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Michael Strahan says his obsession with winning and becoming great actually robbed him of the joy of playing football "Man, enjoy it more. And I don’t mean enjoy it more like go out, hit the clubs and do all that stuff. I did enough of that stuff. It was... more enjoy the success and enjoy the process." "I was obsessed, man, with winning. I was obsessed with being great. I was obsessed with football. And at times, I didn’t enjoy it because the second the season’s over, guys go here for the offseason, go there for the offseason, do this, do that. I’m sitting up here thinking about, okay, what I got to do to get better?" "Like, it was always the next workout, the next this and the next that. It was never, oh yeah, I’m allowed to take a vacation. I’m allowed to enjoy it. It was always about the next thing. And so I kind of look and think that sucked some of the joy out of it." "And also, I used to worry so much about, I know I’m ready. Is this guy ready? Is that guy ready? This guy, he can’t be running around too much. He really only got so much time left. Until the most fun and success I had was at the end of my career when I said, you know what? I realized the only thing I can do is worry about myself and try to be an example." "Practice hard. Thirty-six years old and they throw the ball, I’m running down the field. Scout team? Oh, I’ll take some of these reps. Or when it’s my reps, I’m not saying, you don’t care, you’re getting there today. No, no, no. I show up every day and I’m ready." "And that was a better experience for me. I had the most fun of my career my last year when I didn’t care about sacks, didn’t care about Pro Bowls. I didn’t care about winning, right? I was like, I know it’s probably my last year. I’m just going to enjoy being around the guys, man. Ended up being the best year in every sense of the word."show more

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Stephen Krupavor 13 Tagen

The joy comes after you are great, not while.

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mr manvor 13 Tagen

Did he play the weak side

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Sac Libvor 14 Tagen

Mike left the game too soon. That was in an era where guys left the game on top thinking their legacies were intact.

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James Leevor 14 Tagen

BS

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Radic Rogvor 13 Tagen

That's the obsession that makes good players great and hall of famers

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Josh Chambersvor 14 Tagen

via @thepivot

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Tim Hardyvor 13 Tagen

But to win, you pretty much have to be obsessed with winning. At least the team leader / leadership has to be.

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Sounds like he played for everything else but the love of the game.

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Lamar Jackson says he watched friends chase fast money while he was playing the long game and counting how many years it would take him to reach the NFL “I’m seeing my friends who I was growing up with who I was playing football with… Just throw their life away for fast money and stuff like that. They used to tell me ‘Oh, you talk too much’. Because I used to always speak about football and positivity stuff. They didn’t want to hear that.” “Now it’s like… They’d rather hear it now because I’m Lamar Jackson. But I’ve been speaking about it. Everybody just wasn’t listening. I was already seeing what was going on. I wish we could go back in time and y’all could see what I was seeing. Because I always looked at life like, I counted years.” “Like I would think… ‘How many years does it take to get to the league?’ They’re saying… ‘You do three years in college.’ I said… ‘I’m doing three years.’ I’m not doing four. I’m not trying to go fifth year. I’m doing three years because I’m going to make sure my family is good.” “If you’re coming from a place like where I come from, don’t try to be like the guys around you. Don’t look up to the stuff that looks like it’s fun… Because sometimes it gets you in trouble.” “It’s sacrificing. ‘Man, I can’t have fun right now. I’ve got to get my family right. I can’t do this right now. I can’t mess up.’ Forget the fast money. I’ve got to think about longevity.” “You can get locked up and do five years for $1,000. That money gone. It’s gone. You’re like… ‘Man, I just did that for $1,000…’ And I could have waited five years and I would’ve had $10 million.” “That’s why I’m where I’m at right now. That’s how I used to think. My mom working… She’s busting her behind. It’s me, my brother and my two sisters at home. I’m the oldest…” “So I’ve got to make sure everybody right. And it’s like… Man, I can’t wait, but I’ve got to wait. That’s the sacrifice. I’ve got to be patient. People don’t look at it like that. It’s like… ‘Man, I need that money right now.’ But you don’t need that money right now. Just wait.”

