The Best of The Dan Patrick Show

Summary

The Dan Patrick Show – Best Of (July 10, 2026)

iHeartPodcasts & Dan Patrick Podcast Network

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Episode Overview

On this "Best Of" compilation, Dan Patrick welcomes insightful and entertaining guests from sports and comedy: golf commentator and former PGA Tour pro Peter Jacobsen, Hall of Fame quarterback Steve Young, comedian Nate Bargatze, and Lakers guard Austin Reaves. The conversations range from humorous personal anecdotes to in-depth sports talk, exploring the nuances of professional golf, the psychology of quarterbacks, lessons from showbiz, and the journey of an undrafted NBA player making it big.

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Key Segments & Insights

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1. Dan Patrick with Peter Jacobsen: Golf, Humor, & Competitive Drive

Timestamps: 02:10 – 11:39

Reminiscing About the Masters (Par-3 Tournament)

• Dan opens with a story about caddying for Peter at Augusta, admitting to accidentally dumping his clubs on the ground.

  • Quote:
    “I could feel the bag starting to fall, and then the clubs all came out. It was slow motion...you tried to laugh it off. Man, did I learn a lesson there.” — Dan Patrick (03:06)

• Peter ribbed Dan for not knowing the proper way to caddy and shared how getting mad at the par-3 is “in jest”—except when you lose your favorite club to the lake.

Payne Stewart Stories & Playing With Legends

• Jacobsen reflects on the late Payne Stewart’s personality—his humor and his button-pushing competitiveness.
  • Quote:
    “A lot of guys can give but they can't take it. We learn that real quickly when you're playing with someone like Payne.” — Peter Jacobsen (05:00)

Celebrity Golfers: Charles Barkley and Michael Jordan

• Peter discusses teaching Michael Jordan and says MJ was a “sponge” with amazing ability to absorb instruction.
• Praises Charles Barkley as among the most improved celebrity golfers, crediting good coaching and talent.
  • Quote:
    “Charles, I will say, is one of the most improved golfers I’ve ever seen play.” — Peter Jacobsen (06:01)

On Competitive Instincts & Technology in Golf

• Talk shifts to gambling on the course with Jordan and the bravado necessary for confidence in golf.
• Peter asserts golf club technology, more than the ball, has changed the game.
  • Quote:
    “You can literally go in and buy a game...back in the day, it was trial and error.” — Peter Jacobsen (09:38)

Nicklaus vs. Tiger Debate

• Dan presses Peter: “If you had to win a major at their best, who do you take?”
• Peter chooses Tiger Woods, citing his physical gifts and the psychological effect he had on competitors:
  • Quote:
    “When [Tiger and the greats] got on the first tee, they just sucked the air, they sucked the energy...all the eyes were on Tiger.” — Peter Jacobsen (10:51)

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2. Dan Patrick with Steve Young: From NFL to Golf & Athlete Mentality

Timestamps: 16:30 – 32:58

Learning (and Struggling) with Golf

• Steve reveals he plays golf right-handed, despite being a natural lefty; his wife jokes he’s so bad he should switch.
  • Quote:
    “I'm not trying to be a pro. I scratch it around. It's for fun, you know. But she's...” — Steve Young (17:14)

The Mental Game: Quarterback vs. Golf

• Dan asks: which is more “mental,” playing QB or golf? Steve insists quarterback takes “every inch of yourself” because of the complexity and pressure.

  • Quote:
    “Play quarterback took every inch of yourself to do it and do it well. Golf, I mean, it's hard...when you’re incompetent, it’s really hard.” — Steve Young (18:27)

• Steve says athleticism doesn’t always translate to golf—“it’s just hard” even for great athletes.

Golfing with Other Star Athletes and Humor

• Humorous banter over who’s a better golfer—Ryan Fitzpatrick? Barkley? Steve admits he’s ok being in the Larry the Cable Guy/Ray Romano tier.
  • Quote:
    “That's my crowd.” — Steve Young (30:49)

Athlete Transitions & Multi-Sport Skills

• Dan brings up Jerry Rice’s unique athleticism—he never looked flashy, but “Jerry was always open.”
  • Quote:
    “He could change direction faster than any human I ever saw.” — Steve Young (24:00)

Modern QBs “Standing on the Shoulders” of Steve Young

• Steve discusses the evolution of the mobile QB, Bill Walsh’s vision, and kinship with Michael Vick and Lamar Jackson.
  • Quote:
    “I feel a kinship to their game, like I feel like we're in the same club and we're out fighting the same challenges.” — Steve Young (27:00)

Post-Super Bowl "Hangover" & Advice

• Steve shares wisdom on maintaining grit after winning a title—avoiding “hubris” is essential for repeating.
  • Quote:
    “There's this beautiful thing that happens when you win a Super Bowl...it changes you, and you have to fight it.” — Steve Young (31:42)

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3. Dan Patrick with Nate Bargatze: Comedy, Sports, and Fast Food Confessions

Timestamps: 35:14 – 52:53

Comedy as a Sports Fan

• Nate discusses weaving sports fandom (especially Vanderbilt) into his comedy.
  • Quote:
    “That's the hard part—talking about a sport, going to a sporting event...how do you make that relatable to everybody?” — Nate Bargatze (35:47)

Amusement Parks & Business Ventures

• Shares his plans to open an amusement park in Nashville, bringing back a beloved local attraction.
  • Quote:
    “Nashville’s a city that can sustain a full theme park...a part of me wants to bring a theme park back just for everybody.” — Nate Bargatze (38:09)

Comic Nerves vs. Athletic Nerves

• Compares the anxiety from performing on stage to competing in golf tournaments.
  • Quote:
    “When you do a show, you want the first joke to hit...out here, it's the same way, you want your first drive to be decent.” — Nate Bargatze (40:23)

Culinary Guilty Pleasures

• Lively exchange about White Castle, McDonald’s, Burger King “evidence disposal,” and the food guilt cycle on tour.
  • Quote:
    “The regret comes so much quicker as you get older...the enjoyment is just the actual eating.” — Nate Bargatze (42:12)

On Stand-Up Bombing and Joke Writing

• Reflects on bombing, working with Jimmy Fallon, and the importance of authenticity in comedy.

  • Quote:
    “It's hard to sell it if you're not, like, the one that was like my observation or something that happened in my life...” — Nate Bargatze (48:02)

• Suggests coaching Dan’s staff in comedy, helping them structure material rooted in real experience.

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4. Dan Patrick with Austin Reaves: NBA Journey, Lakers, and Meeting His Heroes

Timestamps: 53:39 – 61:41

Free Agency and Loyalty to the Lakers

• Austin discusses how the Lakers’ early communication made it easy for him to re-sign:
  • Quote:
    “The Lakers...had that opportunity to get something done so I didn’t have to actually hit the market.” — Austin Reaves (53:53)

Financial Modesty and Gift-Giving

• Austins admits he hasn’t bought anything major for himself since signing a max deal—more focused on gifts for others.
  • Quote:
    “My financial advisor told me I needed to spend more money. I struggle with that.” — Austin Reaves (54:16)

Staying Grounded & Home Identity

• Never lost his Arkansas accent or roots, despite five years in LA.
  • Quote:
    “I go back to Arkansas after the season every year, so it probably fades a little...and then when I go home, it comes right back.” — Austin Reaves (55:07)

NBA Stereotypes and Earning Respect

• Reaves recounts overcoming the stereotype—“white, unathletic, nobody knows I play basketball.”

  • Quote:
    “I've had people ask me if I played tennis or baseball before basketball.” — Austin Reaves (57:03)

• His “welcome to the NBA” moment: practicing with LeBron, playing perfect defense, yet getting scored on every time.

Comparing NBA Superstars

• Discusses Luka Doncic’s and Jokic’s unique paces, and why such styles can't be taught.
  • Quote:
    “You can study it, but I don’t know if you can really do it the way that he does it.” — Austin Reaves (58:25)

On Meeting Celebrities & Playing with Legends

• Reveals his LA “rookie experience” surrounded by Hall of Famers, the awe of being in locker rooms with LeBron, Russ, and more.

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• Peter Jacobsen on Tiger:
  “If I had to win a major at their best, I probably take Tiger simply because Tiger was more physically gifted.” (10:38)

• Steve Young on modern QB play:
  “Being an oddity and a scrambler...Bill Walsh was the first one that...saw your left-handedness and movement as unlocking greatness.” (27:00)

• Nate Bargatze on comedy’s authenticity:
  “If it’s something that was written for you...I feel like I’m cheating on the test. It’s not genuine to my life experience.” (48:02)

• Austin Reaves on NBA stereotypes:
  “I'm wide, I'm unathletic...I could walk down the street, nobody's going to be—I've had people ask me if I played tennis or baseball before basketball.” (57:03)

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Conclusion

This “Best Of” Dan Patrick Show showcases signature humor, personal storytelling, and sports insider wisdom. From the difficulties athletes face transitioning to golf, to the evolution of mobile quarterbacks, to the genuine nerves of live comedy and the work ethic behind basketball success, the episode offers candid insight and levity, making it uniquely rewarding for listeners—even those who missed the live broadcast.

