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" You can't get more appreciation than that, to be elected by the fans. That's the ultimate, really. "

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" 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. "

" I've been operated on 13 times. "

" 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. "

" 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? "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

Life Is Too Short

" You don't protect Mark McGwire. The only way to protect him is hit 70 homers yourself. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I have figured out it's not what you do on the field, it's how many games you play in. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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? "

" 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. "

Having A Good Time

" I don't even take aspirin. "

" 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. "

" 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?' "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Baseball is not what I love. It's my job. "