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Carson is a christian gentlemen and a genuine conservative. what do you say to others like you but concerned that you're not ready for the job? >> i would say listen to what i actually say when i have an opportunity to say it something other than a one minute bite. that's a format that i have to go acustom to that's not the world that i live in. the time will come when i will be able to address that appropriately. >> do you view it that it's a manager and that you don't have to have a full policy? >> well, you have to have a substantial command. it's like me as a neuro surgeon. if i have a pat...

And a genuine conservative. what do you say to others like you but concerned that you're not ready for the job? >> i would say listen to what i actually say when i have an opportunity to say it something other than a one minute bite. that's a format that i have to go acustom to that's not the world that i live in. the time will come when i will be able to address that appropriately. >> do you view it that it's a manager and that you don't have to have a full policy? >> well, you have to have a substantial command. it's like me as a neuro surgeon. if i have a patient that had a kidney problem, ...

Done for us. i would much rather deal with somebody who thinks logically, who has the ability to acquire a lot of information, to use experts as a specialist in medicine. you know, i know a great deal about the brain and about the central nervous system. and i obviously know a lot more than most people about the kidney. but if i have a kidney problem, i'm going to get a renal specialist. there's nobody who knows everything. and i think the people who do the best are the ones who know how to utilize experts around them. >> how do you extend that with the reality -- certain deaths --

It's a super strong anti-inflammatory but it worked like a painkiller. there were times i couldn't practice the whole season, would be in a walking boot or crutches, trying to get in a stadium with a boot on and take a shot of toridol and vicodin, and i would be ready to play. >> so was it the doctors giving you the stuff in the locker room? or who was doling it out? >> the doctors and trainers typically gave out the oral painkillers, and then the doctors gave the shots. >> trainers, without a medical license, just the trainers. >> correct. >> so at any point did anyone say these are serious d...

License, just the trainers. >> correct. >> so at any point did anyone say these are serious drugs and can cause you serious problems down the line, you know, take them at your own risk? >> no, and the crazy thing is i had symptoms early on this went by the wayside. and looking back, after i ended up in the icu with the severe symptoms from the kidney problem, i went to a bunch of specialists who started to look at my medical records from year's past, 2003 and 2004, i started showing signs of kidney damage in my blood test and urine tests. 2005, 2006, even worse, when i retired in 2009 they got...