• 9 months ago
Deion Sanders From Super Bowl Radio Row
Transcript
00:00 Let's go back to the old days.
00:01 First of all, how are you doing?
00:02 I'm good. I'm good.
00:03 You looking good?
00:04 How about you?
00:04 I'm great.
00:05 You look good.
00:05 I can't complain. I feel good too.
00:07 The theme music on?
00:08 Yeah, there you go.
00:08 When you came around the corner, I thought the theme music was on.
00:10 There you go. There you go.
00:12 [laughs]
00:13 All right, so one thing we talked about.
00:16 He wouldn't tell me too much,
00:18 but he said, "Tell Prime to tell or explain what Homie the Clown was."
00:22 Oh my God.
00:24 First of all, let's digress.
00:26 Your father is partially responsible for where I am today.
00:33 Yes, sir.
00:33 Unbelievable man of God,
00:36 changed his total life and told me about the journey,
00:39 but he was so humble enough.
00:42 You got to understand, I'm a first-round pick.
00:44 He was a first-round pick,
00:46 but he sacrificed his position to raise me,
00:49 to make sure I was straight.
00:50 We used to stay after practice and watch film and study and study, study.
00:54 And we were playing against New Orleans or something,
00:57 and your pops was out there.
00:58 And I think one of the big fellows running back came around the corner,
01:02 and I said, "Now, Reverend Presh,
01:04 I know you seen that man running out there at you like that.
01:09 Why would you jump behind that receiver
01:11 and try to play like he was blocking you?"
01:13 And right then, I think we created a homie.
01:16 It's the Homie the Clown.
01:17 And whoever turned down the tackle
01:20 had to wear this pink shirt up under his practice shirt that said,
01:23 "I'm Homie the Clown because I was scared to hit."
01:27 And you had to wear it because we had boating and everything on it.
01:30 Yeah, but it was hilarious, man.
01:31 But I owe a lot to you, Father, man.
01:33 So I got something that he told me to tell you when it's over,
01:36 but we'll save that to the end.
01:38 All right, we're at Colorado.
01:39 - Yes, sir. - In the pack.
01:40 Yes, sir.
01:42 Good season this year, being out there.
01:44 You got your kids out there, they balling.
01:46 What are the things that you have to address going into next season?
01:50 We addressed everything in the offseason.
01:52 I started outside in.
01:53 I build it different because my attractability
01:55 - were for the skilled players. - Okay.
01:57 Now we went to inside-out.
02:00 Now winning at a whole new offensive line.
02:03 Several players on the defensive front.
02:05 A couple linebackers, two corners.
02:07 And we understood the need and we fulfilled the need.
02:11 We're still not done.
02:12 Probably after spring, it'll be several other players in the portal
02:16 that fits the description and the smart, tough, fast discipline with character.
02:20 And we would target those guys and probably go after those guys.
02:23 But we fulfilled the needs that we had a lack thereof of last season.
02:30 So being in the pack versus being at an HBCU,
02:33 what was the major difference that you noticed off the bat,
02:36 just from a coaching standpoint?
02:39 Coaches in HBCUs are really good.
02:40 They just don't get the opportunity.
02:42 Now, the fact I have three coaches from HBCUs on my staff,
02:45 as well as a support staff full of HBCU men and women.
02:53 So it's not that.
02:57 Rosters are larger.
02:59 The recruiting capability are broader.
03:02 Budgets are much bigger.
03:04 It's a different game, but we're prepared for that game.
03:07 You gotta understand, people talk about coaching at the level of college football.
03:10 They forgot that I was a pro for 14 years.
03:12 Yeah, yeah, of course.
03:13 Not only that, I worked in television for another 19 years combined.
03:17 So all that stuff prepared me for coaching college football.
03:21 And I'm thoroughly happy and excited.
03:24 I can't wait to this season.
03:25 So you know the word says, "Train them a child the way you should go."
03:28 And when he grows up, they will not depart.
03:30 That's right.
03:31 You know, you've been very, very hands-on with Shadur, Shiloh, being able to coach them.
03:37 Talk to me about what that means to you.
03:40 Man, first of all, my son Junior does all that video and everything.
03:44 He's brilliant.
