Mike Singletary all about hydration, relationships
Mike Singletary is a bad ass. We know this. You know this. Michael Crabtree knows this. He’s also a big fan of water, having learned the hard way about the dangers of dehydration. At Bears training camp some 20 years ago, Singletary began cramping up during the seventh of 12 110-yard sprints to close practice. (Presumably they were all on level ground, but still.)
Singletary gritted his way through the entire set, but the cramping only got worse. He eventually wound up in the hospital, where he recalls receiving six bags of fluids intravenously. His wife, Kim, says it was eight. Let’s call it seven. Anyway, the couple now speaks on behalf of the Beat the Heat program sponsored by the NFL and Gatorade.
Singletary is such an advocate of staying hydrated that he’ll occasionally make players cry and drink their own tears. Tuesday on the Dan Patrick show, he elaborated on almost making Crabtree weep at the 49ers’ minicamp in June. Said Singletary, “I think that the No. 1 thing that I am about is relationships. I’m all about relationships. … You can have all types of styles, but if you don’t have a relationship with those players, it’s not going to work.”
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By Scott on Thursday, July 16th, 2009 at 6:00 am.
Tags: San Francisco 49ers, San Francisco Giants, San Jose Earthquakes, San Jose Sharks, Stanford Cardinal