Working hard. Never hardly working.

It seems to me that more and more often now-a-days you see athletes on the news in a courtroom for nothing other than steroid use. Some of the best hitter in baseball have been guys like Cal Ripken Jr. and Albert Pujols. These men would never even consider going near a needle for a leg up. Their leg ups are waking up at six in the morning and getting to work, while other record breakers like Barry Bonds are just becoming giant bound up Hulks of brute muscle. Albert wakes up in the morning and performs his first workout of the day, but he's not finished. After his basic weight workouts in the morning he relaxes for a few hours then starts his afternoon workout where he does speed, strength, and agility training which is then followed by his actually baseball workout. Albert hits for 80-100 minutes, throws for 10 minutes, and takes 50-100 ground balls. Some may say it must be nice doing something that he loves, but that does not mean he doesn't work harder than everyone else at it. He worked harder than anyone and now today he has what experts call a perfect swing, and that hard work is just another reason why he is the best player in Major League Baseball.