Quotes by Jake Peavy - Page 1

Singing in public makes me very uncomfortable.
Jake Peavy /
Uncomfortable
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Think about the past to learn, but move forward.
Jake Peavy /
Move Forward
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Other guys like to go golfing, but music is my hobby.
Jake Peavy /
Golfing
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Music runs my life. I can't imagine going a day without it.
Jake Peavy /
Life Music Day
Runs
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Life isn't always great, but it's all about how we react to things.
Jake Peavy /
Great
Things
Life Great Always
How
React
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I certainly think that Southerners are tough, and I take pride in that.
Jake Peavy /
Pride
Southerners
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I love the outdoors. I love getting to hunt and fish and work on the land and ride our horses.
Jake Peavy /
Fish
Horses
Hunt
Outdoors
Ride
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I need to have people doubting me, because that's when you dig deep and find out what you're made of.
Jake Peavy /
Me People Find
Dig
Doubting
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In San Diego, I saw Keith Urban perform, and I've seen a lot of acts, and he's better than anybody I've seen.
Jake Peavy /
San Diego
Urban
Acts
Diego
San
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Any city that's worth a dang certainly has a musical heartbeat, a culture, and a scene that can stand on its own.
Jake Peavy /
Heartbeat
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When it's my last year, I'll probably let people know when that last pitch is thrown and say thanks and walk away.
Jake Peavy /
Last Year
Thanks
Thrown
Walk People Know
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I remember, as a kid, my grandfather would grab my temples and say, 'You've got to focus, Jake. You've got to focus.'
Jake Peavy /
Grandfather
Temples
Grab
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Be aggressive... That's the type of pitcher I am. I go as hard as I can for as long as I can and see where the cards fall.
Jake Peavy /
Aggressive
Cards
Pitcher
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There's not a ballpark I've ever played in as a visitor or home that has the historic feel and energy that Fenway Park has.
Jake Peavy /
Historic
Ballpark
Park
Visitor
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Baseball is my first love, and it's what I know, and it's what I'll do until I can't do it anymore, and I'm still hungry to do that.
Jake Peavy /
First Love
Hungry
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You take wins where you can get them because they're not easy to come by. You win at the major-league level, and you've done something.
Jake Peavy /
Done
Easy
Come
Take
Win
Level
Where
Wins
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I have no agenda. I'll play anywhere. All I need is a reason to believe that it's a good place for me and that I'm wanted, and I'm coming.
Jake Peavy /
Good Place
Good Believe Me
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If you talk with a Southern accent, it's perceived as though you are slow. That's not the case. I've met just as many dumb people who talk without an accent as with.
Jake Peavy /
Dumb
Dumb People
Southern Accent
Accent
Perceived
Slow
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I can say this: I'm not going to be some guy hanging around and trying to make every last dime in this game. I mean, I'm really going to let the game just decide it for me.
Jake Peavy /
Game Me Trying
Dime
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To be called a Cy Young award winner is something I could have never imagined ever happening to me. I'm just always amazed at the blessings that came my way over the years.
Jake Peavy /
Amazed
Award
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I hope people don't get angry at me when I do start yelling and stuff, because I promise you it's all that competitive energy, and I want to win with every last ounce in me.
Jake Peavy /
Angry
Promise
Yelling
Competitive
Ounce
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I've been a part of a couple of Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia nights, and watching the Dead's fan base be so passionate reminds me of what Jerry was so much about, making the community a better place.
Jake Peavy /
Better Place
Jerry
Base
Nights
Fan Base
Grateful Dead
Reminds
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I'm so into the Boss and who he is, and I've read all his books, and I've watched every DVD, and I love every bit of his music: I would hate for, like, something to happen and ruin it for me. You know what I mean?
Jake Peavy /
Boss
Love Music Hate
Watched
Ruin
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Bochy is my guy. He raised me in the game; I was 20-years-old and as green as any grapes as you've ever seen on a vine. He took care of me, taught me how to be a professional, and taught me how to get my work done.
Jake Peavy /
Grapes
Vine
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I wear my emotions on my sleeve. If I keep that bottled up, it's not going to be good. It's all going to come out at some point in time. I would rather it come out in little bits and pieces than me try to hold it in.
Jake Peavy /
Bits
Bits And Pieces
Time Good Me
Bottled
Sleeve
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Jesus means life to me. Jesus is our savior. When I think about Jesus, I think about the sacrifice He made so that we may have eternal life. I can certainly tell you I'm not afraid to die, and I certainly have a peace about my life.
Jake Peavy /
Jesus
Eternal
Eternal Life
Sacrifice
Savior
Die
Afraid
Certainly
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People also think Christians are very passive people, and that drives me crazy as an athlete because if you watch me play and compete, I'm the furthest thing from passive that you'll see on the baseball field. I love to compete, and I love to win.
Jake Peavy /
Athlete
Passive
Love Me People
Love Me Crazy
Christians
Compete
Drives
Furthest
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My eyesight is not good. You guys will see, in games you'll watch, I will have times where I don't see the catcher very well, especially in low-light conditions. I can get to about 20/40. That's about as good as they can get me with the stigmatisms and stuff I have going on.
Jake Peavy /
Conditions
Eyesight
Games
Good Me Will
Good Where Me
Catcher
You Guys
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I got traded in the middle of an injury - my ankle injury - so in '09, I came back and just kind of flukishly had some success. I was far, far from healthy. I came back in 2010 still nursing that ankle injury. Yeah, it was a rough, rough go. My first few years in Chicago were not much fun.
Jake Peavy /
Chicago
Nursing
Rough
Yeah
Ankle
Just Kind
Traded
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I think I was about seven years old, and I remember I was at Moffat Road Baptist Church, where I grew up with all my friends and family and probably didn't understand nearly enough, but I knew enough to understand I wanted to be saved and wanted Jesus to be Lord of my life. What an awesome experience.
Jake Peavy /
Experience
Jesus
Church
Enough
Grew
Lord
Remember
Saved
Seven
Wanted
Years
Life Family Experience
Life Family Enough
Understand
All My Friends
Awesome
Baptist
Nearly
Old
Friends And Family
My Life
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When you get to the big leagues, the talent pool is on such a level playing field, you have to find a way to separate yourself from incredibly talented guys. Especially when you go through the injuries that I've had, you come back, and you might not physically be able to do some of the things you used to do.
Jake Peavy /
Level Playing Field
Pool
Physically
Big Leagues
Talented
Injuries
Leagues
Playing Field
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