalltowns like they go D3, and then
they finally get the exposureonce they get to that level.
So I think it's a great thing.
Speaker 1 (29:59):
And Amiana with women's basketball.
You look at a team like LSU.
You know, and again, correct meif I'm wrong, but at least if
you look at their starting five,at least three of them
transferred in, didn't they?
Speaker 4 (30:13):
Yeah, to the transfer portal, Andrew.
Speaker 1 (30:15):
Reese transferred in.
What's the other?
Young lady from Louisville.
Speaker 4 (30:19):
So what are?
Speaker 1 (30:20):
your thoughts on it.
Haley Van Liff, haley Van Liff,yep.
Speaker 4 (30:23):
Who's a?
Speaker 1 (30:23):
baller.
She's a baller.
Kaitlyn Clark is a baller fromIowa.
She's a baller.
Kaitlyn Clark is a baller fromIowa.
She's a baller.
I don't care what you say.
You got to respect the hustle.
Speaker 4 (30:37):
I don't really have an opinion on it.
I just feel like I mean, likehe said, like if you're D3 and
like you deserve to literally goD1, then like you can't really
like stop the person from likedoing that, unless you're like
on on hate type of thing.
Speaker 1 (30:54):
So we got one person, we got kind of a, you know, two
out of the three kind of agree.
But I think this is a goodconversation to have.
Like, how many times do you getan opportunity to just sit back
and discuss things?
So you know, you guys watch.
What are you watching onNetflix right now?
Anybody watch Netflix.
Anybody watching anythingexciting?
Speaker 2 (31:16):
Unfortunately, I don't have an account.
All right, I'll be on YouTube,so All right.
Speaker 3 (31:28):
I watch a lot of like I don know like background
noise type type, like shows likebrooklyn 99 or like the office.
So that's I like doing it whileI'm doing my homework, like
look up, watch it for a minuteand look back down.
Speaker 4 (31:42):
So tight um I done watched all my shows, all the
movies.
So I'm stuck on Love andBasketball right now.
Speaker 1 (31:52):
Love and Basketball.
The movie Alright.
So what show?
Tell me a show.
You just finished up.
Are you watching?
Speaker 4 (32:00):
Love and Basketball Reacher.
Speaker 1 (32:01):
Reacher I haven't seen.
Speaker 4 (32:02):
It's just called.
So you watching Love andBasketball Over and over, or you
just yeah, I don't even watchTV, but the TV song is Loving
Basketball.
Speaker 1 (32:10):
It's a good movie.
You watch that movie.
Speaker 2 (32:17):
Yeah, I watched it.
I watched it.
All right, it's a good movie,man.
I like how the couple they playbasketball, the male's jealous
yeah, I like it.
Speaker 1 (32:28):
But again, she was a baller In that movie too, Wasn't
she?
Yeah, yeah, anything else youguys Want to share with us, with
your listening audience.
If you had to leave us Withsomething positive or
progressive, what would it be?
Speaker 2 (32:44):
Chase your dreams.
Don't let someone tell you thatyou won't make it Just because
You're past TO your dreams.
Don't let someone tell you thatyou won't make it just because
you're past To y'all Believe inyourself, man.
Speaker 3 (32:57):
You know it starts with you all the time, so just
believe in yourself.
Speaker 4 (33:02):
Always be positive.
Don't let the negative thingscome to you.
Speaker 1 (33:06):
And if it was me, what I would say is hey, always
go out and get you one of theseout of the mouth of me.
What I would say is hey, alwaysgo out and get you one of these
, hey, out of the Mouth of Babes.
The podcast for you.
Thank you all for joining today.
This is the first section of it, the section session.
We're going to split myself upout of it and let you guys have
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some conversation, and thenwe're going to let De'Arian
actually read his speech to thelistening audience that he
prepared, that he wasn't able todo at his signing, all right.
Speaker 2 (33:38):
I'm cool with that.
I ain't got no problems.
Speaker 1 (33:40):
All right, all right, you guys want to.
The three of you want to get on.
Speaker 2 (33:46):
Hey, hold on bro.
Welcome back to Out of the Mouth of Babes, the
podcast for our future leaders.
Today we got some exceptional,wonderful students in the house.
I'm going to start off with theyoung man down on that end and
let him introduce himself wherehe's from, what he's involved in
, what he's interested in andwhat his future looks like.
Go ahead, young man.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
De'Ariane Higgs, Gardner-Webb commit Defensive
tackle.
At Gardner-Webb I plan to studysocial science.
Speaker 3 (00:35):
All right, my name is Telus Foy Ortiz.
I go to Richmond High School.
