Eric Davis Quotes

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• I know people are pretty well embarrassed just at the mention of colon cancer. Sticking a tube in you to find out what's wrong is…
• I was able to get operated on four days after I was diagnosed. It was just a matter of getting this baseball-sized tumor out of…
• I was fortunate to play for Pete Rose and have teammates like Ken Griffey Sr., Tony Perez and Dave Concepcion. I grew up in the…
• I'm being compared to the impossible. I never saw Mays, Aaron or Clemente play. What about the people I face every day? Tim Raines is…
• I'm not head-strong, and I'm not egotistical. I understand certain things better now. I won't be trying to be play everyday. There's only one Cal…
• I've been hearing this since I first joined the Reds organization, that I'm going to be the next this or that. It's tough on a…
• People saw me as being heroic, but I was no more heroic than I was with other injuries I had, like the lacerated kidney I…
• The last two times I went to spring training, I had to win a job, and if I didn't get off to a blazing start,…
• It takes a lot of energy to be negative. You have to work at it. But smiling is painless. I'd rather spend my energy smiling.
• Life is too short to worry about anything. You had better enjoy it because the next day promises nothing.
• Never give up and don't ask why because every situation does not need an answer. I'm a firm believer that I don't worry about anything…
• People spend time worrying about things they think they have to have and lose perception of what they do have. You can have all the…
• I don't listen to what people say about me and I don't read what they write about me. People can compare me to anyone they…
• I'm having a good time. I'm going to treat every game and every day as if they are my last because I now know that…
• I will be a role model for cancer patients for the rest of my life. But you know what? When I was getting chemo, those…
• Most of the places I've been, I've been a main piece of the puzzle.
• I don't think any player lives up to his potential, because people out there put you so high on a pedestal, you'll never be as…
• I'll have a stamp on me forever. There will always be questions. I brought new fans to the Orioles' organization, and that's good.
• When you get back on the field and do things, any doubts you've developed leave. The more consistent you become, the fewer doubts you have.
• Baseball is not what I love. It's my job.

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