On this episode of the Las Vegas Raiders Insider Podcast we talk with Pro Football Hall of Famer, ICONIC NFL Las Vegas Raiders Super Fan Wayne Mabry, The Violator.
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00:00 Hi everybody and welcome back to Sports Illustrated's Fan Nation Las Vegas Raiders Insider Podcast.
00:07 We are joined by Raider Royalty today.
00:11 He is a guy that needs no introduction anywhere in the NFL.
00:18 So if you are a Raider fan, you instantly love this guy.
00:22 If you're not, you're probably like, "Oh God, he is really the face of Raider Nation."
00:28 You know, players come and go.
00:30 He's there all the time.
00:31 Of course, his given name from his parents is Wayne Mabry, but everyone loves him and
00:35 knows him as the NFL Hall of Famer, The Violator.
00:40 Great to have you on the program today, my friend.
00:42 Thanks a lot, brother.
00:44 Look, it's always a pleasure coming on just to chop it up with you about life, football,
00:51 and everything else that's going on in the world.
00:53 How can we make this better today?
00:55 I agree with you.
00:57 You know, when I came to cover the Raiders, of course I knew who you were, just like you
01:04 and Gorilla Rilla.
01:06 There's the guys that you know.
01:09 And then as I got to know you, I've got to share a great story.
01:13 So my mother is 87 years old and she was born in Providence.
01:18 She is a diehard New England Patriot fan.
01:21 Hey, we've all got our issues, so that's my moms, okay?
01:26 And she said to me, "Their fans are so scary."
01:32 She goes, and she described you.
01:35 And so I remember saying to her, "Mom, if you knew him, he is one of the kindest, most
01:44 gentle, loving people in the world."
01:48 And I got to tell you, Wayne, I love what you do.
01:53 I love the persona, but I really love you the guy, the human being.
01:58 What a terrific person.
02:00 So I want to go back to the beginning.
02:02 When did you become a Raider fan?
02:06 I became a Raider fan September of 1970, watching the Raiders play the Kansas City Chiefs.
02:15 And I was always a kid that was considered weird, a little bit outside of the box.
02:21 I'm an artist, for Christ's sake.
02:23 So I see the world through a different set of lens than most people.
02:27 It's a gift.
02:29 And I was always-
02:31 You said you're a what?
02:32 You said you're a what?
02:34 I'm an artist.
02:35 Oh, okay, okay, okay.
02:37 Yeah, I'm an artist.
02:40 And so I see the world through colors and grit, that kind of thing, almost like animated.
02:48 So I've always been into swords, knives, and all that kind of chivalry.
02:54 I saw this silver and black team get into a brawl, and the camera zoomed in on the helmets,
03:00 and I saw two swords.
03:01 And I'm like, now remember, I've been watching black and white TV.
03:06 So I'm like, those are swords, so they're pirates.
03:11 I'm like, I got to find out where they're from, to myself, 12 years old.
03:18 So I go back to school, and I ask my history teacher about California.
03:23 And I says, what sports teams are there?
03:26 And he started naming them, blah, blah, blah.
03:29 And I'm like, yeah, Raiders.
03:32 And I started doing research on the Raiders from Mississippi, and just fell in love with
03:39 the history behind it.
03:40 In my estimation, I know Al was a genius, and this game wouldn't be the same without
03:46 him.
03:50 Matt Millen is a dear friend of mine.
03:52 And one time I had him on my TV show, and I want to share this with you.
03:58 He said to me, now this is when he was general manager of the Lions.
04:04 He said, every NFL team's fans thinks they're part of the team.
04:13 He said, but none of them are like the Raiders.
04:16 And I said, well, why is that?
04:18 He said, because the Raiders think the fans are part of the team.
04:23 I thought that was so insightful on the relationship between the Raiders organization and the fans.
04:31 What did you think of that quote by Matt?
04:34 Look, Matt spoke like a true Raider.
04:37 And if you would ask me that question right now, I would say, damn straight, yeah.
04:43 This energy that we bring is a part of that.
04:46 And I got the pleasure of speaking with Steve Sable before he passed, and he told me something
04:54 about the fans are part of the fabric, just like stripes in the flag.
05:00 And we make the game what it is.
05:03 And when they started shooting me back in '91, it was just for that contrast or that
05:11 grit.
05:12 So I saw this as a vision, hot dog, 32 years ago.
05:15 Wow, that's amazing.
05:17 Wayne, so I want to get into when, so you become a fan in 1970.
05:23 When did you make the decision, I'm going to start dressing up?
