Pro Ball Buddy Mindset | Mental Strategies for Basketball Success with Teige Morrell
Aug 13, 2026 · 27 min · 11 segments
In Part 2 of Teige Morrell’s conversation with professional basketball player Lesila Finau, Sila opens up about the behind-the-scenes reality of playing basketball professionally and the mindset that…
Lesila FinauGuest
Teige MorrellHost
It's the support system you have around you and also working hard when you are there.
Um, do you remember any type of pushback as a child? Like I've told my story before where, um, I think I worked hard anytime I was like training, um, especially with other people.
But if it came to my parents, um, with me, sometimes I would drag my feet literally.
Um, so do you recall having any of that struggle or was it just like really fun? Cause like you said, you, you had friends and stuff
Like I think my mom knew, Like I had this one thing, like I said, it was only basketball.
from like my club that I had been with to EYBL like that was a big change for me just because it was it was kind of like here we only had one or two practices a week
and then yeah we'd all just show up when the games came on um so yeah it was just so different from what I was used to and I think that kind of shook me a bit because even though because it was less than what you were used to it was more so of the sense like it's kind of like college like I'm not the best player anymore
so much talent around me right and like you kind of have to stand out in some way And then with it being my last year of AAU, like the most important, like,
It's the support system you have around you and also working hard when you are there.
Um, do you remember any type of pushback as a child? Like I've told my story before where, um, I think I worked hard anytime I was like training, um, especially with other people.
But if it came to my parents, um, with me, sometimes I would drag my feet literally.
Um, so do you recall having any of that struggle or was it just like really fun? Cause like you said, you, you had friends and stuff
Like I think my mom knew, Like I had this one thing, like I said, it was only basketball.
from like my club that I had been with to EYBL like that was a big change for me just because it was it was kind of like here we only had one or two practices a week
and then yeah we'd all just show up when the games came on um so yeah it was just so different from what I was used to and I think that kind of shook me a bit because even though because it was less than what you were used to it was more so of the sense like it's kind of like college like I'm not the best player anymore
so much talent around me right and like you kind of have to stand out in some way And then with it being my last year of AAU, like the most important, like,
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