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Cooley, Cotton, Batts, Henton, Harris, Fortune, Desrosiers Press Conference and Quotes from 3/20/14 #pcbb
THE MODERATOR: We’re joined now by Providence College student athletes, Bryce Cotton, Kadeem Batts, and LaDontae Henton:
Q. Hi, Bryce. How much is your ability to stay on the court for so long and be so productive have to do with your mental makeup and just putting your mind that I’m going to do it and never backing down from getting tired or losing your stamina?
BRYCE COTTON: Basically, our team has had to endure this for three straight years, and we’ve always had a short roster. So it’s something that our team hasn’t had to grow accustomed to.
We’re used to it, so we do a good job training our bodies throughout the preseason, and we hope for the best when the real season comes.
Q. Can you talk a little, LaDontae, about the experience of being at the NCAAs? I know it’s a realization of a dream for all of you guys to be here, and you’ve only been here a little over 24 hours, but does this feel different yet?
LaDONTAE HENTON: It has a great feel to it, bonding with my brothers and having a good time with them. Things like this, going into an interview with these guys. It’s just a great experience. We believe we’ll be able to do this during the season. But now that it came true, I’m just happy to be here.
Q. For any of you or all of you, going back to the first half practice, what are the odds that you would be sitting here at this moment and in this tournament?
LaDONTAE HENTON: Like I said before, me and the guys we talk about it all the time during the summer and during the training season, preseason, we knew we’d be able to be here if we just put our mind to it, and we bonded as a team, and we did that. We had great leaders in Bryce Cotton and Kadeem Batts, and they led us to this point.
BRYCE COTTON: Just feeding off of what LaDontae said, we’ve had the same vision from day one, and even though we’ve had a lot of ups and downs and faced a lot of adversity, our team is full of fighters and we never give up. We always believe at the end of the day that we’d get to the top of that mountain.
KADEEM BATTS: Just to add to what they’ve said. We’ve stuck together as a group and preached family all season, and we’ve been a family.
Q. Guys, was there a moment in the season that you thought, wow, we could really do this? Was there a seminal moment in there where you started thinking what you were going through today was completely possible? Kadeem, start with you, if you want?
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Ed Cooley Introductory Press Conference: “We’re Gonna Stand On Top of (the Big East) One Day.” #pcbb
You may not recognize him since he has lost the equivalent to half a person since this press conference happened but you will recognize his incredible passion, emotion and fire. I guarantee this 8 minute video will give you chills.
2:11 mark – “Not only will we win here, not only do I believe we’re gonna win here, but we’re gonna win and we’re gonna win big.”
2:48 mark – “Make sure you have a ticket as we go through this journey…The writers that are here…we need you to have positive articles about our development. There’s gonna be some bumps in the road. That’s what it’s about. That’s why you enjoy the journey. If you sprint right to the top you can’t look behind you and see how far you’ve come. Let’s do this thing the right way, piece by piece, brick by brick. We want to become the most dominant, most physical, most disciplined team, not this year, not next year, every year. That’s who we want to become.”
4:26 mark – “Once we understand that this is a family, once we understand that this is a community, once we understand that we will absolutely set this place on fire and if you’re late, don’t come in. Don’t come in.”
5:25 mark – (to the players) “Make your free throws. Make sure we go to class. You will be the example. You will be the kings. You all will be somebody that young men would want to become. I wanted to be a Providence College Friar. I wasn’t good enough. One of my teammates was, Abdul Abdullah. I hope he’s in here. I think Abdul won a Big East Championship if I don’t stand correct. We don’t want one, we don’t want two, we don’t want three, as long as I’m here, I want em all. And that can start as easy as tomorrow, that can start today. You have to have a goal, have to have a vision. But you have to do that collectively. Players are everything to me.”
7:26 mark – “We’ll get this done. It’s not gonna be easy. We play in the toughest conference in the country. But we’re gonna stand on top of that conference one day. And if you believe it, you’ll see it. If you see it, you’ll do it. If you want to be part of it, make sure you go buy a season ticket. Thank you.”
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