I'm from Richmond originally.
I played four years of RHSfootball.
It's Telus Foro Ortiz.
I go to Richmond High School.
I'm from Richmond originally.
Speaker 4 (00:47):
I played four years of RHS football.
Amy Anna Tucker and I'm ajunior in high school.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
And I am Kevin L Hanley Sr.
And today we're going to justtalk to these students about
what it means to be a student in2024.
We're going to let them talk alittle bit about some of their
experiences and we're just goingto have a little fun up here
today.
So I'm going to throw somequestions out and see what they
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have to say and hopefully thelistening audience will enjoy.
And before I go on, a littleshameless plug for the Out of
the Mouth of Babes Cup Series.
This is version one, um, so ifyou see me drinking on some fine
water, it is in the out of themouth of babes cup.
You turn it around.
So there you go.
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All right again, we're gonnahave fun up here today sponsor.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
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Speaker 1 (01:44):
One of these days, out of the Mouth of Babes Is
going to sponsor.
We're going to get NIL dealsFor these young men Down here.
It's going to be Out of theMouth of Babes, alright.
So talk to me a little bitAbout what your perspective is
and what's going on In the worldIn 2024.
There's a lot of stuff going on.
Talk to me a little bit Aboutyour perspectives.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
You want me to start?
Speaker 1 (02:06):
It doesn't matter.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
I mean, a lot of stuff Going on in the world Is
like I'm going to throw one outthere.
Competition man, don't?
Nobody want to compete, no moreIn life in general.
That's why everyone's stuck atthe bottom.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
Wow, what do you guys think about that?
So, one of the things he saidis that and I think we see that
a lot, particularly with ouryouth sports so competition,
what do you guys think aboutthat?
What do you think?
I don't want to get specific toyour practices because I don't
want any of your old teammatesto want to see this and be like
she was talking about he wastalking about me, but and be
like she was talking about hewas talking about me, but in
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general, let's be.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
Let's talk in generalities right, right, right
, right, go ahead.
Speaker 3 (02:50):
Oh, okay, Sorry, I don't know.
Like, yeah, especially with,like, younger kids.
Younger kids, like a lot oftheir parents keep them out of
sports.
You know what I mean Now thatthey can like get on the iPad or
whatever, Like when I wasyounger, we was in baseball.
You remember that.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
I remember you remember Got the DVDs.
Speaker 3 (03:10):
Yeah, got the DVDs.
We used to.
Yeah, our team used to compete,we used to compete a lot, but
now there's like barely evenenough kids to even have the At
the league.
So I mean, I think it's like itgoes from the parents down to
the kids.
You know what I mean.
Speaker 4 (03:30):
Different mentalities Coming from a female.
So most of us are likesensitive and when it comes to
competition, like us beingfriends and stuff like we might
like sometimes, like in ourpractice, we'll be like, hey,
like you go easy on me, likelike I'll go easy on you, type
of thing, but like when it comeslike competition, we just like
all think we're friends.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
it just doesn't collide together it makes sense,
because one of the things Inotice is that even when you,
you know, watch are the youth Ialways talk about the youth and
a lot of our youth programs aresuffering because there are not
a lot of kids signed up.
And then when you see the kidsout there, you know we didn't
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grow up in an era whereeverybody got participation
trophies.
But it appears that and again,no disrespect to anybody in the
listening audience but itappears that a lot of people are
getting participation ribboncertificates and trophies.
When we grew up, we had to kindof work for it, so thank you
for that.
What would you change?
What would be something thatyou would change in society?
Speaker 3 (04:39):
What I would change is like I think personally we
need more like activities foryounger kids to do.
I feel like Richmond peoplethink it's a very boring place.
But, when I was younger therewas so much stuff to do.
Boys and Girls Club was a thing.
We used to play flag football,baseball.
I was all year around doingsomething, but I feel like a lot
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of those programs just got awayfrom people.
Speaker 1 (05:06):
So I think we just need more programs for the
little kids.
What about you guys?
Are you guys involved in thingswhen you were younger?
Speaker 2 (05:12):
Yeah, always, always.
I stayed in sports Hub football.
The Bengals whooped on CoachKevin Hanley's Steelers
back-to-back, so I just thinkthat was kind of cool to really
have competition, so yeah.
Speaker 4 (05:40):
I was in sports too Basketball, cheerleading
football, softball.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
Friendship.
Let's talk a little bit aboutfriendship.
What do you think it takes tobe a friend?
Speaker 4 (06:01):
Speak your mind, Even when they may not want to hear
it.
You still got to tell themDon't be two-faced.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
Not being friendly, being able to talk to each other
.