Lamar Jackson says he watched friends chase fast money while he was playing the long game and counting how many years it would take him to reach the NFL “I’m seeing my friends who I was growing up with who I was playing football with… Just throw their life away for fast money and stuff like that. They used to tell me ‘Oh, you talk too much’. Because I used to always speak about football and positivity stuff. They didn’t want to hear that.” “Now it’s like… They’d rather hear it now because I’m Lamar Jackson. But I’ve been speaking about it. Everybody just wasn’t listening. I was already seeing what was going on. I wish we could go back in time and y’all could see what I was seeing. Because I always looked at life like, I counted years.” “Like I would think… ‘How many years does it take to get to the league?’ They’re saying… ‘You do three years in college.’ I said… ‘I’m doing three years.’ I’m not doing four. I’m not trying to go fifth year. I’m doing three years because I’m going to make sure my family is good.” “If you’re coming from a place like where I come from, don’t try to be like the guys around you. Don’t look up to the stuff that looks like it’s fun… Because sometimes it gets you in trouble.” “It’s sacrificing. ‘Man, I can’t have fun right now. I’ve got to get my family right. I can’t do this right now. I can’t mess up.’ Forget the fast money. I’ve got to think about longevity.” “You can get locked up and do five years for $1,000. That money gone. It’s gone. You’re like… ‘Man, I just did that for $1,000…’ And I could have waited five years and I would’ve had $10 million.” “That’s why I’m where I’m at right now. That’s how I used to think. My mom working… She’s busting her behind. It’s me, my brother and my two sisters at home. I’m the oldest…” “So I’ve got to make sure everybody right. And it’s like… Man, I can’t wait, but I’ve got to wait. That’s the sacrifice. I’ve got to be patient. People don’t look at it like that. It’s like… ‘Man, I need that money right now.’ But you don’t need that money right now. Just wait.”

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Von Miller reveals after Texas A&M coach Mike Sherman suspended him, he packed everything he owned into his truck and started driving to Florida to transfer, when he called his he dad told him not to quit, so he turned around and led the nation with 17.5 sacks the next season “I had everything I owned in this blanket, and I went to my car. I threw it in the back and I’m driving home. I called my daddy. I’m like, ‘Daddy, man, I’m leaving. Coach Sherman kicked me off the team. I ain’t coming back until I do this and that.’” “I’m thinking my dad is going, ‘All right, we’re going to find something else.’ He said, ‘Pull that truck over, turn around, and go back to school. You’re not quitting.’” “I was like, ‘That was not the answer I was looking for.’ He was like, ‘You’re not just about to quit when it gets hard. You’re going to turn that truck back around. You’re going to go back to school and you’re going to fix it.’” “I had tears going down my face. I was like, ‘Man, this is going to be so hard to fix all of this.’ I turned around. We had a meeting. Coach Sherman told my dad the exact same thing that he told me, and my dad agreed with Coach Sherman.” “There was nowhere I could go. I just had to face the music. I had to face the truth. That spring was a hard one, but I got my grades up. I made it to all my classes. I went through the checklist of everything Coach Sherman wanted me to do.” “That following year, my junior year, was the best year that I had up until that day. I led the nation in sacks. I had 17 and a half sacks. My life had totally changed. That was all a testament to running straight through the storm. The shortest way through the storm is straight. I put my head down and I worked, and my life totally changed that offseason.”

