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

  Eric Davis

  Kids, Want, Minutes

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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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• 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 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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• 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'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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• 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

  People, Eric, Pieces

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

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• I don't even take aspirin.

  Eric Davis

  Aspirin

  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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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

  Writing, People, Worry

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

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

  Eric Davis

  Eric, Want, Next

  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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• 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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• 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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• 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'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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• 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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• 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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