Iron Man Chris Nikic | This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von #318

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and honestly i don't even know why a. little bit. you know i don't even know why i feel. but it just filled me with a lot of. feelings um. and i think it made me it's making me. feel let me just try to think what i'm. feeling right now so just give me just a. second um. it made me feel like i can be a.

it made me feel. like i can be a part. of something better is that what it made. me feel it made me feel. it made me feel like there is something. bigger going on out there that i'm.

not in control of and that. whatever that bigger thing is that it um. it has good intentions i think honestly. that's what. uh what it made me feel um. you're gonna love today's episode uh. today's guest. is chris nikitch he is the first. down syndrome uh human ever to finish. an ironman marathon he's here today. gracing us with his presence.

him and his father nick nikitch are here. today uh and i hope you will enjoy this. episode. uh be patient there's um you know. there's some communication that. that takes some time to kind of build. but um. but this was uh this was one of the best. uh hour or so. amount of times i'd ever spent in my. [Music].

sit and life you my stories. [Applause]. people complain about everything yeah. but i'm telling them. look you guys you guys stop talking like. that. yeah no sportswear yeah yeah.

you gotta work hard you gotta work hard. if you work hard you succeed in life. who taught you that oh god and your. dad's here today. yes what's his name look nick. nickitsch yes nick nickitch is he a role. model. yes what's another role model that you. have. perseverance perseverance is a role.

model. oh interesting can when you're competing. do you feel like you're competing. against yourself. to make yourself better or do you feel. like you're competing against the other. competitors what is it like for you to. compete. in iron man is it feel like you're. competing against yourself. or against other people i'm copying. against myself and other peers as well.

i was better than yesterday. i wanted to stay active. um too straightforward. to stay keep going forward yeah when. you're. what is the toughest part when you're. doing the ironman what is the toughest. part like was there a moment that you. felt like you couldn't go anymore. was there a moment that felt like maybe. you wouldn't be able to do it. what were some tough moments like um one. of my top.

moments was the pain. the pain where where was the pain like. the butt the lower back. i had to see upwards by uh. one of the people at the. oil became soft they're. making a new bike. so i could lean forward.

oh you got a new bike that helps you. lean forward yeah. and does that make it easier to compete. yeah. when you were doing the iron man was. there a certain mile where you wanted to. give up maybe. so at some point also about 13. when to hit the roar at mile 13 yeah wow. that's early in the race right no that's. in the marathon. oh that's in the marathon only um. i knew that the pair is coming.

the pain pain's coming i knew that. my dad called me hugged me he came and. hugged you. yeah and what did he say he said what's. going through. the paintings on the dreams and the. shirts between and then you just kept. going. yeah i found my way through. when you're competing do you know that. you have do you know that you have a. disability or do you. can do does it feel on the inside like.

you have a disability or it doesn't feel. like it. uh rfid spirit. is called um down syndrome. connect disorder raspberry. does it feel like you have it or. or does it feel different inside of you. or does it feel. normal inside of you um i have it now. it feels that.

i need someone to kiss my heart. and i could be my woman oh you need. someone to touch your heart huh. yeah that might cure it huh yeah. um have you had uh have you been in love. in your life. once um. when i crossed my bike. i saw i saw her that's a smoking heart. a smoking hot person smoking hot woman.

she came and helped you. oh yeah. dad are you buying this one i don't buy. this song no i'm not buying it. [Laughter]. you're just making stuff up i remember. i'll tell you my story for. i'll tell you a story from me chris i. remember chris kicked his dad just now. i'll tell you a story from me chris when. i was young i remember i was maybe like. seven years old. and i was in texas and i went outside.

and there was a girl by a stream and she. was getting like um. she was just getting like a bucket of. water out of the river or stream. and that was the first time in my life i. ever felt like i was in love with a girl. i just remembered i never had felt that. before. and then i saw her and something about. her made me think that i loved her and i. felt like oh i'm in love with her. did you do you remember the first time. you had a moment like that where you. felt like.

