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Playing the game was the easy part. The real work was in the preparation.
Alex Rodriguez
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Alex Rodriguez
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: July 27
Baseball Player
Brooklyn
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Alexander Emmanuel Alex Rodriguez
Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez
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We have a responsibility not just as atheletes, but as members of society to treat people well. To do things the right way.
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Winners live in the present tense. People who come up short are consumed with future or past. I want to be living in the now.
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Keep reading books, stay in school. I encourage kids to read as much as they can, I challenge you to read a book every two weeks, like I try to.
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Enjoy your sweat because hard work doesn't guarantee success, but without it you don't have a chance.
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This is how I define grace: youre on the main stage, and it looks like it has been rehearsed 100 times, everything goes so smoothly. Thats where I get my confidence and success, from knowing that I have an edge because I know Im prepared.
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When you think small and up the middle, good things happen.
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I've done a lot of special things in this game, and for none of that to be considered clutch, it's an injustice.
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I love the challenge of the game. I love the work. My goal right now is to have a season next year that will make people forget about this one. I'll use things like this for motivation. I'm pumped. I'm hungry.
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I hate the word 'potential'-potential means you haven't gotten it done.
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