Speaker A
All right, darling. I'm so glad to see you. Dad, you can read that book when we get home.
A determined girl challenges gender norms by leading a struggling football team, overcoming personal and family challenges to change everything.
Key Takeaways
- Girls can lead and succeed in traditionally male-dominated sports.
- Support from family and community is crucial for overcoming personal challenges.
- Persistence and hard work can change long-standing negative perceptions.
- Encouragement and belief in oneself are key to breaking barriers.
- Teamwork and leadership go hand in hand in achieving success.
What the video covers
- The story follows Jasmine, a shy girl who faces skepticism and challenges as she tries to lead a football team.
- Jasmine struggles with family issues, including her absent father and a reluctant uncle Curtis who helps care for her.
- Despite being underestimated, Jasmine forms friendships and gains support from teammates and coaches.
- The narrative highlights themes of perseverance, breaking gender stereotypes, and the power of teamwork.
- Jasmine's uncle Curtis initially resists responsibility but gradually becomes more involved and supportive.
- The team is historically unsuccessful, but Jasmine's leadership begins to change their fortunes.
- The video includes scenes of practice, school life, and family dynamics that shape Jasmine's journey.
- The story emphasizes hard work, encouragement, and believing in oneself despite obstacles.
- Jasmine's passion for football and her determination inspire others to rethink their biases.
- The video ends on a hopeful note with Jasmine gaining acceptance and the team improving.
Chapters
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Speaker A
Come on, girl. Sure. We are on tough times here in Linda. Tough time. That's right. We are in such tough time. I can say, you know, I remember that song, things aren't the way they used to be. Remember that?
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Well, ladies and gentlemen, things aren't the way they used to be. And I got something to tell you. They might never get back to where they were.
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Ladies and gentlemen, we don't need anything else but this. [snorts] Jesus gave us a brain. He gave us a heart.
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Thank you, Lord. That's all you need. So if you concentrate on what you don't have, you forget about what you do have.
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Hallelujah. Oh, here they come. Let me get the phone down there for you. Get you with them, baby. Here they go. Bam.
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Team not looking that good this year. Do they, Curtis? Check. They ain't looked good in the last 25 years.
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Damn. I didn't need no limit. Look at, look, one more cherry. I could have won this thing.
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Are we playing a game here or what now? I'm playing. You hold it up. Pick him up.
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Thank you. Waiting on you. Do that. You know that mean a double double trouble within the bubble.
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Look out there. Double foul. Hey Curtis, give me took a break late today, huh?
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Work through it so I can get to practice. You know, if you want to help, I could put in a word with coach.
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I'm busy. Got too much on my plate. I wouldn't want to cut into all that beer drinking and bat gaming.
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Come on. Let me see what you got. I don't have time, man. It's my first day. Hey, why don't you come by this week and get a real meal?
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Who's cooking? Val, take a rain check. What's wrong? Hey. Hey. Why are you always reading at lunch? I mean, is this like the nerd table or something?
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JK, you double Dutch? Yeah, sure. Me and a few girls are meeting behind the gym after school. You should come.
Speaker A
Yeah. Okay. Okay. See you there. So, how was school today? Fine. Can you put that book down, please?
Speaker A
Sweetie, listen. I had to pick up longer hours at the diner. Means I'm not going to get home till late. [music] So, so I don't want you to be here all day alone. But I can take care of myself.
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Honey, there are plenty of after school activities you could be doing. Like what? I don't know. Like, like drama, dance, something.
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Listen, I need for you to try. Final try. Fashion about yesterday. I am really sorry.
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I mean, see, I just got confused. I thought it was yesterday, but we're actually going today. So, a bunch of us are hanging out over there.
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You should come tomorrow. You coming? Man, you crazy. I ain't even trying to think about that stuff.
Speaker A
Yo, what's up? So, Jasmine, we seem to have a little problem with the girl's bathroom. Uh, the toilets are clogged, and since your name's Plumber and all, we figured you'd be the one to unclog them.
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[laughter] Flubber girl, hope there's no dookie in it. Ouch. What a loser. Everyone hates me. Think I'm an idiot.
Speaker A
Can I just stay home, please? Please, ma. I can take care of myself. Claire, I ain't seen you. Okay. So, if you looking for that child support or whatever, he don't contact me no more either.
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This is not about your brother. It's about your niece, Jasmine. What's wrong with you, Curtis? Listen, I really need somebody to hang out with her in the afternoon until I get my hours changed.
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I ain't no babysitter. Come on, Curtis. You've been out of work for months. I know you don't expect me to walk around here with some little girl. I don't even like kids, and you know that.
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So, find somebody else. So, what, you just going to walk away from me, Curtis?
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Huh? And come on. When your mama didn't have no place else to go, do you remember who took care of her?
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You playing dirty pool. Claire, bring my mom in this. That ain't even fair. [sighs] Curtis, listen, man. All I'm asking you to do is to pick her up from school, keep an eye on her just until I get home.
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It's just a few hours a day. How about I give you $5 an hour?
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$5? Just pick her up from the school at 3:00. Curtis, I don't have nowhere else to go.
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Hey girl. Hey. Hey. So, you going to talk to me or what? What you reading anyway? What does it say?
Speaker A
Meeki. It's a book and it's not Miki. It's Mik. It's about a boy who becomes a magical warrior. So, if you don't mind, I'm trying to read.
