如何理解这其中的一英语句子（只是一段中的其中一句话）前文大意是学生和教授讨论如何写研究生申请书(gradschoolapplication),这里是教授举的一个例子,说明在申请中要提及关于自己想进入

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如何理解这其中的一英语句子（只是一段中的其中一句话）
前文大意是学生和教授讨论如何写研究生申请书(grad school application),这里是教授举的一个例子,说明在申请中要提及关于自己想进入该研究领域的动机和兴趣.(注意,这里是对话)
I had a friend,when I was an undergrad,um,went to medical school.And he put on his med school application--and he could actually tell if somebody read it 'cause,um,he had asthma and the reason that he wanted to go to med school was he said he wanted to do sports medicine because he,you know,her had this real interest.He was a athlete too,and.
有疑问的是：
um,he had asthma and the reason that he wanted to go to med school was he said he wanted to do sports medicine because he中was he said那里不明白为何那样用.“他有哮喘病,（因此）他有去医学院的动机,”下半句“他希望去研究运动医学科”,但中间的was he said不明白,粗略翻译成中文和看字面意思能理解,但我还是不知道要怎么用它,简要解释即可,

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朋友,我任务,望采纳!
the reason (.) was (that) he said.如同他所说的原因