--- title: "4 Bob Davids Quotes - Famous Sports journalist (Memorial observance for John (Bud) Fowler)" description: "Leonard Davids, known as Bob Davids or L. Robert Davids, was an American baseball researcher and writer and the founder of the Society for American Base..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b147/author-madam-c-j-walker-18546.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Bob Davids](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b147/author-madam-c-j-walker-18546.jpg) # Bob Davids (1926–2002) Sports Journalist United States **4** quotes in **66** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Bob Davids was a sports journalist from the United States, best known for *Memorial observance for John (Bud) Fowler*. ## Quick Facts About Bob Davids Born March 19, 1926 Died February 10, 2002 Nationality United States Profession Sports Journalist Notable works Memorial observance for John (Bud) Fowler ## About Bob Davids Leonard Davids, known as Bob Davids or L. Robert Davids, was an American baseball researcher and writer and the founder of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR). ## Quotes by Bob Davids > [The size of your key ring is the size of your headaches. Si Redd once told me, "Every time you buy something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-davids/the-size-of-your-key-ring-is-the-size-of-your-headaches-si-redd-once/) Bob Davids [Basics](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/basics/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d8/bob-davids-67005_basics_the-size-of-your-key-ring-is-the-size-of_434521.jpg) > [I’m gone for eight months…If you feel that it’s critical to contact me, that I get involved in your problem, what I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-davids/i-m-gone-for-eight-months-if-you-feel-that-it-s-critical-to-contact/) Bob Davids [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e04/bob-davids-67005_contact_i-m-gone-for-eight-months-if-you-feel-th_451981.jpg) > [Every time I started a business and the people told me I was an idiot, I ended up making a lot of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-davids/every-time-i-started-a-business-and-the-people-told-me-i-was-an-idiot/) Bob Davids [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c4/bob-davids-67005_areas_every-time-i-started-a-business-and-the_1806626.jpg) > [The biggest shortage in the world is not oil or food-it's leadership. Why is it such a scarce resource? Because egos get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-davids/the-biggest-shortage-in-the-world-is-not-oil-or-food-it-s-leadership/) Bob Davids [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/497/bob-davids-67005_assets_the-biggest-shortage-in-the-world-is-not_3192335.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-davids/#itemlist", "name": "Bob Davids Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The size of your key ring is the size of your headaches. Si Redd once told me, \"Every time you buy something you sell a piece of yourself.\" Why? Because you have to maintain it, to insure it, to worry about it. So the more you buy, the more you sell a piece of yourself and pretty soon you get so thin you can't do anything. So get rid of all those things and get back to the basics. 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Si Redd used to say me, \"Boy, you gotta be where they ain't.\" What that means is that you find areas of low competition because high competition means lower margins, and lower margins mean less profit. So we were always looking for places where we can be unique. If the thinking is out-of-the-box, people may not understand because they have not seen it before... 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