attracted to a woman like that yeah. um. i always had the mexican. with my dad the orlando magic game yeah. and i saw pre-dancer. yeah and uh she's in my photos. and um. and she was uh. attractive she was so.

smoking hot yeah. cute um ourselves to say. she's the most absolute. best. oh so she really took your heart away. huh she didn't take my heart. yeah what did you ask her i decided. you're fraught with me. yeah and what did you ask her i was.

thrown back yeah baby boy. you actually asked her something didn't. you and. my aunt i said. what's going on date nice. and horrible i suck. sir and then. in a few moments i looked. in the eyes of a beautiful woman. stay right there yeah if someday i.

said will you marry me. oh wow you went straight to marriage huh. yeah strong move. um. what is she saying she's like sure wow. right there. at the magic when i go home tonight. i said to my mom mom. found a woman it's just like.

she myself um. she's quite older i'm like. i don't care i don't care her age. i don't care how old she is. and i said. mom i accidentally. and it's just like for real i'm like. i'm getting serious and then.

she said what makes you want to make a. move on this woman. good question mom. i've got no choice but take my woman. there. and then one day i said. mom i actually made me and then. my mom said.

where did she come from unlike a family. a family her family told her. that when that conference. her father her father gave me a. profession to meet his daughter. her father what i wanted to get precious. oh a present blessing impressive oh you. had to get the blessing from the father. from her father such a man's daughter.

so did you do it yeah no you didn't. now you're making stuff up everything. was true up till that point. at some point the mom. knows me and she said. are you there man or somebody made my. daughter. he's a freaking magic dancer okay now. let's stop because now you're making. stuff up. so he's going to cut this out but it was. a good story though. he'll tell you a story so that was the.

first woman that you felt like you. really fell for huh yeah. yeah tell them what you said when you. saw rachel. on instagram i'm gonna tell her that. tell him he wants to know that stuff oh. okay so you saw rachel on instagram what. did you say to me i saw. rachel and who is rachel a girl. yeah okay she uh she knew she's tampa. oh nice she's filming as strong as far. up. she's what this was uh runner-up miss. florida oh she's miss runner-up miss.

florida wow beautiful and what did you. say when you saw her. i said that's the wrong that's the one. yeah but i figured she's got autism. whispering difficult she has autism. so it makes things difficult. yeah is she able to communicate. yes oh she's amazing she sounds really. cool. yeah but she says smoking hard. but she doesn't understand that's for me.

enough that's because she has autism so. she's you got to teach her how to get. more social social social. well i bet she i uh do you guys have. plans to maybe go out sometime. no i don't know nothing you know well. you guys get together all the time. we always get to go do stuff she was at. your house for two days this week. she's in my house okay so there's. definitely a possibility there.

what's harder for you to compete with. with to compete physically or to compete. with women trying to meet women what's a. tougher obstacle in the world do you. think. i say our competition it's hard huh. you know it's not hard but. it's called easy simple favor. is a woman who enters into my world.

she must be the one oh i love it i like. your attitude i'm the same way if i see. a woman. i fall in love with her every eye do see. a woman she must be hot oh yeah. that's a good. it's a good attribute man i like it it. was a classic bike. i knew that this hot vlog was. directly come to me. oh i see it's almost like a story out of. like a. asap's fable or something yeah yeah i.

like that. she pulled her sword out she pulled a. sword out. sore sore. what pulled one out she poured out her. soul. oh she poured her pour down her soul. [Music]. yeah there's some remarks i think we all. i think as. men we all have that like it's hard with. women. it's hard that's nice for me oh okay my. bad man. because i'm keeping asking about your.

women to be my date. hey look and if and what did dad say. whenever you were having trouble at that. uh. at the halfway point of the marathon. what was the options. the sixth place well it's me. you're basically 73 it's the dream baby. and. he said okay there's time to get the. rice. yeah that's the next obstacle huh yeah i. love that. but you must feel pretty confident in. yourself if you're able to.