05:28 And when you first started, was it the outfit you wear today?
05:32 How has it progressed?
05:33 Take us through all of that, would you please?
05:36 Be my pleasure.
05:37 I would go back to the LA Coliseum, '82 through 1990.
05:46 And I'm just a fan with a jersey on.
05:49 Sometimes I would paint my face, sometimes not.
05:52 But it was a crowd there.
05:55 I went to school at Jackson State, so we didn't even need seats in the stands because we stood
06:01 up the whole friggin' game.
06:04 It's something about that energy, Hondo, that when a player's feeling down and everybody's
06:10 doing what we used to do in Oakland, man, the players can feel that.
06:14 I remember from high school when that fan started stomping in the stands.
06:19 You talking about some juice.
06:20 If you had any switch, you would hit it right there.
06:24 But going back to my whole transformation process, this started September of '91.
06:30 We had gotten tired of where we were standing.
06:34 The people never stood up and helped us.
06:36 Yeah, so we're right behind the Raiders bench.
06:39 So when the offense is sitting there, their ears are getting blown off because we're yelling
06:45 at the defense, getting them fired up in our heads.
06:50 So anyway, when we started, it was me and three other friends.
06:58 We went to every thrift store, I think, in Southern Cal and Northern Hollywood looking
07:03 for something that looked like something out of Mad Max.
07:07 And I always had this vision of myself as a football superhero since I wasn't on the
07:12 field.
07:13 And thus, you see the Demolition Brothers, football, Pirates, and Raiders all mixed in
07:20 together.
07:21 That's my persona.
07:23 So you don't know what kind of personality you're going to get, but it's going to be
07:27 that warrior spirit.
07:29 So that's what the stripes represent.
07:32 The name Violator came because I've always been a defensive guy.
07:36 I wanted to be a middle linebacker in the pro ranks.
07:40 Only guy I saw my size was Sam Mills.
07:44 And to this day, I still get a laugh at that.
07:46 You can't judge the fight in the dog.
07:48 You can't judge it by the size.
07:54 So I kind of bring that intensity when you see me on game day.
07:58 Don't worry about how short I am.
08:00 Get close enough and I'm going to get something on you.
08:03 But anyway, I start off with half a shoulder pad with a belt stapled to it to hold it on
08:10 me so my partner could wear the other hand.
08:13 So we were like Axe and Smash, you know?
08:17 And I had pom-poms in my military jump boots.
08:21 I think I had started off with just some Levi jeans, you know?
08:27 And a Matt Millinger and a satin scarf and an earring.
08:33 I hear, "Brother, we were pirates coming to invade the L.A. Coliseum."
08:38 And it was just to enhance the game day experience for the fans.
08:43 Not even worried about cameras or nothing.
08:45 But when that game started, we all going to pay attention and know when to shut up and
08:51 when to get loud.
08:52 So I've been preaching that for like, you say, 30-some years, brother.
08:56 It never gets old.
08:58 The generations of fans that I know personally that have told me that I've changed the direction
09:05 of their lives, man, that's a gift only God can give you, man.
09:10 And to be able to touch people in that manner, you can't put a price tag on that, Honda.
09:15 It just goes in the box with memories.
09:18 I want you to know, after I told my mom that we had become friends and the kind of man
09:25 that you are, she loves you.
09:28 She always says, "I saw our friend violate her."
09:31 And so I want you to know you've got the nearly 90-year-old white woman market cornered.
09:35 She thinks the world of you, brother.
09:38 I love you.
09:39 Tell her I love you.
09:42 I want to go back because I was raised by a dad that always said that he believed in
09:48 the long run, good things happen to good people.
09:52 And you all of a sudden, the first year the NFL opens up Hall of Fame to fans, you find
09:59 out that your name was placed and nominated by a great Raider.
10:07 And then you find out you won.
10:10 You have given so much to the franchise, so much to the fan base.
10:16 What was, to me, that was the game of football, not the Raiders.
10:21 That was the game of football saying to Wayne, "Thank you.
10:27 Thank you for what you've done."
10:29 And I'm just curious what that moment was like for you when you found out and what it
10:34 means to you today.
10:35 Well, I'll start off, Hondo, first of all, saying it was the utmost honor as a fan to
10:44 even think that your name would be thrown in there, let alone by a professional football
10:50 player.
10:51 So here goes the story in a nutshell.
10:54 I get this call and they asked me why I hadn't entered the contest.
11:01 And I told a young lady that I spoke with, "I'm done with all that because I think it's
11:05 politically based and not coming from my peers."