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Hey, don't be getting smart now. I'm only doing this for your mama. All right.
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I don't take no lip from no little girls neither 'cause I got better things to do.
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Then go do one. Who are you, Jasmine? Hey. Hey, girl. Jazz ain't worth no damn fire. Hey, come here.
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Hey. Hey. So, how'd it go? All right. So, where's Jazz? I don't know. Jazz.
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Hey Mom. Hey. So, did you have fun with your uncle Curtis? Tons. What's for dinner?
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You didn't eat yet? No. You didn't feed her? You told me to watch her. You didn't say nothing about feeding her.
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That's because I thought you had common sense. Curtis, get somebody with some common sense. All right. 'Cause I ain't got enough to deal with that little girl. Okay. Get somebody else. 'Cause to be honest, she too weird and moody for me.
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Curtis, she's not weird. She's shy. Don't you know she's still waiting on her no good daddy to show up? She's wearing his watch 24 hours a day.
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Wouldn't hurt you if you would just be a little encouraging to her. I ain't got no encouragement. None.
Speaker A
Go get Dr. Phil or the dog whisperer, somebody. Not Curtis Plumber. Can you just at least finish out the week?
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Can I at least get paid me $25? Can you at least feed her the next time?
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So, what you going to want to eat? H for dinner. What you like? Grilled cheese sandwiches. Huh?
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What? You still not talking to me? Why you want to talk to me? I'm too weird and moody.
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You know I didn't mean that. All right. I don't think you weird. Said I'm sorry.
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I'm fine. We ain't got to talk. Why you carry that stupid football around all the time?
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I don't carry this all the time. Yeah, you do. So, so you're a grown man carrying around a football. Don't you think that's weird?
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Not really. And you stink, too. Always wearing those same old dirty clothes. Don't you know how to do laundry? You should be embarrassed.
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I'm embarrassed to even be with you. You know what? $5 an hour ain't worth dealing with an attitude like that.
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Then don't. It's not like I want you around anyway. It's not like I want to be around.
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Don't be. I don't need you. Apparently, you do need me. That's what your mama think. Now I'm stuck with you.
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That's 'cause your father didn't want to be. Man, sorry. God. Hey, Jasmine. I didn't mean it like that.
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Hey, slow down. Who are you here for? Huh? Who are you here for? Jasmine Plumber.
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Oh, great. Come right on in. Okay, class. I would like to, I would like to introduce Mr. Plumber.
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Would you like to come up here and tell the kids what you do? Oh, wait a minute.
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Oh, my uncle, not her daddy. It's okay. Nuclear family, extended family. It's all family. So, would you still like to talk to the kids? Tell them what you do?
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Yeah, I can talk to him. Oh, okay. Hold that. How y'all doing? Um, I do all kind of like, uh, entrepreneurial endeavors.
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Uh, you know those nutritional supplements. Okay. Yeah. I used to sell those. And, um, you know I had people all over the world, really all kind of geographical locations. I had salesmen who, um, would participate in network marketing.
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I don't listen to him. He tried to get my dad to sell those vitamins. He said it's nothing but a pyramid scheme.
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It's not a pyramid scheme. It's a, uh, multi-level, uh, business opportunity. Man, that's a scam. You're a scam artist.
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Your daddy's a punk. You a punk. Okay, Javi. Wow. Mr. Mr. Plumber. Can we say thank you to Mr. Plumber, please? Class.
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Thank you so much, Mr. Plamer, for, you know, taking out the time with the kids.
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All right. I'm going see you outside, Jazz. Okay. I'm yeah, let's just, you need to give him a F.
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I'm see you outside, too. Thank you so much, Mr. Plumber. Thank you, Mr. Plumber.
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Jasmine. Jasmine. You know what? I'm going to meet you down the block next time. I ain't going nowhere near that school.
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I didn't tell y
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Entrepreneur, how come you couldn't just say you were unemployed? Why you didn't tell him?
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I don't think my mom be cool with me hanging out here. I know she not going to want you hanging out here. That's why you ain't going to tell her.
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Curtis, throw the ball out here, boy. Do you mind if I throw the ball with the re a little bit?
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Knock yourself out. So, when am I going to see you back in church boy?
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I don't know, brother. Been kind of preoccupied lately. Preoccupied since your mama died. It's been two years, Curtis.
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It is time to move on, son. Hey, go along, brother. Hit me. Hit me.
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Oops. Hey girl. Jasmine. Jasmine. Pick up that ball. You ever play sports in school?
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No, I don't like sports. What do you mean you don't like sports? I want to be a model.
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a model. [laughter] For real, you don't even look like the model type. What? I'm ugly.
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No, I didn't say you was ugly. Did I? It's just you always got your nose in a book or something. Thought you want to be something a little more intellectual.
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And my next makeover candidate definitely deserves to feel like a queen. So, you ain't never threw the football before today?
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No, now leave me alone. I'm trying to watch you tired. It's hard to believe though.
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Throw pretty good. What is this? A tire marathon or something? You know, you might as well just go on outside and throw the football around a little bit before your mama come back.
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All right. I'm You're not going to shut up, are you? Nope. Here we go. Here we go. Here we go. Go.
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Go. Come on. Dang, you kind of slow. Got to put a little pep in that. Right here. You going to hit me with your best shot.
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Come on, girl. Right here. Bam. Right here. Oh. Throw it like you did at the park with a little more oomph on it right here.
