
In this powerful conversation on Shawn French engages with Patric Young, whose life was forever altered by a tragic accident. As a former athlete, Patric shares the emotional and physical challenges he faced during recovery,...
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And I had written the book at this time, and I'm speaking to a hybrid group. Some people in person, some people virtual. After the talk goes. And I'm actually, like feeling good about myself, like I did better, blah, blah, blah. After taking pictures with some people there. There was one guy that was just kind of standing off to the side. And I'm like, this is kind of weird because I'm here for y'all. Like, you know, come talk to me. And when the gentleman found the right opportunity, he said, patrick, I want you to know something. You saved my life. And I'm like, that's a little extreme. What's he talking about? I said, last year, I wasn't doing very well. I had a note method and a plan for how I was going to take my life.
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You know, what if you were a University of Florida basketball standout and then you played a little bit in the NBA and then played overseas professionally, became a new parent, then the very next minute you're in a car accident, you lose your ability to walk. And you're in this journey to fight back and walk again. You're in the middle of the journey. We know that's not a destination. And we have to realize sometimes we have to sit to rise. So come with me and listen to this amazing story of resilience and determination and the journey to be upright once again.
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Sean French. What up? This one luckily let the pain inspire me. I put my all in. Everything I'm doing up until it's done, I mean, for the entirety, I put it in overtime. I be working. Just know I'm a go for mine. Cause I earned it. They watch and I know it's time I confirmed it. The whole society determined determine.
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Gator legend Patrick Young. What's up, everybody? We are back at Lynch's Irish Club in Jacksonville Beach, Florida with UF legend Patrick Young, SEC basketball analyst. Man of faith, man. So great to meet you.
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So great to meet as well. Absolutely. Now, this is the first time I think I've been in Lynch's in the daytime. So I was kind of lost, but I found my way around.
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That's good, man.
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You know, they had. Food is really good. Too bad. Shepherd's pie. So what'd you have?
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The shepherd's pie.
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Shepherd's pie. It was good, yeah? Oh, absolutely. The French fries are banging too.
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Oh, no way. So you hear that, guys? You gotta get the shepherd's pie in the French fries. It's good. Eat all the food. But, man, I. I'm just so happy to see Here with you. I admire you from far for a lot of years, and, you know, it's just a really cool part of the journey with the show is getting to meet people that I used to watch on TV and get to know them at a deeper level, man. So for those that don't know you, man, tell me a little about your background, kind of things that you're going through now.
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Gosh, that's a. That's a big question, and I'll try to keep it concise. And first thing you know, I'm from here. I'm a Jacksonville native. Love Duval. I've been a, I guess, emotionally wrecked Jaguars fan for many, many, many years. Last year was one of those. But I'm still loud and proud. I had season tickets years ago, and that was fun. That's my past life. But, you know, I grew up playing sports. Mom and dad, they. Mom went to bowls. My dad went to Reigns High School. So, I mean, I'm through and through. Full Jacksonville kid that got his dream of playing at the University of Florida. Basketball there was a McDonald's All American. Big. Part of me being a Gator was because of my grandparents. They were the ones that put me in the orange and blue when I was younger. So if it would have been gold and yellow, purple or whatever.
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Purple. Don't you say whatever.
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Whatever. That LSU stuff.
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Colors of royalty. We can go with that. That's fine.
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I would have been Tiger. Yeah. A kitty cat.
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No, but not everybody can be perfect. It's fine. It's fine.
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Had a great career under Billy diamond for four years, 2010-14. Got my undergrad, say, one. You know, obviously making a Final Four is something I'm extremely proud of, but more than anything was looking back at the things I accomplished. Being the first and only three time SEC Scholar athlete of the Year in the conference. Something that I just set my mind to becoming and didn't want to be average. So I said, you know what? You can excel in the classroom and on the court at the same time.
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Good man.
