Q4 Outside Reading #4

This week, while reading Juiced by Jose Canseco, I came across an interesting quote that was a great lesson for everyday life. The quote is "Sometimes, players need to maintain their intensity on the field by being intense off the field" (118). This is a great quote because there are a couple of meanings that it could have. The first meaning is that to succeed, you need to work hard to get there. The point to this is that nothing comes without practice or hard work. For example, you need to "practice like you play." One would think that the previous meaning is what he meant, but really, he means that to be successful on the field, you have to do significant things in society. He used this quote while talking about how some great ball players are jerks off the field. There are some people not like that though. to be productive on the field, they have to help society. Jose Canseco sure got ripped apart for being one of the original steroid users, but there is a lot more to him. He just wanted to do whatever it took to be successful, and that doesn't mean he is a bad person. Actions are taken according to circumstances, and they don't always reflect on the person who took them.