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That was better. But look, when you throw the ball, first of all, got to have your feet apart.
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Look, you cannot stand like this and throw the ball. You have to be sideways, pointed deliver.
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You really stink. Do you know what a down and out is? You funny. I go 10 spaces. Bam. I go out. Hit me with the ball before I turn out. Right in the hands. All right.
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Come on. Call it out. Let's go. We got to call it out. Hut. Hut. Hype.
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You know, like quarterbacks do. Come on. Hit me. What a hike. Better than that.
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Hut. Hut. Hide. Yeah, we are. Come on. Hit me. Hit me. Boom. Yeah. Hey.
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The family was important in New England. Puritan children, like their parents, [music] had to work hard and follow strict ideas of discipline.
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Still many [music] families were close and devoted to each other. Even with chores and religious duties, children had time to play.
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You like throwing the football? Yeah, it's cool. Want to learn how to throw like a real quarterback?
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Sure. First thing I'm going to do is show you how to grip this football. You see these laces right here? You got to get your fingers on them. That gives the ball the spiral. That makes it spin.
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Find your grip. Find your grip. Give it to me. That's how fast you got to get.
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Okay. Throw it to me. Find your grip. Got it. Got it. Like it. Like it.
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That's how you hold the ball. That's your grip. Mr. Peppers, you got any of that field paint around here?
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Yeah, I think it's something in the back room. Oh, got it. Thanks. I'll bring you right back.
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Okay, those your lines right here. I want you to keep your foot in here.
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Right. See where my foot is starting? Step out. Bam. Put it back. Step out.
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Bam. Put it back. Step out. Bam. Put it back. Bam. Put it back. Step. Good.
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Pretty good. You'll get better. You'll get better. Let's go throw some passes. Step into it.
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Give it to me. Deliver the ball. Come on. Deliver right here to my hands. Not here. Not there. Right here. All right.
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Step into it. Remember everything I told you. Deliver. Damn girl. Girl, you got a arm on you.
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Can't we just toss it around like we did yesterday? No, that's boring. Look, you want to be a quarterback, you got to learn how to hit multiple receivers. right here. Receiver number one Beyonce.
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Over here, receiver number two, Boxy Brown. And my personal favorite, receiver number three, Ty Banks.
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Right. Don't forget what I told you. Set your feet. Do it like we said. Right.
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Ready? Okay. Load up. Load up. Get Beyonce right there. That's what I'm talking about. That's what I'm talking about.
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All right, one more time. Here we go. Here we go. One more time. Come on. Load up. Load up. Get ready. Get ready. Foxy Brown. Hit her. Hit her.
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Man, that girl a phenom. What's up, man? That's what I'm talking about. Come on.
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Load up. Load up. Load up. Load up. Tyra, hit her. Hit her. Slank that thing. Girl, I'm going to go out for a pattern. All right. You got to learn how to hit a moving target. Okay, get ready to hit me
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now. All right, got to go. Beyonce. Yeah, that was sweet. Curtis got himself pro out there now.
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Throw that ball. Oh, that's what I'm talking about now. That's football. That's football. Good girl right there. Yeah.
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You might be my niece after all. So, how are things with Curtis and Jasper going? Everything seems okay. I think they just sit around and read books.
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[laughter] Man, I can't believe you live in this place. So messy. Is that my book, man? I've been looking all over for this thing. What's it doing here?
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Have you been reading this? Yeah. Saw how much you was into it. So, I just gave it a shot.
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And it's good. I like it. It's a good book. Well, I've read it two times. You can have it.
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Is this your yearbook? Mhm. Don't laugh. Is this you? Man, you look so funny.
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That's me and then that's your daddy. All right, let's just close that. Show you later.
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[sighs] But I should be getting you home. I'm okay. You don't throw the ball. It's an option play, right? Option means you keep the ball or you the ball or you pitch the ball. The man's shoulders are up to you.
Speaker A
What do you do? Yes. Go do it again. Honest to God. [groaning] This is where you're supposed to pitch the football. What is so hard about that? You know what, guys? I would like to win one football game. Just one. But
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we can't win a game if we can't pitch a football. No way. Why not? Cuz I'm a girl and girls don't play football.
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What you think we've been doing for the last couple of weeks? Crocheting. It's just you and me having fun so we don't die of boredom.
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It doesn't mean I want to try for some stupid football team. But you're good at it right now. You owe it to yourself if you're good at something to pursue it.
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Let me show you something. Come on. Let me show you something. These my conference MVP medals three years in a row.
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These are cool. Just pitch a whole stadium full of people cheering for you. I just think it'd be weird playing football with a bunch of boys. Look at Oprah being all rich and powerful.
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You think she cared about the fact that she's not a guy? But I can't play football and be a model.
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She can. I mean, look, Tyra Banks. She's a model, talk show host. She even did an album.
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Can't even sing, but she did it anyway. I mean, you can do what you want to do.
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I'll make you a deal. Try for the team. Just see how you like it.
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I'll buy you some more of those fashion magazines you like. How about this? If I go out for the football team, you ask Miss Mason out on a date.
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your teacher. I saw the way she look at you in the classroom. All right.
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All right. I'll ask her. But when you try for the team, all this I'm a girl stuff, you throw that out the window. Cuz when you hit the field, you're not a girl, a football player.
