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[ ANNOUNCER ]
>> BARNES WITH SEVEN
GOLD BUCKLES ALREADY...
>> (JAKE BARNES) I'VE HAD
A STRONG BELIEF IN GOD EVER
SINCE I WAS A LITTLE KID.
I'VE HAD THE SPIRIT ON ME EVER
SINCE I CAN REMEMBER, UH, YOU
KNOW, BUT DIDN'T KNOW A WHOLE
LOT ABOUT CHRISTIANITY OR FAITH
OR ANYTHING.
I JUST KNEW THAT THERE WAS
ALWAYS SOMEONE, YOU KNOW, A
HIGHER POWER, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE
TO TALK TO, SOMEONE TO-- THROUGH
GOOD AND-- GOOD AND BAD.
AND AS I'VE GROWN, YOU KNOW,
IT'S JUST, LIKE, GETTIN' AN
EDUCATION, YOU KNOW.
THE OLDER YOU GET, THE
MORE MATURE YOU GET, THE
MORE YOU SETTLE DOWN,
THE MORE YOU SEEK HIM.
AND I, JUST, YOU KNOW,
I ALWAYS-- WHEN I WAS
DOIN' MY BEST WINNIN' MY
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS AND
I WAS IN MY PRIME, YOU KNOW,
A LOT OF IT WAS THAT I WAS
BASICALLY DOIN' IT FOR MYSELF.
AND AFTER I WON MY FIRST
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, I THOUGHT,
YOU KNOW, MY LIFE-- THAT WAS--
THAT WAS GONNA BE MY LIFE, YOU
KNOW, THAT I WAS GONNA DEFINE MY
LIFE OF BEIN' A
WORLD CHAMPION AND THAT
I WAS GONNA BE DIFFERENT.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT LEFT ME
HIGH AND DRY, YOU KNOW, THAT
THE RACE STARTED ALL OVER
AGAIN JANUARY 1ST AT ODESSA.
AND I'VE BASICALLY BEEN DOIN'
THIS FOR 25 YEARS, YOU KNOW,
AROUND THE CLOCK, AND SO I JUST
STARTED TO SEEK HIM MORE AND
MORE.
AND, YOU KNOW, I WON SEVEN WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIPS, AND I THINK THAT,
YOU KNOW, THROUGH THIS, THAT
HE'S USED ME TO MINISTER TO
KIDS.
AND KIDS THAT LOOK UP TO MY
ACCOMPLISHMENTS-- THEN, YOU
KNOW, THE ONLY THING I CAN TELL
'EM, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU'RE GONNA
GO THROUGH HARD TIMES OUT HERE
AND THAT, YOU KNOW, THE THINGS
THAT YOU HAVE TO STAY AWAY FROM,
YOU KNOW, IN RODEO IS THAT YOU
HAVE TO STAY AWAY FROM DRUGS AND
ALCOHOL AND ALL THE CORRUPTION
OF THE WORLD OR THINGS THAT ARE
GONNA TEAR YOU DOWN AND CHEAT
YOU OF YOUR GOALS.
AND SO I JUST-- THAT'S THE THING
THAT I LOOK FORWARD TO IS, YOU
KNOW, TRYIN' TO WITNESS TO KIDS.
AND, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR
WAS AN IMPORTANT YEAR TO ME.
I WAS SEEKING MY EIGHTH
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, AND I
WAS RIGHT IN LINE HALFWAY
THROUGH THE FINALS AND HAD
AN UNFORTUNATE ACCIDENT.
[ ANNOUNCERS ]
>> LET'S GO TO JAKE BARNES AND
TO KORY KOONTZ TO GET READY.
WHAT HAVE THEY DONE
THUS FAR? $17,900 A MAN.
WHERE ARE THEY AT
IN THE AVERAGE?
NUMBER ONE!
HERE'S A PAIR
THAT'S VERY VIABLE!
HEY!
UH-UH.
THAT NOT ONLY MAKES
FOR THE NO TIME ON IT
BUT A MIGHTY SORE HAND.
LET JAKE KNOW WE HOPE
EVERYTHING IS ALL RIGHT.
LET HIM KNOW WE HOPE
EVERYTHING IS ALL RIGHT.
HE'S HEADED OUT FAST.
THE WAY HE RODE OUT OF HERE MAN,
HE WAS GOIN' TO GET SOME HELP.
HE'S GOIN' TO GET SOME HELP.
OWWW.