Von Miller reveals after Texas A&M coach Mike Sherman suspended him, he packed everything he owned into his truck and started driving to Florida to transfer, when he called his he dad told him not to quit, so he turned around and led the nation with 17.5 sacks the next season “I had everything I owned in this blanket, and I went to my car. I threw it in the back and I’m driving home. I called my daddy. I’m like, ‘Daddy, man, I’m leaving. Coach Sherman kicked me off the team. I ain’t coming back until I do this and that.’” “I’m thinking my dad is going, ‘All right, we’re going to find something else.’ He said, ‘Pull that truck over, turn around, and go back to school. You’re not quitting.’” “I was like, ‘That was not the answer I was looking for.’ He was like, ‘You’re not just about to quit when it gets hard. You’re going to turn that truck back around. You’re going to go back to school and you’re going to fix it.’” “I had tears going down my face. I was like, ‘Man, this is going to be so hard to fix all of this.’ I turned around. We had a meeting. Coach Sherman told my dad the exact same thing that he told me, and my dad agreed with Coach Sherman.” “There was nowhere I could go. I just had to face the music. I had to face the truth. That spring was a hard one, but I got my grades up. I made it to all my classes. I went through the checklist of everything Coach Sherman wanted me to do.” “That following year, my junior year, was the best year that I had up until that day. I led the nation in sacks. I had 17 and a half sacks. My life had totally changed. That was all a testament to running straight through the storm. The shortest way through the storm is straight. I put my head down and I worked, and my life totally changed that offseason.”

Josh Chambers

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Steve Smith says the mindset that built a Hall of Fame level career also made it impossible for him to enjoy any of it “You became a Triple Crown winner, got the money and all. Did you ever walk into the stadium like, ‘I know I’m the dude?’” “No. I walked in the stadium like, ‘I got to prove myself.’ I’d go to practice and listen to stuff in the car going to practice. I was like, ‘Yo, you about to get this work today.’” “I was too busy worrying about the next catch. Man, when I tore my Achilles, I remember sitting in the hospital laid up, going back over all the passes that I dropped. If I would’ve caught those passes, I would’ve never torn my Achilles, because I wanted a thousand receptions and then I’d be done.” “Here’s why I don’t regret it, because I’m at peace with who I am. I’m extremely comfortable in my own skin, bro. I’m extremely comfortable with the consequences of my life. “So for other people telling me what I should do, why don’t you take your own advice? Focus on you, because I’m Gucci. When I say I’m happy, here’s how you know I’m happy, y’all have learned more about me in retirement than you have in the 16 years I played. I’m not chasing nothing. I’m not trying to stay relevant. I’m just being myself.”

Steve Smith says the mindset that built a Hall of Fame level career also made it impossible for him to enjoy any of it “You became a Triple Crown winner, got the money and all. Did you ever walk into the stadium like, ‘I know I’m the dude?’” “No. I walked in the stadium like, ‘I got to prove myself.’ I’d go to practice and listen to stuff in the car going to practice. I was like, ‘Yo, you about to get this work today.’” “I was too busy worrying about the next catch. Man, when I tore my Achilles, I remember sitting in the hospital laid up, going back over all the passes that I dropped. If I would’ve caught those passes, I would’ve never torn my Achilles, because I wanted a thousand receptions and then I’d be done.” “Here’s why I don’t regret it, because I’m at peace with who I am. I’m extremely comfortable in my own skin, bro. I’m extremely comfortable with the consequences of my life. “So for other people telling me what I should do, why don’t you take your own advice? Focus on you, because I’m Gucci. When I say I’m happy, here’s how you know I’m happy, y’all have learned more about me in retirement than you have in the 16 years I played. I’m not chasing nothing. I’m not trying to stay relevant. I’m just being myself.”

