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Sunday Sports Club with Allison Kuch
Newborn trenches and hot takes on golf dads with Isaac Rochell
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Welcome back to another episode of Sunday Sports Club. You're probably wondering where Ally's voice is. Same. Where is she at? We don't know. I'm joking. She literally just gave birth, and the last thing she wants to be doing is anything. I mean, I don't know how many moms we have listening, but, you know, when you get into those, you know, newborn trenches, you're, like, immediately postpartum. It's hard to even pick up your phone and text somebody back or answer a phone call, let alone get up the energy to record a podcast. So that's where I come in. Honestly, I'm probably a little bit more unhinged than my wife. She's smarter than me. She's more calculated than me. So in a weird way, you should be thanking me for being here. I don't want to gas it up. It is what it is. But you should also. I have might have spit up on my shirt for the people that are watching. You know, when. When you're in the newborn phase, it's just all hands on deck. Anything goes. Like, you show up how you show up. Clothes might be wrinkled, you might have bags under your eyes. By the way all those things are happening. It is what it is. Nobody cares. I don't care if you're judging me. That's a you problem, not me. So here we are. We're glad to be here. And I. I will admit. So we're three weeks in. My wife is in the other room right now with her newborn. Last night wasn't the best night of sleep. So our newborn has been Pepper. We can call her by her name. Pepper has been unbelievable for the majority of the time that she's been alive and with us. Last night, she just decided to just not really sleep that well and get a little fussy. And there's so many variables with little kids or, excuse me, with newborns of why they may be fussy. It could be gas. It could be they're congested. It could be, you know, a million different things. Their onesie could be fitting wrong. And they're fussing and they can't communicate. So that was just one of those nights. But the thing that's really, really different and remarkable about this baby versus Scotty, our first daughter, is like, you just know it's gonna end like it's. I would say Pepper is more fussy and uncomfortable than Scotty was, but it's still easier because, you know, it's not a forever thing. You know, it's like a very temporary thing and at some point you're going to get over it. So here we are. I'm here to record this podcast and I'm excited. Did a little Q and A, just put it out to the audience just to see what people would ask. So we're just going to go through those. I mean, let's keep it simple. You know, there's already. I'm going to pull some more of these. There's just so many things going on that let's just keep it as simple as humanly possible. I do want to start off just talking about this. Since this is my podcast for the session, I can talk about whatever I want. If you are a. Before I even start. This is so unhinged and random. If. And my wife's going to listen to this and be like, dude, what were you even talking about? If you are a wife and your husband is a avid golfer. I'm not saying he's good at golfing. I'm just saying if he's an avid golfer. Where do you draw the line with time sacrificed golfing. It's been like a very ongoing, intense discussion on my Instagram where I've put out to the audience. Basically I stated, if you are golfing like on Saturday mornings and you're gone for six hours, you're neglecting your family. There's no good way to golf from 6 to 12 with one kid, two kids that are like at an age that they have to be like taken care of. They're not like 10. You're neglecting your family. No doubt. What's fascinating to me is there is like a very certain. There's like a type of person that responds to that, both male and female, that they get like in arms. I think this is like a very easy, easy situation. Look, if you have young kids, I have a two and a half year old and I have a three week old, I don't have time to golf like it is off the table. If I do go golf, I am being selfish and I am putting my wife in a more challenging situation. I'm putting my family in a worse situation. It's not like I need time myself. It's like, no, I'm being selfish. That's all it is. But there's a certain type of person that seems to get like really frustrated about this one. From the male perspective, the obvious Brad and Chad that just feel like they have to defend everything. Like, you know, like I'm just coming at their entire life because I'm like, dude, you're being selfish because you're golfing again. It's an objective reality. So Macy's husband from the Mormon wives, Jacob is his name. Jacob, responded to this video that I posted, and he was like, dude, no brainer. What are we even talking about? No, I don't have time to golf. I'm not gonna just leave my wife at home by herself. Example of a green flag guy. You have these other dudes who are like, dude, I need my me time. My wife knows that I sacrificed during the week, and I need my. It's like, dude, can you get over yourself? Can you get over yourself? Truly? Like, you know, it's ridiculous. And then for some reason, there is a number of wives that are really adamant about defending their husband's golf habits. And I don't. I don't know why. If anything, if I was a wife, I would probably err on the side of caution and just be like, yeah, you