He (Eric Davis) gets power from his bat speed.....it's like he has cork in his arms.

Once you accept defeat, it becomes ease to lose. If defeat comes, face it and take it, but don't accept it.

When you step into the batter's box, have nothing on your mind except baseball.

Some players you pat their butts, some players you kick their butts, some players you leave alone.

No one ever asked what was my relationship with Bart Giamatti. We used to talk about baseball a lot as a player and a commissioner, just talk about the game, what could we do to help the game, where's the game going, he was pretty good.

I never gave up as a player, and I won't give up as someone who wants to go to the Hall of Fame, because it's the ultimate goal for a baseball player or a football player or a basketball player.

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