Gary Sheffield Quotes
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The bottom line, ... is why should you be trying to get anybody on your side if you're doing the right thing in the first place?
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I really don't care what they do, to be honest with you.
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I don't want anybody to take my kindness as a weakness. Like I said before, this is where I want to be, but don't test me. It never was a done deal. It was a possibility. I'm happy about that. But there's two sides to that. On one side, I trust you, but don't play me. I don't care who it is, if it's the Boss, if it's him, don't play me. There are plenty of other teams out there that want my services ... that's the bottom line.
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I'm not going to defend myself the rest of my life.
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If I have to, I will. I'll do whatever the law (requires) me to do, but other than that, it's a waste of my time.
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I tried to come out of the box and I stumbled a little bit. I kind of tweaked it, but it's OK.
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It's very difficult to do, especially when you get up in age, to go back out every single day with the same intensity.
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To happen in New Orleans, being so close to Tampa, it could have easily been me or my family. I just thought, how could I sit and flip the channel and watch a football game and go on with my average day when people are out of homes and everything they've got? To turn my back on it would be a tragedy in itself.
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I want everybody to be on an even playing field.
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I am done doing that, ... I don't see it getting any better.
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Do you believe everything somebody tells you? Basically you want me to comment on it. My version, I don't have one. What version do I need to have for you all to be satisfied?
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I felt it (tighten) when I first took off and I tried to slow down,
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I'm just letting it go. I'm swinging at what I need to swing at. And when the time comes, I'll just do what I always done. It's just a matter of going out and feeling better. I feel like I'm involved in spring training and when that's the case I'm going to be myself.
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I'm sure everybody in a family has a person in their family that has a problem ? drug related or whatever. He happens to be the one. It's just one of those things where when he hurts, I hurt.
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It wasn't getting worse at all. It was just feeling tight.
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You can start out hot, you can start out lukewarm or you can start out cold. If you're a good team, it will show up in the end. And we are a good team. Baseball is played the way it's played - you can't just make something happen.
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I've never had an organization come to me and say, 'Eventually, we're going to take care of you. I've never had anyone say, 'I'm going to take care of you.' Why shouldn't I be happy? That's a first for me in 17 years.
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They made me look like I was 2 years old.
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I'm a year at a time guy. If I have a good year, go on the next one. I want to go out on a high note.
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If you look at the type of swings I've been taking the last couple of days, I'm right where I need to me. If I'm healthy, I'll be fine. That has always been the case with me.
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They used to confide in me about how they hated it. I told them, 'You knew what you were getting into. You accept his money. You accept the status when you're around him. But you don't want to deal with the backlash of what comes out of his mouth, and you want to complain to me.'
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That hurt me - that's what drove me into depression where I didn't care. Once I saw my grandmother and him, I lost all of what I had in me. I said, 'He's the reason she looks like that.' I'm still not out of it. I get real disturbed at night. Imagine this person you came out of the womb looking up to. It's just tough, man.
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You can't be sensitive, ... and play baseball.
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It looks like I'm a 2-year-old who can't relay a message.