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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.
Eric Davis / Baseball Player
Smile
Energy
Keep Smiling
Negative
Painless
Lot
Spend
Rather
Smiling
Takes
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I don't even take aspirin.
Eric Davis / Baseball Player
Aspirin
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Baseball is not what I love. It's my job.
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Baseball
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If you're feeling pressure, then you shouldn't be here.
Eric Davis / Baseball Player
Pressure
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Most of the places I've been, I've been a main piece of the puzzle.
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Main
Piece
Puzzle
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I want to establish myself as the first Eric Davis, not the next Willie Mays.
Eric Davis / Baseball Player
Davis
Establish
Mays
Willie
Willie Mays
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I have figured out it's not what you do on the field, it's how many games you play in.
Eric Davis / Baseball Player
Figured
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You can't get more appreciation than that, to be elected by the fans. That's the ultimate, really.
Eric Davis / Baseball Player
Appreciation
Smile
Fans
Ultimate
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Life is too short to worry about anything. You had better enjoy it because the next day promises nothing.
Eric Davis / Baseball Player
Enjoy
Life Is Too Short
Next
Worry
Because
About
Nothing
Anything
Had
You
Too
Day
Short
Promises
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Just putting my uniform on keeps me going. Being able to get out there keeps me going. That's the best therapy.
Eric Davis / Baseball Player
Therapy
Uniform
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My only goal is to play 162 games and help this team win. If I can do that, everything will take care of itself.
Eric Davis / Baseball Player
Take Care
Team Win
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Everyone would like to play in their hometown, but right now I like Cincinnati, I like the way it's going. I'm happy.
Eric Davis / Baseball Player
Hometown
Cincinnati
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There's only one Mark McGwire. The man walked over 160 times. Just think. If he walks 60 times, he might hit 100 homers.
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Walks
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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 they could be.
Eric Davis / Baseball Player
Having A Good Time
Time Good Game
Good Time
Treat
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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.
Eric Davis / Baseball Player
Organization
Good Me Fans
Stamp
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I don't want to be famous. I want to be secure. I don't want the world. I just want a piece of it. I want people to remember Eric Davis.
Eric Davis / Baseball Player
Famous
Eric
Remember
Secure
Want
World
World Remember People
Just
Famous World People
Davis
Piece
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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 people inspired me.
Eric Davis / Baseball Player
Cancer
Life Me My Life
Life Me People
Patients
Role Model
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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.
Eric Davis / Baseball Player
Consistent
Fewer
Developed
Doubts
Leave
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For me to become the highest paid player in the franchise, it was something I didn't anticipate. But I'm glad. I like playing for Cincinnati.
Eric Davis / Baseball Player
Anticipate
Glad
Paid
Me Something Become
Cincinnati
Franchise
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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 good as they expect.
Eric Davis / Baseball Player
Pedestal
Good People Never
High
Expect
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I'm no different than others with cancer. I just happen to play professional baseball. I'm part of those statistics that cancer has touched as well.
Eric Davis / Baseball Player
Baseball
Cancer
Statistics
Touched
Professional Baseball
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It's easy to see why pitchers respect McGwire. If you hit behind him, they're saying that they don't respect you. You have to change their thinking.
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Pitchers
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Nothing I did contributed to me having cancer, so I can't sit back and say, 'Oh why me.' Why not me? Why does tragedy always have to hit someone else?
Eric Davis / Baseball Player
Cancer
Tragedy
Why Not
Always Me Nothing
Me Nothing Always
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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 I can't control.
Eric Davis / Baseball Player
Believer
Firm
Situation
Worry
Ask
Control
Anything
Why
Answer
Does
Firm Believer
Give
Never Give Up
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I ate while I was taking chemo. The doctors didn't know. I really didn't get any nausea. I didn't have side effects. I would be drained for a day and a half.
Eric Davis / Baseball Player
Doctors
Drained
Effects
Ate
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You can't shelter it. You can't hide it. You have to let people know what you're going through, what you're feeling, what you think you have that's a problem.
Eric Davis / Baseball Player
Shelter
Hide
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I could've played basketball, but my mind was on baseball. I didn't know what I was in for. In high school it was a matter of talent. No one told you what to do.
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Baseball
Basketball
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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 want to, but I'm not going to worry about it.
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Compare
Worry
Me People Compare
Anyone
Me People Worry
Write
Read
Listen
Say
People Say
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Come on, when does it come to the point where your name can't come up in trade talks? Willie Mays got traded. Pedro Martinez got traded. So what? That's part of the game.
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Mays
Talks
Traded
Willie
Willie Mays
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I remember in 1990, there were five of us making $3 million a year. When guys passed us, we didn't cry. Why would we cry? You didn't get mad when someone got $6 million. Or $8 million.
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Cry
Passed
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That's just my family's mentality. We are a very loving, hugging and kissing kind of family. And we grew up in a church atmosphere and still have that atmosphere. There is no negativity.
