Episode Transcript
[00:00:00] Speaker A: Hey, everybody. Sleeves Senior Pickleball Report is brought to you by TNC Network. Get ready for an exciting episode of People of Pickleball with me, Mike Sliva. We're about to dive deep into conversations with influential figures from the world of pickleball, so let's get it going.
This week in our People of Pickleball episode, we are speaking with the one, the only, Share Bear, Ryan Sherry, PPA pro. He is a coach in the Major League Pickleball League. He is sort of the Kevin Bacon of pickleball, making all the important connections to grow this sport not only on the amateur level, but the professional level as well. And he stars in a movie that I'm part of as well, called Dream A Pickleball Story, which should be out shortly and you can check him out there as well. But before we get to any of that, if you like this content, consider subscribing to the channel. Check out our newsletter as well, all links in the description for discounts and everything you can imagine under the sun. And hey, let's get to that interview with Ryan Sherry.
[00:01:09] Speaker B: All right.
[00:01:10] Speaker A: Hey, the legendary. And in Las Vegas, by the way, another legendary place to be. Ryan Sherry, welcome to the Senior Pickleball Report Sleeves.
[00:01:18] Speaker B: Happy to be here, my friend. What's going on?
[00:01:22] Speaker A: Not much, man. You live a life that most people, I think, would be envious of, except for those that got to really live it and be out there on the road as much as you are. I mean, if anybody follows me at all on social media, it seems like it's one event after another in an endless series of events. So how you holding up?
[00:01:44] Speaker B: Honestly, you got me at a. I mean, we've been putting this. We've been putting this, this meeting off for about six weeks. So I was tired six weeks ago when we were going to talk, and I'm exhausted. But, I mean, I'm here in Vegas, you know, at the. At the Pickleball Las Vegas Open at the Fountain Blue that PPA put on. And I mean, shoot, as tired as I am, I love it. It's great being here. The place is unreal. And like I said, there's worse places when you're tired that you can fake a smile and just go have a good time.
[00:02:18] Speaker A: Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. I mean, obviously my connection with you is this film that hopefully comes out later this fall called Dream Breaker, a pickleball Story. And it talks about, obviously, you know, the tour drama, the tour wars, if you will, over the last few years and all that. You play a very intricate role in the film and I'm helping narrate the film. And so I'm looking forward for people to see it because I think they're going to see something about you in particular that maybe they don't get to see in normal social media posts. Obviously, you're known for the. The viral post game interviews. Obviously, you've got lightning, ground, strokes, hell of a player, entertaining. I would argue one of the most entertaining players still today. And you do a lot of other things. But I think what the film does is it shows because you're in and out of it. It kind of weaves together the connections and the relationships that you build that have propelled this sport into the professional era. So talk about really your place in the professional game because it's. I think it's really unique and important.
