29. Harry Leary was "gifted"-"in charge of a team" - "at that age"-"they don't usually look back"

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QMJk9uxM5fg

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2025-11-15

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0:28

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29. Linda Leary, sister of BMX legend Harry Leary, discusses how during his time with Diamondback BMX, at that age, young men don’t usually look back when they are successful and traveling like Harry was.

Find out in this short clip of our walk and talk with Harry Leary’s sister and Kyle A. Huffman.

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Then my brother and I, we were always close, but that period in his life,
close, but that period in his life, you've got this young person who is
you've got this young person who is gifted and he's in charge of a team and
gifted and he's in charge of a team and he's traveling, he's making money. And
he's traveling, he's making money. And at that age,
at that age, I mean, they don't usually look back.
I mean, they don't usually look back. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah. >> And I think he did at that point. I
>> And I think he did at that point. I think he was going to do it for himself.

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