Hour 3 – Fritzy Getting Crushed, Dan Hurley

Summary

The Dan Patrick Show — Hour 3: Fritzy Getting Crushed, Dan Hurley

Date: September 24, 2025
Podcast: The Dan Patrick Show
Host: Dan Patrick (with the Danettes: Todd “Fritzy” Fritz, Paulie, Marvin, Seaton)
Notable Guest: Dan Hurley, UConn Men’s Basketball Head Coach

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Episode Overview

This hour is an energetic and frequently hilarious deep dive into a spirited debate on driving etiquette, specifically the controversy over staying in the left lane (a.k.a. “left lane camping”). Todd “Fritzy” Fritz finds himself under fire from both his co-hosts and listeners who are baffled by his stubbornness on the issue. The segment is peppered with social media reactions, listener calls, and expert commentary. In the latter half, Dan Hurley joins to discuss his new memoir, “Never Stop: Life, Leadership, and What it Takes to be Great,” providing open, vulnerable, and insightful reflections on leadership, mental health, competition, and personal growth.

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1. Fritzy and the Great Left Lane Debate

[03:08–26:29]

Main Points & Insights

• The Left Lane “Camping” Controversy:
  Todd (Fritzy) adamantly defends his habit of staying in the left lane, regardless of faster traffic wanting to get by. Dan and the other Danettes (Paulie, Marvin) repeatedly press him to acknowledge that the left lane is for passing, not cruising—even if you're already exceeding the speed limit.

• Social Media & Listener Feedback:

  • Todd is bombarded with negative feedback, including fans calling for him to be fired and expressing newfound dislike.
    • Dan Patrick: “This has made me dislike Fritzi forever. He’s the worst type of driver out there.” [04:45]
    • Todd: “I just blocked him on Instagram.” [04:59]
  • Paulie notes the “main character syndrome” on display, critiquing the entitlement present in Todd’s stance:
    • Paulie: “Why is Todd’s… Todd is so important that he gets to stay in that lane, but that other person is less important than Todd?” [06:26]

• Fritzy’s Justifications & Psychology:

  • Todd maintains he’s already speeding and finds it unfair to move over for even faster cars.
  • He admits his stubbornness but denies putting others in danger—despite repeated, logical pushback from everyone else.
  • Dan tries to psychoanalyze Todd’s refusal to yield, observing: “There’s a psychology attached to this. You don’t want to be told what to do.” [07:17]
  • Todd: “It’s hard for me to change my opinion. And then I will throw out things that have nothing to do with the argument, hoping that’ll somehow get through.” [07:40]
  • Paulie: “Main character syndrome is off the charts.” [14:15]

• Expert and Legal Input:

  • Professor Wesley Marshall, Ph.D. (Civil Engineering, road safety expert) calls out Fritzy’s behavior as dangerous and contrary to etiquette and law. [12:36, 50:14]

• Listener Phone Calls:

  • Several listeners relate personal anecdotes, generally siding with Dan and the other Danettes (“move over!”), and one law enforcement officer explicitly states that left lane camping will get you a ticket regardless of your speed relative to the posted limit.
    • Officer Steven from Utah: “Fritzi is 100% in violation of code... the left lane on an interstate highway is designated as a passing lane... You can and will be pulled over.” [51:01]

Memorable Quotes

• Dan Patrick: “Just like the sign John Elway’s dad and Vince Lombardi had on their desk: Lead, follow, or get the F out of the way.” [05:01]
• Professor Wesley Marshall (via Paulie): “Tell Fritzy to move over. He's putting others in danger. And by odds, he's putting himself in great danger by doing this.” [50:14]
• Officer Steven (Utah): “If he has someone behind him and he's not merging, I will gladly pull him over and give him a ticket 100% of the time.” [51:01]
• Todd: “Regardless of how fast you may be driving in the left lane, if someone's riding your bumper, it's imperative to get out of their way and yield to their reckless behavior…” [52:45] (Sarcasm after the expert's advice)
• Paulie: “Main character syndrome is off the charts.” [14:15]

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Key Timestamps & Segments

• [03:08] — Debate begins, Dan lays out Todd’s “left lane” issue
• [04:45 – 10:09] — Social media and Danettes pile on, mocking Todd
• [12:36] — Professor Wesley Marshall weighs in
• [13:47] — Todd questions what “camping” means (“Like, I parked and I set up a tent…”)
• [16:13 – 17:10] — Listener George warns about crash risk
• [17:10 – 18:48] — Todd’s hypothetical scenarios (e.g., logging trucks, “macho pickup truck guy”), more jokes
• [25:44] — First caller siding with Fritzy (“pacesetters”), introducing some nuance
• [26:29] — Transition to guest Dan Hurley

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2. Dan Hurley Interview: Vulnerability, Leadership & Competition

[26:29–44:26]

Main Points & Insights

• Driving Habits:
  Dan Patrick first asks Hurley (somewhat tongue-in-cheek) for his take on left lane driving. Hurley reveals he’s calm behind the wheel—though his wife drives “like a Jersey person.” He despises slow drivers in the left lane and “cutters” at congested exits.

  • Dan Hurley: “I’m actually a pretty calm driver… But you shouldn’t be driving below the speed limit in the left lane.” [26:43]

• Dan Hurley’s Memoir:

