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Former Florida State Coach Bobby Bowden works with On The Line, a prostate awareness campaign
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What this is a huge.
Huge name in college football -- -- -- this here's a former football coach for Florida state university and it our hope.
Our producer you guys sometimes -- we talk about she's talking in my -- she's my hope for the morning.
She excited about guess sometimes she is like right now we have termite down America she is just rot rot in the control room.
Welcome coach it's getting heavier than it's good to be here and if you ever have that kind of impact on the football field I can understand why you are.
Among the winningest of our time.
-- winning a different battle these days -- and it's it's one that I know you suffered with for a long time you have prostate cancer yeah.
And then that's why I'm here Rick calls I am a cancer survive and so bomber.
And nobody -- Nobody knew it.
And in 2000 and -- -- on.
My doctor Coleman's.
You got problems He would -- blood tests on the hill for her and found -- some wrong.
So we He do it I couldn't afford to get the public and that I got cancer because it -- -- -- -- -- view that they do get cancer you know -- around alone you you know also I think you have to -- -- State did to a clinic about slalom at 6 o'clock the next morning and where the -- a joke camps doctor Joseph camps who had played football me about 25 years before.
And He was my captain back then He was -- doctor and -- -- looked to my doctor told me be their 6 o'clock the planet will slip in the back -- going under assumed name.
Bring your wife.
That's sagas -- or bring your wife I have been.
My husband and I don't have to go everywhere from.
That may -- given that this may say so you don't know that there -- electoral map got capture of -- prostate.
We think we've got -- -- to think we're early enough for -- we can solve it and we need to do this do this that that's what I did six months later clear.
It's interesting what you say you couldn't afford to go public because that -- Possibly potentially damage recruiting oh yeah at Florida state University -- suffered very quietly yeah and and how long did this go on what was the treatment.
That would you know has just.
There was funny.
That's less than four years ago.
Others say lie about it but nobody even knows except my wife and my children my -- now everybody you know that's -- yes it does well this is awareness month.
You -- bed so mama I'm -- Working with the home alive dot com group.
To get the word out about I'm represented and we wanna put this web site at tell us about on the line you've got a magazine in your hands as well you are really getting the word apple would -- the singular massive.
Let the singular message is this.
May end.
Mayhem that -- one out of six.
Of you will have kept.
Were because I kept prostate cancer.
Bill tall to -- doctor.
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- do that and no on amendment -- quad you know I've.
Go talk to your doctor and and and and and -- talk about it you don't get it get out -- or try to not get it out and -- What kind of response are you getting right now I mean this is a former.
Voice with so many young men.
Of people listen to you -- you know and all the way I can.
I know is I've been on -- every program in New York City.
I came yesterday it was for your anti -- -- yeah.
Yeah all.
He shot some tough questions -- -- they think those political question I'm not very good at that you know it.
But everybody refer to football but the response we've been getting as good up pops up talked over the country.
What this is so important one is an important me.
Well this why why -- -- of breast cancer important women.
The same thing you know -- And edit it and again it's it's just it's just that men need to be aware of non apple and -- four sons must -- Melissa was new -- -- -- nearly sixty.
They've got to be aware of its.
Don't they allowed you start having kids in -- reform.
Just is a joke with the god bless hey -- asked that question though not everybody goes public not everybody makes it their life's business.
To go forward and educate others why is this mission so critical thing.
Again just trying to get the message out to attitude to a man who are not paying any attention to look like -- -- you know.
-- -- -- -- And do you find that the wives are very receptive as well listen -- a couple of -- tell your -- to get to the doctor didn't -- I -- like you -- you know it.
Hey I could revive -- -- now.
I'm mark from here all my goodness -- motivated already okay is telling about the magazine.
Well the magazine is about that -- the -- dot com if you found out from that all about this program actually.
It them if it's a program -- part about blew them trying to get the message out that's what this loan amount that's why I'm in New York thank.
I could be down in Tallahassee Florida on the golf course right now.
But I gotta tell me about this sucking up.
Yeah and I know your wife is so grateful to you because you've listened to the doctors you have everything that you need to do.
And you have such a legacy at Florida state university and now on a whole new way dealt with on the line at this put it out online chat room and appreciate you do that they'll absolutely absolutely well we can't what.
I'm not a candidate.
You know I I'm a little little training and what you can hear.
Body that needed to happen with this statement Wednesday family that's -- web -- one more time it's.
On the line dot.
Com or dot -- come dot com the online dot com.
Go there learn about coach -- love story and if there is a man in your life.
A brother sister dad brother sister a brother data.
Anyone boyfriend husband.
Make them aware that this is going on and -- online dot com okay.
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