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Top 50 Eric Davis Quotes (2024 Update)

Eric Davis Quote: “Life is too short to worry about anything. You had better enjoy it because the next day promises nothing.”

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

Eric Davis Quote: “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.”

2. “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.”

Eric Davis Quote: “Life is too short to worry about anything.”

3. “Life is too short to worry about anything.”

Eric Davis Quote: “If you don’t believe in something, you’ll fall for anything. I believe everything happens for a reason. If you are strong from within, you can will anything. I’m a firm believer that where there’s a will, there’s a way.”

4. “If you don’t believe in something, you’ll fall for anything. I believe everything happens for a reason. If you are strong from within, you can will anything. I’m a firm believer that where there’s a will, there’s a way.”

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Eric Davis Quote: “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.”

5. “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 Quote: “Never give up and don’t ask why because every situation does not need an answer. I’m a firm believer that I don’t worry about anything I can’t control.”

6. “Never give up and don’t ask why because every situation does not need an answer. I’m a firm believer that I don’t worry about anything I can’t control.”

Eric Davis Quote: “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.”

7. “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 Quote: “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.”

8. “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 Quote: “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?”

9. “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?”

Eric Davis Quote: “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.”

10. “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 Quote: “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.”

11. “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.”

Eric Davis Quote: “Blessings can come in a number of ways. The Lord doesn’t give you what you want, the Lord gives you what you need.”

12. “Blessings can come in a number of ways. The Lord doesn’t give you what you want, the Lord gives you what you need.”

Eric Davis Quote: “I’d never heard of colon cancer. Baseball wasn’t even important to me. I have a wife and two girls. That’s what was important. The doctors told me and all I could say was, ‘When are we going to get this thing out?’”

13. “I’d never heard of colon cancer. Baseball wasn’t even important to me. I have a wife and two girls. That’s what was important. The doctors told me and all I could say was, ‘When are we going to get this thing out?’”

Eric Davis Quote: “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.”

14. “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 Quote: “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?”

15. “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 Quote: “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?”

16. “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 Quote: “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.”

17. “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 Quote: “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.”

18. “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 Quote: “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.”

19. “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 Quote: “I could’ve played basketball, but my mind was on baseball. I didn’t know what I was in for. In high school it was a matter of talent. No one told you what to do.”

20. “I could’ve played basketball, but my mind was on baseball. I didn’t know what I was in for. In high school it was a matter of talent. No one told you what to do.”

Eric Davis Quote: “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.”

21. “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 Quote: “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.”

22. “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 Quote: “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.”

23. “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 Quote: “I want to establish myself as the first Eric Davis, not the next Willie Mays.”

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

Eric Davis Quote: “If you’re feeling pressure, then you shouldn’t be here.”

25. “If you’re feeling pressure, then you shouldn’t be here.”

Eric Davis Quote: “Baseball is not what I love. It’s my job.”

26. “Baseball is not what I love. It’s my job.”

Eric Davis Quote: “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.”

27. “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 Quote: “That’s just my family’s mentality. We are a very loving, hugging and kissing kind of family. And we grew up in a church atmosphere and still have that atmosphere. There is no negativity.”

28. “That’s just my family’s mentality. We are a very loving, hugging and kissing kind of family. And we grew up in a church atmosphere and still have that atmosphere. There is no negativity.”

Eric Davis Quote: “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.”

29. “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.”

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Eric Davis Quote: “You can’t shelter it. You can’t hide it. You have to let people know what you’re going through, what you’re feeling, what you think you have that’s a problem.”

30. “You can’t shelter it. You can’t hide it. You have to let people know what you’re going through, what you’re feeling, what you think you have that’s a problem.”

Eric Davis Quote: “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.”

31. “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 Quote: “There’s only one Mark McGwire. The man walked over 160 times. Just think. If he walks 60 times, he might hit 100 homers.”

32. “There’s only one Mark McGwire. The man walked over 160 times. Just think. If he walks 60 times, he might hit 100 homers.”

Eric Davis Quote: “I don’t even take aspirin.”

33. “I don’t even take aspirin.”

Eric Davis Quote: “Most of the places I’ve been, I’ve been a main piece of the puzzle.”

34. “Most of the places I’ve been, I’ve been a main piece of the puzzle.”

Eric Davis Quote: “I don’t think any player lives up to his potential, because people out there put you so high on a pedestal, you’ll never be as good as they expect.”

35. “I don’t think any player lives up to his potential, because people out there put you so high on a pedestal, you’ll never be as good as they expect.”

Eric Davis Quote: “I have figured out it’s not what you do on the field, it’s how many games you play in.”

36. “I have figured out it’s not what you do on the field, it’s how many games you play in.”

Eric Davis Quote: “I think we now come to the park expecting to win instead of playing not to lose.”

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

Eric Davis Quote: “I’ve been operated on 13 times.”

38. “I’ve been operated on 13 times.”

Eric Davis Quote: “You can’t get more appreciation than that, to be elected by the fans. That’s the ultimate, really.”

39. “You can’t get more appreciation than that, to be elected by the fans. That’s the ultimate, really.”

Eric Davis Quote: “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.”

40. “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 Quote: “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.”

41. “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 Quote: “I tell you, revenge plays a big part in momentum down here.”

42. “I tell you, revenge plays a big part in momentum down here.”

Eric Davis Quote: “Everyone would like to play in their hometown, but right now I like Cincinnati, I like the way it’s going. I’m happy.”

43. “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 Quote: “The kids competed for a full 32 minutes. We want the kids to compete on every possession.”

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

Eric Davis Quote: “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.”

45. “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 Quote: “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.”

46. “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 Quote: “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.”

47. “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 Quote: “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.”

48. “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 Quote: “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.”

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

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

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