How daddy told me I was going to be the next Barbara Walters

A little side note to the audience

The Boxing Grind 

Transcript

Why Boxing And Interviews Began

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So, as most of you may know already, I got inspired to do these interviews and start this whole boxing thing because of my daddy. And when I was little, he told me that I was going to be the next Barbara Walters because I asked so many questions and I didn't know who that was.

Bedtime Tactics To Stay Awake

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But I never told everybody how the conversation went prior to that. And I was thinking about it and I realized it just it had me laughing because I never wanted daddy to leave. I would come up with all different types of excuses when I would fall asleep. So I would I would fight to stay awake. So you know, because a lot of kids like they'll use those excuses. I'm thirsty, I have to go to the bathroom, and I and I said, This is not gonna work with daddy, he's just it's he's not gonna

Questions About Neighbors And The World

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work. So he's carrying me, and I say, Daddy, what do you think the people next door are doing right now? And he says, They're probably trying to go to sleep, Victoria, just like you're trying to go to sleep. So I just wait, like a couple of seconds go by, and then I say, Daddy, what do you think the people down the block are doing right now? And he says, Victoria, they're doing the same exact thing that the people next door are doing. They're trying to go to sleep. And I wait a couple of seconds, and then I go, Daddy, what do you think the people on the other side of the world are doing right now? And he's like, Well, they're probably either still sleeping or they're getting ready for work in school.

Patience, PTSD, And A Lasting Compliment

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So now in my mind, I'm like, wow, I really engaged him in this longer conversation. So how am I gonna keep this going? And I wait a couple of seconds, he probably thinks that everything is just really quiet. And I turn around and I go, Daddy, do you think that if I start digging a hole in the earth right now, that I would really make it to China? Poor guy. I'm thinking about it. I must have drove him crazy. And he was just always so patient with me, and he had PTST, so he was screaming at all other types of things, and watching football with him was he would scream enough to he would scream loud enough to wake up 50 dead people, and just the idea that he stayed so calm with me, I had been reminiscing about that, and yeah, so but from that point on is when he was he was like, you know what? I better just tell her this. So she'll shut up. Because when he said you're gonna be the next Barbara Walters because you ask so many questions, I had no follow up question because I had no idea who she was.