Episode Transcript
Hey, everyone, welcome back to another episode of futt Around and find out.
I'm here with my girl a shanty Ashanti.
Speaker 2What's up?
Hey, I'm good, I'm excited.
We have a fun guest today.
You want to introduce her.
Speaker 1Fun is one word to describe her.
I would describe her as weird.
We have the one and.
Speaker 2Only Hey, Caitlyn jen Hey, Kitlynzy fun.
Hi Shanty Caitlyn.
Where are you right now?
Speaker 3I'm in Prague right now?
Speaker 2Amazing?
Okay, overseas, girly.
We want to get to know you.
So I have a couple of questions and a couple of fun stories lined up.
I had the chance to chat with one of your besties, Ellie, your former teammate, and she she gave me some tea that want to chat.
I can't wait to hear this.
Speaker 3God.
Speaker 2So my first question is what is a non basketball related thing that people don't know about you?
Speaker 3On basketball related?
I like reading?
Speaker 2Is that count on part with a Z?
We got some bookworms in the building.
So I heard that Another non basketball related thing is that you like bread.
Oh my god, I.
Speaker 3Do like bread.
Oh my god?
She told you that?
That was really embarrassing.
So at Princeton.
We had like, you know, one of those weekly podcasts, and when I was on it, like the last question the guy asked me was like, like, what's something people should know about you?
Like unrelated to basketball?
And obviously, like my mind went blank.
So I go, uh, I really like bread, and he was he didn't really know what to do with that.
Speaker 1So, like, if you know Caitlyn sheen like that is like a personality trait.
I've never seen anyone eat bread the way that she does.
Speaker 3Good bread is good bread, and Azy also eats it.
Speaker 1She really I try not to, but when you're with Caitlyn, it's like you have to.
Speaker 2Yeah, I heard it turned into like a whole thing.
Parents started making big goods and bringing it to games.
Speaker 3Yeah, that part was actually incredible because all my friend's parents like somehow found out and so they would bring me like a loaf of sour dough bread or a loaf of like a baget be amazing.
Speaker 2And what'd you get for your birthday?
Speaker 3A loaf of bread, like a shirt that said like I heartbread, and like one of those like big stuffed animal loafs.
Speaker 2That's fire.
I also heard another fun story back in your Princeton days.
I think it was sophomore year.
You had a media day.
Oh yeah, do you shout out to Ellie?
But you want to tell us what happened sophomore year?
Speaker 3Yeah, So they wouldn't let us put our hair down for media day.
Crazy, right, So I had my hair tied up and it was before I had highlights.
My hair was black, and we did pictures on a white backdrop and a black backdrop, and so like with the black backdrop, you couldn't see my hair, so I looked like a boy.
And it sort of became like a choke on our team that like I was a boy on our team, and they named me Kyle, and from then on, like all of my teammates have called me Kyle since.
Speaker 2Other things that Ali did say was you were like one, super fun, super smiling.
She didn't say a bunch of embarrassing things, mostly good, and that you're always like a permanent plus one is that like your love language, you're always down to go somewhere with your teammates.
Speaker 3Yeah.
I feel like the majority of my time at Princeton it was like you couldn't find one of us without the other.
Speaker 2Yeah, Ezy, she was that way at Yukon too.
Yeah.
Speaker 1I was definitely a plus one plus one third wheel something like that, always.
Speaker 2In my apartment.
Oh, Kalyn, trying to miss you?
Speaker 3Yeah you should.
I guess I miss you a little too, just.
Speaker 1A little, just a little, Okay, Kaitlyn, what would you say was the biggest difference coming from Princeton to Yukon.
Speaker 3Five spots?
Oh, five spots?
Speaker 2Like best explain five spots to our listeners.
Speaker 3It's this one drill that we do at the end of every practice, and it's like sort of like a star passing a drill and it ends with like a layup, but you have to get like everyone has to like go through and make their lay up in a road for practice to be over.
And if like someone misses or you drop a pass and you got to like restart.
Speaker 1But you hear five spots and that's the end of practice.
Everyone's like five spots, Yes, let's go.
Speaker 3Yeah.
Speaker 2I was gonna ask, so, why'd you choose Yukon?
You could have went anywhere.
Speaker 3I felt like Yukon would give me like the best chance to win a national championship.
