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[QUOTE="RockyMTblue2, post: 2902620, member: 250"]
Stole this from a friend elsewhere.

“Russ was the one who motivated me that I could get here,” Samuelson said. “He’s the one who told me I could be the best of the three of us. Just coming full circle with him, I can’t wait and I’m so excited to see him.

“He was close to our family from the beginning. He would be there for us whether it was on the court or off the court. The biggest thing that I’m grateful for is that he’s very similar to Coach (Geno) Auriemma in the sense that he will tell you truth, whether you want to hear it or not. He’s been that way with his players and some of them don’t like him for that. But my family has always appreciated it. I’ve always known the things I needed to get better at because of him.”

Coached Lou and her sisters in AAU.

Some other pregame stuff/quotes.

[URL="http://www.journalinquirer.com/sports/samuelson-s-motivation-returns-years-later/article_993aae74-df21-11e8-92ef-170eedd72d73.html"]Samuelson’s motivation returns 3 years later[/URL]
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