Tony Vitello Gets Emotional During Opening Statement After Punching Ticket to College World Series
Summary
TLDRIn this heartfelt speech, the speaker expresses gratitude to fans and players for their dedication and hard work, showing deep respect for the opposing team, Evansville. He discusses the importance of defining personal success, emphasizing teamwork and personal growth over external achievements. The speaker passionately defends his players, sharing anecdotes and values that resonate with the audience, ultimately highlighting the true meaning of success beyond winning games.
Takeaways
- 🎉 The speaker congratulates the fans for their support and the players for their hard work, highlighting the importance of the team's journey.
- 🏆 The speaker expresses deep respect for the Evansville program and team, emphasizing the high regard they hold for their opponents.
- 🗣️ The speaker uses humor and candidness to address the media, sharing personal anecdotes and insights into the recruiting process.
- 🤔 The speaker refutes the claim that their team was number one for most of the season, stressing the unpredictability of the sport and the hard work required to achieve success.
- 📝 Success is defined by the speaker as a personal and collective achievement, encouraging team members to define what success means to them individually.
- 🏋️♂️ Success is also tied to the team's dedication to training and trust in one another, as well as the speaker's role as a supportive teammate.
- 🔍 The speaker reflects on past decisions, admitting to making more wrong decisions than right ones, and uses this to illustrate the learning process in leadership.
- 👥 Success for the team is measured by the enjoyment and excitement of being part of the team and the environment they create together.
- 🏅 The speaker shares a personal story about the importance of appreciating mentors and father figures, suggesting that success is also about personal growth and relationships.
- 🤗 The speaker commends a specific player from Evansville for their resilience and performance, using them as an example of success beyond traditional measures.
- 🌴 The speaker ends with a light-hearted note about personal preferences for relaxation, suggesting that success can be found in different forms and places.
Q & A
What is the speaker congratulating the fans for?
-The speaker is congratulating the fans for their enthusiastic cheering and support, noting that it's the loudest it's ever been in the venue.
What does the speaker say about the players' hard work?
-The speaker acknowledges that the players have worked hard, like anyone else who has reached this stage in the season.
What is the speaker's sentiment towards the Evansville program and team?
-The speaker expresses a deep respect for the Evansville program and team, emphasizing their admiration for their performance.
Why does the speaker mention Coach Carol and hotels?
-The speaker mentions Coach Carol and hotels to illustrate the extensive experience and effort in recruiting, suggesting that he has stayed in many hotels as part of his recruiting travels.
What is the speaker's stance on recruiting players who are only interested in financial gain?
-The speaker discourages the recruitment of players who are primarily interested in financial gain, stating that such individuals should not waste their time or the team's.
What was the incorrect statement made about the team's ranking during the season?
-The incorrect statement was that the team was number one for most of the season, which the speaker refutes, clarifying that they had to work hard to achieve that position.
How does the speaker define success for himself?
-The speaker defines success as being a good teammate and contributing to the group's success, as well as making decisions and learning from them, even if they are not always correct.
What does the speaker emphasize about the importance of defining success personally?
-The speaker emphasizes that success is a personal definition and that each player should write down what success means to them, teaching them to define what a successful at-bat or outing is.
What does the speaker say about the team's performance in 2022?
-The speaker mentions that despite not winning as many games as they could have, the team was successful because of individual growth and the impact they had on college baseball.
What does the speaker say about the importance of attitude and success?
-The speaker highlights the importance of attitude by mentioning Dalton Bargo's response to not pinch-hitting, showing that attitude and success can go hand in hand.
What does the speaker suggest as a measure of success for the team?
-The speaker suggests that success for the team is showing up to work excited, having fun, and being in an environment where everyone wants to be there.
Outlines
🎉 Team Spirit and Respect
The speaker expresses gratitude towards the fans for their enthusiastic support and acknowledges the players' hard work that has brought them to this stage of the season. They commend the opposing team, Evansville, for their program and the respect they have for them. The speaker also addresses a previous question about the team's season, emphasizing that success is not solely defined by being number one but by the personal growth and achievements of the players. They highlight the importance of defining success on a personal level and the value of teamwork.