Yeah, and like make it far in the tournament.
I would like to say that I was right about that, but honestly, just like meeting in the team coaches on my visit, it was great.
Asy was really friendly, honestly nicer than I thought she would be.
Speaker 2Walk us through your visit.
Speaker 3Who was my visit?
Speaker 2Oh?
Speaker 3My visit was really random.
It was like on like a Monday, Tuesday, I saying the week yeah, because I remember I wanted to the weekends with my friends at Princeton because it was senior spring.
Obviously, I remember playing CD games classic.
What do we do?
Speaker 1Oh?
Speaker 3We went to coach's house as usual, and honestly, I don't really remember much.
Speaker 2I remember much.
Speaker 1Honestly, what I remember your visit is your dad, your mom, and your dad playing CD games and they were the funny.
Speaker 2So I was like Caitlyn, like, I don't.
Speaker 1Know how about her yet, but her parents were cool and that still stands.
Well, it was the right choice because you won a national championship.
Caitlyn was like last year like the biggest surprise for me.
Like from her visit, I was like, oh, I don't know I feel about her.
I don't know if she's going to commit, and then she did, and then the summer it was like I don't know if I could really see myself hanging out with her and being close with her, and then it was like as soon as the season started, I think I hung out with Caitlyn every single day.
Speaker 2That's cute, Caitlyn.
Speaker 1You made last year so much fun.
Speaker 2Thanks.
Speaker 1It's actually really weird without even though we were only together for less.
Speaker 2Than a year.
Speaker 3I know it's weird that I was only there for a year.
It feels like longer, maybe just because season feels so long.
Speaker 1Dude, especially when you go through When you go through a season like that together bonds you.
Speaker 3Definitely.
There are a few times last season where I was like, oh, thank god, I only have to go through this one.
Speaker 1Those sauna conversations.
I haven't been in the sauna since you left.
Actually, I have not stepped butt in there.
Speaker 2Yeah you're nobody.
Speaker 3Yeah, but you're not recovering.
Speaker 1I okay this week, No, my body needs it.
This week, I'll go in the sauna.
I haven't sauna.
I haven't wordled.
Speaker 3I wordled last night.
Speaker 2You didn't text me?
Speaker 3Yeah I didn't, and I connected connected, no mistakes.
Speaker 2We used to.
Speaker 1It was in the sauna.
And if we're on trips on the bus.
We would wordle connect and.
Speaker 3Hashtag and sports connect A terrible that one.
Speaker 1Yeah, it was usually lucky if I got one sports connection, but we would do that.
You me, Paige, And then some of the back of the bus joined us too.
On Jake, Jaki, Okay, let's talk about where you are right now.
You said you're in Prague playing overseas.
How long have you been out there?
Speaker 3I got out here I think October second, so about a week.
Speaker 2Yeah, wait, what time is it there?
Speaker 3Uh?
Shoot, four forty seven, so you guys are six hours behind.
Speaker 2Yeah, okay, that's not terrible.
Speaker 3But it's like when I'm done with my day and I want to call my friends, they're all still working, so that part sort of sucks.
Yeah.
Speaker 2Yeah, why'd you choose Prague?
Speaker 3It was actually really really last minute.
So my Asian I brought it up like maybe a week before, and I didn't really think anything of it because he didn't say anything else.
And then he brings it up again, is like, I really think you should do this, and they want you to leave in three days, and I was, okay, I guess i'll go, but I figured it's two and a half months.
It would be a fun experience and worse comes the worst.
It's only two and a half months.
Speaker 1You can do anything for ten and a half months.
Facts, how did you pack?
Like did you bring one bag over?
Or how does that work?
Speaker 2Word walk us through your seventy two hours?
Speaker 3That was hard.
Well, I had actually gone from Cabo to Toronto to visit my boyfriend and that's when I found out, and so all my stuff was still at home.
I didn't have any winter stuff.
So my mom, being the amazing person that she is, brought me my stuff to Toronto.
That way, I didn't have to like you know, fly back to Los Angeles, to fly back to like the East Coast, to fly to Europe.
So thankful for my mom.
She's the best.
Speaker 1She is the best.
Okay, now you're only a week in, Like, what are the practices like?
Like walk us, walk us through a day?
Actually, because I have no idea.
Speaker 3A day, Well, I wake up and then h do you want like a game day or regular practice day?