03:45 He's changed the whole game of how people see a team.
03:48 I mean, he's unbelievable.
03:50 But coaching my sons, I'm the only coach they've ever known, really.
03:54 Shiloh did go to South Carolina for a couple years, but came back home with me and Jackson.
04:01 But I'm the only coach they've ever known.
04:03 So I'm just not dad, I'm their coach.
04:05 And I think I've instilled some things in them as your father instilled in you.
04:09 And taking it to another level with being there on a daily basis.
04:12 I can't lose, man.
04:14 We may lose on the scoreboard, but I'm winning because several of those kids that played
04:17 for me at Colorado played for me when they were kids, when they were five or six or seven
04:21 years old, as well as playing for me at Jackson State.
04:25 And we even got a couple of the ladies that I brought from Jackson that are female trainers,
04:29 three of them, matter of fact.
04:30 So man, I'm living the dream, man.
04:33 And I love life.
04:34 I love the life I live, and I live the life I love.
04:36 I really do.
04:37 That's what's up.
04:38 All right, let's get into the Super Bowl time.
04:39 We are here in Vegas.
04:40 We are ready to roll.
04:41 We got the Chiefs and we got the Niners.
04:43 I'm pretty sure my guess will be you're going for the Niners, being a Niner alum.
04:48 I don't care about alum.
04:49 I care about teams.
04:52 I think Brock Purdy is the best story in the last two decades ever.
04:58 This kid is phenomenal, what he's accomplished.
05:01 I love me some Travis Kelce.
05:03 I love him.
05:04 I think he's unstoppable.
05:06 You can't contain him.
05:07 If I were them, I would double him and make everyone else beat me.
05:11 I'm going to have to do that.
05:12 But the flip side, who are you going to double with San Francisco?
05:16 They have too many weapons.
05:18 So I'm leaning towards San Fran just because, but it's going to come down to those quarterbacks.
05:24 Somebody's going to have to make a certain play.
05:26 It can come down to a great play, but a third and five, a third and eight.
05:30 And one of those guys is going to have to step out and have an out of body experience
05:34 to make the play.
05:35 For sure.
05:36 Let's talk about Patrick Mahomes a little bit.
05:39 Obviously he's not been in the league too long.
05:42 When it comes to a career, it's a journey.
05:45 It's not a sprint.
05:47 If he wins this Super Bowl, what does that do for his legacy?
05:51 His legacy is still unfolding as we speak.
05:55 The young man is brilliant.
05:57 He's unbelievable.
05:58 Not only that, he's a bona fide leader because no matter what the personnel is, he continues
06:04 to lead and migrate himself here.
06:06 But do not underestimate the importance of Andy Reid.
06:10 One of the best to ever do it.
06:13 I love him as a man.
06:14 I love him as a coach.
06:15 I love him as a leader.
06:16 And I'm blessed enough to receive a call every now and then from Andy Reid just encouraging
06:21 me.
06:22 Super Bowl routines.
06:25 What was your Super Bowl routine?
06:26 You played in a few of them things.
06:27 You won a lot of them things.
06:28 I had the same routines every game.
06:31 I didn't care about the magnitude of this moment.
06:35 The only difference was more people get to see you do your thing.
06:38 That's how I approached it.
06:39 There's more people get to see you do your thing.
06:42 So I didn't really change how I approached the game.
06:45 So we're here with Sports Illustrated.
06:47 You were obviously the Sportsman of the Year.
06:49 Talk to us about maybe your favorite SI cover.
06:56 Probably me with the kids, man.
06:57 I think Travis and Shadora.
06:58 Anything that I add to somebody.
06:59 I don't want it to be about me.
07:00 It's been about me for 14 years when I played in the league.
07:01 Anything that involves the young men I coach is phenomenal.
07:02 I like that.
07:03 Talk to us about the partnership with the Almond Board of California.
07:04 Oh my God.
07:05 I'm here today with the California Almonds.
07:06 February 12th is National Recovery Day.
07:07 After the big event, the big game.
07:08 And I'm an almonds guy.
07:09 I'm very cautious about the almonds.
07:10 I'm very careful about the almonds.
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09:13 I'm very careful about the almonds.
09:23 See you next time, baby.

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