Maxx Crosby SI Radio Row Interview
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00:00 All right, once a Raider always a Raider
00:02 I'm 2013 to 2015 and this guy is a legend already in the making. I got Max Crosby here. Okay, we know
00:09 You know what not let's F that
00:12 2019 we in Arizona at XO's. Yeah, it's you is D Bo is DK is AJ
00:20 Yeah, did you think you will be right here right now balling the way you are when you were at XO training?
00:29 Honestly, you know, I never knew how far I could take it
00:32 But I never doubted I could get you know this far and I know I still have a lot of room to grow
00:36 So yeah, you know, I had the confidence. I left school early. I
00:40 Knew it was my time to take the next step
00:42 and for me like
00:45 I've always believed in my football ability. It was just all the other things putting it together
00:48 So every single day is a new challenge and I really don't I don't believe in you know
00:53 You know sky's the limit or whatever like I don't believe in any of that for me
00:57 And so limit there's zero limits of what I can do. It's all it all comes down to me and it's internal
01:02 You know, it's that's what I do it for
01:03 So yeah being an exos like that group I still like to this day like we were loaded like we have 50
01:08 I think plus guys like AJ DK D Bo like all the best. Yeah. I mean everybody so it was legendary for sure
01:16 It's funny because at that moment
01:18 I'm at the end of my career and they're starting I'm looking at these guys like these dudes are about to be crazy
01:24 Competing with them daily seeing what they was doing. Yeah. Anyways, okay. Let's talk about the radius for a minute
01:29 Yep, I work for the team. I'm there during the season. I'm watching you play
01:32 Antonio Pierce taking over for coach McDaniel
01:36 Obviously, we know we wanted him out of there
01:38 We got Antonio Pierce you spoke very candidly in the offseason saying or during the season if they don't sign him back
01:44 I'm gonna ask for a trade. How happy are you that AP and we got the cigars going in the locker room still baby
01:50 Yeah, I'm very happy. You know for me
01:54 My messaging was you know, a lot of people took it in a lot of different ways and for me
01:58 You know, I want to be a Raider. Everyone knows I want to be a Raider. I got a tatted on me
02:02 I want to win here and for me like my biggest thing is I'm doing it every single day. I train all year round a meal prep
02:10 Routine massages. It's all year round
02:13 I mean it doesn't stop and I want everyone to have that kind of mentality and that's what it takes to win
02:18 So that's really what I was saying is like I want everyone to be on that same level like listen
02:22 I'm doing this every single day. I'm sacrificing my body
02:24 Literally hurt and I've had five surgeries in five years and I want everyone to know like I love it
02:32 I'm obsessed with being the best of what I do and I want everyone to be thinking like that from the owner to the janitor
02:36 So whoever it is everyone should be thinking like that. That's what it requires to win
02:40 So that's really what my message is like listen if we're trying to win like everyone's got to be all the way in
02:45 There's no like halfway or 80% like I'm a hundred thousand percent in and I want everyone to think that way and that's kind of
02:50 What my message was and you know, I got taken a certain way or whatever
02:53 But you know for me I stood up for AP because I know at the end of the day AP is a genuine
02:58 Dude, and he's black and white if you're late, you're fine. There's no gray area. It's listen. This is what it is
03:04 This is how we're gonna win. This is what we're gonna do when you watch us on TV. It's gonna sound different
03:08 It's gonna look different and we showed that the last nine weeks. It wasn't perfect
03:12 But everybody we played felt it and I know from Miami to KC to the Giants. It doesn't matter good or bad teams
03:20 You know, everybody got to see that defense was humming. Yeah, we're humming
03:23 We're humming and we want to just keep building on what we already started
03:26 No, we don't want to start from scratch again and you know start all over like we did a couple years ago
03:31 All right. So you talked about the passion and
03:34 The amount of dedication it takes to win the question that I have
03:39 How the hell are you giving 100 and a million percent on?
03:45 98% of the plays now because you know, you got teammates that's coming out huffing and puffing. Yeah, I was a receiver
03:52 I was coming out huffing and puffing but you not coming out huffing and puffing you getting after the quarterbacks talk about like what?
03:57 Just lights your fire to keep doing that every play. Yeah, it's it's a mixture of heart and preparation
04:04 Like I said, it doesn't stop for me. We played Denver the last game on a Sunday
04:08 I was up early rehab and meal prep and it hasn't stopped. I'm already working out already doing my thing
04:14 It's all year round for me. So that allows me, you know to give give myself a chance to be you know
04:19 Separate myself from everybody else like I play DN and everybody talks about yeah, you need your rotation and for me
04:24 It's like no, I don't need a rotation
04:26 Yeah
04:26 I'm gonna play every single down and I'm gonna make the other guys around the league
04:29 Look in the mirror and be like, all right, could I be doing more?
04:32 You know, I mean that's that's kind of what I want to do, you know all the great ones, you know
04:35 They separated themselves in different ways and that's you know, one of the re you know
04:38 One of the ways I feel like I separate myself being in the best shape
04:41 Physical condition I possibly can be and I get that from Richard Sachi. Yeah
04:45 He was talking about being the best physical mentally, you know prepared team and that's that's literally how I carry myself every day
04:52 That's what's up. All right. Talk about your partnership with Invisalign. Yeah, I'm in Visalign. I got a man right now
04:57 You already know so I just started a couple days ago
05:00 Enjoying it. I didn't grow up with braces or anything like that. So they came to me with a great opportunity
05:05 They you know brought up that they got over 400, you know guys in the league right now on a vis line
05:11 So, you know, I'm a routine guy. So for me I was like, okay, I could fit this into the routine I could do it
05:16 So, uh, that's what we did and I'm enjoying it so far. All right
05:19 I know we might have some conflicting teams in the Super Bowl, but who you got winning this week
05:23 Yeah
05:25 You know, I've been asked this a million times
05:27 You know, it's funny. My answer is always the same. I'm not rooting for anybody. I just want to make that clear
05:32 I only root for the Raiders
05:34 But I do think the Chiefs will win
05:37 It's hard to bet against my homes. I mean every time you doubt him they find a way so I mean
05:43 They have Patrick Mahomes the best quarterback in the league and I think he's gonna find a way to win
05:47 And ladies and gentlemen the best defensive player in the NFL Max Crosby appreciate your time. Hey, man. Appreciate you guys
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