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Bart Scott trash talk freely and constantly, all day, on any subject, on matters of petty cash to profound. He distinguished Bill Cowher 's chin, gut Lendal White, TJ Houshmandzadeh ponytail and Reggie Bush's manhood.

A Jets linebacker, views Scott trash talk as an art or science. He developed and refined its method. He studied athletes loquacious years past. And he practiced from the first day he pulled on a uniform all the way until Sunday, when he will unleash a torrent of mostly unprintable barbs on the Atlanta Falcons.

His mouth works 365 days a year.In fact, the first time he met Woody Johnson, owner of the Jets, Scott felt him on the back and demanded a case without baby powder.

"Bart is an original," said Johnson, an heir to the Johnson & Johnson fortune.

In his basement last month, the first source of inspiration Scott's - catch - across television. He imitated the inflection of the voice of Hulk Hogan, the spectacular performance of Ric Flair, the intensity of Rowdy Roddy Piper.

Scott caught a Visitor and executed the figure-four leg lock, arm bar and chicken wing crossface. The chatter never ceased.

When Flair said: "To be human, you have to beat the man. Whoo! "Scott repeated every word, calling the sentence, the more" realistic line in the history of life. "His wife, Darnesha, crossed and shook his head.

"Forget about trash talking in football," said Scott. "It's trash talking at its best. That's what I aspire."

The evolution of a trash talker began in South Detroit, where at the age of 6, Scott became obsessed with professional wrestling. Her sisters, aged 7 and 10 years, Scott left with enough time to solo on television.Wrestling, said his mother, Dorita Adams, was his baby-sitter on occasion.

Scott loved the character development more than the actual matches. He ate his vitamins and said his prayers for Hogan said. He screamed at the television, before his family every Saturday morning, and cursed when he stopped advertising. He always calls the struggle of a soap opera for men, still believes in its authenticity....

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