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　　summer baseball to handle the work schedule, and that meant I would have to tell Coach Jarvis I wouldn’t be playing. I was

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　　about this.

　　When I told Coach Jarvis, he was as

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　　as I expected him to be. “You have your whole life to work,” he said. “Your

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　　days are limited. You can’t afford to waste them.”

　　I stood before him with my head

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　　, trying to think of how to explain to him why my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth

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　　his disappointment in me.

　　“How much are you going to make at this job?” he demanded.

　　“$ 3.25 an hour,” I replied.

　　“Well, is $ 3.25 an hour the price of a

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　　?” he asked.

　　That

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　　laid bare for me the difference between wanting something right now and having a goal. I devoted myself to

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　　that summer, and within the year I was offered a $ 20,000 contract. I signed with the Denver Broncos in 1984 for $ 1.7 million, and bought my mother the

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　　of my dreams.

　　1．A．some B．little C．no D．much

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