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Olympic Gold Medalist Bryce Deadmon on Overcoming Self-Doubt, Embracing Authenticity, and Inspiring the Next Generation
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Mental health is a critical but often overlooked aspect of sports, especially within the Black community. Bryce Dedman shares his experiences with therapy and affirmations that help him navigate challenges while emphasizing the importance of community support and self-belief. His story encourages young athletes to embrace their authentic selves and strive for their dreams despite setbacks.
• Importance of mental health discussions for Black athletes
• Bryce's journey to Olympic success and self-belief
• The role of affirmations in building confidence
• Strategies for dealing with public scrutiny
• Community involvement and its impact on personal growth
• Advice for young athletes facing challenges
• Aspirations for a nonprofit supporting low-income athletes
• Emphasizing representation and authenticity in athletics
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Resilience and Success
Speaker 1How do you ? Stay mentally strong . I think we won't talk about that enough , especially as black folks . I'm just going to say that it is what it is . But , you know , I feel like we don't talk about mental health enough .
Speaker 2I don't think I started getting to the point that I'm at right now until I actually started seeing a therapist on a consistent basis . Even the affirmation that I tell myself on a day to day basis like like , if you was to read what I tell myself , you'd be like this man , sound crazy . Like I really be writing in my journal .
Speaker 1Bryce man , you might help somebody Go on .
Speaker 2Go on Give us one ?
Speaker 1Can we have one affirmation , Because we trying to be Olympic gold medalists too .
Speaker 1One thing I tell myself that what is up , loud and Clear family . So my next guest , oh my goodness . So he and I actually sat on a panel together at Texas A&M University . It was for the Black Aggie Impact Gala and we were both on a panel and obviously he's a freaking Olympian , so we knew that he was doing the doggone thing already .
Speaker 1But when it comes to just this man's heart , his resilience and the work that he's been doing , I just want to introduce you to him . So this is a show , you guys know where we bring the change makers , the trailblazers and the stories that spark transformation . And today I have the distinct , the distinct honor , yes , of sitting down with someone whose story is as inspiring as it is groundbreaking . He's not just a professional sprinter . He's a force of nature , a symbol of resilience and really proof that champions are built both on and off the track .
Speaker 1Bryce Dedman is a two-time Olympic gold medalist , a record-breaking sprinter and a proud son of most city , texas , from setting records on the global stage with Team USA to overcoming personal challenges that would have stopped most in their tracks . Y'all see what I did there . Bryce embodies what it means to have the heart of a champion , a Texas A&M graduate and a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Incorporated , bryce has used his platform to inspire and uplift his community , redefining what success looks like for black athletes really , in my opinion , for all athletes in the world of elite sports . In Tokyo and Paris , he not only ran for the gold , but helped shatter an Olympic record with Team USA , showing the world that the true meaning of teamwork and determination . Off the track , bryce continues to shine as a role model , using his voice to encourage others to turn setbacks into setups for major comebacks .
Speaker 1Now , today , we're diving into his journey of resilience , how he's navigated injury , self-doubt and the pressures because we know it's a lot of that of being on the world's biggest stage . We'll explore his experiences as a black man in a sport often under the microscope , and how he stayed grounded in his faith and in community . Bryce Dedman isn't just running races . He's running a legacy that inspires generations , loud and clear family . Let's welcome the phenomenal , the unstoppable , the gold standard of excellence Bryce Dedman , hey Bryce .
Speaker 1Hey Tashara how you doing I am well . Was that a decent intro for you , hey ?
Speaker 2look , I was just about to say , had you asked me to write a bio or like an intro to to bring to bring on to this show , it wouldn't have been nowhere close to that at all . I appreciate that . I really appreciate that .
Speaker 1I appreciate you , Bryce , for making time for me so obviously I knew about the Texas A&M connection right , but when I saw you was from Mo City I was like no , hold on now .
Speaker 1I'm from Houston , okay , by way of Trinity Garden , texas , but I could imagine maybe our stories are a little bit similar as far as our backgrounds and really , again , nowhere near where you are as far as accomplishments , but just backgrounds and where you are today . And so I want to ask you , like being from most city Texas , when you think about where you grew up right and where you are today , did you see this happening ? And just tell me a little bit about that part of it .
Speaker 2I don't know if I would say I saw it happening when I was growing up , especially when
Building Self-Confidence and Staying Grounded
Speaker 2I was in high school . Coming up through high school , like Elkins and Ridgepoint and whatnot , I didn't have nearly the amount of confidence in myself that I do now . Now I will say I saw a lot of people , especially from Missouri City and the surrounding areas , going pro or getting D1 scholarships and whatnot . So I knew it was how can I put it ? I knew it wasn't impossible , like those people I was going to school with who was getting scholarships to major D1 programs , going pro in some of their sports . Some people would come back to Elkins to speak to us who had went to the NFL and whatnot . So I knew it was possible .
Speaker 2I just didn't know if it was possible for me . The self-belief that I have in myself now took years on , years on years to build up . I honestly think the scholarship that I got from A&M coming out of high school was just based off of pure talent , because I had no idea how to kind of just harness my confidence and put that into my , my sport , into my everyday life , to get everything out of myself the way I do now , by any stretch of the meaning so I do want to ask you , bryce , just as it relates to your story .
Speaker 1So let me tell you , I am a track theme , if we can call it that . I love , love , love , love track man . I , I promise you I'll be in my house watching y'all on TV . I'm like you better go get them . You better go get them . I appreciate that . I love it , man , so much .
Speaker 1I ran track in grammar school but , baby , I ain't even about to sit here and play . Like you know , I was there Whatever . No , I just really , really , really really enjoyed the sport , like how people like football and basketball and all that other stuff . No , like I love track . So anytime it comes around , I am ready for it . So I did go back today and rewatch and I can't tell you how many times I watched these races because the four by four always hit OK every time . So I went back and I watched the men's four by four from the Olympic games and that third league . Right , can you take me back for real ? For , like , how were you feeling like running that um , seeing where you guys were in the race , as far as how um far ahead you were , and then what you did on your leg . So can you take me back to that moment ? What was that moment like for you ?
Speaker 2oh , um , that's a good question . So I will say I'm not gonna say I was doubting myself in that moment . But so before we got that gold medal in the four by four , um , we had broke the record in the four by four mixery , like in the preliminary round , yep , and came back in the finals and got second . I know , and I will say I definitely played a part in that because I definitely did not run my best leg by any stretch of the meaning in that final and I'm like , wow , like had I ran what I ran in the prelims in that finals , we for sure would have got this gold .