[00:03:35] Speaker B: No, much appreciated. Well, hell, first we'll start off on a little comical side. But about the interviews. Yeah, the interviews are great. The problem is I haven't won any goddamn matches in a while. So if you don't win any matches, you don't get any interviews. So safe to say there hadn't been much new content coming out lately. But. But no, about. About my place in the sport. Yeah, I mean, a lot of people, yeah, they see one side of things. And yes, that is who I am. But also there is another side of me, of course, on the personal side. You know, my best friend who founded our company, Legacy Pro Sports, I co founded it with him. We represent. We've been lying. We keep saying 5,000 NFL players. It's 6,500, 7,000. I don't know the number. I've been saying 5,000 for two years. But with that, we help so many people also, you know, own a mental health facility. But with all that on the pickleball side, yeah, I've been there. I don't want to say from the beginning, you know, the beginning would be someone more like a Kyle Yates or, you know, a Marston Rasputsky or, hell, even at Tysons, a lot of those people been there since the beginning. You know, Dave won Back to the world. But since 2020, when it really got going, I was there. And when Covid hit, the app really didn't exist. The PPA only had one tournament. They had the MESA tournament. And I was stuck there in Fort Myers playing a little pickleball. Me and Ben Johns had became friends from a couple years prior. You know, I was already, you know, close with, you know, Kyle Yates. I had already known some of the other pro players. Yeah, you know, etc. And I just kind of had this idea along with a close friend of mine, Harry Chickmay, and my business partner and my other buddy PJ. Hey, look, Covid's hit. There's no live sporting events going on. ESPN was looking for content and I basically, you know, me and my, my partner Brandon and my partner pj, basically, we just, you know, got it on and we got it on ESPN3, which everybody laughs about, but it's the first time even a live network really could, you know, say it's there, let alone during COVID let alone the name espn. And then after that event, the PPA reached out. And I love Connor to death. Him and I got a great relationship. I got an email from him in April 2020 is like, hey, I'm Connor Pardo. I started this new tour, I'd love to talk to you. Him and I hit it off and we ended up doing another event which ended up bringing in Margaritaville, which also slowly brought in Duper a year later. So all these companies kind of, that started support indirectly. I kind of, you know, I, you know, two degrees separation. I'm there. And then it started growing Covid, Covid kind of stopped, you know, considering the fact we could travel fast forward PPA tour did what they did, and then you keep moving. So I mean, that, that, that initial relationship is what struck espn, is what struck the gambling companies, you know, which end up striking the live streaming. Margaritaville now is the, you know, the head sponsor of the, you know, of the, you know, MLP.
I. My relationship with Steve Kuhn goes back to 2017, you know, first time Andre Agassi and Andy Roddick ever played pickleball. You know, I was, I played with Andre there. I played with Andy previously. Hell, Gary V. Was there watching and Ryan Hartman, who now are, you know, huge figures in the sport. So, I mean, it's just, I love it. And, you know, I've never been one, you know, my handout saying I deserve this amount of money, but, you know, recognition, you know, you'd be lying to yourself to say, you know, at times it does hurt when, you know, people don't understand, you know, that I was very responsible for helping, you know.
[00:07:21] Speaker A: Yeah, well, absolutely. And I hope the film does a little bit of that justice for you because obviously, I mean, and this is no joke. It's literally six degrees of Ryan Sherry here. When you look at the pickleball verse.
And that's no joke because even the little bit I know about you and what's going on, I can Tell that you are a man who builds relationships and makes connections, and you're phenomenal at networking. And all those things are unbelievably important when you're trying to build something like a professional sport from scratch.
It takes obviously more than one person, more than just the person to start the, you know, the tour or find the sponsorships. It takes all those little intangibles that nobody seems to always recognize at first to make it all happen. And, you know, one domino falls here, another falls there, and now, you know, look where you're playing today. And the events that are happening today and the people that are being drawn to the sport to today, the celebrities, obviously, the professional athletes, all of these you have connections with, and you have connections with people who are obviously running the tours and the leagues. So what was your thought? I mean, you've seen the film. It's going to be obviously coming out, and more people will get to see it on a major streaming service. It was without, briefly, obviously, at the end of May, because it was in a film festival. But, you know, like you, I didn't really get to see it until it was done. And I'd like to hear your thoughts, kind of like what you thought about yourself in the film and what about you thought the overall, you know, kind of the film.
[00:09:02] Speaker B: I mean, first off, you know, what Ashley Underwood and Craig Coyne, the producers had done. I've been there with them since the beginning. You know, I got introduced to Ashley mainly through my close friend Matt Manasseh, who indirectly, I got. I got Matt kind of into the pickleball circle, and then he took that and he ran with it. And what he's doing is right.
[00:09:19] Speaker A: Amazing.
[00:09:20] Speaker B: So proud of him, but. So he's one of those guys that I got hooked up and then he got hooked up and then he brought me back in. I feel like it's like a pro football team. You know, one guy's the head coach, he gets fired.
