Valuetainment - August 22, 2022


Patrick Bet-David Reacts To Rare Footage Of Himself At 22 Years Old - Who’s Your Hero？


Episode Stats

Length

5 minutes

Words per Minute

201.38257

Word Count

1,107

Sentence Count

88

Hate Speech Sentences

1


Summary


Transcript

00:00:00.280 So I'm about to show you a video of me at 21, 22 years old, which a friend shared with
00:00:03.800 me a year and a half ago.
00:00:05.120 I'd never seen this.
00:00:06.560 I know whose house it was in.
00:00:08.120 It was an old friend, Davine's house.
00:00:10.660 After a message I just gave, I just got out of the army.
00:00:13.480 I'm broke, 49K in debt.
00:00:15.400 I have no clue what's going on.
00:00:17.600 And I'm sick of it.
00:00:19.200 And the guy asked me a question.
00:00:20.400 Well, I'll just let you watch this video and look at the reaction.
00:00:22.960 So here's me, 22-year-old Pat.
00:00:25.720 This is 2001.
00:00:26.720 Mark my words, by the year, by the time this year, so the week, next year this time, we'll
00:00:32.720 get at least six figures or more.
00:00:34.720 And anybody that comes on my team will get close to six figures or more, most definitely, just
00:00:40.480 because the teamwork.
00:00:41.480 So we have a ridiculous team going.
00:00:43.280 You know, it's crazy when I see this and I'm acting all confident.
00:00:49.220 I got a lot of fears on the inside at that time, insecurities, whether I can pull it off
00:00:52.800 or not.
00:00:53.800 But at the same time, I got big dreams.
00:00:56.240 I just can't imagine living a small life, but I got the fear at the same time.
00:01:01.280 It's almost as if you need the requirement of a person who has big plans.
00:01:06.080 I think I can pull this off.
00:01:07.240 But internally, you're so scared.
00:01:09.480 You're so insecure.
00:01:10.480 Your self-esteem is like, man, maybe I can't pull this thing off.
00:01:13.760 Maybe I can.
00:01:14.880 But in this phase, when I look at this, here's all I think about.
00:01:20.120 I remember watching Matthew McConaughey give a speech, an acceptance speech, when he said,
00:01:25.160 you know, who you're going after, and he talked about the fact that I'm going after the 45-year-old
00:01:29.960 version of me, 55-year-old version of me, all the stuff that he was explaining.
00:01:33.120 To me, it's the other way around.
00:01:35.840 And let me explain to you what I mean by this.
00:01:38.160 We all have heroes.
00:01:39.900 A lot of our heroes.
00:01:40.480 Like one of my heroes is my dad.
00:01:42.000 Okay?
00:01:42.200 I got heroes that are in the military.
00:01:44.560 I got heroes that are movie figures, fictional figures.
00:01:47.960 But we got heroes.
00:01:48.820 You got heroes.
00:01:49.980 But I'm going to tell you, one of the biggest heroes of my life, and I think you've got to
00:01:53.660 be thinking about it for yourself, one of my biggest heroes is this guy.
00:01:57.720 Okay?
00:01:58.480 When I look at this guy, because this 22-year-old PBD, when I look at him, he was this close
00:02:05.000 from joining the army.
00:02:06.800 He was this close from throwing the towel.
00:02:09.380 He's going through a very, very ugly breakup.
00:02:13.380 It ain't pretty.
00:02:14.480 No one knows it.
00:02:15.260 He's keeping it to himself.
00:02:18.020 He's like lost privately.
00:02:20.380 By people, he looks like he's got everything under control.
00:02:22.840 By himself, he has nothing under control.
00:02:25.440 But somehow, some way, with all the distractions and girls pulling you in this direction, friends
00:02:30.700 pulling you in this direction, partying, drugs, gambling, everything around you, I am where
00:02:38.500 I'm at because of the decisions he made.
00:02:40.940 I'm not where I'm at because of the decisions I made today at 43.
00:02:45.180 I'm where I'm at at 43 because of what this guy did at 22.
00:02:49.380 This is my hero.
00:02:50.920 Okay?
00:02:51.400 Now, here's what's crazy.
00:02:52.520 The other way around, the 63-year-old Pat, 20 years from now, is watching to see what
00:03:00.240 decisions I'm going to make.
00:03:01.380 And I want to be that guy's hero.
00:03:03.180 I want him to one day be watching Valuetainment, reacting to the videos I'm making today, and
00:03:07.720 for him to say, man, I'm so proud of the 43-year-old PBD.
00:03:11.800 I'm proud of what he's doing today.
00:03:13.020 Because of how he all of a sudden handled all the success that came his way.
00:03:16.680 He was doing good, and he made some money, and then he made money, and then he made some
00:03:21.080 real money.
00:03:21.960 But because he handled success the way he did, this is why we're here now.
00:03:25.380 I'm so proud of him.
00:03:26.440 And there's got to be an emotional moment with that.
00:03:28.720 So what does this mean to you?
00:03:29.880 Who's your hero?
00:03:30.780 You may say your mom, your dad, your uncle, a sports figure, a military figure, an author,
00:03:36.640 a president, somebody you look up to.
00:03:38.380 Well, you definitely have to think about you being the hero of the person you're going
00:03:45.960 to be 20 years from now.
00:03:47.160 You want that person that's 20 years older than what you are today to be looking at you
00:03:50.880 today saying, man, I'm so proud of him.
00:03:53.660 By the way, you know, I've seen that thing.
00:03:56.240 When the guy sent it to me the first time, when Marlon sent me that video for the first
00:03:59.040 time, and I looked at it, I got emotional.
00:04:00.500 I'm like, freaking A.
00:04:02.380 I remember you, kid.
00:04:04.780 I remember you.
00:04:06.920 I remember.
00:04:07.580 I could go straight into the house and tell you who was in that house.
00:04:11.920 I can tell you where this was.
00:04:14.280 Angelo, you know, Burbank, off of, I mean, I can tell you vividly.
00:04:18.280 I went there.
00:04:19.060 I'm like, I remember that day.
00:04:21.340 And then from there, the, you know, series of events that takes place.
00:04:24.460 So anyways, for you, when you think about this, I hope it fires you up.
00:04:33.200 You know the saying, like when people say, when your dad says, I'm proud of you, when
00:04:36.680 your mom says, I'm proud of you, I never thought the value of having myself saying to me, I'm
00:04:44.420 proud of you, would mean as much as it means today.
00:04:47.040 As a 43-year-old grown man with four kids and I'm running 10 businesses, I never thought
00:04:51.900 it would mean that much.
00:04:52.700 And so for you, if you're seeking, I'm proud of you from your mom, from your dad, be just
00:04:57.360 as curious and interested in hearing it from your mom and dad as you are to hear it from
00:05:03.200 the older version of you one day to say, I'm proud of the decisions you're making today
00:05:06.880 in these uncertain times.
00:05:08.480 So if you got value from this video and it got you thinking, give it a thumbs up and
00:05:12.600 subscribe.
00:05:13.140 And I got a message I want you to watch.
00:05:15.300 I was given this message.
00:05:16.640 I want to say it's in Vegas.
00:05:18.700 There's about 1500 people in the audience and the message is about will versus want.
00:05:23.300 If you've never seen this, click here to watch it.
00:05:26.240 It's going to get you thinking all day.
00:05:28.720 Take care, everybody.
00:05:29.560 Bye-bye.