Gary Sheffield Quotes
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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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Catchers, they know everything that's going on, on the field. He's a pretty enthusiastic kind of guy. He's a hard worker and I think with young players, you've got to stress the fundamentals and hard work.
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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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That's the kind of person I found out I was dealing with, ... To me, I don't want friends like that. I never will have friends like that.
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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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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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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 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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I feel excellent right now. My body is loose and my swing is where I want it to be.
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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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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.
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The only thing that saved that man that night was I didn't have mine. That was it. Bottom line. I just slipped that night. But I won't ever slip again.
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It's still stiff and still sore. It's the same as yesterday. I'm day to day.
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We're playing like we are capable of playing. If we can continue to play like this we'll be fine.
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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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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 know these guys are out of it and trying to be spoilers. I was just trying to get the team as fired up as you can. When a team is out of it, you try to take the wind out of them. But they showed their resiliency.
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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've had this happen before. I'll give it one day and be ready to go (today).
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He stepped up big for us, we're not surprised by what he's done.
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I've tried (to help). I've put him in rehab. I've spent a lot of money to do that. I've been there for him. But it comes to a point where you've just got to let him go through what he's got to go through. The family has tried everything.
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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.