shouldn't be golfing. And then if they push back, you know, fine. Okay, He's. This guy needs his time or else he's going to lose it. But I'm definitely not going to bat for the situation. You know, I would never expect my wife to go all out defense mode to get me to be able to golf. Last thing I'll say on it, because again, this is my. This is my time, so I can say what I want. One of the things that I find most attractive about Allie is she does not budge. Like, she's not playing games. And I love it because I want our daughters to be like that. My wife is not the type of person that I'm gonna wake up in the morning after we both didn't sleep, and I'm gonna be like, I really just need a nap. She's not the type that's gonna be like, yeah, I want you to be really well rested and ready to help me out. She's like, get over it. You're fine. And I love that because that's like, my whole life has been that. It's like how I've dealt with coaches. It's how I've just. It's how I deal with myself in my own brain. It's accountability. And I feel like my wife does a good job of doing that because of that. Our house runs a certain way. There's a standard in our house, and there will always be a standard in our house. I do think the temperature of the house in so many ways depends on the wife and the woman in the house. And Allie keeps our temp we're locked in. There's. We are locked and loaded. So that's just my little soapbox of what I've been thinking about this week. All right, guys, I need to talk to you about Roback because my wife has been tearing Roback up, and I mean that in the best possible way. She's postpartum. Comfort is everything for her these days, and. And Roback has just kind of been our go to, which is great. Makes my life easy because I don't have to think about shopping. They just restocked their mock neck because we needed that, because it's sold out in literally a week time. And, like, it's a game changer. She loves a good mock neck. It's one of those pieces that she can just throw on literally over anything, and then she instantly feels more put together. You know, do your hair real quick, throw it in a bun, throw on the mock neck. Done deal. It's lightweight. It's incredibly comfortable. It's soft, and it comes in two colorways, which, you know, you want to have options but not too many options, which is good for my wife. It's just like, here's both colorways. Enjoy them. And it has really cool, cute embroidery details. I'm not really a guy to say cute, but look, it's cute. It is what it is. There's an ivory version with a small American flag and a navy one with the Roback logo on the front. By the time you guys are listening to this, if Mother's Day is gone and you probably didn't get a gift, so you need to go back and get some Roebuck to make up for not getting a gift. They just launched their biker short sets for the first time, which, you know, this is the perfect layer under a mock neck. And when I tell you these are so nice, they're nice. Allie's got them. They're soft, supportive, really flattering. Makes her buns look nice. I can say that I'm her husband, and that's not always easy to find. You know, I want my wife to feel good, and I love when she throws on that set. The biker shorts and the mock neck, it makes everything easier. We get out of the house fast. It's great. Use code Sunday on roback.com for a generous 20 off off your first order through the end of this week. That is spelled R H O B A C K dot com. Okay, guys, we gotta talk about Gatorade. As a former professional athlete, I'm big time. I'm big time into Gatorade, and You know what's even better than Gatorade? Gatorade lowers sugar because there's no artificial flavors. There's no sweeteners or color. 75% less sugar than regular Gatorade, and it hydrates better than water. You know why that's a big deal? Because, honestly, I don't love water. Water is not the best tasting thing. I'm always looking for a way to not taste water. Now all I do is just drink Gatorade lower sugar, because I don't have to worry about my sugar intake. And it tastes so, so incredibly good. Also, as a dad now, and kids that are eventually going to be going to soccer practice and on the go and, you know, my wife's going to Pilates class and doing all these fun things, this is the perfect thing to make sure that, you know, they get their electrolytes and they get all the good hydration that they need, but then they have 75% less sugar than regular Gatorade. They have no artificial flavors, sweeteners, or colors. And it's unbelievable. I love it. I spend my entire day drinking Gatorade lower sugar. And I don't want to change anything about that. I want my day to always be consumed with drinking Gatorade lower sugar. You guys are probably making fun of me now because I sound so cheesy talking about it, but seriously, the way that I've kept these things in my fridge, literally, we have a drink fridge. We're a drink fridge family. I'll be in the middle of a workout, and I'm like, dying, and I'm like, I gotta go over here and just get a Gatorade lower sugar. It's the best. It really is the best because it's got the same flavor, but it doesn't have, like the, oh, my God, do I need all this sugar right now? I'm not going to run a marathon. I'm not going to play a football game. I just am a little thirsty for my workout, and that's what I do. I go drink a Gatorade lower sugar, and I feel really good about it. And I'm, you know, I'm going to keep doing it. So try Gatorade lower sugar today. It's available