Looking back on those games, I probably hustled out of position as much as I hustled into position since I really never had any real training. I was working on instincts alone.
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Every night, I try to hustle and do what I can do. And when you hit a ground ball, you should hustle.
Even after I played ten years of ball, I still felt like I had to play well or somebody might take my place. They had plenty of players in the minor leagues who were good enough to come up and take your job, and I think that kept us going all of the time. I hustled and put that extra effort in all of the time.
My style of playing is more enthusiasm and instinct than skill.
Focused. I'm a hustler. And my hustle is trying to figure out the best ways to do what I like without having to do much else.
When the going got tough, I really had to draw on many of the same competitive instincts I did when I was skating. I really had to put my head down and stay positive. I had to fight.
There were probably about five games in my career where everything was moving in slow motion and you could be out there all day, totally in the zone, and you don't even know where you are on the field, everything is just totally blocked out.
Hurdling, sprinting, athletics in general, is always in the back of your mind.
I trained myself to perform on the field.
I played the game one way. I gave it everything I had. It doesn't take any ability to hustle.
Obviously, the difference between a game and actual training is you're using your whole body, so in that sense, maybe not, although maybe something to do with reaction, the speed of reaction, maybe that was of use during the training.
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