Eric Davis Quotes

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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

Smile, Keep Smiling, Energy

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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

Short Life, Life Is Too Short, Life Is Short

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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

Games, Lasts, Good Times

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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

Strong, Fall, Believe

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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

Thinking, People, Worry

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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, Cancer, Thinking

Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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If you're feeling pressure, then you shouldn't be here.

Eric Davis

Feelings, Pressure, Ifs

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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Blessings can come in a number of ways. The Lord doesn't give you what you want, the Lord gives you what you need.

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Spiritual, Godly, Blessing

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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

Games, Play, Fields

Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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I tell you, revenge plays a big part in momentum down here.

Eric Davis

Revenge, Play, Momentum

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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

Giving Up, Worry, Doe

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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

Girl, Baseball, Cancer

Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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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

Player, Thinking, People

Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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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, Lucky, Four

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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

Nice, Cancer, People

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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

Attitude, Games, Play

Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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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

Kissing, Negativity, Atmosphere

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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

Play, People, Peers

Interview with Ralph Wiley, www.espn.com. May 25, 1987.

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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.

Eric Davis

Strong, Play, Everyday

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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.

Eric Davis

Games, Names, Doe

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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.

Eric Davis

Cities, Careers, Baltimore

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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

Doctors, Would Be, Half

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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I think we now come to the park expecting to win instead of playing not to lose.

Eric Davis

Loss, Winning, Thinking

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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

Children, Kids, Years

Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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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.

Eric Davis

Years, Mad, Guy

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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Born: May 29, 1962
Occupation: Baseball player
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