Playing Baseball For A Living Is Like

You Owe It To Yourself To Be The Best You Can Possibly Be - In Baseball And In Life.

If I Had Been Busted For Drugs Instead Of Gambling, I'd Still Be Managing The Reds And Baseball Would Be Paying For My Rehab.

People Say I Don't Have Great Tools. They Say That I Can't Throw Like Ellis Valentine Or Run Like Tim Raines Or Hit With Power Like Mike Schmidt. Who Can? I Make Up For It In Other Ways, By Putting Out A Little Bit More. That's My Theory, To Go Through Life Hustling. In The Big Leagues, Hustle Usually Means Being In The Right Place At The Right Time. It Means Backing Up A Base. It Means Backing Up Your Teammate. It Means Taking That Headfirst Slide. It Means Doing Everything You Can Do To Win A Baseball Game.

See The Ball; Hit The Ball.

It's Easy To Practice Something That You Are Good At, And That Is What Most People Do. Wat's Tough Is To Go Ot And To Work Hard On The Things That You Don't Do Very Well.