Walter & Alijah Share Why They Weren't Scared Being Down In March Madness

Hey, y'all mind if we get through a couple fan questions, y'all? We got a lot of them because y'all want a natty. For Elijah and Walter, what's the biggest difference in changing schools, going from mid-major to SEC? FAU to Florida. Well, first of all, you need me to answer that? It's FAU to Florida. But go ahead, answer the question. Hey, Mark. Go ahead, answer the question. Yeah, why are you trying FAU like that, yo? That's what I'm saying. Hey, juggled a Final Four? Juggled a Final Four? Hey, Mark, I don't want it. Did y'all go to Final Four? We won, too. hey man i don't want no smoke but god damn mr gators don't do me like that i'm just saying you're right but the biggest difference was like um i was with fau four years so i was comfortable i knew those guys but um transition to florida you know you had to get out to the comfort zone and get to know new people um establish yourself as a leader as well um i mean that's that's just some of the details or whatever but there's a lot more that comes with it but you know anybody basically let them know you're a dog you're gonna do what you do anywhere that way that That's what he's saying. That's what he's saying. It ain't matter. It ain't matter. Drop me off like a Navy SEAL and I'm going to eat. That's what he's saying. Walt, what did he say? Iona to Florida, what you got? The speed of the game was definitely different at the SEC level compared to Iona. Me personally, I think the biggest difference between mid-major and high-major for real is the bigs. But our big man at Iona, Nelly Jr. Joseph, shout-out to my boy. He was great. He ended up going to Mexico. He was a high-major big also, but just the speed of the game and just the big man, you know, their physicality. I think that was the biggest difference. Not an Iona team. Athleticism, too. Shout-out to Coach Pitino. How was that? How was that playing for Pitino? Hold on. Gangster. How was that playing for Pitino? Hold on. Had that, Dennis Jenkins, and then the old, who did you just say went to New Mexico? Nelly, Junior, Joseph. Man, we had a squad. If we didn't, Barry, Gene, Luis, if we didn't draw UConn first round, I think we could have won some games for sure. And then FAU goes to Final Four. Yeah, y'all had a squad, too, now. I ain't talking ----. Damn, we was old boy went to Arkansas, too. We had some dogs over there. Old boy went to Arkansas. Yeah, yeah. Old boy went to Michigan. I like Michigan. Black, Nick, G. You had the big fella that went to Michigan? Yeah, I like Black. Brandon, I can keep going, man. It was deep, dog. Yeah, y'all both was loaded, man. I'm out here with Black. So let me ask you a question. Both of y'all, why not football? Why not football? Because both of y'all could have played football, right? Why not? Yeah. Football practices ain't enjoyable for me. I ain't want to do the footwork drills I ain't want to be in the sun I'm going to be honest I just love the game of basketball more Yeah, I mean I ain't like the sun either But I was more invested in basketball In the summertime I did AAU I'd maybe do like one football camp Or Rivals camp or something like that But when I look back I was really more invested in basketball So I had to go with that one for sure Still got the mentality though Still carry the mentality The dog mentality Gotta keep it Yeah Yeah At Heat Muse, what went on in that locker room at halftime when you were down versus Auburn and Houston? Yeah, talk to us. Yeah, I need to know. I ain't going to lie. Like, everybody think Gold will be spazzing. Gold don't be spazzing like that. Nah. He spaz on the court. He'll spaz on the court. When we get in the back, he chill. Really? Because Coach Hartman, he'll come in there and spaz on you. People don't know Coach Hartman. He's the one that come in there and spaz on you. When Coach Hartman say something, it's love. You know what I'm saying? Like, we listening and we locked in. But, you know, both those times, you know, Coach Hartman had to get on up. Coach Hartman definitely going to come in there and spaz the show. But, honestly, man, we just went in there, you know, went over to our checklist. You know, we didn't do this well enough. We didn't do that well enough. You know, Coach Golden, he tried to keep the energy up. But, man, everybody really just walked in. It was like, man, lock in. Like, we tripping. And then after we say that, everybody come out second half and we lock back in. Oh, so they cold. They wasn't even worried. This is another day At the office For them boys Every time we've been down We wasn't like shaky We wasn't a little worried You know Like half the time We just You know We chilling We letting our guard down But when we on that walk Back to the court That's when you gotta You know what I'm saying Go to those reminders In your head What you gotta do To win this game And that's what we do So as you guys are training I know one thing The NBA loves to do Is they like to compare People to other people He can be this In the league He can be that guy In the league is there anybody that you're looking at and you're saying okay i want to pattern myself after this guy i want to take something from this guy this is the kind of guy i want to emulate when i want to get into the league is there guys that you're looking at and y'all saying okay this is the guy who i'm gonna try to pattern myself after i ain't gonna say there's no specific guy for me i kind of i said this a couple weeks ago but i like taking like bits and pieces from different people's games like i love the way drew guard you know obviously i need to be better on that end you know just being more consistent i love the way drew guard donovan mitchell with all the different footworks whenever he get inside the paint you know um guys like garland even luca the way they just using their uh their shoulders putting it into people's body you know just physicality so just trying to take like different things from different guards um i'll say my comparison um i say early in the league probably davion mitchell towards like the breaking breaking point lou dort and then when i'm at my peak probably like drew holiday yeah but then i also have a game like donovan mitchell or like damian lillard that i can get to for real love it love it i think the good thing that both of you guys did is you named winning basketball players both of y'all they winning basketball players guys that you can't win without that's what i would advise y'all man it's very few years or very few players that have the role that they absolutely want on the team lebron have the role he want luca have the role he want and the other 80 90 percent of us got to play a role to help the team win so whether you be in that star role that's up to your coach but if not you have to be able to help a team win what can you do to help a team win you know I'm saying so I love that y'all named those kind of dudes for sure for sure yeah nah we were saying at the beginning of this year man people was talking about goals and stuff I told you know we was all saying it to each other winning solves gonna solve everybody's problem everybody gonna get where they want to go as long as we winning so yeah I think everybody