RE: I'd never heard that story

Posted on: January 20, 2017 at 17:12:29 CT

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/college/mizzou/formula-for-victory/article_55032d13-83af-57fb-9bdf-8a24d9297cf1.html

Last fall, Haith put the team through a weekend of team-building training with former Navy SEALS.

Part of that included time in the deep end of a pool with an exercise that perhaps was particularly meaningful to Ratliffe, who acknowledges he has trust issues and also can't swim.

Fellow Tigers helped move him through the water, including in the deep end.

"He was depending on his teammates …," Denmon said, "for him to not drown."

http://www.komu.com/news/long-standing-record-could-be-broken-by-mizzou-s-ratliffe

Ratliffe says he bonded with his teammates this summer when Navy Seals came to campus to teach teamwork.

"It made me have more confidence in the guys. It made me trust them a lot more. Especially with the swimming pool thing because I didn't know how to swim. Having those guys hold me up, especially the smaller guys like Phil or Mike (Dixon) struggling to hold me up. It just made me trust those guys a lot more," Ratliffe said.

Edited by FIJItiger at 17:12:47 on 01/20/17