Speaker 2Both?
Some was a regular practice day.
Speaker 3Regular practice day.
I'll walk you through my day.
Today.
I woke up and I got ready.
I cooked for the first time today.
I made eggs for breakfast, and I went to the gym.
We had film and then we lifted and then practice and then I actually met up with these two soccer girls who played for like the PROG team nearby or like here, because they were like, oh, we're always looking for more Americans saying out.
So got coffee with them and that was honestly great.
Yeah I really like them.
Speaker 2Oh that's nice.
So that's a practice day.
What's a game day.
Speaker 3Like game day?
I feel like it's pretty similar to like every other game day.
Wake up, shoot around in the morning, come home, nap, and then go to the game.
Speaker 2What do you eat for a pretty game meal.
Speaker 3I've sort of just been like winging it, Like finding something nearby.
The little Vietnamese place by my house has been really amazing.
I'll just get like a rice bull from there.
Speaker 2Yeah, you go.
What's the biggest difference you notice from playing with Yukon and then playing internationally with your check team.
Speaker 3Well, one, everyone spoke English at Yukon.
There's a start like sometimes I'll be on the court and I'll be hearing like three different languages all around me.
But for the most part, like everyone speaks English.
So that's helpful because I've heard that on some other teams.
That's not necessarily the case.
Speaker 2You guys have a translator.
No, oh, you're on your own.
Speaker 3Everyone's English is like good enough though.
Speaker 1When you go through plays, like what do they how do they explain the plays in what language?
Speaker 3It's all English?
Speaker 2Oh nice?
Yeah, it's like speech is in.
Speaker 3English English, but it's like a little broken English.
Yeah, you piece it together.
Speaker 2Is there anything you learned from playing in the w that's translating over to playing internationally?
Speaker 3Yeah, I guess just like the physicality.
Like I didn't realize how much more physical professional basketball would be compared to college, although I probably should have.
But that's not really something they tell you.
Speaker 1I know it's early, but is there anything from playing internationally that you want to bring home with you?
Speaker 3Honestly, they like move the ball really well here, like it rarely like just sticks.
I feel like we sort of had that Yukon too.
Speaker 2But post passing, post passing, the bigs are thanking you.
The bigs are thank you.
So are there any countries you're excited to travel to or play against?
Speaker 3Yeah?
Honestly, we get like a national team break where we get like a week off.
I think so.
One of my Valkyrie's teammates is playing in Spain, and we were hoping to like meet up and like go travel somewhere cool.
But we haven't quite figured out where that somewhere cool is yet.
So maybe ask me in like a month and then I would know.
Speaker 2We'll follow back on.
Speaker 3I heard Budapest is really cool and pretty.
Speaker 1Do you have like a good amount off days where you can like a train somewhere and travel or yeah.
Speaker 3We at least get like one a week.
Yesterday it was I guess an off day, but we were traveling.
The travel was pretty rough yesterday though.
It was like a four hour bus ride and then an hour and a half plane ride, so that sort of sucked.
Speaker 2Where did y'all go?
Speaker 3We we went to Borges, France.
I don't really know if you that's how you pronounce it.
Speaker 1And pull up a map.
I don't think I know where.
Speaker 3Yeah, I also had to do that.
Speaker 2Did you say?
See you out in check?
Because I know there's like a beautiful bridge with locks and like a rainbow, buildings and a castle.
Speaker 3I had one day of exploring so far here.
I walked to the castle.
I saw it from the outside.
It was really pretty, and then I like walked into Actually, no, that's a lie.
I tried to take the tram, I went the wrong way and then I got off and got an uber and went to like the more like center of the city and I went shot.
I found them all there, and then I sort of just like walked around.
But Prague is like beautiful.
It looks so like I don't know how subscribe it.
But like Europe, you just play.
All over Europe, we play like I think in France, Spain and Poland, You're.
Speaker 1Gonna have some really cool stories and pictures and I'm excited.
Speaker 3Well, I sent you my pictures and you never responded.
Speaker 2I'm sorry.
It's okay, Kately, you can send us your pictures.
Speaker 3Also for people who don't know, like easy is a horrible texter just like will not respond.
Speaker 2I actually mentioned that like our first pod.
I was like, I texted you, you didn't text back.
But if she does pick up, if you like FaceTime.