Transcript

[Dan Patrick]

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[Nate Bargatze]

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[Dan Patrick]

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[Fritzi Sandler]

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[Nate Bargatze]

You're the only person I know that

[Dan Patrick]

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[Peter Jacobsen]

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[Dan Patrick]

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[Nate Bargatze]

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[Austin Reaves]

Hey, Jonas.

[Nate Bargatze]

We're hanging out with Michael Buble.

[Peter Jacobsen]

After Kevin's recent interesting confession about Michael, we figured there's only one thing to do.

[Nate Bargatze]

We must invite Michael Buble on the podcast and we want to know what's on his sexy time playlist. You know, I did an interview and they're like, have you heard about this Jonas Brothers thing?

[Peter Jacobsen]

And they're like, what did you think of him?

[Nate Bargatze]

I was like, well, I mean, it's reciprocal. We talk about Kevin's confession, Michael's reaction, and a whole lot more. Our conversation with Michael Buble is out now.

[Fritzi Sandler]

Listen to.

[Peter Jacobsen]

Hey.

[Nate Bargatze]

Join us on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Ari Chambers]

What's up, fam? It's sports journalist Ari Chambers.

[Dan Patrick]

Hey, what's up, y'?

[Nate Bargatze]

All?

[Dan Patrick]

It's your girl, Sam J.

[Ari Chambers]

And we're the hosts of Everyone Watches Women's Sports, a new podcast from 2gether.

[Dan Patrick]

We're breaking down the biggest headlines, the viral moments and the stories everyone's talking about across women's sports.

[Ari Chambers]

From game changing performances to culture shifting conversations. We'll give you our takes, our debates, and a few laughs along the way.

[Dan Patrick]

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You are listening to the Dan Patrick show on Fox Sports Radio. Had a chance to talk to Peter Jacobs Jacobsen yesterday. I've known Jake for about 40 years, and wonderful man, great ambassador for the game. He's going to be on the call here. Former PGA Tour professional and former. I brought up. I started my conversation with him. I caddied for him at the par three tournament at the Masters, and it didn't go well at all. And that's where I began my conversation with Peter, reminiscing about caddying for him in Augusta.

[Peter Jacobsen]

It feels like yesterday. Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

No, it doesn't.

[Peter Jacobsen]

Dump my bag out.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. You asked me to caddy for you.

[Peter Jacobsen]

I think it was 80. I think it was 89.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, but that's your mistake. You asked me to caddy for you and double. Like, didn't you have the double that I. Your bag. Double strap.

[Peter Jacobsen]

Double strap.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. I only had one strap on. Wait a minute. I got to be careful how I say that. The bag had one strap on it. Okay. And I remember I could feel the bag starting to fall, and then the clubs all came out. It was slow motion. It's you, me, Payne Stewart. I think Freddie Couples was with us. And you were serious, because that's living. And you tried to laugh it off. And, man, did I learn a lesson there. That Pete's. Pete's got a great sense of humor, but not when his clubs are on the ground.

[Peter Jacobsen]

Well, I was playing with you. First of all, I asked you to caddy for me because I thought you knew what you were doing, number one.

[Dan Patrick]

That's.

[Peter Jacobsen]

I thought you knew the game.

[Dan Patrick]

That's your first bad.

[Peter Jacobsen]

This gig translated into some knowledge that wasn't there. That's first thing. Second of all, it's the par three, so everybody's having fun. So if I was. If I got mad at you, it was in jest. Except when my. My most favorite gap wedge went into the lake. Then I was pissed.

[Dan Patrick]

Do you know? We got to the ninth hole, and Payne Stewart handed me his wedge. He said, you think it's so easy? Go ahead. And I go, I didn't say it was easy. He goes, on tv, you guys make it seem like it's so easy. Here's the wedge. And I go, I'm not hitting a wedge. We got up to the green, and then he made me hit putt. I said, where am I hitting it? He goes, I don't know. And so, you know, it's like a double breaker up and over a Hill, and I'm just trying to get it close. And, you know, Payne was always pushing you. Like, he was always going to press a button or something. An interesting personality.

[Peter Jacobsen]

Payne was so difficult to get to like when he first came on Tour because he thought he was the best player in the world, and he wasn't. He eventually became one of the best players in the world, but when I. When I learned his dry sense of humor, and he would push the buttons even when we're competing. It could be the US Open, the Masters. It doesn't matter. When you did something that he didn't like or he thought was wrong, he would push the button, and I came to appreciate that, and I would push right back. A lot of guys didn't like it. A lot of guys can give, but they can't take it. We learn that real quickly when you're playing with someone like Payne in an

[Dan Patrick]

event like this, where you know you're going to see bad shots. But how do you kind of disregard what the shot is as opposed to the person who hit the shot?

[Peter Jacobsen]

Well, the most important thing is to. I try to find. When we go to a swing, slow mo, I try to look for something that looks good, whether it's the grip, the backswing, the impact position. And sometimes when you're dealing with, say, Charles Barkley, there's nothing there. It's hard to be able to figure it out early on. Charles, I will say, is one of the most improved golfers I've ever seen play. When Michael Jordan signed with Nike and I was living in Portland, Oregon, Phil Knight called me up and said, would you take this young kid named Michael Jordan? Back then he was Mike Mike. Now he's Michael Jordan. But we would go play, and he was a 12, 14 handicapper. He was like a sponge. I would say, no, no. When you hit a flop, wedge goes open, you swing left, you throw the head under the. He would do it. I've never seen anybody accept instruction and actually replicate it like a Michael Jordan. But Charles Barkley is getting there. If you watch him on the range, he's got some great instruction. He's got a lot of talent. He's got a lot of touch, too.

[Dan Patrick]

Have you played Jordan for money?

[Peter Jacobsen]

I have played Jordan for money.

[Dan Patrick]

Like how much?

[Peter Jacobsen]

During the Olympics, the Dream Team. We went and played in Portland because my buddy PJ Carlissimo was the trailblazer coach. And we would go out and play before the Games, and we'd play for a couple hundred bucks. That's it. I never lost to Him. I don't think anybody's ever lost money to Michael.

[Dan Patrick]

Really?

[Peter Jacobsen]

Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

Sorry. Wait. Okay. I've often. Now, I've been around Mike before at the Jimmy V Golf tournament, and they said Mike will tell you his handicap is better than what he really is, and therefore he loses money. Is that a fair assessment?

[Peter Jacobsen]

Yeah. Well, the other. The other part of your arsenal as a player is that you have to think you're a lot better than you really are. You've got to have a really good verbal game as well as a good short game and a good swing. So when we. When we come out here to the American century, it's so fun to see all these competitors that want to take their game from the gridiron or the. The wherever they play and translate it to the fairways here at Edgewood Tahoe. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. But what it doesn't do is. Is transfer or translate on a consistent basis, but which is okay because this is not what they do. This is what they choose to do on this week. And all these guys have competitive guts. Yeah, they all do. There's no age limit on desire and the. And the intense drive to get better. And that's what I love about what Charles gone. Charles has gone through. But, yeah, it's fun to watch these guys, especially on 17, when they've got the boats and the people and they're throwing footballs at the guys to sign them, and they have to get up and they have to hit an eight iron and thread that needle between the boats and the trees. Some can pull it off, some can't.

[Dan Patrick]

Before I let you go, the future of the golf ball. Is it the golf ball that might be the issue, or is it the technology of the driver?

[Peter Jacobsen]

Definitely the technology. I don't think it's so much the golf ball as the technology of the club. Obviously, when I was playing. I've got a leg in both generations. When I started, we were playing wood woods.

[Dan Patrick]

Persimmon.

[Peter Jacobsen]

Persimmon woods, and we were using steel shafts. Now we've got. We've got composite heads, and we've got composite shafts. You can literally go in and buy a game, or you can go in and get on the launch monitor and figure out a game where back in the day, it was trial and error. That's why, in my book, the great Jack Nicklaus became great, because he just went out, tried this, tried that. There was no computer to tell him what to use. I'm not saying. I'm not saying it's. I'm just saying it's different now because it's a little bit easier to dial in a driver or a wedge or a set of irons

[Dan Patrick]

to get into the debate. Tiger Jackson.

[Peter Jacobsen]

I do get into that, but it's different generations. As I said, you can't compare the two. It's.

