Alvin Kamara has a lot to say about the latest Saints loss to the Texans, preaching the need for sacrifice.
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00:00 >> What kind of feelings did you guys have in the rest of the game?
00:05 >> I don't know what the issue is, but I will say,
00:09 I think Demarious said the best when we came in the locker room.
00:13 I don't know what a lot of guys are doing.
00:16 I don't know what anybody but me is doing, right, preparation-wise.
00:19 But to play this game at the level that we wanna play it,
00:22 it takes a lot of sacrifice.
00:24 And I know personally, I sacrifice a lot.
00:26 Personally, family time, personal time.
00:32 During this time, you can't do everything you wanna do, right?
00:34 So, [COUGH] it's a lot of sacrifice that goes into it and
00:41 not to be able to reap the reward of preparation.
00:45 It's annoying, don't like it.
00:49 It's not a fun feeling.
00:52 And again, I'll circle back to what Demarious said.
00:55 I don't know what everybody else is doing to prepare, but
00:59 there's a certain type of sacrifice that you have to make to be able to come out
01:03 here and play at a certain level, at an elite level.
01:06 So I just hope everybody's doing that.
01:08 We just need to find a way to win.
01:12 >> Does he feel like everybody's doing that?
01:15 >> I can't speak for everybody.
01:17 And that's kind of what Demarious' message was.
01:19 He don't know, he can't, he know what he do.
01:21 I know what Demarious do, I know what Mike do, I know what Cam do,
01:24 I know what certain guys do.
01:26 But I can't go and look at everybody and check on what they're doing to prepare.
01:31 You gotta kinda do your part.
01:34 So I know I'm doing my part.
01:36 If I ever don't do my part, I know I'm here.
01:39 >> Mike made it clear that he didn't think he was the coach and
01:42 he thought it was on the field.
01:44 >> And that's what I'm echoing.
01:45 I'm gonna piggyback off Mike.
01:47 I mean, we gotta find a way to win.
01:50 And me personally, I mean, I don't know.
01:52 I just hope everybody believes.
01:55 >> Is it as simple as coming down to execution?
01:58 >> Yeah, it's kinda simple.
02:00 It's like you gotta go out there and run the plays that are called and
02:05 do it to perfection.
02:07 You can't be one half off or one step off or one run off.
02:12 You can't do it.
02:13 I can't be one read off, you know what I'm saying?
02:14 So it's tough when stuff like that happens.
02:19 >> Is the sacrifice more like preparation for the game or actually?
02:23 >> I'd say it's all around.
02:25 Sacrifice during the week, I sacrifice a lot.
02:29 I mean, it don't matter.
02:31 I'm not saying it to get pity.
02:34 I sacrifice.
02:36 I talk to my mom all the time and she's like, what you doing?
02:38 And I'm like, man, I gotta get right.
02:39 I gotta, you know, it's certain things that I gotta do during the week to make sure
02:43 that I'm ready, whether it's body work, whether it's study, whether it's working
02:47 out, I mean, it's a lot that goes on behind the scenes.
02:50 And I know what my process is and you gotta be like, I talk to my friends and
02:56 it's a little like you gotta be a little crazy to do this day in and
03:00 day out, week in and week out to get the type of results that you want.
03:05 That's why Cam Jordan has been the lead for how long he's been the lead.
03:08 That's why DeMario is the lead.
03:09 You see him come out nearly every week.
03:11 That's why Mike is that lead.
03:12 That's why I try to prepare the same way every week and
03:17 that's why I've been able to be good in this league for a while.
03:21 Everybody has to have that same mentality.
03:23 Everybody has to have that same sacrifice.
03:25 Everybody has to have the same approach to preparation to come out here on Sunday
03:29 and put it out there and hopefully get the result we want and
03:32 get in the winning card.
03:33 It's not happening right now.
03:35 I don't know why.
03:35 But this is the crazy part about it.
03:39 I'm gonna do the same exact shit I did last week.
03:42 I'm gonna go prepare.
03:43 I'm gonna go sacrifice family time.
03:46 I'm gonna go sacrifice personal time to try and be ready and
03:49 give my all for this team to get in the winning card.
03:51 That's it.
03:51 I know I can look at 13, I can look at 94, 56, at 4, 70.
03:58 It just gotta trickle down to everybody.
04:00 Everybody gotta have the same mentality.
04:01 >> Is that a message you felt like everybody needed to hear?
04:03 >> I think DeMario kinda said it lightly, but
04:06 I think it needs to be elaborated on.
04:09 Cuz we keep having this conversation about preparation and
04:13 guys gotta execute and this and that.
04:15 And it's like, well, okay, well, if it's not happening,
04:18 then what's the next conversation?
04:21 You can't just keep saying that.
04:23 >> Is it fair to say you're asking for accountability right now from everybody?
04:27 >> I'm accountable.
04:27 I'm gonna be accountable.
04:28 That's the only, I give accountability.
04:30 You know what I'm saying?
04:31 I'm accountable.
04:32 You can count on me.
04:34 So everybody gotta be able to raise their hand and say you can count on me.
04:36 And if you can't, it's a question.
04:39 That might need to be the message.
04:41 Can I count on you?
04:43 If you can't raise your hand and say you're doing everything that you can do to
04:45 be ready and we can count on you to play and give your all,
04:48 then that's where we need to start.
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