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 repeated.

You're listening to the hardwood hustle,

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Players, athletes, coaches, thank you for joining us today.

I'm T.J. Roseanne alongside Sam Allen.

We'll send a quick shout out and a thanks to our friends at PGC basketball, lead them up,

and team snap before we jump in today's episode.

In today's episode, we're going to talk about academics.

I know it's not the most sexy topic, most appealing topic, but it matters.

And so we're going to talk about some relevant, tangible ways that academics really do matter

and some food for thought on things that you're thinking about.

If you're a middle school, high school college player, it affects

you at different ways at different levels.

But Sam, here's the thing that, first of all, I want to share that I think it makes it really

relevant to me.

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