[00:09:31] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:09:32] Speaker B: All of a sudden, his assistant coach is the head coach now. Now this guy's on his special teams, and everyone just kind of keeps helping each other. So me and Matt got that relationship. We've both always been there, but with that Ashley and Craig, I feel like the film changed so many times from when they started it as. As it portrayed. A lot of it had to do with the different power players, the different, you know, tour wars, etc. But, you know, to kind of start on the MLP side, you know, Steve and I go way back. I got so much respect for Steve you know, I think it was my interview in the film, or maybe it was interview elsewhere, but here's Steve, who has made, you know, we've been responsible for managing billions and billions and billions of dollars at a glimpse of a second on a, you know, financial standpoint where he had no emotion. He had no emotion and at the end of the day he was going to do what's best for his clients, etc. I think because he loved pickleball so much and he cared so much about so many people that he started to make some emotional decisions. And what sucks is, you know, when you own everything, you can kind of make your own decisions. But as the company, quote, unquote, it didn't go public, but as it brought in all the shareholders, now all of a sudden, all the people that were just lucky to be involved now all of a sudden wanted to give their say. And, you know, I love Steve to death. I'll do anything for him. He's been amazing to me. I'm sure there's probably some things in the film he's not ecstatic about, but I also hope when he sees it, it should also be a lot to be excited about because at the end of the day, you know, you know, it. None of this happens. It's not for him, you know, and his dream. His dream and everything else. Him and I exchanged text talks. We're great. I just haven't. We just haven't had time to talk. But I mean, I hope he's doing amazing. I know he had a child that I believe should be here by now or any minute. So I can't wait to talk to him. But ironically. But then you got on the Conor side. You know, I've talked to Connor. Like I said, great relationship with Conor and the PPA and Bryce and other Connor Ogden who have been there since the beginning. You know, Connor's father, Dirk, and wife Carly have been amazing to me. Well, he wasn't that happy when he saw the film. And it was one of those things, like, it's kind of tough for me to think that I'm like, buddy, like, you won. Like, you won. Like, life's not all about pleasing everybody. And there were some interviews in there with some of the players that, you know, they were before certain times they were out of emotion. But at the end of the day, we're here. Like, you know, you're the CEO, you're the founder. Like, you won't, you know, so I'm hoping when he sits back and sees the film and he's already seen it once. But when he really sees as his legacy, you know, to his four amazing kids, it's like, look, man, like I did an amazing thing here. And you know, and then on Tom's side, Tom and I, you know, as I was being interviewed, I didn't know Tom. I mean, I knew of him. Of course we crossed hands. I never even thought he knew my name. Then once I found out he kind of knew my name, I was all right, cool. But he's just, he's an unbelievable businessman and, you know, you can't be that successful and have crazy emotion. Hence our conversation about. So Tom's done amazing. I mean, look where the sport we're playing. We're in the Fountain Blue. I mean, it's a three point billion dollars. We're at the Fountain Blue right now in Las Vegas. And it's like, you know, if you want to go play in some random city on some public court with chain link fences, I mean, go do it, you know, or at the Fountain Blue right now. So, you know, I'm just happy to be a part of it. And, you know, I'm excited just to watch this snowball continue to grow.
[00:13:09] Speaker A: Yeah. Because obviously a ton has happened in the four years that we've been talking about in 2020 when you got involved. And in four years we've gone from, you know, one tournament that one tour had to playing in these unbelievable events where they can make courts in buildings and in temporary spaces and bring in these crowds. And obviously you're drawing people to the game like, you know, the Agassiz of the world in the US Open running, obviously, all that stuff with Djokovic and Alcaraz and people picking up pickleball paddles. It's insane where it's come in such a short period of time that feel like, and I think the film does a good job of this, that you're sort of the eye of the hurricane because it's all sort of swirling around and you know, you, you've got all these relationships built and you're sort of, it's cool because you can, you're literally watching it in real time. And I feel like your life is almost experiencing it in real time because everywhere I look, there you are and you're, you're, you're in the broadcast booth today. I turn it on. I'm going to watch a little singles. Oh, of course, there's Ryan.
