SERVANT OR MASTER
Learn to control your emotions or they will control you.
—EDGAR MARTINEZ
A ballplayer who loses his head and can’t keep his cool is worse than no player at all.
—LOU GEHRIG
The Philadelphia Phillies had just blown a game I against the Houston Astros, surrendering the winning run in the bottom of the ninth. When the manager stormed into the losing team’s clubhouse and found his players enjoying a postgame buffet his eyes widened. He felt his blood pressure rise. Suddenly, with a wide sweep of his arm, the skipper cleared the table, sending drumsticks, potato salad, and a tray of assorted fruit flying.
“Boy,” a rookie whispered, as the room, splattered with barbecue sauce, fell deathly silent. “The food sure goes fast around here.” ...
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