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Well, thank you very much. We very much appreciate, uh, the fact that we have won a very important event, the World Cup in 2026, and we'll be hosting it along with Mexico and Canada, and it's a very special event. I think it's probably, uh, certainly one of the biggest and maybe the biggest sporting event in the world, and soccer's come such a long way. Soccer is a game, I guess you call it football [to Gianni Infantino]. But over here, maybe at some point they'll change the name, I'm not sure. But we'll see. It's working, it's working very well either way. But I just want to, uh, thank Gianni Infantino, within here. He's the president of FIFA and a highly respected man. In fact, when my son heard he was going to be here, he said, "Dad, I'd like to meet him." 'Cause you're pretty famous, right? The important proof I mean, he likes uh, my son Barron, who loves soccer. And soccer has to be one of the fastest growing sports in the world, and uh, the job you've done is a really fantastic job, Gianni, so thank you very much., And I want also to pay my respect to Carlos Cordiero who, uh, is, is president in this country of soccer, has been incredibly instrumental in helping us to get the World Cup. And, uh, he's worked so hard, so long, and they were calling me constantly to try and get me to come on board, but it only took one call because, when I heard World Cup, I wanted to do it. And, uh, again we want to thank you. It's all signed up, it's all set to go, and it'll be a special event.