Speaker 2Uh , and after that I was actually getting a lot of , a lot of crazy like comments on my post and like people like saying like some wild stuff to me . Um , and I had got off the social , something because I was like you know what , I'm not even going to engage in this . I had kind of caught I . I personally got caught myself getting kind of irritated and ready , like to respond and clap back at people online . I'm like bros , you need to calm down , like bro , just get off the social media , like you don't even need to be doing that . Um , so I'm not gonna say I was doubting myself , but there was a thought in the back of my head like wow , like what if I don't perform or do what I need to do ? And the same thing happens if not on a on an even worse scale .
Speaker 2Um , so I remember my coach had talked to me after that mixed relay , um , and he told me straight up he was like that definitely wasn't your best run , but you can make an adjustment .
Speaker 2Um , I just need you to do this at this point of the race , um , do what you've been doing all year , trusting yourself , like you've been running consistent all year , like there's no reason why you wouldn't be able to do it in this final round .
Speaker 2Um , and I really appreciate him for that . He kind of definitely grounded me after that , um , and I remember I seen we was kind of neck and neck with what boswana and great britain when I got the stick and I was like bryce , you just gotta go and just let all the training that you had and and your muscle memory take over and shoot . I just took off and and once I take off , it's kind of just like a blackout from there . It's kind of just like , like I said , muscle memory . I'm just doing what I've been doing for the entirety of the year , or even just throughout the entirety of my track career , um , and I just let that take over and I personally believe I put us in the best situation to win , after I got that baton , that third leg , for our fourth leg , to bring it home and get that first place gold medal .
Speaker 1Already , because you out of that age time .
Speaker 1Okay , that's what we do , you know what , bryce , you mentioned something that I wanted to ask you . You mentioned staying grounded right , or that the coach grounded you when he kind of pulled you to the side and said what he said , and so I want to ask you , how do you stay grounded ? Um , I know your faith plays a huge role in , in all that you do , but how do you stay grounded in everything and all the fame and um , popularity and really everything that comes along with that big stage ? How ?
Speaker 2do you stay ? Um , I would say performance wise , I stay grounded . I kind of have a list of affirmations that I tell myself . Um , I try to tell myself and write down every morning . Um , and I really , even if I don't write them down , I've written them down and emperor performed them in my head so many times . I kind of just say themselves to myself throughout the day , even when I'm at practice . I'll just be like like Bryce , this is going to be the best practice you've had . There's no reason why you can't make it through this . You are one of the best athletes to touch the earth .
Speaker 2I mean , I kind of tell myself this stuff that sounds delusional , but I kind of feel like once you get to a certain point , there's no way you would be able to succeed or reach the heights that you want to reach without sounding somewhat delusional . I mean like I don't think . Like if someone was just walking around here saying they're going to win a gold medal in the Olympics one day , I mean of course people would be like , oh yeah , you should do that . But I mean how many people really think , okay , like this is a real possibility ? Um , so I would say grounded , in that sense , performance wise . It's constantly repeating to myself just positive affirmations throughout the day . Um , and even in that situation in the four by four , when I , when I told you I was kind of getting crazy messages after that mixed relay , um shoot , I just kind of went back to what I always do , like everything will be okay . There's no such thing as a perfect race . You're not going to be perfect every single time you touch the track . That's impossible . Um , I mean , you'll be good , you will be fine . Oh . So that couple with where my coach was kind of telling me in my ear after that kind of helped me stick to the plan and not kind of just fold and falter as the Olympics went on .
Speaker 2And in my personal life I don't really know I've always been a person who cared about the people around me or just wanted to make as many friends as possible , wanted to meet as many people as possible , and I understood or I saw from other people who I kind of grew up around , who were getting scholarships or were like kind of star players or star athletes in high school and college .
Speaker 2I've kind of seen how sometimes their attitude would rub people the wrong way or they would come up as brash , as unapproachable or or just above somebody , and I was . I kind of just was like I never want to be like that , like I love my people . I never want people around me to believe that they can't speak to me or have a relationship with me , um , I mean . So I think that's how I kind of keep myself grounded in my personal life , that and kind of just always hanging out with friends and family , trying to be active in the community , trying to join different organizations , meeting as many people as possible , so that's , that's . That's honestly what I do from a from a performance standpoint and just from a personal standpoint .
Speaker 1That's good stuff , man . What advice do you have for other young people ? You know that look at your story , that look at what you've been able to do , those that may have went to uh high school or attended the same high school as you , um after you , of course . But what advice do you have for young folks ?
Speaker 1because I think a lot of times , uh , people that they admire can sometimes get mixed up in the wrong crowds or um , they can have all these negative influences and I know from the communities that we're from there are a lot of negative influences out there . Okay , so , what advice do you have for young people ?
Speaker 2Oh , that's a . That's a tough question , I mean , cause when you're young it's so easy to get swayed in the wrong direction , especially when you kind of don't have a sense of yourself or you still trying to figure yourself out , you still trying to fit in . That's actually a very good question , I would say . For the most part , always know what your end goal is , that your end mission is . Remind yourself of that on a consistent basis and try your hardest to align yourself with that . If you're trying to go to school and major in a certain major , what AP classes can you take ? What group of people are trying to get to the same university as you ? What resources are there out there to get you to that university ? Who can help you get there ? And I think even that building your circle in that sense will kind of keep you grounded , keep you going to where you want to and where you're trying to go . Um , honestly , I , I think , I think that would probably be the best thing , for sure .
Speaker 2Um , yeah , your circle plays a major determining factor in where you and where you'll go in life . For sure it , like I said it's , it's extremely easy to get caught up with the wrong crowd , for sure , I'm thinking about even some of the people I grew up with , um , who were very talented or or had a lot of potential , who kind of just failed to the wayside because I mean , they got like I mean , like you were saying , got caught up with the wrong people , just got caught up doing the wrong thing and one decision kind of just like blew everything up and everything that had worked for it basically went down the drain to an extent . Um , a lot have rebounded from it , a lot haven't , I mean . But it's just like shoot , if you was in that position , why even have to be in a position again to try to rebound from it when you had it in your hand to begin with ? So I would say that just constantly , just analyze your circle . Who are you hanging around ? What are you doing personally to get to the goals that you're trying to get to ? How do your everyday actions align with that , I would say .
Speaker 2And then , from another standpoint , just understanding that there will be setbacks and things like that that will kind of deter you . But sure , even the setbacks are part of the plan . I mean , of course it's . It's never good to have a setback or seem like things aren't working out . Yeah , let it happen . That's part of the plan .
