Gary Sheffield Quotes
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I know who the leader is on the team, ... I ain't going to say who it is, but I know who it is. I know who the team feeds off. I know who the opposing team comes in knowing they have to defend to stop the Yankees.
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When McGwire started the home run mania, attendance came back. The owners understood that the sudden spike in homers wasn't accidental. All baseball knew it. But baseball is run on money, and home runs meant money. Baseball turned a blind eye.
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I'm not playing, am I? That tells you how I feel.
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I'm fine. Just got to take it easy and not overdo it.
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A lot of people try to make it more than it is. But it was the same. I think it should be fun for the fans. And it was.
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Alex has got toughness about him. It's just that you spend so much time trying to find out what other people want, as opposed to doing what you got to do. You're trying to please everybody and do what everybody expects you to do. And the thing is, they ain't under the same gun.
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When you challenge me, I like my chances in a fistfight. On the field, I use the same approach. I'm going to win. And I'll do it by any means necessary. If you're not willing to go that route, don't come my way.
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My prayers are with my uncle. I pray that he will seek and receive the help he so desperately needs.
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They brought me in and told me they were probably going to pick the option up. You always want to earn whatever you get. I take a lot pride in that. He didn't have to bring me in today. I appreciate that. When I was a free agent, a lot of teams called and I really didn't answer. There was only one place, and that still remains the same. I don't want to play for nobody else but the Yankees.
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He stepped up big for us, we're not surprised by what he's done.
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We had a close-knit family. That's one reason I was probably more shocked than anybody that someone in my family was on drugs.
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I'm playing every day. I still want to win.
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It doesn't matter. I look at it like this, the start of the season I'll do what I've always done. That's it.
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When I get to flying open and killing people in the stands, it?s not good. That?s when you know my timing is not right and you can predict I won?t get a hit. That?s when I tell myself to use the whole field. That?s when I?m at my best.
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What did I do to be a villain? ... Well, I mean you can't look at it that way. I didn't initiate it. It's a situation where I showed restraint, and I moved on from there.
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Every time you look up, they're scoring a run. They do all the little things. After a series with them, you're all worn out from watching those rabbits run around the bases.
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I feel excellent right now. My body is loose and my swing is where I want it to be.
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I don't think it's that serious. If I feel good tomorrow and I feel like I'm not going to jeopardize missing games or hurt the team, I'll play. Otherwise, I'll sit down.
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I'm definitely excited. With our offense, we feel like we can accomplish anything. We tried to jump a big hurdle last year, we had a lot of pitchers injured. Unfortunately, our offense wasn't able to take us all the way through.
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I felt it cramp up on me. I tried to start over and regroup, but I just stopped before I hurt it more. I thought maybe I'd pull it if I kept going. Getting up and walking off myself was a good sign. I haven't had many problems with my legs.
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I love my uncle to death. It just breaks my heart. It's hard for me to (believe) that this drug is that powerful.
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I think he genuinely meant it. I think he really wants to do the right things to escape this demon that's got him.
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They brought it up in the beginning. This is how it happened in L.A. (where he played with the Dodgers from 1998-2002). They wanted to sign me to an extension; I didn't go to them. But when I didn't want to go through with it, I'm the bad guy, the greedy guy.
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That just proves I wasn't in the wrong, and that's what this is all about. Yeah, you try to represent the game the right way, but then being told you're in the wrong for reacting to something you didn't start, that's kind of disturbing. That just makes me feel like it's a hypocritical society.