Welcome to the fight with Teddy Atlas presented by Dynamic Striking. I'm Ken Rideout joined as always by the voice of combat sports the legend Teddy Atlas and a mentor to the Yukon men's most likely national champions. Big game tonight, Teddy.

You just game, you just game.

I'm nervous to be honest. I was going to say I know you're on pins and needles.

Yeah it's, listen, they're just great guys, great coaches. If I only knew them that way and I hadn't gotten involved in talking to him throughout the year before the year started and everything else and if my son didn't have a bet on him at 33 to 1, you know, because he went to my book, he before the year started, when he found out I talked

to them and he put a small little something down on a, so it's right there, on a new kind of 33 to one but um not really the only thing I'm just

nervous because I know that I would I would root for them if I didn't speak to when I just

knew the kind of people they were and they're just excellent people they

they're just outstanding human beings. The coaches, the players, the coach is getting crazy love from everyone. He's getting recognition. I saw a clip of him saying early in the season is like the people don't realize what's coming but it's coming

we're on the precipice it's coming well it's there it's coming it's coming. It's survived and I'm taking crash through tonight. I mean, he just, I always say it you know character means

character means some I mean when you have that strength and character that

selflessness that ability to care about others as much if not more than yourself.

When you have those quiet talents, not only the neon ones, but the quiet ones, like, you know, resiliency, determination, you know, dependability, reliability,

you know, just the ability to find a way to camp out your commitment so much and your commitment to others in this case

so much that you will go beyond the realm beyond the pal to find the way. We will go further for others as human beings. It's

our nature then sometimes we will... It's just our nature because for ourselves we can get to a point where we're satisfied.

But when somebody else is depending on us, that point is farther away and we will stretch ourselves out, journey ourselves out to get to that place.

And that's part of why I felt so strongly about why they were going to win it all and I could make such an outrageous statement

You know in October who knew that I would be close to being right but

Because character counts character matters there is a

strength that carries on to your playing field wherever that playing field may

be whether it's athletics or non-athletics, I don't care.

Wherever that arena of work is, that that personal strength carries on to there.

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