Josh Chambers

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Samuel L. Jackson explains how he landed the role of Jules in Pulp Fiction, and what it was like seeing the film for the first time on the big screen: “Pulp Fiction and I came together in a very strange kind of way. I remember auditioning for Quentin for Reservoir Dogs in New York (for the role of of Detective Jim Holdaway, Mr. Orange’s police contact). And apparently I didn't get that role. But I was at Sundance the year that he screened it for the first time. I was sitting there and I watched that movie - I was awed by it. I mean, there were people running up the aisles when Michael Madsen was cutting the cop's ear off. People were going, "Oh my God, this is horrible!" All these “auteurs” were running out of the theatre. I was like, "This is good. This is happening. This is different." So after the film, I walked up to Quentin and said, "This film's amazing, man. It's great." And he looked at me and said, "Hey! How'd you like the guy who got your part?" And I was amazed that he even remembered who I was - but he remembered me. A year or so later, I got a phone call saying Quentin Tarantino wants to have dinner with you, because he'd seen Jungle Fever and he liked that Gator character. When we had dinner, we were sitting there talking. We started talking about Hong Kong films and cartoons and foreign movies and obscure things that we watched, horror movies. We found out we liked the same kind of stuff. And he told me he was writing this thing, and he was writing this part with me in mind. He was going to send it to me. I went off to do another film. I was in the backwoods of Virginia somewhere doing a film, and the script came. A little plain brown wrapper from Jersey Films. And Jersey's got these gangster images on the logo. And it said, "If you show this script to anybody, two guys named Ernie and Luigi will come and break both of your legs." Whatever. I went, "Yeah, right." So I sat down and read it. Boom. I read this thing. It's like, "Oh my God. This is awesome." And then I said to myself, "Nobody writes a script this good. There's no way that this script is as good as I thought it was." I closed it. I opened it again. I read it immediately. Okay. This is great - If whoever produces this film lets him shoot exactly what I just read, if they stay away from it, they don't try to edit any of this stuff out - this is going to be a great film. It's going to be kind of audience-specific, because I like that kind of stuff. I have friends that I knew would like it. It was a generational kind of film. I never thought it would cross over and do all this stuff. We shot it. We had a great time doing it. And the first time I actually saw the film was at the Cannes Film Festival. That night, it screened, and I was sitting there watching the film. The audience was loving this movie, loving it. About halfway through, I realized there were subtitles at the bottom of it. So I said, "Hey, these people are reading it, and they're getting it. This might be special. This really might be something special." And actually, by the time it was over, there were tears running down my face. I was just so pleased that I was part of that particular film… I never felt that satisfied, and that kind of full about a performance and about being part of something as I was in that particular moment.” Quote comes from an Interview with the American Film Institute 2010

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Zara Larsson answers what was the key to getting out of the Khia Asylum. “I’ve always known I’m a cool girl. I think my taste is good or fun, it’s my taste. I like what I do. I just need to express it to the world so they can understand. And now I feel like I have, and people connect with it because I’m just being true to myself. But I kind of feel like I don’t like when people say that they’re a flop. I don’t say that, you know what I mean? Don’t manifest it. No, because it doesn’t matter, what even is that, you know?

Zara Larsson answers what was the key to getting out of the Khia Asylum. “I’ve always known I’m a cool girl. I think my taste is good or fun, it’s my taste. I like what I do. I just need to express it to the world so they can understand. And now I feel like I have, and people connect with it because I’m just being true to myself. But I kind of feel like I don’t like when people say that they’re a flop. I don’t say that, you know what I mean? Don’t manifest it. No, because it doesn’t matter, what even is that, you know?

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John Salley says The Best Damn Sports Show Period paid him $80,000 a week and took seven years to realize he did not watch sports “They didn’t find out that I didn’t know sports until the seventh year. They would do this thing on Wednesday. They would put a name on the board, and they were like, ‘Sal, who’s that? What do they do?’ I was like, ‘I don’t know, hockey’” “I’m reading the teleprompter and it said, ‘Jefferson, Richard.’ And I was like, ‘Jefferson Richard…’ They were like, ‘How do you not know that this is Richard Jefferson? He played at Arizona. He plays for this team.’ And I go, ‘You guys act like I watch basketball. I’m not watching this stuff. You want me to give you two hours of my life for free after they paid me $80,000 a week? You’ve got to be kidding me’” “I don’t know anything about baseball. I know football. They didn’t know that. But when they would take me out of segments, I wouldn’t complain because I learned that from John Kruk. John Kruk was like, ‘Man, I’ve been here and only did three segments and got the same paycheck.’ Don’t rush to be in front of the camera so much”