know y'all story when y'all won the national championship but talk to me about Lake Wales talk to me about you know Mississippi just talk to me about that part of y'all life and y'all upbringing and what drove y'all y'all was some badass kids for sure y'all was some badass kids facts facts and what are you gonna say it depend on who you ask okay well i'm asking you i ain't gonna say i was bad you know i think um i say look what was your mother saying what was your mother saying right now i've seen a little picture of you when you was a kid bro you look like you was bad he's a badass i'm not gonna lie like as a little kid like what we talking like Second grade, I probably, you know what I mean? I don't even remember all that. Yeah, give us an age rank. Give us an age rank. Okay. Middle school. Middle school to high school. Middle school to high school. Oh, no, that's when I locked in on basketball. I was great by that time. We was good. Okay. And I had got enough whoopings that, you know, up to that point. So, you know, I learned my lesson. You know, I was developed enough to understand I didn't want no more whoopings. So, if you was getting whoopings, that means you was cutting up. You say what? If you was getting whoopings, that means you was cutting up. The whoopings ain't hurt. So I was I was I knew right from wrong then so I was just like, you know The man built like an action figure so Whoop his ass. Yeah, which is you gotta beat him with your hand You said built like an action figure I'm just saying bro when we went to watch y'all play I was pointing at you I was looking at my son I said see that's how you want to look I was telling my son at the game see if you can look like that we got a chance nah see I got too much muscles man the referees be messing with me man they be calling fouls on me don't be giving me fouls thinking I can play through it you know don't let up on that keep your foot on the pedal Just learn all the referees' names. That's what I tell you. When you get in the league, learn all the – you too. Learn all their first names. Be able to address them on a first-name basis. I'm telling you, that'll go a long way. It sounds like something small, but when I got to the NBA, I was getting on every call. I had tattoos and braids, and I didn't give a damn about nothing else. Coach Riley called me in the office. He sat me down, and he gave me a list of every single official name. He said, learn their names. And I literally learned every name of Instead of saying A-Ref, A-Fisher John, Jimmy Jason, whatever their name was And I started addressing them on a first name basis And that made all the difference for me Because I'm going to tell you, y'all ain't going to get no calls Ain't nobody giving you ---- You ain't going to get no calls, bro, just get ready You ain't getting no calls Yeah, I mean, we're pretty much used to that We ain't getting calls this year Say it again We ain't even going to speak on that Alright, my fault, my fault You still won it For the people in the back Y'all just dropped some gems on us Y'all got some other gems for us Listen One thing I can tell you is Stay ready so you don't gotta get ready You don't never know when your moment coming You could be a guy where You ain't played all season And the coach can call your number Just for three minutes And whatever those three minutes is You gotta make sure that you make those three minutes positive and those three minutes can turn into seven minutes those seven minutes can turn into 10 minutes but you got to stay ready so you ain't got to get ready in this the way i made this team we was playing the damn drill shot hit the basket rolled a half court i chased the damn ball to half court coach riley blew the whistle and looked at me and said what are you doing i thought i got in trouble he said why don't you stop i said i ain't hear no whistle he looked at me and said it's just that simple just that simple because i was the only one who chased the rebound when before the whistle so you never know what it's going to be the deciding factor or what's going to help you or what's going to hurt you but just be prepared for when your moment come you know i'm saying i got just i got one for you talk about it all right in june there's gonna be a draft that y'all preparing for it don't matter if your names picked are called 17 18 47 that's just the beginning because everybody that's coming to that training camp summer league is coming to grind find out a way to get on the floor who you think you are now and who you think you want to be are two total different things right how do i impact we talked about how do we impact winning how do we get on the floor to earn confidence whether it's eight minutes 12 minutes 16 minutes if you do those things and the coach builds trust in you because you don't have to worry about it you'll be fine habits and routines will be everything for longevity habits and routines will continue will completely control your future if you guys show like I say it as a as a as a vet I see better than I hear everyone talks about how hard they're working show them how hard you're working right and like we talked about on every segment we do like the game of basketball is turning into shoot eight nine threes per person are you shooting 500 or making 500 after every practice in front of people to build that confidence that's what it's about habits routines find ways you're going to afford to impact winning eight minutes turn to 12 minutes 12 minutes turn to 20 minutes and then you become a and and this is not a job this is a lifestyle that's right this is a lifestyle just make no mistake about it whatever you eat is helping prepare you to be in the best shape of your life how much you sleep what you do in your free time all that liquor whatever that you got going on that is going to impact you what'd you say so that liquor the what that liquor oh the liquor yeah don't worry about the beer don't count we ain't counting beer because you drink beer beer and liquor two different things i've been on that but everything you do bro it's a lifestyle and i learned this from LeBron man we'll have a practice and he played he was with us with Bron and he'll tell you we'll have a practice at 10 LeBron and rode a goddamn 10 speed seven eight miles and got there by eight by the time he's already lift weights he's got his shots up he has been on the training table by the time practice start LeBron has been through a whole two and a half hour training session just to get ready and prepared for practice now practice start he cooking with no grease like he's already on a level that we can't even go to and he didn't even have to do all that so just if I could tell you anything that this is not a job fellas this is a lifestyle you don't have no off season ain't no off season when the season's over you get your ass in that weight room You focus on building your body and getting in the best shape you possibly can. And then once the season gets a little bit closer, then you get in the weight room But this is literally a 24-hour job. This is who you are. This is what you are. And it's the best job in the world All right, everyone. Let's talk about your shower routine. 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