11:11 So she says, "Well, I need you to do me this favor and just fill out the form anyway, and
11:19 we'll take it from there."
11:21 So I fill out the form saying in my mind, "This is another waste of time.
11:26 I don't even need these accolades from these people."
11:30 So I get another phone call from Fox.
11:33 They want to come out and interview me.
11:37 And I'm thinking, "I thought I'd done this with them before."
11:39 But I'm like, "Okay, come on out.
11:41 You want to see me put the war paint on, blah, blah, blah, the whole transformation."
11:46 I'm like, "You're going to sit there two hours while I do this?"
11:50 "Of course."
11:51 So they do that.
11:53 I get cleaned up.
11:54 Fox returns the next day.
11:57 Now I'm dressed normal to do an in-profile video.
12:05 So in the midst of this interview, I noticed the director kept texting, and I thought it
12:10 was kind of rude.
12:12 So I'm looking at her like, and this guy is about to come out, but I'm trying to hold
12:17 him back.
12:18 And I'm just looking at her like, "How dare you text while we're talking?"
12:22 You know, I'm old school.
12:24 So I'm just looking at her, and she's asking me questions.
12:28 And I'm thinking, "Do you really care why you're asking me these questions anyway?"
12:33 So lo and behold, a knock at my front door.
12:37 Now that's about 40 feet away from where I'm sitting.
12:42 I hear it because of the way my hallway is shaped.
12:46 I'm like, "You know what?
12:47 My nosy neighbors are coming over.
12:49 They can't resist finding out what's going on in my house today."
12:53 You know?
12:55 So she says, "Oh, well, just go and answer it."
12:58 I'm like, "We're right in the middle of something."
13:00 She says, "Don't worry about it.
13:01 We'll pick up where we left off."
13:04 So I'm still mic'd up, so I can't curse like I really want to.
13:09 So I'm going to the front door.
13:12 So I get to the door, and I got stained glass, so I don't see a shape or silhouette.
13:17 So I'm like, "Who the hell's playing ding-dong, you know, doorbell with me right now?"
13:23 So I'm really pissed off.
13:24 I go to the front door.
13:26 I snatch it open, and when my door opens, who do you think pirouettes from my garage
13:34 in this gold jacket and that flat top?
13:37 Howie Love.
13:38 Man, my knees buckle.
13:40 I had to catch myself because there's a whole different camera crew with him now filming
13:45 me, and I'm like, and I felt my knees buckle.
13:48 I had to catch myself, and I'm like, "All I could do was laugh, man."
13:52 And he's got that grin.
13:53 He was the first player that told me, "We hear you loud and clear behind us, and we
13:59 love what you're doing.
14:01 Keep that up.
14:02 One day, the media is going to take off with that."
14:04 Here goes 360, I know.
14:08 He's like, "Wait."
14:09 And I'm like, "What are you playing, man?
14:13 What are you doing at my house?"
14:14 I'm like, "Are you in on this with these guys?"
14:17 And he just busts out laughing.
14:18 He's like, "Look, I put your name in that running because I felt you deserved to be
14:24 there."
14:25 And that meant so much to me hearing that come from him.
14:28 You know, here I'm saying a few minutes ago, a few days ago, "Oh, screw all of that.
14:33 I don't need that."
14:35 But to get in that running and actually see the polls and see people voting, man, that
14:42 blew my wig off, and I'm already bald.
14:45 Just to see that whole process take place, and then to get a call, I think it was about
14:50 six in the morning, from the Hall of Fame saying, "Get prepared to make that trip.
14:56 You are one of the finalists."
14:58 And my wife and I heard that message, and we're just like, "No way."
15:03 So like I say, brother, just preparing for the ceremony, going to an actual first Super
15:09 Bowl in my life, that was just like, it was one of those "pitch myself" moments the
15:16 whole time, man.
15:18 And then to meet David Baker in person, you know, David to me was bigger than life.
15:24 You know, he's one of those football heroes, those giants in the football world, you know.
15:31 And to meet him, man, he was like a panda bear, man.
15:35 And I remember we were doing some filming for the Hall of Fame ceremonies, and they
15:41 kept telling us, "Hey, guys, we're still working here."
15:45 And David would laugh, and that voice he had, he's like, "They don't realize we're talking
15:51 football right now, but," he says, "I know, we got to go back to the script.
15:55 I got to say what they want me to say."
15:57 We had such an in-depth conversation, and that's what I love as a fan about the game,
16:02 when you meet these people that will just pretty much say that with how they treat you,
16:07 respect what you do.