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Ended up staying in college too long and I got undrafted, but I went to New Orleans Pelicans for a bit for a cup of coffee. Then I was blessed to go play basketball overseas and see the world. I went to Turkey. I was in Istanbul.
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Okay.
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That was a culture shock, really.
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I bet.
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Whoa. I would go back for sure, but I just wasn't. You know, you don't know what you don't know until you, like, you should.
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Have googled a little more and just.
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Figured out I Should have. I should. I should have. Then I was in Greece. Greece for two years. Athens, Greece. No place like it. If you ever get a chance, everyone to go somewhere, you have to go to Greece. Then I was in Italy for two years, and Israel is my last stop. And then I came back and I was like, you know what? I'm tired of being hurt and playing basketball, so I want to get to being just a normal citizen again.
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That's crazy, man. What a decorated career. It's funny. Before we started recording, I was joking with him about the LSU and University of Florida. You know, I. I feel like I'm surrounded by gators all of a sudden, you know, it's, you know what? And I'm okay with it.
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You okay with it? I'm cool. We're cool. Hey, we're more of a fan base. That is, we get angry at ourselves more than we get angry at other people. Same thing with ourselves, except for Tennessee. Just making sure. Any volunteers?
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Any volunteers here?
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We will run you out.
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We got one back.
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We got to go. You get out that orange. Oh, man, I love it, man. But, yeah, you know, for me, like, the biggest thing, you know, that's the first 30 years of my life. And then, you know, I would say somewhat at that time, just being an athlete, being accomplished, your identity gets wrapped up. Wrapped up in that stuff. And I would, you know, always knew that was more than just an athlete, that there was more that I brought to the world and just being able to put a ball in a hoop or stop a ball from going in the hoop. But it wasn't until 2022 when, like, fully, life has changed, and things that she used to do at ease and on a normal basis was taken away completely. Where I'm like, all right, who do you really believe you are as a man? Who do you, like? What do you believe is true about you? Are you going to remain a victim of this thing that happened, or are you going to turn it into something that can be a victorious thing, that can inspire others? And I chose the latter. And it wasn't easy. And it's still not easy because I'm still, like, in the middle.
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Right, Right.
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So. But it's challenged me so much and changed me so much as a person. Understanding everybody is going through something and just if you can, you know, for me, and you've done it a lot, being able to inspire and know that you've done something to impact someone else's life, the feeling of that there's nothing better. Like, there's no Trophy I could have ever won. That would be better than hearing somebody, you know, breaking an addiction or just changing a complete generation or cycle of their family or their life that, you know, who knows what the repercussions of that are going to be.
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No, for sure, man. And you said it best, you know, 2022, your kind of life unraveled a little bit as you know it in another identity transition. Right. You know, you had that accident and you know, but hey man, you know, I'm still sitting here with you and you're still like way over here and I'm like this little midget down here, you know, still there. But you know, so, you know, it's.
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Hard being tall when you have need a medical health issue.
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Yeah.
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Because most things aren't made for tall people.
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Right.
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In this world in general. Or buff people, as we were talking earlier, buff.
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Everybody hear that? I appreciate that. And you know, and you know, but those are those moments, right? The determined society really highlights these stories of resilience and determination. And you know, there's a lot of things that can happen to you throughout your life. Maybe you get fired or you don't get the promotion if people pass away. But for you, physical body was injured. And now you're in this battle too, because from what I understand, you're fighting. You're going to be upright again, right?
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Yeah.
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And so talk to everybody about, talk to the audience about the type of determination and resilience that you have to display.