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Y22 [screaming] for Christ's sakes, feather, you're not hiking a ball of yaing. Hurry, turn around. Let's go.
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I think this team is worse than last year's team. We only won two games last year.
Speaker A
Hey, coach. Curtis Plumber. It's been a while. How's the team? Not quite there yet.
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What's she supposed to be doing here? What? She drowning out a chili or something?
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Yo, dookie girl. [laughter] I might have something that'll help get you there. I wish you're a little too old. Curs.
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Not me. My niece. Jasmine, step up. Hi. She's a girl. It's a boy's league.
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Says who? says everybody. What position does she play? She's a quarterback. She's a quarterback.
Speaker A
You know, we got a quarterback. Jabby Hall. Come on. What the hell? You kidding me?
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Yeah, he's pretty talented. Curse. [clears throat] You know what? He's getting better. You want to let your niece get all busted up cuz what? You want to relive your glory days?
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Come on, Curtis. I got a team of coach. Do it again. You going? I told you they wouldn't want me.
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They going to want you. I want you to do give me a three-step drop and hit me with it.
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Three step drop. Come on, go. Got to be kidding me. Jabby playing get the ball in your hands and you drive.
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All right, here we go. They looking guys. It's a simple pass play. They line it up. again. Go All right, Manny, right side. Let's go.
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Okay, we're going to run a tenon in. All right, relax. Stay loose. Three-step drop.
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Come on. Let's do this. Deliver the ball. What's the problem, Feather? Coach, I'm not letting her put her hands under my King Kongs.
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Your what? My King Kongs. The magic. She's not touching it. Don't you mean your pingpongs? Stop crying and hike the damn ball. Let's go.
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[laughter] [cheering] [screaming] Hey. Hey. That's okay, J. Come on, do it again. Make sure you secure the ball. Okay, secure the ball.
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Hot. Someone's been teaching somebody some football. Good job. Let's do button hook. Beyonce. Button hook. Beyonce.
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Who's laughing now? Let's go again. Let's go long. Go long. Very nice. All right, that's enough.
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Let's go, guys. Shoot up. Let's go. Got an arm. No question. Ball handling is kind of weak.
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I'll work with her. Should be better than half the guys out here. All right.
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Thanks, coach. I appreciate. I know you have to do that. All right. Hey, hey, hey. You made it. You on the team.
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You on the team. Hey, what' I tell you? Knew you could do it. Curtis, are you crazy?
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But mom, I am pretty good. And you did say you wanted me to do some after school activity.
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Yeah, you said something about after school. Honey, are you serious? Do you really want to do this?
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Don't you think I should at least try? Yeah. Come on, y'all. Yeah. Bring it down. Bring it. Bring it down.
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Come on. Get up. Yeah. I like that. You nervous? No, I'm all right. Go in there.
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Let's go. Let's see. Get this there. That's good. There you go. Be all right.
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Yeah. Okay. Uh, get your jersey, coach. Um, can I have number 11? Have a look.
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Okay. Oh, you looking good there. Don't jinx my whole number now. Come on, hustle up.
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Let's go. Come on. Put that right in his hands, baby. See, man, why don't you come down here and join us?
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I'm cool. When's Jasmine going to get some practice time, man? Yeah. What you scared of? She going to get out there and make your boys look like a bunch of pansies?
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It's too late for that. Mhm. I'll do my best. Coach, Jeffy, bring it in. Come on, hustle up.
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Let the backup run a few plays. Plumber, I'm going to run a double twins wide triangle.
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That's basically you look for Damon over the middle 10 yards. Okay, he's going to cut down the middle. Go. Come on.
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Hustle. Get in there. Take control. Okay, so we're going to go to do double twins wire and triangle. [music] Got it.
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This is a joke. No way. Ready? Grab 19. Grab 19. She not much of a scramble, is she?
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That's all right, Jasmine. Shake it up. Her mama would have saw that hit. Welcome to football.
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Hey. Hey. They're doing it on purpose. Ain't even blocking. This time I'm going to knock her out of her training. Bro, run on tank. [screaming] Run on tank.
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She ain't the only girl on the team now. [groaning] [crying] That's right. They're blocked now.
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I wish I'd have thought of that. Miss Mason, sorry. I didn't mean to scare you. Uh, I left something in there for Jasmine. Was coming to pick it up.
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Uh, well, we we just locked up. Oh, okay. All right. I guess I'll get it later.
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Okay. Hey, so I mean, can I ask you a question? Sure. You like football?
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As in watching or or or playing? As in watching. Actually [music] watching Jasmine play.
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Your niece plays football. Yeah, she's a backup quarterback for the men and Browns. First game is on Saturday.
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How did your niece end up playing football? Kind of runs in the family. Yeah.
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So, do you like football? Um, I like football. Cool. I could pick you up at noon.
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Wait, hold on. Um, so so are you asking me like like on a on a date?
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Well, I mean, it's kind of like Yeah. I mean, we could just go hang out, you know what I mean? Talk, figure out what's what, but I would like for it to be a date.
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I I guess I wouldn't mind. Last drill of the day. I call this my grilled cheese special.
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Why is it called the grilled cheese special? Because if you knock down all three of those cans, I'll take you to the diner and buy you a grilled cheese and I won't cook dinner.
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Hallelujah. Let's do it. Yeah. Yeah. One for one. All right, let me see what you got.