Speaker 3Also because I just called her and she's.
Speaker 1Not disturbed, still usually turned off right away, but I didn't try to.
Speaker 3Well, I called you twice and you still didn't pick up.
Speaker 4McKenzie called Mackenzie.
Sure, okay, So after your overseas.
You're playing athletes unlimited.
This is gonna be your first season doing this.
What are you looking forward to and are there is there a team or people that you're most excited to play against or with.
Speaker 3I'm excited for like the competition there.
I feel like there are a lot of really really great players and honestly just like meeting more people.
Three halls doing it and we became friends when she was with the Vakries a little, so I'm honestly excited for our month together in Nashville.
Speaker 2I was a huge fan of the tiktoks you guys made.
Speaker 3Yeah, see, it's like I'll do them if you don't make me dance.
Speaker 2Can you act?
Because you know, Asy have been doing a little acting lately and I've been loving it.
Speaker 3Oh I'm not really great at that either.
It's got to be like very basic, like.
Speaker 2One line okay, okay, or just likes guest appearances, yes, a little droppings, Okay.
Gotta start somewhere.
So let's pivot and talk about the w Kaitlyne, you were drafted while you were there support of Page.
Walk us through that experience when you heard your name.
Speaker 3I feel like it was pretty exciting.
They sort of tricked me a little though, because for a sec for a while, like when the camera was like in my face, it was like Dallas up next.
I was like, Oh, this is great.
Go like hanging out with Page for like two weeks of training camp, hopefully make a team, but if it doesn't, you know, and then it like jumped to the Valkyries, and honestly, I was pretty excited, you know, to be back in California, although everyone keeps saying like, oh, you went home, but like it's like a five hour drive, so not quite but home state.
Yeah.
Speaker 1Can you share with everyone your thought process going to the draft.
I don't know if you want to share or not, but that to me was just such a Caitlin Chen and that was very on par for who you are.
Speaker 3I was like, I could get drafted.
I could not.
Honestly, I didn't think I was gonna get drafted for a while.
Speaker 1No, I was just gonna make you elaborate and talk about how you were, like, well, training camp is this long, but you.
Speaker 3Oh yeah, So Princeton does like reunions every year, and it's like, you know, the highlight of my year.
It's when everyone sort of starts, everyone goes back and it's like you're sort of reunited with all your friends, Like no one tells you that, Like college is so great and you don't really get to live with your friends like that anymore.
But for reunions, you guys spend four days with your besties.
And so I was a little bummed that I might not be able to go if I were to like make a team.
So I was like, you know what, I'll go to training camp, give it my all.
If I make a team.
I make a team, that's awesome.
I'll be in the w If I don't, I get to go to reunions, oh my god.
And so you know, I got waived and I was able to go to reunions, had a blast, loved spending time with my friends there, and then went home, worked out a little, and got called back and so everything honestly worked out really well.
Speaker 2We had to do both.
It was perfect.
Speaker 3Yeah, it was perfect.
Couldn't have drawn it up better.
Speaker 2She really couldn't have.
So after Paige got drafted, she advocated for you.
What was it like hearing that from her?
Speaker 3I feel like it's it was really nice of her.
I feel like that's just like how Page is though, Like she's that kind of teammate that's always going to have your back and always going to like support you and like uplift you wherever she goes.
Speaker 2Yeah, Hazy, you were there at the draft.
What's your point of view of all this happening, seeing Paige get drafted, seeing Kaitlyn get drafted.
What was your experience?
Speaker 1Like, I mean, Kaitlyn was there and she was like, I'm not getting drafted.
I'm not getting drafted.
Caitlyn put something nice on, like make sure you look for themible because you're gonna get drafted.
Speaker 2I say, I didn't.
Speaker 1I knew she's gonna get drafted.
But it doesn't change, Like even when you're expecting, it doesn't change.
Hearing their name called, seeing them go up there on the stage and holding their jersey.
So being able to be a part of that for all of them was really special.
I'm getting to celebrate all of them and just share that, Like that's a huge moment, a huge accomplishment.
So it was an honor for all of us.
But just cheer her on and be her cheerleader.
Speaker 2I love that, Like you shat a tight knit family, Caitlin.
You were the first Taiwanese player to be drafted in the W What does that mean for you?