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I mean, the word determination is so pinpoint. Because I just remember, you know, I had the accident. I was two weeks life flighted from Nebraska to South Dakota, Sioux Falls. I was there for two weeks. Then I got transferred to a hospital in Denver, Craig Hospital. And I was only there for five weeks. We thought I was going to be there for much longer just because that was like the standard protocol before they release you and feel like you're skilled enough at that point to take care of yourself. And it was, I don't know, the first week or the second week being there. Craig, Something just snapped in my mind and I was like, let's go. Like, what are you waiting for? Life is now. So what if it's not easy? And it's crazy because at Craig Hospital they put you on a schedule. And my schedule was from 8am to 5pm with a one hour break. And I just remember joking with Coach Donovan, the head coach that coached me in college. I was like, coach, if I would have worked this hard when I was in college, I would have been A number one draft pick, like without a doubt and. But embracing that because there were so many people there at the hospital and rightfully so justified, like going through something that is so emotionally overwhelming, it's hard to just pick yourself up and start. Pick yourself up and believe. But. Cause there were a lot of people that were capable of getting better, having better, higher chance of rehabilitation than I. But their just soul was so crushed. They could not push through and accept where they are to get to where they wanted to be. It's heartbreaking for me to see people do that. Cause I'm like, dang, I wish I had your chances. I'm going to make up. But I was like, you know what? Whether that one day happens that I'm wishing for or not, life is now.
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Yeah.
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Life is today, you know, And I'm not going to wait to. If joy is something that we can embrace and live today versus being bitter every. I mean, nobody will fault me for being mad, for being bitter, for, you know, wanting to stay inside and take life slow and those things. But I'm like, that's not helping anything. And that's only keeping me in that victim category. Not. That's not a person that's trying to overcome this thing. And that's. That's who I've committed myself to be.
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You know, that's the thing. It's a choice, right. It's like you could. You have every right to be upset, every right to be mad and other individuals that are in the same type of situation. But it's like, how are you going to impact like that? You know, you can't impact yourself because then you stay there, right? And like I said, life is now. So we don't know what's going to happen tomorrow.
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Right?
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Be happy now.
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Yeah.
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Let me have joy. Be filled with joy now. And then, you know, what you're doing is you're SEC basketball analyst, you're living life, you're doing your motivational speaking and you're fighting like you were setting an example.
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It's a balance, you know, because I am a person that we all struggle with patients at times. You can't speed up God, and you can't speed up doctors, that's for sure.
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Right.
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So, you know, my first year after the accident, and this is. This is one of the craziest stories. You know, I had the speaking engagement with Johnson and Johnson. It was such a blessing. This was November. This was like three or four months after the accident. It's like, here we are. Here we are. Are you ready Are you sure? And I was just like, you know.
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It'S still so raw at that point.
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Yeah, for sure, Absolutely. Let alone being a new husband and a new dad at that time as well. Like, it was a lot to battle because I didn't have this overcoming, I'm through with it story. You can do it too. It was more like, this is what happened. This is how I'm like going to strive to embrace it and make the most of it. I wasn't refined as a speaker at that time. And you know, we can get critical ourselves. And it, oh man, I should ask this question, I should do this and that. And I come from that event and just continue on about my life and more opportunities come. But again, it's a lot to juggle with having this life changing injury, needing to rehab, being a dad, being a husband, a lot to juggle. But that time allowed me just to learn so much about myself as well. Being in the thick of it with all the pressure and stress and you know, there's a standard that I tried to hold myself to as a man and it's just so hard because a part of that standard is never giving up, you know, never allowing yourself to say, I quit.
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Yeah.
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And there were many a times, man, where I was just like, I don't have an answer for this, but I'm just so thankful for the people that I had around me because what's so cool, you know, Last year I was in the hospital for a long time. I got the opportunity after I got discharged to speak to that company, Johnson Johnson again spoke to the company. I feel more refined, I experienced more life. I have more stories to tell. I'm funnier, you know, in my opinion, you're pretty funny. In my opinion. I find funny looking. I know, funny.
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No, you're not funny looking. You're handsome, but you're funny.