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Come on. Pretty good. This time I want you to throw it through the can.
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Not at the can. Through the can. Okay. Too high. Do you know those people?
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No. You think they know your face? No. Look. Come on. Come on. Come. Come.
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Come. Come on. Come on. Come on. Right here. Aren't those dirty? Uh, I mean this one right here. I know I can get two more days out of that one.
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She's my teacher, Uncle Curtis. Where's something nice? It's just barbecue sauce. And when you're with her today, don't try so hard.
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What you mean? I mean, tell her she looks nice and listen to what she has to say.
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Thought it'd be more people than this. For a pop warning, people start back in the day. We used to have this place rocking. [laughter] came with.
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Time to tape your wrist up, Jasmine. Ditch this watch. Tape over it. What? Tape over it.
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Okay. You look nice. Thank you. And so do you. It's my favorite hat. It's his only hat.
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[cheering] [screaming] Come on, Fisher. Mix it up a little bit. Spread them out. Come on, coach.
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Come on, man. Play Jasmine. Fisher number 11. Play number 11. Come on, man. Play.
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This is a total waste of time if I don't even get to play. When is it going to be my time?
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probably when it's so bad they got to use you. Hold up. Wait a minute.
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Remember when this factory was open? You remember that? No, not really. Uh oh man, it was a whole different vibe around here.
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Come on. 10 3 18. [screaming] [cheering] Man, if this was a fight, they'll stop this. We lost this, man.
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[cheering] It's all right. Come on. Let's go. Have we completed a pass today? Please go.
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Coach Fischer Jerry, let Jasmine play. Go back to your seat, Curtis. Come on, coach.
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Let her play. GIVE HER A SHOT. If she don't score, you don't hear from me again. I WON'T SAY NOTHING.
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I swear. Aren't you SICK OF ME YELLING? PUT JASMINE IN. PUT JASMINE IN. WELL, THEN PUT HER IN.
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TIME. JABBY. PLUMBER. PLUMBER. LET'S GO. YOU'RE IN. Come on. Let's go. Get that helmet on.
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Let's go. Hustle up. Yeah. Okay. Yes. Shotgun 50 y motion. Let's go. Hey. Yes.
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THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT. LET'S GO. COME ON, GIRL. Oh my god. Hey, Kyle, check this out. They got a little girl playing quarterback.
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Wait, wait. No, I'm confused. I thought they already had a girl. I don't know.
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All right, you guys. What we're going to do is shotgun 50 wide motion flag. Got it.
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Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's going to work. Check the scoreboards, Maddie. You want to keep running what we've been running?
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Yeah, that's what I thought. All right, you guys. Shotgun 50 [music] wide motion flag. You got it.
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Ready. [cheering] We got several of those. Pick him up. I got him. I got him.
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Come on, baby. Hit [cheering] Beyonce. Hit Beyonce. [cheering] We did it. We did it.
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[cheering] That was sweet. Huh? Huh? That's what I'm saying. That was sweet. Where'd you go? Jasmine test.
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If you actually played the whole game, you probably won. Hey, come check us out. Support the team.
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Feet, hands, release. I want that going through your mind every snap. Elbow up. Drive through the ball. Yeah.
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Hey. Hey. Hey man. Come check out my niece play football. See young fen play quarterback.
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This is this football with a rumble. No, this the real football. Real football with helmets. Come on Saturday.
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Drive. Drive. Drive. Okay. Drive it. Drive it. Drive it. Pull it. Pull it. Ball up. Down. Now, when that ball come up, are you ready to fire?
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I'm ready. Okay. It's like a gun cocking back. You ready to shoot? Ball up, ready to fire.
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Down. Three things a quarterback need to remember. Feet, hands, release. Ball up, down. Ball up, ready to fire.
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Ready to fire. Look like a quarterback. [cheering] She cannot lose her first start. Tiger left X special. Okay, you can do this. Come on, get in there.
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Where I come from, football is played with a round ball and feet. TIGER LEFT SPECIAL. TIGER LEFT.
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[cheering] LET'S GO. Let's go. [screaming] [cheering] [screaming] Touchdown. [screaming] It's touchdown, MAN. IT'S TOUCHDOWN.
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[screaming] TOUCHDOWN. COME ON, PIMP. Come on. Give. I did it. I did it. I'm a quarterback.
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I'm a quarterback. YES. YES. YES. YES. SORRY, BABY. [cheering] [cheering] Let's go. Let's go.
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[screaming] Oh, what's wrong? Got a little dirt in your skirt. [cheering] Come on. Get up, kid.
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You okay? Let's go. That's right. THAT'S RIGHT. GOOD JOB. GOOD JOB. BLUE 52. OKAY. Got it. Got it. [cheering] [screaming] [screaming] [cheering] What's the matter? Got a little dirt in your skirt? 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2
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[cheering] [cheering] [cheering] We did it. When you juke that line back of the night, I don't know what that man saw first. The turf a fella's ass when he sat on the man.
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Hey, congrats on the game, guys. Thanks. What's she doing here? What do you think? She's part of the team.
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I wouldn't be caught dead playing football. That's because if you were playing football, you would be dead.
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6 feet under baby. Yeah, right. Whatever. Just don't ever let me catch you in the girls' room again. Okay, J's man.
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Let's go. They're just jealous. Yep. This is it. This curve right here did to me what no defense in the state could do. He tore my ACL, ripped every ligament in my knee.
