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It's something you just you don't get over I'm I'm, not over it.
I never I'll never be over it.
All I know that I was, I was better in every way as a person because of him, because he he was pretty much the one that taught me, it's, you're supposed to be [.
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I was so excited that I stayed on and whatever, and I've seen that a thousand times and so yeah, and so and then for you, and it was it just happened.
And but like when I got off, I never I I was, I've never been.
I've never been so sad and so happy at the same time.
It was any solace in peace.
It did to a certain degree, but you know, your buddy still ain't there.
Yeah, it was still no it's.
A long time just a long time.
Yeah, he was.
He was just he was.
He was a one-of-a-kind dude.
The reason I took a break earlier is because I didn't, because of you know, we've been talking for 45 minutes or so or whatever how long it's been.
And I didn't want to take this lightly, I didn't take it when I didn't have a fresh brain, but so you're best friends with lane and you're at the one of the biggest rodeos of the year like set up the how what was going on.
Well, it was, uh.
It was 1989, and we get to cheyenne I ride and he rides, he makes a good.
He makes a really really good ride as soon as he gets off.
He hits the ground, and this bull just kind of what we would call just kind of smokes him.
It didn't look like anything serious.
And so he gets up, and he kind of waves a couple times and says, if he's asking for somebody to come help him that means something's wrong, something's wrong.
So he does that twice and hits the ground.
They can put him on board, and they actually have a little little mini er there on on the crimson.
Yeah, yeah.
And so, as soon as I saw him do that I knew I knew something was up.
And because you knew he doesn't ask for help, no, yeah.
And so then you walk out there, and you don't want to get in anybody's way and let people work, and you could just see that something's up, and they take him back, and they start working him, and I knew that it was bad.
So I get him.
I get an ambulance with him and then, but when we get to the hospital, I'm, I go in the hour with them, and they try to they try to, uh reach this thing for a long time.
And but he you know, he he was, he was he was he he was gone.
I've never been it's something you just you don't get over I'm I'm, not over.
I never I'll never be over it.
How long did it take you to get back on a bull, probably a week? So you just went right back at it.
Yeah, I didn't know what to do.
I actually didn't.
Did you talk to anybody? Um, yeah.
A guy.
I grew up with a little bit his name's, barry, tubb, I know, barry.
He, uh, he went with me.
The first place I went so y'all were fr.
We all friends from rodeo you and barry, I've known, barry since I was seven years old.
So you all rodeo together.
Yeah.
And so yeah, he came with me.
The first place I wrote again was in casper a while I mean and like after like, you don't, you don't even want to do anything when something like that happens or for me, you know, because you don't know what were you married at the time? Oh yeah, did could your wife provide any comfort or or was it just I just felt lonely because he was, yeah, he's your guy.
Yeah, yeah.
Yeah.
I'd never really had anyone like that ever so like a soul.
Mate kind of just a dude that just knew you the the cool thing about him was and and how I became such good friends with him.
He would tell me, [, __ ] that I'm like thinking of myself, [, __ ].
I would never say that.
So he was, he would let you in on the real [ __, ], yeah, like the [ __ ] that I would say you say, yeah, what's going on I'm saying, no, nothing everything's good.
But he knew everything was in there when he said that what I would ask him, did you open up to him? No son of a [, __, ], no because I didn't, you know, I just didn't.
I didn't did it after he passed away? Did it make you wish you had or did you do? Um? Well, you know what? I mean not not necessarily, you know, but all I know that I was, I was better in every way as a person because of him, because he was pretty much the one that taught me, it's, you're supposed to be [, __, ], good you're supposed to be you're supposed to be nice.
People, yeah, it's.
Okay.
And and he had a little more a little more, uh, polished than I did.
I just didn't give a [ __ ].
You know are y'all traveling the next week together for whatever reason I went by myself to the first place and then, uh, I'm, barry went with me, but it was horrible like I got on.
I rode.
I got off.
I cried for so you're, really just strong like chairs are running down my eyes, the whole time I get off.
And I go cry for running half an hour just by myself, I didn't know what to do, but that's that's, all I really knew and I'm thinking, I know that I'm I just put myself like if that was me, you know, I would never want them.
Not to go do what we do.
Yeah, and your buddies felt the same way, yeah, but they were they're like quiet tight-lipped, you know, just never talked about it.
Have you all ever had a moment a night where you no we just not not really we watch each other.
We always talked about just we just talked about, you know, fun, [, __ ].
And you know, we we never.
We never really got into it.
You know, poured whiskey on a grave and not not not silly [, __, ] that guys do not really do you wish for it.
Um, I would just I was just miserable for a long time.
Yeah, he was man sounds like he's.
He was gold, yeah.
And I don't say that like trying to be whatever because the reality is like everybody thought he was their best friend.
He was that guy, yeah, because he just was I'm, not the only one, but uh, yeah, but you were his best friend.
Well, I was probably in the top five, maybe, you know, I don't know, if I was, you were the only guy he wanted to beat, uh, well, he at the time, but, but then we go to the nfr, and it was just.
And and I I've been doing well, but but I told myself, you know, I I would I would actually I had to win this really for him.
And I really believe that, and we go through the week, and we get to the last day and a friend of ours asked me in the alley say, oh, yeah, can you win? It today and I said, no, I can't.
And the reason I said that is because jim sharp was in the lead, and he had ridden nine in a row, he's 23-0.
So he's gonna be 24-0.
So I ride mine, and then I was so excited that I stayed on and whatever.
And so I ride him on, you know, longer whatever that's the thing I've seen a thousand times.
And so yeah, and it was it just happened.
And so then jin gets on.
He just [ __ ], slammed.
And then I win, and I couldn't believe it, but like when I got off, I never like I was I'd never been.
I've never been so sad and so happy at the same time, but it wasn't it did to a certain degree, but you know, your body still ain't there.
Yeah, it was still no it's.
A long time just a long time.
Yeah, he was.
He was just he was.
He was a one-of-a-kind.
You.
