Coach Alfred “AJ” Williams
@CoachAJWMS
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Head MBB Coach Xavier University of Louisiana- (5🏆in 7 years) 5 NAIA Appearances in 7 years. GOD IS LOVE. Greenville, SC Boy - #XULA ’08
New Orleans, LA
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Last night, I reached my 100th win as a Collegiate Head Coach. So thankful for my staff and players for believing in the vision and allowing me to push them to be better men and women! This wouldn’t be possible w/o my family supporting my dreams and a Wife that anchors me down!
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To all the student-athletes out there... it’s ok to post your D2, D3, NAIA, and Juco offers also.
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Over 3K in the arena tonight...
I felt the floor shaking! Best atmosphere I’ve been apart of in a long time! S/o to
@XULA1925
student body and alumni for your energy!
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Stop feeling like you are entitled to anything in this life. You have to work hard for everything you get in this world. Do us all a favor, put your head down and work you butt off! Hard work gets rewarded, but here’s the secret, it’s not instant! Can’t put work in the microwave!
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So recently, I heard from a coach that coaches a kid that we offered about 1 year ago. Pretty much he’s only offer, but because I’m not a D1 offer, tells another coach he doesn’t have any offers! Now that I think about it, he’s absolutely right!
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When hard work..works… super proud of my guys! I push them pretty hard to be the best versions of themselves. They put in the work and to see these smiles on their faces, it was all worth it! Love my guys!!
#aintnothingbutalittlework
#itsaworkday
Xavier Men’s Basketball — 2023 Conference Tournament Champions
#FeelTheRush
#TeamGold
#xula
#RingSzn
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First back to back Tournament Championship since 81-82! What more can I say.. Player of the Year, Freshman of the Year, First and Second team All Conference, First Team All Defense, MVP of Tournament, and Tournament Champs! A year to remember!
#teamgold
Great second-half start by
#XULA
men's basketball paves the way to a second consecutive
#GCAC
Tournament championship and an automatic bid to
#NAIA
nationals.
#TeamGold
#HailAllHailXU
#NAIATogether
#NAIAMBB
@labball
@NAIAHoopsReport
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Outstanding effort tonight!! I couldn’t be more happier for this team! Ain’t nothing but alittle WOOOOORRRRRKKKKK!
@XUGOLDRUSH
@xulagold
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Why not Xavier??? Great education, Great home court advantage, Great Arena, and Winning Championships on the court and Degrees off the court in one of the Best Cities (New Orleans) in the country! It’s the full eXperience!
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Recruits… info for the memory bank… that offer or offers that your trying to stack like Pringles… there is someone out that that’s really..REALLY wants that opportunity! Don’t hold coaches hostage wishing on a star!
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When you realize that no moment is too big for you or any situation is too small, that’s why you have true success! When you leading by example, these are the moments that show your team who you really are! It’s called WORK!!
This is the type of coach I’d want my kid playing for 💯
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Assisant coaches, graduate assistant coaches, and inspiring coaches… keep grinding! Hard work still works! Don’t dumb down your work ethic, visions, ambitions, or hungry to anyone!! It’s a gift from God! Use your talents to go and impact young people positively!
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So proud of these boys! Literally started from the bottom! 10-20 our first year and 2 years later, Regular Season and Tournament Champs. We always talk about leaving a legacy!! You guys have done that! We not done yet!!
FIRST CONFERENCE CHAMPS IN 25 YEARS!!! WE MADE HISTORY!!! RING US💍❤️🏆
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What if College Basketball had a mid season trade deadline? 🧐🧐🧐
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My team strong!!! So proud of y’all! Back to back Tournament Champs! I can’t say enough about these student athletes! I asked them what are you willing to give up to get this Championship? They put the work in and it feels so good! 💍 me please!
Back to Back Champs! Hasn’t been done since ‘81! One as a Player, one as a Coach😤😤😤
#talktomenice
#CoachLil
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Run your own race!
As a competitor, it’s easy to look around and see what others are doing or has going on. Stay in your lane and run your own race! God has you right where you need to be. It may feel uncomfortable, not as sexy, but that’s when God does his best work!
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There’s a level of discipline that comes with being great! You have to be willing to give up everything, sacrificing time and energy, and most importantly, working tirelessly to earn everything that you’ve worked for. Earn it!
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Recruits..(Transfers, High School, Post Grad, and Juco) make sure you’re making sound decisions based on what YOU want in a University, Program, Playing style, Coaching Style, Player Development, and Socially. As mentors, we have to do a better job of advising our kids
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Be who you are.. Someone somewhere is looking for exactly what you have to offer! Continue to work and know..you're great enough!!!
