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00:00All right, hanging out in the locker with quarterback Russell Wilson.

00:03Russ, I mean, you've dealt with the business of this game before.

00:07Long-time vet in this league, had a lot of success in the league.

00:10Like, how is it handling this side of the business different this time around?

00:14Well, I think, obviously, there's a few things.

00:15First of all, you never want to see Coach Dave go.

00:18You know, he's been a tremendous part of just why we're all here.

00:22You know, and I think he's just a tremendous coach,

00:24guy who won Coach of the Year not too long ago.

00:25And, you know, we lost four close games.

00:29You know, the Dallas game, we took the lead with 23 seconds left.

00:32It's like, you know, we lose that one.

00:33And then, you know, the Saints game, we feel like we could have won on the road,

00:37the lead that we had.

00:38And then, you know, I think that, you know, we think about Denver game,

00:41we definitely should have won that one as well.

00:43And then the Bears game.

00:44So, you know, when you lose four tough games on the road, it's never easy for anyone.

00:48And I know it's not easy for any of these coaches,

00:50and it's not easy for me too in this position.

00:52But, however, you know, it's about each other.

00:54It's about the team, and it's about leading and loving.

00:57And, man, I love this game.

00:58I'm obsessed with it.

00:59I know I've still got a lot more ball left in me, I believe.

01:01And I know what I'm capable of.

01:03I think I showed that in Dallas.

01:04And I just needed another opportunity.

01:06And I'm just, you know, just staying prepared and staying ready to rock and roll.

01:09You know, it was cool to get back in the game the other day, you know,

01:11in the Bears game just to drive us all the way down the field.

01:13We got down to the 1-1 yard line.

01:14We didn't go for it, unfortunately.

01:16But, you know, just we felt like we were doing what we needed to do to help us win.

01:20And, you know, it just didn't work our way.

01:23But to go from the high, what you guys were experiencing through the summer

01:26and then, obviously, through the preseason, scoring all those points,

01:31and then, you know, you go on through the season, you lose neighbors, you lose Scadaboo.

01:35You being a leader, and, again, you've been in this business for a long time,

01:39how do you keep the spirits high in the locker room right now

01:42as they're going through some of these new guys going through the transition

01:45of new coach, quarterback change?

01:48Like, how do you keep the positive vibes in this locker room?

01:51Well, I think, first of all, you've got to have love for each other.

01:54Second of all, you've got to have love for the game.

01:56And, ultimately, your love has to be so pure that it's unconditional.

02:00Okay.

02:01You know, you've got to have unconditional love

02:03and understanding that it's not going to –

02:06my passion and love for one another and my passion and love for the game

02:10isn't going to waver based on the circumstances,

02:12no matter how much I'm getting praised and how much people are talking about you.

02:15And, you know, there's a slight difference between praise and criticism, right?

02:20You win, you win, you know, the Dallas game, you win this game,

02:23you win – make a play here or there.

02:25Everything's different.

02:25We're 6-4, right?

02:28Yeah, yeah, yeah.

02:28It's 6-4.

02:29And that's several plays here and there.

02:31And I think, you know, people want to, you know, you know,

02:34they want to talk crap about you.

02:38But it's just like, man, like, one play here, one play there.

02:41And that's just the way of life goes.

02:43Do you see the crap or hear the crap spoke about this team and about you?

02:47And, like, how do you respond to that?

02:48Well, I'm not sure if the team's used to it as much.

02:51I'm used to it.

02:53I've heard everything.

02:54I've also been on the mountaintop.

02:56I've been in the valley.

02:57You know, I'm still climbing.

02:58And I just know that, you know, you're climbing a mountain.

03:02There's going to be some times that you get stuck there

03:04and you're on base camp too.

03:06And you've got to keep climbing.

03:07And that's what I'm going to keep doing.

03:08I've got no other option to do that because I love the game too much.

03:12And I know what I'm capable of.

03:14From when you signed here, I mean, you took the fan base over by storm.

03:18Nick's game, signing the football, throwing it up to the fan base.

03:22And then remember we had the fan event at American Dream, riding this high.

03:27Did you expect this type of adversity after coming out of that spring and summer?

03:31No, but I think that you always know adversity is coming at some point.

03:35And I think how you handle it.

03:38You know, life is about response.

03:39It's not, I go to the children's hospital every Tuesday.

03:42And, you know, I think as a young kid, as you meet them, a young 17-year-old girl

03:47or 16-year-old boy who's got their life in front of them

03:50and, you know, they're playing sports and everything's going their way,

03:54they're not expecting for adversity to come, you know, that morning or that day

03:58when they get diagnosed with cancer.

03:59You know what I mean?

04:00And so when you're doing everything you can and you get, I don't know why,

04:07diagnosed with a tough situation, whatever that is, you know,

04:10it's how you respond to it.

04:12And I think, you know, I'm always going to respond in the right way.

04:15That's all I know.

04:16And I'm just going to keep fighting and keep crawling and climbing

04:19and whatever I got to do.

04:21And I think that's what's important.

04:22Lastly, before Jameis steps on the field on Sunday,

04:26what are you going to say to him?

04:27Man, just be you, man.

04:28God's with you.

04:29You know, hey, God's always with him and with us.

04:31And just I know he's going to do a great job.

04:33I appreciate you, Russ.

04:34Appreciate it.

04:35Yeah, thanks, brother.

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