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What did you do? Got a job at the factory. Once that closed down, out of work like everybody else.
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Why didn't you leave? should have left. End up getting stuck. You know, the history of sports is really a history of firsts. The first pitcher to pitch a perfect game, the first NFL team to go undefeated, and now
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the first female quarterback. Impossible, you say? Well, you haven't met Jasmine Plumber talking about Jasmine to five straight victories.
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Nobody's prouder of this football team than I am. But pride doesn't win football games.
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Hard work wins football games. Individuals have stepped up. Jasmine, Feather Manny individuals. But individuals don't win football games. Team wins football games.
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You've got two games left to play to make the postseason. What wins football games?
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Hard work. What wins football games? Team. WHAT WINS FOOTBALL GAMES? HARD [screaming] WORK. WHAT WINS FOOTBALL GAMES?
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TEAM. WHAT WINS FOOTBALL GAMES? TEAM. BRING IT IN. Browns on three. One, two, three.
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Special teams, you got Coach, Dad. Hey. Hey. How's coach? He's doing okay. Well, Doc says too much stress, you know.
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So, no no more football for now. Oh, look. Jerry asked me to coach the team.
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That's cool. Curtis, I can't do this alone, man. I'm sorry. Just think I'm better off in the stands.
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I've been on the field, man, since since I played. Come on, Curtis. Look at what you've done with Jasmine.
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I know that's just one girl, though. It's not a whole team. I just seriously think I'm the wrong guy for the job.
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All right. Well, we play Harvey in three days and they're still the best in the league.
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You know I'll be there. Be right there in the stands rooting your arm. What you running from?
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I ain't running. Too young to be feeling sorry for yourself. Too old to be this damn stupid.
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Need to get yourself out this part, boy. Come on now. We're in the playoffs now.
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You got to act like it. Do I look like you're impressing? Everybody listen up. Heads up.
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Coach Fisher is going to be all right. And so are we. He wants us to win on Saturday, and that's what we going to do.
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Looks like I'm going to need a whistle before the day is over. Wow. See if I can dig one up.
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Stay down. Stay down. Chop. Roll. Roll. Let me see. ROLL. BABY. Receivers should never have false starts. Ever. Ever. You got to keep your eye on the ball. Ready?
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Game is one right here. Line of scrimmage. Give it to him and then you fake to him. Keep your eye on him. The fake. Hey, coach.
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Yeah. I think you're going to need one of these. You look good, huh? Are you serious? All right. Sometimes we're going to face opponents that's bigger and stronger than us. It's going to be like facing a brick wall. Do you
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believe you can run through a BRICK WALL? YES, SIR. LET ME HEAR YOU SAY, "I BELIEVE." I BELIEVE.
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I BELIEVE. I BELIEVE. WHO ARE WE? WHO ARE WE? WE GET WHAT WE DO.
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WE GET DOWN. WHAT WE DO, WE GET DOWN. YEAH. That's what I'm talking about.
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[cheering] That's our team. WHO ARE WE? WHO ARE WE? WHAT WE DO? We get it home.
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If we're not committed to blocking and tackling, we're not committed to winning. WHO ARE WE? [screaming] WHO ARE WE?
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WHAT WE DO? WHAT WE DO? THIS IS IT. WE GOT TIME for one more play. Do y'all remember what we practiced on Friday?
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Okay, feathers. It's on you. All right. All right. Running. Running to perfection. Let's go. Stay on your feet.
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Stay on your feet. Strong right. [cheering] [screaming] Watch the back. Oh [cheering] [screaming] Dr. Rooki the Bumbooki baby [cheering] [screaming] [cheering] on the road. [screaming] It [cheering] [cheering] [screaming] wasn't for you know anything.
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[cheering] Hey, by now the entire country has heard about female quarterback phenomenon Jasmine Plameumber. [music] She's carried the Browns to the playoffs and they need one more win to reach Pop Warner's Mid-American Super Bowl for the first time in 20 years. A part of that
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delay may have to do with the harsh times that have hit mind. When the town's packaging plant closed down, jobs left. Poverty and crime set in. That is why Jasmine Plumber's rise is so crucial to the town's struggling citizens.
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Hey, look at here. I don't know about the rest of you, but that certainly isn't the men I know. Look outside there. What do you see? Main Street, right? But the people in the news, they're only going to see a rundown, dirty road.
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That's true. At the very least, we can fix up our main drag now, can't we?
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How we supposed to do that, Re? You know, this town ain't got no money.
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Nothing. It ain't all about the money. Now, look at here. The one thing we do know is that here in M, we got hot. Hey, look at here. Curtis and his team have shown us that.
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Come on, y'all. Remember what I said in church about if you only focus on what you don't have, you're going to forget about what you do have.
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Well, I have another saying when I ate in church. Sometimes you just got to wipe your own ass. [laughter] Amen.
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Going to point over the side. You keep doing that, man. I'm tell you. Slap you right upside your head.
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Get that. Hold up. Hold up. Wait a minute. Got no time to be looking at no scratch off.
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Hey, I can reach up better with this rolling. Give me that. What took you so long? Almost killed myself.
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It's looking good, Gazowski. If you guys look at everybody's work, man. Hey, thank you.
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Grab that for me. All right. All right. See you later. Hey, Menon's back, huh?
