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...their craft. "I've seen two or three other kids with the same kind of talent, but it was Mark who went all the way," says Tom Carroll, his coach at Damien, a Roman Catholic high school in suburban Los Angeles. "He really wanted it. He has the work ethic." Even his dentist father, who also sired Dan McGwire, backup quarterback of the Seattle Seahawks, says that his son's baseball success surprises him: "We expected him to get an education and to take care of himself in that way." Though accused of using steroids, McGwire says he hasn...
...personal ethic is enlightening, but the wunderkind does have a considerable journey ahead if he ever wants to improve his prospects for genuine success. Popularity and adulation will remain elusive unless Lennon can craft a cohesive musical aesthetic and a decent live show. For now, he should latch on to the free publicity ride while searching out a definition to the new Lennon sound, a definition that is only beginning to germinate while too often struggling for a foothold...
Other than winning with supreme self-assuredness, Jordan is loved because his image is, above all else, personality-less. There are many kinder ways to put this--he's a gentleman; he's classy; he has old-world values; he's modest; he has a blue-collar work ethic; he's quintessentially American--but the truth is, he's bland. Think about all the interviews you've seen and the stories you've read. (And like it or not, you have. He's been mentioned in, on average, 100 newspaper articles a day.) Can you describe his personality? His politics...
...believe this season was a ground-breaking season in many aspects," Mosley said. "It marks Coach Weiss's first All-American, and more importantly, the rise of the entire team. This young team will only get better with its great work ethic and its plans for off-season training...
During the 1994 gubernatorial campaign, Weld's opponents criticized him for his work ethic--and he has admitted himself that his greatest flaw is laziness...