on Gatorade.com and in store nationwide. Of course, there's one other thing that I will say. I've been really like, this is one of the biggest things that people have been saying to me on with my Q and A, which I'm gonna pull them up right now. I've been getting 20,000 steps every day. Like, really, really adamant about getting these 20,000 steps because it's just enjoyable. I also looked up one day after just taking care of my wife, our newborn and our toddler, and I was at 15,000 steps. And I'm like, I should just make it 20,000 every day. I'll feel really good about myself. Somebody had the audacity to come in my DMs and be like, well, this is a woman, by the way. Well, you get 20,000 steps a day. Is that not the same as somebody getting golfing, like, or going golfing and taking time to do that? Like, you're taking time to get steps. I'm like, we have grossly lost the plot. We've grossly lost the plot. If we're comparing 20,000 steps helping my family out to golfing by myself with the boys, shotgunning beers on a golf cart. I mean, mind you, these are beers that we're getting from the golf cart girl, which I've been golfing one time. Golf cart girl culture is insane. The dudes I was with making insane comments. You know, what are we doing? Why are we saying this? Don't get me started on it, okay? I don't want to just answer the low hanging fruit questions. I want to answer questions that are juicy. You know what? I'm going to answer this because again, it's my podcast. I can say what I want. Outside of family, what is your personal drive that keeps you motivated and going? And I get this a lot because if you follow me on Instagram, which everybody who listens to this should. I'm pretty intense on my Instagram. You know, I ask intense questions, I pose intense, like, challenges. Like right now, my challenge is I want to get to a 10 minute plank. I can do that. I think I can do that in like a month. I've already done a five minute plank. Who cares? That's not the point. I think people look at me and they're like, oh, well, he played in the NFL, so, like, that's why he's like that. Yes, it's true. But I think maximizing my athletic ability is just a byproduct of my mentality. I'll explain that. I'm not. I don't think the way I think because I went to the NFL. I went to the NFL because I think the way I think. If it's like, you're at church and I want to pause and let it sink in because I think I just ate with that. It's the. I'm lost for words, you know. But I think it started with this. When I was growing up, my dad and mom were both very adamant about not quitting. That was just like the only standard for sports we had. So I remember a number of times in my life where I wanted to quit and it was just very simple. We don't quit. You don't just quit. That was literally the only sports lesson I learned. So I'll tell you a story. When I was in ninth grade, I was playing varsity football and I was like playing a little. I was probably playing like 10 plays a game, whatever. And the person that was in front of me playing was a senior. I knew I was better than him and I knew I should have been playing all the while. At this point I was like really, really good at basketball. Starting to get Division 1 basketball, looks like I knew I could potentially go and be a really good basketball player. So we're at the point in the season where the basketball season's starting to pick up, football season's coming to an end, and I was like, this is dumb. There's no point in me even playing. Can I just quit? Like, who cares? This is. I don't even want to play football. I love basketball. And I will just never forget my parents going, we just don't, we don't, we don't quit. We don't quit. It was even so bad. I went and talked to my head football coach and he goes, I know you're better than this senior, but he's a senior so he's going to play. I have that information. I go to my family, you know, we don't quit. So that is just like a very simple way of explaining that. That mentality of we don't quit, I guess has turned into just like this rock solid, hey, I'm going to get 20,000 steps a day no matter what. I don't quit. I don't quit on trying to get 20,000 steps a day or like the 10 minute plan. I don't quit on trying to get a 10 minute plank. It's not that hard. I'll be fine. NFL it. The NFL sucked so many times. I don't quit. I don't quit. So that's, I think that's where it comes from. And I think it's been really powerful in my life. I'll teach my girls about it. You know, it's a simple standard that I think can go a long way. It's not like, hey, you need to have a good attitude or you need. It's just, you don't quit. If you want to sulk and have an awful attitude while you do it, fine. You know, you're. You will work through that. But you don't quit. If you sit in something long enough, even if you're negative, it will eventually change your mindset. Again, I'm kind of in my bag right now. I'm kind of in my bag, but this is what happens when I take over the podcast. Okay, let's see if we got some more questions on the Q and A. I hope my wife can't hear me, because she's going to be like, what are you even talking about? This guy really thinks that he's. That he's some serious. Oh, this is juicy. How do you handle bringing the kids out in public when we don't show them on social media? This happens all the time, by the way. Like, when we go to Disney, people will come up to us and ask for pictures. And in my mind, I know, like, we don't show our daughter on