16:10 We understand, you know, it's crazy like a fox.
16:16 The owner of the Denver Broncos, Mr. Bowden, I always come by where I stood there at the
16:23 Coliseum in Oakland, you know, and he would always shake my hand, and I would look at
16:28 him, and he's like, "You know it's game day, don't you?"
16:31 He said, "Exactly, that's why I stopped by here."
16:33 So just that meet and greet kind of stuff, man, it sounds old-fashioned to people, but
16:39 I'm from the South, and you kill them with kindness, even your enemies.
16:44 And now you find out as I grow in this character, they're not enemies at all.
16:50 They're kindred spirits, and I think God brings us together at a certain time for a certain
16:57 purpose.
16:58 One of the things that I want to give you so much respect for is you love the Raiders.
17:06 I mean, that is your passion, but you love the game of football even more, and you respect
17:13 it.
17:14 And I think you understand, I can scream at you, I can yell at you, I can do everything
17:20 so you can't hear, but at the end of the day, you're a human.
17:25 I'm not crossing the line because I respect the game too much, and you're on that field,
17:31 and that says something about your work ethic you made on that field.
17:35 The thing I love about you, Violator, I have never heard an opponent trash you.
17:42 I have heard them talk about respect, you're loud, you scream, you know how to get under
17:48 people's skin, but it's never personal.
17:51 You're not up there talking about a guy's family or his wife.
17:54 You're not up there, you know, MFing everybody in his life.
17:58 You do it the way it should be done.
18:01 I love that.
18:02 Now, I think part of it is you and I are from a previous generation, we're old school, but
18:06 I love the way you do it, and I'm going to give you the best respect I could give you.
18:11 If any of my children wanted to go learn from somebody how to be a fan, I'd pick you, because
18:18 I love the way you do it.
18:19 You are 110% balls to the wall, foot on the gas, but you do it in a way that you bring
18:26 honor to the Raiders.
18:28 You bring honor to the black hole.
18:30 I love the way you do it.
18:32 Where does that come from in you?
18:35 I would give most of that credit, Hondo, to my mom's spirit.
18:41 She was like that house in town that everybody would gravitate to, especially during the
18:48 holidays, the holidays to her.
18:52 And I'm sure there's an array of opinions about holidays, and I have my own, but my
18:59 mom was like, the holiday was like the next coming.
19:03 And each holiday had that special something to it that she wanted to do something special
19:08 for the community.
19:11 As a brooding youngster, I remember just, I felt like Ben Grimm of the Fantastic Four.
19:17 I wanted to run through a wall.
19:19 Why is she so nice to people?
19:23 And I guess I was in a ping pong match with my inner, with my violator before I even knew
19:31 he was there.
19:32 He's been there.
19:33 So this is just my kid to spirit.
19:35 And as an artist, I get to show just what I feel to you every time I paint up.
19:42 So to me, that's special.
19:43 And that's an honor to her as to never let my art go, because I was supposed to have
19:49 been this famous art, you know, cartoonist that in her dreams, you know, but I had to
19:55 follow my heart, which was to get to California as fast as I could, so I could get as close
20:02 to that team that I love as possible.
20:05 So I landed in LA, 1977, July, July 4th, 1977.
20:13 I'm in a band, Hondo, to get on the gong show, to come out and audition for the gong show.
20:19 That was my ride to Cali.
20:22 And I remember my mom telling me she didn't have any money to send with me.
20:25 Well, I had 27 bucks in my pocket, so I thought I was rich.
20:29 You know, I'm with my buddy, so what do we need money for?
20:33 You know?
20:34 And I remember her crying.
20:36 She's like, I'm like, "Mom, I've been telling you for four years, four or five years, that
20:42 California is where I'm going to make a name for myself."
20:46 And I just left, man.
20:48 I'm like, I've got to go.
20:49 It was like me going to work.
20:52 And I guess I got that stuff from my dad, which was a 20-some-year military paratrooper,
20:57 man.
20:58 Just GI gung-ho go from the word go.
21:03 And so I picked up all these characteristics, and what I'm saying in a nutshell, brother,
21:08 is we're all part of the seas that we come from.
21:13 Most people will say you're a product of your environment.
21:16 I would dare to differ with you, because your environment is what's in here and what's in
21:21 here.
21:22 And you can take that anywhere in the world and share it with another kindred spirit.
21:28 That's the beauty of football, bringing fans together.
21:32 We're like gladiators.
