RCS: Alright, last question. You covered the Professional Bull Riding tour for TNN. What's the craziest thing you ever saw at a rodeo?

Beadle: I saw so many bloodcurdling injuries that were so non-chalant in the way they happened that it was shocking how quickly you become immune to the severity of what goes on out there.

I saw one guy have four ribs crushed and a lung collapse and just be walked off of the dirt and taken to the hospital like it was no big deal. It's amazing because then you go back and watch a basketball game and an ankle gets tweaked -- and I love basketball -- but it looks like they're dying. Versus these guys who actually are probably dying a little bit, and they just are so tough.

To me the 1500 pound animals, and the stepping and the horns are just shocking. And we're talking about five or six guys who weigh less than I do. They were tough. I learned a lot and learned about a sport I probably never would have paid attention to otherwise.

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