MINNEAPOLIS - Being great is a series of sacrifices. Or possibly a continuous ca...
MINNEAPOLIS - Being great is a series of sacrifices. Or possibly a continuous case study in self-denial if the ultimate goal is to be a champion.
“It hasn’t been easy,” Beard said with a knowing, if sympathetic, nod from rows of media Friday in the bowels of U.S. Bank Stadium. “We make sacrifices every year. Team, players, before we start official practice, we pick this up. LeBron James eliminates social media in the playoffs. I want to say Tom Brady enjoys a beer from time to time, too. He gives it up in an NFL season. It’s just the idea of elite people making sacrifices and having discipline.
Beard knows a thing or two about sacrifice. He said there are “a lot of guys in this Final Four coaching that aren’t getting paid.” Beard said Friday it wasn’t until his fourth job in college basketball that he earned a paycheck. Odiase, a fifth-year senior, decided to enact blackout periods for cellphone use, especially on the road during the Big 12 season. It started with team bonding in mind but became a mandate with expanded restrictions.
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