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Kevin Kolb knows he needs to give back to his hometown. Laura Okmin continues her conversation with the Eagles QB.

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Especially when you're replacing. 1592. Miles away capital companies had practiced that living in the limelight. Perhaps a bit smaller amount than fifties but my -- just the same. Other billboard proudly boasting his -- and hundreds of other faces lining up. Before -- changes. Of course like here. We've got that's -- out on goods remember. The first out of that you've done I had a run -- lots on Arnott pop up. I was roots as a mile and these guys are veterans odds -- yeah Hassan Hussein Obama falls you know what I meant it's. He lot of -- hearing double digit I think you tell me about you. He's had seed heads into the corner a couple of compound opened up up up. Go look in the anything planned. You -- having kids and their employees coming illustrated report the Philadelphia Eagles Jersey in this part of the country. Doesn't happen hawk and -- -- -- African politely glad that I persuaded him. -- -- -- -- -- -- How do you. Thirty years old. Okay it's going to be a while but you have been our campsite and he goes yeah yeah. To get some hands on this. Fans are important you know so give me cheated you your -- but then that it comes naturally you have followed. And you realize here for short periods nominee make an impact -- ourselves we had. So it's been quite a whirlwind of an off season for Kevin come back. Contract the birth of his second daughter and preparing for a week or on the football field. Shot down. -- world waits to see what kind of quarterback the Eagles are getting spent -- with Kevin and you begin to see what kind of person they knew they had the riches of. Pretty hard position I think it's awfully sensitive for all the sudden you have the starter right there but you're sort of going around trying to create your relationships like the team that can get touches. Yeah you know I never once. When he gets Donovan -- even. In situations where it was pretty easy I never did that because it's not threatening to do my job as the number two guys make for the number one -- when adversity. If it would be -- -- it would Donovan if it was tell the receivers when he was telling me what ever was that's maybe in the media that's what I was trying to do. And especially third year Donovan had a lot of trust in me and and he understood that he's not there to. Stabbed in the back or try to get your position I was literally there although one that I'm not enough that kind of person. Each of the kind of relationship where you could talk about that we didn't talk about a whole lot. But it was just kind of understood you know he knew that I wanna be in the field. I knew that he wanna stay there for forever be the starter to assist the profession that's just part of being there together and compete for the same job that doesn't mean the Jets take it home and -- to bring locker room in. And not be cordial one another and we were always coming out I would consider a friend not as being court I would consider me one conference have you talked to all of since. Yeah we've we've to express a couple of times and and -- -- -- three times so you know -- did them one thing that. Sometimes take things a little too serious and just like -- in wanna go up there don't want it means McCain and it's not just about taking a deep breath and relax and he'd tell me that he said make sure you have fun with it because -- going to be don't pursuit. Ever think about what it means how much pressure. Your performance means to an entire front office of Philadelphia Eagles yapping about a lot of. Nothing that we. -- Continues to -- well and they agreed to his Justine since the food and stuff from. -- season and let alone just taking over team in. And getting the playbook down and in just leading them on the field they're so much with that. In there there's a lot with it. The best thing about football is and it's on like selling businesses unlike other sports in this aspect. When you get down to it no matter who in the stands no matter what the media said before after the game there's this huge shield that it often is just twenty guys out there you know -- you versus them. And it's just like whenever you're in seventh period. -- -- -- -- That's kind of what always reflect back to just keep it simple and I think. Maybe that's Texans don't have a little bit keep it simple in that a simple life that I. Watch them play the game I'm playing and know more about other stuff don't take care of itself. And hopefully we'll take care suffered a positive -- here -- it. -- he had dreamed as a kid and this is this part of right here. I've dreamed of NFL quarterback could be a starter -- wanna be a probable player I want his report champions so there's there's. A lot more in the book that had. And it. Nature to -- to profiles all season long -- you'll see some of your favorite NFL personality. In -- never. Okay --

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