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J.J. Watt moving to log cabin in 'middle of nowhere' to train


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This guy gets it. Got paid a ton of money and still wants to get better. Most people would sit back and be satisfied that they got the huge pay check and feel like they don't need to do anything else...that they have arrived. The man has goals and is doing whatever he can to achieve those goals. Admire his discipline.

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Doesnt surprise me, check out this article right before the season...

http://grantland.com/features/j-j-watt-houston-texans-2014-nfl-preview/

My favorite part:

That’s where the playfulness ends. The first time Charlie Partridge, Watt’s defensive line coach at Wisconsin, met him, he had only one thought: That’s a very, very serious young man. At times, the approach makes relating to his peers a struggle. His longtime trainer, Brad Arnett, tells a story about when Watt and a few Badgers teammates were working out at NX Level. The others were talking about a bar in Madison, one of those spots so established it might as well be a stop at freshman orientation. When they asked Watt what he thought of the place, he didn’t have an answer. He’d never been. How, they kept asking, is that possible? “You want to know how?” Watt snapped back. “I was too busy becoming a first-round pick.”

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