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The Ryen Russillo Podcast

Draft Day Stories: Part 2 With Jonathan Vilma, Brady Quinn, Joe Thomas, Daryl Johnston, and Rod Thorn. Plus Andy Ruiz Jr., and 76ers vs. Suns.

The Ryen Russillo Podcast

The Ringer

Sports

4.813.9K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2021

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

Russillo shares his thoughts on the Suns' win over the 76ers, and what we learned about those two teams heading into the NBA playoffs (2:15). Then Ryen talks with former heavyweight champion boxer Andy Ruiz Jr. about his upcoming fight vs. Chris Arreola on May 1, winning the heavyweight title vs. Anthony Joshua, losing the rematch, working on construction sites in his youth, and more (17:00). Then in Part 2 of a three-part series, Ryen talks with Joe Thomas, Brady Quinn, Jonathan Vilma, Daryl Johnston, and Rod Thorn about their draft experiences (34:30). Finally Ryen answers some listener-submitted Life Advice questions (1:09:00). Host: Ryen Russillo Guest: Andy Ruiz Jr., Joe Thomas, Brady Quinn, Jonathan Vilma, Daryl Johnston, and Rod Thorn Producer: Kyle Crichton Producer: Steve Ceruti Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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like what was one of those months

0:02.0

like to get you to that point.

0:04.0

You know what the hunger and all that was still there,

0:07.0

but I was just, you know, having fun.

0:10.0

I had opportunities that I will never

0:13.0

thought that I would have before, you know,

0:15.0

and I feel it could happen to anybody, you know,

0:18.0

and once they have the fame, once they had money

0:22.0

and all that hanging out with celebrities doing this,

0:26.0

doing that,

0:27.0

it just everything went by so fast, bro,

0:30.0

and you know, like I said,

0:32.0

I learned from my mistakes that I've done.

0:34.0

So now I learned that we have to take a serious,

0:36.0

we can't play around in this boxing sport.

0:39.0

You know, I wish I would have ticked it more serious

0:43.0

and I would have been more dedicated when I won the belt,

0:45.0

you know, because I totally forgot

0:47.0

that I had like a rematch clause in six months,

0:51.0

you know, six months go by so fast,

0:54.0

and I would have been more dedicated

0:56.0

to my mistakes, and like I said,

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