  • On Vulnerability:
    • Hurley opens up about how revisiting painful times (“reliving some of the tougher parts of your life”) was difficult during the writing process. [28:23]
  • Comparison & Perfectionism:
    • Hurley details struggling with perfectionism, insecurity, and the “comparison trap”—especially with his brother Bobby Hurley and father Bob Hurley, Sr.
      • “An unhealthy relationship with perfectionism… The comparison game became torturous for me.” [29:51]
  • Satisfaction & Drive:
    • Hurley admits he’s never satisfied, and that acceptance of losing would mean it’s time to step away from the game. [31:00]
  • Considering Leaving College Basketball:
    • Discusses contemplating leaving College Basketball for 2–3 days, feeling “success fatigue,” and frustration with the unpredictable landscape (rules, NIL, portal, etc.). [32:05]
  • Imposter Syndrome & Insecurity:
    • Hurley describes constant feelings of insecurity, not just professionally but personally, and credits that insecurity as a driver for personal growth and coaching excellence.
      • “The best coaches have a level of insecurity about them… that’s a real driver.” [33:40]
  • Coaching Intense vs. Coaching Angry:
    • Reflects on how he handled failure and success differently and hopes for improvement after lessons learned from a tough season. [34:43]
  • Dealing with Mental Health:
    • Hurley bravely reveals “dark days” and even suicidal thoughts as a player. He describes the stigma around mental health and the life-changing impact of therapy and support.
      • “You give serious consideration to doing something to harm yourself… but meeting Sister Catherine Waters at Seton Hall really changed my life.” [35:47]
  • Pushing to Burnout for Success:
    • Hurley discusses his “all out” approach to coaching, suggesting elite coaches and athletes “should work themselves close to death for that… until burnout hits.” [36:59–38:44]
  • Struggle to Find Balance:
    • Dan Patrick advises on the importance of balance, referencing lessons from his own career. Hurley admits he’s still searching for that balance.
      • “I don’t know if you enjoy those two championships as much as you probably should have… You gotta have balance, man.” (Dan Patrick) [39:04]
  • Joy and Relief:
    • Hurley describes the fleeting nature of joy after winning a championship—the season is more about “suffering and relief.” [39:19]
  • Sore Loser:
    • Acknowledges his struggles with losing, commitment to improvement, and how relentless drive can be both a superpower and a downside. [40:29]
  • Future Coaching Plans:
    • Hurley doesn’t see himself coaching for 10 more years—wants to enjoy life, but feels an obligation to give everything to the profession while he’s in it, referencing idol Dick Vermeil.
      • “I should work myself close to death for that… to be a basketball coach…” [38:03]
  • Legacy and Memoir’s Meaning:
    • Describes his life as “a little bit like a movie… your struggles become your strengths in the end.” Hopes for “…a happy ending.” [43:18]

Memorable Quotes

• Dan Hurley: "For me, I've had an unhealthy relationship with perfectionism... the comparison game that you play with yourself relative to others is something that became torturous for me as a player." [29:51]
• Dan Hurley: “Dark to the point where… you give serious consideration to doing something to harm yourself…” [35:47]
• Dan Hurley: “You have an obligation to literally push yourself to the point of burnout for the seven or eight million dollars a year they pay me to coach UConn.” [36:59]
• Dan Hurley: "The season feels a lot like suffering and relief, suffering and relief, and then it either ends in elation or how it ended for me in Florida versus Florida..." [39:49]
• Dan Hurley: “…I feel like I can always do more. I can always be better.” [33:40]
• Dan Patrick: “You’ve got to have balance, man.” [39:04]

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Key Timestamps & Segments

• [26:29] — Dan Hurley joins; first question is about left-lane driving
• [27:37] — Transition to Hurley’s book and vulnerability in writing
• [28:23] — Discussing mental health, pressure, perfectionism
• [29:51] — The “comparison trap” with family
• [31:00] — On never being satisfied
• [32:05] — Almost leaving college basketball
• [33:40] — Imposter syndrome, insecurity
• [34:43] — Coaching intense vs. angry, lessons from recent seasons
• [35:47] — Dark mental health struggles and the importance of therapy
• [36:59–38:44] — On obligation and burnout in elite sports
• [39:04] — Dan Patrick to Hurley: “You gotta have balance”
• [39:19–40:29] — On joy, relief, suffering, and being a “sore loser”
• [43:18] — Memoir, legacy, reflection, and “hero’s journey” analogy
• [44:26] — Hurley departs, Dan and crew wrap up reflecting on the interview

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3. Finale: Left Lane Debate Settled (Sort Of)

[50:14–53:16]

• Paulie connects with Professor Wesley Marshall, a bona fide road safety expert, who confirms unequivocally that Todd’s conduct is dangerous and increases his own risk as well as others’. [50:14]
  • Dan Patrick: “So you know more than the expert?” [50:47]
• Officer Steven, a Utah highway cop, chimes in live: “If he has someone behind him and he’s not merging, I will gladly pull him over and give him a ticket 100% of the time.” [51:01]
• Todd, characteristically, does not truly relinquish but offers a half-sarcastic “lesson learned.” [52:45]
• Exhaustion is palpable among the crew; Dan admits, “I am tired. I need a nap.” [53:16]

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Episode Themes & Tone

• Humorous, relentless ribbing: The Danettes and listeners delight in Todd’s obstinance, translating a mundane topic into a room-filling back-and-forth.
• Openness and hard truths: The Hurley interview offers a sharp thematic contrast, featuring raw, honest reflections on mental health, professional pressure, and the constant search for balance and satisfaction.
• Both segments tie to stubbornness & vulnerability: Whether in driving or in life and sports, the conversation repeatedly returns to the hazards of refusing to change and the struggle to listen.

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Notable Moments & Quotes Recap

• “Lead, follow, or get the F out of the way.” — Dan [05:01]
• “Main character syndrome is off the charts.” — Paulie [14:15]
• “Tell Fritzy to move over. He's putting others in danger. And by odds, he's putting himself in great danger by doing this.” — Professor Wesley Marshall [50:14]
• “You have an obligation to literally push yourself to the point of burnout for the seven or eight million dollars a year they pay me to coach UConn.” — Dan Hurley [36:59]
• “Your struggles become your strengths in the end…” — Dan Hurley [43:18]
• “I am tired.” — Dan, after the long debate [53:16]

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For New Listeners: Takeaways

• The hour features classic Dan Patrick humor, quick-witted banter, and expertly navigates between absurd office debates and heavy, honest interviews.
• The contrast between the playful, comedic first half and the introspective, moving second half with Dan Hurley showcases the strength of the show and its willingness to go deep amid the laughter.
• Whether you're an avid sports fan, a leadership junkie, or enjoy workplace antics, this episode delivers a full range of radio entertainment.

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[End of Summary]

Transcript

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[Paulie]

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[Dan Patrick]

Are listening to the Dan Patrick show on Fox Sports Radio. I love audience participation, audience engagement, but this fight would be over. Todd is going to die on this hill. If he's going to stay in the left lane, he's not moving over. Even though it's called the passing lane. And social media is not being kind to Todd.

[Todd]

I'm gonna start losing followers. I'm gonna be like non existent in the world. What am I gonna do? I gotta get more likes. I'm gonna change my opinion.