>> (JAKE BARNES) I'VE BEEN
ROPIN', YOU KNOW, BASICALLY ALL
MY LIFE, AND I'VE HAD SOME CLOSE
CALLS BEFORE; BUT, YOU KNOW, IN
TEAM ROPIN', THAT'S JUST,
YOU KNOW, IT'S-- THERE'S
A LOT OF DANGER AND, YOU
KNOW, I TOOK A CHANCE.
I FUMBLED MY ROPE, AND
I GOT MY THUMB IN A DALLY
AND CUT MY THUMB OFF.
AND, UH, THAT NIGHT, WHEN I
WALKED DOWN THROUGH THE HALLS,
IT WAS EXTREMELY HARD FOR ME.
SO AS I WAS WALKIN' DOWN THE
HALL THERE, I WAS, UH, JUST, YOU
KNOW, WONDERIN', "WELL, WILL
THIS BE MY LAST WALK DOWN THESE
HALLS?"
AND, YOU KNOW, "WILL
I EVER ROPE AGAIN?
WILL I EVER, YOU KNOW, COMPETE
AT THE NATIONAL FINALS AGAIN?"
AND ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT I SAID THAT I WASN'T
GONNA DO, I WAS NOT GOING TO
QUESTION, YOU KNOW, "WHY ME?
WHY ME, GOD?
WHY DID THIS HAPPEN TO ME?"
YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY
AT THIS TIME.
AND, UH, I WAS-- I SAID, "YOU
KNOW, WHATEVER THE REASON, WE'RE
GONNA MAKE A-- WE'RE GONNA A--
WE'RE GONNA MAKE A COMEBACK AND
WERE GONNA-- YOU KNOW,
THROUGH THIS, SOMETHING
GOOD'S GONNA HAPPEN.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT I STOOD ON,
YOU KNOW, AND IT WAS A LENGTHY
PROCESS OF GOING THROUGH THE
SURGERIES AND, YOU KNOW, THE
DOWNTIME.
AND I PROBABLY RUSHED IT BACK
TOO SOON BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, MY
DETERMINATION TO, YOU KNOW, TO
CONQUER AND TO OVERCOME.
AND SO IT'S BEEN EXTREMELY
HARD, YOU KNOW, BUT WITHOUT MY
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD, YOU
KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD
HAVE DONE.
IT'S BEEN EXTREMELY HARD, YOU
KNOW, THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE
COMEBACK, YOU KNOW, OF TRYING TO
LEARN TO ROPE AGAIN AND STILL
TRYIN' TO, YOU KNOW, COMPETE
AT A HIGH LEVEL LIKE THAT.
THROUGH ALL OF THIS, I'M STILL
SEEKIN' THE LORD AND, YOU KNOW,
THE PROMISES THAT HE GIVES ME.
AND I'VE BEEN READIN' THE
BOOK OF JOB NOW, YOU KNOW, AND
WHAT JOB WENT THROUGH THAT, YOU
KNOW, HE LOST EVERYTHING AND HE
STILL-- HIS FAITH IN
GOD AND, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S
BASICALLY ALL I HAVE TO STAND
ON, YOU KNOW, GOD'S WORD.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN
AN INCREDIBLE RIDE, BUT
IT'S GROWN-- IT'S BROUGHT
ME CLOSER TO THE LORD.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST-- YOU
DON'T KNOW WHY THINGS HAPPEN IN
LIFE LIKE THIS, BUT, YOU KNOW,
THERE'S-- IT'S BEEN A HUGE TRIAL
SO FAR.
[ ANNOUNCER ]
>> JAKE BARNES ISN'T
JUST A GREAT ROPER.
HE'S A GREAT TEACHER.
THIS FATHER OF FIVE HAS TAUGHT
SO MANY HOW TO DO IT CORRECTLY.
THAT'LL WORK!
RUNNIN'...
>> (JAKE BARNES) THROUGH MY
INJURY, YOU KNOW, I'VE INSPIRED
A LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW,
THROUGH MY INJURY, YOUNG AND
OLD.
AND SO YOU KNOW THAT JUST
GOES TO SHOW YOU THAT THERE
IS GOOD, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT
ARE GONNA HAPPEN THROUGH THIS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THIS-- I
MEAN, IT'S NOT THE ATTENTION
THAT I WANT, YOU KNOW, THE
INJURY AND THE COMEBACK AND THIS
AND THAT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN ABLE
TO WITNESS TO A LOT OF PEOPLE,
AND LIKE I SAY, YOU KNOW,