[Dan Patrick]

But if you had to win a major at their best.

[Peter Jacobsen]

If I had to win a major at their best, I probably take Tiger simply because Tiger was more physically gifted.

[Dan Patrick]

Is that 2000 that you would take Tiger?

[Peter Jacobsen]

Well, Tiger for about 10 years was untouchable. Nobody was as good as Tiger. Tiger's the kind of guy like Jack. And the great players, when they got on the first tee, they just sucked the air, they sucked the energy through no fault of their own. But all the eyes were on Tiger. All the eyes were on Jack and Lee Trevino. And they'd come up there.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, it's like Larry Bird at the three point shooting contest. Who's playing for second, right?

[Peter Jacobsen]

It's exactly right. And Tiger was, was, was the iceman. Trevino's talking at everybody and thr rubber snakes at people. But for some reason, everybody was watching that player and you knew you were playing for a second. You just wanted to do as. As well as you possibly could.

[Dan Patrick]

Great to see you, Jake. Thank you for stopping by. Have fun this weekend.

[Peter Jacobsen]

Next time I get in the Masters. You're kidding.

[Dan Patrick]

Thank you.

[Peter Jacobsen]

Next time you swear will be yes, okay.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes, I will be there.

[Peter Jacobsen]

Okay.

[Dan Patrick]

I will be there.

[Peter Jacobsen]

You got to call Ridley and get an invite.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. Thank you. Peter Jacobson. He'll be on the call. Ste Sands, the entire crew, NBC and Peacock this weekend at American Century. Be sure to catch the live edition of the Dan Patrick show, weekdays at 9:00am Eastern, 6:00am Pacific on Fox Sports Radio and the iHeartRadio app.

[Jason McIntyre]

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[Dan Patrick]

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[Ari Chambers]

What's up, fam? I'm sports journalist Ari Chambers.

[Dan Patrick]

Hey, what's up, y'?

[Austin Reaves]

All?

[Dan Patrick]

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[Ari Chambers]

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[Dan Patrick]

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[Ari Chambers]

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[Dan Patrick]

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[Dan Patrick]

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[Ari Chambers]

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[Dan Patrick]

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[Ari Chambers]

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[Dan Patrick]

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[Hoda Kotb]

Hey, I'm Hoda Kotb, host of the podcast Joy 101 with Hoda Kotb. Okay, if you know me, you know this. I'm always searching for inspiration, for support, and useful tools to help maximize joy. So this podcast lets us uncover all of that together. We're gonna have these meaningful conversations with the world's most fascinating people, like when actress Olivia Munn shared how she overcame fierce health challenges that she never saw coming.

[Dan Patrick]

I've gone through breast cancer and then helped my mother through breast cancer and that was more difficult. There's a lot of people who understand postpartum depression. I was not prepared for postpartum anxiety.

[Hoda Kotb]

Olympic champ Shawn Johnson revealed why she had no choice but to be a gymnast.

[Dan Patrick]

There was something about gymnastics that was intoxicating to me. It's given me a belief that we

[Nate Bargatze]

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[Dan Patrick]

We just have to find it.

[Hoda Kotb]

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[Dan Patrick]

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[Steve Young]

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[Dan Patrick]

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[Steve Young]

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[Steve Young]

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[Steve Young]

Leave anybody out.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, gonna give Fritzi some dab. Dylan gets dab. That's nice. All class. That's what Steve Young is. He's. He's all class.

[Steve Young]

Oh yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

And I didn't realize this, but I'm looking out.

[Steve Young]

I didn't realize it.

[Dan Patrick]

Did you realize I didn't realize that you golf right handed.

[Steve Young]

So it's a, it's a dilemma. I think it was last year my wife said you suck so bad you don't do anything else righty in your whole life. Nothing. Why don't you just play lefty? Because when I might, when I was a kid, my dad mean streets of Greenwich, Connecticut, you know, I'd righty clubs and that's why I picked up and played ever since. And so she says, if I don't finish in the top 50, I'm going lefty.

[Dan Patrick]

You're gonna change.

[Steve Young]

I'm changing lefty. I told her, I said, look, I'm not trying to be a pro. I'm not a pro. It's not my like I scratch it around. It's for fun, you know. But she's.

[Dan Patrick]

Were you on the golf team in high school in Greenwich?

[Steve Young]

Come on. I never play. I didn't play golf in Greenwich. I caddied. Why didn't I play golf? It's insane.

[Dan Patrick]

I don't know.

[Steve Young]

In Greenwich, in Greenwich played football, basketball, and baseball.

[Dan Patrick]

Because now, mean streets.

[Steve Young]

There are mean streets in Greenwich. You just haven't been there the other

[Dan Patrick]

side of the tracks, right? Have you been two hands?

[Steve Young]

Go away.

[Dan Patrick]

What? Paulie.

[Marvin]

My sister lives in Greenwich, Steve. And there's cops with white gloves directing traffic. And you know I'm telling the truth.

[Steve Young]

That's.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes. Yes, Marvin.

[Steve Young]

Do you mean new.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes, Marvin.

[Steve Young]

Mean streets are just mean people on those streets? No, just mean streets.

[Dan Patrick]

Have you been to the Boys and Girls Club of Greenwich?

[Steve Young]

I grew up.

[Dan Patrick]

Grew up there, okay?

[Steve Young]

That's where I learned to swim. In fact, I was on the swim team for three days. I wouldn't open my eyes on. I wouldn't. I wouldn't open my eyes underwater. And I kept ramming. I kept ramming the buoy, you know? And they're like, bro, you got to open your eyes or else you can't. Like, maybe try something else.

[Dan Patrick]

Was that your first concussion that you had? What is more mental, though, playing golf or being quarterback?

[Steve Young]

Quarterback is. Look, I went to law school. I had to memorize a bunch of stuff to go to law school. Memorization and the data retention. And then that's just before you get on the field, let alone everyone trying to kill you. I mean, play quarterback is. It took every inch of yourself to do it and do it. Well, golf, I mean, it's hard, you know, when you. When you're incompetent. It's really hard. But. But once, you know, you see the guys that are really good at it, being specifically great at it, I think is really hard. Being decent at it, I think is relatively.

[Dan Patrick]

But the athleticism with golf, hand, eye coordination, well, it's.

[Steve Young]

It's. It's counterintuitive, to be honest with you. What I've been learning this last year, I did. Look, my wife put the thread on me, so I was like, okay, I'm gonna go get some lessons. I'm gonna deconstruct my whole swing, which is half the problem now. But I now realize when you're. When you're on plane and. And everything's kind of. The game can feel easy if you do it right.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes.

[Steve Young]

It's just hard to do it right.

[Dan Patrick]

But when you compress the ball for the first time and you're like, oh, that's how it sounds.

[Steve Young]

That is beautiful. But then I think that's what's funny about up here. And everyone will tell you once, because if you don't compete in golf very often and you show up here and all of a sudden you know, you got to put everything out. Like, who's I talking to? Demarcus Wares? Like, I didn't feel my hands for like five holes. You know, here's a guy, people say, well, you play professional football, 50, 80,000 people, you know, college. What's the problem? It's like, because if you had to go on stage and sing in front of 50,000 people, you're incompetent in doing that. You'd be pretty nervous. And it's the same thing here. Like, if you're not. If you're not competent, it's your hands go numb.

[Dan Patrick]

Is it? I don't. People talk about. Athletes talk about it like you can have good nervous. Like, did.

[Austin Reaves]

Yes.

[Dan Patrick]

Did you ever.

[Steve Young]

I'll call it competent nervous.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay.

[Steve Young]

Right. If you're really good at something and now you got to go perform it, you get the creative tension going. You got. It feels. It feels like I. I'm ready to do it. If you're incompetent. Tension, that's a whole other problem.

[Dan Patrick]

Are you incompetent out here?

[Steve Young]

Yes.

[Dan Patrick]

So the tension is different.

[Steve Young]

Yes.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay.

[Steve Young]

Okay. Yeah. I. Are you guys not listening?

[Dan Patrick]

No, I'm listening. I wanted. I wanted you to reinforce.

[Steve Young]

You guys are up there typing away. I don't know what's going.

[Dan Patrick]

I wanted you to.

[Steve Young]

Right there, he popped his head up like, oh, who is it?

[Dan Patrick]

Who's the guest?

[Steve Young]

I don't even know what's going on.

[Dan Patrick]

I wanted you to reinforce that you're incompetent. That's all. I wanted further clarification of it. That's all. Yes.

[Marvin]

Paulie, I think what people like us don't understand, we are poor athletes and we would be poor golfers. You are an all time great, all purpose athlete and golf is frustrating for you. That's why it confuses people like us.

