2024-25 Duke Basketball: Coach K Speaks to Team!

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Summary

TLDRThis motivational speech is directed towards Duke basketball players, focusing on the prestigious reputation and brand of Duke basketball. It emphasizes the importance of preparation, not relying solely on past achievements or tradition to win, but rather on the readiness to prepare for success. Players are urged to focus on practices both on and off the court, taking responsibility for wellness, diet, and networking with the team. The speaker highlights three main pillars for success: rigorous preparation, maintaining a 'next play' mentality, and becoming the best defensive team. Examples of Kobe Bryant and LeBron James exemplify great preparation. Emphasis is placed on continuous talk and positioning on defense. The speech concludes with a challenge to end the season with personal pride in fulfilling these commitments.

Takeaways

  • 🏀 Embrace the reputation of Duke basketball.
  • 🛡️ Prioritize preparation over mere will to win.
  • 🧠 Adopt the 'next play' mindset—focus on what's next.
  • 👥 Engage in continuous communication during games.
  • 💪 Top success requires both mental and physical preparation.
  • 📈 Aim to be the most prepared and best talking team.
  • 🏆 Strive to be the best defensive team in the country.
  • 🤝 Recognize and appreciate the support team members.
  • 🔥 Use challenges as motivation and grow stronger from them.
  • 🏅 Finish the season with personal pride and growth.

Timeline

  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    The speaker emphasizes the importance of preparation in building a remarkable sports brand like Duke basketball. He recalls advice from his own coach, Bob Knight, highlighting that while the will to win is common, the true differentiator is the will to prepare to win. He encourages the athletes to focus on preparation when not with their coaches, including their habits and interactions outside practice. He conveys that managers and trainers are crucial aids in this preparation process. The speaker recounts experiences with top basketball players Kobe Bryant and LeBron James, noting their dedication to preparation off the court as key to their success.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:13:30

    The speaker talks about embracing the pressure of being a sought-after team, indicated by having a target on their back, which encourages competition and improvement. He advises utilizing the 'next play' mindset—focusing on continuous thinking and communication to handle mistakes and stay present. He stresses the importance of defense and the team's potential to be the best defensive team through effective communication, which he argues leads to broader defensive coverage. The speaker wishes the team to be the best in defense, communication, and preparation, encouraging personal pride in their commitment and achievements through hard work and mental fortitude.

Mind Map

Video Q&A

  • What is emphasized as crucial for success?

    Preparation, defense, and a next-play mentality are emphasized as crucial.

  • Who is giving the speech?

    A coach or authority figure involved with Duke basketball.

  • What tradition is being talked about?

    The tradition of Duke basketball as a leading college sports brand.

  • What should players focus on besides technique?

    Mental preparation, communication, and team support.

  • What is "next play" mentality?

    Focusing on the present moment and future actions instead of dwelling on past mistakes.

  • Who are the examples of great preparers mentioned?

    Kobe Bryant and LeBron James are mentioned as great preparers.

  • How important is talking on defense?

    Talking is key to being effective on defense and maintaining a wide stance.

  • Why is there a bull's eye on Duke basketball?

    Because of the brand's reputation, making them the team to beat.