[00:14:18] Speaker B: Well, you know, you're doing a great job. Well, the funny thing is, you know, Jeannie has been somebody that you Know, you know, of course, as a tennis fan, you know, you're a huge, huge fan of her. Just like me. I'm a huge fan of Jack Sock, Sam Query, Donald Young, you know, I mean, funny story about Jack. I mean, Jack and I now, we've been friends now for a little less than a year since I met him last December playing the tour. But my old teammate Troy Hahn was one of his coaches.
One of his coaches, you know, the year Jack got top 10 in the world. So to show you how much of a fan I am of Jack Sock to now call him a friend is in 2016, I'm in the Rio Olympics watching, you know, USA Basketball, you know, and I see Jack through the binoculars. My dad does across the way. It was like him, Bubba Watson and some people. And I'm like, shit. I literally left my seat. I'm sitting like on the floor basically at the Olympics. And I leave my floor to go all the way around just to go get a picture. I got a picture of me and Jack, you know, and like, I'm a fan. So now to be able to call these guys friends, like, I went to Taste of Tennis with Sam Query, and like, it's just me and Sam are friends. Like, it's just crazy. Like, I'm a freaking. I mean, to watch his matches that he played at Wimbledon, to watch the different things he's done, like, it's crazy. And then Jeannie, I mean, shoot. I mean, not only. I mean, of course you got the marketability and the looks and genie. I mean, she's freaking. I mean, she was everybody growing up. I don't care, you know, you know, guy, girl and different. Everybody loved Jeannie. I mean, she's just awesome. Right on all angles and. But of course, she's, you know, like, like most celebrities, like most good looking, you know, high profile people, like, pretty guarded. So it took me a few times on tour. Pat walk by her. How you doing? We've got so many mutual friends and I just knew once we kind of connected, my personality, you know, I think I could kind of, you know, kind of get it out of her a little bit if I could get her laughing.
[00:16:09] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:16:09] Speaker B: And her and I become good friends and, you know, even though she lost today, it was cool to commentate her match and I just love it. I mean, honestly, sleeves and you know, you were talking about Agassi. I got to play with him Monday night in, in, In New York in Lifetime. You know, you got, you got Baron McCarty, who basically is CEO of Lifetime, was addicted to pickleball. You know, 175 facilities across the country. The nicest facilities that we get to play in, you know, this fountain blue, of course. Nicest facilities outside of, like, casinos that we get to play in.
[00:16:41] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:16:42] Speaker B: And it was amazing. You're playing in New York City, Madison Square Garden with Agassiz, Chris Humphrey, CEO, a lifetime. You know, Jeannie Richard, Justin Gimmel. Stop. I mean, come on. Like, it's right. Pickleball is creating a dream, you know, and you know, it's the only sport where you could take a guy like a Jamie Fox, who, as we know, is addicted to pickleball, who's become a good friend of mine because of pickleball. But he wouldn't be caught dead being seen in a restaurant sitting at a normal table. He's only going to be back by himself. But this Guy will drive 45 minutes to go play pickleball at a public court or he will have 100 strangers, as I'm sure you see on Facebook and Instagram, over to his house that he don't even know their names. Right. To play pickleball on a Wednesday night, like, it's just absurd. But that's why it's great.
