Yeah.

And then once I got over that, um, when my, when both my boys started getting really into it and asking for Drake May jerseys and Christian Gonja- Gonzalez jerseys and the, the older they get, the less time they wanna spend with Dad, so they would always wanna get together and watch the game.

And we actually got to go out to Santa Clara for the Super Bowl, um, which was a, which a pretty special moment for me and the boys.

And, you know, just having a team to root for, and they were so fun, new and exciting last year.

And, you know, the, had that little downtrodden for a little while, and now that they're back and the excitement's back, it, it, it definitely feels just like it used to.

And, uh, I can't wait to keep watching and, and now I can fully enjoy it as a fan and not worry about, you know, not playing anymore.

Especially up here

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What was it for you? I think all of us share in some of the enjoyment watching them succeed.

100%.

I think all of us, when you're done playing, you kind of don't want to watch it for a little bit because you think you should still be out there.

And then once I got over that, When both my boys started getting really into it and asking for Drake May jerseys and Chris Gonzalez jerseys, the older they get, the less time they want to spend with Dad.

So they would always want to get together and watch the game.

And we actually got to go out to Santa Clara for the Super Bowl.

which was a pretty special moment for me and the boys.

and and I was talking to I have a golf pro that I spend way too much time shout out Jonah yeah shout out Jonah TPC but uh I was talking to him I was like I gotta stop like worrying about the wind and I just watched the kick you know got you know wind affected the kick how much did that play in what what was your mindset when you were dealing with that

Stop, thanks for stopping by.

Appreciate it, man.

It's good to be back, good to see all the fans, good to see the team out there.

Uh, it was ob- obviously very exciting last year how good the team was, and now that the Pats are back it's, uh, the excitement, you can feel it everywhere.

It's not like that's a hub of-

So how's everything been going? I know you're still doing some radio stuff.

You're he- helping coach, uh, your son's high school football team.

The first lesson is something that you said regarding your approach to where you find yourself in these situations where there's lots of distractions, there are are opponents that want to keep you from being successful you find yourself in environments that are very different some of these environments are very difficult and very hostile some of these environments are very supportive and then you got a lot you can't control like the weather and field conditions and all that kind of stuff like talk to us about how it is that you were able to perform kick in, kick out, regardless of what was going on, how is it that you were able to deliver a consistent level of very high performance despite all the things around you that were trying to keep you from being successful?

Yeah, I appreciate that question.

Mainly, I just, first of all, it takes hundreds and hundreds of thousands, if not millions of practice attempts to to get to where you're confident enough to go out there and do the kind of things that will help you be successful.

So first of all, I feel like developing the reps and getting the confidence to know that you're going to be successful is the first step for my success to where when you do fall down, you've been there before, you know how to pick yourself up and not get distracted.

Secondly, there are so many distractions in an NFL game.

People yelling at you, the crowd.

the people rushing to make the kick, you know, gamblers, people send you death threats.

if they let you get