Terrell Davis Unlikely Road to Hall of Fame Career, Dad’s Tough Love & Wake Up Calls

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Football, Society & Culture, Sports

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🗓️ 14 April 2023

⏱️ 63 minutes

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0:00.0	What's up?
0:01.0	We're having an argument right now, Cheney.
0:04.0	What's up?
0:05.0	What you talking about?
0:06.0	I'm telling him I could have played corner in college.
0:11.0	And what's the big debate?
0:13.0	Every safety wants to play corner and their ass gets slowed,
0:16.0	and then my run past that semis time to run.
0:18.0	I was just watching the Package Super Bowl, man.
0:21.0	Why are you watching that?
0:22.0	Because I had to...
0:23.0	Well, I got some goodies in here, so I just want to make sure
0:25.0	we get a chance to talk about this stuff.
0:27.0	But yeah, but this is my drink right here.
0:30.0	Let's go ahead and put that on there.
0:32.0	I know you guys got your little spots and shifts and stuff like that.
0:35.0	I'll say the half of that over there, man.
0:37.0	You know that's some black people.
0:38.0	You know what I'm talking about?
0:39.0	This is some part of that.
0:40.0	Yeah, for sure.
0:41.0	You know, black people, everything little.
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