[00:17:31] Speaker A: Yeah. And you're right. I mean, you touched on the whirlwind that it is. I'm still waiting for my DM from Jamie. But anyway, what's amazing is you've been to all these places and I think, I hope you get a chance. And it seems like you do because you're very present about where you are and what you're doing. But there's a reason why, Ryan, I think that you're at these places, and that is because people like being around you as well. You know, we can talk about. You know, I love that you're a fan of all these people as well, but a lot of these folks are fans of yours and I'm a fan of yours. Ashley Underwood is a big fan of yours. And I think, I think if you, if you step back and look at that, you'll see that people like being around you, Ryan, because one, you're fun. Two, you're genuine as talent. Three, you care about the game a lot. And clearly, because you know, you don't have to go do all this. You have a fantastic career outside of this, doing unbelievable work at Legacy Pro Sports, you know, with Siler and all that. And I think that the fact that you go and do these things and get to hang around these people, it's a two way street. It's because One, you know, obviously you want to be with them, and it's really cool to kind of meet some of your heroes too, man. They dig you. They just do. You're that guy in this space, and I think it's a really cool, unique position to be in.
[00:18:55] Speaker B: Yeah. No, and honestly, you know, it is.
Humbling is not the right word, but it does make me feel good because, you know, it's tough because, you know, you're always rushing, especially in my business. I'm always trying to please people and whatnot. And that's why, like, sometimes just a little bit of, like, you know, gratitude is appreciative. I mean, I. Like I said, I mean, if you ask some of the people on tour, you know, the Ben's, the Federicos, you know, you know, Pablo's, Paris, you have some of the friends on tour, they play a good match. I'm always the first person to text them. I mean, hell, you know, I got some crap. I was on DJ Young's podcast. It was a great podcast. In 50 minutes, talking about so many things. And I probably speak about eight minutes. Good about, not eight, let's say five minutes. Good about Annalee and everything she's done for the sport. There's a one clip out. Do I think I could beat her? Yeah, I think I could beat her.
[00:19:43] Speaker A: Cool.
[00:19:44] Speaker B: But that's all it wants to show. But the other four minutes before, the two minutes after, was just talking about how amazing, you know, she is and this and that. And, you know, I remember, like I said, I watched her in Paris, playing in Atlanta. Paris, one of my best friends. So, of course I'm rooting for Paris. But I'm sitting there by myself like this, watching the match, and I think it was 12, 10 the 3rd, 11, 9, the 3rd. And after, I'm literally like, by myself, talking like, annaleigh, good freaking job. Like, that's amazing. Like, by myself, like, I respect the sport. I respect, you know, I just heard, you know, hunter Johnson lost 11 in the third, 110 in the third to Federico. And I love fed. I'll do anything for Fab. I love Hunter, too. So it's like, you know, I don't, like, pick. I don't pick sides. But, you know, I. Yeah, you know, I. I hate now it's. It's so much. There's so much riding on this sport now and everyone now it's a job. There's a lot of pressure, and I. I don't like. I hate when people are. It's going to ruin their day, you know, What? I mean, like, I don't want.
[00:20:39] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:20:40] Speaker B: You know, and that's the hardest thing, you know, and there's so much money. There's a lot of. There's a lot of greed out there right now. There's a lot of false narratives. A lot of people are getting paid more money. They deserve to get paid.
And, you know, it's.
I'm afraid it's going to get ugly. You know, it got ugly there with the tour wars on. A little bit.
[00:20:59] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:20:59] Speaker B: Not a little bit. A lot. And in these next couple of years, these renegotiations happen. It's going to get ugly because everybody's living in a false reality right now.
[00:21:08] Speaker A: Yeah. And the game hasn't even gone to the place that we've talked about. You know, the international scene is just starting to explode. I mean, you look, you know, India coming online, China coming online, Europe, it's going to look completely different. It's not going to be just an insulated American game. You know, we have some international, you know, obviously talent in our game here. But the way this. I see this going, and I'd like to get your thoughts before you get out of here on this is like, where is it going? Because internationally, it's just scratching the surface. We might not even know some of these players in five years that are playing right now that are the game.