Speaker 3I feel like it's pretty special.
I don't think I quite realized that until like after, I guess, but sort of just to be able to be like a role model for a younger Asian American athletes, it means a lot.
Yeah, because for us growing up, like there wasn't always someone to look up to.
Speaker 2What was it like meeting Jeremy Lynn?
Speaker 3That was cool?
Yeah, that was like so sort of like random but not really random, but a definitely cool experience because obviously, like everyone knows Jermy Lynn from insanity and everything.
Speaker 2Yeah, yup, big fan.
Speaker 1Did you get to talk to him or was it just like a hey, I'm kaitln Chen, take a picture.
Speaker 3Yeah, he's pretty free but said hi, picture.
Speaker 1So the Valkyrie's incredible fan energy.
You guys called that ball Halla, right, yeah, okay, can you explain to the people who don't know, including me, what Bahla means.
Speaker 3The Valkyries, I guess they're like home place where they like battle or like home field is called Balhalla, so like you know, for us, it's called Balhalla, which is like Chase Center, and that's where we play, and honestly, it was amazing playing there.
Like Yukon obviously also amazing fans always like bring in.
It's like sold out every home game, but like playing in Balhalla where it's like eighteen thousand fans every night and they go crazy from like the start of the game to the end, no matter if you're winning or losing.
It was pretty special.
Speaker 1Yeah, so you would say that it's crazier than Sample and there, I.
Speaker 3Think just because there were like eight thousand more fans.
Speaker 2We had the stud buds on the pod and they actually mentioned that playing against you guys in that arena was the loudest, the most amazing and like crazy.
So shout out to you guys being like a first year organization and your fans showing up the way that they do.
Speaker 3Yeah, they definitely showed up every game, and it was like every game we'd be like, oh, that was the loudest it's ever been, and then the next game we'd be like, oh my god, it was even louder.
Speaker 2They turned up in that Bay area.
Speaker 3Definitely something you should experience.
Speaker 2If you haven't girl with you there, we can't make it happen.
So your dad went to a Golden State versus Dallas game and you were playing and he wore a page jersey.
What was that about?
Speaker 3You know, he loves page and so he was like, it's my one chance to wear my pay jersey.
Speaker 2Oh my goodness, daughter, pull it out.
Speaker 3Yeah, don't worry.
He talked to me before and I honestly did it pretty funny.
So I was like, yeah, I go for it.
Speaker 1So being waived and then being resigned again, did it affect your relationship with your team at all?
Speaker 3Not that much, because I mean it's like training camp, and training camp is sort of quick, you like get to know people, but not that much.
And then when I came back to everyone was just super welcoming, and I felt like it was pretty easy to like fit in and you know, get along with everyone.
Speaker 1You seemed like you guys got along like I had a good, good team chemistry.
Speaker 3Yeah, we definitely had a special group.
Everyone got along super well.
There was never any really locker room drama or anything like that, and I felt like everyone was just super selfless, like doing whatever they could for the best of the team.
Speaker 2That's amazing.
Well definitely paid off because you guys made it to the playoffs.
Which is like unheard of for a first year team.
So congratulations on all your success that you had with them.
Thanks your coach, Natalie Nicasse one Coach of the Year.
What is the biggest thing that you learned from her?
Speaker 3Honestly, just like how to be a leader.
I felt like she held us point guards, especially to like a high standard of like this is like your team, and whatever happens, if it goes poorly, that's on you.
So you got to make sure that you're holding everyone accountable and like doing everything within your power to make sure the team is prepared.
Speaker 2Come on, Acy, let's get into some fan questions from Instagram.
Speaker 1Okay, so there were a ton of fan questions, so prayer yourself are kind of all over the place.
The first one was what was your welcome to the w moment?
Speaker 3Honestly, probably just training camp and having to guard Veronica.
That was sort of rough.
She's just so strong, Like I feel like I'd be there in front of her and she just finish right over me and I'd be like, oh darn not again.
Speaker 2Yeah, she's good.
She played.
She was fun to watch this year.
Speaker 3Yeah, she was incredible.
She's amazing player, even better person.
Speaker 2What's your pregame routine?
Speaker 3Pregame routine?
Mmmm, take a fat nap.
Speaker 2I thought you say something mouse girl.
Speaker 3That too.