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Opportunities become available because of the sacrifice and commitment to give up everything else to chase a vision that’s not seen by others. Dream endlessly, chase fearlessly, and work tirelessly! The dream is free, the pursuit is challenging, but the work is all will!
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Couldn’t do it without my staff and definitely without my players! They make me look good!!
@JeffDixonII
@XULACoachTyrone
Xavier head coach
@CoachAJWMS
is one of the most underrated coaches in the NAIA! Just continues to get it done at XULA!!
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Just continue to do the work. A lot of basketball left. Proud of the way they responded today. Adversity really exposes character. But it’s also an opportunity to grow.
5-0 on the road this season when scoring 80-or-more points.
#TeamGold
#HailAllHailXU
#NAIAMBB
#HBCU
#XULA
@labball
@yardtalkhbcu
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Become a person who deposits more than you withdraw! Most people always wants something! Be that person who’s a gracious giver, helping others succeed and reach goals, vs that person always willing to take. Takers don’t have a limit! Be a giver and watch how your cup over flows!
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If you’re reading this, go and make the most out of today! Yesterday can’t help you.. no need to hold on to it. Let it go! God has given us another opportunity to get it right! Be thankful and make today count!
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Teaching life lessons through the game of basketball is such a privilege. Don’t take for granted the impact you have on your student-athletes, because forming habits that translate to college, prepares them for life. Make sure they pulling from good wells!
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🚨 🚨 Xavier University of LA Men’s Basketball camp Sept 2🚨🚨 camp info coming out today!! Hoopers get ready! Should have a great turn out this year!
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Looking forward to the opportunity!
Big Easy Coaches Conference is getting close and we’re excited to have Xavier University Head Coach AJ Williams as a speaker June 1-2 in New Orleans.
NETWORK. LEARN. BUILD
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Unbelievable turnout from our Elite Camp this year. 50 plus kids…just WOW! I truly believe our campers got better today. When you putting out results, people will follow. Big shoutout to my staff for the work today and pumping the camp out, couldn’t be done without them.
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It starts with the dream, the dream turns into the reality, the reality turns into the process, the process turns into the progress, the progress is developed bc of the process, which helps to create the reality, and in the end, fulfills the dream. It all comes full ⭕️!
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Never get blinded by the NOW…that you forget about the lessons you learned along the journey. Things happen for a reason… losses aren’t losses, they are learned lessons..embrace the LESSON, so you can be better equipped when it really counts!
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Completing the regular season at 21-5, with all the adversity that we dealt with this season, is nothing short of amazing. So proud of this teams efforts! Thankful for such amazing fans
@XULA1925
@xulagold
@XGoldmine
@xula_cheer
@XulaGoldStarDT
@xulagoldengirls
@XulaGoldenSound
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Things to remember...
The things that you take for granted, are the same things someone has been praying for! Value those who make it a priority to value you!
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Make the best out of every situation! Sometimes the storm that your going through is just temporary. Just like the seasons, transition will always happen! The question is, how do you adapt? Head down and work!
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Who encourages the encourager?? All fans of Coaches….just make sure you shoot them a text and see how they doing! A simple “What’s up coach? How you doing? Just checking on you!” text goes a long way. Covid has added additional stress into the equation.
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Sometimes I just wish that these Student Athletes worked as hard as they keep their social media platforms poppin! Coaches can’t want it more than you do. 🤷🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️
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And NAIA Coaches! There are some coaches outside of D1 that can really coach! Doing more( lead recruiter, player development, director of operations, advance scouting, video editing, counseling, problem solving, fundraising, bus driver, camp director..etc) with less and winning!
Tobin Anderson after First Four win on how more D-II coaches need opportunities:
“There’s a lot of guys out there who are Division II coaches doing very well. If I can help with that trend at all, I'd be very proud of that because there's a lot of guys who deserve that.”
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We have to do better! The hardest thing to do is to build up our youth. The easiest thing to do is to tear them down. If you’re not adding, your subtracting! Pour love, guidance, and wisdom to help turn our youth into adults. We’re the last line of defense COACHES!
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As a Basketball Coach, what we have in common is our passion for the game of 🏀. Be thankful for the impact you have in your SA’s lives bc this is one of the most important moments in their lives. Our obligation is the development of young people! They need it more than ever!
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Man!!! What a game!
Our student body
@_MeUandXU
@XULA1925
was on 🔥🔥tonight! We needed you’re energy and y’all came up big! Great team win!
Just when they doubted us we prove em wrong Again ! Our Gold rush with the game winning dunk by Rayshawn Mart,
#3
, defeats William Carey 74-73.
