Nobody wanted me. Scouts told me to go to school, to forget baseball. Coaches said, ‘You’re never going to make it.’ I appreciated their honesty because I think when someone tells you something you may not like, you have to use that as fuel for motivation. -Mike Piazza

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If you’re not practicing, somebody else is, somewhere, and he’ll be ready to take your job. I want people to expect more from me because I expect more. If you don’t set goals high, you’re not trying. -Todd Helton

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Put your talent into your work, but your genius into your life.- Oscar Wilde

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One thing I have learned is that I am not the owner of my talent, I am the manager of it. - Madonna

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Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. -Albert Pujols

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Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard. — Tim Notke

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Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer. - Ted Williams

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What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle and giving 110% all the time. – Don Zimmer

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Like love, like talent, like any other virtue, like anything else in this life, happiness needs to be nurtured - this is the truth of the whole matter. ― Ogwo David Emenike

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You can’t let the failures get you down. Learn from them, stay positive, and never give up. -Buster Posey

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