[Dan Patrick]

You're only gonna lose five. You know that.

[Todd]

Happening to my brand.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. Why can't you admit? All right, maybe I need to change my driving style.

[Todd]

I'll give it some thought. I just did. I'm going to stay at the left lane to let them go around.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes.

[Professor Wesley Marshall]

Paul Todd does not believe that it's more dangerous when a fast car passes on the right on a three lane highway and goes into the middle lane.

[Todd]

That's a problem right there. A fast car, if you're going at normal speed, it shouldn't be that dangerous to move around.

[Professor Wesley Marshall]

I wish a policeman or someone who knows about traffic rules would call and explain.

[Dan Patrick]

I don't even think we need a police officer to call in. I think it's just common sense. Let's just get out of the passing lane. Just move over.

[Todd]

I like to go 100. Too bad. Get out of my way.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, now it's 100.

[Todd]

If I'm going 75 and they're on my tail there, to me they're going at least 85.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes, that's too fast.

[Paulie]

It's one someone just said on social media, fire him immediately.

[Todd]

That seemed a little harsh. Livelihood.

[Paulie]

I had a friend too that just said I actually hate him for this.

[Todd]

So passionate. God bless them. They pass good or bad. If even if they're not taking my side the passion. That's what we like.

[Dan Patrick]

This has made me dislike Fritzi forever. He's the worst type of driver out there. There is little I love more than when Fritzi argues for himself when he's clearly wrong.

[Todd]

I just blocked him on Instagram.

[Dan Patrick]

Todd, stop impeding traffic, exclamation point. Todd is incorrect. Just like the sign John Elway's dad and Vince Lombardi had on their desk. Lead, follow or get the F out of the way.

[Todd]

Wow. How am I going to be a social media influencer now? What's going to become of me?

[Dan Patrick]

I don't think you ever were social media influencer.

[Todd]

I'm saying, how will I ever become one?

[Paulie]

This is a funny turn to take this weird influencer defense now.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, I don't know. Just. Or.

[Paulie]

Or he could just move from the left lane to the middle lane.

[Dan Patrick]

How about. Or that? Yeah. When it comes to discussing something. Can you just pick a lane, Todd? Like, pick a lane?

[Todd]

The middle lane is right. That's where they need to go.

[Dan Patrick]

You've been all over the highway here, all over the highway, how fast somebody's going. Next thing you know, you're racing through. Plowing through a CVS. There's a grandma going 30 miles an hour. Now it's social media.

[Todd]

Like, how is going 75, left lane blocking the person behind me? How am I inconveniencing them? How is. Why is that such a horrible thing? I'm going faster than I'm supposed to be going already by, like, double digits. I could get a ticket for that.

[Dan Patrick]

Should you be going 10 miles over the speed limit to begin with?

[Todd]

But now I'm forced to go even faster because this person's about to crash into my bumper. Now I gotta go to 80.

[Dan Patrick]

Todd, you can get in the right.

[Todd]

Lane, and he can go to the middle lane from the left lane, too.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, my God. Yes.

[Paulie]

That's the thing that I can't put my finger on just yet, is why, if Todd is upset that that person is in such a rush that they, you know, they want to get by him and just go around me or whatever. But why is Todd's. Todd is so important that he gets to stay in that lane, but that other person is less important than Todd? Whatever they have going on can't be as important as whatever Todd has going on because he gets to stay in that one lane. I don't understand that part of it.

[Todd]

I don't look at it as an important thing. It's more of a. If anything, it's a stubborn thing. It's like I'm already going plenty fast. And maybe I shouldn't be arbitrarily deciding what's fast. Understand that argument. But I'm already going what I would consider very fast in the left lane. And it's still not fast enough for this person behind me. I'm not trying to hold anybody up or like I'm better than you to. You know. Haha. I'm making you. You're stuck behind me because there's no way for you to get around me for the next several months. You're literally stuck. There's nothing you can do.

[Dan Patrick]

There's a psychology attached to this. With you there. There really is. You don't want to be told. Just like whenever we bring up something and we can be a hundred percent right, you'll never go. You know what? You're right. You'll. You'll change the argument.

[Todd]

I'll say I appreciate your point. I'll go that far.

[Dan Patrick]

I know. But you never stay on the topic. You move it. Now all of a sudden we're talking about other things.

[Todd]

It's hard for me to change my opinion. And then I will throw out things that have nothing to do with the argument.

[Dan Patrick]

I know.

[Todd]

Hoping that'll somehow get through.

[Dan Patrick]

I know. And then I always bring it back to what? The argument.

[Todd]

But again, it doesn't. I'm not. It's not meant to be an arrogant thing.

[Dan Patrick]

And if it's proceeding, it is. You don't want to be told what to do.

[Todd]

This person's trying to tell me what to do. He's trying to make me go even faster. So I'm being. He's telling me what to do by driving.

[Dan Patrick]

If somebody is not driving safely, I'm going to move out of the way and let them do what they.

[Todd]

Yeah, but how is that person not telling me what to do if he's on my. He or she's on my bumper? That's. They're telling me you better go faster or get out of my way. So they're telling me what to do.

[Dan Patrick]

Do you want to fight or be safe?

[Todd]

I would like to be safe.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, then move over.

[Todd]

But I think both people are in the right or wrong in that situation. I can go faster than ever to keep up with the speed that this person wants me to go. Or they can just go around me for a second, risk everyone's lives going to the middle lane.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes.

[Paulie]

We just got our first mock headline. Assing lane refuses to move over.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes. Marvin. Oh my God.

[Todd]

And Fritzi won. Headlines against me. Like assing lane. And Fritz, he wants people to explain why they're going so fast. Like, oh, somebody's having a baby. Or if, you know there's an ambulance, they have to explain.

[Dan Hurley]

Who in the Rudy blue hell are.

[Todd]

You that they need to explain why they're going so fast? And you're in the. It's called the passing lane for a reason. It's not the drag strip lane. Or. I just. I just. I don't know. I just. I find it, you know, this person's also trying to dictate how fast I go by almost crashing by riding my bumper.

[Dan Patrick]

Todd.

[Todd]

Well, how is that person absolved from everything and I'm the bad guy?

[Dan Patrick]

How do you not just fold your tent?

