Fred McGriff and Scott Rolen entered the baseball Hall of Fame today. Both spoke of their work ethic. Here’s McGriff:

His words built on a theme of continuing to work in pursuit of your dreams, an ethic McGriff embodied from the time he was cut from his 10th grade team.

“I was on a mission to improve as a hitter,” McGriff said. “It was time to work. That meant becoming a student of the game, reading books, watching videos about hitting. Charlie Lau‘s ‘The Art of Hitting .300’ became my go-to book. It was like my bible.”

ESPN.com

Rolen:

Most of Rolen’s speech went on to celebrate the work ethic and simple values of his small-town background, manifested in the support and guidance from his parents, including his father urging him to focus on what he can do, not what he can’t, with the words “do that, then.”

“‘Do that, then’ carried me into the minor leagues and gave me a simple mindset that I would never allow myself to be unprepared or outworked,” Rolen said. “‘Do that, then’ put me on this stage today.”

Congratulations to both men on a well deserved honor.