Eric Davis Quotes

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

Control, Give, Why

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

Work, Negative, Energy

Life is too short to worry about anything. You had better enjoy it because the next day promises nothing.
Eric Davis

Life, Nothing, Enjoy

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.
Eric Davis

Worry, Write, Read

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

Time, Good, Money

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

Time, Good, Game

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, Everything, Reason

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

God, Children, Through

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.
Eric Davis

School, Mind, Basketball

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

Good, Put, Lives

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

Good, Forget, Baseball

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

Life, Getting, Inspired

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

Good, Questions, Forever

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

Places, Piece, Puzzle

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

Become, Leave, Doubts

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

Love, Job, Baseball

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

Game, Point, Name

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

Happy, Play, Everyone

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

Become, Playing, Player

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

While, Half, Taking

I don't even take aspirin.
Eric Davis

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

Famous, Remember, Piece

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

Play, Games, Figured

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, Find, Pretty

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

Love, Beauty, Time

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Nationality: American

Born: May 29, 1962

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