You know, when you play football, it's just, it's nothing like going out there in between those lines and the camaraderie with your teammates to go out there and try to win a football game.

You know, it gets me out of bed every morning.

You know, obviously, I love my kids.

I love my family.

But, man, football just, it does something for me where I just, I love every day because once it's gone, it's gone.

So you got to enjoy this while it's here.

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upended this year. I'm Anna Sale.

Shelby Harris has suffered from asthma for as long as he can remember.

For my asthma, I'm on a daily inhaler.

I take that twice a day, morning, and the evening.

And then that's just to manage the asthma.

And so then whenever I feel like my lungs are getting tight and I really can't breathe,

then I take the rescue inhaler in albedo, and that's supposed

to be the quick fix. Shelby told me he uses both types of inhalers regularly, especially while

he's in training for his job as a defensive lineman in the NFL. I have inhalers pretty much

everywhere that I am. I have one in my locker. I've one in my car. There's a couple of my house. So really, wherever I, like just in case so, it's just that peace of mind just knowing I have that. It makes me feel a lot better.

And when you first were hearing about COVID and about the risk factors for people with conditions like asthma, did you feel personally that you were more at risk than others?

Yes.

You know, I don't just have sports-induced asthma.

I have like just regular bronchial asthma where it can be pop up any time.

So, yeah, I've had multiple scary moments when it came to asthma and, like, trying to breathe.

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