Speaker 3 (06:22):
Personally, I think when you're a friend, you're
always there.
You know what I mean.
So there's never a time where,like your friend, never feels
lonely or anything like that.
So I think just being there fora person, I think that makes a
great friend what happens whenyour friends don't necessarily
like what you have to say?
Speaker 1 (06:43):
How do you deal with that?
Speaker 3 (06:47):
I respect their opinion.
You know what I mean.
I'll take into account whatthey're saying.
But, like at the end of the day, you know, like what I say is
most of the time what I believe.
So you know, like my choices,if my friends don't agree, then
they can disagree, that's fine.
But it's like it's opinion'sopinion based, and I'll listen
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to it because they're my friend.
Speaker 1 (07:15):
But at the end of the day it's your decision, anybody
else?
Speaker 2 (07:18):
No, I like that.
I like how you put it.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
So let me talk to you a little bit about.
Has there been a time where youstating your opinion or you
talking to your friends causedconflict?
Yeah, and how did you deal withthat?
Speaker 2 (07:35):
I kind of just waited a couple days and then we got
back right, we talked it out,gave him some space and then
respected each other, what wehad to say to each other.
Speaker 3 (07:52):
For example, there was a conflict I had during a
sports season.
I got on to one of my friendsand he didn't like it, but I'm
not going to say anything that Idon't see.
You know what I mean.
So like holding each otheraccountable for one's actions, I
mean that's a big thing for afriend, personally for me.
(08:13):
So I think if they disagree youcan definitely like build on it
, talk about it.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
You know and understand each other's opinions
so I have this quote here Iwant to read to you.
It says it costs to be a friendor to have a friend.
There is nothing else in lifeexcept motherhood that costs so
much.
It not only costs time,affection, patience, love, but
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sometimes a man must lay downhis life for his friends.
There is no true friendshipwithout self-abnegation and
self-sacrifice.
What do you guys think aboutthat?
Speaker 3 (08:57):
I 100% agree.
You know I think sometimes yougot to, like you know, to
protect your friends.
You know what I mean.
So I feel like in the quote,self-sacrifice is a big thing,
like putting one's benefit.
That's the right word.
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Putting one's well-being aboveyour own in a friendship is
important because they'llreciprocate that.
Speaker 1 (09:26):
So all right, anybody else?
Speaker 2 (09:37):
I like how you putting it all right.
Speaker 1 (09:42):
What life events has shaped you the most?
Tell me something in your life.
Events have shaped you the most.
Tell me something in your lifethat has shaped you and has made
you become the person that youare.
Speaker 2 (09:52):
Uh COVID-19.
Speaker 1 (10:01):
COVID-19.
That's interesting.
Talk to us a little bit Aboutwhat happened.
That kind of helped shape, youknow, your perspective on life.
Speaker 2 (10:10):
Being stuck in the house all day.
Speaker 1 (10:13):
Being bored, and what did it motivate you to do?
Speaker 2 (10:17):
Take football series.
Speaker 1 (10:22):
Because you almost and let's be Because we you to
do, take football series.
Because you almost, because wealmost lost it, right, you never
thought that you would have hadthe opportunity to play in it
again.
Because I remember those timeswhere you know it was July and
those are times where we shouldhave been practicing, right,
right, we're stuck in the house.
What about you, tellus?
Speaker 3 (10:40):
I would say COVID as well, for a different reason
Made me value everything more.
I mean just seeing how, likeyou know, interacting with a
person like day to day couldjust be taken away, or like just
like things you, things youtake for granted.
It made me.
It made me really like thinklike, wow, I need to take like
the time I spend with like myparents and like my friends and
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all that I'm taking it forgranted.
It just made me value thosetimes way more.
Speaker 1 (11:08):
Miana, what about you ?
Speaker 4 (11:12):
My sophomore year hanging around the wrong people,
the same stuff I should havebeen doing.
It just made me realize if Iknow I want to like be better
and do more than like what I am,I just have to get myself
together and make choices thatmaybe I didn't want to make but
just had to how do you definehappiness?
Speaker 1 (11:36):
how do you define happiness again?
How do you define happinessAgain?
Speaker 3 (11:43):
how do you define happiness, happiness?
That's a tough one.
Speaker 2 (11:46):
Happiness.
That's a great word.
It's in the dictionary a coupletimes, a couple different
meanings, different meetings,but I would describe it as
something you get, something youfeel when, when you feel like
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when things are going good yeah,says successful what, yeah, go
ahead.
Speaker 4 (12:17):
I just said successful.
Speaker 1 (12:19):
You said successful.
What about you TO?
