October 29, 2016
Source/Houston Texans
Texans WR and Philadelphia native Jaelen Strong gets interviewed by Kid Reporter, who needs to be taught about life.
Here's what getting old looks like.
Philadelphia native Jaelen Strong, a 22-year-old wideout for the Houston Texans, was recently getting interviewed by a little kid who's been "hired" by the team to help helm a new series called "Texans Buzz."
The little boy, Luke, also has a counterpart, Jogi, and the two of them ask the Texans weird little kid questions about things often only tangentially football-related.
"Do you hate sleeves?" young Luke once asked Brian Cushing, possibly taking a veiled shot at Sam Bradford.
"Yes," Cushing replied, "I do."
It's gold.
But Strong, who attended West Catholic Preparatory High School, was taken aback when Hall of Fame Sixers legend Allen Iverson didn't ring a bell for bow-tied Lucas. Here's a clip from Sports Illustrated, in which Strong also goes on to discuss the impact Iverson had on aspiring athletes of his generation.
"He was real influential about being different and just, you know, having integrity," Strong said. "Just hold your own and nobody believes in you. You know, you might not be the biggest, fastest, strongest out there, but you know, you're going to have that biggest heart, and that's all that matters."
Strong will no doubt continue to look to Iverson for inspiration, but he may want to skip the reel of A.I.'s "0-for-Winfrey" wastebasket shootout with Jimmy Fallon.