Speaker 2All of those are learning experiences . You know what to do next time . You know what not to do next time . Um , you know what route to take next time . Shoot , just stay patient and stay the course . Every , every . I like to tell myself all the time . Everything will work out exactly how you want it to work out If you just stay the course and
Overcoming Comparison, Building Mental Strength
Speaker 2stay patient . Like I used to compare my my trajectory to other people who I went to school with . Like , for instance , I had a teammate who went pro and signed like a huge contract after his first year at A&M and I didn't get to that same point until I was what ? Six years in , I had graduated from my master's degree and I was 24 . He was 18 when he got his turn and I was 24 when I got mine . But we still both got there and that's the main thing .
Speaker 1Um shoot , yeah , I mean your journey can take a a lot longer time than the next person , but that don't mean you're not gonna get there at all that that reminds me of um this saying when people are always like you can't be out here , comparing your like day 10 to somebody's like year five or year three or whatever the case may be , right , like you don't know what their trajectory was to get to that point , right , you don't know what they gave up Even , for example , at 18 years old versus when you ended up going pro , I just think that sometimes we compare ourselves , myself included okay , I am not excluded from the conversation , you know . I just think we compare ourselves to people because we see , and you know , see what certain individuals have at certain points in their lives and I do think we can get caught up in that . You mentioned something , and this may be the same situation , but you mentioned kind of your journey , your trajectory . Was there ever a moment where you felt like giving up and what pushed you to keep going even in that moment ?
Speaker 2It was hard to think about giving up . I tried to give up , I tried to , and I wouldn't even say it was myself that kept me in it . It was more so the fact that I came home and told my parents I was trying to quit and it was like , I mean , that's fine , you can do what you want to do , but I mean you have to transfer schools because we're not going to pay for your tuition there . And I was like gosh . Like I said , sometimes the setbacks and hard times are part of the plan , I mean , and you'll have people around you that you're not even realizing at that point in time will kind of keep you directed on the right path without you even knowing that's what's happening . Yeah , yeah , no . Like I had no intentions of running track . What was this ?
Speaker 2I think going into my junior year , after my sophomore year , I was a hundred percent about to quit . I had been injured for two years straight I wasn't running . I've seen all of my people that I came in with in a class of 15 in school like flourishing , and I wasn't doing it . I was like you know what ? Like I can have a lot more fun , more fun on campus . I ain't got to practice every day and I'm just discouraged . I'm just tired of not being where I want to be , and that was discouraging in itself .
Speaker 2And , like I said , sometimes you'll just run into people who push you back onto the right path . Sometimes it can be people in your friend circle , sometimes it can be people in your family circle . I've even heard of people just a random instance where someone kind of had an epiphany talking to a random person . They was like , okay , I need to get back on what I was trying to do . And you'll never even realize until a couple of years later down the line , like , wow , like had I self-destructed or self-sabotage how I was about to I would not be in this position that I'm in right now . I mean , shoot , like I said , that's even an important factor in making sure you got the right circle around you .
Speaker 1That part say that yeah . That's good man , that is good . I do want to ask you too . You mentioned the injuries right , so you obviously overcame those injuries that could have ended your career . How do you stay mentally strong I think we'll talk about that enough , especially as black folks . I'm just going to say that it is what it is but you know .
Speaker 1I feel like we don't talk about mental health enough . So mentally you you talked about man I could just be enjoying campus . I ain't got to go to practice . You know the strenuous activity you guys have to put in to be the type of athletes that you want to be . How did you say stay ? I should say mentally strong , and were you always mentally strong during this process ?
Speaker 2No , no , no , no , no , not even close . Like I said , my mental , my mental fortitude , is something I have been working on for years , I'll probably say from high school . I don't think it clicked for me , maybe until probably like my last year , honestly , my last year at A&M , when I was 24 . So I'll probably say all throughout high school up until the time I was 24 . It took me to kind of build up to where I'm at right now , and I will say that I think the fact that Black people don't take mental health serious enough was a factor in as to why I didn't get to where I'm at sooner . I mean because it is kind of taboo in our community to go see a therapist or admit that you're going through depression or admit that you have a lot of anxiety . It's always kind of just like ain't nothing wrong with you , you'll be fine , just overlooking it when there's an issue there to be addressed .
Speaker 2Um , and I don't think I started getting to the point that I'm at right now until I actually started seeing a therapist on a consistent basis , um , going out and and looking up different resources as to how people got their confidence , kept their confidence or or got through their personal struggles . Um , and that included just going to see well , going to buy self-help books . Um , listening to YouTube videos on athletic performance . I was , look , I was just throwing stuff at the wall trying to figure something out . I was like I gotta .
Speaker 2I gotta , I gotta figure something out , like I have to figure something out . Like I said , I definitely don't think mental health in the Black community is taken seriously . I think it's getting a lot better now .
Speaker 2I hear a lot of people in the late 20s , early 30s , late 30s reaching out and going to see therapists more than I ever did growing up . I definitely think the wheels are turning on that for sure . I definitely think that was a major factor . You like the , I don't think people realize how much confidence plays a role and where you get to in life , like it is literally a night and day difference talk about it , talk about it um , shoot .
Speaker 2Like I said , even the affirmation that I tell myself on a day-to-day basis , like , like , if you used to read what I tell myself , you'd be like this man sound crazy .
Speaker 1Like I said , even the affirmation that I tell myself on a day-to-day basis , like , like , if you used to read what I tell myself you'd be like this man , sound crazy , like I really be writing in my journal like bryce man , you might help somebody , go , go , give us one . Can we have one affirmation , because we trying to be olympic gold medalists too ?
Speaker 2one thing , one thing I tell myself that I just truly believe in and it , this , this , this was probably my first affirmation . I didn't even realize it was . It was an affirmation until I started getting into therapy on a consistent basis and my therapist at the time was like you need to write down a list of positive affirmations to tell yourself on a day-to-day basis . And I was like , oh shoot , I've been doing that and didn't even realize , um , but , like I said , it didn't really start clicking for me until my last year at aiden , when I was in my master's program . Um , I had read this book by one of my professors who was a sports psychologist . He actually made us read his book for his class and I was like , but it was crazy , because it helped um , and he was just showing , like , the research behind having like these delusional beliefs or what , not delusional , but just high believing beliefs .