Speaker 3 (12:22):
Happiness is like for me is not a thing.
Like it's a thing, but it's notlike a physical thing.
Like I don't think we can likefind happiness in like items.
Speaker 4 (12:33):
You know what I mean.
Speaker 3 (12:34):
That's not for me.
You know what I mean.
I think happiness like it's notnecessarily a consistent thing,
because I think emotions, we goup and down.
We're human beings, we'realways going to feel some type
of way about something.
But like just being happy isjust like having a good support
system around you and being ableto express anything you feel
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Like.
For me, happiness is just likesimple things, like being able
to talk to my friends, beingable to like go outside, being
able to wake up.
You know, that's my happiness.
Speaker 1 (13:07):
What's the toughest decisions that you guys have had
to make?
Speaker 4 (13:13):
Transferring my junior year to a whole different
state and leaving my family.
Speaker 1 (13:18):
Tell me why that was difficult state and leaving my
family.
Speaker 4 (13:21):
Tell me why that was difficult?
Because I was just alwaysaround my siblings and my mom
and dad and then moving here,it's just me, my uncle and my
cousin and then barely at thehouse.
I'm just like by myself.
You know, I'm used to likebeing around six kids each day
in the house, so it's just weird.
Speaker 3 (13:47):
All right.
You said can you repeat thequestion?
Sorry, tough decision, toughdecision.
I think I haven't made one yet.
You know what I mean Like.
My toughest decision is comingup.
College is a huge decision.
That's where I'm going to spendmy next four years trying to
get a degree.
What am I going to do?
I don't think I've made it yet.
I think I still got a lot oftime.
My toughest decision isprobably creeping up on me.
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I'm getting a little worriedabout it.
We're working, we're trying tofigure out what we're going to
do.
Speaker 1 (14:19):
What about?
Speaker 2 (14:19):
you Tink Picking my major.
I said social science, but I'mnot sure.
Speaker 1 (14:25):
So, that's going to be a tough decision for you.
Yeah, all right, so let's talka little bit.
So you know, I've been askingyou guys some scripted questions
, so I'm about to close the iPadand we're about to keep it real
as I say, this is the sectionof keeping it real, when keeping
it real goes wrong.
Alright, so today.
So today at work, as you guysknow, I work in a middle school
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and today was dress like astudent day and so I decided to
wear a state property, which youguys don't know nothing about,
this sweatsuit, right, and I'llsend you a picture of it.
I'll send it to my man so hecan put it out there.
But I decided to wear a stateproperty suit with a Gary
(15:14):
Roosevelt t-shirt on and, if youguys know, I'm from Gary and
went to Roosevelt High School inGary and some Timberlands right
, and some Timberlands Right andsome Timberlands.
Speaker 2 (15:25):
Oh.
Speaker 1 (15:26):
And so now I can tell you the top, the pants, kind of
fit.
You know what I'm saying.
The top was a little snug.
I hadn't really worn thisoutfit.
I hadn't really worn thisoutfit until you know, since
shoot in the early 2000s.
You know what I'm saying.
(15:47):
You hanging on to clothes thatlong.
Speaker 3 (15:49):
Oh yeah, I got some stuff, I got some heat in the
closet.
Speaker 1 (15:52):
I'm telling you, I'm getting back to my, I'm getting
back in my fighting trim.
But I got some heat, I got someFUBU, I got some cross, I got
some FUBU, I got some crosscolors.
Okay, yeah, I got some stuff.
I just gotta get back into it,right?
Anyway, you got some shacks.
Speaker 2 (16:08):
Man, I hey I.
Speaker 1 (16:09):
Hey, I rock the shacks Shacks one of my
fraternity brothers.
So, yeah, I rock the shacks.
You know what I'm saying,alright, but anyway.
So, one of the things that youknow, one of the A lot of the
teachers were wearing thingsbecause that's what kids wear
like house shoes to school,sagging pants, tight.
(16:31):
I mean, one male teacher had onsome spandex pants, flip-flops,
airpods on Pooh Shiesty mask,flip flops, airpods on poo
shysty mask ain't that what it'scalled?
The shysty mask?
Shysty mask, talk to me alittle bit about.
And I had a group of young men.
(16:52):
I was talking to them and Isaid hey, man, these teachers
are wearing this stuff, butdon't you guys get a little
offended about this?
He's like no, I was like so youthink it's cool to walk around
with your pants sagging?
You know what I'm sayingshowing your underwear, and you
know what I'm saying, justgetting up and actually it looks
like you go to bed and wearwhat you went to bed in.
(17:13):
You know what I'm saying toschool.
I'm assuming you guys see a lotof that at school, right?