🏆 Defining Success Beyond Victory
Continuing the discussion on success, the speaker shares personal anecdotes about recruiting and the journey of building the team from the ground up. They address a player's reaction to a question about the season's value if they were to lose, defending the player's investment in the program. The speaker also emphasizes the importance of defining success individually, using the example of a player who, despite not playing in Omaha, is considered a success due to his resilience and contributions to the team. The speaker concludes by stating that success is subjective and can be achieved regardless of the outcome, as long as one is proud of their efforts and can look back with no regrets.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Fans
💡Players
💡Evansville
💡Coach Carol
💡Recruiting
💡Success
💡Noah Webster
💡Teammate
💡Decisions
💡Omaha
💡Warrior
Highlights
Congratulations to fans for their enthusiastic support and to players for their hard work.
High respect for Evansville's program and team.
Coach Carol's extensive experience in recruiting and staying in numerous hotels.
Emphasis on defining success for oneself and the importance of teamwork.
Success is a degree or measure of achievement according to Webster's Dictionary.
The speaker's personal definition of success as being a good teammate.
Reflection on the importance of being excited and having fun in one's work environment.
The speaker's perspective on Omaha as a fun event regardless of performance.
The notion that success is not solely defined by winning or being number one.
Praise for Jared Dicky's transformation and success as an individual.
Emphasizing the value of being a warrior and a success, regardless of playing in Omaha.
The speaker's personal success being defined by the way he wants to do things.
The importance of appreciating father figures or coaches in one's life.
Recommendation of Cabo Abiza or Tulum as enjoyable destinations.
The speaker's openness to answering questions at the end of the speech.
Transcripts
uh congrats to our fans uh for sure I
mean cheering pickoffs uh and definitely
the loudest that it's ever been in here
um congrats to our players they've
obviously worked hard like anybody
that's left uh at this stage in the
season and obviously huge congrats to
Evansville didn't really know how to say
it or show it or even here uh to
describe how much respect we have for
their program and and really this this
team in particular um so leave it at
that and then um you know speaking of
their program coach Carol has stayed in
an awful lot of hotels as a recruiting
guy and I have two so you guys made the
mistake of giving me the mic so I'll
I'll add to my opening statement really
picking up where we left off yesterday
uh where somebody asked me a question
that bothered one of my players so I'll
have his back but again if you got to
cut me off cut me off but um I've stayed
in an awful lot of hotels to to be in
this position alone and running around
and watching games games and um we we've
done it I think from the ground up here
and while I'm at it anybody that's
thinking about visiting our place that
we're recruiting and you think this is a
place you can come and have your hand
out and see how much money we can give
you don't waste our time and and don't
waste your time either but the question
was posed basically about our season and
if we lose tonight it's all for not and
Blake Burke wasn't too happy about it
Blake Burks got a lot invested in this
particular program if I was Blake back
in that day I was a little too wild I
would have said B you wasn't with me
shooting in a gym or something similar
uh to that but he kept his composure
clearly you've seen me in action I don't
have great composure so I'll speak on it
for a sec because um it started out as
we were number one for most of the
season that's an incorrect statement
it's not a fact I don't know who was
number one preseason because I don't
look at it it's a very difficult sport
to predict what's going to happen nobody
predicted Evansville to be here uh but
they were and then also we were not
number one majority of the season as a
matter of fact when we first took over
uh I was astonished Kentucky was winning
our league which you guys write up it's
one of the most if not the most
competitive league and they were number
one in the division but somehow we were
number one on Riders polls so uh but we
weren't for most of the Season we had to
work to get to that point no question
but then again the word success to me is
very important in this room we make
these guys write down what success is
for them and teach them that they need
to Define what a successful at bat is or
what a uccessful outing is whatever Noah
uh it's Noah Webster Webster's
Dictionary it says success is a degree
