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.
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.
Life is too short to worry about anything. You had better enjoy it because the next day promises nothing.
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.
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?
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.
I don’t even take aspirin.
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.
I have figured out it’s not what you do on the field, it’s how many games you play in.
I want to establish myself as the first Eric Davis, not the next Willie Mays.
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’ve been operated on 13 times.
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.
Everyone would like to play in their hometown, but right now I like Cincinnati, I like the way it’s going. I’m happy.