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Good morning. I want to take a little time right now to acknowledge Feathers for scoring an amazing touchdown this Saturday. Now, my favorite part is when my man gets in the end zone, he do the dance, man. You got to
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celebrate all that hard work. Let me see that dance feathers. Matter of fact, I want everybody to step in and do their little dance. Let me see what you got.
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Oh my god. What you got, pretty boy? What you got? Thriller. Was you even alive when that came out?
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What you got? Come on. Long hair. It's always a break dance. You got to work on that. Do y'all want to see what I used to do right here on this field when I scored?
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Show us. When I got in the end zone, I had to go old school on Jasmine, you be the ref. I used to clown a ref. Now, when I scored and when I got in the end zone, what I used to do, I
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used to look at the ref and then I used to hand them the ball, act like I've been there before. And that's what we going to do on this team. We're going to act like we've been there before. We're
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going to have some class. We're going to have some sportsmanship. 31. [screaming] [cheering] [screaming] [cheering] Here you go.
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Yeah, baby. Yeah. [screaming] He's got it. [cheering] We're going to the Super Bowl. [screaming] [cheering] Here we go. Congratulations, coach.
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Well done, my friend. Hey, Curtis. Look like you done put on a few pounds.
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What you want, Roy? What you doing here? What I'm doing? I came to see my kid play a little pigkin, brother. Been seeing her all over the TV.
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Nothing like the apple done fell right under the tree. You know what I'm saying?
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Come on now. Fix your face and give you brothers. Come. What's all that for, man? What's the matter? What's the matter? Do you know what you did to that little girl, man, by leaving her like that? Now you
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going to show up here out of the blue cuz she on TV. Look, a lot of things happened man.
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But I'm going to make it up to Jasmine. Okay. How? After 5 years, how you going to make it up? Huh?
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What you going to do? You going to walk in and then walk right back out of her life? That's what you going to do, Roy.
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I know you, Roy. Right. Crawl back to whatever rock you don't came from under cuz we don't need you.
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Damn. Showing up like this a family. Jasmine, is that my baby girl? Oh my goodness.
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Look how big you got. You were amazing out there, baby. We made it to the Super Bowl.
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I know. I saw. Congratulations. Give me some. Oh my goodness. I miss you so much.
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Get it. You know you looking like your daddy out there back in his day.
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But let's go and celebrate. Uh, you want to go get some ice cream? Okay.
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Come on. I really love football and Uncle Curtis is so great. He's been teaching me.
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Well, you're looking real good out there. You know, actually, back when I played, I was actually better than your uncle Curtis.
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Really? I bet he didn't tell you that. Oh, he never told me. I taught that boy everything he knows.
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How to throw the ball, how to stay in the pocket, how to read the defense, everything.
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Wow. But that was back when he was a little bit skinnier. So, you are going to the Super Bowl.
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Well, now that I'm back, you know I'm going to be in them stands hooting and hollering, cheering you on. I'm sure you going to win.
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Oh, man. Lo. Hey. Hey, Claire. What's the damage? I got it. You sure? I said I got it.
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Right. All right, Jasmine. Got some things to do. Okay. But I'm going to see you at the Super Bowl. All right. Okay, come give me some.
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Proud of you. Okay. All right. All right. Bye, Dad. It's just the way it is, man. That's all. Oh, okay. He's here. We can start.
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Hey, what's going on? I just got off the phone with Pop Warner. Turns out we got to cover our own costs for the Super Bowl. Travel, hotel, insurance food everything.
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We don't need nothing fancy, so that shouldn't be a problem. We don't have it, Curtis. The other team, they come from town that have a lot of money. We got the heart. We just ain't quite got the pocketbook.
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I don't know, Reverend. Cuz if we got heart, we got everything we need. Man, I feel like this the day I'mma hit, man. Feeling lucky.
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Come on now, baby. Need a new parachute. You need a new game, man. I'm tired of beating you. What's this? 1,500 in a row.
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Hold up. Hold up. I got cherries. Come on. You hear me? I got cherries.
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You mean limit? No. No, brother. I got cherries. Oh, Jesus. That's right. WE NEED TO CASH THIS IN. WHAT? WHAT ABOUT THE GANG, MAN? FORGET THAT.
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HOLD UP. My most prized possession. He might be worth more than a few bucks. He's for the team.
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Thank you, Egg. He loves that ball, man. That's all I know. Look. All right. All right. Thank you.
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Thank you. Thank you, Kazowski. You better win, man. I got enough. Thank Come on, man. Come on with the chairs.
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Come on. Come. Come. Come on. Come on. There you go. I feel you. Come on. I know that was right.
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Glad I'm in the church. Don't mind him. He a little sensitive, man. You act like it was your money.
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You see this now? For 20 years, you know, heard me say how much I wanted to leave Mendon.
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Ever since I got my first job at the factory, that's what I've been saving up to do. But forget all that. I want to go to the Super Bowl with this team and that quarterback.
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So, I know it ain't much, but I hope it's enough. Oh what? I think we're going to the Super Bowl.
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[applause and cheering] [applause and cheering] Good day and welcome to Miami Beach, Florida. The home of sun, fun, and now two Pop Warner teams vying for a championship. the first female quarterback to ever play in Pop Warner history. She's here with us today. I'm
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joined in the booth by my colleague Shawn Parker. Good to see you, Sean. Thanks, John. I am looking forward to seeing Jasmine Plameumber play in person, but she has her work cut out for her, but she's taking on a great team. They
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won it all last year. I'm talking about the Huntersville Eagles. Just take a look at the stands. You can see the Huntersville fans have packed them in.
