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 and chiefness.

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, brought you by PGC basketball.

Players, thank 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 broadcasting here in Washington, D.C. Special thanks to our friends over PGC basketball. Lead them up, Shot Tracker, and Team Snap for all their support of the Hardwood Hustle. Today, players, we were talking about, what do you do when you get injured? What's the role look like all all of a sudden you find out you're injured you're going to miss the next two months of the season

you'll be back later in the season but for the next two months you are hurt and obviously

getting healthy is your number one priority but do you stay with the team do you keep

participating in all the activities of the team? Do you attend

practice every day? Do you attend workouts? Do you attend film session? Do you attend games? Are you still a full

participant with the team despite the fact that you are injured at this moment? T.J, I can't tell you

how many times I've seen players, they get injured and they start like, they're almost like half involved in the team at this point. It's almost like they've given themselves a pass and why I can't play, so I don't need to be around that much. I can't contribute. And I can't tell you how passion I am. that is so far from the truth it is so far from

the truth and players if you've dealt with injuries and or in preparation for injuries you

may face it's important that you've got the right mindset and take this time to get better right

and there's some things that you can do. Yeah. Well, I think it's a

big decision as a player. I think that we all want to be great teammates and we all want to help our

team to be the best it possibly can be when it's convenient for us. But when you're injured,

it becomes real inconvenient to do those things now let me acknowledge the fact

that when you get injured it does it stinks because you want to be on the court right you want to be

we're out there playing and now all of a sudden you're injured and you can't be out there and so

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