If you put your effort in 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 repeated.

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Players, thank you for tuning in. You're listening to the Hardwood Hustle brought to you by PGC basketball. Players, thank you for tuning in.

You're listening to The Hardwood Hustle.

I'm your host, Adam Bradley, alongside T.J. Razine.

Today we're recording here in Baltimore, Maryland.

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Today we are continuing in week three,

or episode three of our four-part series of coaches falling into traps and how we can respond

as a player. The first episode we talked about controlling coaches and what do you do and how do you

respond to a controlling coach? Last episode we talked about critical coaches. How do you respond to a controlling coach? Last episode we talked about critical coaches.

How do you respond to a critical coach?

One of that is just always on you.

How do you respond best?

Today, we're going to talk about how do you respond to a coach who avoids things?

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