social media. And they're taking a picture, and I know for a fact my daughter's face is just like. She's just in the background staring at the camera. To be honest with you, if I'm holding her and she's like, I'm just like this. And she's my armpit sweat. I'm breaking a sweat here talking about this. But if I'm holding her and she's looking at the camera and she's like, clearly in a picture, I will ask, I will say, you know, we don't show our daughter on social media. If you could just cover her up. I feel so awkward asking, like, the classic, like, I'm so sorry I'm asking, but I just have to, like, I do play that game. People are always respectful. It's the most adorable, unbelievable thing in the world. When I open up my story mentions and, like, it's a picture of us and Scotty's face is covered with an emoji. It's unbelievable. Utmost respect. The other piece is just like. Or the. The other situation that happens is generally people are just really respectful, and they're like, oh, my God, I know you don't, like, show them on social media. Like, whatever, we'll cover them. The best thing is Ally and I just know, like, we will. If I'm holding Scotty and we're taking a picture, she'll just, like, shield Scotty. Like, we have a whole system that we do. But I think generally, like, I don't overthink it, you know, like, if somebody were to, like, take a picture off in the distance of Scotty, I'm referencing Scottie because she's smaller or, excuse me, she's older and she's more, like, visible because he's running around. Sooner we take a picture of her and, like, post it on Reddit. I don't care. Like, I'm. My goal here is not to be like, the world cannot see Scotty. That's not the goal. It's not that big of a deal. I just don't want to get to the point where I'm exploiting my kids for views. I also don't want to get to the point where somebody's looking at my daughter in an appropriate way and it's on my clock. As for me in my house, like, you know, Christian principle. As for me in my house, we will serve the Lord. Not a super religious person, but I grew up super religious, so I know that. As for me in my house, I'm going to protect my family. And I will get back to this because again, I'm going to say it again. It is my podcast and I can say what I want. This whole, like, the. Why we don't show our kids. Another hot topic on my social media, by the way. Why we don't show our kids. The thing that, like, haunts me other than, like, somebody exploiting my daughter in a weird way. We know all about the AI generated. Fill in the blank. It's all. I hate it. But the thing that haunts me is the idea that I would have an interaction with my daughter and think I should have recorded that one or two. If I did record it, I think, oh, my God, this is gonna. This is gonna go viral. My interactions with my daughter are not meant to be shared with the Internet, like, at all. My interactions with my daughter are for her memory, are for my memory and for us. And I just think, like, I gotta be careful because when I start chatting about this stuff and I know influencers who show their kids, I'm like, you get in this dangerous territory where you start talking about people that you interact with, but here's the thing, I'll share this. I have been around an influencer. And listen, if you're an influencer and you're hearing this and you didn't say this, it's not about you. So calm down. I have been around an influencer where we asked, are you going to show your kids? And their answer originally was no. Then months later, we were around them again, and I said, are you going to show your Kids. And their answer was essentially alluding to the fact that they wanted to make money through brand deals, et cetera. That is exactly what I don't want to do. This whole game of, well, I'm going to put the money away and it's going to help them. I'm not. I don't care. I will support my daughters if they need support early on in their adult life, I'm not going to exploit them to make their life especially more difficult because they're just handed money. Like, it's just. None of it makes sense to me. But the point that I'm trying to make is there are a number of influencers that are absolutely posting their children. Like, when they don't have a video to do, or when they don't have a good content idea, or when they're in a lull. It's like, just show the kids and it's going to do well. I know for a fact. And this is not because we don't show our daughters. So then if we showed them, it'd be a big deal. It's just the nature of social media and how people consume it. If we showed our daughters, we would get more views consistently on videos. Right? Like, I could just put something up. I could put up just a sappy video of me hugging my daughter and then put some text over it and be like, I wouldn't have it any other way. Being a girl, dad's the best thing ever. It would. It would go viral. And that's just not the road I want to go down. I want to protect our interactions. I want to keep our interactions wholesome and what they should be. So, yeah, that's where I'm at with that. Good question. Kind of went off on a little tangent there, but I. I will say I enjoy a good tangent. All right, let's get into it. Let's see what other questions we have. Not a ton of questions. Oh, should we just stay on this. On this train? We haven't even touched sports lately, and I love it. I'm not here to just chat about sports. I am this. I'm the athlete. I'm here. That's what you. That's the sports that