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Morning Drive: Couples, Kobe, LeBron and blood spinning (2:59)
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'Morning Drive' co-hosts Gary Williams and Erik Kuselias try their best to breakdown the new blood treatment that's curing some of the biggest names in sports.
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-Here in the Morning Drive set for GolfChannel.com. With Gary
Williams, I'm Erik Kuselias. An Orthokine, not a word I
used awful enough in a lot of different parties and
social gatherings, but Fred Couples has probably thrown that word
around once or twice. This essentially is the procedure he's
got on his back from this doctor over in Germany
and they have an LA office as well, and after
having some success and then having another setback, he's back
in the field this week at Dubai. When you hear
Orthokine and you hear what this is, what sort of--
Without making you put your medal to a medical degree
at work, what do you kind of think about this?
-That I have no earthly idea what you're talking about.
I really don't. I don't know what it is. Obviously,
it's effective. You've seen other people over there. Vijay Singh
has been there. He referenced other people's photos being on
the walls of these offices in Los Angeles, LeBron James,
Kobe Bryant. We have heard that Alex Rodriguez has visited
this doctor as well. But Erik, as clouded in complete,
you know, secrecy to me, I don't know what it
is. I've read about it. If you got more for
me, how about it? -Apparently, it worked on the Pope,
too. -Yeah. -This is a pretty distinguished list, and I
saw the-- -Is that a house call at the Vatican?
-I don't know if the Pope wore the hat during
the appointment. I don't know how this works. This is--
-The mitre hat? -Yeah, the [unk] of the Pope. -That's
the mitre hat. -Yeah. Whatever the hat. -Whatever. -That [unk].
I mean, whatever it is. I don't need it. Hey--
But that's kind of my attitude here. Whatever, that's Fred
Couples' attitude, whatever. He's saying, "I don't know what they
do, but as long as it works, I don't get
too involved. You know, my dad always told me, I
don't need to know how they make a watch to
tell you what time it is." And same thing here.
You know, I didn't know the name of the Pope
hat. I just know when he walks in, "Oh, that's
the Pope" 'cause I recognize that. That's sort of the
theme here. I think for these guys it's "if I
feel better." When you have pain, real pain, you will
do anything as long as it makes you feel better.
I think Fred Couples is saying, "Listen, this guy is
helping me; it's feeling better. If it's not approved in
the United States right now, I'll go to Germany. I'll
do what I need to do to get better and
get out there and play and live." He's talking about
I couldn't walk; it was uncomfortable; it was this; it
was that. I think you're gonna hear more about this
word. It's gonna come more front and center because when
you-- as you pointed out, LeBron, Kobe, Couples; when you
start saying those names in this treatment, more people are
gonna get interested, members of the media and members of
the medical community. They're gonna start thinking. I think we're
gonna hear more about this, not less about this in
the next couple of months. -Well, we probably will, but
the reality is, like with any athlete, you wanna know
what's being put in your body. You wanna know the
ramifications of what happens. What are the long-term side effects?
I don't know any of this stuff. -Apparently neither does
Fred Couples-- -Right. -or neither does Pope, but again-- -Just
make me feel better. -Right. You know what? There are
times when you feel-- When he's feeling that kind of
thing. I may have to retire. -Yeah. -I can't stand
still. I can't sleep. When you're in that kind of
pain and someone says I can make you feel better
and you've tried everything else, give it to me. I
don't care what it is. -Yeah. -That's sort of where
he is. We'll give it to you each Monday through
Friday from 7 to 9 right here at Morning Drive.
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