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7 Rules for Baseball that Apply to Life
7 Rules for Baseball that Apply to Life
#1 HUSTLE
Hustle takes no talent, just effort.
Draw a line in the dirt and challege yuorself to be better.
#2 ENTHUSIASM
Enthusiasm does not need to be loud, it can be seen through you actions. (hustle)
#3 INTENSITY
Intensity can be seen in focus and determaination
Don't hope you win, expect to win.
#4 ATTITUDE
Attitute should always be positive, don't focus on what you don't have, work with what you have.
Attitude is not how you win, it is how you react to failure.
Always give everyone respect, and in return you will be respected, eyes up at all times, show everyone your intensity.
It is amazing what a group can accomplish when no one cares who gets the credit.
Focus on the process of playing the game not the outcome.
How you stare down adversity is what is important, it speaks volumes about a person and a team.
#5 DISCIPLINE
Do your job the way you are suppose to everytime the same way regardless of who is watching or not watching.
The will to win is not as important as the will to prepare to win.
#6 LOYALTY
No team needs a locker room lawyer.
If you are not happy with a situation, knock on the coaches door, don't cause disention because you were not man enough to say something.
Let your actions speak louder than you words, don't tell everyone you should be playing, show everyone you should be playing.
#7 COMMUNICATION
See and Hear twice as much as you Speak.
Body language shows attitude and also weakness.
Body language is the biggest indicatior of emotion.
It is a players job to please the coach not the coaches job to please the players.
Baseball's Ten Commandments
by Chief Bender
Philadelphia Athletics
Baseball Hall of Fame
These 10 rules of baseball were true almost 100 years ago
And they are still “the truth” today
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Nobody ever becomes a ballplayer by walking after a ball.
You will never become a .300 hitter unless you take the bat off your shoulder.
If what you did yesterday still looks big to you, you haven't done much today.
Keep your head up and you may not have to keep it down.
When you start to slide, slide. He who changes his mind may have to change a good leg for a bad one.
Do not alibi on bad hops. Anybody can field the good ones.
Always run them out. You never can tell.
Never quit.
Do not find too much fault with the umpires. You cannot expect them to be as perfect as you are.
A pitcher who hasn't control hasn't anything.
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