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And I had written the book at this time and I'm speaking to a hybrid group, some people in person, some people virtual Africa, the talk goes. And I'm actually like feeling good about myself because like, ah, I did better, blah, blah, blah. After taking pictures with some people there, there was one guy that was just kind of standing off to the side and I'm like, this is kind of weird because I'm here for y'all, like, you know, come talk to me. And when the gentleman found the right opportunity, he said, patrick, I want you to know something. You saved my life. And I'm like, that's a little extreme. What's he talking about? He said, last Year I wasn't doing very well. I had a note method and a plan and a plan for how I was going to take my life. Oh, you said. I heard I wasn't in person, but I heard you speak. And in the middle, in the beginning of your struggle, it just made change my perspective on my entire life. And I mean, dude, what's worth more than that? What's worth more than that? Seriously? Because that's, that's somebody's son, that's somebody's husband, dad, that's thinking about taking assault and who knows what ramification that has on that rest of that family, his family's life.
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Well, not even that. Just the impact of the world.
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Right.
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What impact does that individual not going to make? Because they're not here and you playing that part. And that's, you know, that's, that's, that's the most impactful thing.
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That's why you got to show up.
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Yep.
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That's why even in the middle, like. And showing up doesn't mean have to having to do something profound. It can literally just be getting out of bed or just like, I've had people just tell me, knowing that I'm still going through this, that, hey, it's a blessing that you just immerse yourself back into society and just like, you're you. Some people. Yeah, some people hide.
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It's crazy because you had mentioned before, you know, going through this when you're talking to Johnson and Johnson, it's not like you had this, you know, I went through it. Now you can too. It's like you're going through it. But I also feel that's what makes you so powerful. Yeah, it's because people are getting to watch you live it, watch you overcome. How much, how much has faith played a part in what you're going through?
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Oh, man, it's been. It's a huge part. A huge part. Because I don't, you know, for one, I. I knew that I didn't have the strength to just fix this problem. For the most part of my whole life. I always just try. We're men. We try to just fix it. We try to fix everything on our own. And seeing that this was nothing that I could just fix on my own, that I literally was at the hands of what life had given me at that time. And, you know, having great. My great family around me and friends, it definitely helped me to not lose faith because it just helped me for one, it helped me to see how much love that I've experienced in my life that I had friends that just one person here dropped everything to come and see me when I was in Denver. You know, the worst part of my life is how can I help? You know, how can I just be there for you? Really cool story, actually. Fourth of July, when I'm in the hospital, I couldn't see fireworks, even though the window I was at, because you're not supposed to light fireworks within a certain amount of distance of a hospital. My best friends, on their last day, it was their last night, they went and bought some fireworks, got on the sidewalk to where I could see them light them up on the hospital, on the sidewalk. They lit them and ran. And it was the best thing ever. Oh, my gosh. The best Fourth of July. Something I will never forget for the rest of my life. And, I mean, that just only solidified my faith, because you can't have. I mean, I just don't feel like you can have relationships like that if there's not a God that creates experience, things like that. Because, like, those are people that are in my life forever. And I remember texting them. This year, like, two years ago was a Fourth of July. I'll never forget, you know, those. Those friends. But, you know, it's. It's a journey I'm still in. And I still have those moments, of course, where I wrestle with God. But I say, ultimately, with that story I just said, of the good that I saw come from it, I'm like, he's doing this. There's a purpose behind this. Right. I might not ever know the in story, but how can I doubt God with what I've seen, the goodness of this whole circumstance so far?
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So, you know, the relationships that you're talking about, man, that's just so impactful to have those people with you.
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Yeah.
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And do some crazy shit like that. Like, some.
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And even hold you accountable, too, because I remember my best friend, like Alex. He's always just like, all right, man, where we at? Where we doing? How you getting better.
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That's great.
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Yeah, that's great. He took on this challenge. He runs a mile every day for me.
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Whoa.
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Yeah.
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Has he missed?
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No, he's never missed, man.
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That's impactful. How long has he been doing it for? Two years.
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Two years. Wow. He has never missed a day. He shredded probably, man, somewhat. He's talking about doing a marathon now. I'm like, bro, you don't got to do. One mile is more than enough.
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I'll do a marathon like a golf cart.