Yeah, honestly, I don't have like a ton of like like I feel like I'm superstitious, but not like pregame routine ishous you know.
Speaker 2So what are you superstitious about?
Speaker 3Like little stuff like if we well, I guess this doesn't imply as much anymore, but like in college, like if we want a game, I just wear the same socks, same underwear.
I would wash it obviously, but same sports bra.
Speaker 2What was your favorite food spot in the Bay?
Speaker 3Oh, I feel like I'm gonna get hate for this, but honestly, the Sweet Green by my apartment amazing, like one of the best sweet greens that I've ever had, and they would give you like so much too.
Or the Taco play or Brito place me and Paige went two.
When you came to visit.
Speaker 2That place, that's okay, take me there when I come to visit.
Speaker 3Well, you were supposed to come visit, and.
Speaker 1You know what, I deserve that I deserve that she.
Speaker 3Was literally in San Francisco for like the three days I wasn't there.
Speaker 2Oh no, no, yeah, really unfortunately unfortunate.
So who is your favorite Yukon women's basketball alum?
Speaker 3Oh mmmm, pitchbackers.
Speaker 1You're gonna say that, which w team and which player was the toughest opponent?
Speaker 3Guys, these are hard because I didn't really play that much, so like what looks like, you know, like Minnesota is definitely tough.
I mean, they have so many really great players.
I can spread the floor and they've played together for a few years now, so they just like play off each other super Well.
Speaker 2Yeah, what's your favorite music genre or and artists?
Speaker 3Mm hmm, I don't think I have a favorite artist music genre.
I like country and some R and.
Speaker 2B okay, I like that too.
Speaker 1Luke Bryant, good, how did you guys come up with the bench celebrations when someone scored?
Speaker 3Honestly, a lot of it would be like on the fly, or like after we do something, we'd be like, oh, let's do this next, and then you know, you do it.
Yeah, but that was a lot of fun.
Yeah, it was a lot of fun, really fun games when we make a lot of threes.
Speaker 2What's something you didn't expect after going pro?
Speaker 3I think I didn't realize how much I would like this life because I always was sort of like, oh, you know, maybe I'll play like a few years overseas and then go find a real job.
But this job is like pretty great.
Like all I have to do is wake up and play basketball.
It's really fun.
Speaker 1Okay, Star Bench Cut, Princeton, Yukon and the Valkyries.
Speaker 3Guys, I can't do that.
This is so hard.
Speaker 2This is a pretty hard one.
Speaker 3I feel like I'm gonna get shipped for anything that I say.
Speaker 2You definitely are.
There's no right answer here.
Speaker 3I feel like I gotta start Princeton.
You know, that's just like home.
You know, IVS wouldn't be there or wouldn't have gone anywhere else if it wasn't for there.
Why can't I just like bench both of them.
Speaker 2One, Caitlin, they're watching, I know, so you can you can really say whatever, But.
Speaker 3Honestly, hm hmm, that's hard.
Probably Bench u Kon cut the Vacries just because you know, like I don't know, both seasons were so special, but winning a national championship is pretty incredible.
And also like I'll have a lot more years with the packery so they can make their way up.
Speaker 1First come, first served, baby, Okay, this was a really popular one.
Speaker 2What's your quad routine?
Speaker 3Oh god, I don't even understand why everyone's talking about my quads like that, Like they're not like Caitlyn you have, but I, like, I know I have strong legs, but like, have you seen your legs?
Your quaser is just as big?
Yeah?
Speaker 1Like yeah, it's like it looks different on you like yours, just like they look so like yeah, maybe.
Speaker 3Because my arms are like skinny, so like my legs stick out.
But I don't have a quatter team like I means natural.
Speaker 2I just like this.
Okay.
East Coast or West Coast?
Speaker 3Ooh hard, that's really hard because I like both a lot, you know, but probably West Coast.
I do love being home, but then I get fomo when I'm on the West Coast because all my friends are on the East Coast.
Speaker 1So okay, another really popular question, how was Cabo?
Speaker 3Oh?
So much fun?
It was so great.
That was like my four days of summer because it's so cold in San Francisco in the summer, so that was really nice.
And honestly, just being with the boys, it's a lot of fun.
Speaker 2It looks like fun.
You look like you have some color who are who are the boys?
Speaker 3I don't know why, but we started calling like, you know, normally it's like the girls, but for some reason, we're the boys.
