314: Enes Kanter Freedom—Mr. Freedom Made a Promise to His Mother
The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe
The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe
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🗓️ 25 April 2023
⏱️ 67 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, friends, it's episode number 314 of the way I heard it, and I'm fired up! |
| 0:11.8 | I am, I'm fired up, man. |
| 0:13.6 | This is such a great conversation. |
| 0:16.0 | This one's called Mr. Freedom, made a promise to his mother. |
| 0:20.7 | Because that's really where the story starts. |
| 0:23.6 | Ennis Cantor Freedom is an NBA star. |
| 0:28.6 | He played for the Celtics most recently. |
| 0:30.6 | He played for the Utah Jazz before that. |
| 0:32.6 | I met him back in November at the Patriot Awards when he was awarded. |
| 0:38.1 | I think it was most valuable Patriot. |
| 0:40.3 | I'll confirm that momentarily. |
| 0:42.4 | But, you know, the guy, we just talk a lot about walking the walk. |
| 0:48.5 | And when it comes to this country and when it comes to people who are really trying to make a difference, |
| 0:53.8 | there are a lot of |
| 0:54.2 | different ways to measure them, but one way is what did you give up? What were you willing to sacrifice? |
| 1:02.2 | And if that's the question, Chuck, I don't know. There are not many people who are alive anyway |
| 1:08.9 | that I'd put in front of this guy. Yeah, to say everything is a |
| 1:14.6 | little too broad because he's still alive. And there is a bounty on his head. But keep in mind, |
| 1:20.7 | he's probably given up $40, $50 million of money at least. Salary for the, you know. |
| 1:26.5 | And salary. Never even mind endorsements. Endorsement deal, stuff like this. But here's the thing that is real, you know. And salary, never even mine endorsements. |
| 1:28.5 | Endorsement deal, stuff like this. |
| 1:29.8 | But here's the thing that is real, you know, what else he's given up? |
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