21:33 I'm going to tell you, I'm an old medieval spirit guy.
21:39 Any kind of movie like that gets my attention right now, because it's mono e mono, but with
21:45 respect.
21:46 And you've got fans on both sides, for villain or hero, whichever way you want to look at
21:51 it.
21:52 And they're cheering their butts off for their guy to win.
21:57 Football related to me as a young kid as that same gladiator sport.
22:03 And right now the way the game is going is still.
22:08 Can you hear me, Hondo?
22:11 Yeah, I can hear you.
22:13 Okay, I'm hearing like an echo or something.
22:15 I don't know.
22:16 I got voices in my head here.
22:18 But anyway, that sport to me, it takes so much to play that because you got 11 guys
22:26 playing an orchestrated, as Matt would say, control mayhem.
22:31 Until the whistle stops.
22:35 That amazed me.
22:36 Next play.
22:38 So it's a battle up and down that gridiron, which teaches us as most fans in life, how
22:45 to get along with people that we have to be on teams with, you know, regardless of your
22:50 trade or whatever it is.
22:53 You work with people that are not from your neighborhood, not from your background, and
22:59 all of that.
23:00 But the beauty is to go into a room with a team.
23:06 And you can see that team getting better as the weeks go as a month ago as a year ago.
23:13 And there's some something about that bonding.
23:15 When I saw football fans, there's something about that bonding, rather that unless you
23:21 come out to a game, you know, we encourage people to black holes and come out, join us,
23:27 see what we're about.
23:28 Don't hear what we're about.
23:30 Come and experience what we're about.
23:32 So that's what we're calling it right now.
23:34 The black hole experience.
23:36 Because us old schoolers are the ones that's going to plant the seeds for the next generation
23:41 to come.
23:43 And if we do a good job, everybody in the world will see, hey, nothing has changed.
23:48 These guys have held their tradition together by no other fan base, regardless of the ups
23:55 and downs of their team.
23:58 It's amazing.
23:59 You know, I was asked after I started covering the Raiders, Wayne, someone said to me on
24:05 a national radio show, "How would you explain the black hole?"
24:11 And they wanted me to go negative.
24:15 And here is how I explained the black hole.
24:18 I said the black hole has wealthy and poor in middle class.
24:24 It's got black, brown, red, yellow, white.
24:29 It is a group of people who don't care where you come from.
24:35 Don't care what color you are.
24:36 Don't care how much money you got.
24:37 Don't care if you're a Republican, a Democrat or an independent.
24:41 But when you step into that hole, the only thing that matters is you're a Raider.
24:48 And the way America is today, we need more black holes.
24:55 Things that unite us and we realize we're really not that different.
24:59 I think the black hole is great for America.
25:04 I wish every team, I wish the Lions had a silver and blue hole and whatever.
25:09 I think it's great for America for those reasons.
25:14 Do you agree or disagree with me?
25:17 I agree with you wholeheartedly on the fact that you said it brings people together who
25:23 want to be together on one accord.
25:26 And that Raider shield to me, Hondo, was that accord as a kid.
25:32 So when people used to say, "Oh, you're smitten with this or you're smitten with that," I
25:39 never spoke about the Raiders to them because I thought that they wouldn't understand.
25:43 I'm already into this medieval mindset that I was born at the wrong time.
25:49 But everyone's born at the right time with a purpose.
25:54 I just so happened to find mine.
25:57 After everything I've tried in life, I've done in life, this gives me the most pleasure
26:02 ever.
26:03 That's awesome.
26:04 Now, Wayne, you did not ask me to do this, but I want to.
26:10 You wrote a book or have a book about your whole journey.
26:16 And I would love everyone to get this book.
26:18 Can you tell them how?
26:20 Yes.
26:21 This is a book that you're speaking of, right?
26:26 The Walk.
26:27 Yes, sir.
26:28 Yes, sir.
26:29 Yes, sir.
26:30 That's just a little snippet of following your dreams, following your heart.
26:35 You can get that on Amazon, of course.
26:38 You can get it at DorranceBookstore.com or get it on my website and I'll personally autograph
26:47 it when I ship it to you.
26:50 Komodo-sports.com.
26:51 M-O-D-O like Komodo Dragon dash sports.com.
26:57 That's my personal clothing website.
26:59 I'll autograph the book and ship it directly to you.
27:02 So I'm working on books.
27:04 How much is the book if they go to your website?
27:07 $26 plus shipping.
27:09 All right.
27:11 That's awesome.
27:12 What a great gift.