to to take on an iron man and finish. and then if you have the next obstacle. in your life maybe is to meet a woman. and. and settle down i bet you feel very. confident do you. yeah um. am i trying 20s on my life. i knew that the next time. if i do the next iron man if i. come in on time then i don't.

finish life they're going to be a. smoking hotline. i love it my tail and. the easterns i'm gonna grab my mario. and then basically my stuff. could be at her hotel oh i can i see. and then my woman could take.

me back to your hotel. i like it you got a whole plane. sour safe. good dress and then. basically like. there's no way any woman. my primary army but. i definitely put my own underwear on.

but as you poured. on my pants. and then the belt. then she's going to help me. with the dresses oh she's going to help. you with your. dress shirt yeah oh that's romantic yeah. i like that's because oh you can't do. your own buttons.

wow doesn't have the fine motor skills. but you can do an iron man. yeah yeah but he can't tie his own shoes. good thing. they don't have any buttons on the iron. man oh. and i put on a dresser. she buttons and. she puts the tie on. she puts the jacket on. and then she must say then we're all.

going off. honey where are you going honey where. and where are you guys going to go i'm. going to remember. to a nightclub yeah okay i like that and. then all. the family the coaches. the peers repeated that club oh i love. this third time. i was yeah and then when i arrived. the doors could be closed the nights are. off. and um and we're gonna have a proper.

spinners. yeah i probably dk yeah we're gonna have. like. drinks we've got chipotle yeah scarce. whiskey. appetizers wine beer snacks. appetizers yes sugar yes. dancing yeah yeah. am i am i reserve a table only for two. so don't distract me yeah and so your. dad won't be at that table well i know.

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he's a really special guy um. who are some athletes that you look up. to. i look up to ichikampo. who is it it's a combo i'm not jealous. mvp last year uh-uh from uh milwaukee oh. and how do you say his name again it's a. combo. it's a crimper yeah i never knew how to. pronounce it i've seen it written. yeah he's exceptional but and who's.

better than him. who's the boy from dallas that's your. favorite you can talk this yeah look at. dante's is dope. and every time you guys don't kiss chris. crosses eating compost. it's a couple days tanker it just kicks. out. tell him what you want to do with luca i. beat you i had a massive hobby. i love that i look i'll be a cheerleader. if you beat him i'll be the cheerleader. nope there must be a woman yeah okay.

it's not woman it's gonna be smoking hot. of course she is man it was i do beat. you guys doctors. that i take my woman but if he beats me. i'm gonna stick to my woman though okay. i love it man. wow you really you're such a uh. do you know how your parents met each. other like their first date. yeah 34 years 34. minutes and they've met in minnesota.

yeah. what was your what was the first date. that your dad took your mom on do you. know. yeah um he checked on my armpit hand. and he said first you made her. the way that i lost my woman on a first. date nick is that true. so i met my wife in a nightclub in. minnesota. on a saturday night we talked a little. bit i went home. next day i called her from new york.

that's where i lived. and she told me she was going to marry. me wow. so i see where this fairy tale really. hits close to home. yeah look i need your right foot down. the road. you ready i know you think so yeah. i'm freaking ready look i'm gonna be. 22 next year i'm gonna say this dad. did you mess with my life i'm gonna get. a woman you stop it. yeah when i get my woman i'm gonna see. my girl i'm crazy.

she's our best friend you're gonna tell. dad to step aside huh. yeah stop stop stop hitting me. um do you. what are some things in your life that. are tough what are some things about. the disability you have that are tough. that people wouldn't. know are tough they. couldn't know what i'm. capable of um. besides i couldn't do much.

but i told them. you didn't stop tell me what i killed. you. and then i told them to effectively. take their knee off take the what off. take the lid off um you need to. stop treating kids with the disabilities. wow if you don't succeed in life.

then i can do it if. wow that's so amazing to hear um a lot. of people with disabilities don't have. the same mindset. as you i do you think people don't. give them an opportunity. do you think people look at you. and think you can't do it well.

