#v

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

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

#answer #anything #ask #because #believer

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

#ball #children #circulating #despite #god

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

#because #expect #good #high #his

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

#brought #fans #forever #good #i

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

#back #become #consistent #developed #doubts

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 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

#better now #cal #certain #certain things #davis

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

#coming #everybody #first #going #hearing

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

#being #cancer #during #everyone #had