27:13 Get it for Christmas.
27:14 This guy is an icon and I'm going to tell you, 99% of you don't know him.
27:20 I do.
27:21 Let me tell you the respect I have for my friend.
27:24 I'm up in the press box watching games and covering games.
27:29 If my son Dexter, who's only 16 months old, but if my son Dexter, when he got older, said,
27:34 "Dad, I want to go to a game."
27:35 I can't take him.
27:37 And if for some reason mom wasn't available, I would have zero concern saying, "Wayne,
27:44 can he go be with you and the people in the black hole?"
27:48 Don't let a national viewpoint tell you anything other.
27:54 This guy is one of the finest human beings.
27:58 I'm better because Wayne Mayberry is my friend.
28:01 And Raider Nation's better because they've got Violator.
28:06 And I love the guy.
28:07 I love what he does.
28:08 Wayne, you know what I personally think of you.
28:10 I hold you in respect, not because you're Violator.
28:13 I love that.
28:15 But I hold you in respect because of your character.
28:18 I'm going to tell a story about Wayne that nobody knows this story and he doesn't know
28:23 I'm going to tell it.
28:24 This is how I knew I liked that guy.
28:28 So you have to understand, when he shows up at the stadium, everybody wants pictures.
28:34 Everybody wants to talk to him.
28:36 It's not like being on the strip where characters then tell you, "You got to pay me for that
28:40 picture," and they're rude to you.
28:42 He just loves Raider Nation.
28:45 And I'll never forget the first time I ever saw him.
28:48 First time.
28:49 He's at a place and there's a dad who's clearly excited to meet Violator.
28:55 He's got a little girl and she's scared.
28:58 And he sits down and in a really sweet voice, he says, "It's okay, honey.
29:06 It's okay."
29:08 And she walked up to him and he spent a lot of time winning her.
29:15 And by the time they were done, she was hugging.
29:19 And it wasn't that dad paid him.
29:22 It was because he just made another Raider fan for life.
29:24 That girl, 50 years from now, when Wayne and I are dead, is going to talk about, I remember
29:30 meeting Violator.
29:32 And to me, with him, it's not fake.
29:38 It's about people.
29:39 This guy was raised by a warrior like I was and a dad and a great mom.
29:44 He was raised to understand it's about people.
29:47 And that's why, to me, I'm proud to call you my friend.
29:50 If I could ever do anything for you, you know that I would.
29:54 I believe in you.
29:56 And I'm going to tell you right now, a lot of kids are not going to be able to get on
30:00 that football field and be a professional athlete.
30:03 You were one of them.
30:05 But you're an example.
30:06 They can change and impact the game.
30:08 I'm proud of you, Wayne, and I'm proud to be your friend.
30:11 Appreciate that, my brother.
30:12 It's like I say, I tell people now, after so many years, they say, "Why do you still
30:18 do it?"
30:19 I say, "To me, it's a labor of love."
30:21 So it's never like I'm working, even though you're working your butt off.
30:25 But it's with a purpose, and that gives you so much uplifting spirit, man, that all I'm
30:31 trying to do is share that with each fan that I come in contact with.
30:35 Oh, you're awesome.
30:37 Wayne, I got one last question.
30:40 Is this something you plan to do until you die?
30:43 Do you have a plan?
30:44 Absolutely.
30:45 Okay, you're going to do it until you die.
30:46 I love it.
30:47 When you die, I've got to ask you this question.
30:49 I was going to ask you privately, but I'm going to ask you now because I had somebody
30:51 ask me.
30:53 When you die, do you want to be buried in full uniform?
30:58 Absolutely.
31:00 I love you.
31:03 Wayne, you're one of the best.
31:05 I want everyone to know we've got a feature article coming on Wayne, his story, at our
31:13 SI Fan Nation Raiders today.
31:15 You don't want to miss this thing.
31:17 It's going to be huge, and it's going to be a great story.
31:20 It's going to be one of those stories you're going to remember the rest of your life to
31:23 meet the man, the icon, and the personality, the Violator.
31:29 I love it because it's going to be the story of two men.
31:34 At the end, you're going to realize they're two men, same guy.
31:39 I love it.
31:40 I love you, Wayne.
31:41 Thank you for your time, my friend.
31:42 You're the best.
31:43 Appreciate you, Hondo.
31:44 Hey, keep inspiring us through your video.
31:47 Trust me, we'll listen.
31:49 All right, buddy.
31:50 I appreciate you.
31:51 The great Wayne Mayberry.
31:52 The Violator.