Speaker 2I would say , um , and I remember after I read that I was like , okay , I'm gonna go into every race telling myself I'm the best athlete on the face of the planet and see how it turns out and shoot , that was actually . That was probably the best , the best season of my career at a&m . Anytime I would get on the line , I'd be like this is about to be my best race I've ever had in my life . Every single time , um , sometimes I would get beat , sometimes I wouldn't , but just the progression and the consistency of the times that I was running was something that I had never done my entire time there . I think I set a personal best almost every single time I touched the track that year , which is crazy .
Speaker 1And like .
Speaker 2I said sometimes I would get beat . But then after I would get beat , I would come back and tell myself , ok , he beat me this race , but that has no effect on what's going to happen next week . And if he beat me the next week then that ain't got no effect on what's going to happen next week . Like you just like sometimes you just got to keep lying to yourself Like I'm the coldest and until you show me I'm not the coldest , then I mean that's what it is . But even when you show me I'm not the coldest , that'll mean I'm not going to be the coldest one day .
Speaker 2So , like I said , just constantly repeating that to myself and I found myself just in a position I never thought I would be in making the Olympic trials and making the Olympic team and getting my first gold medal that year . And , like I said , just the constant reassurance and affirming myself on a consistent basis really changed the like , the trajectory of everything that I was doing . I started applying that to my everyday life and started seeing results . It was actually crazy . It was actually crazy , it was very crazy .
Speaker 1You gotta be crazy , you gotta be crazy to believe in these things , man , for real .
Speaker 2To get crazy goals , to reach crazy goals , you got to think crazy . That's like you said . That's the only way you're going to get there . And you know what I always said like you will never you , at any single time , because I used to be an extremely negative person and I realized- .
Speaker 1Really , Bryce , I would never attribute that to you Like at all man A hundred percent .
Speaker 2I was extremely pessimistic .
Speaker 2I just didn't have any self-confidence or self-belief in myself and I started realizing anytime I kind of like catastrophize an event , or always like thought the worst was going to happen , that is literally what happened about 90% of the time and I was like once I kind of changed my mindset .
Speaker 2I was like , okay , bryce , you see , from this , anytime you are constantly thinking negative , there is a very strong possibility that it's like anything that you're thinking of is probably going to happen . But if you constantly thinking positive , like yes , bad things can happen , but I mean , look at what you accomplish and why you think I'm positive Like you will always have a negative event come out of you thinking negative , but you will never just have a consistent string of a negative events coming out of you thinking highly of yourself or thinking everything is going to work out , like of course , everything doesn't work out on a day to day basis . But I mean , look at how , look at the heights that you're reaching by constantly believing in yourself . You was never reaching these heights when you was always down and pessimistic .
Speaker 1Oh , that's good , that is so good . You gonna say somebody with this
Fostering Relationships Beyond Boundaries
Speaker 1one . I'm just look . We talked on the panel , uh , uh , when we were in uh college station a few weeks back , but I gotta ask you , what that book ? At that we talked about what ? What a book at bryce , a book that you need to write .
Speaker 2That's what book I don't know about writing no book . I don't know , I don't , I don't , I don't think I didn't accomplish that much to write a book are you kidding me ?
Speaker 1did you really just say that ?
Speaker 2bro , I mean I mean I didn't learn some stuff , but I mean I'm only 27 , like what it , like what exactly is is just groundbreaking about what I did so far are you kidding me , do you know ?
Speaker 1hearing you talk , let me just tell you something on a personal level .
Speaker 1Hearing you talk about how you not only went to therapy okay , because a lot of people will go to therapy and it's like performative work , right , meaning they go to therapy , they listen to what the therapist say , and then they get around their friends or family , whoever they get around , and they say , oh , I've been going to therapy , I've been doing this , but have you been doing the work ?
Speaker 1So , to hear that you have been going to therapy , I can hear how you talk about therapy and how you talk about reading books and how you talk about searching YouTube . I can hear in your spirit and in your words that not only did you do all that searching and looking , but you actually worked your hardest to try to apply what you were learning and that made a significant difference in your life . So you asked about writing a book . Do you know how many people , how many , how many black men in particular are struggling with not only going to therapy , right , but also applying what they learn in those therapeutic sessions ? So , yeah , you got a book in your brace . I'm just saying .
Speaker 2Please , we gonna see , we gonna see man , that's crazy .
Speaker 1That is crazy . I do want to ask you this . So , track and field , it's often seen as the individual sport . Yeah , but the relay that requires obviously a team effort , team mentality . You talked about the mixed relay and how . You know how you felt like you should have ran a better third leg on that one . What has it been like for you being a part of Team USA , and what has it taught you about collaboration and really trusting the people that's on your team ?
Speaker 2Oh , um , when it's being on . Team USA taught me about collaboration . Being on Team USA taught me about collaboration . So I would say it has definitely taught me how to keep relationships and build relationships from afar . So most of the people well , not even most , all of the people I run with on the 4x4 , the mixed relay I don't see until the major championships like that , for instance , that 4x14 , rob Benjamin to relay I don't see until , like the major championships like that . Like , for instance , um , that four about 14 , rob Benjamin , our last leg . I had probably seen him , probably maybe like once out of the entire year , um , up until that point . So I started .
Speaker 2I started seeing how important it was to kind of keep up with people , keep track of people , kind of ask people like , hey , how everything going , training been good , your training's been good , how you been going , how you been doing personally , I started learning how important that was to keep up those relationships from afar . So when we get in those moments it's not like I'm running on a team with four strangers , just out of simple fact . Like I said , we hardly see each other throughout the year . Strangers , just just out the simple fact . Like I said , we hardly see each other throughout the year . Um , so I learned how important that is to kind of just keep up relationships with people who aren't in constant reach of me , who I'm not seeing on an everyday basis .
Speaker 2I would say that , and even just seeing the amount of like seeing all the people who I run against or used to train with or used to run against in college on Team USA really excites me a lot . I'm like , wow , you really doing the thing . Like that really excites me . Seeing like some of my friends and some of my old teammates really like , excelling , like , and I'm like , wow , like not only does it get me excited but it also gives me hope . Like , okay , like you just did this major thing . Like I know my blessing is right around the corner . Like , like , like you , you elevated . I know I'm going to elevate sometime soon . It gives me hope , it excites me . Yeah , no , I really enjoyed it . Just seeing the people that I've been around on a consistent basis performing at a high level is really inspiring .
