 You believe you've been in the league six years. It's crazy. It goes by fast. It goes by fast. It feels like a long time, but it still goes by fast. Like, you learn so much. You grow so much. You come to the league and you're like, you're this, like, young, immature kid, and then you just learn and you grow up and become a man. It's crazy how fast it goes. Oh, what a nice play by Solomon Thomas. You are the 2022 Walter Payton Man of the Year nominee for your Jets. I mean, that is the highest honor. Yeah, no, it's such an honor. And I'm so honored to be the Walter Payton Man of the Year nominee to have that. I have my peers and my teammates, you know, vote me as that and be recognized as my peers. Like, I never do the work I do for in a world or for recognition. But, you know, it's truly, it feels good to be to have my work be noticed and have to know that I'm out there making a difference and putting good work out in the world. So just trying to do that in every way I can. You're the co-founder of the defensive lines alongside your parents. And it was created out of something that you dealt with personally. And that was the passing of your sister Ella. And I imagine that impact on your life is still felt today, every day you wake up. Definitely, you know, I miss my sister every day. You know, I miss her so much. You know, she meant the world to me, you know, and it's a pain that I'll forever feel. But I'm trying to turn that pain into something where I can help others. You know, my sister had a dream, she had a goal. To help others who were struggling with mental health. To help young girls who were sexually abused. She had these missions and we're trying to carry them on for her. You know, we know how much she wanted to love others. And through this work, I believe it's so important to make one person not feel the way that Ella is feeling. And make one family not feel the way that my family is going through losing Ella. But it's all worth it if I can save one life. I can save one family from going through what we went through. You know, and that's what this work is about. Yeah, you've described yourself as a quote unquote, passionate citer for those who are struggling. So I can't imagine how important this recognition of your work and the mental health community means to you. Yeah, it means a lot because it's a world where a lot of people feel alone. So I just want to fight those people because I've been in that position. I've been in this spot where I feel it alone. Where I felt like I have nowhere to go to that I have to be a man. I have to be tough in the wrong way. And I had to learn how to get help. I had to learn how to talk and go to therapy and talk about these things. I believe suicide is the most preventable death. And so trying to do all I can to educate those on mental health, on how to get help, on where to go for resources, and just to start the conversation. Through my own mental health journey, I've learned a lot. I've learned that it's okay not to be okay. I learned it's okay to be sad. It's okay to be angry. It's okay to be depressed. Like these are feelings of the human experience. And I've learned how important it is to ask someone how you're doing. You're hearing from families and kids that you are inspiring. Have they inspired you? I've been so inspired and I'm learning every day. I'm learning so much about this work. Just inspired by all these people who have had so many similar stories and who are still fighting every day. And now I understand from going through my own personal journey and learning from my sister's story that I understand how much strength that takes to be here every day. That motivates me in every way. I was going through my sister's Instagram yesterday and I was looking for a new wallpaper. And she had this picture that says, you never know what somebody's going through, so always be kind. And it's so true because you never know what that or someone's facing. In this world, we're always presented with the good. Don't be a burden. Don't bring someone's mood down. And we don't really know how people are doing it. The sports side of mental toughness and mental health, like all the work that Kobe did about being present, channeling your emotions. The true meaning of mental toughness, which is not just a tough through everything, but to compartmentalize your feelings. It's about accepting them and working through them and being one with yourself. We can help you too with the WPMOI challenge. It's called the Walter Payment Man of the Year Challenge. You can use that hashtag and put Solomon's name. Please help us win. Please tweet for us. It's going through amazing work, suicide, prevention, education, and awareness. We're running these programs and we're going to schools and teaching them, you know, teaching mentors how to look out for warning signs, how to conduct a safe mental health environment. Well, I know the Jets are super proud. Jets fans, super proud. NFL fans like myself, super proud. Your mom, and of course, Ella, all proud of you. So Solomon, congratulations and thank you. Thank you so much, Kay. I appreciate you. You're a badass, Solomon. God. So are you.