Out of the Mouth of Babes "Our Future Leaders"
Welcome to "Out of the Mouth of Babes: Our Future Leaders" with Kevin Handley Sr.!
In this enlightening and empowering podcast, we delve into the minds of the next generation—the brilliant and dynamic youth who hold the keys to our collective future. Join our host, Kevin Handley Sr., as he takes us on an inspiring journey through conversations with young visionaries, activists, innovators, and changemakers from around the world.
Each episode of "Out of the Mouth of Babes" brings you candid and thought-provoking interviews with these remarkable young individuals who are making a significant impact in their communities and beyond. From tackling pressing global issues to spearheading innovative projects, these youth leaders are reshaping the world as we know it.
Kevin Handley Sr., a seasoned and compassionate host, skillfully uncovers the stories behind these young achievers, delving into their motivations, challenges, and the transformative experiences that have shaped their journeys. Listeners will be inspired by the depth of insight and wisdom these young guests possess, proving that age is no barrier to effecting meaningful change.
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Out of the Mouth of Babes "Our Future Leaders"
S1 EP5 Pt. 5 - Navigating Change: Sports, Fast Food Debates, and Mentorship in Richmond
Have you ever wondered how losing senior players could impact a high school sports team’s division? We kick off this episode of "Out of the Mouth of Babes" with Jarome, Tink, and the crew as we dive into the sports predictions for Richmond, contemplating potential changes in the school’s division and sharing a mouthwatering debate over the town's favorite fast food and restaurants. From the beloved Lee's Famous Recipe to the iconic Pizza King, our conversation sizzles with flavor. And because we can't resist, we take a detour through memory lane, comparing our school cafeteria cereals with breakfast champions like Cinnamon Toast Crunch and Fruity Pebbles.
Our discussions venture beyond the breakfast table as we shine a spotlight on the inspiring stories of Richmond’s high school athletes like Marquise Johnson and Marco. Led by role models such as Bryson, DeMarco Owens, and Jamar Scott, these young talents exemplify the incredible journey from underdogs to college prospects, showcasing the resilience needed to reach their dreams. As we look ahead, we share our passion for mentoring the next wave of athletes, with hopes of returning as coaches and engaging in community projects like flipping houses in our beloved Richmond. Join us for a heartfelt conversation about the power of sports, community, and the transformative impact of inspiring the youth.
Welcome.
Speaker 2:To Out of the Mouth of Babes.
Speaker 3:The podcast of the future. Yeah, podcast for Our future leaders. Hey man, we finna be discussing A whole lot of a whole lot man.
Speaker 2:What y'all wanna talk about first man?
Speaker 3:Go ahead, jerome.
Speaker 1:Let's talk about first man Go ahead, jerome. Let's talk about how many wins we gonna get this season. How many wins, how many wins we gonna get this?
Speaker 2:season. Hey, hey, go ahead, tink. What's your prediction, man?
Speaker 3:You know, man, I, I think that I think there's a whole lot of wins On the board.
Speaker 2:So yeah, I ain't For me. I ain't gonna set a limit. You know what I mean. I'm not gonna I think, there's a whole lot of wins on the board For me. I ain't going to set a limit. You know what I mean. I'm not going to.
Speaker 1:I think we can exceed expectations for real. So I'm not going to say like three, four. As long as everybody doing their job and studying their playbook.
Speaker 2:How many wins do you think?
Speaker 3:I'd say we give it like five you putting the limit on it, you putting the limit on it. What about Jeff? Jeff is not really that I mean.
Speaker 1:they're good, but they did lose all their seniors Richmond's. Yeah.
Speaker 3:We're the winningest team, wow.
Speaker 2:That's. That's crazy, you guys think you guys think you know the school Will make the decision To drop down.
Speaker 3:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Yeah, you think they will.
Speaker 3:After this year, bro, I think it's a wrap. I think I don't think they will.
Speaker 2:Personally, because we we was the first in the NCC. We was like we was like one of the because we was the first in the NCC. We was like one of the first teams in the NCC.
Speaker 1:That's why we got to show them dog, you know what I'm saying you know what I'm saying. If we show them this year next year, next year is going to be a problem. You feel me. This year is going to be a movie.
Speaker 3:I got an off-topic question. All right, alright, go ahead.
Speaker 2:We not on a topic. We talking about a whole lot, a whole lot.
Speaker 3:I know we the linemen bro. So what's the best Fast food in Richmond?
Speaker 2:Oh Okay, it don't even gotta be fast food.