Eric Davis / Baseball Player
Atmosphere
Church
Mentality
Negativity
Hugging
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Not being re-signed in Baltimore was probably the lowest point, mentally, of my career. That city was the only place where I wanted to be at the time, based on everything that had transpired.
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Lowest
Mentally
Based
Career
City
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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 the best? Mattingly is the best? Why not compare me to my peers?
Eric Davis / Baseball Player
Compare
Peers
Why Not
Aaron
Best Face Me
Mays
Tim
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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, I'm on the bench. Now, I've proven myself, so it's not essential that I get off to a real good start.
Eric Davis / Baseball Player
Blazing
Proven
Spring
Spring Training
Bench
Good Myself Start
Essential
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People always ask me how I can hit the ball so far, and I say, 'I just swing.' It's the coaches who first told me I had good bat speed. I was just swinging, and I guess it was fast. I'm pretty fast at everything.
Eric Davis / Baseball Player
Coaches
Speed
Good Always Me
Good Me People
Bat
Swing
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I'd never heard of colon cancer. Baseball wasn't even important to me. I have a wife and two girls. That's what was important. The doctors told me and all I could say was, 'When are we going to get this thing out?'
Eric Davis / Baseball Player
Baseball
Cancer
Doctors
Heard
Colon
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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 game with a mature attitude. I've always known it was better to be seen and not heard.
Eric Davis / Baseball Player
Attitude
Dave
Fortunate
Mature
Always Game Better
Teammates
Pete Rose
Tony
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I was disappointed in everything - my start and the team's start. People got down on me, but I never got down on myself. I still believed I could be the type of player everyone, including me, thought I was going to be.
Eric Davis / Baseball Player
Disappointed
Including
Myself Start Me
Believed
Myself Me Start
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If you don't believe in something, you'll fall for anything. I believe everything happens for a reason. If you are strong from within, you can will anything. I'm a firm believer that where there's a will, there's a way.
Eric Davis / Baseball Player
Believe
Fall
Firm
Happens
Reason
Strong
Way
Believe Will I Believe
Will
Within
Anything
Firm Believer
Believe Way I Believe
Something
Where
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It's like, now you're actually complaining because you're making $9 million and guys are making more? If it makes you that upset, quit. Leave the game. Go home then and try finding another job that's going to pay you that.
Eric Davis / Baseball Player
Complaining
Upset
Finding
Go Home
Quit
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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 money and material things you want. If you aren't here to enjoy them, what good do they do?
Eric Davis / Baseball Player
Enjoy
Material Things
Perception
Time Good Money
Spend
Lose
Material
Worrying
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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 me. I reflect now on how lucky I was to be in the situation where I could get the best possible help and treatment.
Eric Davis / Baseball Player
Treatment
Diagnosed
Operated
Reflect
Tumor
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I was hitting .360 when I was diagnosed. I didn't forget how to play while I was recovering. I don't know if the cancer is gone for good. I don't think anyone ever knows, but no one is going to steal my joy for as along as I'm able to play baseball.
Eric Davis / Baseball Player
Baseball
Cancer
Hitting
Recovering
Diagnosed
Play Baseball
Steal
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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 Ripken, one Lou Gehrig and one Joe DiMaggio. What is good for them isn't necessarily good for Eric Davis.
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Better Now
Egotistical
Everyday
Davis
Cal
Certain Things
Joe
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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 young player coming up. You show some positive things and everybody jumps on that and says you should be the next Willie Mays.
Eric Davis / Baseball Player
Hearing
Organization
Positive Things
Joined
Jumps
Mays
Willie
Willie Mays
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Circulating through the children's ward and seeing terminally ill kids, heads shaved, smiling and having a ball despite the tubes and needles sticking into them, I thought: What do I have to worry about? If God takes me, at least I've lived for 35 years.
Eric Davis / Baseball Player
Despite
Ill
Needles
Seeing
Tubes
Worry
Ball
God Me Children
Heads
Shaved
Smiling
Sticking
Ward
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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 not a nice thing. But I can tell them, a 30- or 40-minute test is worth it. We have to make them feel more comfortable about getting screened.
Eric Davis / Baseball Player
Cancer
Embarrassed
Worth It
People Feel Find
People Feel Know
People Feel I Can
Colon
Mention
Nice Thing
Screened
Sticking
Test
Tube
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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 suffered during the 1990 World Series. It's just that people haven't known anyone with a lacerated kidney, but everyone can relate to someone with cancer.
Eric Davis / Baseball Player
Cancer
Heroic
Relate
Series
World Series
World Me People
Suffered
Injuries
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I love the game, it's the greatest game on earth, that's why I can't understand all of this talk about trying to make the game better. People talk about the high strike zone and changing this and that. Why? To speed up the game? That's the beauty of baseball. There is no time element.
Eric Davis / Baseball Player
Baseball
Speed
Zone
Beauty Love Time
Element
No Time
Strike
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