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    uh and
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    welcome you know welcome to the
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    Brotherhood uh but welcome to the best
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    brand in college
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    sports the best
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    brand uh as good a tradition as there is
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    in in in any sport
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    worldwide Duke
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    basketball and the people that were
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    responsible for
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    that set in your seats
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    uh not all the time because when billis
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    was here we uh we didn't have a practice
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    facility and and he really needed it by
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    the way and uh uh but uh uh now you're
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    in those
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    seats uh it's uh it's an awesome
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    opportunity uh to be uh to be a part of
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    something better than anyone
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    else and uh
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    but as you start your year and that was
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    a good workout really good workout
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    competitive you know you guys are
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    working hard on that but
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    uh uh you're not going to
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    win uh because of our tradition or our
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    brand uh and don't assume that you just
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    have it because you
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    don't that doesn't mean you can't have
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    it but you have to recognize what
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    created the brand and the
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    tradition uh there were I'm going to
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    tell you about three of the things that
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    helped make the brand and make the
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    tradition the very first thing is
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    preparation um I was fortunate uh to
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    play for one of the greatest coaches of
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    all time coach Bob Knight he was
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    brilliant uh uh he ran hard practices
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    too and uh one of the things he he said
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    that I believe in and really uh built my
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    career as a coach on it was uh the very
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    first thing
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    preparation uh obviously like today you
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    had the will to win
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    right everyone you're going to play
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    against is going to have the will to win
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    you you're going to want to
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    win but the most important thing is to
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    have the will to prepare to win
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    preparation to win is much more
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    important than the will to win but if
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    you combine the preparation to win and
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    the will to win I get chills thinking
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    about it you got a chance man you got a
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    chance but the preparation is hard
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    obviously when you're here the coaches
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    are in charge you're competitive and
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    whatever right today was probably good
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    preparation you know uh
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    uh what do you do before you get
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    here you that's what the great players
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    the great teams do what do you do when
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    you're not not here with the coaches you
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    know how do you
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    eat how do you sleep who do you hang
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    with you know it's all important and
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    when you do come in here because of
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    restrictions and hours and that who else
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    helps you
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    prepare yeah uh some uh the managers out
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    there help
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    you do you know their
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    names when they come in do you say
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    thanks you know do you treat them as
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    equals because they are and they're an
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    important part of your
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    preparation before you go to the
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    training room before
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    practice does someone have to beg you to
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    do what you're supposed to do or do you
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    just do it in other words are you one
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    with Nick and
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    Jose you yeah after a workout there's
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    before there's recovery how do you
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    recover you know uh I mean I've coached
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    some of the best teams in college
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    basketball and the greatest players but
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    I also coached the US team for 11 years
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    and they were the greatest players and
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    the two best preparers were Kobe Bryant
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    and LeBron James and LeBron learned how
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    to prepare even better from Kobe you
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    know what they did off the court put
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    them in a
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    position to be
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    great they didn't wait till they got on
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    the court they did the things necessary
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    to prepare them and you guys better be
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    prepared uh because there's a bull's eye
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    on
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    you you know everyone you play against
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    it'll be that kids and that programs
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    most important
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    game count on it count on it they want
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    the brand they want the TR they want and
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    you walk into the
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    gym boom they want
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    you that's a privilege to have the Bulls
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    Eye on you you because you know what by
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    them coming at you just like today the
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    most important thing that I saw today
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    was you made each other better
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    you competed against each other you
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    cannot get there alone so you want this
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    level of competition so at these other
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    teams come on
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    man we're okay with the we're okay with
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    the bulls side we like the bull we like
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    the bulli but you better be prepared for
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    it and probably the last 25 years uh our
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    program uh our program including the
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    last two years is our program and uh we
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    we probably won 70% of our away games
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    which is probably better than most or
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    anybody in 75% of those games when we
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    lost they stormed the
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    court when you're on the road one of the
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    best feelings and the guys who played
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    you know is to silence the
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    crowd damn right we have the B I and by
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    the way your fans are leaving at the 3
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    minute
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    Mark every once while remember those
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    timeouts where you just say time out
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    what do you want coach I said I just
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    want you to look in the stands these are
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    leaving and a big smile gets across
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    because that those will be some of the
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    moments that you're going to enjoy the
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    most you enjoy the most but preparation