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As for Mend, they're quite empty. I guess we're a long ways from Mend. Where is Mindon?
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We going to win the Super Bowl today. You know why? Cuz we from Menon. And don't nobody got a heart like we got heart right here in this locker room.
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They might be bigger, but damn it, we better. All right. We going to play fast. We going to play loose. And we going to play for each other. We going to hit them hard. We going to hit them often. And we going to
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have fun doing it. So, let's go out there and show them ain't no quitting men. None. WHO ARE WE?
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WHO ARE WE? WHAT WE DO? WE GET DOWN. WHAT WE DO? WE DOWN. LET'S GO. BRING IT UP. ALL RIGHT. I want you to hit everything that move out there. Believe on three. 1 2 3.
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Let's go. LET'S GO. LET'S GO. LET'S GO. Browns with the ball at their own 40 yd line. First and 10.
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Watch the running back. Watch 31. [screaming] Pass [cheering] incomplete. Second down. Jasmine in the 43 defense.
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Pass incomplete. Third down. [cheering] And that's the half. The score, Eagles 16, Brown zero.
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You okay? Come on. The Browns are down 16 to nothing at the half. Sean, they cannot be happy with their performance so far.
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No, you're right, John. The Eagles set the tone right from the opening kick and they showed the Browns why they are the defending Pop Water Champs.
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Hey, you ready? Why didn't he come? I don't know. Well, maybe he made a mistake.
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Maybe he thinks it's tomorrow. He just ain't coming. Okay. Been knowing Roy my whole life.
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All he do is run from his problems. I guess a little of that is in all of us, you know.
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But out of all the mistakes that I've seen him make, the biggest one was leaving you.
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I promise you I'll never make that mistake. So why don't we go out here and not worry about what's going on in the stands.
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Let's just worry about what's going on on the field cuz I need a quarterback.
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That's the only way we going to take this thing back to mind. Good to go.
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Yeah, let's do it. The Browns are storming back, but they're still down by 13 points. Sean, this is going to take a miraculous comeback. [music] Well, I guess we're going to find out right now just how good a quarterback
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Jasmine Plameumber really is. 15% go. [screaming] First down. Hustle up. Hustle update on two. Let's go.
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Orange is for losers. Browns lined up. Double back set and in motion. 31. 231.
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There's a snap. Back to pass. Hand off. 20 time. The old Statue of Liberty play.
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Come on. We got to bring the kitchen sink on this. This brings up fourth and 12. The Browns will need a good return here.
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Johnny Hall beats his man on the left side. Oh, and he blocks [cheering] the kick.
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HE BLOCKED THE KICK. 8 seconds to go. No timeouts left. Chance for one more play.
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The clock is on the field. Gator X goal line. Gator X goal line. First and goal to go. No time outs for the Browns. Follow them to the 10 yd line.
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[cheering] Come on. Quick. Come on. Come on. Watch the weak side. All right. This is it. This is it.
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There's the snap. Back to pass. [cheering] The blitz is on. Stay on your feet.
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She lose one defender. Take the ball. He's scrambling. Go. Running out of room. Then he sets up the complete.
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[cheering] That is the [cheering] ball game and the Eagles win. Second straight year. Popcorner champions. Love those Eagles.
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Thank you for joining us here in Miami for the 43rd annual Pop Warner Super Bowl. I'm John Hayes along with my colleague here in the booth, John Parker. Thanks for joining us and we'll see you again next year.
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Excuse me, Coach Plameumber. Mhm. Hey, how you doing? We're officials with the Miami Pop Warner League.
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Mhm. Must say, we're real impressed with what you've accomplished. Thanks. I got an opening on one of my best teams for next year. I'd love for you to be our man.
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You haven't noticed, Miami is not a bad place to live. Got that right. It's pretty nice around here.
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It's Miami, man. [panting] Give you a call. We almost there. But you're just going to leave.
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They say that. I heard them off you the job in Miami. Yeah. They offer me the job.
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They can offer me a thousand jobs, but I ain't going nowhere. But Miami is your dream.
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It's the place you always want to go. That's true. And I've been there. It's a cool place to visit, but it ain't like home.
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[screaming] [cheering] [cheering] [screaming] I'm really proud of you. that we lost. Baby, we did not lose. We won.
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Honey, did you look around? Look at this town. Welcome back, coach. You did such a good job.
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You know what? No matter what the score was, I think it still turned out pretty good.
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Dad. Hey. Should have told you a long time ago how proud of you I am.
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Thanks, Dad. Hey, coach. Game boy. [laughter] Jasmine. Jasmine. Jasmine. Look. Uh, sorry I couldn't make the game, baby girl. But I did see the highlights on the news and you looked amazing out there.
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Roy, won't you just leave her alone? You know what? This ain't your deal, little bro. Your season's over.
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Come here, Jasmine. Let's uh let's go celebrate. Come on. Give your father your hand.
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Oh, it's like that, huh? Yeah. Well, it's not like y'all won that game anyway.
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Not a kick. He was a no. We catch him at the park. I love you, Uncle Curtis.
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I love you, too. It's going to be all right. Get out of here. Let's go celebrate.
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[cheering] How you doing?
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