Speaker 1And I love that you mentioned something that I think a lot of us struggle with when it comes to relationship . Right , you talked about how you try your best to keep up with your not necessarily your teammates , but perhaps maybe your teammates at some point throughout the year . And I think that is so important from a standpoint of just everyday life , because I think everyone gets in their bubble , everyone is running , everybody's doing all the things that they're doing . And I have this one friend and I told her this . Her name is Andrea James and when I tell you , she makes everyone and I know I'm not her best friend like I'm just not in that lane for for her , but one thing that she does , and she does very well , and I told her and I told her man , that is a skill set .
Speaker 2She makes sure she keeps up with everybody and with people is a skill set , and I'm I will be so very honest with you . I think social media makes it a lot easier to do that , because , yeah , absolutely sure absolutely we don't use what we got exactly exactly .
Speaker 2Yeah , no , I'll see someone post them and then I'll start a conversation just based off of what somebody posts . Then that turned into hey , we need to hang out , I'm gonna call you sometime later this week . Like social media definitely made that a whole lot easier . You know what too ?
Speaker 1bryce , I'll argue too that sometimes people will say social media has made it harder , and I'll let me tell you why I say that . Um , it's because they're not using it how you're doing it . So you're saying , hey , like let's catch up , let's you know one , two , three , nice pitch , whatever right . You're using it that way and you're trying to take that conversation outside of just Instagram or TikTok or whatever , but other people they feel like if they leave you a comment , you know every six months , then we Gucci and I'm like that's not the same as taking that conversation .
Speaker 2Speaking of that , so one of my old high school classmates . She moved to New York for her job , I think right after she graduated from her master's program , and I hadn't seen her . In a way , I hadn't seen her since we graduated high school back in 15 . I just caught up with her last year for the first time when she came back from New York for Christmas break and she came back last year . We went out , we hung out , she went back and she coming back out here this year again and we hanging out again . So it was like shoot , had I not reached out to her last year .
Speaker 1Yeah , you would have made a little tradition of y'all seeing each other around Christmas time , exactly , exactly of y'all seeing each other around Christmas time .
Speaker 2Exactly , exactly , exactly , exactly .
Speaker 1Exactly , and I really feel like that's what life is about too . Go ahead , Bryce . I'm sorry , oh no no , no , no , I'm listening just transitioned out of a full-time TV news career local TV that is , and so one of the things that I have been so grateful for since I have not been going to work every morning at 1 45 am , waking up to go to work for three . Look , say that that's what I'm talking about .
Speaker 2You was on the morning news .
Speaker 1Yes , Morning news man .
Speaker 1Yes , and that is a tough schedule and I was just going to say like I miss so many , and not just because I was on the morning news , but just on TV news in general . You ain't getting . I mean , it's like what you do too right , you're not getting those holidays off and stuff like that . Those are sometimes your biggest days . So you're going to be at work on holidays Like it's not normal to be off for holidays uh , when you're in tv news and so , anyways , I miss so many events , so many gatherings , so many of these friends events . I had one friend called me out big time . She was like now , look , you done missed three birthdays already . We gonna have to figure something out because you , you missing too much . And so , um , I really appreciate now being able to go to like one of my younger brothers , my younger siblings . He plays football , high school football , so I can go down to Houston in the middle of the week and go see him play a football game .
Speaker 1And so just those moments . So I'm glad to hear that you're trying to , you know , keep those friendships alive and those relationships well , because that's what really pays off in the end . Like we can get all the accolades all day long , but relationships , man , really really , really play off way more .
Speaker 2Yeah , no , I definitely haven't been in the situation that you're talking about . I mean , shoot , even with me traveling for these track meets throughout the year , like I'll be on , I'll be on the road at least like two to three times a month once April hit and I'll be missing birthdays , I'll be missing family functions , events and I'll be like shoot , I feel like I'm just so out the mix and I really hate that . So during the off season I really try to make sure I focus on seeing people and hanging out and just doing what I can to keep in touch with people .
Speaker 1And I feel like you're being intentional about it . That's really what it's about some intentionality behind everything that we do . I do want to ask you , as a black man on a global stage , on the global stage , how do you navigate the duality of being both , let's say , a role model and being an athlete ?
Speaker 2A role model and an athlete , you know what , and I was just having this conversation with somebody the other day . I always hear so many people talk about like media training or you need to present your stuff a certain way , especially as a black person , not even as a black man , as a black person in general . You know it's already some stereotypes out about us and how we act , how we talk , etc . Or even how we carry ourselves , our culture , all of that . And I just got to a point and I wouldn't even say recently , it kind of just was just building
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Speaker 2up . I was like I'm so tired of having to code , switch or put it on the front and act in a certain way . I mean and not that I'm just like some ignorant , like crash shot or anything like that , but just like , oh , you have to talk this way , like you got to get rid of your accent or you can't say this about this , and I'm just like I'm a black man in America . I like I didn't get to the point , to where it's like I don't want to try to mask or hide my culture from nobody . I'm not ashamed of where I come from , I'm not ashamed of my people , I'm not ashamed of my culture , any of that ? Um . So anytime I'm in media or on a camera , I just try to exemplify and let people know that I am black , whether that's not like trying to code switch from the accent that I have , or or speaking on certain topics that are going on in regards to black people .
Speaker 2Um , in regards to stereotypes about black people , um , and I really wanted to make that a point because I just want to let other people know , especially younger people like it is okay to be yourself , like you don't have to , you don't have to whitewash yourself in order to be accepted . And once you actually show your authentic self , especially as a black person , trust and believe your black community and black people watching you are going to rally behind you . And I mean , and that's how we've accomplished so much in Americaica as black people , um , so , yeah , I , I think that was the main thing , I think that was one of the main things I I've kind of just kind of grown into like , like , I don't want to have to code switch anymore all the time . I don't want to have to try to act like this , like this token black person . I like I don't talk about it ?
Speaker 1I don't like person .
Speaker 2Just , I want to show up as my authentic self . Um , with my southern accent , if I got my hair in a certain way , I'm gonna rock my hair in that certain way . The only way we're gonna break down these barriers and make things acceptable is if more of us start pushing that , pushing the boundaries on what's acceptable and what's not . Like , for instance , people showing up to school with dressing and principals telling them they got to cut the dress out . They hear , because dressing and like that , like stuff , like that is crazy . But I think if more of us started showing up like that , yeah , um , enforcing our culture into these spaces , they aren't going to have a choice but to accept it for what it is . So period .
Speaker 1Let me find out . You did some research , but I don't know if you know a lot about my background but , I did a lot of work to make sure that , um , I could amplify some of the the conversations surrounding black hair and how we show up at school and work and all that kind of stuff .
Speaker 2Um , I did a series called rooted huh I said , no , I didn't , I didn't , I didn't know that at all well , you're right on target .
