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Shaq Thompson on Charity, Motivation, Ron Rivera, and Panthers Future | The Lefkoe Show

The Lefkoe Show

Bleacher Report

Football, Sports

4.82.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

The final interview from our virtual "Radio Row" Super Bowl week has arrived, with standout linebacker Shaq Thompson of the Carolina Panthers. He's got an incredibly powerful backstory that he shares with a candor rarely heard from pro athletes. Plus, he's got some insights on everyone from Ron Rivera to Drew Brees that are not to be missed! Coming up, we're going to be venturing into some NFL Draft coverage, as well as some card collecting, NBA discussions, and NCAA basketball talk. Tune in for all of it, 33%!

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0:00.0

What is up? What is good? How you living? How you doing? How you feeling? It is the LEF K-O-E.

0:07.0

Man, David Inber is joining me and we are going to have one of our final interviews from Super Bowl Radio Row. Is this our last one?

0:16.0

This is the last one. Bittersweet. We had a great run and now we're back to doing some more live interviews as we go along.

0:23.0

That Emmett Smith interview, I'm still getting people texting me about his response to JFK. I sent it to Candace Parker who is a JFK obsessed person.

0:34.0

She's read every single book about it. She just kept texting me. She's like, I can't stop watching it. That was hilarious.

0:40.0

Today is Shaq Thompson, all around linebacker for the Carolina Panthers. Great conversation. Really enjoyed this dude.

0:49.0

Everything from the foundation that he supports to his relationship with his family and what he's experienced down there in Carolinas.

0:57.0

We're not going to waste any more time. Let's get to our conversation with Shaq Thompson.

1:02.0

I am with my guy. Shaq Thompson came into the NFL and people said this guy could do everything. He could play running back. He could play linebacker.

1:10.0

Goes to Carolina a place that knows how to use him. And even though it was a young defense last year, he went from a contributor to a leader.

1:19.0

Shaq, I've never met you before and it is good to finally meet you. Man, how are you?

1:23.0

I'm doing good. Man, nice to meet you too. I appreciate your having me on this.

1:28.0

I just kind of let's start off with this. Who's bringing you to us today? Who we brought to you by?

1:36.0

What you mean? Are you sponsored right now? Do you got any you got any reads?

1:41.0

No, no, no, no. I'm not I'm not sponsored by Caroline. The only people that's paying my bills right now, but that's one of sparsely.

1:48.0

But right now, my shirt, I got a Thompson legacy pun. I started TFL. Tell me about that.

1:54.0

So it kind of got started last year. My mom passed away. In 2019, she passed away when we were playing Tampa Bay in London.

2:06.0

So you show, that's like, I don't know, six hour maybe eight hours. I don't know. So she woke up, washed my game at like six a.m. eight.

2:14.0

Then went to sleep and just never woke up.

2:19.0

So I mean, that's probably the best way to pass away, right? I would. Yeah, it sounds the most peaceful.

2:26.0

Right. So, um, yeah. So how we were brought up. So I'm kind of we're brought up like make sure you take care of everyone. Take care of your family.

2:35.0

Open your doors, open your arms, anybody. And that's just kind of what she taught us from nothing.

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