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Watch: The Rock shares motivational speech he gave to Lakers

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(Warning: Video contains coarse language)

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson was one of several high-profile individuals invited to speak to Los Angeles Lakers players this season as part of the team's "Genius Talks" program.

Related - The Rock: 'I saw lots of hungry eyes' during pep talk with Lakers

In a new video posted on his YouTube channel, Johnson gave a behind-the-scenes look at the talk. It begins with Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka sharing a great story about a dinner Kobe Bryant had with the late actor Heath Ledger and how Bryant used that as motivation for a game against the New York Knicks.

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