Speaker 1um , I did a series called Rooted . We ended up winning my first Emmy for that series and it was dope because it was a story to your point where we pushed the boundaries . Stories where we pushed the boundaries and made sure that we were keeping the work of the Crown Act front and center , which a lot of people have been working on that for a really long time , and that just bans race-based hair discrimination . That passed last year in Texas 2023 .
Speaker 2OK , I remember you talking about that on the panel . Ok , I remember that . I remember that .
Speaker 1So a lot of work . So I'm happy that you mentioned that . I do want to go back to something that you said in regards to , I guess , just pushing forward and pushing past . What people have said is , um , so-called the the need for media training and stuff . By the way , what do people say about media training ? I want to hear it on the other side , because I am quote-unquote media trained , but I still be out here doing my thism . So what do people say about media training ?
Speaker 2I haven't really had just a whole lot of classes or or specific instructions in regards to media training , but it's more so . Just I mean just the basics .
Speaker 2Don't say this , be professional , um which is very subjective , what people mean by professionalism , by the way , exactly , exactly , act a certain type of way , stand a certain type of way , and I just feel like that is just all kind of washing away people's personalities and trying to fit everybody into this box , I mean , and everybody is not the same , like at all . Like , of course , don't get on camera and be acting a fool , but at the same time , show who you are when you speak , show where you come from , I mean , what's your background , like all of that . Like I don't think any of that should be erased or or watered down , I mean , because we all are individual people coming from different areas , from different cultures and all that um , and I think that should be accepted .
Speaker 1okay , I very much that , so should be accepted for sure yeah , let me just tell you this , as somebody who has been in the media for 10 years um , you don't need no media training you are as authentic as they come , and don't let nobody tell you differently , because I know you run into a lot of people with the stages that you are on . But nah , bruh , you don't need no media training . You are doing phenomenal and it feels authentically , you so I appreciate that .
Speaker 1Yeah , I just want to drop that little nugget in there , in case anybody ever ask you about some media training cut it , it out .
Speaker 2I do want to say so , and also my therapist kind of had a major influence on me with that with pushing boundaries . So I remember I went into a session one day and she had kind of just got I think she had got like the bottom half of her forearm . She got a basically like a half sleeve on her forearm and I was like Tyler , do you think people are going to say anything or try to categorize you or stereotype you because of that ? She was like I mean , yeah , but the only way these boundaries are going to get broken is if people continue to push them . I was like , dang you really right . Of course everyone should do what they feel comfortable with or do what they want to do . Like everybody ain't got to get a half sleeve . But if you want to , like you said , if you want to show up on camera or show up to an event with a certain hairstyle that's specific to your culture , you for sure need to do that and don't feel ashamed about it at all .
Speaker 1Absolutely , Absolutely . Tell me this , Bryce what's the lesson that you feel like you've learned from failure that has really shaped how you approach life today ? From failure that it doesn't last forever and you always gonna bounce back yes , I think , man , if we could all think like that , like for real , for real , because when you in the thick of it , you like oh I'm never gonna get out of this but everything that's happened . We all , we all bounce back .
Speaker 2Everything , every single time . And as I got it , as I became older , I started realizing it . Like I started getting these experiences . I started getting older and more mature , I started looking back at all the past experience where I did fail or things didn't work out and I started seeing , okay , I'm in this position now . This didn't work out . I started seeing , okay , I'm in this position now , this didn't work out .
Speaker 2But this happened for me and I'm like at never point , at no point did I ever just stay at that low point for for forever . Like it it never happened . Like there's ebbs and flows with life . Like everything ain't gonna be on the peak and everything ain't gonna be on the troll . Like like you're gonna come out eventually and like you , it's hard to see that when you want to think of it . But like I've had so many bad and traumatic experiences to the point to where I kind of pull back on those , I remember those and I'm like , okay , bryce , you remember what is happening and everything worked out just fine , if not even better than what you thought it was going to be .
Speaker 1So I kind of experience that you can call Well , I don't want to say traumatic , because I don't want to bring up nothing that traumatized . Oh my God , dog , I didn't even say that question , right ? No , not that one , Not that one .
Speaker 2But what was an ?
Speaker 1experience that you can recall and you was like man . I feel like this this is , you know whether it's the end of your career or just something in life Like what was an experience that you can recall , where you were kind of at a point where you , like man I don't know how I'm gonna get out of this- how am I gonna get out Shoot ?
Speaker 2I had talked about this . So I gave a speech at A&M when I graduated and I talked about this . I went through like a major depressive episode , probably my my freshman year at A&M . And , like you said , when you in the thick of it , you were like , how am I going to get out of this ? Like I don't even know if it's possible to get out of this , and this is my first time I had gone through something like that . Well , I don't know if it was my first time . I think this was the first time I actually seen somebody about it . Let me say that . Let me say that .
Speaker 2And I didn't have the tools to deal with it . I didn't know how I was going to deal with it . Um , and thankfully I got some help at that point and got up out of that , got the skills that I needed to make sure I didn't get to that point again , um , but it I think that was that was probably one of the hardest things I have went through , and the fact that I came out of that and have the experience , what was it ? It was just . It was just a culmination of things . It was a lack of self-confidence , a lack of self-esteem , um , showing itself . It was the fact that I was on my own for the first time and constantly doubting myself . Um , didn't know my worth , didn't know I was worth anything .
Speaker 2All of that , um , and even just building myself up , like I said , constantly keep saying building myself up to the point that I'm at now , just like wow came out of that , like I really got out of that . And I have no idea how I got out of it , but but I did . And I'm here and I'm not gonna say I'm happy I went through that . But had I not gone through that , I wouldn't have the tools that I have now to get through even more significant things that may happen in the future , or I won't have anything to pull on or hold on to or remember that I came out of going forward in the future . So , like I said , everything don't have to be to that extent , but for sure those , those , those , those low times or those hard times definitely give you something to pull from once you get out of it . It's like it definitely gave me confidence , like wow , I really can face a lot of these issues head on and know that I can tackle them and everything will be fine going forward .
Speaker 1Okay , so let's get away from the low times and the hard times . Okay , we're going to do a hard left turn , right turn , I should say Okay . So I , of course , I do a lot of research coming into these types of interviews and so , as I was looking at some of your videos on YouTube , videos about you I should say on YouTube there was one video I don't know if you go and Google your name and you see what people say or whatever the case may be it was a video , it was a video and after you won at the Olympics was it after the Olympics or was it when you got the national world title ? National title , your first national title ?
