Andrew Hawkins
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That's a weird thing to say, but I truly, like when I play basketball every, what, once every 14 months, and I'm playing and I'm trying to be a normal civilian, and then someone will get super aggressive with me and be like, oh, you're a little guy, let me bump you. And it turns me on so much. Like I get chills and I'm like, oh, you just gave me the green light.
That's a weird thing to say, but I truly, like when I play basketball every, what, once every 14 months, and I'm playing and I'm trying to be a normal civilian, and then someone will get super aggressive with me and be like, oh, you're a little guy, let me bump you. And it turns me on so much. Like I get chills and I'm like, oh, you just gave me the green light.
I'm going to run into you at full speed, and I don't care anything about what happens to my body. So it is a little bit like where that's just naturally who I am as a person as well.
I'm going to run into you at full speed, and I don't care anything about what happens to my body. So it is a little bit like where that's just naturally who I am as a person as well.
Also football.
Also football.
No, for sure. For sure. I mean, you have a particular set of skills that help protect you. But also, it's like when I was a kid and I had nothing. I would always like how I would convince myself to do something would be like, would you do this for a million dollars? We all play that game. And so like when I would be going through it, I'd be like, hey, this is for a million dollars.
No, for sure. For sure. I mean, you have a particular set of skills that help protect you. But also, it's like when I was a kid and I had nothing. I would always like how I would convince myself to do something would be like, would you do this for a million dollars? We all play that game. And so like when I would be going through it, I'd be like, hey, this is for a million dollars.
And I would do this weird thing where I trick my mind into believing that eventually I would be paid a million dollars for running through the stampede unprotected.
And I would do this weird thing where I trick my mind into believing that eventually I would be paid a million dollars for running through the stampede unprotected.
Not great shit-talk.
Not great shit-talk.
That's what I like is an adjustment because you miss that. The cool part about shit talking is that we get to resolve it immediately. So when Jeff Teague is going to shit talk LeBron, LeBron is going to dominate him. And then for 20 years, Jeff could be like, yeah. I was wrong there, he was pretty good.
That's what I like is an adjustment because you miss that. The cool part about shit talking is that we get to resolve it immediately. So when Jeff Teague is going to shit talk LeBron, LeBron is going to dominate him. And then for 20 years, Jeff could be like, yeah. I was wrong there, he was pretty good.
And I have those stories too, but it's like we get to go out on the field and see exactly what the result can be, and that's the cool part. Whereas in the workplace, that's where the frustration comes in because it's all subjective.
And I have those stories too, but it's like we get to go out on the field and see exactly what the result can be, and that's the cool part. Whereas in the workplace, that's where the frustration comes in because it's all subjective.
Let's go. This is awesome. I'm shaking my head, but I completely disagree because that is lunatic behavior.
Let's go. This is awesome. I'm shaking my head, but I completely disagree because that is lunatic behavior.
Why are you tasting blood so much? I think that's more the concern.
Why are you tasting blood so much? I think that's more the concern.