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Key quotes
- “For him to be able to work that hard and see it pay off like this, obviously at my alma mater, one of the best universities, is super special.”Q2 ↓
- “I think the guy who has to go up against him every day, obviously there's starters and the rotation guys at the floor.”on Morez Johnson Jr. · Q4 ↓
- “You don't really know what's going on in his head.”Q1 ↓
Transcript
Q1 Tomasz Andrzejewicz's reputation among Big Ten players
Do you think of Tomasz Andrzejewicz? The fact that a lot of Big Ten kids have said he seems kind of scary, but once you get to know him, he's not at all. Why do people say that?
mean, he's, whatever, 6'10", 260, quiet dude. You don't really know what's going on in his head. Then as soon as you get him talking, you find out out that his favorite hobby is building Legos, and you're like, oh man, like, you know, this guy, this guy's the boy, he's awesome. Um, I feel like I got that early on because I like invited him to come fishing with me and we went fishing and he was like just, you know, like a super relaxed, you know, cool dude who just, you know, he's a little bit quieter, um, so it doesn't really like people, so, but I mean,
Q2 He talked yesterday about the full circle moment that is here in a Final Four and with Carlo, the manager, begging for a GA job. Yeah, not so long ago. What does it say about him to go from that to this?
Yeah, I mean, that dude's relentless in his pursuit of excellence, man. I think I was just talking to my parents yesterday and actually Chuck a few days ago about how much he's bounced around and how much he's grinded for these jobs. For him to be able to work that hard and see it pay off like this, obviously at my alma mater, one of the best universities, is super special.
Q4 Morez Johnson's impact on physicality
Morez Johnson. This team's enforcer. What would you say about how he helps your guys' physicality and mentality on the floor?
honestly, I think that starts in practice. Morez is such a competitor. He's one of those everyday guys who brings it no matter what. I think the guy who has to go up against him every day, obviously there's starters and the rotation guys at the floor.
I would say that I definitely receive more than I think in practice, but I know for me personally, it's made me bring every bit of this year. I'm not going to do that to him, but he really just raises the level of practice. They're kind of like a
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