What did Nick Saban tell the basketball team?
What did Nick Saban tell the basketball team?
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00:00 For all three players, I think Samen spoke to you guys yesterday.
00:03 Just what were some of the key messages that you got from him?
00:07 Starting from him.
00:09 >> He just told us the real, he's had a bunch of successful teams,
00:14 so he told us what he tells those teams.
00:17 And he just said, he's coached a lot of pros, different sport, but same idea.
00:21 So he just said, what do you wanna do?
00:24 Get to where you wanna go.
00:25 When he speaks, you just take everything in, cuz he's a legend,
00:30 a living legend, so you just take everything he says and
00:35 apply it to your own personal life.
00:37 So talk about building better habits, being disciplined, stuff like that.
00:39 Same stuff you always really talk about, but it's just whenever it's in front of
00:43 your face, you take it more in and take it a lot more serious.
00:46 So very appreciative that he came, and
00:49 I was glad I was able to see him speak in front of my face.
00:52 >> I'll say, he talked about being a beast.
00:59 You gotta do the thing, everybody wanna win, but
01:03 nobody was really wanting to do what it takes to win.
01:05 And that's something I really looked for and took from him.
01:09 >> And then I would say he gave us the Kobe story.
01:12 Kobe came and spoke to the team about a year ago,
01:15 two years ago, before he passed away.
01:18 And he just gave us a story that stuck with us, all of us, basically, being a beast.
01:25 What Riley said too, how do you wanna get there?
01:28 How do you wanna do it?
01:29 Everybody does something, but they don't know what it takes to actually be one of
01:33 the greats and give us that story.
01:36 It was a blessing for us, and then also having him come speak,
01:39 we just take it and just run with that.
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