[Todd]

Because I can't. Because I'm. I'm not. If I was going 40, 50, whatever, then I could see, like, what are you holding everybody up? This is the lane where everyone goes faster than the middle lane and right lane. I'm going beyond the speed limit and still not good enough. This person's on my tail. Like, I'm holding everybody up. So how.

[Dan Patrick]

That person's being the arrogant final hour of the program. We'll talk to Dan Hurley. He will join us at a memoir coming up.

[Todd]

Fire him. Block him. Throw him to the wolves, for crying out loud.

[Dan Patrick]

Just move over. That's all. Just move over. It's okay. You can get back in the left lane if you want.

[Todd]

I want them to move over so I can see what this idiot looks like that's in a big hurry.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, if you move over to the right, then you can see him as they go by.

[Todd]

Yeah, but I want to get that win. I was at the game of chicken. I. You had to move. I didn't move. You thought I was going to move. But you changed.

[Dan Patrick]

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[Dan Patrick]

Hey.

[Caller]

Just want to circle back to the baseball rules. Spritzy. I'm gonna get to you. Hey. For the playoffs. I've always thought about this. Why don't they turn off the pitch Cl Start the seventh inning? Because we love the excitement, the anticipation between a pitcher and a batter when it's supposed to play the game, the crowds getting wild. So that's just my proposal. Like to hear what you think. Dan. Fritzi. Mamma mia. You are the problem. Just get over, you blockhead. You're probably the guy that still at the ice cream store that still requests to try the flavor of vanilla.

[Todd]

So me and this person behind me, we're absolved from any kind of speeding ticket, I would think, because it's all about, you know, the safety and the passing lane. So If I'm going 80 and the person behind me is going 90, the police would just wink at that.

[Dan Patrick]

They can't go 90 behind you if you're going 80, Todd.

[Todd]

They can't if we're both going over the speed limit. I would think based in this scenario, like, neither one of us is doing anything wrong. This person's just trying to get past me and I'm camping in the lane. So, like, you know, just. Just let them go. One's going 80, one's going 90, and that's the way it goes.

[Paulie]

Or you could just move over and go about your day and drive exactly as fast as you want.

[Todd]

Someone said the same thing that, that seems that explicitly prohibits left lane camping and requires drivers to use the left lane only for passing, preparing for a left lane exit, or when necessary, due to obstructions or traffic congestion. The goal is to reduce crashes.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes.

[Todd]

And improve traffic.

[Dan Patrick]

That's what we've been saying for 20 minutes.

[Paulie]

Reduce crashes and improve traffic.

[Todd]

So why is there a speed limit then? If it's all about like.

[Dan Patrick]

Why don't you move to Germany and you got the auto.

[Todd]

You're all basically saying, go as fast as you want in the left lane. That's that' minus four. Go 100. Go to 150. Go as fast as you have to go.

[Dan Patrick]

This is, this is where you sound real.

[Todd]

If I'm going 130 and the person behind me wants to go 150, I'm supposed to get out of there.

[Dan Patrick]

So now it's 150.

[Todd]

Whatever. It's above the speed. It doesn't matter what the number is. It could be 66, it could be 102. We're breaking the law. We're both speeding.

[Professor Wesley Marshall]

Yeah, Paul, in, in our state, it's different in all states, but it's actually illegal to pass in the right lane or on the right, and you'd be charged with reckless driving. So Todd's forcing a situation. Todd won't admit that there's an etiquette during driving that we all somewhat, you know, subscribe to. And by doing this, he's messing up the etiquette for everyone else and putting others in danger. While knowing this, he told us in the break, he's not changing how he drives.

[Todd]

I would ask the congressman. I would defer to the congressman. What is the camping speed? And can you go pretty much as fast as you want in the left lane?

[Dan Patrick]

Do you realize you're putting people in danger?

[Todd]

That's not the intention.

[Dan Patrick]

No, but it doesn't feel like. It's not what I said.

[Todd]

The person behind me is putting me in danger.

[Dan Patrick]

I'm asking you, do you realize you're putting.

[Todd]

I guess I don't.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes or no?

[Todd]

I don't realize. I know that this person behind me is about to cause an accident.

[Dan Patrick]

Are you putting people in danger? Camping in the left leg. Yes or no?

[Todd]

I don't feel like I'm gonna say no. I don't feel like I'm putting anybody in danger. And I want to know what camping means. That's a very convenient, vague term that leagues get away with with their rules, and so does, I guess, the Department of Transportation. Camping?

[Dan Patrick]

What camp is that? What we're.

[Todd]

What is the camping like? Like, I parked and I set up a tent trying to get Duke tickets outside. You know, that's ridiculous.

[Dan Patrick]

Once again, let's change. You move the goal line, goal post.

[Todd]

Like camping makes it sound like you just, you know, you're going to make some. Take out your marshmallows out and you just kind of pulled over and blocking again.

[Dan Patrick]

We got to change terrible terms.

[Paulie]

Goodness.

[Todd]

Great. Camping. Left lane. Camping. What a ridiculous phrase.

[Dan Patrick]

You're going to lead me to an early grave. You're welcome.

[Todd]

I'm not trying to aggravate anybody.

[Paulie]

Main character syndrome is off the charts.

[Todd]

Guy behind me is an extra.

[Dan Patrick]

Once again, when you show up at my wake and you run into my wife, I want you to say, I'm sorry I did this to him. Okay.

[Todd]

Should I be running in the left lane? Are you gonna have, like, lane set up so we can get the point across?

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, okay. So now I don't want to be camping. My death is funny.

[Todd]

I don't want to be camping out during the service. Other people trying to get to their seats and pay respect. And there I am, camping out. Not running fast enough to my seat. That'd be terrible to do that.

[Dan Patrick]

You can't run.

[Todd]

I can't?

[Dan Patrick]

No. I have to plant a fashion once again. Gonna make fun of me dying.

[Todd]

Someone needs to call in, like Paulie said, and set this straight. And I. I urge them to explain what left lane camping means. What? That's.

[Dan Patrick]

Polly, would you just find somebody?

[Professor Wesley Marshall]

I'll find an expert who knows.

[Todd]

And is it Safe to ride someone's bumper in the left lane because they're not going that many miles past the.

[Dan Patrick]

What's the poll question for the final hour of the program? Seaton.

[Paulie]

I'll just rip up everything.

