"Early in his career, Pete Rose wanted to become the first singles hitter to earn $100,000. He did. As his career progressed, Rose began to form long-range statistical goals. Now, his record-setting accomplishments are well known. But Rose was another player who considered his physical ability to be no better than ordinary. What is extraordinary, he said, was his attitude.
“Total dedication. I worked hard because I just can’t go through the motions. The numbers motivated me, and I know what it takes to get those numbers. I dedicated myself. I worked my tail off. I took care of myself. I don’t smoke or drink. I made sure I was ready to play every day, because to accomplish my goals, I had to play. You can’t get 200 hits a year on the bench. Getting 4000 career hits excites me. There were a lot of days I didn’t feel like doing the work I had to do, or I would’ve liked to do something else,” Rose conceded. But he never yielded to the temptation to take it easy, if he ever really had one."
Harvey was a mental skills consultant in the MLB from 1987 to 1997 and is known as one of the original mental skills coaches.