[Steve Young]

That's fair. And I. And I can understand that. And there's a lot of times.

[Dan Patrick]

But he was only good at football,

[Steve Young]

but really good at football. But what I'm saying is, you know, there's a lot of. There's a lot of pro ams I play in and like, member whatever, you know, And. And I can always. I can almost hear them thinking it, like, you're great athlete. What's.

[Dan Patrick]

What.

[Steve Young]

What's going. Why doesn't it. So I understand. It's just hard.

[Dan Patrick]

It doesn't transfer.

[Steve Young]

Doesn't transfer. Look, I think a hand eye coordination transfers and like. But if you pick up a club as a college kid and swing it, like, you have to learn Golf as a kid, because then you can't control the club and you learn to swing it, and that's golf. And if you grab it as a college kid, what's the first thing you do? You just. You just rip at it. And it's never golf. You have to recreate it.

[Dan Patrick]

But does it bother you that. That you're a Hall of Fame quarterback, but then you see Ryan Fitzpatrick, who's not. But he's a better golfer than you?

[Steve Young]

It's okay. I don't know where you're going with this. I'm okay with great golf. I love golf. I love fiddling with golf. I'm gonna get better at it. I might be lefty soon, but, you know, it's. It's a passion I love. I love it. And I'm okay. If people are great at it. I'm okay.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay.

[Steve Young]

He says, I know you want to go further on this. I just, like, no, no, no.

[Dan Patrick]

I'm just.

[Steve Young]

I think we're on a dead horse kind of thing.

[Dan Patrick]

I'm just trying to get in your head and understand what makes you.

[Marvin]

Makes you.

[Steve Young]

I appreciate the comment because I. You run into people like, look, bro, she transfer everywhere. But I. You know, we used to play the 49ers. Used to have a basketball game. A team in the off season would go raise money in high schools, and we'd go play, and there's some guys that would play. And you're like, wait, you're an amazing football player. But, bro, like this. Ramming balls off the backboard and like, what? So it's the same kind of feeling, I think, when you're like, wait a second. But I think basketball should translate, right? Baseball should translate. Golf is a little bit odd.

[Dan Patrick]

Who was the best player on the Niners at playing basketball?

[Steve Young]

Terrell Owens was.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, yeah. Yeah. He strikes me as. He wants to let everybody know that he could play.

[Steve Young]

He didn't really care whether he wants to or not.

[Dan Patrick]

He was going to do it. He. Where's he rank among athletes that you played with?

[Steve Young]

Well, Jerry was a unique, fascinating athlete that just incomplete.

[Dan Patrick]

But he wasn't fast.

[Steve Young]

But it wasn't. But that's what I mean. It was. He was just incredibly hard to define. He did things like he never left his feet. He caught everything and kept running. Shoestring catches. He would never be to the ground. He'd run by everybody. You're like, wait, wait, why is that? He elevated when he was like, he could do everything in a really unique, kind of subtle way that snuck on everybody and they never. They never really got a handle on Jerry. Jerry was always open, and he could change direction. That's the other thing. Jerry could change direction faster than any human that I ever saw. And that full speed change of direction is a talent as well. Right.

[Dan Patrick]

And you bring up a great point that you're right. I don't remember Jerry Rice ever jumping high, getting off his, like, putting himself in a vulnerable position.

[Steve Young]

He was all like. He was smooth. Yes, he was smooth and. But he was. But you can't be smooth and great unless you're, like, great. Like, you can like. It's. In fact, in many ways, the greatest athletes in the world make it look easy. Scotty Scheffler looks like, bro. Golf is hard.

[Dan Patrick]

By the way. He just missed the cut at the Scottish Open.

[Steve Young]

Well, so. Golf is hard.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Steve Young]

But the greatest athletes make it look easy. And I think that's what's happening with, with Jerry. He made it look easy when it's not.

[Dan Patrick]

But Moss might be as good athlete

[Steve Young]

who's ever played uniquely different. Right. The speed, the length. I mean, he was incredibly special as well. That's what I love about each athlete is they have unique qualities that are supreme or premier. And you see different ones and different guys. And I appreciate. That's why I hate the bar fights of, like, who's better? Who's the great? Like, these are, like, these are special, otherworldly athletes.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, but we. This is for us.

[Steve Young]

All right, well, go. Go then. Go to the bar and fight. I'm good.

[Dan Patrick]

No, but you don't want to be part of the conversation because you're one of the pieces in the conversation.

[Steve Young]

Well, I also firmly believe, living it out, that I refuse to not honor the unique gifts, supreme gifts, that the guys I played with had to kind of start choosing sides.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, but. Okay, you're a competitor. If I say, do you feel like you're better than Dan Marino?

[Steve Young]

Well, okay. So anyone who answers that question needs to just stand back and just go, wait a second. I am not gonna do anything that, Like, I watched Dan Marino. I was a. I was a recruit at army for my senior year in high school. I went up to watch Pitt play army, and I was going to go to the. I was going to be a cadet. I don't. I'm not. I guess I wasn't. But I was there for the weekend, and they played pit. And I remember Dan Reno was a freshman quarterback. He dropped back and threw a laser, like, 30 yards. And it actually came right at me. And I sit on the sidelines. A little senior, you know, in high

[Dan Patrick]

school I'm like, I can't do this.

[Steve Young]

Well, I spent the next four years trying to throw it like Dan Reno. My arm sore, I couldn't get any. But it's like, it's an appreciation. I refuse to get into conversations that doesn't evoke the appreciation of the greatness of these world class athletes.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes, Marvin.

[Steve Young]

Steve, do you ever feel like a lot of these modern quarterbacks like Vic and Lamar and guys that came after you stand on your shoulders as far as being like a mobile qb, I hope I was an oddity. I was lefty, which made it even worse. Michael and I have really bonded over that. Michael, Vic and I and a of lot lefties are still an oddity. And so being an oddity and a scrambler like back in the 80s and 90s, like scrambler was like a dirty word. And Bill Walsh was the first one that turned. You know, when he first talked to me to recruit me up there he goes, look, I see your left handedness and your ability to move as the things that can unlock you to be one of the great players that ever played. And I was like, bro, where you been? That was amazing. And then he just went and helped me live that out. And it was not a time when no one really, it wasn't the game. Today's game is that game. And you have to be able to move, you have to be able to run, you have to get the free yards. And so I don't really say Michael and Lamar and like I feel a kinship to their game. Like I feel like we're in the same club and we're out fighting the same challenges, which is, is I break the huddle every time and I might be the best one to hold the football and go do something with it at quarterback. Which is an unusual. No other quarterback in history like breaks the huddle and goes, hey, hopefully I end up with it in some weird way, right. And so then again, but the game is to deliver the ball from the pocket. So if you're like, it's a, it's a unique dilemma that no one really understands. Guys that didn't move around cannot talk about of how to become a great pocket passer, efficient, awesome, elite pocket passer and still retain this ability to move around and threaten the line of scrimmage. And so I, if they stand on my shoulders, I stand on, you know, I'm looking up at appreciation for what they do and the uniqueness of how they did it, which is faster Stronger, better than I. You know what I mean? Like, they could. It was amazing. But I do feel the kinship for sure.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. I always thought Michael, Vince, Vic could have been a tailback.

[Steve Young]

Well, that's what the funny thing is like. It's like if you're 12 years old, 6 5, and £300, you're gonna play lineman. But there are some guys that could play quarterback that big. I'm waiting for some high school coach or JV coach or whatever to see a huge human who can throw it and go, you know what? Don't play lineman.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, Cam Newton was pretty big.

[Steve Young]

No, but I mean big like. Like the. Some Kentucky.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, yeah. Jared Lorenzen.

[Steve Young]

Close, like, but that big. I know linemen that played in the pros that could throw it as well as anybody, but they weren't allowed to play the position.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, you're right.

[Steve Young]

And so in that way, everyone wants, you know, if you run around back in the day, you should play running back. Why. Why wouldn't you? You know, it's like, well, no, because I'm playing.

[Dan Patrick]

Did they try to change.

[Steve Young]

You get it. I spent 15, 20 years of professional football trying to show that you could be an elite, efficient quarterback and still be able to run around. And I think in that way, we all kind of broke that spell.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, but there's a difference between scrambling and then making the defense kind of pay by going downfield like France Harkington scrambled. Right. But you, when you ran, you were going to make. Yeah, yeah, you were.

[Steve Young]

And I think that's. That's what we're talking about.

[Dan Patrick]

He is a Hall of Famer. Steve Young. Did we get off on a bad foot here? It feels like we get. I don't know. I felt like the golf stuff or. I don't know. Did I? It's like we're brothers who argue a lot.

[Steve Young]

I don't mind it.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay.

