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You don't protect Mark McGwire. The only way to protect him is hit 70 homers yourself.

Eric Davis

Way, Mark, Protect

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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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.

Eric Davis

Swings, People, Bats

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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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.

Eric Davis

Team, Player, People

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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The last two times I went to spring training, I had to win a job, and if I didn't get off to a blazing start, I'm on the bench. Now, I've proven myself, so it's not essential that I get off to a real good start.

Eric Davis

Jobs, Spring, Real

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

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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.

Eric Davis

Cancer, People, World

Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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I've been hearing this since I first joined the Reds organization, that I'm going to be the next this or that. It's tough on a young player coming up. You show some positive things and everybody jumps on that and says you should be the next Willie Mays.

Eric Davis

Positive, Player, Organization

Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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I've been operated on 13 times.

Eric Davis

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

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

Eric Davis

Pieces, Places I've Been, Puzzles

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

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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

Player, Glad, Anticipate

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

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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

Play, Way, Hometown

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

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

Eric Davis

Baseball, Jobs

Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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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

Doubt, Fields, Consistent

Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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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

Organization, Forever, Fans

Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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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

Cancer, People, Role Models

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

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It's easy to see why pitchers respect McGwire. If you hit behind him, they're saying that they don't respect you. You have to change their thinking.

Eric Davis

Thinking, Easy, Pitcher

Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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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.

Eric Davis

Able, Uniforms, Therapy

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

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My only goal is to play 162 games and help this team win. If I can do that, everything will take care of itself.

Eric Davis

Team, Winning, Games

Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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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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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 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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Born: May 29, 1962
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