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John Salley says The Best Damn Sports Show Period paid him $80,000 a week and took seven years to realize he did not watch sports “They didn’t find out that I didn’t know sports until the seventh year. They would do this thing on Wednesday. They would put a name on the board, and they were like, ‘Sal, who’s that? What do they do?’ I was like, ‘I don’t know, hockey’” “I’m reading the teleprompter and it said, ‘Jefferson, Richard.’ And I was like, ‘Jefferson Richard…’ They were like, ‘How do you not know that this is Richard Jefferson? He played at Arizona. He plays for this team.’ And I go, ‘You guys act like I watch basketball. I’m not watching this stuff. You want me to give you two hours of my life for free after they paid me $80,000 a week? You’ve got to be kidding me’” “I don’t know anything about baseball. I know football. They didn’t know that. But when they would take me out of segments, I wouldn’t complain because I learned that from John Kruk. John Kruk was like, ‘Man, I’ve been here and only did three segments and got the same paycheck.’ Don’t rush to be in front of the camera so much”

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Selena Gomez reveals how Benny Blanco proposed to her. “I thought we had a shoot that day, so I had hair and makeup done, and I was just going about my regular day. I got into the car, and I was thinking to myself, ‘Where are we going?’ Because at that point, I felt like I knew all the studios I usually go to” “It was just me and my security guard, and he was laughing because he was just like, ‘I don’t know. It’s a new space’” “We got out. I walked in, and all of a sudden, I saw no one in the room. I looked at my assistant, and she just shut the door. And I was like, ‘Uhhh…’” “I think you envision all the things you would do and say when someone proposes to you. But it is actually the craziest feeling. It was really special” “He said the sweetest things, but I was so shocked that it just felt unreal for a long time. I’ve always dreamed of that moment, and he couldn’t have made it more perfect. It was one of the best days of my life, for sure”

Selena Gomez reveals how Benny Blanco proposed to her. “I thought we had a shoot that day, so I had hair and makeup done, and I was just going about my regular day. I got into the car, and I was thinking to myself, ‘Where are we going?’ Because at that point, I felt like I knew all the studios I usually go to” “It was just me and my security guard, and he was laughing because he was just like, ‘I don’t know. It’s a new space’” “We got out. I walked in, and all of a sudden, I saw no one in the room. I looked at my assistant, and she just shut the door. And I was like, ‘Uhhh…’” “I think you envision all the things you would do and say when someone proposes to you. But it is actually the craziest feeling. It was really special” “He said the sweetest things, but I was so shocked that it just felt unreal for a long time. I’ve always dreamed of that moment, and he couldn’t have made it more perfect. It was one of the best days of my life, for sure”

Buggy

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Carlos Alcaraz says watching Spain win the World Cup was a ‘lifetime experience’ “First of all for me it was a lifetime experience. Seeing Spain winning the World Cup… when I came here, I thought about it. I’m still thinking about it sometimes. It’s great. Louis Vuitton had trunks that were carrying the trophy. They told me if I’m down to do it and I was like ‘I mean, this is a lifetime experience for me.’ Holding the trophy in the ceremony, to give it on the field. So it was a great experience. Going back a little bit about the things that I missed, tournaments I missed and everything.. I just tried to make the most of the opportunities that life brought to me. And this is one of those things that I enjoyed so much. It was a really cool experience and really cool moment.” ❤️ (via US Open Press)

Carlos Alcaraz says watching Spain win the World Cup was a ‘lifetime experience’ “First of all for me it was a lifetime experience. Seeing Spain winning the World Cup… when I came here, I thought about it. I’m still thinking about it sometimes. It’s great. Louis Vuitton had trunks that were carrying the trophy. They told me if I’m down to do it and I was like ‘I mean, this is a lifetime experience for me.’ Holding the trophy in the ceremony, to give it on the field. So it was a great experience. Going back a little bit about the things that I missed, tournaments I missed and everything.. I just tried to make the most of the opportunities that life brought to me. And this is one of those things that I enjoyed so much. It was a really cool experience and really cool moment.” ❤️ (via US Open Press)

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Josh Brolin says he almost turned down the role of Thanos because he wasn’t sure Marvel was for him Josh Brolin: “When they asked me to do it, it was more like a cameo early on.” “They gave me this huge Bible of this character, Thanos.” “I went through it.” “I got so into it.” “I didn’t expect it at all.” “I almost said no.” “I was like, ‘Marvel… I don’t know.’” “‘It’s not really what I do.’” “I think that’s what was so fun about playing that character was the psychology of it.” “The behavior of it.” “The Russos would come up and they’d be like, ‘Remember that scene in Scarface?’” “‘The guy with the chainsaw?’” “‘Yes. Do that, but with your voice.’” “What great direction.”

