If you put your effort and concentration and to play into your potential to be the best that you can be,

I don't care what the scoreboard says at the end of the game, in my book, we're going to be winners.

The talent for so many players today, the talent and the spotlight, it's taking them to heights that their character's not strong enough to support.

I'm one of those set goals achievements.

I talked about faith, passion, obviously the drive with the guys that I've been around,

and the guys that surround me every single day.

If I want to be one of the best, I've got to play with and against the best.

Okay, so that which gets praised gets repeated.

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Thank you to tune in. You're listening to the Hardwood Hustle brought to you by PGC Basketball. Thank you to tuning in. You're listening to the Hardwood Hustle broadcasting here in Baltimore, Maryland. I'm your host Adam Bradley alongside T.J. Roseen. Today we're going to be talking about can you learn to compete or is it a born natural skill? But before we do, let's say a quick shout out to our friends. Hustlers, we've got some things you don't want to miss.

Thanks to our friends over a team snap for today's communication tip of the episode. This week,

coaches, I'd like to challenge you, your staff, and your players to get into the habit of speaking to the ears. Let me explain what I mean. When we are speaking and communicating, our goal is to

have a message heard. Where messages are only heard through our ears. So we've got to be speaking

intentionally from a direction standpoint to the other person's ears. So if our players sometimes

are speaking with their heads down, we need to remind them to speak to my ears. I can't hear you when you're looking down. When you're speaking down, you need to speak to the ears. Oftentimes, especially within our players, they have a tendency to look down when they speak. We always say make eye contact, but even more, speak to my ears because we are trying to

communicate a message.

I want to hear what you are saying.

I can't hear it when you're speaking to my feet or speaking to my knees.

I need you to speak to my ears.

So this week, that's the challenge coaches.

Thanks to our friends over at TeamSnap.

Make sure you check out TeamSnap.com backslash hustle to learn more about the communication

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