[Steve Young]

Whenever we're around, like, you know.

[Dan Patrick]

I know, I know. I just. You're one of my favorite guests.

[Steve Young]

Let's just chop it up.

[Dan Patrick]

I know, but.

[Steve Young]

And I'm okay with the golf. Like, I'm. I. I'm. Today. Look, I told. It's like between 40 and 70. That's kind of where I'm gonna. That's where I hang out.

[Dan Patrick]

That's the sweet spot.

[Steve Young]

Larry the Cable Guy, Ray Romano.

[Dan Patrick]

Are you better than them?

[Steve Young]

Yeah, I beat them most of the time. Yes. But it's like, that's my. That's my crowd.

[Dan Patrick]

That's your sweet spot. Could you beat Barkley?

[Steve Young]

I've always. But last year, he. I think he. He's better.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Steve Young]

Let's be tough. It's gonna be tough.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. Thinner. Better. Better, yeah. Larry David. Do you think you could take him?

[Steve Young]

Is Larry in the. I think he was just yesterday.

[Dan Patrick]

I don't know if he's holding on. They. We have the CEO of the tournament coming up, so.

[Steve Young]

Oh, really?

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. I gotta find out if Larry's gonna play. Larry couldn't find his bag. He's walking around. It's like an episode of Curb youb Enthusiasm yesterday. He's on the range 30 minutes where he just kept walking around.

[Steve Young]

I think that's why he's a genius, is that it's his life. That's why Seinfeld is like, this is how we live. And now film it. Yeah, film it. Watch me walk around looking for my clothes. It's amazing. It's genius.

[Dan Patrick]

What advice would you give Sam Darnold and the Seahawks about trying to repeat?

[Steve Young]

You know, really, the biggest thing about the hangover is the hubris that happens when you win a Super bowl.

[Dan Patrick]

And.

[Steve Young]

And it starts at the owner, usually, and it goes through the management and the coach. And, like, there's this beautiful thing that happens when you win a Super Bowl. It's like it changes you, and it changes everyone around you a little bit, and you have to fight it. You have to battle that perception and that new space you're in to kind of go back to work and go back to the humility of starting over again. And so if you would say to Sam Darnold, and I think he. He would approach it this way, is, look, what have I done? Nothing this year. Let's go back to work. Let's go back and do something special. And you. But the problem is, you say that, but you actually. It's hard to get out of the blood. You won the Super Bowl. Like, it changes, and you have to battle it. And it's really leadership. It's the top 10 guys in the locker room. You have to have some gnarly, gritty guys, you know, that are like, screw that last year. We don't want to hear. And like, that. That becomes. It kind of evokes that kind of feeling in the locker room where, because you gotta have to play in the NFL and play great, you got to be tough. You got to be gritty. And if you win a Super Bowl, a lot of times you lose that grit, and that's why things go south.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, now I have a reason to keep an eye on your score, because if you don't finish what? In the top 40.

[Steve Young]

No, easy now, bro. How many are. How many?

[Dan Patrick]

There's 90.

[Hoda Kotb]

90.

[Steve Young]

Yeah, it's like in the middle. In the middle.

[Dan Patrick]

So 45 in the middle, Like.

[Steve Young]

Yeah. And around. Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, but if you don't finish in the top 45.

[Steve Young]

Look, I actually have another problem. I hit a root yesterday. My thumb. I can't even feel it.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, here we go.

[Steve Young]

I'm just kidding.

[Dan Patrick]

Here we go.

[Steve Young]

I figured we'd just.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Marvin]

Paulie, Dan, you asked us to look up some stats about Steve Young back in Greenwich. I don't have this confirmed. Steve. 79U. Greenwich High School, Fairfield County Championships versus Darien.

[Steve Young]

Is this football? Basketball, Baseball?

[Marvin]

Football.

[Steve Young]

Yeah.

[Marvin]

I got you losing 17 0. Unfortunately, this only stat we could find junior year. Jay Chandler, the opposing quarterback junior year.

[Steve Young]

I was. It was. We were. We were good. We weren't great.

[Marvin]

I got you with 127 yards rushing in the game, though.

[Steve Young]

That set me up to be a. Well, you know what? I was supposed to be a Dodger, as you remember.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, yeah, I know. That great baseball career that you had. Yeah. Tritzy goes. I got Steve Young playing baseball for the Dodgers. I go, he was not in the Dodgers system.

[Fritzi Sandler]

Research, no one's ever mentioned that in the history of talking to Steve Young.

[Dan Patrick]

You only threw six times in that game. You lost 17.

[Steve Young]

High school was. It was a. We were played. We ran the wishbone.

[Dan Patrick]

So that gives you the wishbone. And then you go to byu, the passing capital of college football.

[Steve Young]

That's where everyone who had a dream of playing in the pros either went to Stanford, byu, or Miami, Florida. Those are the guys that were throwing.

[Dan Patrick]

It could have been.

[Steve Young]

No one else was throwing it. Nobody.

[Dan Patrick]

What else could have been for you?

[Steve Young]

What could have been?

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. All right. How about a round of applause for one of our favorite guests?

[Fritzi Sandler]

Come on.

[Dan Patrick]

The best ever.

Come on. Yeah. Marvin's a big Niner fan, so I really feel terrible.

[Steve Young]

My favorite quarterback of all time, and I'm over here dressed like Bagger Vance. Spitting image, bro. That did the socks on. The socks over. That's awesome.

[Dan Patrick]

How about we take a break? All right, boys, thanks for listening to the Dan Patrick show podcast. Be sure to catch us live every weekday morning, 9 until noon Eastern, 6 to 9 Pacific, on Fox Sports Radio. And you can find us on the iHeartRadio app at FSR or stream us live on the Peacock app. We make way for Nate Bar. Gatsy. You look like a golfer, huh? Yeah, I like.

[Nate Bargatze]

I got you right when you get fired up, then you get all going and then you're like, all right, Nate, come on in.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, well, I needed you to lighten the mood.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah, I understand.

[Dan Patrick]

But what gets you fired up,

[Austin Reaves]

man?

[Dan Patrick]

I don't know, like, sports wise. Is there something.

[Nate Bargatze]

Oh, yeah, yeah. No, I. I've been watching WNBA stuff and then. Yeah, I mean, you know, Vandy fan, like, so this world Cup's been pretty firing up. Like, it's been, you know, getting excited.

[Dan Patrick]

But do you look at humor something you could put into your act when

[Nate Bargatze]

you watch when sports? Yeah, yeah. I did it with Vandy because I like. Because that's the hard part is like talking about a sport, going to a sporting event because it's like, well, how do you got to make that relatable to everybody? And so they went to Vandy. When I went to the Vandy bowl game in 2008, their first bowl game since 82, it was a big deal. It was freezing. And I. I go, like. I. I was. I had tickets and they were at, like, will call, and I went and. To go get them like an hour and a half, two hours before the game. And then I was gonna go tailgate. My friends that all Vanny fans, we were all tailgating, having fun, and then they ripped the ticket and I had to go in. And so then they. Dude, I was in. It was in Titans Stadium. I was in there like an hour. It was like an hour 45 before the game. The players were in, like, jeans. They haven't even started getting ready yet. Like, I was watching the clock.

[Austin Reaves]

They.

[Nate Bargatze]

They had a timer going. And it's just like, I don't know. Tomorrow, the game starts. No concessions is open.

[Dan Patrick]

Was this Jay Cutler?

[Nate Bargatze]

No. 2008. He did not go to. He beat Tennessee for us. I have a DVD of it.

[Dan Patrick]

A dvd?

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah, I got him to sign it. And I've, like, got to know Jay, so it's very funny.

[Dan Patrick]

Just like.

[Nate Bargatze]

Just like when you get to know someone and then you're like, hey, we signed this DVD when you beat Tennessee in 2000.

[Dan Patrick]

So you're acting like a little kid.

[Nate Bargatze]

Oh, yeah, dude, I was experienced.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. When's the last time you watched that dvd?

[Nate Bargatze]

It's been a while.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay.

[Nate Bargatze]

It's been a while.

[Dan Patrick]

Because that'd be sad if you said, well, I watched it before I came out here.

[Nate Bargatze]

I watched it on YouTube. Now?

[Austin Reaves]

Now?

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, yeah, everything's.

[Nate Bargatze]

Everything's on YouTube.

[Dan Patrick]

I know. Who have you met?

[Nate Bargatze]

I like that you have your shirt. What do you Think I. I just see that you went and bought that shirt.

[Dan Patrick]

I do.

[Nate Bargatze]

I know you did. And I. I can see it a million times over that you would have just wear just the local.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

Like. Yeah, yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

But I'm flying.

