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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