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.

So that which gets praised, gets what you're listening to the Hardwood Hustle,

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Thank you for tuning in. You're listening to the Hardwood Hustle, brought you by PGC Basketball. Thank you for tuning in. You're listening to the Hardwood Hustle broadcast here in Atlanta, Georgia. I'm your host, Adam Bradley, alongside T.J. Roseen. Today, we've got a special shoot-around episode. In the first half, we're going to talk about a recent quote from Kobe Bryant asking us, do you actually like basketball? And I'll explain it a little bit more.

And then the second half, we'll jump into a comment from LeBron James recently about female coaching and if he would feel comfortable playing for a female coach. But TJ, let's jump into the first part.

Kobe Bryant had a quote the other day. He said, for people that call themselves

basketball fans and say, well, I don't watch women's basketball, I would actually call you an

entertainment fan because real basketball fans find the beauty in the game and there is beauty

in the woman's sport. So all those people out there that say, I am a basketball fan, but they do not watch women's sports.

Kobe Bryant says, I want to challenge that.

I think you are more an entertainment fan than you really are a basketball fan.

I really like the fact that Kobe would come out and say that and support women's basketball

like that.

You know, I've coached both.

I've coached college women and I've coached college men.

And I'm not sure, 100% sure, but I believe John Wooden had a quote that says something

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