you get for this podcast. When I'm on here, the former NFL player. I'm here. Check. Sports box. Check. Now let's get into some hot goss. How did you feel after showing Scotty's face for her first birthday? So this was interesting. On the same train we got to the first birthday, Ally and I had a whole discussion on it. Like, should we just show her? And it was kind of like a. Just rip the band aid off. Because people. To be honest, people get really. I don't want to say weird, but people are just really curious. Like, people get really curious about what your daughter looks like. Oh, my God, I want to see her. So we're just like, okay, let's just do it. It's not that big of a deal. Again, we're not trying to, like, play this game. God forbid I yawn. God forbid I yawn on a podcast when I had a newborn. Is that a problem? So we just decided to rip the band aid off and do it. We show her viral. Viral side videos. I mean, there's. There were side videos commentating on us showing our daughter's face that had millions of views. So what did it do to it? It just makes you do a double take and go, is this really what we want? Some influencers, let's not get it twisted, would look at that and be like, oh, my God, this is awesome. This is going viral. We're never going to stop showing. We're the opposite. I'm like, I don't want that. I am not that concerned about views to just now put my daughter on blast. So we didn't feel bad. It wasn't like this huge moment in our household. We're like, oh, my God, hit the panic button. But we definitely were like, yeah, maybe it's not in our best interest to just show our daughter on here. And I'm confident, and I feel good about our decision, and I'm just, like, thankful that we haven't forced it. Would I ever. Next question. Would I ever consider moving to Michigan? No. No. Deborah. Deborah asked this, like, no, no. If my wife asked me to go to Michigan, I would leave her. I'm totally joking. I'm not joking about the Michigan part, but I am joking about leaving my wife. I don't want to go to Michigan. Michigan's great. Michigan's fun to visit and see Ally's family. But, yeah, I have no interest in moving to Michigan for any time longer than a week or weekend trip. Guys, I got to talk to you about Quinn's. Our family has been using Quinn's, and you should, too, because it's all about in postpartum. It's all about making life easier for my wife, taking off her mental load. And that's why I've just been really intentional about thinking about this. I've been going to Quinn's, getting their pieces that make her whole life feel Comfortable put together, and it's just effortless for her to get ready. I mean, it just makes dressing simpler, which is so nice. And it's been my go to. The best thing about it is the fabrics feel elevated, the fits are flattering, which is great for my wife right now. And everything just works without overthinking it. 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And I'm not, you know, not trying to gas it up. It's just me trying to make my life easier and making my wife feel more comfortable. One other thing to just note is the fact that Quinn's has denim that's just, like, structured. It makes my wife feel supportive, but it's like, really comfortable so she can wear it all the time and everywhere. That's the game changer. And when I saw the price of these items, yeah, I'll take 50 of them. Give them all to me. Refresh your everyday with luxury you'll actually use. Head to quinns.com Sunday for free shipping on your order and 365 day returns. Now available in Canada too. That's Q U I n c e.com sundae for free shipping and 365 day returns. Quinns.com sundae I have been waiting to talk about this because one huge part of my life is my peloton treadmill. And, you know, it's not just a treadmill. It's. 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It's the best thing ever. And, you know, training shouldn't be difficult. It should be as, as easy as the Tread plus makes it. And, you know, you go from the tread to the strength training and it's just, you can do it with one quick swivel of the screen. Peloton IQ creates plans and recommendations that move to you, makes your life easy again. I can't, I can't explain it enough, how big of a deal this tread's been in our life. This tread has quite literally changed everything. I use it all the time and I just want to add even the functions of, of making it go faster and slower. In the elevation or the incline. At the elevation, the incline, it's all just easier. It's smooth, it feels sleek. It's like the feeling of putting on a good outfit and you look in the mirror and you're like, ooh, I look good. That's how I feel when I get on this treadmill. Like, ooh, I like this piece of equipment. So it's been really, really great for us. Yeah. Let yourself run, lift, fail, try and go explore. Peloton cross training tread plus@1peloton.com somebody asked what Saved by the Bell character am I most like? I Screech, miss. He was misunderstood. Is Screech even in Saved by the Bell? Let's confirm that. Oh, he was. Screech was in Saved by the Bell. Look at this guy. Oh, my God. Is this what I. Is this me? Is. Is that who I am? Yeah. Curly hair, guy's a goofball. I think I'm a goofy somebody. DM me the other day, and they were like, are you a neurodivergent? Which the answer is yes, I've been prescribed with a neurodivergent, like, in that category. But can you not DM me and ask me that? I bet Screech was a neurodivergent. You know, he's a Capricorn. That's