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 of cheap ones.

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 Harvard Hustle, brought you by PGC basketball.

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Sam, today, here's an exercise for players that they can

utilize to enhance their leadership within their team. And it's something that I've recognized

for a while and something that I've included in my message to players as I go around and work with

them. I find it really interesting. We've also been in practice, Sam, when coach has to blow their whistle and kind of reset things, right? Because the team's just not locked in. They're not engaged. They're not focused. And maybe you're trying to roll out a new set and you're having to go through it over and over and over. We're just not sharp, right? You've been there before. You know exactly what I'm talking about. I find it interesting when the coach blows their whistle in those moments to try to get everyone reset.

I've asked players over the last couple months, when they blow their whistle, is it a surprise to you?

Or do you kind of sense it coming? Do you kind of feel it coming?

And almost unanimously, players will all raise their hand and say,

oh, no, we know when we're not sharp. We know when we're just not all in and engaged.

And I asked the question, if you know it and it's your team, I mean, let's remember, it's the

players' teams. Coaches are there, but it's the players team. It's your team.

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