Let's Go Laila Edwards - Homeisode 63

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Yo, what's up people? It's your boy Quincy Murdoch

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with another episode of Not Just Music Podcast

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where we keep it real and honest. Where we also

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celebrate black excellence past and current.

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Speaking of current, I want to talk about this

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magnificent young lady. Her name is Layla Edwards.

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Layla Edwards is primed to make more history

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at Milan Cortina, 2026 with Team USA. Being 21

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years old is a balancing act no matter how you

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slice it. However, Team USA woman's hockey player,

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Layla Edwards, the acrobatic approach to her

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busy student athlete life is nothing short of

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chaos. Yet she maintains her calm, cool and collected

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demeanor, always being mindful about the tasks

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directed in front of her. She's quoted as saying,

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it helped me to really be 100 % present wherever

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I am. So if that class just focus on class, don't

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worry about practice with USA or Wisconsin. And

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then when I'm in my Wisconsin game, focus on

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that. And then once I get to USA, it's like flip

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a switch. Layla Edwards is headed to. The 2026

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Winter Olympics and is set to become the first

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black woman to represent the U .S. in Olympics

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women's ice hockey. At just 21, she's already

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made history as the youngest American to earn

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IHF Women's World Championship MVP at 20 years

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old. You go, Layla. Edward. makes flipping a

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switch sound as seamless as her skating across

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the ice. However, in addition to her commitment

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to the U .S. Women's Hockey National Team and

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her college team, the Wisconsin Badger, there's

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also the need to study for her major in social

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Balancing it all is something she says she's

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still working on and getting better at. Just

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trying to find time. but also time for myself

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and to hang out with friends that don't involve

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any of that, Edwards said. The weight of it all

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never seems to phase a college senior, at least

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to the outside world, as she's bulldozed barriers

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to create a spectacular career so far. She made

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history in 2023 when she became the first black

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woman to play in a U .S. women's national hockey

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team and says she feels grateful to be a role

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model for younger athletes. That's like the number

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one thing that motivates me to keep going, she

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says. So they can see someone that looks like

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them, but also someone that looks like them succeeding

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at the highest level ever said. The Cleveland

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Heights, Ohio native was three years old when

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her dad put her on ice skates just as she was

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learning to walk. And so began the family love

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affair with the sport. Hockey has been pretty

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much my whole life. I have three other siblings

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that played it and my younger brother still plays.

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It's taken me so many places and having met so

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many people do so many cool things, Edwards says.

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That's just a brief thing, brief little run up

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on Edwards. Shout out to Edwards. Like she say,

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this story can motivate other black. females

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young young females like young males that strive

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to do what they believe in always know that follow

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your dreams stay in your lane whatever you love

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to do do it don't get influenced by the outside

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interference don't get discouraged by what anybody

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says Layla Edwards is showing you that you can

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be yourself and you can prosper and like she

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said It's exposing her to so much of the world

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and to people. You know what I'm saying? She's

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living her dream. So shout out to Layla Edwards.

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Shout out to you, Black Queen. I wish you the

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best in the Olympics. I hope you succeed. Bring

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it home. Quincy Murdoch is a full supporter of

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you. Not just music podcasts. We endure you.

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We love, love, love you. And more grace. More

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positivity over your life. And I hope you succeed

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in whatever you do. And everybody that's tuned

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in, believe in yourself. Believe in you can achieve.

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Okay, it's another episode of Not Just Music

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Podcast. Your boy Quincy Murdoch, where we keep

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it real and honest always. Peace.