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I'm not ever. I'm not a Runner. I was never a runner.
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Right.
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You put me in a gym, and you want to make weightlifting a cardio. I'll do that.
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Yeah.
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When it comes to just.
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Yeah, that's. It's not fun. My mind wanders too much.
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Too much.
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Yeah, it's way too much, man. But, you know, it's. It's. No. Determination isn't always pretty, right?
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No, it's not.
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It's like you said, you struggle with it. You know, you wrestle with it, and it's like people think that you're supposed to wake up every single day and have this massive amount of motivation and be excited about the challenges in front of you, and it's really. Ultimately never like that.
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You know, it's great when that does happen. If that. If that happens. Wow.
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I mean, I. I'm waiting. I mean, like, it doesn't happen very often. It's like the alarm clock goes off at 4. You know, it's like, all right, well, I gotta go do this, because I said I was gonna go do it.
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Yeah.
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You know, and you.
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It definitely helps when you have accountability. Like, if you have other people that are counting on you too. That does help. Yes, that definitely helps. But when it's just you by yourself, we lie to ourselves more than. Dude. Lie to ourselves, deceive ourselves, flake on ourselves.
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I mean, how many times have you broke your word to yourself, man?
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Oh, my gosh. We wouldn't dare let a person like that be in our lives.
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No.
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But we do it to ourselves. We do it to ourselves.
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It's crazy, man. And I think that, you know, like, the journey is this, right. It's simple. It's like, would I break my word to my wife, to my children? No.
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And if you did, you feel terrible about it.
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But I'm gonna hear about it. So you gonna tell me, love you, baby. You're gonna tell me, right? But, like, for. We can negotiate so much with ourselves.
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Yeah.
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And I think the important thing, especially the journey you're on, is, like, no negotiation.
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Yeah.
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Zero.
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Yeah.
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Like zero. How often do you have to remind yourself of that?
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I'm glad you said that, because it reminds me. That's the one thing Cope. What made Kobe Bryant great. He said he was. He literally said. I remember one of his interviews said, I don't negotiate with myself. If I said I'm going to do something, I'm going to do it and follow through. And. Yeah. I mean, I can even get just distracted with success that I'm having that doors are being opened and lose sight of the main thing being the main thing, which is like, hey, your big goal is to walk again. Are you still acting in a way that votes? Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I used to. I used to get so offended by. It's a story in scripture where Jesus comes to this man that had been paralyzed pretty much his whole life. And the first thing asked, do you want to walk? And I'm like, dude, of course he wants to walk. But I realized so many people get attached sometimes to their identity that they have a fear of, who am I going to be if that thing actually goes away? It's a transition. Absolutely. I'm no longer identified to that thing. And then it's like, are your actions. I mean, 38 years is a long time. I would think. I would think that he probably had doubt that it was going to even happen.
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Yeah.
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For them. And I just, you know, I've seen that there has been miracles. So many people that have been told they won't walk again. People learning how to walk in after 39 years, 40 years. And I'm like, all right, that's just. I don't need a yes or if you're going to give me a yes or no. I just want a yes or no. Just give me a yes or no now and I'll just operate in that. Because I don't want to be like, hey, when's it coming, this idea, 40 years from now? And be like, finally.
B
But see, that's the thing, though, right? But that's the thing. It's like, you know, when we. When we're going for some. We're shooting for a goal. In your case, it's to walk again and to. And to do that. It's like, we can't worry about the time frame. We have to worry about what's in front of us today.
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Yeah, that's it.
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What can I do right now in the process and the rehab and everything to get me to that? See, that's the reward, that's the journey. And then when you get to that point where you are walking, it's like, didn't matter how long it took because it happened.