Speaker 2Was it the US ?
Speaker 1championships Maybe . But after the whatever it was , it was like a year later you came back under this video and you was like yeah , refer to me as some I don't remember the exact words , but basically , oh man , I'm going to have to find it .
Speaker 1I said that . Let me say I'm paraphrasing . You know I'm a journalist , I'm going to get it right . So it was not referred to me as blah , blah , blah , but it basically came back . The video was out about you either not getting to a certain point or whatever the case may be , a year before that particular race and then all of a sudden obviously not all of a sudden because I'm sure you worked very , very , very hard to get there , but you came back under that video of from this person . It was a guy I don't know where he's based out of . He does all of just track news and I'm about to find it . Bryce , don't worry , hold on . You can't see what I'm doing , but I'm about to YouTube this and find this video , because I'm over here like rooting for you .
Speaker 1I'm like , yeah , yeah , what you say , what you say , hold on , let me see if I can find it . I do want to ask you , though , while I'm looking for this , what is it like for you to stand on that podium , you know , after you guys have accomplished such a crazy feat Like ?
Speaker 2what is it like for you to stand up there ? It's just like wow , I don't know , know I keep telling people it feels surreal . It's just like , oh , like like damn I'm . I'm at the olympics on a podium holding holding a gold medal , like out of all the people in this world that this could have happened to , like I'm up here , that is like that , that . That shit is crazy yeah no , it's very crazy .
Speaker 2Right , it is
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Speaker 2crazy . I mean , like I said , like I sometimes have to be thinking to myself like out of all , the people .
Speaker 1Sorry , hold on , bryce I got a whole , nother computer over here that I don't know how to work okay hold on , look , hold on now how I turn this down . Not me acting real old right now , not knowing how to work stuff . This is crazy work , right there , crazy work . Hold on , because I want to . Oh , there you go , I can turn it down right there , okay . So I'm sorry , bryce , continue on um standing up there on that podium oh yeah , no , it's .
Speaker 2it's . Sometimes I just tell myself , especially when I'm up there , I'm just like , wow , I don't all the people who I grew up with , all the people who were around me , who were just as talented , if if not more talented than me at specific points in time . It's like how in the world did I get up here ? I be thinking that to myself all the time , all the time , like how ?
Speaker 1You worked hard . That's how you got there , man . You worked hard and you deserve every bit of it . I am struggling to find this post that I want and now I'm gonna be annoyed , so when I find it , you better believe I'm gonna let you know . Um , it's gonna pop up at some point .
Speaker 2I was doing research because you talked .
Speaker 1You talked earlier when we first got on here . You talked about how , um , you know , uh , you were seeing a lot of the comments from people when they said whatever they wanted to say about the third leg on the mixed relay . So I was wondering , when it comes to what some could say , is public scrutiny sometimes right when you don't perform ? And you know that really bothers me because when it comes to athletes or anybody that that's in a performance based role . When you don't perform , you watch how quickly people can turn on you . So how do you deal with the public ? What can be public scrutiny sometimes of being in that role ? That's why I was trying to find the video because you went back under that post and it wasn't anything negative . You just like , you know , whatever your role , your role was at the time and I was like , ok , bryce , I love it , but how do you deal with that public scrutiny ?
Speaker 2do you deal with that public scrutiny ? Um , I've learned that the media you consume , the content that you consume , anything that you consume , whether you believe it or not , if you are constantly consuming it on a consistent basis , it will play a factor in which you start believing about yourself , like I don't care how strong you believe you are or how tough you think you are . If you constantly amass yourself in that and and and take all of that in on a consistent basis just at the fact that you irritated or upset or you don't agree with what people say , you will start believing it to a certain extent . So I've learned to not even engage with it and to remove myself from it for a period of time until I've done what I need to do or I'm in a better headspace for sure .
Speaker 1Okay , I think , bryce , let me see . I think I may have found the video , but hold on . Okay , now I know I ain't crazy , bryce . Did you go delete the comment while we've been on here ? No , I was really trying to figure out what you was talking about . Do you ever remember commenting on a YouTube video ?
Speaker 2I don't know , I don't . I'm not saying I could not have , though I could have been in the moment . I was like you know what . I'm going to say something to these people .
Speaker 1I am so annoyed with myself that I can't find this . See , now I know like in the future , when I'm doing these , save the freaking link , save the link . But anyway , it wasn't nothing crazy and I want to be very clear in that for anybody that's watching . It was nothing crazy . It was just like you was like no , I'm blah , blah , blah now and so , anyway , they need to .
Speaker 2Whatever , if I find it , I'm gonna let you know , don't worry , no , but you say that to me once you find it for sure yes , now , bryce , I ain't gonna spend all my time looking for it , but if I find it . I'm gonna let you know .
Speaker 1I promise you I promise you . So I want to talk about um , your community involvement . So obviously , amanda , by making sci-fi , um , did that influence your career at all and your personal growth ?
Speaker 2A hundred percent A hundred percent .
Speaker 2A hundred percent , I would say . After I crossed I definitely started getting involved , especially in more on-campus activities and organizations , and that carried well outside of after I graduated as well . For instance , I'm a part of the Houston NAACP chapter right now , wow . Or even just finding different stuff to volunteer and become a part of , like I remember when I was crossing I was on the track team and my other LBs were just so accomplished .
Speaker 2One of my line brothers was president of the Black Student Association , bsac . I know what you know what BSAC is . He was president of the black student association , uh , bsac . I know what you know what bsac is . He was president of bsac at the time . Um , another one of my line brothers he had one I forgot it's like an outstanding student award at texas a&m . I forgot what the name of it is . Um , they was a part of all of these organizations on campus and I remember they asked me what I do and I was like shoot , I mean , I ran , I ran , track , I mean right , I'm so happy you started going to that there because you were on track , bruh , you , you are that guy .
Speaker 1I'm sure they were looking at you like , oh , he an athlete . You know what I mean ? He an athlete , he cold . Like are you kidding me what ?
Speaker 2I mean they might have , but I was looking at them the same way . Like I said , I'm glad that I became a part of omega sci-fi because it opened me up to so many different avenues to go into or to become involved in . Like I was there , I was extremely impressed with my line brothers and what they was doing 100 even my profiles and what they were telling me they was doing on campus or what they was doing once they graduated . I was like wow , like it's . Like life is more than just sport and I feel like , as an athlete going especially going into college , everyone has dreams of going pro um and not saying that you should ever let go of that dream by any stretch of the meaning . But I mean there's so much more to becoming a whole , a whole person outside of just your sport and I definitely believe they opened me up to that for sure , a hundred percent .