[00:21:43] Speaker B: I hope not. I mean, and I say this with the most amount of respect. I mean, granted, what I'm about to say held a lot more true a year and a half ago when I was winning a lot more matches, but here I am, I'm 41 years old. Let's just go back a year and a half ago when I'm 39 years old and I'm beating these guys or playing tight. I mean, come on, like, it doesn't happen. So, you know, it's starting to get better and better, you know, because now it's like I can't just. A guy like me can't just go through the motions, you know, I can go through the motions, lose tight, you know, losing three, maybe win a match. So it's getting better, but it should be at the point and when it gets to the point where I feel like I don't even have a chance. I don't mean a chance to play tight. I'm talking about where I go out and just get killed, like, you know, Djokovic and goes play some guy 800 in the world. It's one and one. It's six one, you know, six one, six one, one, one, one. When I gotta go out there and I start getting beat 2 and 2. Right. 1 and 1, 3 and 3, then I know the game's there. So I feel like I'm a good barometer in my mind to where.
[00:22:40] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:22:41] Speaker B: When I believe the levels there. But it's not there yet. It's getting there, but it's not there yet.
[00:22:45] Speaker A: Yes. Yeah.
[00:22:47] Speaker B: And for sure.
[00:22:47] Speaker A: And I think the game, the game will change because obviously you have, you have people coming in from table tennis and other sports that are more European based games. And I'm interested to see the shot selection, the strategy choices that are coming because obviously it's just, it's still developing. It's still a new sport at the pro level.
[00:23:02] Speaker B: 100%. 100%. But at the end of the day, it's been four years. I mean, I love, I love how there's a lot of people talking about the Olympics. The Olympics, the Olympics.
Let's, let's take care of what we can take care of first. And that's just, you know, enjoy, Enjoy the sport. Enjoy the sport. Figure out the rules. I mean, I know we don't want to get into paddles and this and this and all these different things, but. And this has nothing to do with the companies. All the companies and the players. Everyone's just trying to compete, you know, it's just like, let's set some rules.
[00:23:30] Speaker A: Trying to find their place.
[00:23:31] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah. But I love it. Slee. I really appreciate, you know, the time and you know, forgot I talk anytime you want.
[00:23:39] Speaker A: Yeah, man. And I'm looking forward to people getting some feedback and seeing you in the film. One last thought before you go.
Probably had no idea who the I was when they showed up. They had this like, also we're going to go to the yurts in the movie. Like, what were your thoughts of seeing this guy sitting out in the wilderness talking about pickleball when they were cut away to me to bring it to you, Steve.
[00:24:01] Speaker B: I still have no clue who you are, so.
Hey, hey, hey. But no, man, no, honestly, you know, that was interesting because of course Ashley and I are super tight and Craig. So I kind of, you know, I knew what was going on. They had me do a bunch of voiceovers. So even though I wasn't, I was just a character in the film, I guess you could say in a very weird way. I think I'll be the first ones to tell you I enjoyed. I don't know what the word producer means. I don't know all these terms mean but when they needed 25 signatures. 25 signatures from some players to sign off, who's the first person they called when they couldn't get a hold of somebody? I'm like, how many times you get hold of. I know. We've been emailing for two months. Give me five minutes. Hey, boom. It's in your email box. And I wish I was lying, but that's the truth. And it was always like, guys just call me, like, I. Like, y'all. I got you. Like, I'm not going to be your workhorse, but, like, right. If you need something, I got you. And that's what was fun. So I got to kind of, you know, know a little bit more about yourself as opposed to being totally having no clue, you know, But I still. When they told me who you were and whatnot, I'm like, that's the best we can get. But, you know, I. But. But nah, man.
You know, I hope it's gonna be good. Good for you and give an opportunity, too, for more and more people to understand your story and, you know, and like I said, your journey, for everything you've given to the sport, you know?
