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Also inspired by Bill Walsh's book referred to you by three times H.B.F. alumni Brad Pederson,

the score takes care of itself, is a seminal lesson in mastery.

So Jerry Rice, unarguably the greatest player in NFL history as selected by NFL Networks

production, holds over 100 NFL records, which is, by the way, by far the most of any player

by a wide margin, including scoring more points than any other non-kicker in NFL history

with 1256, most explained Jerry's extraordinary career by saying he was a gifted player, that

he possessed some sort of special innate genius for the game.

But his coach Bill Walsh would explain it otherwise.

At 6am, like clockwork every morning, Jerry was out practicing by himself.

Jerry was just running slant past patterns over and over nobody else within a mile.

No quarterback, not even a football in hand, nobody but Jerry working to improve.

Jerry intensely working to master his profession.

Jerry was already by then NFL's greatest ever receiver.

He was the master, the one at the top of the history of the league.

Why would Jerry be working so hard at the most basic of football moves?

Because Jerry Rice understood the connection between preparation and performance, between

intelligently applied hard work and results, between mediocrity and mastery.

Jerry had the skill coupled with the will to master it.

As Michael Jordan said, everybody has talent, but ability takes hard work.

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