Speaker 3 (17:19):
Yeah, most definitely .
Speaker 1 (17:21):
Do you guys partake in any of that?
Speaker 2 (17:27):
I mean the shysty.
I wore it during footballseason, but not in school.
Speaker 3 (17:35):
That's not smart.
I think the shysty matchprobably not.
I don't like wearing sweatpantsor sandals.
Speaker 4 (17:37):
The Shisei mask probably not.
Speaker 3 (17:40):
I don't like wearing sweatpants or sandals,
respectfully, I feel like itmakes me look a little lazy.
That's just me.
When I look in the mirror, I'mlike, okay, I look a little lazy
, like I just had a chill day onthe couch, just came to school,
you know what I mean.
At least try to wear jeans oror something.
(18:00):
That's just my thing.
Speaker 1 (18:03):
What about you, amiana?
Speaker 4 (18:04):
I don't care why I wear to school, cause I'm not
there For fashion, I'm justthere For school.
Speaker 1 (18:10):
All right, what about you, Tink?
Speaker 2 (18:11):
Tink.
Yeah, I don't care what I wear.
I don't care what people thinkabout what I wear.
I'm not going to be there inthree months anyway, so it
really doesn't matter.
Speaker 1 (18:24):
But the purpose of me bringing this up is that
there's some cultural issuesgoing on there.
Naturally, as an adult, we seesome of the behaviors as not
positive.
I like what Teller said when hetalked a little bit about it.
It makes you look lazy.
Do you find it difficult to seeyour peers walking around with
(18:46):
their pants sagging?
I know that's not attractive toa young lady.
I know that for young menthat's kind of like, I mean put
your pants up.
Speaker 2 (19:00):
I feel like he's disrespecting himself.
I don't think he's right.
He don't got no self-respect.
Speaker 3 (19:10):
I think showing your underwear when you're sagging, I
think that's a little, that's alittle crazy.
Speaker 4 (19:15):
It's like no one should see your underwear when
you're sagging.
Speaker 3 (19:16):
I think that's a little crazy.
No one should see yourunderwear.
It's underwear, you know what Imean.
You're supposed to wear underthings, not show everybody.
Speaker 2 (19:21):
Type type.
Speaker 1 (19:24):
What about you?
What do you think?
Speaker 4 (19:26):
Yeah, it's not cute at all.
I don't like it.
Speaker 1 (19:28):
So do you guys hold your peers accountable for that?
No, it's none of my business,can't fix someone who don't want
to be fixed.
Speaker 3 (19:38):
What about you TO?
I don't really say anything.
I mean it's the, it's like it'swhat makes them you know them
happy.
I mean, like I ain't gonna likestart a start an argument or
issue with somebody because theythey dress a certain way.
So you know, it's just myopinion.
Speaker 4 (19:59):
Yeah, I mean, if they do it, then they just do it.
There's nothing you can reallydo about it.
Speaker 1 (20:04):
So what happens if All of you, let's say all of you
guys, got little sisters right?
Yeah, little boy, come over tothe house To hang out with your
sisters.
Speaker 3 (20:12):
We not even let it get that far.
They're not coming to the crib.
Speaker 1 (20:15):
And they're not coming to the crib.
Speaker 3 (20:16):
They're not coming to the crib.
Speaker 1 (20:17):
But what happens if they slide past you one day when
you're at work and they come tothe crib and the little boy
pants is sagging when he comesto the door?
What are you saying?
What are you going to say?
Speaker 2 (20:29):
Pull your britches up .
Young man.
Speaker 3 (20:37):
I Young man, I'm sending him home.
He not coming in the crib likethat, especially with my little
sister.
Nah, I'm a little, I'm a littleprotective Over my little
sister, so I'm not, you know,i'ma make sure, I make sure that
it's a good kid and if you, ifyou have your pants sagging you
already off, rip doing Doing abad job, you judging, I mean,
yeah, if it Bro's, bro's pantsalready halfway down Trying to
come inside with my littlesister.
Oh no, I'm okay, I'm off.
Speaker 1 (20:59):
That Appreciate that Appreciate the honesty.
What about you, amy, anna?
Speaker 4 (21:04):
I'll probably mention something about a belt, but I'm
not about to just judge.
Speaker 1 (21:08):
What you going to say .
Belt, Put a belt on no.
Speaker 4 (21:11):
I'll probably be like .
You know, there's belts madefor a reason.
Why don't you just put one on,or something?
Speaker 1 (21:16):
I told the kids at school that you know what I was
going to do Bring some zip ties.
Speaker 4 (21:21):
Shoelaces.
