Diego Fagot delivered an interesting history lesson when asked to explain the origins of the Navy football team motto for the 2021 season.
Fagot and other rising senior leaders settled on “Burn the Boats” as a motivational slogan to begin using during the grueling winter strength and conditioning workouts known as “fourth quarters.”
Navy’s standout inside linebacker referenced that motto several times during an online news conference to discuss spring camp, which will now begin Friday.
“We’re really trying to emphasize those three words. We need to leave everything off the field and focus on what we have at hand,” Fagot said.