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"Hey, what's going on, y'all? What's up, SNKRS Live? My name is Brandon 'Jinx' Jenkins, and on behalf of Architecture at Nike, I want to welcome you to Virgil Abloh:"

"The Codes here at Rubell Museum in Miami, Florida. Today's discussion is titled ‘How to Move In a Room Full of Nos’. Virgil embodied everything that was possible, whether it's the industries that he was in, the levels he reached within those industries, and all the barriers that he overcame."

"But to be in those rooms, you're going to encounter a ton of nos, right? Barriers, roadblocks, people that don't believe, maybe even moments where you don't believe but Virgil showed that wasn't true. So today, with today's panel, we're going to be discussing how to move through a room full of nos."

"Hi, my name is Beth Birkett Gibbs. Hi, my name's Adwoa Aboah. I am a model and the founder of Gurls Talk. My name's Clint. I'm a creative director based out of London. I run a bank called CRTZ RTW."

"And I'm out here, innit? Can you guys think of what's the most important no you ever received? When I walked into the industry, I had this very rose-tinted idea of what it was going to be like. Those nos are really important because I've been given a certain amount..."

"Of resilience and perseverance. I have about a million different skins because of the amount of rejection that I've had. Is there something you learned from Virgil through observation or conversation about how to move, whether it is building community, how to handle the nos, how to navigate this..."

"Creative space that you all are in? I think the fact that he helped so many people and did so many things in the creative space, being creative is very healing and is very important to all of us and it’s..."

"Something that we should all want to do. I'm curious for you all, is there a specific yes you remember Virgil helping you with, giving you, even if it's just a verbal, 'I believe in what you're doing,' is there a specific moment where you feel like he maybe helped lift you up? For me, when I..."

"Went to the LV office in Paris and he told me to pull up, and I was like, 'Right, okay, 'cause I'm the LV office, why am I in the LV office?' And he was just saying stuff. What I'm doing reminds him of the early foundations of streetwear."

"Stuff like that. And to hear it come from him was like, all right, cool. That's like a battery in my back. When someone like him says it, that's like, nitrous, I'm cutting through. So look, we got some questions from sneakers.live. The first one is from Iva W. Who was the first person..."

"To actually tell you ‘yes’ besides yourself? I've got two. But my dad was the one. I think I try and surround myself by people who, to a certain extent, realize my capability before I've even realized it and I feel like my..."

"Team, but definitely, most certainly my parents are the ones who kind of, when I was in the deep dark depths of addiction and mental health, they were the ones that realized what I was capable of achieving before..."

"I'd even got there. Someone's got an audience question, right? What's up? Hello. Adam Lee from Atlanta. I know you all had a lot of nos in your career, but what is the most pivotal no that you can remember, that kind of set the trajectory of where you are now? I had a brand before this one..."

"And I remember I was doing it with an old friend of mine, and then I felt like I was putting in a little bit more work, and I remember I was like, 'Yo, I want this fully for myself, innit?' And it's when he was like, 'Yeah, no, that's not going to happen,' that was my most important no, because it led..."

"Me too doing what I'm doing now. And it's like, I think if I stayed in that, then I wouldn't be on what I'm on now. I don't want to tell you guys getting fired is good, but I've been fired. It's kind of good. Especially the first day. Guys, that's it for today's discussion. I know we had some more questions..."

"But we got to go, but thank you guys for participating. You guys give the panelists up here a huge round of applause. Hope you guys took something in."

SNKRS Live Highlights: How To Move in a Room Full of No's