Gary Wilson aka Legend
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You know, they say that a team takes on the personality of their coach. Well, our team is undisciplined and soft. And no doubt you, Coach DeBoer, are undisciplined and soft. Strike frigid, dude, man. Strike frigid, too. We're about to go to the Birmingham Bowl. I ain't let the building up kick the damn door down because I'm pissed off at this crap. This ain't Alabama football.
You know, they say that a team takes on the personality of their coach. Well, our team is undisciplined and soft. And no doubt you, Coach DeBoer, are undisciplined and soft. Strike frigid, dude, man. Strike frigid, too. We're about to go to the Birmingham Bowl. I ain't let the building up kick the damn door down because I'm pissed off at this crap. This ain't Alabama football.
And any Alabama fan that accepts it ain't a real damn fan.
And any Alabama fan that accepts it ain't a real damn fan.
It's not a performance. I'm a fanatic in the sports world. I'm not a criminal. I'm a fanatic. There's a difference. A criminal poisons trees, hurts other people. A fanatic might cuss his coach out, might cuss the quarterback out, might cuss the general manager out, the owner. That's what a fanatic is, but he's doing all that and the fact that he loves his team.
It's not a performance. I'm a fanatic in the sports world. I'm not a criminal. I'm a fanatic. There's a difference. A criminal poisons trees, hurts other people. A fanatic might cuss his coach out, might cuss the quarterback out, might cuss the general manager out, the owner. That's what a fanatic is, but he's doing all that and the fact that he loves his team.
We were distant cousins, you know. We grew up in a little town where there wasn't but 30 people in the whole town, you know. We grew up around each other all of our lives. And then when we got up to about 17, you know, I was already deep in the drugs, you know.
We were distant cousins, you know. We grew up in a little town where there wasn't but 30 people in the whole town, you know. We grew up around each other all of our lives. And then when we got up to about 17, you know, I was already deep in the drugs, you know.
And so when we got to that age, we got into a fight over a young lady and it escalated from the fight over the young lady and to the incident that happened.
And so when we got to that age, we got into a fight over a young lady and it escalated from the fight over the young lady and to the incident that happened.
When I was 17 years old, I took a young man's life, another 17-year-old young man. It was an act of a coward. Anybody that takes a gun and takes a life is committing an act of cowardice. You know, God gave you a brain and we ought to be able to use it. I killed a man, destroyed his life. I threw my life away as a young man. I destroyed many families associated. It was a horrible, horrible thing.
When I was 17 years old, I took a young man's life, another 17-year-old young man. It was an act of a coward. Anybody that takes a gun and takes a life is committing an act of cowardice. You know, God gave you a brain and we ought to be able to use it. I killed a man, destroyed his life. I threw my life away as a young man. I destroyed many families associated. It was a horrible, horrible thing.
I'm very ashamed of it. I faced the electric chair for 18 months. And at the time in the state of Alabama, Charles Graddick, was running for governor. He was the attorney general of the state of Alabama, and he wanted to lock everybody up and throw away the key.
I'm very ashamed of it. I faced the electric chair for 18 months. And at the time in the state of Alabama, Charles Graddick, was running for governor. He was the attorney general of the state of Alabama, and he wanted to lock everybody up and throw away the key.
That was his big commercial. So they were going to intently, they Was going to make an example of me. It was intended to give me the electric chair for 18 months from 17 to I was 18. I faced the possibility of going to what they call the Big Yellow Mama in Alabama. And it looked for a while like that is what would happen.
That was his big commercial. So they were going to intently, they Was going to make an example of me. It was intended to give me the electric chair for 18 months from 17 to I was 18. I faced the possibility of going to what they call the Big Yellow Mama in Alabama. And it looked for a while like that is what would happen.
And then we went to court and my lawyer worked out a deal for a life sentence with the possibility of parole. And we went that route realizing how young I was that, you know, there was, it wasn't guaranteed, but there was a possibility that I would get another chance in society, you know, and I'm so thankful for it.
And then we went to court and my lawyer worked out a deal for a life sentence with the possibility of parole. And we went that route realizing how young I was that, you know, there was, it wasn't guaranteed, but there was a possibility that I would get another chance in society, you know, and I'm so thankful for it.
You know, I spent 15 years in prison, 15 hard years in prison. It was a rough life, and when I came out, I was determined to make it when I came out.
You know, I spent 15 years in prison, 15 hard years in prison. It was a rough life, and when I came out, I was determined to make it when I came out.