Gorgui Dieng was made available to the media Thursday, a first time opportunity to describe his feelings about being cleared by the NCAA to play basketball for the University of Louisville.

In reply to a question about how difficult practice turned out to be, he replied to the effect that he didn’t expect it to be easy. “If you see something easy, stay away from it,” he said.

A soft spoken young man and he has a dialect, so turn the sound up and some may have to listen to it a couple of times to fully comprehend:

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By Charlie Springer

Charlie Springer is a former Louisville editor and sportswriter, a public affairs consultant, a UofL grad and longtime fan.