[Nate Bargatze]

It's the hotel. It's not even from the tournament. It's the hotel's merch that you have on. I.

[Dan Patrick]

A team player.

[Nate Bargatze]

You are. I love it.

[Dan Patrick]

I. I am. I am a. I'm the average American.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yes, I know. I know.

[Dan Patrick]

So movie game show host, building an amusement park.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

Book.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yep.

[Dan Patrick]

What's next?

[Nate Bargatze]

I mean, the amusement park is kind of where it stops. I'm. We're hoping. I'm just shoot some more movies and really dive into that world a little bit more.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, explain the amusement part.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. Is this like, like Dollywood is.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah, I mean, it's like Dollywood's amazing. Dollywood, you know, gets ranked number one amusement park in the country every year over Disney, over everything. The experience. We're about four hours, three and a half hours, four hours from Dollywood. Dollywood is. It's. We're not a part of that. They're. They're doing their own thing. But Nashville had a theme park, and I worked at it when I grew up, and then they got rid of it, and so the city really still wanted the theme park park, and I wanted a theme park. And Nashville is a city that can sustain a full theme park. And so it's a. It's honestly, like a part of me wants to bring a theme park back just for everybody to be able to go to. I grew up going to it. It's like a very fun thing to go do. And then, I mean, we're a city that is growing and, and really can handle something like that. And so that's the idea of, of bringing it back.

[Dan Patrick]

Who have you met here that. That, like, leaves you a little bit nervous to meet them? Or have you gotten past that point where, hey, yeah, I'm a big time guy too.

[Nate Bargatze]

I. I said with Joe Theisman, you know, some of them, you don't know if they're gonna know. Like, with Joe, I don't know if he would know me. And so. But it was very nice and he did. And so we were getting like IVs yesterday, and he's just telling the story about when he broke his leg.

[Dan Patrick]

Wait, you got an IV yesterday?

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

Wait, what's.

[Nate Bargatze]

What iv? They.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, I know, I know what it is, but, like, you need an iv. I need.

[Nate Bargatze]

I've always said you need an iv.

[Dan Patrick]

I do?

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah. You should do a couple a day.

[Dan Patrick]

What. What do they pump in their vitamins?

[Nate Bargatze]

Stuff. Dude, I've never.

[Dan Patrick]

Are you on drugs?

[Nate Bargatze]

We don't know. We don't know. Nobody knows.

[Dan Patrick]

Are they testing out?

[Nate Bargatze]

No, they are. They're not testing. I asked that before I showed up. They said they're not testing.

[Dan Patrick]

I.

[Nate Bargatze]

But IVs just. I. I got. You know, they just. You get the. I get dehydrated. I do that. Instead of drinking water is just go IVs.

[Dan Patrick]

Why don't you just drink water?

[Nate Bargatze]

Well, that's ridiculous.

[Dan Patrick]

Water is terrible.

[Nate Bargatze]

And why are you being ridiculous about this?

[Dan Patrick]

My bad.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

The anxiety on stage or nervousness before anxiety out here playing in front of. Of people. Any comparison?

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah, yeah. I mean, it's like, because when you. When you go. When you do a show, you want the first joke to hit, because once you get the first joke, then you're rolling. And so, like, out here is the same way. Like, you want, you know, you want your first drive to be like, you know, where it's not just like, oh, my gosh, it's just a problem. We played with a guy or. I played with a great group in a pro Am yesterday. He had 1 on 17 that. I mean, it went right over the people's head to say it was unbelievable. And he had a funny. I mean, he. They were. They were such a wonderful group. But so, you know, you're signing a lot of autographs, right? And so we're. I'm signing, and you try to do as much as you can, and then it. It does get a lot. And I was. They were. I was making fun of. His name's Jason. And. And so we're. We were. There was a group in front of us that hasn't teed off. And so, you know, you're trying to kind of go through real kind of fast. And then he just walked back over. He goes. He goes, nate, they're always calling the tee box you got all day, brother. And you're like, ah, thanks, Jay. I appreciate having. And just more people show up. Like, I have no out now, so I just have to stand there and do more.

[Dan Patrick]

Nate Bargazzi, he is multi talented, multifaceted.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah. Yeah. I say that does it.

[Dan Patrick]

All actor. Big time actor now.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah. 6, 2, 2, 40.

[Peter Jacobsen]

Dang.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah. So I. I think you can just keep going up.

[Dan Patrick]

What was the most you ever weighed?

[Nate Bargatze]

I bet it was like 2:15, 220. Like, I bet in my. I'm still in Those days. But it's. I'm more active. But I bet, like, when I look back at some old videos, I'm like, I had to be like 220 or something like that.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. But when you get on the road, bad, you know.

[Nate Bargatze]

Oh, dude.

[Dan Patrick]

Bad eating habits. Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

Out of McDonald's three days ago, I have it all done. I had it back to back two. Two nights in a row.

[Dan Patrick]

Did you feel guilty? Dirty?

[Nate Bargatze]

No, no, I. I mean, it's. I know what's wrong. It is funny. As you eat bad, the older you get, the regret comes so much quicker than yes. It's like, that's that window. You don't. The enjoyment really is just the actual eating. And then you do feel bad. I mean, it's immediate, like White Houses.

[Dan Patrick]

Have you had White Castle?

[Nate Bargatze]

We're a big White Castle family. My parents are from Louisville, Kentucky. And so that's all White Castle. So we were not Crystals and so we're big White Castle. I could. White Castles is. I'm. I love it.

[Dan Patrick]

But it seems like we only eat White Castle at 11 o' clock at night.

[Nate Bargatze]

You should go during the day. It looks nice. It's lovely.

[Dan Patrick]

But we used to get the. The. Is it the suitcase?

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

And my kids thought it was the most amazing thing.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

They're like, wait, what are we getting? I go, suitcase full of White Castles.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

And they like, where's this regular?

[Nate Bargatze]

Because you let them, you know, me parents, you hear, they're like, oh, we like. They're like, my kid hasn't had a McDonald's yet. I was like, my kid, I gave her McDonald's immediately. I wanted to show her America. You go, you know, I remember she didn't want. She. My daughter was always. Which. She just turned 14. Happy birthday, Harper. And my brother Derek. His birthday was yesterday, but it was. She had. She didn't want ice cream. And she was. She didn't want a lot of stuff when she was a baby. And I just jammed it on her mouth and I. But I think about that a lot where I'm like, man, did I mess that up? Like, she eats so much. She likes ice cream now. And I just was like. Because once you put it on, she was like, loves it.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Steve Young]

Marvin, Nate, have you ever tried Burger Donald's Burgers from Burger king? Fries from McDonald's.

[Nate Bargatze]

Oh, wow. I could do. I could do that. Yeah. Same trip. I would do it. He's a Whopper. I get two Whopper Juniors. No onion, no tomato. And that's. That's the Route. I've been going a lot lately. No fries, but now you're throwing McDonald's. Oh, boy.

[Steve Young]

It's no good, but so good.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah, I agree.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, Paulie.

[Marvin]

But do you get the two Whopper Juniors to make it think, like, you're eating less, like, Diet Coke, but you're getting two.

[Dan Patrick]

Like, you could have gone, just a Whopper. Just a Whopper.

[Nate Bargatze]

I like it so much that I want it twice, and so I want to experience. Whoppers are. They're pretty. I think they're underrated. I think people don't put enough respect on a Whopper.

[Dan Patrick]

See, I don't want to see somebody to see the rappers in the car.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah, yeah. Walkthrough. You should stop at a gas station.

[Dan Patrick]

I know, but my wife was like, hey, did you have. And I go, go. Yeah, yeah. And then that. You know, you got to clean up the evidence there, dude.

[Nate Bargatze]

I'll. I'll stop. I've thrown so much stuff away at a gas station when you just pull through. I'm in an electric car, and I just pull through, and they're like, why is he. Here you go. Because I gotta get rid of these bags, dude. I can't have this.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. I don't need gasoline. I just got to get rid of the evidence.

[Nate Bargatze]

That trash can right in the middle of those two pumps, and I gotta get rid of all this stuff.

[Dan Patrick]

What did you learn from doing the movie?

[Nate Bargatze]

Just preparation, I think. More. Not that you don't prepare and stand up, but I think you would. You would prepare and by doing it. And with acting, you need to really be prepared before you actually show up. And so I think that was a big lesson to be like, all right, you know, the next movie, hopefully, if I get to do another movie, but the next movie I do will be much more. Not that I wasn't prepared, but he was kind of learning everything on the fly and. But the next one will be a lot more preparation.

[Dan Patrick]

Could you see yourself? Sandler eventually did serious movies?

[Nate Bargatze]

Yes.

[Dan Patrick]

Could you do a serious movie?