[Dan Patrick]

I mean, I feel bad for Dan Hurley coming on to talk about his memoir.

[Paulie]

You know, I gotta tell you, that's a guy. I want to know exactly what his driving habits are. If there was ever road rage personified, I feel like it might be Coach.

[Dan Patrick]

How do you feel about somebody who won't move over? Is that my first question?

[Paulie]

Exactly what I want to know from him. Are you kidding me?

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Todd]

Oh, man.

[Dan Patrick]

That's exactly right. Coach, how do you feel about somebody camping in the left lane on the highway?

[Paulie]

He's got. He's got the Jersey part of it. He's got Connecticut.

[Todd]

He's.

[Paulie]

That's a fellow who understands frustrated driving.

[Dan Patrick]

Aaron in Fort Wayne. Hi, Aaron.

[Caller]

Hey, Dan. Thanks for taking my call. My grandpa drove like this and all the way from Fort Wayne to New Smyrna Beach. You know, you're talking about the subtle middle finger. You get a lot of really aggressive middle fingers when you're going 72 in the left lane all the way to New Smyrna Beach.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. Todd's not changing. George in Arizona. Hi, George.

[Caller]

Hi, Dan. Dan, good morning. I think what Todd also fails to realize is he not only puts people in danger as he went right, he puts himself at great risk of serious injury or death. Because I don't know if he's ever been rear ended by a person driving 90 miles an hour in the left lane that could force him into the middle barrier. There's nothing left to his car. I've seen that happen here in Arizona too many times. He's really, really rethink that position. Same with his ride with his family. Why put your family at risk of that?

[Dan Patrick]

All right, thank you, George. Have we exhausted this topic? We good?

[Todd]

I think we're just scratching the surface.

[Dan Patrick]

No, we're not. No, no, we're not.

[Paulie]

I feel like we really have to get Coach's thoughts.

[Dan Patrick]

All right, I will. I will see.

[Paulie]

I see why we may have exhausted.

[Todd]

My problem, I guess is one of many is I never realized how dangerous it is to go from the left lane to the middle lane.

[Dan Patrick]

But now that you do, are you changing?

[Todd]

No, because I don't believe that that is such a crazy, dangerous move to go around because I'm not going as fast as you'd like me to go. That. That can't be that horribly complicated. And Dangerous. A move to go from the left lane to the middle lane. That means you're stuck in the left lane forever until there's a left exit to get off. You just got to stuck there like you're on a.

[Dan Patrick]

Good morning. If you're watching on Peacock, I apologize. Or you're listening on our radio affiliates around the country. I apologize as well. The tweets are coming in fast and free. And for the most part, Todd's doesn't have any friends. Although here's somebody that Todd just sent me. Yeah, of course. I said, funny you. Yeah, I'm totally with Fritzi. 100% with him. The ass tailgating. Ask him to go around. 100 bucks. Say they drive a truck going 10 miles over the speed limit. Camping the pickup truck.

[Todd]

Very busy getting the logs in. I got to go. I got to go. I got to get there.

[Dan Patrick]

If I'm already going above the speed limit and you want to go even faster than go around me. These unwritten rules are lame. So sorry.

[Paulie]

Was the example Todd just gave a logging truck tailgating him?

[Dan Patrick]

He just said, oh, yes, a truck.

[Paulie]

I have to get these logs in.

[Todd]

Pickup truck. I think of logging.

[Paulie]

So it's a logging truck that goes 90 miles an hour in Connecticut, of all places.

[Todd]

Small in the bottom half of your body. And I gotta get the pickup truck.

[Dan Patrick]

It's amazing.

[Todd]

Gotta compensate somewhere.

[Dan Patrick]

What size logs are you gonna put in a pickup truck?

[Todd]

Macho pickup truck. Gotta go really fast in the left lane.

[Dan Patrick]

Paulie drives a truck.

[Todd]

I'm not naming names.

[Paulie]

I'm just saying that they're also a huge logger. Everybody knows that.

[Dan Patrick]

No, no. It's a logger drinking. Yeah. I got lager in the back here.

[Todd]

Pickup truck guy. Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

Vlogging. What are we in?

[Paulie]

I would concur, though, that pickup truck guy is the most terrifying driver currently.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, that's why I move over.

[Todd]

Except for motorcycle tattoo guy with his, you know, big lady friend with the tattoos on the back seat. Oh, motorcycle guy. Let's go meet up and hang out. Get some.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes. Paul.

[Professor Wesley Marshall]

Or the guys with the fast and the furious cars, like the Honda Civic with the 1200 muffler.

[Dan Patrick]

All right, let's take a break here. It's exhausting.

[Todd]

Let's rally.

[Dan Patrick]

All right.

[Paulie]

What a world.

[Todd]

No.

[Paulie]

Shout out to public transportation.

[Todd]

Yeah. Let the bus drivers in the cabs deal with it.

[Paulie]

I'm a light rail people.

[Dan Patrick]

Yo.

[Paulie]

Shout out to you guys.

[Dan Patrick]

A light rail person.

[Paulie]

All right.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. Let's go. We're gonna take a break here.

[Paulie]

MTA yeah, get on the subway.

[Todd]

You don't got to worry about the left lane.

[Dan Patrick]

Take a break here. Take a break. We're back after this Dan Patrick show. Be sure to catch the live edition of the Dan Patrick show, weekdays at 9am Eastern, 6am Pacific on Fox Sports Radio and the iHeartRadio app. Hey, we're Covino and Rich, Fox Sports radio every day, 5 to 7pm Eastern.

[John Middelkoff]

But here's the thing.

[Dan Patrick]

We never have enough time to get to everything we want to get to.

[Covino]

And that's why we have a brand new podcast called Over Promised. You see, we're having so much fun in our two hour show. We never get to everything, honestly, because this guy is over promising things we never have time for.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, you blubberlips. Blaming me. Well, you know what it's called? Over Promise. You should be good at it because you've been over promising women for years.

[Covino]

Well, it's a Covino and Rich after show and we want you to be a part of it. We're gonna be talking sports, of course, but we're also gonna talk life and relationships. And if Rich and I are arguing about something or we didn't have enough time, it will continue on our after show called Over Promised.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, if you don't get enough Covino and Rich, make sure you check out Over Promised and also uncensored, by the way, so maybe we'll go at it even a little harder. It's gonna be the best after show podcast of all time.

