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.
Out of sheer stubbornness, I just would keep going - just hoping that at some point something would click. I certainly held onto the hope that it mig… - R.A. Dickey
Out of sheer stubbornness, I just would keep going - just hoping that at some point something would click. I certainly held onto the hope that it mig…
- R.A. Dickey
I could never get a real good clear picture of what I could become. - R.A. Dickey
I could never get a real good clear picture of what I could become.
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, … - 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, …
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. - R.A. Dickey
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 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. - R.A. Dickey
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 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 a… - R.A. Dickey
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 a…
It's a pitch you can extend your career with because it's less taxing on your body. It's like dog years, but in reverse. I feel like I'm 27 or 26 in … - R.A. Dickey
It's a pitch you can extend your career with because it's less taxing on your body. It's like dog years, but in reverse. I feel like I'm 27 or 26 in …
Realistically, I shouldn't be able to turn a doorknob without having some discomfort. - R.A. Dickey
Realistically, I shouldn't be able to turn a doorknob without having some discomfort.
There's been this steady metamorphosis from just surviving to being a craftsman and, ultimately, the hope is to be an artist in what you do.? - R.A. Dickey
There's been this steady metamorphosis from just surviving to being a craftsman and, ultimately, the hope is to be an artist in what you do.?
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