So I had to look at it like, okay, God, what do you need out of me?

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' And she says, she walks into my office and stands very close to me, she says, she's about a foot, maybe two feet from me, she says, pointing at my chair, 'Do you mind if I look at the serial numbers?

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And one of the things that I feel kind of like a responsibility to do is just tell these guys the things that have been passed on to me, you know, because I look at them coming to the business wide-eyed, with a lot of enthusiasm and a lot of talent and they want to learn.

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