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But it's so important. It's so good about what you just said. It directly correlates with one of my doctors before I left Craig Hospital. He said you, that day is going to come when your body is going to start trying to make things happen. Keep your body in shape, stay stretching, stay doing exercises, things that will just keep your body prime. Because it was. It would be terrible if, like, you know, you don't move your legs around and then you have tone and that leg wants to walk, but because there's tone, because it's now stuck in this position, you're not going to be able to. Yeah, so that was really good. I mean directly what you said. It's just being small and consistent and focusing on that big goal. Let your why be as strong as it needs to be. So when those, when you don't feel like progress is happening, you still just keep going.
B
Well, that's it. You heard it right there. When you feel like progress isn't happening, you still keep going. Stay focused on your why. Let the main thing be the main thing. And dude, I just appreciate you so much.
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Thank you for having me.
B
Thank you so much for coming on, bro. Everybody, thank you. What I've always found is all the flavors. You can taste artificial flavoring in them. With raw, it's exactly that. I don't taste that. It's a clean protein source, tastes great and I'm not putting a lot of things in my body that aren't good for you. The biggest thing that I will say that I love about raw nutrition and bum energy is they're all natural ingredients in the third party tested. So what that means is an actual lab test is to make sure what's in the product is actually what is stated on the label and then you'll see on the website of raw nutrition that it is signed off on. So there's no banned substances in these products. Athletes can use them safely and not get tested and popped for a failed drug test for performance enhancing. You know, ingredients, it's completely safe, guilt free, baby. George Garcia, my man. Hey, thanks so much, dude. Your local guy from Jacksonville beach, the beaches. This is a community. How does it feel for you to create something and grow something that can help this community out and for you to just see it get better, man.
D
You know, first beaches insurance is so important to me but more important to me is the beaches community. My family's been in this area for over 100 years. It's who we are. We care about the people, we care about the businesses. We just love seeing this place prosper.
B
That's amazing, dude. And just thank you so much for being here today, supporting this event. 10 year anniversary of adaptive and helping to determine society. You know, just in everything that we're doing here, you're truly, truly outwardly focused. And I had no idea your family's been here for over 100 years. That's a legacy, man. Talk to me about that because that's big.
D
Yeah. So it's kind of funny. People always say, how are you a Garcia? It was just a guy that came over on a boat in Cuba in 1875, and we ended up in Jacksonville, Florida, and been at the beach ever since. It's just a place we love.
B
This is beautiful. I tell you what, I'm a big fan. I'm so happy to meet you. I love what you do with the Trevor Lawrence wig. Yeah. You really dive into the creative part of this whole business and in the outreach to the community. I just think it's great to see, and I wish more people were doing that. How'd you figure? How'd you come up with that?
D
So the wig idea was actually. It was a gift for my son, who was 4 years old, but he wouldn't wear it. And so I started wearing it. And, I mean, I'm Duval till I die for sure. We're Jaguars all the way. So the wig, everyone loves it. Everyone loves Trevor, you know, so that's just something we do to try to keep it light. It's just insurance, you know?
B
Right, right. Well, you gotta liven it up a little bit. Right, Right. You know, Trevor, you guys lock him down for some more. He's staying. That's a big deal. Big gift for the community.
D
Big for my content, too.
B
Absolutely. Cause, dude, what if you had to get, like, a short wig?
D
I know, I know. We can't do that again.
B
Your whole brand movement be all.
D
Exactly. So. So we got him locked in for seven years. That's seven more years of content. We're ready to go.
B
Beautiful, man. Well, listen, dude, I appreciate you, George. Thank you so much. FBI first Beaches insurance right here. Jacksonville Beach, Florida. Peace. See.
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Sean French. What up? This one, luck. I let the pain inspire me I put my all in Everything I'm doing up until it's done I'm me for the entirety I put it in overtime I be working Just know I'm a go for mine cause I earned it they watch and I know it's time I confirmed it the whole society determined determin.
Podcast Summary: "Sit To Rise with Patrick Young"
The Determined Society with Shawn French
Release Date: September 16, 2024
In the September 16, 2024 episode of The Determined Society with Shawn French, host Shawn French welcomes Patrick Young, a revered University of Florida (UF) basketball alumnus and SEC basketball analyst. The episode delves deep into Patrick's inspiring journey of resilience and determination following a life-altering accident that derailed his promising athletic career.