Speaker 3:It can be restaurant.
Speaker 2:I gotta put on. I'm a Burger King employee.
Speaker 3:BK my phone, you rule, I'll start, I'll start, I'll start. Alright, go ahead. Me personally, bro Lee's famous recipe.
Speaker 1:Just had that earlier. Hey, you gotta get that Three piece, three piece, three piece combo Six piece the six guy.
Speaker 2:I think we got one of the.
Speaker 1:One of the top Pizza king.
Speaker 2:You know Claire's Double decker bus. Wow, yeah, that's not. How's that?
Speaker 1:wild. That's Claire's.
Speaker 2:Wow, keep talking about Claire's what that's wild bro.
Speaker 3:You don't think so.
Speaker 1:Claire's pizza.
Speaker 3:Yeah.
Speaker 2:It's different than Other pizza kings. You know what I mean.
Speaker 3:We got the skinny, we got the skinny Breast sticks though.
Speaker 1:Facts, facts. Andy, get breast sticks though back and you get on any eat on the bus.
Speaker 2:So so you're going to be clear. Yeah, I'm going to go with the best fast food I say it's not really fast. Is that fast food that you consider clear? I say restaurant, oh, restaurant, I would have to say chipotle or chick-fil-a, we don't have to fully dog. Okay, come on, dog you gotta know I sit in richmond bro, you gotta.
Speaker 3:No, I said in Richmond, bro, yeah, in Richmond.
Speaker 1:Chipotle, chipotle, chipotle fire Chipotle okay, you want that now?
Speaker 3:I heard earlier you said you was a protein bowl type of guy, low carb type of guy, low carb. Yes, yes.
Speaker 2:Low carb, high protein.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I need all that. It's right there. I need all that. What you guys, what you guys is what, what are you guys? Low carb, high protein yeah, I need all that right there. All that, what's your?
Speaker 2:guys'.
Speaker 1:What, what are?
Speaker 3:you guys, lee's Famous.
Speaker 1:Lee's Famous. I told you Lee's.
Speaker 2:Famous Pizza King. Pizza King no, no, but you said it's protein.
Speaker 1:So you guys mess with the protein.
Speaker 2:I just be eating. Yeah, of course I do mess with protein. I be protein shakes and stuff.
Speaker 3:But Valid Sometimes.
Speaker 2:I just be eating, yeah, eat a whole lot of a whole lot yeah.
Speaker 3:Yeah, hey, best I got another one. Alright, top five no order, though no order.
Speaker 2:Okay.
Speaker 1:Best cereals. Cinnamon Toast Crunch Just Okay. Cinnamon Toast Crunch one. Cinnamon Toast Crunch Okay, Cinnamon Toast Crunch won.
Speaker 2:Fruity Pebbles. Cinnamon Toast Crunch won, captain Crunch. Stop Two Fruity Pebbles. But this ain't not?
Speaker 3:Cinnamon Toast Crunch is not number one bro.
Speaker 1:Cinnamon Toast Crunch is at the top, and then you got Fruity Pebbles, fruity.
Speaker 2:Pebbles yes.
Speaker 3:No man.
Speaker 2:Fruity Pebbles yes, no.
Speaker 1:What do you mean? What are you about to put Wheat Spinny?
Speaker 3:Ever since the Fruity Pebbles, ever since they went Gluten free bro. It ain't been the same. It ain't been the same.
Speaker 2:Since they went gluten free, bro, I ain't gonna lie, the school kind of ruined Cereal for me. They kept giving the cereal boys. It was a little stale.
Speaker 3:What about honey? Bunches of oats.
Speaker 2:Come on, amen, amen. Yeah, that's pretty good.
Speaker 3:The ones with the dried strawberry hidden with the milk.
Speaker 2:Nah yeah, that's bad. That's bad, captain Crunch Wild.
Speaker 3:Berry, captain Crunch Wild Berry, what?
Speaker 1:He has no yellow cereal in it, it's just a berry?
Speaker 2:No, it do. It's like mixed, it's like yellow and it has the cereal in it.
Speaker 3:It's just a night.
Speaker 1:Oh, it's like me, it's like yellow and it has the bear though it's just a all bear oh.
Speaker 3:All berries is far too no. No, it's facts you need. You need a yellow cereal in there. I got the braces In bracket over here.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I need a PR a bro.
Speaker 3:Yeah, watch out.
Speaker 2:Hey, all right back to football. Hey, top pass, rush move yeah.
Speaker 3:The jab double swipe.
