Welcome back all the smoke ATL addition we in Jackson backyard this week

man I want to welcome to the show right now someone who I've looked up to for a

long time and has been very inspirational and I'm glad that he got a chance to

finally tell his side of the story definitely gonna get into that welcome to the

show Mark Mood Abdul Raouf. Hey thanks for having me.

Thank you for coming. At one time I was calling him last name but we had the same

last name one for it I used to call him last name. Jack and I obviously a part

of the showtime family so we were able to watch your documentary called Stand

on Showtime. What do you want the viewers to come away with after they get a

chance to hear your story and your words? And as always a tough question answer

but whatever resonates with him man you know my story is everybody has a story I

say that all the time and everybody's stories impactful in his own way but you

know coming up from nearly nothing single parent the struggles that came with

that being in many ways miseducated the struggles that came with that and how I

evolved out of that having a neurological disorder you know there's so many

people suffering now you know so many children could be a dissuers I had with all

of these mental challenges and and then just the evolution of my education and

positions that I ended up taking that cost me my career you know social

political so there's a lot to gain from it. I mean you will have one of the most

powerful stories it's obviously a human story but particularly it pertains to

sports we briefly just touched on it right before we sat down before we got on

air mentally what was it like going back and like you said you always have

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