[02:06] Shawn introduces Patrick as a Jacksonville native and a longtime Jaguars fan, highlighting his deep roots in the community. Patrick shares his early life, emphasizing his passion for sports inherited from his parents.
Patrick's athletic prowess is evident from his time at the University of Florida, where he was recognized as a McDonald's All American and achieved significant academic and athletic accolades.
Despite a commendable college career under Coach Billy Donovan from 2010-2014, Patrick faced setbacks in his professional aspirations, including going undrafted. Nevertheless, he embraced opportunities overseas, playing in countries like Turkey, Greece, Italy, and Israel, which provided him with invaluable cultural experiences.
[05:12] Patrick recounts the tragic car accident in 2022 that resulted in the loss of his ability to walk. This incident marked a pivotal turning point in his life, forcing him to confront his identity beyond being an athlete.
Despite the immense physical and emotional challenges, Patrick chose resilience over victimhood, committing himself to the arduous journey of rehabilitation with unwavering determination.
Patrick's recovery journey is a testament to his indomitable spirit. From being life-flighted to Craig Hospital in Denver, he faced the prospect of long-term hospitalization. However, his mindset shifted dramatically during his stay.
Patrick emphasizes the importance of perseverance, stating that even when progress seemed stagnant, maintaining consistency was crucial.
He draws inspiration from figures like Kobe Bryant, who epitomized the philosophy of not negotiating with oneself, reinforcing the idea that unwavering commitment is essential for overcoming adversity.
Patrick's transformation inspired many, including listeners who reached out to him with stories of how his resilience gave them hope during their darkest moments.
[14:13] He narrates an encounter where a gentleman expressed that Patrick saved his life, sharing his own struggle with suicidal thoughts a year prior.
This profound interaction underscores the ripple effect of Patrick's journey, highlighting the profound impact one individual's resilience can have on others.
Faith plays a central role in Patrick's recovery, providing him with strength and purpose. He shares touching anecdotes that illustrate the unwavering support from friends and family.
[15:06] Patrick describes how his friends went out of their way to bring joy during his hospital stay, reinforcing his belief in a higher purpose.
Additionally, the episode features George Garcia from First Beaches Insurance, who shares his commitment to the Jacksonville Beach community, further emphasizing the theme of community support and solidarity.
The episode culminates with Patrick reflecting on his continuous journey of healing and personal growth. His story serves as a beacon of hope, demonstrating that with determination, faith, and support, one can rise above even the most daunting challenges.
Shawn French closes the episode by acknowledging Patrick's unwavering spirit and the invaluable lessons his journey imparts to listeners striving for personal development and resilience.
Patrick Young [05:12]: "Who do you really believe you are as a man? Are you going to remain a victim of this thing that happened, or are you going to turn it into something that can be a victorious thing?"
Patrick Young [10:08]: "Life is now. So we don't know what's going to happen tomorrow."
Patrick Young [12:41]: "Never giving up, you know, never allowing yourself to say, I quit."
Patrick Young [17:08]: "I don't need a yes or no. Just give me a yes or no now and I'll just operate in that."
Patrick Young [21:06]: "It's so important... being small and consistent and focusing on that big goal."
Resilience in Adversity: Patrick's story exemplifies the power of a determined mindset in overcoming life-threatening challenges.
Impact Through Sharing: By sharing his experiences, Patrick not only heals himself but also becomes a lifeline for others facing similar struggles.
Faith and Community: Strong faith and a supportive community are pivotal in navigating and surmounting personal crises.
Consistency Over Perfection: Emphasizing the significance of steady progress, Patrick advocates for persistence even when immediate results aren't visible.
This episode of The Determined Society serves as a powerful narrative of human endurance, the transformative power of personal struggles, and the profound impact one individual can have on a community.