Speaker 1:I don't really know what I'm having to do. I just try to do a bull rush, but if I had to go with a move, you a defensive end. I'd probably hit it with a rip.
Speaker 2:A rip, just a rip.
Speaker 3:You a defensive end. You should hit it with a rip. A rip, just a rip. That's like your defense end.
Speaker 1:You should be in your duffy, in your bag and then the last time I did a spin, he was like did I teach you like that?
Speaker 3:did I teach you that?
Speaker 2:mine would probably be the uh, in, go out, engage, pull down.
Speaker 1:I know what you're talking about.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I know you remember that T.
Speaker 3:Where'd you learn to pull down, though? Where'd you learn to snatch?
Speaker 2:at Okay, stop.
Speaker 3:Who started doing that? Who started doing that? I'll give you credit.
Speaker 2:Thank you, that was you bro.
Speaker 3:Pops, pops. Yeah, papa T All right bro. Okay then All right, bro, what's y'all's take?
Speaker 2:on that, go ahead.
Speaker 3:How do y'all feel about Coach Kearns? What you mean?
Speaker 2:I think he's solid.
Speaker 1:Yeah, he's solid. I like Coach Kearns a lot.
Speaker 2:Yeah, the first practice Was crazy. The first practice With him, bro.
Speaker 3:Ever yeah, the first.
Speaker 2:Yeah, the first summer practice.
Speaker 3:That was a whole lot of conditions. I thought he was a different breed bro. I thought he was gonna be Doing that everyday type.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 3:Them body work, them body workouts Killed a lot of people, bro and of course that was the thing.
Speaker 2:We didn't go to the weight room, it was just straight and it was like 90 something that day.
Speaker 1:It was hot, it was hot yeah that whole week was a struggle, man, yeah, I feel like Coach.
Speaker 3:Current coach is laid back.
Speaker 1:He is From last year. I say he funny, he funny, oh, he really funny.
Speaker 3:He's a funny guy, especially when me and TO wasn't eating during lunch. Yeah, just keep bringing it up TO.
Speaker 2:Aren't you supposed to be in the cafeteria? I'm basically not Big breakfast. He'd be on lunch duty. He'd be looking for us, Dude.
Speaker 3:He'd be looking for it.
Speaker 2:Yeah, he'd be looking for it With the trash can.
Speaker 3:Yeah, he'd be rolling it. All right. Any other topics?
Speaker 1:How y'all feeling. What's a game you guys put on the video game. What's?
Speaker 3:y'all's favorite game. I stopped playing games like that. I stopped yeah, I ain't really got the time, but the new 2K.
Speaker 2:I'm not thinking bacon the time, but the new 2k. I'm not thinking the new 2k coming up. 2k 24 cross platform platform okay, what you, what you're going to do. Come on the box, bro. Yeah, okay, now it's class cross platform, bro. I'm gonna have to show you. Nah, I'll have to show you. Nah, I'll have to show you what?
Speaker 3:what builds are making?
Speaker 2:I don't know, because there's like different methods. I don't know.
Speaker 1:I really mean playing 2k like that. So you know, know, I'm going to hit the YouTube.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I'm definitely hitting the YouTube. This build could do everything, everything. It'd be lying, yeah, it'd be lying, bro.
Speaker 3:They don't be doing everything, maybe everything for them.
Speaker 2:Yeah, but not all my games, bro.
Speaker 3:They just know the ones that really know how to put a game make dribbling fun again.
Speaker 2:I'm a man how y'all feel about being here. Little podcast, first podcast, I thought it was pretty exciting. You know, they podcast yeah, I think was questionable how, how work.
Speaker 3:I had to come from work.
Speaker 1:You know what I'm saying? Yeah, it work, yeah it work.
Speaker 3:Wendy's is stressful bro.
Speaker 1:That boy is at Wendy's Stressful yeah. Bro, three biggie bags from every car Look bro you getting that money, you getting that profit off that?
Speaker 3:Nah, I don't want that.
Speaker 2:Three biggie bags. Three biggie bags, three. I ain't no 4-4-4.
Speaker 3:Double stack JBC. Nah, I'm a 4-4-4 type of guy 4-4-4.
Speaker 1:Man, I always got my 4-4-4 over there, biggie bags.
Speaker 3:Where you at.
Speaker 1:With a strawberry lemonade.
Speaker 3:Barbecue sauce you wanna.
Speaker 1:Junior Bacon, Cheeseburger.
