Eric Davis Quotes

A collection of quotes by Eric Davis.

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It's like, now you're actually complaining because you're ma

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.

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

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

Love

People spend time worrying about things they think they have

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?

Money

It's easy to see why pitchers respect McGwire. If you hit be

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.

Respect

I was fortunate to play for Pete Rose and have teammates lik

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.

Attitude

I've been hearing this since I first joined the Reds organiz

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.

Positive

I love the game, it's the greatest game on earth, that's why

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.

Beauty

Life is too short to worry about anything. You had better en

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

Life

Nothingever happened on this globe, for good, at which some

Nothingever happened on this globe, for good, at which some people did not have their fill of laughter in the onset; and knowing that such as these would be blind anyway, he thought it quite as well that they should wrinkle up their eyes in grins, as have a malady in the less attractive forms.

Charles Dickens

Dad

It takes a lot of energy to be negative. You have to work at

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.

Work

I think we now come to the park expecting to win instead of

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

Loss