Eric Davis Quotes

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

You can't get more appreciation than that, to be elected by the fans. That's the ultimate, really.

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.

I've been operated on 13 times.

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.

I have figured out it's not what you do on the field, it's how many games you play in.

Baseball is not what I love. It's my job.

The kids competed for a full 32 minutes. We want the kids to compete on every possession.

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?

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.

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?'

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.

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.

There's only one Mark McGwire. The man walked over 160 times. Just think. If he walks 60 times, he might hit 100 homers.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

I want to establish myself as the first Eric Davis, not the next Willie Mays.

Socially, it is funny. People are annoyed because, really who is a clown?.

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.

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.

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

Most of the places I've been, I've been a main piece of the puzzle.

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

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.

Just putting my uniform on keeps me going. Being able to get out there keeps me going. That's the best therapy.

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.

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.

Everyone would like to play in their hometown, but right now I like Cincinnati, I like the way it's going. I'm happy.