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Jim Palmer Sought Perfection Follow Your Passion: Hall of Fame baseball player gave his all to pitch and win.(LEADERS & SUCCESS)
Byline: MICHAEL MINK
Jim Palmer didn't want to just get by. Or even just be better than average. He only wanted to be the best.
To be the best, Palmer stuck to a strict practice of constant personal challenge. "I don't think you can go through life never knowing how good you can really be," Palmer, 56, said in a recent interview.
For example, when young pitchers asked him how he won 20 games a season for more than eight seasons, Palmer's answer was direct: "Personal integrity."
What does that mean? Simple. "It's how hard are you willing to work? How diligent are you going to be?" Palmer said. "Are you really going to do everything you can, going to all ends of the Earth, to be successful?"
Loving what you do makes that a lot easier, Palmer said. He played most of his career, which spanned from 1965 to 1984 with the Baltimore Orioles, in the era before multimillion-dollar contracts.
"Looking back, it was never about the money. You could make a nice living, but it wasn't overwhelming like it is now. The most important thing is I ended up doing something that I really loved to do," Palmer said.
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