Hello and welcome to this week in Ringer Sports. I am Liz Kelly bringing you the highlights

from the Ringer podcast network. It was a really big week over here at the Ringer. We released

a trailer for the Under the Giant documentary which we're doing with HBO and the WWE.

And we had a very first episode of the J.J. Redic podcast. We have been so excited about this

over here and his first episode did not disappoint. He brought on Joel and Bead and in our first

clip of this week, they talk about the process of realizing and be its own talents.

Was there a moment? Was it like what was the first time where you were like, oh shit,

I'm really good.

I mean, I think it's kind of like fair to like say that when I started playing ball, especially

when I got to the state. I mean, my junior year, I was playing J.V. literally with low kids

junior in high school, think about it. And then there was that moment during my junior year

when I got caught back up with the senior team and we played in the national championship,

tournament and I ended up having like a good semi final and a good final. That's when

people started saying me, but like, I was still not there. Like I wasn't good enough. I was just

like a great one and big and black shot athletic and I'm good at college. I played my first

pickup game against all those guys and then that's when I'm like, huh, I'm not ready for this.

These guys were just too physical and I don't know if you saw, if you seen my

pigs when I was like younger, like I was like so skinny. And then I went into coach

so far off his hand and I was like, man, I don't think I'm ready. Like I want to rest

shut. And then going into college, I thought I was going to be there for five years, four or five

years. Rest shut one year and then play for four years. And stuff happened. I get to the league.

I miss two years. I lose my brothers. I go through a lot. And when that time came for me to come

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