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Also inspired by Bill Walsh's book, referred to me by three times HBF alumni Brad Patterson,

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 Network's

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 6 a.m., 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. Another example is from the man who

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