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Hey guys, Graham here. It's Friday, which means we get
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past interview this week, DallasCowboys quarterback Dak
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Why did you guys occasionally sleep in a motel growing up?
Because of my mom, I mean, my mom did whatever it took for us
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to to survive. And sometimes my mom didn't have
the money for the electric bill,but she could get $40 or so to
get a motel room. And it's just crazy because me
and my brothers talk brother talk about this all the time.
Just the perspective of most people would be upset, most
people would be mad. But we saw it as a vacation.
We saw it as a time to to go swimming and to get out of the
house. And we'll figure it out because
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we have the mom that that we know she will and we're behind
her no matter what. And you guys had no idea of the
reason you were going at the time.
It just. Yeah, I mean, that's why I said
my mom did a great job of just masking the adversity or masking
the struggle that we went through.
I think if you asked any of my brothers or any of us or
friends, did we ever need never,never.
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Maybe there's sometimes, and we really never wanted to be
honest. I mean, a lot of times we got
that there's because that's how selfless and that's the person
my mom was. But when I was younger, yeah, I
had no idea it was a vacation. And then as I got older,
obviously discussed things and it made sense, right?
It's easier for her to get $40 to to put us in a motel tonight
than it is to pay the the 170 two $100 bill because three boys
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were leaving all of her lights on.
And speaks to the quality of person that she was, that she
shielded you guys from that and still was able to provide a
great life for you. I think after your parents split
the the last time, finances got really tight.
What do you remember from the living room furniture then?
That we had one TV that sat on another TV that was our TV
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stand, the old big big box 1. And then we had a little one on
top of that. I remember having the antenna
antennas with the foil on the top only watching survivors.
Probably the only time I've everwatched Survivor.
If it wasn't Survivor, if it wasn't a football game on, we're
outside and trying to make stuffwork.
But once again, I mean we just my mom just found found ways to
make things work. You grew up in the Hutton.
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How would you describe what it was like there?
I mean, it was great. It was a great town.
I'd say very, very diverse, verymixed for the most part.
Lived in the, grew up in the trailer park.
It's a place that it's, it's whoI am.
I don't know any better way to describe it other than to say
it's who I am. It's, it's how I was.
It's the reason I, I do things to today.
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It's the reason I see the good in everybody.
And it was a lot of it was, it was poverty in a sense.
And as I said, when you had a mom like I did and brothers like
I did and being the youngest of all of them, I didn't see it as
a struggle. I just saw it as a way of life.
I was proud of where I live. I'm so proud of where I live now
because if I didn't live there, if I wasn't around the people
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that I were, I wouldn't be the same person at all that I am
today. So for me to for me to say it
was a struggle, I would be discrediting my mom and my
brothers. It was my way of life, which I
loved. I mean, we're always outside
playing football with the kids in the in the field, playing
basketball. It was my way of life.
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And probably one of the best experiences a. 100 percent,
100%, one of the best experiences.
I wish more people could experience that.
Honestly, I maybe without havingto go through some of the things
I did, but it's just a simple life.
It's the simple life of love. It's the simple life of, of, of
friends, of being able to, to, to, to trust somebody else, to
trust somebody else outside of your household.
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And it was so much fun. So much.
Fun. Tell about the makeshift
football field that was behind where you lived.
Probably 30 yards across, maybe another 35 in length.
But I mean, it was a full football field for us.
And that's where I fell in love with the game of football.
That's where the game of football became who I am being
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probably the youngest of the group of of guys that was
playing in that field where they're all my brother's age.
That was a lot of the times where I get hit or whatever and
come home and want to cry. And my mom said, Hey, you want
to play at the big boys, if you know what I'm saying, Go out
there and if not, stay on the porch.
And sure enough, I'm headed backout there.
But that field, my brothers and all those, those kids I grew up
with gave me the toughness that I'll, I'll never lose.
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And then the high school, I mean, where where I watched my
brothers from the time I was what, 7-8 years old, play
football on for the varsity teamand just couldn't wait for it
was my turn to get there. One an offensive lineman. 1A
defensive end, right? Yes, exactly.
And as I said, that the other reason I have the toughness, but
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I remember going to their game 7-8 years old, just itching,
itching to play football becausehey, I play with them in the
backyard. I want to go out there and play
with them now. And so sitting right there on
the 50 yard line with my mom for7:00 or so years before I got
the opportunity to play, that's a place that I'll I'll never
forget. So many memories made, so many
friendships that last forever. An awesome place.
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