#TeamGold
#HailAllHailXU
🏀⛹🏾♂️
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Don’t complain why your offers aren’t they way you want them if you’re not being proactive! Do everything within your powers to get yourself in front of coaches you want to play for! Recruiting goes both ways!
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Coaches and Mentors…. Please advise the kids better! They’re trusting you guys with their future! Please educate yourself first and THEN give the proper guidance to making a selection of what school best fits the kid and not u, regardless of level! We must do better! 🤦🏾♂️
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May not be the answer or results you’re looking for, but you’re right where God needs you to be at this moment! Don’t take it for granted... flourish in this opportunity because it could be a test for something greater to come!
#positivevibes
#MondayMood
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Get ready future hoopers……….…. XULA MBB elite basketball camp coming soon! Save the date… Sept 11! Come and get teaching from the staff of the 2x Back to Back Tournament Champs!
More information to come! Bring your game🏀🏀🏀
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Don’t compare your journey, path, position in life to nobody else. God has prepared the vehicle he wants you to drive in. You may not like it right now, but stay the course..continue to work hard and value it! It may look alittle beat up, but to someone else, that’s a Benz! 👀👀
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While everyone trying to one up everybody else…be thankful for the little that you have… because someone is praying and wishing for that little! Thank God for his Grace and Mercy to allow that little!! Go and be great today!
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Sometimes we run, jump, skip, and often hoop to our success. But we know often it doesn’t happen like that.
More than often, we crawl, we limp, and we stumble to the finish line.
All that matters is that we get there. Focus on the small things! Small things adds up to big times
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The pursuit of maximizing all of the talents that God has stored in you and chasing them with all your might is what living is all about. Don’t short yourself bc others don’t see the vision bc it was never their vision from the start. Trust God and run your own race!
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Congratulations coach
@LeVelleMoton
Big time on the 200 wins!
Congratulations To Our Head Coach
@levellemoton
! With Our Victory Tonight He Reached Career Victory Number 2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣!
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When it’s for the team, it’s bigger than you! These are the moments when they tell you to make the sacrifice, for the ultimate goal of winning!
McKennon could have spent the rest of his life telling his children and grandchildren about the time he scored a touchdown in the superbowl. I'm sure he has dreamed of that moment since he was a child, and knows he may never get the opportunity again. Instead, with 1 min left, he
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Still got work to do! 🔒in!!!!
#teamgold
XULA picked as favorite in 2020-21 GCAC men's basketball
story:
#TeamGold
#HailAllHailXU
#NAIATogether
#NAIAMBB
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Be great today! The best version of yourself is always the greatest!
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You are who you are before you got here!!! Love it coach!!
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Focus on your own journey and self improvement. Everyone has a race to run. You can’t be your best, looking at someone else run their race! Lock in and focus on being the best version of yourself!
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Playing at a great NAIA is better than sitting at a D1, D2, D3, or Juco. Go get stats, win, Graduate, and a chance to play pro!
ATTENTION PROSPECTS:
Playing at a mid-major is better than sitting at a high major…
Playing at a D2 is better than sitting at a D1…
Playing at a D3 is better than sitting as a partial or non-scholarship D2…
🗣…playing is better than sitting, regardless of level.
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This still gives me goose bumps! So excited to GET to coach a talent such as Wayne! Can’t wait!!!
110% committed to
@XUGOLDRUSH
Thanks to
@XULACoachTyrone
and
@CoachAJWMS
for believing in my talent!!🖤💛
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Keep them wondering what’s going on! The less they hear, the more they wonder! Head down and work... you’ll know when to come up for air!
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Ignore the noise, focus on the small details, and put your head down and work your butt off! Talking is easy, but actions speaks louder than any word that comes out your mouth. Embrace the grind and love the struggle!
#MondayMotivaton
(Sorry isn’t so late)
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Continue to grind and work as if you’re close to losing it! When you work on the edge, you never lose focus of the things that’s important. Day one attitude!
#MondayMotivation
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Very hard place to win! Last win in Little Rock was the 2014 season! Lost our composure a few times during the game, but we fought through and secured the win. The grind continues!
#teamgold
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Same for coaches… if the Potential Student Athlete isn’t a good fit, it’s ok to tell them it’s not happening here, so they can move on! The communication is a two way street! Which lane are you driving in??🧐🧐🏎🏎💨💨
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Don’t get distracted by the noise around you! Remember when it’s a lot of noise, it’s to distract you from what you’re suppose to be doing. Stay focus and keep grinding!
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Throughout all the struggles, sacrifice, time committed, and loneliness, the two things that should always remain consistent is your commitment to yourself and the why, but most importantly, the Character that blossoms through adversity and always finds room to shine!