okay so people think i can do. but i say to them. look here are the basic. reasons the first reason is. if they can do it i can do it if there. is. i can work hard if they'll succeed. i can succeed i can be a better father. better husband with a wife.

i love it what are so what are some. things that. like you mentioned earlier like buttons. are hard to do right yeah. what are some regular tasks that are. tough for you obviously you're an iron. man champion so. you can do anything in the world i. believe that and so do you. but what are some basic little tasks. that might be tough. okay so for instance. after my wife burns africa. so basically like thomas hughes.

okay so tying your shoes is tough yeah. so let's talk about other stuff but. he wants to know what is unique about. down syndrome. that makes everything hard for you what. a give them three or four things that. make down syndrome hard. i definitely say per balance. poor balance oh poor balance yeah. interesting. why why do you think can you do you know. why poor balance. because we don't know why.

right but tell them tell them like you. know how hard it is to learn how to ride. a bike how long did it take you to learn. how to ride. six years wow i'm not. freaking nice. what else is hard about downstairs um. okay low tone. low tone when you talk no long tone. muscles oh really. so what do you have to do to build. muscles but. i think there's stronger how much harder.

do you have to work to build the same. muscles. five to ten times harder no way just to. build the same muscles. okay what else is hard for down syndrome. um. do they react to delayed reaction when i. cross my bike. i see smoking on yeah yeah. so reaction time is slow okay so when. you're riding your bike. you need quick reactions quick reaction. so. took a long time to learn how to react.

fast enough like when you're. right now he can ride 28 miles an hour. you gotta have fast reactions to when. stuff pops up in front of you. that took a long time to learn how to do. wow. and did you do it did you learn by. actually riding a bike or did you take a. simulator. no actually writing actually writing. thousands of times around thousands. thousands and thousands one time i was. fighting in my neighborhood. and they said getting a car like.

was driving and i was freaking fast. you were faster than the car no he was. going fast car was coming. so the car's coming and then. basically i was on the side of the car. cave. and when i saw the car i didn't actually. react fast and. i started speeding down the hotel.

freaking neighborhood. i passed the freaking sign. limits and what happened and i. passed a freaking car and then in a. freaking car. put a horn and the person was like what. the hell. is that when you crashed and. when i got to the other side. i shot this hot blonde yeah.

distracted. she distracted me you crashed your mic. i crossed my bike she hugged her boom on. the street. oh they ruined me yeah they ruined. everything man. he just went everything that dance. she's beautiful though huh yeah yeah. beautiful. smoking dogs yeah she. farts with a biker who fell.

i forgot about i can relate man i think. about. i always think about girls girls make. girls are in girls influence a lot of. my behaviors i think most guys are that. way. yeah yeah you know um but not me. oh not you huh no i'm uh. i'm a humor i've got a. i've got a great taste of humor that's.

true. and uh i'm another. um i'm a servant of god. who is still such a woman i like that. and smoking holidays yeah the nearly. come up to me. one by one and they say. chris why christmas. i like that i like that man.

you're just like me man i think you you. and i are very excited. well when i was born they thought i had. down syndrome when i was born. and so i can really relate to uh i don't. know i think i just. feel sometimes i feel almost trapped. inside of myself. and i don't know if that's what your. life is like but sometimes. i feel like i i don't know i just feel. like trapped inside of myself. um what are now that you've completed an.

iron man. is there a new goal or is it will you. come. continue to compete in iron man or do. you want to do professional bowling is. there something new. i won't be a professor golfer really and. i'll get married. our kids are freaking married oh yeah. golfers always get married they always. have chicks. yeah he just started his golf program. really go three years from now to be a. par golfer wow and.

how does how is golf different in. competing. than iron man and triathlon because. i made this harder and i didn't take the. risk. of getting injured i was. still took off and made my woman is golf. easier. yeah got me cece. because when i get a fighter thomas. i've gotta take my woman she'll be right. there yeah she could be your caddy.