interesting. Oh, Screech passed away. Whoa. That's really sad. How old was he? 40 something. Dang. So Screech passed away. R.I.P. screech. Dang. That's really sad. He had lung cancer. Wow. So you know what? Because I mentioned him and we're on this podcast, let's take a second. If you have anybody that has cancer, is struggling with cancer. Super sorry. I. I've had. I've had people in my family die from cancer. I know what it's like. Wow, that's really sad. Fitting, though. I most like Screech. I'll take it. I love it. Screech, this one's for you. Okay, let's pull up some more questions. What's your least favorite thing about the NFL that you would change for others to come? Okay. The thing that I enjoyed the least about the NFL, and he can't take it away. I couldn't change this for somebody after because it's so necessary. We're film sessions. So for the folks listening who didn't play in the NFL, which is probably 100% of the listeners, what happens is everything is filmed. Like when you go out to practice, you walk out and there are people in towers filming you and there's people following you around filming you. So, like, you go out to practice, your warm up is filmed. Every single drill that you do for two and a half hours is filmed. Every single play is filmed. Everything is filmed. Okay? Then you have a walkthrough, like, which is not practice related. You have like a 40 minute walkthrough that's filmed. Everything is filmed. They will. They will critique the way that somebody is celebrating on the sideline. They'll be like, we need better energy on the sideline. And practice. Okay. And then you get to a game. Every single thing is filmed from multiple angles. They can see everything. They can see your hand placement. Everything. I would get rid of. I hated film sessions that would get rid of it in a second. But you can't because it's. It's what makes you great. It's what makes, you know, it makes you get better. But I just hated it. I would have so much film anxiety because what Happens is you go out to practice, you know, you had a tough morning, you're just, you're sore, you don't feel good, and you take a little second to warm up. You have a couple bad plays in the beginning of the practice, you're gonna get torched. And the issue is you have these coaches, not all coaches. I had a number of good coaches. I had couple bad coaches too. If you start off practice bad in their mind, they get fixated on that. So then your whole film sessions cooked because of that, because of those couple plays. It's like make or break if they don't cause a scene to correct those two plays. So that's kind of the worst part of it. Other than that, a lot of other things I wouldn't really change. I mean, I hate training camp. You got six weeks in a hotel away from your family. You're like, the training camp schedule is from 6 in the morning until 7 at night. It's brutal, it's long. So I would get rid of that too. But again, these are all things you can't get rid of. But for young guys coming in the NFL or a listener who's NFL bound, which is probably nobody, but that's okay. I would get your mind right for those two things because it's going to get dark. It's going to get really dark. I've never been depressed. I haven't felt depression. But those situations are definitely what brought me the closest. Okay, here's the last question. What is one sport you feel you would not want your daughters playing? The answer is none. So just to give some context, parents all the time will DM me and be like, what advice would you give to me for, you know, making sure that my kids are successful in their sport? Or like, what did you do when you were in high school? I played everything. I did track, I did basketball, I did football. I did a random. I don't just trying to like say other stuff, but like, even the fact that I did track, what was the point of doing track for four straight years? There's no point. But I did it and it was fun. I think just keeping your kids busy and active and like falling in love with just competing and getting better at something is really important. The issue is not to be the back in my days guy, but back in my day of playing. You didn't. It wasn't as competitive. Now you have seven on seven. You have, you know, year round football or year round basketball, which makes things really challenging on parents. But I will say there's no sport that I would not want my daughters playing. I think it's just I want them busy. When they get at that age, I want them busy. I want them calling me, saying, dad, I got a game on Tuesday. I got a game on Friday. I got a game on. I like, I'm at all of them. I'm hype every time. I think it's awesome. I think it's, you know, good team energy. Like, for me, even like doing track. Fun fact. I got second in discus. My senior year in the state, I got second in discus. Super random, but, like, that's an individual sport. Me versus me. And then football is a team sport. And then basketball is like a team sport, but it's different. It's a smaller team. So the, the dynamics you get from that. You're learning how to be a leader. You're learning how to be a good teammate. You're learning how to who you are. You're learning about yourself. All great things. Thank you so much for tuning in. Thank you for listening to Ali's podcast. Comment. Subscribe whatever people say at the end of these podcasts. I appreciate you guys. And yeah, that's a wrap. Enjoy the rest of your day.
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