Speaker 1 (21:22):
And just start zipping them.
If you don't want to wear abelt, I'm going to zip it up.
You think that's crazy?
What is the craziest thing aschool person has said Now I
don't want to necessarily schoolperson what's the craziest
thing you done?
Heard somebody say like, or doyou know so like?
I grew up in an era where ourprincipals would do something
(21:43):
crazy like that, like put like ashoestring or a zip tie.
Have you guys ever seensomething crazy like that?
Tink said somebody had a paddlewhip before.
Speaker 2 (21:52):
Yeah, one of my old principals back when I was in
kindergarten had a paddle withbefore.
Yeah, I'm under my Oldprincipals Back when I was in
kindergarten had a paddle and hekinda Showed it to me in a
Respectful manner.
Speaker 3 (22:06):
I ain't.
I've never had an experiencelike that.
I don't think anybody's Everdone anything that crazy.
Speaker 1 (22:11):
Amiana.
Speaker 4 (22:14):
Yeah, I don't think there's really nothing that
crazy.
Speaker 1 (22:16):
Alright, let's talk a little bit about music.
What are y'all listening to?
Who's listening?
Who got Killer Mike playing onrepeat D'Arian?
What are you listening to TO?
Speaker 3 (22:31):
I don't really.
I listen to J Cole.
That's probably my favorite.
Stop, nah, you disrespectingnow.
Speaker 2 (22:39):
I mean he aight, but he not aight.
Speaker 1 (22:41):
Who's?
Speaker 3 (22:41):
better.
Speaker 1 (22:43):
J Cole's a lyricist.
J Cole is good.
Who's better than J Cole?
Speaker 3 (22:47):
I'm like nah.
Speaker 2 (22:49):
Drake better than J Cole?
Okay, Drake.
Speaker 3 (22:51):
Just stop See.
That's the problem with ouryouth today.
Speaker 4 (22:55):
I don't even listen.
Speaker 2 (22:55):
That's the problem.
Speaker 3 (22:57):
Youth it's team Youth .
Speaker 2 (23:00):
Nah, but I say Boston Richie, I like Boston Richie.
Speaker 1 (23:05):
Is that a real person ?
Speaker 2 (23:06):
Yeah, a real Boston Richie.
Yes, he's from Florida.
Speaker 1 (23:11):
Florida, yeah, so why is his name Boston?
Because that's his nickname,boston.
Okay, does he move from Bostonto Florida?
Yeah, okay, I'm going to checkhim out.
He's tough, I'm sure.
Boston Richie.
What about you, amy?
Who are you bumping in the tapedeck?
Look at me, I'm dating myself Isaid the tape deck, I'm dating
(23:31):
myself.
I said the tape deck.
Speaker 4 (23:34):
I'm like an old school type of person right now.
Speaker 1 (23:37):
Like what.
Speaker 4 (23:37):
I'm starting to get out of my comfort zone.
Speaker 1 (23:41):
Like what Old school R&B or rap.
Speaker 4 (23:43):
R&B.
Speaker 1 (23:48):
And rap R&B.
Tell me somebody.
R&b, tell me somebody.
You would be like.
You talking about old school,like Xscape, old school like
Jodeci.
Old school like Jodeci.
Old school like Tank, like whoNot that far, not that far old
man you talking, you talking who?
Speaker 4 (24:08):
Like um you talking, Scissor.
Like two years ago Is that hername Scissor or something?
Yeah, it just depends.
Speaker 1 (24:17):
Honestly, Give me somebody, give me a name, give
me an artist.
I can't think right off the topof my head, all right, all
right, I'm going to come back toyou, so think about it and then
, when you get it, then jumpback in Favorite sports team
right now.
Who is it Out?
All sports.
Speaker 3 (24:30):
Who is it right now?
Speaker 1 (24:31):
I'm going to tell you you hear me out first.
Oh my God, you want to hear it.
The greatest team out right nowis the South Carolina Gamecocks
.
Speaker 2 (24:40):
I'm trying to tell you Okay.
Speaker 1 (24:42):
Gamecocks is right there.
I'm talking about right now.
That's performing right now isthe Gamecocks.
Speaker 2 (24:54):
You name somebody better Gardner WoodWitt.
Speaker 1 (24:55):
I'm with you, I respect that In what sport?
It don't matter.
I said every sport.
Speaker 3 (25:00):
No, like you're talking about Gamecocks South.
Speaker 1 (25:02):
Carolina Women's basketball.
Women's basketball right now.
Speaker 3 (25:07):
LSU, Gardner-Witt LSU .
I know they beat them, but hey.
Speaker 2 (25:15):
I hear him.