Josh Brolin says he almost turned down the role of Thanos because he wasn’t sure Marvel was for him Josh Brolin: “When they asked me to do it, it was more like a cameo early on.” “They gave me this huge Bible of this character, Thanos.” “I went through it.” “I got so into it.” “I didn’t expect it at all.” “I almost said no.” “I was like, ‘Marvel… I don’t know.’” “‘It’s not really what I do.’” “I think that’s what was so fun about playing that character was the psychology of it.” “The behavior of it.” “The Russos would come up and they’d be like, ‘Remember that scene in Scarface?’” “‘The guy with the chainsaw?’” “‘Yes. Do that, but with your voice.’” “What great direction.”

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#SEONGHWA about the making of Skin 🩶 ⭐️: My solo song? When the idea of doing solo songs first came up.. there were opinions about how to do the songs and. I thought, I absolutely want Hongjoong to do it because he knows me best. And because I trust Hongjoong’s ability, even though we could have gotten something (produced) from outside, I thought that what would satisfy me the most would be the version of Skin that Hongjoong could make. So at first, Hongjoong asked me what kind of mood I wanted to go for and I said that among my nicknames, you know I have “poisonous snake” as one, right? So I wanted to take the keyword and go with the snake vibe. So when I said I wanted to go with the snake concept, Hongjoong thought about it for like 10 seconds right there and said, “Then let’s go with Skin for the title”. So, that was really great and I told him I liked that that idea, that it was nice. Then I actually sent him about six? ㅎㅎ reference links and said I wanted to go with that kind of mood (I referenced), so ㅎㅎ I really bugged Hongjoong a lot. He was a bit nervous too, he kept sending me updates on it, like, from the early guide stages. He sent messages/comments like, “For now the instrumental will probably be like this. It would be great if it hit hard here and for the chorus, if we go with a sexy vibe it would be awesome.” And when the full guide was first finished I listened to it and just clapped, because I liked it so much. Also, since it’s the first solo song I’m doing, having Hongjoong do it was great. And I really like it, so… it is going to be even better when the song is officially released. #성화

#SEONGHWA about the making of Skin 🩶 ⭐️: My solo song? When the idea of doing solo songs first came up.. there were opinions about how to do the songs and. I thought, I absolutely want Hongjoong to do it because he knows me best. And because I trust Hongjoong’s ability, even though we could have gotten something (produced) from outside, I thought that what would satisfy me the most would be the version of Skin that Hongjoong could make. So at first, Hongjoong asked me what kind of mood I wanted to go for and I said that among my nicknames, you know I have “poisonous snake” as one, right? So I wanted to take the keyword and go with the snake vibe. So when I said I wanted to go with the snake concept, Hongjoong thought about it for like 10 seconds right there and said, “Then let’s go with Skin for the title”. So, that was really great and I told him I liked that that idea, that it was nice. Then I actually sent him about six? ㅎㅎ reference links and said I wanted to go with that kind of mood (I referenced), so ㅎㅎ I really bugged Hongjoong a lot. He was a bit nervous too, he kept sending me updates on it, like, from the early guide stages. He sent messages/comments like, “For now the instrumental will probably be like this. It would be great if it hit hard here and for the chorus, if we go with a sexy vibe it would be awesome.” And when the full guide was first finished I listened to it and just clapped, because I liked it so much. Also, since it’s the first solo song I’m doing, having Hongjoong do it was great. And I really like it, so… it is going to be even better when the song is officially released. #성화

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