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I used to go to Wheels' house on Broad Beach and I would sit with him and I would always ask him, I said, what's it like to have money? What's it like not to have a car payment? That was my thing.

It was like, what's it like not to have a car payment? Yeah.

And here's what he said to me.

And forget it.

And I recite it.

It's like having money is freedom to be able to do what you want, when you want, how you want, and with who you want.

might

Is the rebuild coming along or where are we at?

Yeah, you know, listen, we are in, my wife Tracy and I, if you remember Tracy, we live in Century City now.

I'm going to pan the camera around where we're on the 38th floor.

Beautiful view.

A building called 10K where they're building the Amman, whatever that is over there.

And there's LACC, and the ocean goes back that way.

But you know what? It's not home.

man.

I'm not shocked because you have always been ahead of the times.

Let me take you back a couple of minutes, man.

You know, I was an overweight kid.

I had a bad start of growing up.

I was born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in Baldwin, Long Island.

And I had this dream, you know, my dad bought me a set of weights at 13 years old and it changed my life.

And not only did the weights build my body, but it built my confidence and my self-esteem.

That he took that working out stuff really seriously, dude.

I'm not shocked because you have always been ahead of the times.

Let me take you back a couple of minutes, man.

You know, I was an overweight kid.

I had a bad start of growing up.

I was born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in Baldwin, Long Island.

And I had this dream, you know, my dad bought me a set of weights at 13 years old and it changed my life.

And not only did the weights build my body, but it built my confidence and my self-esteem.

He took that working out stuff really seriously, dude.

I'm not shocked because you have always been ahead of the times.

Let me take you back a couple of minutes, man.

You know, I was an overweight kid.

I had a bad start of growing up.

I was born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in Baldwin, Long Island.

And I had this dream, you know, my dad bought me a set of weights at 13 years old and it changed my life.

And not only did the weights build my body, but it built my confidence and my self-esteem.

That he took that working out stuff really seriously, dude.

Wow.

Uh, this, uh, the, the, the Fitness Brake on Cable News Network, which, uh, ran four times a day in the States and about 10, 12 times an hour around the world.

And, um, it, it, it was me with two models on a beach in Malibu.

And, uh, and I was able to parlay that into videos and television shows.

And I had a dream to create a television network, and went back to Ted.

Y- remember Headline News, right? The, the, the one-hour wheel that they used to do.

Um, I used that platform to launch a fitness television network.

Is there a real healthy balance between the two that makes a person feel better?

[laughs]

'Cause I still got the jump shot, you know.

Uh, and I didn't think anything of it.

And, um, interview was over.

"Hey, great.

Good to see you, Bri." And I pulled the IFB out of my ear and, uh, and I walk past the control room, the four or five guys there, it's early in the morning, and, and, a- and they're clapping.

And I go, "Hey, thanks, guys." I mean, [laughs] I've seen these guys for years.

Is there a real healthy balance between the two that makes a person feel better?

Yeah

... what we did is we got a number of sponsors, folks like General Mills jumped in, and I created a certificate of completion that was signed by Arnold and myself, and you got a patch.

And I re- I remember in 2006, we had 10,000 California kids take the fitness challenge.

In 2011, I had 1,400,000 California kids take the fitness challenge.

Now, what I saw happening were kids were getting engaged, and I thought, "What, what needs to happen next?" I said, "Well, if you give the schools the tools-...

things really change.

And for me, look, I'm not the Bill Gates.

You used to look in there and then say, "There's no magic pill." And now?

[laughs]

Y- your shoulders go back a little bit.

That smile comes back.

The confidence and self-esteem starts to churn in your body, and that's when change really starts to happen.

And I know a lot of your listeners, like all listeners, like every day around, a- a- around this great country of ours, you know, we're dealing with things, and sometimes not such great things.

And people think that they're just on their own, that they're by themselves.

And you could be in, you know, that black cloud over your head or the deepest, darkest ditch you've ever been in, and you don't feel you can get out of the way from it.

What is the smallest, most honest step that we could take when we feel buried under excess, not to become a fitness icon, but just to believe change is really possible again?

On a daily basis.

And there were moments when I would drive over the hill, and I didn't know a soul, and I would think, "Jesus, y- you know, if God forbid something happened to me, nobody would find me." No, I didn't know a soul.

I just would go back and over the hill.

So here I was with this woman, true story, and she said, "You are the Macho Man." I told, "Well, thank you very much." She said, "How would you like to pose on stage with The Village People?" Now, I said, "Well, you know, well, that's kind of interesting." She said, "And b- oh, by the way, we're gonna give you $100." I said, "Come on, now, is, a- am I on Candid Camera?"

They don't want you to go, "Come on, you know, you got money."

We had a great...

It was a g- it was amazing.

It was one of those thing I, I never imagined that that would ever be.

Right.

...

in order to win, everybody has to win.

We really do.

'Cause listen, there's a listening deficit in the country and a listening deficit in California.

Here's what I've been doing.

Just, I was standing on my property one day, and I was looking out at nothing, and I picked a camera up on my phone, and I said, "Hey, you know, uh, I, I, I don't know if you know, but I lost my house in the LA fires.

Yeah.

How has it changed?

Bri, let me just, let, let me just say this, and I, and I know it's a Sunday evening and everybody's probably ready, uh, to get themselves set for the new week ahead, and I want to get everybody straight on this 'cause I want you to wake up tomorrow morning with a positive feeling.

Let me, let me just say this.

There was a dream you just mentioned.

To me that was California.

I was 17 years old, as you know, man, I'm ac- from New York, and, uh, I had this dream to come to California.

And I came here to pursue my dream, and I achieved it more than I could ever have imagined.

Of course.

45 pounds.

pounds.Go. (instrumental music plays) Go.

The right spot in your mind, buddy.

Come on, look at him.

Always see the finish line, baby.

Always see-

Halfway home.

... two to go.

Yeah.

... and spoken with.

That's really the name of the game.

What Bill just said there, I didn't know that clip was coming on.

I thought you and I were talking about, uh, a whole bunch of things.

But he's 1000% right.

You know, the president came to Pacific Palisades, which was my town, right? I'm born in Brooklyn, New York, raised in Baldwin, Long Island.

... to, to run the California Fitness Council.