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

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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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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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I think being able to age gracefully is a very important talent. It is too late for me. -Clint Eastwood

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Each of us should be allowed to rise as far as our talent and hard work can take us. -- Margot Lee Shetterly

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You may not think you’re going to make it. You may want to quit. But if you keep your eye on the ball, you can accomplish anything. -Hank Aaron

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Talent is nothing without persistence. — Dean Crawford

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One of the beautiful things about baseball is that every once in a while you come into a situation where you want to, and where you have to, reach down and prove something -Nolan Ryan

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If my uniform doesn't get dirty, I haven't done anything in the baseball game. -Rickey Henderson

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Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over again. That's the way life is, with a new game every day, and that's the way baseball is. -Bullet Bob Feller

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