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00:00Look around, look around you. Look at this. We created this. This didn't exist before we were here.
00:05Look around at the square, I promise you right now. We have the best fans in the whole NBA, in the whole world.
00:15When you hear the phrase, We the North, it's something that brings the country together.
00:19Real life fans out there, in the cold, snow, rain, that just shows how great this country, this fan base is.
00:26It stamped us as Canada's team and a global team.
00:29We the North means never count us out. It means we're built different. It means we're Canada's team.
00:35It's our kingdom against everybody else.
00:37We are the North and we're here, and we're here to stay.
00:39It was like a calling card for us as Canadians that allowed us to kind of belong.
00:44It was a declaration.
00:45It was sort of like a hint of arrogance, because the champion lives in the North.
00:49We the North are now We the Champions.
00:52For so many kids that didn't feel like they fit in, this gave us a home. This gave us grit. This gave us something.
01:01It was almost like a stance. This is who we are.
01:04Culturally, We the North kind of formalized who we were as a team, as a city, as a country.
01:11Here's this team, new culture here, and guess what? We're going to fight like hell. I'm going to fight for Canada.
01:18The saying, We the North, when we say that, like the Raptors are going out and they're fighting for all of Canada.
01:24We the North!
01:25We the North! We the North! We the North!