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Fly like a butterfly, sting like a Terp?

After this morning's practice, Ralph Friedgen mentioned that he showed a tape of the Ali-Frazier "Thrilla in Manila" fight to his team one night last week.

"I pointed out that both guys had won the championship and what they were willing to endure,'' Friedgen said. "The intensity and wills of both guys is what I really wanted to show them. This is what it takes to be champion.''

So did the Terps take what they watched to the practice field?

"Kids will listen to that, you can tell them that, but sometimes when you show them the video, it sinks in a little bit,'' Friedgen said. "Of course a fight broke out and one guy thought he was Ali. They all said, 'Well, you showed us the fight.'"

Friedgen said he has plans on showing the team a piece about the Boston Celtics going from worst to first in winning this year's NBA championship, as well as one of Tiger Woods winning this year's U.S. Open while playing with a torn ACL.

Maryland alum and ESPN announcer Scott Van Pelt sent Friedgen a tape of an interview he did with Woods.

"It's not just enough to have talent, you have to have heart,'' Friedgen said. "He's such an unbelievable competitor. The will to win is unbelievable.''

Maybe the Terps will take out their 2-irons after watching that one.

Comments

great move by Coach Friedgen. i think the Patriots ,and Alot of NFl teams to that . SHow players movies to motivate them. I think it wil work this year. And AcC will be Maryland's.

It's Float like a butterfly.

Is Ralph planning on trading for Tim Tebow and Knowshown Moreno before the season? Otherwise, the Celtics analogy is garbage.

Hoops ? Is Steve Goins enrolled at U of M in summer school?

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About Jeff Barker
Tracking the TerpsJeff Barker has been a Baltimore Sun sports writer since 2004, handling stories and projects including Terrapins basketball, the NFL, sports economics, congressional steroids hearings and youth coaches who run afoul of the law. Before that, he covered news -- including the 2002 Beltway sniper attacks -- and politics for The Baltimore Sun, the Washington bureau of The Arizona Republic and The Associated Press.

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