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Defending champions Miami prepare for training camp

Tuesday, October 01 2013 by SNTV
  • Intro:

    Miami Heat players and coaches spoke Monday (30 September), a day before they begin training camp. The Heat are the two-time defending NBA champions.

    Script:

    1. 00:00 SOUNDBITE: (English) LeBron James:

    "I know you guys are tired of hearing me say this but I got better. You guys looked at me crazy last year when I said it. You were like how did you get better from the year before and - I got better. I'm a better basketball player than I was last year in every aspect. I feel very confident and comfortable in my game right now."

    2. 00:25 SOUNDBITE: (English) LeBron James:

    "Respect because every team got better. From top to bottom. There are teams that didn't make the playoffs last year in both the Eastern and Western conferences that got better. I think two teams that come to mind are Detroit and Washington. I think those two teams have gotten better. Obviously you go tot the top of each conference, Indiana and Chicago are better. Brooklyn is a better team. New York is a better team having another year under their belt. So in each conference it's a much better conference. And rightfully so, teams are trying to get better and compete for a championship."

    3. 01:04 SOUNDBITE: (English) LeBron James:

    "I want to be the greatest of all time. That's my motivation. It's that simple - or is that simple. It's not simple, but for me it is. That's my mindframe. And it's not to be the greatest of all time in any one else's book or how they judge the greats, it's for me. I feel like I have the potential to continue to get better and maximive my time while I'm able to play this game of basketball.. I want to be the greatest and that's my motivation. That's all I need."

    4. 01:41 SOUNDBITE: (English) Erik Spoelstra:

    "LeBron is self motivated. He's a special dude. He knows to continue to stay in a state of uncomfortableness. This summer was a busy summer for him and then he always finds time to get his work in, his conditioning. He wants to add different elements. He's been working on his post up game. He's continuing with that. His mid range game. He'll always continue to work on his perimeter game, which was so critical for us the further we went along in the playoffs. But also noting that the rest of his game is what makes him so spacial."

    5. 02:15 SOUNDBITE: (English) Dwayne Wade:

    "First of all we understand that no season is easy. You're trying to threepeat, win back-to-back, you're trying to win a championship. No season is easy. There are going to be challenges along the way. There are going to be times where it looks great there are going to be other times where it doesn't look so great for you. But I think we're a mentally strong team and I think we understand that the team that we have - that this is a once in a lifetime opportunity for us as group and we want to take advantage of it as much as possible. Our goal is to hopefully stay together as a unit as much as possible - not have too many injuries, not have too many guys in and out. And to stay healthy. Obviously we're built for the long haul to to be healthy when the time comes. We've been fortunate to win two championship in a row, but not having Chris healthy in the first one and not having myself healthy the second one, we would like to see ho it all looks when all of us are together and really strong. So hopefully in year four of us together we can have that.

    6. 03:22 SOUNDBITE: (English) Dwayne Wade:

    "So we understand. It's no secret that they're not many teams in the history of the game that have won three championships in a row. And we would love to be one of those teams. But sitting here today on September 30th, we can't be that team. But this starts it. Tomorrow starts it for us. We just go day by day. Hopefully when it's all said and done we can look back, but right now we have to continue the process of trying to be the best team we can be this season. And hopefully we can look back on it and say we're part of the great history of this league and we're one of the best teams to ever play."

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