Speaker 2Yeah.
Speaker 3I think Kate had a big part in that.
Speaker 1Okay, this is another hard question.
What is your all time starting five with your Valkyries Yukon and Princeton teammates starting five?
Speaker 3Is this like like we're trying to win?
Speaker 2It can be you're trying to have a good we want it.
Let's let's do try to win first.
That's actually the most popular question after we asked this, Are we win having fun?
Speaker 1All?
Speaker 3Right?
To win from Princeton, you know, I gotta go with Ellie.
She's a beast on.
Speaker 1The boards, Ellie only if she has her bow in her hair.
Speaker 3That Honestly, I never experienced bo Ellie, and I'm sorry glad I didn't.
Definitely wouldn't be fun of her a lot for that.
Definitely, Yeah, but Ellie, uh, Yukon, hmm, that's hard.
Probably Azy Page and Sarah, I'm honored.
And then I would go with the Veronica from the Doctors.
Speaker 2Great, I'm picking you.
Speaker 3I don't know, I'm just picking I didn't know like it was I supposed to put me on it.
No, that's off.
Speaker 2Oh, any anyone you want.
But I think that's a solid five though.
I like that team.
I feel like it'd be good vibes too.
Speaker 3Definitely.
Speaker 2Yeah.
So now we're gonna do fudding games.
The first one is the what the fud of the week or what the fun of the week is something that happened this week that made you say, what the fud?
Caitlyn?
Do you have a what the fun of the week?
Speaker 3I actually do.
It was our dinner at the hotel, our day before the game.
So there is chicken, you know, got the chicken, cut it open, It was rough, it was just like straight pink inside.
No, and our coach goes around, guys, don't eat the chicken, like got it, won't be eating the chicken.
Speaker 2Oh my gosh.
This was before a game.
Speaker 3This was the night before.
And then they brought out some more chicken that was cooked, but still, like, what was that chicken even doing out there?
Speaker 2In the first girl, who are you gonna play against?
Because this give me a set up?
That's insane.
Lebron's retirement fake out so he did like a whole setup like his original decision day so he's like, big decision happening, tune in twelve o'clock on this date, and it just turns out it was an ad for Hennessy.
Let me tell you something, Lebron, The prices for Lakers tickets just off of him saying something went from like two hundred dollars to two thousand because he wanted to play around on Instagram and Twitter talking about decision happening.
So now I've been priced out of any Laker game because Lebron want to play around.
But it also speaks to like his influence.
He's moving the needle because eighteen hundred dollars difference because he just said a decision he's to be made.
Speaker 3It's crazy.
Speaker 2Definitely, My what the fuck of the week?
Speaker 3Azy, let's hear what the fuck?
Speaker 4My?
Speaker 2What the fud of the week?
Speaker 1Is that Nick from Love Island?
Speaker 2Again?
Speaker 1I don't watch it, so it's like whatever to me, but my teammates freaked out.
Nick from Love Island was at Ted's on a Wednesday.
Speaker 3Teds yes at Teds.
Speaker 1I have no idea if I was told he's doing some like Greek frat something college tour, but I think a couple of my teammates went to meet them, and I'm like, what the heck.
Speaker 2Guys, I was just like, what the fun?
You know, You're like, what the fuck?
Speaker 1So the next tame that we're playing is called the euro Trip.
You're in Prague with a new team, new culture, new adventures.
So we're gonna test your Europeans for Bible skills.
Speaker 2Today.
Speaker 1We're gonna give you a situation and you're gonna tell us what you'd do.
Speaker 2You ready, mm hmmm.
Speaker 1You walk into a grocery store and realize that everything is labeled in check.
You need toothpaste.
How do you find it?
Speaker 3I go to the you know, the toothpaste aisle, and then I find the toothpaste.
This is actually like something that happened to me, Like I couldn't find the or I had to go get shampoo and conditioner body wash, and he was honestly harder than expected.
I was staring at the I was staring at the aisle thing for like five minutes.
Speaker 1Yeah, well, I feel like those things all look the same too, and the eyeball and it took me.
Speaker 3A while to find lotion and I still haven't found salt and pepper.
Trouble with that yesterday.
Speaker 1Can you ask someone or they don't speak English?
