JUPITER, Fla. • The temptation here is to tell you today's quote comes from pg. 585 of the classic book 1000+ Indigenous Tasty Cuisine of 23 Asian Countries with Food for Thought. And thus, I would show that not only is manager Mike Matheny going that far afield for his daily quotes but that this reporter's research ability is nimble enough to track it down.

Alas, that is only half true.

The quote does indeed appear on pg. 585 of that book -- a Google book search tells me so -- but that is not its origin.

The origin is not so easily found.

Today's quote:

"If we triumph in the little things of our common hours, we are sure to triumph in our lives."

-- Unknown Author

This is a widely quoted quote when it comes to "little things." In fact, you'll come upon it in such varying places as Ladies Home Journal (c. 1978), several business books, and, of course, lists of quotes about "doing the little things." This has to be the oomph of the quote for today's workout sheet. In these "common hours" (translation: workouts) pay attention to the "little things" (translation: finer details of the game, of the drills) to ultimately "triumph in our lives" (read: defeat the Cincinnati Reds).

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