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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.
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.
I think we now come to the park expecting to win instead of playing not to lose.
I tell you, revenge plays a big part in momentum down here.
Blessings can come in a number of ways. The Lord doesn't give you what you want, the Lord gives you what you need.
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.
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.
Everyone would like to play in their hometown, but right now I like Cincinnati, I like the way it's going. I'm happy.
I don't even take aspirin.
Life is too short to worry about anything
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 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.
You don't protect Mark McGwire. The only way to protect him is hit 70 homers yourself.
Life is too short to worry about anything. You had better enjoy it because the next day promises nothing.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
The kids competed for a full 32 minutes. We want the kids to compete on every possession.