Speaker 2:Oh you be eating healthy now? Yeah, that's what you need. You need the fresh produce, strict water, okay.
Speaker 3:Strictly water, thanks, I don't know about it what you mean?
Speaker 2:I don't know. Hey man, y'all um. Hey man, we gotta hang out with Kenny. I forgot about that?
Speaker 3:Yeah, oh.
Speaker 2:Our guy Kenny man. He's going to college man, wilmington man. Congrats to Kenny Congrats to Kenny man. Yeah, he worked hard for that. See you in the defensive linemen Dog, dog Outside linebacker.
Speaker 1:Outside linebacker Stand up pass rush man, I don't sweat Coach.
Speaker 3:Cam used to always get on his back in practice man Always sweating him. Kenny didn't understand.
Speaker 2:Hey man.
Speaker 3:When he got put out linebacker.
Speaker 2:he thought he split in every play. He didn't know Yo when they put him out linebacker.
Speaker 3:was it a Muncie game?
Speaker 2:Yeah, when he was hawking stuff down that was no that was here.
Speaker 1:No there was another one too Muncie game. Oh yeah, actually, yeah yeah, it was Muncie. No, no, it wasn't Muncie. What was it? I think it was Anderson, for real, no, Anderson was third.
Speaker 3:No, Anderson was second game. No, I was out.
Speaker 2:I was out for most of the time Because remember Anderson was like daytime game time. Yeah, yeah, once he was night in the film. Kenny was talking during night, yeah, man who you think gonna have the most improvement with you like, who you think is really gonna like, oh, jayden ship, jay ship, of course. Okay, comeback season, I think. What about some of our young guys? How you feel about?
Speaker 3:them. But hold on though. Hold on though. In practice, though, you can't lie when jay ship is there. It's a different, it's a different vibe for the offense when he's not there.
Speaker 2:You know what I'm saying it clicks I don't know.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I just yeah, coach Kemp still be trying to get it right.
Speaker 3:It's just because he's like our actual BFF.
Speaker 2:Oh yeah, I hope you got to block. I think it's the relationship between the lineman and J-Ship.
Speaker 3:I feel like Jaden is just so much more focused. I mean, I feel like it's because he wants it more. He wants it more than anybody.
Speaker 2:Nah he's becoming a great leader. He really stepped up this year. You know what I mean.
Speaker 3:Yeah, he really didn't have a say because he was in that wheelchair, but but now that he's, he's not in the hot wheels no more. The hot he's really up and going. He's he's thriving more and he's he's getting his respect back because he made the top 20.
Speaker 2:Yeah the post. He was on there. He was on there, he was on there.
Speaker 3:So I really think he's going to have a breakout year. Yeah, lamar Jackson type Type.
Speaker 2:Yeah, heisman winner.
Speaker 3:Yeah, so.
Speaker 1:Kevin.
Speaker 3:Henry.
Speaker 1:Jr KJ, kj.
Speaker 2:Hey man, what y'all looking forward to the most though this year? Senior year man Last.
Speaker 3:Hey man, what y'all looking forward to the most, though, this year? Senior year man Last year of high school, what y'all looking forward to, I feel?
Speaker 2:like I just want to make memories, bro.
Speaker 3:have fun, yeah, for real. Most importantly, I want to aim towards that scholarship, though because that's what you can get me out of here, but I really just want to have fun, because you can't lie. Sophomore year even though we wasn't the best we just had, it was a fun season.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 3:I can look back on that and really talk about it a lot.
Speaker 2:Who do y'all think really influenced you? To really take it serious, high school wise, you know what I mean, coming in as a freshman seeing the upperclassmen. Who do you think really influenced you the most?
Speaker 3:I didn't really take it seriously.
Speaker 1:I'd say someone that helped me take it seriously was probably Bryson, because, bryson, he would always talk to me about taking it seriously and I need to start doing stuff now, so when I get to that time I can be ready and I'll have all the skill and knowledge. You, mine was your brother, oh, yours, no, no, mine, big Tim, mine was.
Speaker 2:DeMarco, you brother.
Speaker 3:Oh yours no, no Mine.
Speaker 2:Mine was DeMarco Owens.
Speaker 3:Oh wow, yeah, it was, it was.
Speaker 2:Actually, he didn't have a big influence on me Until like the like last game. It was no, it was like second to last game. It was Shelbyville and I was asking for a sub. I was cramping and he like yelled at meamping and he like yelled at me. He said, tio, you don't need no sub, you don't need none of that. You got it. Stay in the game. You know you're going to. You know you're going to thrive.