[00:25:28] Speaker A: Yeah, I'm the old guy covering the old person part of the game. I cover the pros on the senior level and the amateur level, and it's a cool little niche, and I got to meet some cool people, and obviously, I got to be in a film. And as my friend said to me, I said. Because I said to my friend after I watched, why am I in the movie? He goes, you're the ginger Mike. You change the taste of the film because it's all this chaos. Then they come to the land, and you explain the hell what's going on.
[00:25:53] Speaker B: It's one of those things, like, see, what I'm hoping, too, is, is, you know, they got this senior tour and all these different things. Like me. And, like, Whitzkin was texting me the other day. I was trying to hook him up at Lifetime, because he's up watching his. His nephew, Ben Shelton, who, you know, his father, Brian was a coach at Florida.
[00:26:08] Speaker A: Right.
[00:26:09] Speaker B: I was there. But. But after. But. But with that, I'm like, man, if this game gets better, well, shoot, no one at 40 years old should be playing pro. So, you know, but let's. Don't make me 55 to go play in this NPL. Like, let's. Let's bring guys like me in. I mean, this is not professional golf, where, you know, a guy made $10 million, and he can sit for 15 years, you know, and then go play senior, like, right. Put me in, baby. I've been to Chicken and Pickle, the one in Grapevine. I've been to the one out in Arizona.
I feel like I was at NPL recently and Kansas City. I mean, get me inside.
[00:26:42] Speaker A: I think it's gonna. I think it's gonna happen because they are talking about making it, like. Because you're right, there is that no man's land. Between, like, 40 and 50, I think they're talking about, because they have to take two people over 60. I think they're going to do two people below 50, maybe, you know, 45 or 40. And you're obviously a perfect fit, perfect character for it. And I mean, obviously bring some recognition to the. To that league itself.
[00:27:05] Speaker B: Hey, as we know from the movie, I never got drafted in the goddang mlp.
I don't believe I should be drafted now. But back a couple years ago, I got really. I got a. I got. I got a bad, bad string of cards. You know, I was a 6. 4, duper. Magically, three days before the draft, I jumped down to a 5.9. Magically, three days after the draft, I went back up to a 6. 3, 5. So there's a lot of magic going on that I don't really understand. I mean, you know what I mean? I'm not that bad of a guy. I didn't kill anybody. I mean, God, what's the deal? I mean, honestly, I like to have a good time. I mean, it was like Anheuser Busch, you know, the bouncers, one year, you know, they were looking to replace somebody, and, you know, Hunter Johnson was going to help me out and said, look, man, I love Share Bear. He was great. They ended up getting somebody else. Who, you know, whoever they got. I forgot who it was, but a ton of respect for. But their excuse to not draft me was, you know, we don't know if we can handle Ryan's personal life. And I'm just like, my personal life. I'm like, y'all lost $300 million last quarter because of your publicity, and you're worried about my personal life? Like, come on.
[00:28:08] Speaker A: I think you're doing just fine, you.
[00:28:10] Speaker B: Know, so there you go.
[00:28:12] Speaker A: Yeah. Well, my favorite line of the movie before we get out of here is like, I'm not saying I'm Heidi Klum, but I need time to prepare. That's the best line of the film.
[00:28:22] Speaker B: Yeah.
Hey, Heidi is in. She is in. The MLP owners, her and her. Our boy, Doug Ellen, Chicago Slice and the SAS low. So maybe one day I can get a picture of Heidi and I can say that, and she can just laugh at me, which I'll be okay with.
[00:28:37] Speaker A: That's right, man. Hey, brother, I appreciate your time and keep doing what you're doing because you're. You're vital to this game and love to chat with you down the road again someday.
[00:28:46] Speaker B: Anytime, buddy. You the man. Talk to your soon, all right.
[00:28:49] Speaker A: Hope you enjoyed our interview with Ryan Sherry. Hey, what a character. And great interview. Lots of things to digest there. All right, folks, you know what to do at the end of the day. Subscribe to our newsletter and hey, let's pick them.