Speaker 1Oh , I love that . So the Olympics , obviously the pinnacle of athletics , and you talk about how mega sci-fi was at least one of the groups that opened you up to really thinking outside and bigger than just you know , being involved in your sport . What dreams do you have for life beyond the track ?
Speaker 2Beyond the track . That is a very good question . That is an extremely good question . Um , I do want to start . So one of my dreams is I want to start a nonprofit in just around the South side of Houston , in like the third ward , sunny side , south park area .
Speaker 2Um , growing up , I just saw all these people who were able to afford private trainers or private facilities and I started realizing a lot of parents can dump money onto their kids , which is good if you're in that position , but a lot of these people in these low-income areas can't even compete anymore at this point because it's just like a lot of these parents in these middle-class or high-class areas are able to just dump money into their kids' sports and get them to a level to where they're able to get scholarships and like .
Speaker 2I just be seeing the facilities that some of these kids be practicing at and I'm like these facilities is nice , but I also understand that everybody can't afford this , and so I have a goal one day to open a facility that's only only allows people from these low income areas in , I mean , and they're going to be nice , they're going to have solid coaching and all of that . That's one of my goals that I have once I end up not running track again , and outside of that I don't know . I don't know . I always think that that's definitely one of my main goals , but outside of that I have no idea . I kind of just want to see where everything takes me while I'm running track , what avenues open up , what I'm exposed to , et cetera . I have no idea .
Speaker 1I don't know who your agent is but they need to get you on their speaking circuit , that's for sure . As an avenue .
Speaker 2I'm just saying .
Speaker 1Yes , absolutely .
Speaker 2I don't know . We'll see what opportunities present themselves once as the years come .
Speaker 1Okay , all right now , you know I'm gonna be looking . I got your number , okay . Okay , so we hear this often , uh , bryce , and I'm sure you've heard it a lot , especially in a position that you're in representation matters uh , what do you hope ?
Speaker 1young black athletes see when they watch you compete , but not only that when they watch you compete , but not only that when they watch you , just in everyday life , and how you choose to treat people , because you mentioned how , when , as you were growing up , people that I don't know if they were all people you looked up to , but people that were in , you know the height of whatever they are doing Right , and they weren't treating people the right way . So what do you hope young black athletes see when they see you compete , and outside of , uh , the track , off the track , I should say when they see me compete .
Speaker 2I think the main thing is like , I think a lot of people have this idea that an athlete or an elite athlete , in whatever sport that they play , is just like some larger than life person and I mean shoot even . Sometimes my friends be asking me this , like , for instance , I went back to A&M this weekend for this A&M UT game and people I had someone come up to me talking about I thought she was gonna be acting different . I'm like , bro , like what is you talking about ?
Speaker 2I just want people because they need to go about their business no , no , no , it wasn't a close friend , but it was someone . I was definitely cool when I was at A&M , but I just like I just want people to understand like the possibility is also open to you to do , to Excel to to the same level . Like you don't have to be some larger than life or superstitious type figure to accomplish major things in life at all . Like it can be me , it can be you .
Speaker 2I'll be telling people all that , I'll be telling younger people all the time , like hopefully you better than me , hopefully you get past the levels that I've gotten to . Like and it is a real possibility because I was , I was at your point at one time and I was probably way worse than you were . Well , they're bad , but I was probably like not even a thought of making it to the levels I've reached at your age . So like I mean it can happen to you just the same way it happened to me . Like it is not impossible at all , not even , not even not even close to being impossible no , I love that .
Speaker 1I love that . In line with all that advice , what is one piece of advice , bryce , uh , that you'd give to someone facing their own race , whether it's in sports , in life or overcoming personal obstacles ?
Speaker 2some advice .
Speaker 1I mean you've given us a lot , but uh so somebody running their own race . I mean you've given us a lot , but a little advice .
Speaker 2For somebody running their own race For somebody running their own race .
Speaker 1Oh my God , that could be the title of your book Run your Own .
Speaker 2Race . Run your Own Race . Oh my God , that could play with so many different people , bro . I'm just saying Anyway , advice .
Believing in Yourself Every Day
Speaker 2I would say everything is is gonna work out for you when it's supposed to work out for you , like it . It could be next year , it could be five years , it could be 10 years from now , but if you had , if you have it set in your mind and you're constantly making efforts to reach it , it will happen for you . It will happen for you , um , and wake up every morning thinking you the coldest thing since sliced bread . Like , like you , like you have to hey , I'm , I'm being so for real , like you got to . Like , wake up in the morning , just think you the coldest thing ever . Like and there's nothing wrong with that like , no , of course , don't think you above nobody , but understand that you just as cold as anybody .
Speaker 1That didn't get it before yeah , no , every single day .
Speaker 2Every single day . I got this , I'm gonna do this . Everything gonna work out , even if it was a bad day . Shoot , I mean , it's just one day in the grand scheme of things . If one day is gonna knock me off my course , then it was a bigger issue at hand . Oh , bryce .
Speaker 1Oh , you're going to help somebody . Oh , that was good man .
Speaker 2Yeah , no , it's literally just one day . In the grand scheme of things , it's not a dead sentence . Everything is going to work out and . I'm still cold .
Speaker 1Period . Now we got to tell people hey , you got to wake up every day , like you the coldest thing out there . Every day . Any last words , Bryce , that you want to leave the folks with .
Speaker 2Uh , nah , not that I can think of you , didn't ? We didn't cover the light you ? Didn't ask a really good question , so thank you .
Speaker 1I've been doing this a little while . Uh , I do want to ask you one last thing , cause I'm going to make this a habit of asking all of my guests what makes you loud and clear about who you are and what you believe in .
Speaker 2What makes me loud and clear about who I am and what I believe in . Okay , when you ask this , are you asking about like a Personal belief , a personal situation ? A family member A personal belief , a personal belief that makes me loud about who I am and where I'm going to get to .
Speaker 1And what you believe in .
Speaker 2And what I believe in .
Speaker 1Um , or I can rephrase it like this how about this ? When you hear loud and clear , what does that mean to you ?
Speaker 2when I hear loud and clear . What does that mean to me ? This is a good question to share . I'll say this I'm only one man on this earth , but I have my purpose . I'm only one man on this earth , I have my purpose and whatever I set my mind to will be accomplished before I leave this earth . And I mean shoot , that kind of what keeps me going on a day-to-day basis . Good stuff , okay .