Speaker 3:I was like, okay, I was like yo, I'm hurt, I'm hurt, I'm hurt, though, but hey, I did pressure last play, I think I think jamar jamar scott, big more, yeah, I think he really influenced me because he got on me every day, because he's seen my potential. Yeah, he just yeah, but uh, who who motivates you? Who motivates you, inspires you now, like who came out of richmond came out of richmond, who's been a freshman in college already, already.
Speaker 2:I'm gonna have to still say, marco, like what you mean? You mean like coming out and playing high school ball. I'm gonna have to say I'm still saying Marco, cause I seen Marco the other day and Red Boy transformed himself. Yeah, he did, he's all you know. He's fast man.
Speaker 3:I would say, I would say Marquise Johnson, because of the record. Yeah, he was really an underdog for and he showed everyone he could really go to college and ball.
Speaker 2:So he's really gonna do his thing so you see his improvement from his freshman year.
Speaker 3:Oh yeah, he went from 195 to what?
Speaker 1:217? Yeah, that boy, he's 217. He's 217. Wow, he's big bro. Yeah he'd be working out a lot.
Speaker 3:I guarantee you he still runs like a four.
Speaker 1:Probably like a four or four. What is he?
Speaker 3:going to play DB. I think, he wants to play, yeah, yeah, whatever, whatever he does, I know he's, he's gonna be, he's gonna be the best. He's the best, he's the best.
Speaker 2:Yeah, he's just really like he has a really like good athleticism, yeah, yeah I don't know if that's the word, he's definitely yeah he's definitely, he's definitely athletic, but like this is his mentality yeah, it's different, you know like he could have came in as a freshman you know he didn't? He didn't like I don't think he didn't. He didn't play that many games, did he?
Speaker 3:no, but you, you could tell. You could tell about the stats though, because yeah, bro, I went on the uh, saint francis ig bro and they have like the like, who like body weight? You know what I'm saying. Who's pushing the most weight in the vertical and the 40-yard dash Marquise was in like two of those as a freshman I heard that, Like pound for pound, strongest one he was in there Broad jump. He was first, I think, so he's definitely it might have been vertical.
Speaker 2:He's definitely it might have been vertical. I'm thinking it was broad jump and vertical yeah it was, it was both.
Speaker 1:Yeah, vertical he'd be getting up there. He just got hurt Richmond leaders, though I'm saying we up next.
Speaker 3:All right, all right.
Speaker 2:We got like a minute or so how y'all want to impact y'all community when y'all leave, how y'all want to impact your community when y'all leave. How do y'all feel about that? Do you want to come back? Give back? What's the word?
Speaker 3:I want to come back and be, hopefully, the defensive line coach or defensive line assistant coach. But I just want to come coach and coach the position I played and learn from Coach Kev more.
Speaker 2:I want to be the offensive line coach. You'll be the defensive line coach.
Speaker 3:Yeah, not want to be the offensive line coach, you'll be the defensive line coach.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 3:Not the assistant, the coach. Yeah, hopefully.
Speaker 2:I'm trying to be that offensive line coach that busts his D-line.
Speaker 3:After college, of course, after your four years and your degree and all of the above.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I'm trying to.
Speaker 3:Me and Tio I'm going to bust the offensive line.
Speaker 2:I'm telling you my offensive lineman. I'm going to be like Coach Kidd I can't wait. You push the anchor. I'm out there. I'm out there, offensive lineman. I'm going to come out with the drip, the offensive lineman, coach, drip Like your head.
Speaker 3:Man Like your head.
Speaker 2:The sunflowers, coach Kidd, sunflower sheets. And that little stance, the legs spread out. Can't wait for it, man, what you wanna do room what you wanna do. Once you out of college.
Speaker 1:I was thinking I could Probably pursue my dream In real estate. And all that Real estate, flippin' houses, flippin' houses yeah, we need it down here in Richmond. I could probably pursue my dream in real estate and all that Real estate, okay, flipping houses.
Speaker 3:Flipping houses yeah, we need it down here in Richmond.
Speaker 2:I definitely want to come back and make more opportunities for our younger. I grew up in an apartment complex you know what I mean, so I see a lot of little kids, you know. I definitely want to help them Because a lot of them just turn to Just working and stuff Limiting their show. I want them to see their potential.
Speaker 1:That's why I want to come back.
Speaker 3:Inspire the youth.
Speaker 2:Inspire the youth, our future leaders.
Speaker 1:This is why we have Podcast for the youth.