[Covino]

There you go. Over promising. And remember, you could see it on YouTube, but definitely. Join us. Listen to Over Promised with Covino and rich on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

[John Middelkoff]

This is John Middelkoff from three and out with John Middelkoff. Thursday Night Football is on and it's only on Prime Video. This week, the Seattle Seahawks face the Arizona Cardinals in an NFC west showdown. Coverage begins at 7pm Eastern with Football's Best Party, TNF Tonight presented by Verizon. Not a Prime member. Not a problem. Simply sign up for a 30 day free trial. It's the Seahawks and the Cardinals Thursday at 7pm Eastern only on Prime Video. Restrictions apply. See Amazon.com Amazon prime for details.

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[Caller]

How you doing? Good morning, Dan. Dan, it's pleasure talking to you guys. First time caller, longtime listener coming in 6, 3, 2, 25. I'm a thousand percent back at 50 in this argument. This is one of those. Tell me you've never driven in California without telling me you've never driven in California. If you're already doing 10 miles over the speed limit and somebody's in such a hurry, they can, they can race around me, I don't care. Find your time. It's way more dangerous to be speeding 15, 20 miles an hour over the speed limit and pass somebody. Plus we call those people pacesetters. The cops are going to catch them before they catch us. And it's better them than us when they get pulled over for speed.

[Dan Patrick]

All right, all right, Scott, you and Fritzi in the same lane there.

[Todd]

That was 212 to 3.

[Dan Patrick]

Dan Hurley, he's got a new memoir, Never Stop Life Leadership and what it takes to be great. Before we get to the book, do you want to weigh on in the. On this topic of driving in the fast lane? What kind of driver are you?

[Dan Hurley]

I mean, it would probably, you know, surprise people, but I'm actually pretty calm driver. You know, my wife drives like a Jersey person. You know, I listen, I'm. You should not be driving, you know, 5 or 10 miles per hour below the speed limit in the left lane. Like left, left, furthest lane, slow drivers. I, you know, they're very Frustrating. I would say my biggest frustration is, like, when you're getting off an exit and there's a backup, when you're getting off on an exit and people cut you, you know, where you've waited in traffic to get off an exit and people drive, you know, drive past that congestion and then cross over at the last second and don't sit and wait the 10 minutes to get off the exit.

[Dan Patrick]

Have you been flipped off a lot?

[Dan Hurley]

Yeah, Yeah, a lot.

[Dan Patrick]

I'm more of a.

[Dan Hurley]

But I'm not a flip off person. I think it aggravates people more when you kind of. When you give them a thumbs up, like, hey, great job. You're good. Like.

[Dan Patrick]

All right, so you're writing a memoir here. And by the way, next Wednesday, October 1st, you can celebrate the publication of the new book. It'll be on campus, the Jorgensen center for performing arts. $40 for adults, 35 for UConn students. All tickets, general admission. What was the biggest challenge of being vulnerable in this book?

[Dan Hurley]

Yeah, I would say, you know, for, you know, for me, Dan, it was probably like reliving, like reliving some of the tougher parts of your life. You know, you end up reading the manuscript, you know, eight or nine times and you make some subtle changes or some bigger changes with wording or what have you. But when you're reading those tough parts of your life, whether it's, you know, just my experience as a player in college, dealing with, you know, some severe, you know, mental health issues, serious depression, you know, the tough parts of your career and your family life, like being, you know, being a young husband and a young father and dealing with, you know, career adversity and financial struggles, I think, like, you know, when you're, when you're working on the project and you're like, reading those tough parts about your life and rereading them and rereading them and rereading them, you know, it became a little bit uncomfortable. It was almost like I was re experiencing that again.

[Dan Patrick]

Your brother's one of the great point guards in college basketball history, but you felt the brunt of that. It felt like because you weren't Bobby Hurley. How do you address that, that stress level being mocked and, you know, how that factored in with depression?

[Dan Hurley]

Yeah. I think for me, you know, this book was, you know, an opportunity, you know, to. To reach people that, you know, suffer. You know, for me, you know, I've had an unhealthy relationship, you know, with perfectionism, a lot of, you know, I'm ob. I'M filled with insecurity, which is at times really a positive thing to keep you striving, but at times, like fear of failure, insecurity, an unhealthy relationship with perfectionism. And I think the thing that caused me the most suffering, really throughout my life, my playing career, and then when I became a coach, was the comparison trap. You know, that comparison game that you play with yourself, you know, relative to others, is something that, you know, became torturous for me as a player, you know, with my brother and then as a young coach, you know, with, with my dad.

[Dan Patrick]

Are you satisfied? Can you be satisfied?

[Dan Hurley]

No. Never? I don't think so. Not, not the way I'm wired. I, I think, you know, for, you know, for me it's, it's embedded, you know, the standard, the drive, you know, just, you know, the household you grow up in, you know, your, your own competitive fire, you know, that's a byproduct of where you grew up, how you were raised, the mentality you've developed, the place that you coach at. Like when you choose to coach at a place like UConn and coach the basketball team here, you know, there's a constant pressure to, you know, to deliver, you know, externally. But, you know, when that internal drive, you know, begins, when I start accepting losing, or when I'm not devastated by a season like last year, then, you know, it'll be time for me to get out.

[Dan Patrick]

How close did you come to leaving college basketball recently?

[Dan Hurley]

I would say for two or three days. Like I, I was, you know, I had pretty extensive conversations, you know, with my guy, Jordan Bazan, you know, over at Fox for a couple days. And yeah, I mean, it was, it was, it was like the perfect storm of things, you know, the sport itself, not, not having any idea what the rules of your game are going to be. You know, relative to, you know, we're hearing rumors that there's going to be potentially a 50 year for players, you know, so you've got, you know, nil, where you have no idea what the market is right now. You have this or the players could now be getting five years, you know, potentially five years to play. Five. You know, there's been no restrictions relative to the portal. It's still free agency at the end of every year. And then you put on top of that for me. You know, you go back to back. Those seasons are longer, so there's a little bit of a, you know, success fatigue. You know, the Lakers, things happens. So your ego is at an all time high. Then you Have a horrible season, and then you take the criticism throughout the year that, you know, and a lot of times it's justified. And so it's like the perfect store with stuff.