or measure of achievement or if you read
it in another deal online degree or
measure of succeeding so those two words
right there and I definitely ain't the
smartest fellow degree and measure means
you get a pick you get a pick what
success is which is pretty awesome so
Noah probably doesn't know how to define
it with these guys where you got to
sweat you got to be in the weight room
together you got to trust trust the guy
if you give up a ground ball can make
the play for you or if you give up a run
the other guy uh will go to work for you
he wasn't that but he was a thinker and
the big thing Noah was he loved his
country BigTime Patriot which is kind of
a lost startart around here so I don't
know the guy but I got a lot of respect
for him and I like the way he wrote that
whole deal up as far as degree or
measure for me I get a pick I was around
my dad a lot he can't tell me what to do
um I don't consider myself I work for
people here but I'm My Own Boss when I
come here and for me success is Part
Group when our group has success I
consider myself a teammate to these guys
it means I had a level success but then
there's also the part where I got a job
to do and I got to make decisions and if
you were to put all my decisions in a
bucket for the weekend I had more wrong
decisions than correct decisions for
instance Dalton Bargo probably should
have pinch hit yesterday he showed me
that with some attitude and some success
today and I'm not so sure he doesn't do
it yesterday too if we pinch hit him
against Harris because he wants to go
home and he's going home but you know
what bars succcess for me is being a
good teammate and Cal Stark is my guy
that's my guy for a lot of reasons no
doubt so success for me is what I get to
judge if you're talking about success
for this team the one thing I stated
after last season because I'm in a
bathroom crying with just a lot of
emotions after we're able to beat
Clemson last year was to show up at work
every day and get out of my car excited
and to have fun and to be around people
that want to be here and being an
environment that you're excited to get
to every day 100% success Omaha is real
fun to go to if you don't play that well
it ain't that fun but I don't really
give a damn to be honest with you as a
matter of fact we kind of can pick up
where Evansville left off we're not
supposed to win because the number one
never wins so house money so I'm going
to consider this even more of a success
this year but definitely because of that
group in particular being the way they
are and then I think 2022 was brought up
I we could have won 30 games in 20 20 22
Jared Dicky who had a phenomenal post on
social media today transformed his
entire body after quitting baseball is a
part of one of the best teams and was a
success as an individual among many
other great things that happened about
hey you didn't like the team so what
they got you talking about college
baseball I can tell you that to me that
team was a success and the one thing I
definitely want to say about Evansville
Mr Rumsey Tai I believe I apologize if I
got your first name wrong
last out of the game not rubbing it in
not pointing fingers all right be told
you never got to play in Omaha you know
what Rumsey can get on a plane and go to
Omaha anytime he wants all right that's
easy to do you know what's not easy to
do to run face first into a wall full
blast get stitches injure your shoulder
and then on top of that to play in
today's game I've seen that guy that guy
made me nervous I've seen a bunch of
catches that guy made when we watch
video he made me nervous so Omaha or not
who gives a damn that guy is an absolute
success and when he's older he'll be
able to look everybody in the eye and
say when I played I don't know what the
hell is batting averages I was a warrior
Warrior period and a part of one of the
best Evansville teams ever and no one
will ever be able to take that away from
him and every time he sees one of his
teammates or goes back to that facility
at Evansville they'll say hell yeah
there's that guy right there so for for
me it's a tangent but that's what
success is defined by me I get to do it
the way I want to do it you guys get to
do it the way that you want to do it so
at the end of the day success for me is
Omaha will be where Father's Day is for
me but you know what if you're choosing
if you got a father figure in your life
and they've done something to contribute
for you doesn't even have to be your dad
could be a coach maybe for you guys you
should appreciate them and you're going
to have a successful day too no matter
where you are it's not in Omaha I would
recommend Cabo abiza or Tulum I'll be
there at some point Thank you any
question
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