Eric Davis
Eric Davis
Eric Keith Davisis a former center fielder for several Major League Baseball teams. Davis was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on May 19, 1984 with the Cincinnati Reds, the team for which he is most remembered. Blessed with a rare combination of excellent foot speed and bat speed, Davis became the first major league player to hit at least 30 home runs and steal at least 50 bases in the same season in 1987...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth29 May 1962
CityLos Angeles, CA
compete second
We are here to compete every second of every game.
brought everybody iraqis majority wants
I think the overwhelming majority of Iraqis wants some kind of justice. Everybody wants him to brought to trial.
gray matt perfect talk
Talk about a Matt Gray coming-out party. A career-high and perfect from the field.
denying difficulty
He is in difficulty now, there is no denying that.
admit arab burden european groups involve iraq solution union united
He just won't admit that the only solution in Iraq is internationalizing the effort. The more we involve groups like the United Nations, European Union and Arab League, the more we take the burden off of American troops.
alcohol drive thinks three
At .08 (blood alcohol level), you can't drive a car. But at three times that, (the prosecution) thinks you know what you're doing with a knife? That's ridiculous.
believed care guys hard hard-work kids locker paying people towns work
The kids can see that hard work is paying off. They didn't care what people in other towns thought. They believed in the 12 guys in the locker room.
contest defend game hard talked trying win
They wanted to win a game for Greg. We talked about trying to scrap, defend hard and contest every shot.
defended heck lately mike played turn
Mike got his turn (on Thursday). He hadn't played much lately but he went out there and defended the heck out of people.
short-life life-is-too-short life-is-short
Life is too short to worry about anything. You had better enjoy it because the next day promises nothing.
aspirin
I don't even take aspirin.
swings people balls
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.
short-life life-is-too-short life-is-short
Life is too short to worry about anything
nice cancer people
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.