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know, she, you know, I did, you know, somebody that knows somebody that knows somebody.

And so they, you know, she put, she put me in Eastside Wives, about 30 of us little black kids with all staff of black coaches, you know, about eight of them, you know, and, and, you know, being a part of that, once again, when you look back at it, That team was a one-size-fits-all, meaning those coaches, they were your parents.

If you wanted to be a part of that team, they disciplined you like their own child.

My coach at the time worked for the governor, so he had a job.

A couple of other coaches were firemen in the Army.

They had good jobs, but they come in in the evening and They showed us how to be, you know, as a, you know, what a young black man should be.

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