I respect the Gardner-Wells, ohmy good.
Speaker 1 (25:18):
I respect it.
You got to hey, you got torepresent.
Speaker 2 (25:21):
Guys too, bro.
Yeah, I feel like youdisrespecting me saying South
Carolina.
Speaker 1 (25:26):
I'm talking about sports that are performing right
now.
Speaker 2 (25:31):
In my state bro.
Speaker 1 (25:33):
Different state.
Speaker 2 (25:34):
Different state but close to my state.
Speaker 1 (25:35):
Close enough, I'm with you.
I'm with you.
Hey man, I love it.
I might have to send this off.
You're fighting for it, boy,but let me tell you, have you
seen the South Carolina game?
Cox play.
Speaker 3 (25:48):
Yeah, I have Women's basketball though yes sir.
They got the number one seed.
Speaker 1 (25:53):
Number one seed.
They tough, they are supertough.
And not only are they toughwith just the starting five.
The next six through ten offthe bench are tough.
That's how they got LSU,because, see, lsu only really
plays six players.
Speaker 3 (26:09):
Yeah, they ain't got no rotation.
Speaker 1 (26:16):
They put the subs in and came off hitting 20 points.
Name one of your favoriteplayers on the team, amion, I
know you got one.
Speaker 4 (26:22):
I think her name's like Mylaser or something like
that.
You know what I'm talking about, is that?
Speaker 1 (26:26):
Flo Wiley yeah.
Speaker 4 (26:28):
Yeah, yeah, she got game.
Speaker 1 (26:29):
She got game.
She got game.
I mean, she came off the benchand hit 25.
Did you see it?
I did not.
You did not watch the game.
What were you in the gym, myman?
Speaker 2 (26:46):
In bed?
No, I was not in bed.
I was probably on the phonewith somebody.
Speaker 1 (26:51):
Did you see the game?
No, I didn't see it, all right.
Speaker 3 (26:55):
All right, yeah.
So Wait, march.
Did you see the game?
Nah, I didn't see it, alright.
So, Wait, March Madness comingup, right it is, is it?
Speaker 4 (26:59):
here, or is it on my?
It's here.
Yeah, it's this week.
Gotta have brackets in byFriday.
Speaker 1 (27:05):
Yep, you gotta have brackets in by Friday.
Speaker 4 (27:07):
You guys.
Speaker 1 (27:09):
You guys interested in doing a bracket?
Yeah, alright, I'll send it toyou.
Speaker 3 (27:13):
You got your bracket.
You doing a bracket?
Yeah, all right, I'll send itto you you got your bracket.
Speaker 1 (27:18):
You doing a bracket, you got a bracket.
Yeah, the girls best.
I'm doing well with my some ofmy friends from home, but I'll
create one for the bro, for thebrothers yeah, well, that upsets
last year there's a whole bunchof it's crazy the bunch of
upsets.
Last year they had a bunch ofteams.
I was pretty pleased they had ateam out of Florida Atlantic
had a brother from Gary whoplays on that team, played at
(27:38):
21st Century Charter School.
Man, he was balling.
He's back again this yearballing Same team, same team,
same team.
One of the things we see insports is that you see this
whole move of this transferportal.
When I was in college and Iplayed, is that you see this
whole move of, like thistransfer portal right and so
when I was in college and Iplayed in college, you couldn't
(28:01):
transfer up.
So like I played at Earl LomaDivision III, I couldn't
transfer to a Division II orDivision I.
It was kind of like high schoolwhere you had to sit out a year
.
If you did, now you have to sitout.
So people didn't do it.
That deterred you fromtransferring and that's what
happens in high school.
That's why you don't see a lotof kids transferring unless they
(28:23):
move, you have to almost moveIn high school.
You have to move or yourparents have to get a job in
that location.
But we see a lot of that incollege sports.
What are your thoughts on that?
But we see a lot of that incollege sports.
Speaker 2 (28:36):
What are your thoughts on that?
Do you think that's how itshould be?
I feel like if you transfer,you got to sit out a year if
it's not for a valid reason.
I feel like the transfer portalkind of messed my recruiting up
between my junior year in thesummer and my senior year.
Speaker 1 (28:51):
I wasn't getting recruited by a lot of big
schools besides, like IndianaState and Miami, ohio, but I
feel like colleges would ratherhave a 23-year-old than an
18-year-old yeah, 23-year-oldand an 18-year-old yeah, that's
how I feel, yeah absolutely yeah, because you know, especially a
(29:12):
23-year-old that hasn't playedthe game before, right yeah,
they haven't been a part of it.
So, yeah, absolutely.