Speaker 3Well, Sometimes you get a little nervous because you know, I don't want to sound dumb, like should someone ask where the salt and pepper is?
It's embarrassing.
Speaker 2Bring your teammate with you.
Bring your teammate with you?
Okay.
Speaker 1Next, your new teammates invite you to try traditional check gulash.
You're unsure of what's in it?
Do you say yes or politely passed?
Speaker 3I feel like it depends how it looks like.
If it looks like it would be good, then yeah.
Speaker 1Try Okay, So say it looks a little sketchy, I.
Speaker 3Would ask what's in it?
And then maybe take a small, small bite like thank you, thank you?
Speaker 2Okay.
Speaker 1You have a team meeting that starts at nine o'clock.
You show up at eight fifty five, but everyone else rolls in at nine to fifteen.
Next time, do you go buy American time or you're uptime?
Speaker 3I think still American time because I would get stressed if I should it up late.
Speaker 1Yeah, better safe than sorry.
Are your teammates celebrate a win at a cafe instead of blasting music in the locker room?
What's your move?
Do you join in or start a vibe shift.
Speaker 3I feel like you join in, like, you know, see what it's like.
If it isn't great, then so chet up next time.
Speaker 2Okay.
Speaker 1So you realize that Thanksgiving isn't celebrated there?
How do you recreate it abroad with your teammates friendsgiving?
Speaker 3Duh?
Everyone brings something?
Speaker 1Okay, So you're just gonna leave it open ended, like everyone, all the foreigners just bring like your favorite go to dish and just have like a melting pot of Thanksgiving.
Speaker 3Yeah.
I guess so, because if I made them, like make American Thanksgiving food, like, it probably wouldn't be very good.
Speaker 2Okay, I can you even cook?
Like, what would you bring to this thing?
Friendsgiving?
Bread?
Okay?
She's providing the space for it to go down.
Speaker 3Yeah, exactly, my humble apartment.
Speaker 2Okay.
So the next game is IVY or Orima.
You both played for Gino, who's known for his quotes, and Caitlyn you went to Princeton.
I'm going to read you to a quote and you tell us it became from an IVY League scholar or Gino Oriama.
Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishments.
Who said this IVY League, Yeah, yep, Ivy.
Jim Ron sounds like Gino, though, I feel like they're all going to sound like it could be coached next one.
If you can't play hard all the time, you shouldn't play at all, coach.
Coach, Yeah, definitely, coach, yep.
The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
IVY League, Ivy, yep, Ivy, Malcolm Forbes.
If your best player isn't your hardest worker, your team's in coach yep.
Oh yeah.
The good excellence is never an accident.
It is a result of high intentions and sincere effort.
Speaker 3Ivy.
Speaker 2I feel like, yep, that's Ivy Aristotle.
You don't need balance in your life, you need commitment.
Coach.
Yeah that was also, Oh my goodness, you have some good listeners.
Yes, that's coach.
The more you know, the more you realize you don't know.
Speaker 3I feel like that's definitely something he could have said at some point.
Speaker 2We can repeat that one.
The more you know, the more you realize you don't know.
Speaker 1I also feel like that something you could have said.
But I think I'm still.
Speaker 2Gonna go IVY.
Speaker 3Yeah, I agree.
Speaker 2It was IVY, but.
Speaker 3I feel like he said something like that or I don't know, I'm.
Speaker 2Sure he has.
Yeah, well now maybe he got it from IVY League scholar.
Sometimes the toughest lesson is learning to be coached.
Coach coach yep, best coach.
Knowledge will give you power, but character will give you respect IVY IVY Yes, Bruce Lee quote, we don't recruit talent, we recruit tough coach.
Speaker 3Coach.
Speaker 2You got it, yat killed that.
Yeah, got every single one right.
Speaker 1Well, the IVY League ones are like a little more like thoughtful and likes and coaches like straight to.
Speaker 3The point and coaches were all about like.
Speaker 2Coach.
All right.
Speaker 1That is a wrap on today's episode.
Kaitlyn Chen, thank you so much for joining us from.
Speaker 3Frogue, Thanks for having me.
Speaker 1Thank you, Kitlyn, good luck this season and everyone, thank you so much for tuning in today.
Don't forget to rate, review and subscribe to Fight Around and find Out wherever you get your podcasts.
Speaker 2And we'll see you next week.
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