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    is is a key the second thing want to
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    tell you is that we have a a thing here
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    we call next
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    play you know uh you got to be the next
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    play is the play that you're going to be
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    in so whatever you've done doesn't mean
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    crap it's what you're going to do and
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    our game is
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    continuous just like your PR offense
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    defense until Jay Robert will make a bad
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    call and stop the the
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    clock by the way I made more notes on on
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    their port performance today and I'm
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    sure you guys all agree with it right
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    there's just some of the horrendous
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    calls and you know come on yeah a
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    couple yeah yeah they should have gotten
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    you for Golding a couple times but no
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    they don't and uh uh but uh next play
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    means uh basketball favors and the
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    player and the team that's are
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    continuous thinkers you don't get time
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    in between pitches or snaps or or
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    whatever and so whatever you just did
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    was important then but it's not
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    important now and the best way to get to
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    next play is to talk and actually today
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    was not bad with talk uh there was some
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    good talk but you need to talk all all
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    the time and be in the moment you know
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    our game is about Great Moments right
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    it'd be damn it'd be a damn shame if you
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    weren't ready for the moment because you
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    were thinking about what you just did
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    right and you're in control of that and
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    what it is it it it's uh it's mental
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    toughness yeah there's physical
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    toughness and there's mental toughness
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    but I you're going to make a mistake I
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    missed a
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    shot you you can't be thinking about the
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    Miss or the make you got to be thinking
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    about the rebound the defense or
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    whatever the hell you're going to do and
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    if you don't do that then a guy who
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    thinks quicker than you is going to beat
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    you even if you're more talented than
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    him so the next play mentality and talk
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    is the key thing and I I was actually
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    very encouraged today with with with
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    talk because usually teams are silent
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    you guys were were pretty good with that
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    but you got to be good with it all the
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    time the third thing is defense
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    I know you're going to practice a lot of
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    offense and that uh and and you're going
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    to practice a lot of
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    Defense if you want to win this whole
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    thing be the best defensive team in the
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    country and you have an opportunity to
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    do that uh you're you're tall you're
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    deep and you're you're
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    athletic uh you know what you're not yet
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    you're not
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    wide like the best defensive teams are
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    wide you and you know how you get
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    wide by
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    talking yeah yeah if you're just playing
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    or standing and you're not talking your
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    arms go down I've watched you on defense
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    quite a bit today and whenever someone
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    was talking they were like this it's
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    Human Nature
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    you know you're like this and as soon as
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    you start talk right your arms go out
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    you know and so who's in charge of
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    that you and if you're wide then your
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    first step is going to be stronger and
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    longer your reaction's going to be
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    quicker right because you're not waiting
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    for something to happen by talking
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    you're anticipating that it's going to
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    happen and so my wish for you and uh
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    coach sh WS me come a few more workouts
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    in that I'll be watching how you
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    progress uh my wish for you is to be the
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    best defensive team in the
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    country the second wish and we talked
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    about this with every one of our teams
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    right SE well with that you guys we
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    wanted to be the best talking team not
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    trash
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    talking we we can let our our actions
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    will prove who we are you know and the
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    third thing I wish is that you'll be the
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    most
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    prepared we can control the coaches and
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    that the
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    second the the two things defense and
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    talk by
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    practicing the preparation you have to
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    control and it has to have to have
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    discipline and it has to you have to be
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    motivated to do it and I'll tell you
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    what if you do it you're going to feel
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    really damn
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    good you know you're not only going to
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    be better physically and me and when I
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    talk about that it's not just physical
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    it's
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    mental like who you're hanging with if
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    there's a problem if you guys have a
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    problem you need to let somebody know
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    about it or you're worried about
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    something can I talk in other words a
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    clear head a clean motivated
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    body talking and Def and we got
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    it but that preparation is going to mean
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    commitment you know I want you uh I
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    guess my final wish is that when this
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    season is over
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    obviously uh we want to win the national
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    championship but I would hope that you
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    would have a quiet
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    moment where the season's over and
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    you're looking at a practice jersey or
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    whatever in your room and and you say to
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    yourself I'm really proud of
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    me
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    you I made that commitment to prepare I
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    made that commitment to talk I made that
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    commitment to play
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    defense I'm damn proud of myself you be
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    proud of yourself and we'll be proud of
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    you and and welcome and have fun all
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    right thanks all right
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    [Music]
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    [Applause]
Tags
  • Duke basketball
  • preparation
  • teamwork
  • defense
  • next play mentality
  • brand prestige
  • mental toughness
  • communication
  • athlete wellness
  • success mindset