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Hard win on the road! Very poise group that keep fighting after getting hit with blow after blow of adversity. We definitely grow a lot as a team tonight.
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Leave your mark! The way you make people feel along your journey is what they will remember the most! As a Coach, I’m always thinking about the impact I’m leaving on my players! I hope at the end of the day, they know Coach loves them very much!
#LeaveYourMark
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WOW!!! Just WOW!!! Thank you for such an honor. My staff, players, and administrators make me look good with all their hard work and dedication. To be recognized for such a selfless job is very humbling. Thank you again!
Congratulations to the
@HoopDirt
/
@JustPlaySS
🏀Coach of the Week winners for Week 5 of the college basketball season 🏆🏆🏆
Winners can be found here ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Message for today:
Never get tired of winning! Winning is a mindset. Winning starts with your habits and your preparation. Your preparation breeds confidence, which leads to your preparedness to attack the task at hand.
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Those who are blessed with the gifts are usually not the hardest workers.. but usually those who work the hardest, are blessed with the most gifts.
Relying on your God giving gifts is nothing without hard work! You must put the work in to get the blessings!
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13 days into the New Year… The devil has been busy, but God!!! Keep trusting and believing… he’s working and preparing you for something bigger than you can imagine. Don’t let pitfalls stop your from climbing the mountains you’re suppose to conquer in 2023!
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Appreciate Student body of
@xulagold
@XULA1925
@Xula_GoldstarDT
@xula_cheer
@XUgoldengirlpom
for the support last night. Let’s make it bigger next Monday!
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It’s amazing that most folks who figure out how to do hard better, those are the ones who has success! You must do the uncommon stuff to set you apart from everyone else. Go be great and be uncommon!
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@BootKreweMedia
Meanwhile Xavier MBB and WBB teams are winning. Two Big road conference wins. Both teams are getting national recognition in the latest basketball Polls. MBB-
#22
and WBB- Receiving votes.
We got you New Orleans!
@xulagold
@xulambb
@XULA1925
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Let’s go!! Appreciate the opportunity and looking forward to it!
Xavier University (Louisiana) Coach AJ Williams will be speaking at Big Easy Coaches Conference: Network, Learn and Socialize.
📍New Orleans
Details:
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My staff and players making me look good! Thanks to all of
@xulagold
and
@XULA1925
admins for trusting me to continue to build on the already solid foundation! Still work to be done!
#teamgold
Making the list of top coaches: Alfred Williams of
@XUGOLDRUSH
. In 2019-20: 27-6 record,
@GCACInfo
season, tournament titles, No. 10 in final
#NAIA
D-I poll, school-record 254 made 3s.
#TeamGold
#HailAllHailXU
#NAIATogether
#NAIAMBB
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When you got peace, you just move differently!
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Appreciate the opportunity to speak about Xavier Basketball. Had alot of fun!
Xavier(LA) Head Basketball Coach A.J Williams
@CoachAJWMS
did a zoom interview with
#GSportz
talking about his success the last 3 seasons, recruiting Louisiana kids, & more.
Full Interview⬇️⬇️
➡️➡️
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The energy that you put out, is going to be the energy that you receive back! Stay positive, work hard, and trust the work is going to show! Timing is everything and anything worth having, you have to work hard for and a level of sacrifice is required!
#Motivation
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Congratulations and no surprise here!! Thanks for setting the tone! I’m striving to be on this list someday soon!
If we don’t SUPPORT our own, who will?
TOP 10 BLACK HEAD COACHES NCAA D1 MEN’S BASKETBALL
@SLAMonline
@MarchMadnessMBB
*According to Overall Record*
IT’S TIME TO CELEBRATE:
@CoachSampsonUH
/
@UHCougarMBK
@UHCougars
@UNC_Basketball
/
@GoHeels
@CoachLParis
/
@GamecockMBB
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The plan and purpose is always bigger than you could ever think. Continue to stay the course, build daily principles that turns into habits. Once habits are formed, it becomes a way of life!
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Winning is hard! When you win consistently, people think it’s easy! Winning is difficult, but winning on the road is even harder! Double OT victory against a very good Paul Quinn team. This team battles! Had every reason to quit, but we found a way! Building Championships habits!
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When you have a culture, that toughness, and that grit, you’re never out of a game. Miami is a tough matchup for Boston! And Jimmy Butler is a DUDE!
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Yes sir!!! Welcome to the family!! Great addition to our team!
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When you’ve worked as hard as you possibly can, the only thing left to do is trust the training! Trust yourself and the training that you put in, that you will conquer any obstacles that come your way! Head down and work!
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Keep pushing through the uncomfortable times! On the other side of uncomfortable, is success!
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