Chili Davis

Professionalism is not sportsmanship. If you don't succeed, you won't be in your profession for long. In our society, it's not about good or bad. It's about who's on top. ↗

— Chili Davis

#bad #good #long #our #profession

Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. ↗

— Chili Davis

#growing old #growing up #mandatory #old #optional

I've got a fastball, change-up, forkball, curve, slider, knuckle-slider, knuckle-curve, I had about seven pitches I could have used at any time. ↗

— Chili Davis

#any #could #curve #fastball #got

For me, I tend to sit back sometimes and just count my blessings because of how long I've played. ↗

— Chili Davis

#because #blessings #count #how #i

I have always loved the Bay Area. I spent a lot of time in the Bay Area. I started my career there. That's a huge part of the excitement for me. ↗

— Chili Davis

#area #bay #bay area #career #excitement

I used to lead off when I was a rookie. I've always been able to bunt. ↗

— Chili Davis

#always #been #bunt #i #lead

I'm at the point in my career where to be a winner is more important than any individual things. ↗

— Chili Davis

#career #i #important #individual #more

I've always favored kids as a player. If I walked out of the locker room and there were 100 people there and 50 of them were kids, I'd sign the 50 kids before anything else. ↗

— Chili Davis

#anything #before #else #favored #i

I've been on teams that lost a hundred games in a season. I've been on teams that had a shot to make the playoffs and fizzled out at the end. ↗

— Chili Davis

#end #games #had #hundred #i

If I stayed in this game for individual achievements, I don't think I'd still be playing. ↗

— Chili Davis

#game #i #individual #playing #stayed