[Dan Patrick]

He's Dan Hurley. The book is Never Stop Life, Leadership and what It Takes to Be Great. And he co wrote this with great writer Ian o'. Connor. Do you have imposter syndrome?

[Dan Hurley]

Yeah, I mean, imposter syndrome. Insecurity. Absolutely. Insecurity. You know, there's definitely a feeling that's been pretty embedded in me, you know, that I'm never quite good enough. But it's not just relative to basketball. You know, I also feel that way, you know, as a husband, as a father, in other aspects of my life. You know, I just have this, you know, mindset where I feel like I can always do more. I can always be better. And one of the first things that Coach Calhoun told me when I got the job here, you know, besides get your ass in gear, get this program fixed, was like, you know, the best coaches have a. Have a. Have a level of insecurity about them. That's a. That's a real driver to continue to get better and. And always be prepared.

[Dan Patrick]

What's the difference between coaching intense or coaching angry?

[Dan Hurley]

Well, I think I coached intense and in 2024, and I coached angry. You know, what.

[Todd]

What.

[Dan Hurley]

You know, like, it's. For me, I think, in my life, I've done probably, you know, and, you know, two. Two or three things could be true about any. Any. Any one thing. But I would say for me, I got really. I got really good at handling, you know, failure or struggle in my. In my career and in my life in basketball. And I would say that what I've reflected a lot during the course of the season and the off season was just how I handled the success and how I didn't have the season as a coach in 25, you know, and I think that, you know, I'll be a much better coach in 26 because I don't, you know, I don't think I handled the success, you know, and where we were as a program very well last season.

[Dan Patrick]

How dark did the days get for you? Whether it's when you were playing, when you left playing.

[Dan Hurley]

Yeah, you know, dark to the point where, you know, you. You give serious consideration, you know, to doing something to harm yourself, you know, potentially do something to, you know, to end things, to take your life. Just feeling like, you know, back then, it was not. There was a stigma around. Around mental health and being vulnerable and opening up, especially for men, especially for men, with other men, about your feelings. So with your fathers, with your coaches back then, you know, you didn't feel like there was anyone that you could talk to about how you're feeling, your struggles, your difficulties, your suffering. And for me, it was, you know, getting into therapy, meeting Sister Catherine Waters at Seaton hall, you know, really changed my life.

[Dan Patrick]

Are you built for this?

[Dan Hurley]

For going on the show? I'm definitely built for it.

[Dan Patrick]

I've watched you forever coaching 10 more years, Danny. Are you. Are you built for 10 more years?

[Dan Hurley]

I don't know about 10. I don't really. You know, I think that sometimes I'll say, I'm going to coach till I'm 60. Or, you know, I'm going to. I'm going to coach. You know, just my 59th year. I mean, I would like to enjoy, you know, a part of my life where I have some vitality, some health, because I love my wife. I want to. And I want my wife and my family to experience life outside of basketball where you could travel and be more of a civilian, live a more normal life, have a normal Christmas holiday and a new year. So I'm like. I feel like I'm always playing on New Year's or New Year's Eve, and I feel like I always got a pit in my stomach on Christmas Eve or what have you. But then the other aspect of it for me is, like, when you're in the sports world, whether you're a player or you're a coach and you're making the type of money that we're making, I just feel like you have an obligation to literally push yourself to the point of burnout. For the seven or eight million dollars a year that they pay me to coach UConn, I should work myself close to death for that, to make that type of living, to be a basketball coach, or if you're an NBA player or an NFL player making 20, 30, $40 million a year, the last thing you should be thinking about is longevity. What you should be thinking about for me, for the way I look at it, is pushing yourself to the absolute max until burnout hits. And then you obviously, at that point, then you could retire. You know, I grew up, you know, the coaches like Dick Vermeil, you know, were the coaches that I idolize.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, but you gotta have quality. That has to be balance.

[Dan Hurley]

I've got that ahead of me, you know.

[Dan Patrick]

No, no, you need it. You need. Trust me, I did not have balance when I did SportsCenter, and it was less Stressful by far than what you're going through. And until I found some kind of balance, I didn't enjoy it.

[Todd]

Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

And I don't know if you enjoy those two championships as much as you probably should have, you know, the highest of highs. You're probably, you know, fixated on what happened last season. And, and you know, that's. You gotta have balance, man. You gotta.

[Dan Hurley]

It's. Listen, you enjoy. I mean, the, the like when you realize you've won the championship, there's a. There's an inhalation and an indescribable feeling of joy and love, you know, that. That reaches you like the deepest parts of your soul. And this incredible realization of this. Of climbing Mount Everest and being at the top, it does. It dissipates so quickly.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Dan Hurley]

But you know, Dan, I think with just the way that I'm wired and I think a lot of, I think, you know, a lot of the best coaches and the people like my dad that I've modeled, it's like the season feels a lot like suffering and relief, suffering and relief, suffering and release. And then it either ends in elation or it ends the way it ended for me in Florida versus Florida. And then there's the tunnel and there's the sore loser Dan.

[Dan Patrick]

Do you think back on that at all? What, you know, sore loser Dan?

[Dan Hurley]

I do.

[Dan Patrick]

I know you address it, but, you know, where did that come from? Where, you know, well, maybe it's just the competitor in you.

[Dan Hurley]

It is. And I think again, like, you know, I think a couple things could be true. I gotta get better that way, you know, like, that's something that, trust me, when it's over, you know, and, you know, I lack that self control and an awareness to be able to just walk away, you know, like. Yeah, I mean, that's disappointing. You know, I end up, you know, tarnishing my reputation and you know, like, you know, it's embarrassing and it's not a positive thing, but it's also too. A lot of, you know, my superpower that I bring to the organization is this relentless competitive drive that my teams embody. And I do think in sports you do need more. More of the characters that go, I think, kind of life or death urgency with, with winning and losing, I think is what makes sports great. So I think you, you know, not having characters that, that look at games that, you know, I don't look at it like a game, I look at it like a battle, a fight. It's not a game for me.

[Dan Patrick]

Your voice sounds like it's in mid season form. Does it ever, does it ever sound good?