okay a wife and one mother. and a mother yeah there's some look if i. could find a woman that could be all. three of those. i want that woman too yeah whenever i. make a good sock. she kisses me oh i like that. they're weird. everything goes in for a boy she kisses. me oh i like that. she sounds like a nice lady whoever she. is this is. nice yes i reported.

out she's quite smoking hot keep smoking. hard babies. smoking hot smell stuff yeah whatever. everything is dark inside spaghetti. yeah i love that that's her nickname. smoking hot huh yeah yeah i like it. i would say you must heart you. must have a woman. there one of those i'm going to make you. yeah. now if you get married where would you. have uh the.

the um what's the dinner called before a. marriage nick the night before what is. that or the. rehearsal dinner yeah where would you. have your rehearsal dinner what would be. a restaurant you would have it at. i definitely have it in hawaii. harley you knew where it is. pretty fancy yeah it's nice pretty fancy. for a smoking hot woman oh yeah who. could be your friend. yeah hawaii is a good place to fall in. love yeah.

what does love feel like to you can you. do you have like when you think about. love. what does it feel like enough is like. hard moments kind nothing. a person who cares for me a person who. loves me though i love my mom. a person who um watched me. be a bad husband a person who. wants me to be a good father um.

look when i have my own woman. then my woman could say. honey. how can we stop doing what we're doing. let me make out oh yeah. and yeah yeah you know hey i would say.

watch you when. you call when you call back does. make out rhymes with sex christophe it. stop it hey it's normal man don't go. there. no you're normal i know hormones baby. hormones man they're wild um. what does it feel like when you are. about to start a race when you were. about to start the iron man. do you feel at peace or do you.

feel aggression what do you feel like. if you're at a starting line how do you. feel. i feel like i'm in korea. i feel like i'm gonna talk to a family. what is it i'm sorry can you say it. included. part of the family oh wow i am uh. i'm in korea and. be part of summers that's what you feel. like at the starting line.

yeah wow so there's a big sense of. inclusion for him and being in those. races. that's number one out of everything is. the enemy number one. of africa those people there feel like. you're brothers and sisters huh yeah. and when you're when you're going. through the iron man. do you ever have to help people up that. have fallen i have. and what does that feel like so. when that person who falls down.

i got back there. i picked him up he said keep going. you're myself you almost around me. and keep going and. maybe you keep going. then looking down where i mean. saying my name is. up or down to my hero.

it was up and down the stairs. um i just got a. big deal i got a studio. i got the world record. and best of all. i've been living a happy. healthy place i like your attitude. man it's so goal oriented um.

do you do you feel tired like when i. feel tired. i feel like kind of. weak and i feel exhausted and i feel. thirsty. and i feel like i need a break. those are things that i feel like when i. feel tired. what do you feel like when you feel. tired. so when i feel tired. i quit um.

when i'm exhausted. i can say suck it up. yeah um this is a i have a question for. your dad can i ask your dad a question. sure okay um nick so do you uh. is it hard to know when to push chris. and motivate. him and know when to. is it hard to know what his capabilities. truly are is it hard to know when.

he he's being earnest about if he's had. if he's. too tired or not like i could imagine. that might be tough to kind of know is. has that been interesting to learn great. question because. he has learned how to manipulate all of. us. he has learned when when he wants. something how to. actually put on an act and so at first. when he hit that wall i would think oh. he's done. but then i started to test him a little.

bit. and i realized that that was an act. and that he could keep going and so it. was a learning experience. and i've learned how to help him. mentally. overcome a lot of what's going on in. order to help him build a. strong mental attitude that helps him. fight through. um because as you can imagine everything. i've been told iron man. is 90 mental the body can handle so much. more than the mind can handle.

so a lot of the training was mental it. was teaching him. how to overcome that mental pain. that hits you um and so for him tired is. pain. and so um i had to learn how to figure. out when that was real when it was and. how to deal with it. and it's been a fascinating journey the. last year uh teaching him mental. toughness. um he is as mentally tough as anybody. ever going to meet now. wow what he had to go through to do that.

