Eric Davis Play Quotations

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

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.

Everyone would like to play in their hometown, but right now I like Cincinnati, I like the way it's going. I'm happy.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

Sunnyside played a great game. Our kids played hard too.

Our defense has kept us in every game we've played this year. I knew we'd come out and play hard.

We came out and played with a lot more energy in the second half.

Mike guards the best post on the other team. I know he can shut that player down.

Mike got his turn (on Thursday). He hadn't played much lately but he went out there and defended the heck out of people.