[Dan Hurley]

I mean, yesterday was day one and you know, and I'm ready to go. And this is winter, Dan. Yeah, I think summer, Dan, you know, is a little more laid back, you know, but this is the time of year where we all turn it up. I'm excited about this team. I think that this team, you know, you don't go into the year like last year. I think you have enough time with your team in the summer and in the preseason, where I think going into last year there was a feeling amongst the staff that maybe we didn't have enough relative to what we put together to be able to go for the three peat. That will not be this team's story. This team has enough. If we give absolutely everything and if our pursuit is, is honorable, if it's an honorable pursuit of championships, with the way that we approach things, this team will have a chance to compete for all the championships.

[Dan Patrick]

I hope the book is cathartic for you because you, you're visiting a lot of different places. Hopefully you don't have to revisit them anymore. But you know, when you write a memoir, you, you got to dig deep down and you certainly did in this book with the help of Ian.

[Dan Hurley]

Yeah, I think, Dan, for me, when I read it, you know, I always walked away from it saying, you know, like, you know, your, your life is kind of, it's, it's a little bit like a movie, you know, like you're, you know, you've got this kind of a little bit. Not that I'm any hero, but you got this kind of little bit of a hero's journey and it's got all the elements of, of, you know, you know, your struggles becoming, you know, your strength in the end and just it's a real human story of like, you know, personal struggle, family struggle, career struggle. You know, you've got this coach, you know, with dragon underwear laying under his desk before games because of his anxiety. You know, I don't know who would play me. I guess I've been told like maybe a Billy Bob Thornton because of the cursing, but I don't know who would play me.

[Dan Patrick]

We can work on that. Hopefully it's a happy ending when that movie comes out. A happy ending. Great to talk to you again. Thanks. Thanks for sharing.

[Dan Hurley]

Thanks, brother.

[Dan Patrick]

That's Dan Hurley. The book is called Never Stop Life Leadership and what It Takes to Be Great and he co wrote it with Ian o' Connor who's had a couple of new York Times best sellers. It's available online September 30th and once again, if you're on campus at UConn. That'll be next Wednesday and you can get more details with this. He will be at the Jorgensen center for Performing Arts and tickets are general admission. We'll take a break. Last call for phone calls. What we learn what's in store tomorrow after this. Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch all of our [e-mail] and within the iHeartRadio app. Search FSR to listen live.

[John Middelkoff]

This is John Middelkoff from Three and out with John Middelkoff. Thursday Night Football is on and it's only on Prime Video. This week the Seattle Seahawks face the Arizona Cardinals in an NFC west showdown. Coverage begins at 7pm Eastern with football's best party TNF tonight presented by Verizon. Not a Prime member? Not a problem. Simply sign up for a 30 day free trial. It's the Seahawks and the Cardinals Thursday at 7pm Eastern only on Prime Video. Restrictions apply. See Amazon.com Amazon prime for details.

[Todd]

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[Dan Patrick]

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[Dan Hurley]

That's not a healthy number.

[Dan Patrick]

You are putting people in danger. Paulie reached out to somebody during the Dan Hurley interview. Yeah.

[Professor Wesley Marshall]

We found an expert. Professor Wesley Marshall, Ph.D. in civil engineering at UC Denver. He is an expert and written in detail on road safety. I explained the entire situation. Professor Marshall actually listened to the segment and he said, quote, tell Fritz he to move over. He's putting others in danger. And by odds, he's putting himself in great danger by doing this.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, it's an expert, but I don't know if allegedly, if it's so dangerous.

[Todd]

To go for, make the move from the left lane to the middle lane. That means that once you're in the left lane, you're there for life.

[Dan Patrick]

So you know more than the expert. Expert.

[Todd]

I'm saying that if you have to stay in the left lane, I guess until your ride is over, somehow, forever.

[Dan Patrick]

Until you get to your destination in Utah. Hi, Steven. Thanks, Patrick.

[Caller]

How are you today?

[Dan Patrick]

Good. What do you have for me?

[Caller]

I am a long time. First time I'm going to say 6, 7, 2, 35 with my Kevlar. Oh, 20, 25 year uhp in Utah. And Fritzi is 100% in violation of code if he wants it because he's kind of that way. 41 6. The left lane on an interstate highway is designated as a passing lane. Whether it's two lanes or three lanes, that lane is only to be used to pass. And if you are driving in the left lane, you can and will be pulled over. If a cop is so inclined to get a ticket, I don't usually do it because I don't usually pull people over for going three miles over the speed limit. But if he has someone behind him and he's not merging, I will gladly pull him over and give him a ticket 100% of the time.

[Dan Patrick]

But Stephen, if the person, let's say Todd, is going 10 miles over the speed limit and the guy behind him is going to be going faster, how do you adjudicate that? I.

[Caller]

Well, when the guy's behind him, he would be doing 10. Otherwise he'd be hitting him. I would pull him over and give him a ticket and let the guy behind him go on his merry way. And by the way, there's one listener that owes not getting a ticket today to Fritzi. Because I'm sitting out here gunning people and I let someone go because I was waiting to talk.

[Todd]

Can I ask a quick question?

[Dan Patrick]

No, we don't have time.

[Todd]

I just want to know what the camping speed is. What is the speed?

[Dan Patrick]

I don't have time. Todd, you've had 45 minutes on the. Thank you, officer. Now you want to ask.

[Paulie]

Got somebody out of a ticket, though.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, I know.

[Paulie]

Somebody got lucky.

[Dan Patrick]

Todd, did you learn anything today? I did.

[Todd]

Regardless of how fast you may be driving in the left lane, if someone's riding your bumper, it's imperative to get out of their way and yield to their reckless behavior and excessive.

[Dan Patrick]

You did not learn anything today.

[Paulie]

Seaton My ride home today might be more interesting.

[Dan Patrick]

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[Todd]

You need a nap.

[Dan Patrick]

I need a nap. For Fritzi, Seaton, Marv, Paulie, yours truly in the back room, guys. We'll talk to you tomorrow. Have a great day. Drive safely at Burger King. When it comes to value, you make the rules. Introducing the you rules of value and you Rule number one. You choose food you actually want. With seven tasty options, you can have it your way. Try the $5 duo or $7 trio. From BK Classics to fan faves, choose your deal.

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[Dan Patrick]

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[Paulie]

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[Todd]

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[Paulie]

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[Dan Patrick]

This is an I Heart podcast.