Quotes by R.A. Dickey

R.A. Dickey

A lot of people don’t trust the pitch. There’s this kind of reputation it has for being untrustworthy and fickle and capricious and everything else, and those are words that big league managers and general managers and organizations aren’t too fond of.

League

Organization

People

I can’t tell you how excited I am to be a part of an organization that’s committed to winning.

Excited

Organization

Winning

I could never get a real good clear picture of what I could become.

Clear

Real

I don’t really feel much more confident than I did the last couple years. I’ve always felt like I have a pretty good knuckleball. I worked hard to do that.?

Couple

Knuckleballs

Years

I had a lot of fear that would motivate me to try to work hard, because I didn’t know what I would do if I wasn’t a baseball player.

Baseball

Hard Work

Player

I had a wife that did not want me to have a singular regret about chasing my dream, which helped me tremendously. I did not want to have a singular regret. I always held out hope that it was going to turn for the better. That’s always what motivated me was hope.

Dream

Regret

Wife

I think what motivated me was just hope. Something inside of me, deep down in my guts, always felt like there was something in there.

Guts

Motivated

Thinking

I would use sport as an escape from the pain of what was real. Instead of dealing with the pain, instead of being honest about the pain, instead of asking for help – if I had to do it differently, I would do it differently in that regard.

Pain

Real

Sports

I’ve worked for everything I’ve ever got and it’s worked out. Even if I was the Cy Young Award winner I still would not want to feel that sense of entitlement. I would still treat every game like it’s my very first game and my very last game.

Awards

Games

Want

If you aren’t willing to face your demons-if you can’t find the courage to take on your fear and hurt and anger-you might as well wrap them up with a bow and give them to your children. Because they will be carrying the same thing…unless you are willing to do the work

Children

Giving

Hurt

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Artist

Athlete

Awards

Baseball

Believe

Careers

Children

Clear

Commitment

Couple

Crafts

Craftsman

Discomfort

Dog

Dream

Excited

Fruit

Games

Giving

Grew

Growing Up

Guarantees

Guts

Hard Work

Humans

Hurt

Jesus

Kids

Knuckleballs

League

Letting Go

Metamorphosis

Metaphor

Might

Motivated

Organization

Pain

People

Player

Real

Regret

Sports

Thinking

Today

Turns

Want

Wife

Winning

Years

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Quotes by R.A. Dickey

R.A. Dickey

A lot of people don’t trust the pitch. There’s this kind of reputation it has for being untrustworthy and fickle and capricious and everything else, and those are words that big league managers and general managers and organizations aren’t too fond of.

I can’t tell you how excited I am to be a part of an organization that’s committed to winning.

I could never get a real good clear picture of what I could become.

I don’t really feel much more confident than I did the last couple years. I’ve always felt like I have a pretty good knuckleball. I worked hard to do that.?

I had a lot of fear that would motivate me to try to work hard, because I didn’t know what I would do if I wasn’t a baseball player.

I had a wife that did not want me to have a singular regret about chasing my dream, which helped me tremendously. I did not want to have a singular regret. I always held out hope that it was going to turn for the better. That’s always what motivated me was hope.

I think what motivated me was just hope. Something inside of me, deep down in my guts, always felt like there was something in there.

I would use sport as an escape from the pain of what was real. Instead of dealing with the pain, instead of being honest about the pain, instead of asking for help – if I had to do it differently, I would do it differently in that regard.

I’ve worked for everything I’ve ever got and it’s worked out. Even if I was the Cy Young Award winner I still would not want to feel that sense of entitlement. I would still treat every game like it’s my very first game and my very last game.

If you aren’t willing to face your demons-if you can’t find the courage to take on your fear and hurt and anger-you might as well wrap them up with a bow and give them to your children. Because they will be carrying the same thing…unless you are willing to do the work

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