iron man. um you know he essentially went from a. 14 mile. sprint which is you know what a lot of. people start out with. to a 140 mile iron man in about 10. months. which is unbelievable and he did it with. all kinds of obstacles uh including that. he can't ride arrow right which is a. downward position which is about 30. more efficient than the average person. he can't ride with clip-ons on his feet. he has to ride with flat. which is another 30 percent um.

and then he crashed his bike in the. middle of the race so he had to. like stand up with the blood and the. pain he got bit by fire ants and so he. his legs were all swollen up throughout. the whole thing all of that. is about mental toughness physically he. was beat up and bruised and. everything and when he wanted to quit at. every stage he just got tougher and. tougher. and at mile 13 as he said when every. bone in his body every muscle ached. everything told him to quit.

um he just toughened up and mentally the. whole year was about teaching him. mentally how to overcome those obstacles. and now i know that he can handle. anything in life because mentally. doesn't matter what hits him he's not. never going to quit he knows how to. fight through it. was he always like that or it's. definitely you've noticed something that. was learned. no it's something that's been learned in. the last year he was never like that. it's been and that's the good news right. for anybody. is that you can learn mental toughness. he learned. mental toughness in the last year you.

must be so proud of him huh. i think he's amazing every day he just. surprises me by how tough he is how. resilient he is. um how much he learns you know and what. a great. attitude he has uh in terms of what he. does. and what i've noticed the greatest thing. of all. is the impact he's having on other. people love your baby. yeah he's changing lives man he's he's. showing people like me and my wife. who were devastated when he was first.

diagnosed with down syndrome. for 20 years we thought he couldn't do. anything now. what he's showing the world is that. there's a whole world of possibilities. out there. so yeah i'm proud of him but but i'm. just so excited about. the the mission he has um to make a. difference in the world and to help. others like him and like us. boys said women's name who is right. there which one should it be. when you were on the bike oh they were.

everywhere they came to see you because. they had kids with down syndrome and. they wanted to see it. wow um people came from everywhere. did they with their kids with down. syndrome and they wanted to see if this. was real. do you feel like uh you know i noticed. even just in my own life like um you. know like i had to work so hard and even. just in comedy to get uh. a foothold of my own you know and um. then at certain points you feel like god. has he wants you to be a part of a. mission or you know like.

and it's natural i think to have those. those thoughts it's normal because. you're like. why has so much been and it's not a ton. but why have i been. focused on why is you know the light of. the world or whatever or. a journey of the world been kind of like. attached to me in some way. um i can only imagine that that. a lot of that kind of happens with uh. with chris uh. chris do you feel like god has a special. plan for you yeah. that's pretty cool huh yeah.

to make sure that i need to get. a woman yeah yeah i think that's going. to happen easy. like so chris i know so what about. all of those social media posts from all. the moms and dads. with kids with down syndrome that you. read all the time what are they saying. those fives with thousands of. the same empty hero. two kids another kid can start.

does that make you how does that make. you feel it feels. um like i inspired. everybody to recall about you ten times. higher. that's interesting man yeah you're. definitely an inspiration. um yeah i can't imagine what it's like. to feel like you're then like kind of. part of this bigger journey this bigger. picture journey of inspiring people.

well i'll tell you we you know we. believe that god has his hand in this. one for chris. and he's using chris as a way to. give hope to a lot of others like him. and create a community of inclusion. and one because what chris is doing is. not just for down syndrome he's actually. creating a whole community around him. who people are volunteering and helping. and they're seeing how wonderful it is. to be part of. a community like that um and i tell. people. um if you don't believe that god had his.

hand on this one. uh let me tell you a story you know. before november 7th in 2020. every full ironman in the world was. canceled right buddy. after november 7th every one was. cancelled. but november 7th when chris was doing it. it was the only one that was on. really the only one in the world you. guys had already booked that in advance. we booked it a year in advance and we. told everybody god's not going to let. this one get cancelled. wow and people said you're crazy they're. all canceled they're all being canceled.

