Eric Davis

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

#about #being #best #compare #compared

I'm having a good time. I'm going to treat every game and every day as if they are my last because I now know that they could be. ↗

— Eric Davis

#could #day #every #every day #game

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. ↗

— Eric Davis

#cancer #different #happen #i #just

I've been operated on 13 times. ↗

— Eric Davis

#i #operated #times

If you're feeling pressure, then you shouldn't be here. ↗

— Eric Davis

#here #pressure #then #you

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

#change #easy #him #hit #mcgwire

Just putting my uniform on keeps me going. Being able to get out there keeps me going. That's the best therapy. ↗

— Eric Davis

#being #best #get #going #just

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

#everything #games #goal #help #i

Not being re-signed in Baltimore was probably the lowest point, mentally, of my career. That city was the only place where I wanted to be at the time, based on everything that had transpired. ↗

— Eric Davis

#based #being #career #city #everything

Nothing I did contributed to me having cancer, so I can't sit back and say, 'Oh why me.' Why not me? Why does tragedy always have to hit someone else? ↗

— Eric Davis

#back #cancer #contributed #did #does