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" 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
New
Organization
Questions
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" 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. "
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" 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? "
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" 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. "
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" Most of the places I've been, I've been a main piece of the puzzle. "
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Puzzle
Been
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" 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. "
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Change
You
" 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. "
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You
Quit
" I was hitting .360 when I was diagnosed. I didn't forget how to play while I was recovering. I don't know if the cancer is gone for good. I don't think anyone ever knows, but no one is going to steal my joy for as along as I'm able to play baseball. "
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Baseball
Know
Joy
" I don't even take aspirin. "
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Aspirin
Take
Even
" You can't get more appreciation than that, to be elected by the fans. That's the ultimate, really. "
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More
You
Appreciation
" 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. "
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Speed
Good
" 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. "
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Thought
Me
Children
" I know people are pretty well embarrassed just at the mention of colon cancer. Sticking a tube in you to find out what's wrong is not a nice thing. But I can tell them, a 30- or 40-minute test is worth it. We have to make them feel more comfortable about getting screened. "
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Feel
Nice
People
" 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. "
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Life
My Life
People
" Baseball is not what I love. It's my job. "
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I Love
Job
Baseball
" 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. "
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Famous
People
Want
" I want to establish myself as the first Eric Davis, not the next Willie Mays. "
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Want
Next
First
" 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
Things
You
Become
" 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
Myself
Me
People
" Just putting my uniform on keeps me going. Being able to get out there keeps me going. That's the best therapy. "
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Just
Going
Me
" 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
Time
Now
Having A Good Time
" You don't protect Mark McGwire. The only way to protect him is hit 70 homers yourself. "
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Protect
Mark
You
" 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
Loving
Church
Negativity
" 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
Best
Situation
Now
" 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
Play
Statistics
Professional
" I've been operated on 13 times. "
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Times
Operated
Been
" 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? "
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Time
Enjoy
Good
" 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. "
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School
Talent
Know
" I have figured out it's not what you do on the field, it's how many games you play in. "
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You
Play
Out
" 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. "
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Start
Win