i said yes except this one god wants. chris to do something special in this. one. so he's going to make sure this one. doesn't get canceled and it didn't get. canceled and chris shocked the world and. so so the only one chris was registered. for is the only one that happened wow. oh that's powerful and then everybody. told us. he's not going to handle the water. because the waves are. so big and wild i said don't worry god's. going to calm the water that day. and then he said well you know he's.

going to this i said don't worry god's. going to take care of it. and we're not scared chris were you. scared or not um. at first um. i knew that this happy birth. kept going yeah and how close is your. dad when you're actually racing do you. have someone that like. are racers allowed to have a assistant. with them yeah okay. for special olympics there's a guide. someone who's with them the whole time. okay so he had a guy dan grieb who's.

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and it makes me feel like. there is a bigger. that there is a bigger purpose in the. world um. than just my own purposes and it makes. me feel excited. that's how you make me feel when i hear. about your story. um so thank you. yeah we uh. we bought a couple of shirts earlier. today one for myself and one for my.

producer nick can you tell us about the. one percent better. sure i was really the concept. of working hard um. to be successful and to. start small um my. values for kids is that. stay small stay fit. use positive words.

be in the moment and. um in this pain i can tell them they. speak pain. and i know that. yeah you're like martin luther chris man. i feel like. um so golf is next huh. yeah who should be worried out there. phil mickelson tiger woods who should be. scared. i would say afterwards yeah okay.

and my wife said yeah why should i get. scared miss golf course. i'm like because. you're my wife and when i make. i'm not good size kiss me yeah. kiss me we all want love man that. that's that's pure love yeah we all do. it. and i told her and she said. she said awesome let me kiss.

hey look that's not a look a kiss is a. good start. a kiss is a good start what is those. zips hey on the lips it's a good place. for a kiss man. are there any actresses that you see on. television that you think are cute. yeah i've seen actresses. cute awesome actresses. oh smoking heart which ones any show in. particular or movie in particular yeah.

i would say um. all right in la. ncisla yeah oh ncisla which one which. one do you like. which one what's her name kenzie yeah. and then what about freaking for that. yeah what about chicago pd. or chicago pd which one do you like. haley yeah. she's quite freaking sparkly. a lot of beautiful ladies out there yeah.

looking um towards me saying. when you crush that i'm in hawaii. you gotta come up because i've got a. podcast. yeah only one man no one knows no one. else huh. nope just you and her in a podcast i. like it that's her daddy. i love it look she's my woman. this is my pure knife and no one would.

we should go on a double date sometime. definitely. we'll get two ladies and take them. somewhere fun uh. maybe i'm thinking like have you ever. been to a water park before. i have do you like it yeah. maybe we could do a water park or. oh go-karts do you like yeah and other. puppies yeah bumper cars. that would be fun stopping oh on the.

go-karts. yeah yeah it's fun um what else could we. do on our double date you think. where could we go today i think we. should go to uh basically restaurant. it'd be romantic yes get some candle. light. yeah yeah guys afterwards yeah yeah. maybe a couple roses on the table for. the ladies yeah. a little bit of champagne a little. carpet yeah. yeah a little scotch damn okay. dang bro if i have too much scotch i'll.

have down syndrome bro i have too much. right now. it's sometimes kissing yeah finish with. some kissing man. dad gets nervous when you say it i think. it's awesome. um i'm trying to think of any other. message that you want to leave our. listeners with chris. okay any any any positive message you. want to leave our listeners with. sure um and the message. is simple for kids.

by saying. start faith with iron man. whatever your iron man is start training. for it huh yeah. man well i just feel so lucky chris that. that you came here today. can i can we be friends from now on is. that okay yeah. okay cool man i want you to meet my. friend terence ross who plays for the.