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah, I think so. I mean, I would like to. I think I would like to try. I like to organically let everything happen, you know, as it comes and so. But I think. I think I could do it. Like, you know, I mean, you know, it's like I'm my. My Persona on stage or my. In life. Like, I don't. You know, it's like. I think I look like I'm miserable. So it's like, I think I could just do that.

[Dan Patrick]

What's it When's the last time that first joke didn't land?

[Nate Bargatze]

It would have been at like a comedy club or something, but it, it wouldn't have been in an arena. Like, it, like the arenas are. So the thing with arenas is they're just. You have to. There. You do have. You have to have your act. You can't really throw out new jokes. It's just too many people. And so you got to come and really have your act. But I'll, you know, sometimes in arena I'll make a little side joke about the town and that might not go good. And then you say something and they're like, you know, I can tell that they're just like, all right, just do yours.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, yeah. Just stop this ad lib and go scripted here.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah, yeah. I'm the opposite of most the crowd work me. They're like, no crowd work. Don't talk to us at all. Do your thing.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. Shut up, joke boy.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah, yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

Fritzi has heard that before because he's done stand up comedy.

[Nate Bargatze]

I know, yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

Not good. Not. Well. He. He closed down Caroline's in New York City.

[Nate Bargatze]

I know. And that's my, that's the one. That's my club. Caroline's was the best club to me and Caroline's. I always think it was my home club. They have a comedy in Jamestown, New York. They have a comedy museum and they have the Caroline's background in the museum. And like, I went and saw it, but yeah, I still. Maddie Utilista, shut down the love of my life.

[Fritzi Sandler]

It did close within a couple of months.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah, we all heard about it.

[Dan Patrick]

I, I said to Fritzi Sandler and Spade volunteered to write jokes for him and he said no because he doesn't want somebody to get credit for something that he says, yeah, if it's funny.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah. And they did the same thing. They didn't want credit for your bomb. And so that's, you know, I always

[Fritzi Sandler]

thought I had to come up with my own stuff for it to be genuinely to make me feel like I really accomplished.

[Nate Bargatze]

So you can believe, like, so you can sell the joke. It's hard to sell it if you're not like the one that was like

[Fritzi Sandler]

my observation or something that happened in my life that I want to share. And when you, if it's something that was written for you, as great as that is, I feel like I'm not. I'm cheating on the test or something. It's not genuine to my life experience.

[Nate Bargatze]

No, I agree. But it's also. You're not A comedian. So I would have taken those jokes, but it's. You're on. When people give you tags or little stuff to jokes, it can be very funny. And you sometimes can't do them because you're like, I'm just not gonna be able to sell that joke.

[Dan Patrick]

He has observational humor without the humor. Okay, so that's a problem.

[Hoda Kotb]

He just.

[Nate Bargatze]

Because we're in a room and everybody. Yeah, we are in a room.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

I had my buddy would do crowd work and he was not great at it either. And even he asked the guy in the front row, he's like, guy, because where are you from? Guy goes, Alabama. He goes, that's cool, man. And then he just moves on.

[Steve Young]

There's no joke.

[Dan Patrick]

The guy that warmed up for you in the Madison Square garden.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah. Julian McCollo, he was so really good. Very fun.

[Dan Patrick]

Then your dad comes in.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah, yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

And then you come in.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah, yeah. It was a fun. And Fallon.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

He was pumped.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

So it found. Really prepared for those. Like, I was like. Because Julian was. Would go meet up with Fallon out on the road because, you know, he hasn't really done stand up. Like it like a lot. And doing Madison regarded. It is. It's so many people that you're like, dude, it's. You got to really at least know where you're going and where. You got to know where you're going to start with and know you're gonna know how to end. And Fallon went out a lot and got it ready.

[Dan Patrick]

But you have a home court advantage. It feels like on the stadium tour, like when you went. You go into the guard garden, you know they're rooting for you.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. But you hope so.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, yeah. Like, you don't go into a hostile environment.

[Nate Bargatze]

No, not. Not anymore. I mean, but you did. That's the beginning.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

Beginning is only hostile.

[Austin Reaves]

They just.

[Nate Bargatze]

You walk up, especially in New York, dude, you'd start. No one knows you. And like, you got to win everybody over every single night.

[Dan Patrick]

Southern accent in New York.

[Nate Bargatze]

They're just like. You can't tell if they're just. Blast. They're making fun of me. There was times of that where you're like, I think they're just making. Making fun of it.

[Dan Patrick]

It feels like that.

[Nate Bargatze]

It feels like that. But it counts as a laugh, so I'll take it. You know, it's like when you hit, it's like a good miss.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

Where you just go, that's a good miss.

[Dan Patrick]

Right?

[Nate Bargatze]

There you go.

[Dan Patrick]

Still got on the green.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah. I was trying to hit a draw, and it sliced. Yeah, Fairway.

[Marvin]

When Fritz. He was at Caroline's, we could hear the food being prepped and back.

[Dan Patrick]

I could hear.

[Nate Bargatze]

I could hear the kitchen's back there. Yeah. It's not right out on this side, Nate.

[Dan Patrick]

I could hear ice melting. When Fritzi was on stage, it was so rough.

[Fritzi Sandler]

It was a little awkward. I was hoping there was going to be some way of just falling through the stage that can just kind of pull.

[Dan Patrick]

So did we.

[Nate Bargatze]

I'm glad you experienced it, though, because it's. It is, like. It's. It's for. It's, like, surreal. Like, when you're up there, and it's like you're just not getting laughs, and then you're just like, golly, dude. And you're trying. And I like when you see a comic up there bombing, it's always fun. You don't want to bomb, but we like seeing our. Each other bomb, even, because, you know, comics are good, and it just could be the room is weird or whatever, but it's fun to sit there. And why do you watch that person just start like. Like, they get to their jokes a lot quicker.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

I mean, if you're in a. If you're bombing, you can do 60 minutes in 15.

[Dan Patrick]

Todd does that, and then he goes blue.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

So when he went blue, I. I said, oh, man, he's in trouble.

[Fritzi Sandler]

I panicked. I started just saying, like, the F words, and I didn't know what to do with myself, and I. And I had memorized what I wanted to say, but I said the first thing, like, fourth. And the second thing I was gonna say.

[Nate Bargatze]

Oh, yeah, first.

[Fritzi Sandler]

And now I'm like, oh, all confused because, like, my index cards in my brain were all now shuffled. I don't know.

[Nate Bargatze]

That can happen. That can still happen Now. Sometimes I can do a set, and then, like, I'll end up, like, doing it. I'm like, did I, like, introduce that joke right? Or you do a call back and then you didn't do the first one?

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

And then you're like, bananas, right?

[Dan Patrick]

And everybody's like, what?

[Nate Bargatze]

And you're like, did I do the first bananas joke?

[Dan Patrick]

What if. What if Nate wrote three minutes for you?

[Fritzi Sandler]

No, I'm good. I'll be right.

[Steve Young]

No, I. I should.

[Fritzi Sandler]

I should have let.

[Nate Bargatze]

I think I can help you. I wouldn't write it for you, but since I think you tell observation stories and you want to be personal. Right?

[Fritzi Sandler]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

You're not just jokes. So I think I could just sit and you tell me what you want to talk about. And I would just work. I would say, all right, say this first. That's perfect. And then that would. That's what I was.

[Fritzi Sandler]

If it's something that's genuine to my experiences after chatting with me and then you can work it, then that's a whole other.

[Nate Bargatze]

We could work it now. I don't have time for this, but I, you know, I'm feeling the amusement.

[Fritzi Sandler]

Amusement park.

[Nate Bargatze]

We could sit in the amusement park. We will sit and just dive in, you know. Have you performed?

[Dan Patrick]

Maybe he goes to a Vanderbilt game with you.

[Fritzi Sandler]

That would be lovely.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah. Come to veiny game. I would welcome that. Yeah. We'll be up big. We'll be able to sit there quiet. Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

The movie the breadwinner out wherever you get your movies. Also the nateland.com where you get tours, you get tickets to the comedy tour and also the ABC comedy game show the Greatest Average American. Great to see you again, Nate.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah, man.

[Dan Patrick]

Have fun. Thanks for joining us.

[Nate Bargatze]

Always

[Dan Patrick]

be sure to catch the live edition of the Dan Patrick show, weekdays at 9am Eastern, 6am Pacific on Fox Sports Radio and the I Heart radio app.

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[Dan Patrick]

Austin Reeves of the Lakers, he joined us yesterday, signed the Max deal with the Lakers. I started the conversation by asking him about free agency and did he ever give any thought to going anyplace else?