What about you?
What are your thoughts on thatTO?
Speaker 3 (29:20):
Me personally.
I like it.
I like the idea of someonecoming from like a D3 school and
like proving what they got andthen like people are noticing it
.
You know what I mean.
It's not going to stop collegesfrom like you know what I mean
Be like, oh, that guy has asedate year, like we don't want
to.
You know what I mean?
I think it just gives likepeople with like Like less I'm
(29:46):
not sure how to say it Like theyweren't recruited heavily Less
exposure.
Yeah, like people from smalltowns like they go D3, and then
they finally get the exposureonce they get to that level.
So I think it's a great thing.
Speaker 1 (29:59):
And Amiana with women's basketball.
You look at a team like LSU.
You know, and again, correct meif I'm wrong, but at least if
you look at their starting five,at least three of them
transferred in, didn't they?
Speaker 4 (30:13):
Yeah, to the transfer portal, Andrew.
Speaker 1 (30:15):
Reese transferred in.
What's the other?
Young lady from Louisville.
Speaker 4 (30:19):
So what are?
Speaker 1 (30:20):
your thoughts on it.
Haley Van Liff, haley Van Liff,yep.
Speaker 4 (30:23):
Who's a?
Speaker 1 (30:23):
baller.
She's a baller.
Kaitlyn Clark is a baller fromIowa.
She's a baller.
Kaitlyn Clark is a baller fromIowa.
She's a baller.
I don't care what you say.
You got to respect the hustle.
Speaker 4 (30:37):
I don't really have an opinion on it.
I just feel like I mean, likehe said, like if you're D3 and
like you deserve to literally goD1, then like you can't really
like stop the person from likedoing that, unless you're like
on on hate type of thing.
Speaker 1 (30:54):
So we got one person, we got kind of a, you know, two
out of the three kind of agree.
But I think this is a goodconversation to have.
Like, how many times do you getan opportunity to just sit back
and discuss things?
So you know, you guys watch.
What are you watching onNetflix right now?
Anybody watch Netflix.
Anybody watching anythingexciting?
Speaker 2 (31:16):
Unfortunately, I don't have an account.
All right, I'll be on YouTube,so All right.
Speaker 3 (31:28):
I watch a lot of like I don know like background
noise type type, like shows likebrooklyn 99 or like the office.
So that's I like doing it whileI'm doing my homework, like
look up, watch it for a minuteand look back down.
Speaker 4 (31:42):
So tight um I done watched all my shows, all the
movies.
So I'm stuck on Love andBasketball right now.
Speaker 1 (31:52):
Love and Basketball.
The movie Alright.
So what show?
Tell me a show.
You just finished up.
Are you watching?
Speaker 4 (32:00):
Love and Basketball Reacher.
Speaker 1 (32:01):
Reacher I haven't seen.
Speaker 4 (32:02):
It's just called.
So you watching Love andBasketball Over and over, or you
just yeah, I don't even watchTV, but the TV song is Loving
Basketball.
Speaker 1 (32:10):
It's a good movie.
You watch that movie.
Speaker 2 (32:17):
Yeah, I watched it.
I watched it.
All right, it's a good movie,man.
I like how the couple they playbasketball, the male's jealous
yeah, I like it.
Speaker 1 (32:28):
But again, she was a baller In that movie too, Wasn't
she?
Yeah, yeah, anything else youguys Want to share with us, with
your listening audience.
If you had to leave us Withsomething positive or
progressive, what would it be?
Speaker 2 (32:44):
Chase your dreams.
Don't let someone tell you thatyou won't make it Just because
You're past TO your dreams.
Don't let someone tell you thatyou won't make it just because
you're past To y'all Believe inyourself, man.
Speaker 3 (32:57):
You know it starts with you all the time, so just
believe in yourself.
Speaker 4 (33:02):
Always be positive.
Don't let the negative thingscome to you.
Speaker 1 (33:06):
And if it was me, what I would say is hey, always
go out and get you one of theseout of the mouth of me.
What I would say is hey, alwaysgo out and get you one of these
, hey, out of the Mouth of Babes.
The podcast for you.
Thank you all for joining today.
This is the first section of it, the section session.
We're going to split myself upout of it and let you guys have
(33:26):
some conversation, and thenwe're going to let De'Arian
actually read his speech to thelistening audience that he
prepared, that he wasn't able todo at his signing, all right.
Speaker 2 (33:38):
I'm cool with that.
I ain't got no problems.
Speaker 1 (33:40):
All right, all right, you guys want to.
The three of you want to get on.
Speaker 2 (33:46):
Hey, hold on bro.
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