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I'm Focussing On What I Haven't Attained, Not What I Have. A Lot Has Come To Me Early. I Don't Want To Get Consumed With That. 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. My Goal Is To Play One Full Game In The Now, But I Haven't Even Gotten Past The First Inning Yet. I Start Thinking About Where My Mom Is Or If My Dogs Have Been Fed. The Average Human Has 2,000 Thoughts A Day. The Really Accomplished Have 1,500 Because You Can Focus Longer. I Need To Learn How To Focus Longer.

-Alex Rodriguez

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I'm Focussing On What I Haven't Attained, Not What I Have. A Lot Has Come To Me Early. I Don't Want To Get Consumed With That. 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. My Goal Is To Play One Full Game In The Now, But I Haven't Even Gotten Past The First Inning Yet. I Start Thinking About Where My Mom Is Or If My Dogs Have Been Fed. The Average Human Has 2,000 Thoughts A Day. The Really Accomplished Have 1,500 Because You Can Focus Longer. I Need To Learn How To Focus Longer.

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