[Austin Reaves]

Yeah, I mean, the one thing that the Lakers, you know, had the advantage on was being able to talk to me as soon as the season was over and July 1st was when everybody else could come in. So, you know, it was. It was crazy, but it was, it was good that, you know, the Lakers had that opportunity to, you know, get something done so I didn't have to actually, actually hit the market.

[Dan Patrick]

What'd you buy yourself?

[Austin Reaves]

I haven't bought myself anything, actually. My financial advisor told me the other day that I needed to spend more money, so I struggle with that. But, yeah, I mean, I'm more. I like, you know, getting gifts for other people. So, yeah, so I've done a little bit of that.

[Dan Patrick]

You're married?

[Austin Reaves]

I'm not married.

[Dan Patrick]

You got a girlfriend?

[Austin Reaves]

I do.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay.

[Peter Jacobsen]

She.

[Austin Reaves]

Yeah, I'll give her the card and she'll. She'll do. She'll do what he asks.

[Dan Patrick]

Who gave you advice, place, though, to stay?

[Austin Reaves]

I don't know if there was really a single person. I think it was more so kind of just what I wanted, and that's kind of what my family told me from the get go, was whatever makes you happy, wherever you, you know, want to live, you know, want to continue your. Your journey is. Is where you should be. And I love la. It's like a home away from home for me. I've been there for five years and I would. I couldn't imagine being anywhere else.

[Dan Patrick]

You haven't lost that accent, though.

[Austin Reaves]

No, not at all. I go back. I go back to Arkansas after the season every year, so it probably fades a little bit during the season, and then when I go home, it comes right back.

[Dan Patrick]

You got an LA accent?

[Austin Reaves]

No, absolutely not.

[Dan Patrick]

How did you find out about LeBron's plans?

[Austin Reaves]

I was actually at Pottanhurst playing golf. Dlo had this little Ryder cup style thing out there, and so I was out there playing and I think my girlfriend said, text me and was like, no, LeBron or something. I was like. So I pulled up Instagram and it was all over that. And I. I texted him and I was like, I was having a great day on the golf course till you ruined it. But, yeah, no, I mean, he's. He's been, you know, probably the biggest impact on my career since I've been in la. So nothing but love and respect and, you know, wish him nothing but the best.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. How long do you have to be on the Lakers before you get LeBron's number?

[Austin Reaves]

I'm pretty sure I got it pretty quick.

[Dan Patrick]

Really?

[Austin Reaves]

Yeah, I think so. He has a mini camp every year before our training camp. And when we were down there, I think there was a group message sent out and everybody was sending their names in it. And I seen his name. Well, and the thing is, I was on a. You know, my rookie year, I was on a team of six hall of Famers, so it was like I would see a message, it'd be like, Russell, Russell, Westbrook, Melo, Dwight. Like, it was just name after name after name. I'm like, holy, why am I here?

[Dan Patrick]

When did you know you could play?

[Austin Reaves]

I've always had like a, you know, a delusional confidence in myself. You know, it goes back to high school and, you know, just believing in what I can do on a basketball

[Dan Patrick]

court because I remember somebody who. I saw a practice and said, austin Reeves can play. And, and this was when you got to the Lakers. So. And I remember talking to Jay Billis and everybody looks back in retrospect and they'll go, oh, yeah, you know, everybody knew. I, I said, wait a minute, was he drafted? When was. He wasn't a first rounder. Like, there are a lot of people who didn't know if you could play. But what did you fight? Like, what was the stereotype that you're. You're fighting?

[Austin Reaves]

I'm wide, I'm unathletic. I, I could walk down the street. Nobody's going to be. I mean, I've had people ask me if I played tennis or baseball before basketball. So it's just, you know, things like that. But, you know, I, I never, I felt like I was never going to get the opportunity, Opportunity to play in the NBA. I always felt like I was capable of it, but I didn't know if the opportunity would present itself. But once it did, you know, I kind of got my foot in the door and then, you know, took advantage of it.

[Dan Patrick]

What were you told about the Lakers future or immediate future with before you signed? Did they give you any inkling?

[Austin Reaves]

Yeah, I mean, we had. I mean, I had a lot of talks with Rob. You know, I'm really close with Luca and JJ as well. And, you know, we're just building something that, you know, can be successful, sustainable for not just now, but the future. I feel like I seen something the other day that I'm the oldest guy on the team and I'm 28, so that's. It's actually crazy to me. But yeah, I mean, you know, we want to have success now and, you know, five or six, seven years down in the future.

[Dan Patrick]

Were you a Kobe fan?

[Austin Reaves]

Huge Kobe fan.

[Dan Patrick]

And posters, the whole thing.

[Austin Reaves]

Oh, everything.

[Dan Patrick]

And do you have memorabilia of him?

[Austin Reaves]

No, we wasn't much of a memorabilia guy. I was just. I mean, every time they was playing, you know, my grandma was a Kobe fan as well, so we would, we would sit on the couch and watch. Watch Laker games all the time.

[Dan Patrick]

Lucas style. Can that be taught to anybody?

[Austin Reaves]

No, I think it's just. I think it's God given, to be honest. The pace that he plays with, the way he sees the game and creates advantages for other people. You know, you can, can. You can study it, but I don't know if you can, you know, really do it the way that he does it.

[Dan Patrick]

He has a pace to his game. Joker has a pace. Kawhi Leonard has a pace to, like, they. They make you play their pace. Yeah. Is that fair?

[Austin Reaves]

Yeah, no, for sure. I mean, it's not. You're not gonna watch them and be like they're blowing by anybody, which they do. But it's always, like, slow to fast or fast to slow. It's never, you know, just completely fast. There's guys that just run by people, and then there's guys that bait people to do what they want them to do.

[Dan Patrick]

Austin Reeves of the Lakers. What was your welcome to the NBA moment?

[Austin Reaves]

I think it was in practice. Braun, for some reason, I got matched up on him. Three straight possessions, and I played probably the best defense of my life, and he scored every possession, and he was talking, so I couldn't say anything, but that was kind of my. Oh, wow. Like. Like, do I really belong here?

[Dan Patrick]

But is that. He's so much bigger than people think.

[Austin Reaves]

Oh, yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

I think that's what. Well, so is Luke. I mean, we're surprised when we height, we can, you know, kind of look at and go, oh, that guy's tall. Yeah. It's when you see these guys that they're thick.

[Austin Reaves]

Oh, yeah. No, they're. I mean, the thing about Braun is he's one of the strongest guys in the NBA. And same with Luca. Like, you can't knock them off their spot, so it's. It's very tough to guard them because of how physical they are.

[Dan Patrick]

What did you think of the Knicks winning?

[Austin Reaves]

I don't really have thoughts. I got.

[Dan Patrick]

I mean, I got, as a team, the appreciation of. Of what they did. Because that's what you want to build in la.

[Austin Reaves]

Yeah, for sure. I mean, I got to know some of those guys when I played the USA team with Mikhail, Josh, and jb. Great dudes. You couldn't ask for better humans. And I think that that shows on the basketball court. They care for one another, they play for one another, and that's. Like you said, that's something you want to build.

[Dan Patrick]

Who's the celebrity you want to meet this week?

[Austin Reaves]

I don't really know. I kind of stay to myself.

[Dan Patrick]

You don't get caught up in any of that?

[Austin Reaves]

Nah, I just. I kind of like, I stayed myself.

[Dan Patrick]

You kind of. You would pass as a country singer, Like a tall country singer.

[Austin Reaves]

I wish I could sing, but I can't.

[Dan Patrick]

Do you say anything to Steph Curry?

[Austin Reaves]

No, I mean, I. We played one round together last year. He played really well. You know, I obviously know him through the basketball stuff, but unbelievable Human, you know, And a really good golfer as well.

[Dan Patrick]

Can you explain him? Like, if somebody never saw him.

[Austin Reaves]

Incredible. I mean, the things that he does. He's 6 3.

[Dan Patrick]

Have you guarded him?

[Austin Reaves]

Yeah, I've tried. I mean, you can try to. I mean, I. There was one game we played where I think he ended with 30, and at the end of the game, I was like, I did a really. I did a really good job. And I look up and I. I was like, well, never mind.

[Dan Patrick]

When did the headband start and how long is that going to continue?

[Austin Reaves]

I think it's here to stay. I mean, I don't really know. It was. I think we were going through an illusion streak, and I. We weren't playing well, and I kind of just wanted to mix something up, and it. It kind of stuck.

[Dan Patrick]

Thanks for making time.

[Austin Reaves]

Yes, sir.

[Dan Patrick]

Apprec. Congratulations on the contract.

[Austin Reaves]

Thank you. I appreciate it. Y' all have a good one.

[Dan Patrick]

Austin Reeves.

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[Nate Bargatze]

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