orlando magic he will love you okay he's. really cool he's very tall though. okay but you could probably beat him. yeah i think he would that's cool. that'll be a lot of fun and if i be. here i'll be going to um. like if like if i be here. i go. to the nba all star game i'm in i. believe that. but if you beat me then i'm not going.

okay okay i thought i'd be here you're. going he's gone. i'm going out all right chris let's. close it out with um. there's one thing that that's kept him. motivated. and on task for a year working hard. and it's his dream yeah okay chris. because you know he's referring back to. it so chris. tell him your dream the one you talk. about every day that you see on your. board every day. tell them your dream and why you work so. hard and first tell me.

what is your board tell them about your. board so. the board has scores the. board has the dreams. the board has other workouts that i'm. doing. and where is the board in my bedroom so. you see it every day. yeah and do you have to wake up at a. different time each day do you like to. wake up at the same time what do you. like to do. i usually wake up in the morning and i. look at my dream.

in a dream would say. hide on task. buy a house buy a car. may smoking hot vlog be a part golfer. give your dreams right there every day. so you wake up and see your dreams. yeah and then you go get them but i'm. kidding so much. dad you can't make decisions for me.

i've gotta make my own decision so. please dad. give me that life right now and he said. why you're too young i'm like. where's my dad i'm not young. second floor i'm a man. don't be easy. if you don't give my woman i'm moving. now.

you remind me of a professional wrestler. it's so funny chris because. it's so funny the way you talk because i. will often just go off. and tell stories that i like to tell so. it's so funny sitting here with you and. watching somebody else be. do it it's so refreshing to not have to. be the one to do it. um but i love the idea of having a dream. board i love the idea of seeing your. dreams every day. it's so important because otherwise. they're just in our heads you know. it was the single most critical part of.

his success. is seeing his dreams and his goals and. his plan. every single day there was no getting. away from it. and when things got hard he always went. back to his dreams. wow and that's where i think most people. fall short they don't have a clear goal. they don't have a clear dream and they. don't have a plan and then they just. wander. with him he had one goal iron man. november. 2020. he had three dreams his own house. his own car and smoking hot. blonde like his mom yeah and the rest.

was just you know. every day one percent and that's it. that's his whole plan a big dream a big. goal and one percent a day. is that it chris yeah and um. before i go back home i'm going to. downtown nashville do you have lunch. i'm going to grab this market hop on. woman yeah oh look there's a lot there's. a lot of there's a lot of beautiful. women in this city. yeah so uh oh yeah we'll make it. a pretty rumor yeah we'll make it happen.

we're all looking for a man. um chris and nick uh nikitch. sorry it's one of those names it's okay. it scares you every time i start it. um thank you guys for letting me be a. part of your life today. thank you thank you for inviting us this. has been amazing this is cool man this. is really inspiring and uh. and i just feel i honestly just feel. grateful to have been in you guys. presence thank you so much. it's our pleasure thank you for inviting. us and giving krista this opportunity to. share with your fans it's fun chris is a. cool guy.

yeah yeah he is. you are a cool guy aren't you buddy yeah. i love being around. i'm the most. sassy classical yeah. the sexiest guy i love it are you really. yeah. yeah i'm the like the most. popular sexist so like. i'm the most populist.

sexy man i was off you don't even know. what that means. but i like your attitude brother you'll. figure it out you know. i know what you mean he wants to be. sexy man have a sexy woman. we all want it man we're all looking. maybe he'll teach you something you stop. it oh you need somebody. you need like um maybe can you be like a. big brother and teach you stuff. yeah what do you think you want a big. brother who can seize yourself. that's cool we'll connect you got it man.

we will we'll connect. chris thank you so much for being here. now i'm just floating. on the breeze and i feel like these. leaves i must be. [Music]. [Music]. but it's gonna take a little. time for me to set that parking brake.

and let myself on my heart. shine that light on me. i'll sit and tell you my stories. [Music].

and now i've been moving way too fast on. the runaway train with a. [Music]. [Music]. now. you.