|PRATLAW| broadcasts: Rajon Rondo, Jordan Farmer, Glen Davis, Kevin Garnett, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Michael Cooper, Steve Nash are but a few examples from basketball. Greg Maddox, Tony Gwynn, Rod Carew, Pedro Martinez, Chase Utley, Ryan Howard, Chipper Jones, are but a few examples from Baseball. Ray Lewis, Tom Brady, ... All of them have hard work in common. They each raised their games after making it to the pro level and each of them did it by nothing more than hard work and preparation. Preparation to me starts with a global review of each and every facet of the endeavor at hand. I remember reading about Tony Gwynn watching film for hours,studying the pitchers he was facing, all in his quest to break .400 and he almost did several times. This year I am most impressed with the elevation of the basketball games of Rajon Rondo and Glen Davis but then I am a fan of the Celtics, always was and always will be. I remember Michael Cooper practicing his three point shot the year they beat the Celtics. They could not stop McHale's physical size and condor arms but they had the secret weapon that year, Cooper's outside shot and he burned the Celtics and the Lakers took the title. If there is a stellar example of hard work, there are many. Brooks Robinson and Chase Utley easily come to mind but has there ever been a better example than Dustin Pedroia? The next level requires study and that to be approved. If you wonder why a wonderkin like Jeff Francouer hasn't busted out in a big way, Ockam's Razor shines like a light on the inquiry: he just hasn't put in the work and study. Will he? Who knows, its always going to be up to him.
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