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Jake Peavy Quotes
Jake Peavy Quotes
Jake Peavy
American
Athlete
Born:
May 31
,
1981
Life
Love
Me
People
Win
You
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Life isn't always great, but it's all about how we react to things.
Jake Peavy
Life
Great
About
React
Always
How
Things
I think I was about seven years old, and I remember I was at Moffat Road Baptist Church, where I grew up with all my friends and family and probably didn't understand nearly enough, but I knew enough to understand I wanted to be saved and wanted Jesus to be Lord of my life. What an awesome experience.
Jake Peavy
Life
Family
Experience
Remember
Old
Church
My Life
Awesome
Think
Saved
Enough
Seven
All My Friends
About
Road
Knew
Understand
Lord
Years
Up
Friends
Friends And Family
Where
Wanted
Grew
Baptist
Nearly
Jesus
I'm so into the Boss and who he is, and I've read all his books, and I've watched every DVD, and I love every bit of his music: I would hate for, like, something to happen and ruin it for me. You know what I mean?
Jake Peavy
Love
Music
Me
You
Hate
Every
Ruin
Books
Bit
Would
Something
Boss
He
Like
Know
Read
His
Happen
Mean
Who
Watched
I need to have people doubting me, because that's when you dig deep and find out what you're made of.
Jake Peavy
Me
You
People
Made
Doubting
Dig
Out
Find
Because
Deep
Need
People also think Christians are very passive people, and that drives me crazy as an athlete because if you watch me play and compete, I'm the furthest thing from passive that you'll see on the baseball field. I love to compete, and I love to win.
Jake Peavy
Love
Me
Crazy
You
People
Win
Field
Think
Furthest
Athlete
See
Drives
Also
Because
Passive
Very
Baseball
Play
Thing
Compete
Watch
Christians
I love the outdoors. I love getting to hunt and fish and work on the land and ride our horses.
Jake Peavy
Work
Love
Ride
Our
Hunt
Outdoors
Horses
Fish
Getting
Land
Other guys like to go golfing, but music is my hobby.
Jake Peavy
Music
Other
Guys
Like
Go
Hobby
Golfing
I've been a part of a couple of Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia nights, and watching the Dead's fan base be so passionate reminds me of what Jerry was so much about, making the community a better place.
Jake Peavy
Me
Grateful
Better
Community
Nights
About
Better Place
Part
Reminds
Couple
Dead
Making
Passionate
Been
Fan
Fan Base
Place
Much
Base
Grateful Dead
Jerry
Watching
When it's my last year, I'll probably let people know when that last pitch is thrown and say thanks and walk away.
Jake Peavy
People
Walk
Year
Thanks
Say
Thrown
Know
Pitch
Away
Last
Last Year
I can say this: I'm not going to be some guy hanging around and trying to make every last dime in this game. I mean, I'm really going to let the game just decide it for me.
Jake Peavy
Me
Game
Every
Say
Dime
Some
Guy
Make
Around
Trying
Going
Hanging
Just
Decide
Mean
Really
Last
Baseball is my first love, and it's what I know, and it's what I'll do until I can't do it anymore, and I'm still hungry to do that.
Jake Peavy
Love
First
Hungry
Know
Until
First Love
Still
Anymore
Baseball
I certainly think that Southerners are tough, and I take pride in that.
Jake Peavy
Pride
Tough
Think
Take
Southerners
Certainly
Be aggressive... That's the type of pitcher I am. I go as hard as I can for as long as I can and see where the cards fall.
Jake Peavy
Long
Fall
Aggressive
Type
See
Am
Go
Pitcher
Where
Hard
Cards
When you get to the big leagues, the talent pool is on such a level playing field, you have to find a way to separate yourself from incredibly talented guys. Especially when you go through the injuries that I've had, you come back, and you might not physically be able to do some of the things you used to do.
Jake Peavy
You
Yourself
Big
Field
Pool
Incredibly
Back
Way
Find
Able
Some
Guys
Physically
Through
Had
Talent
Talented
Leagues
Come
Go
Big Leagues
Get
Might
Separate
Used
Injuries
Level
Things
Level Playing Field
Playing
Playing Field
I remember, as a kid, my grandfather would grab my temples and say, 'You've got to focus, Jake. You've got to focus.'
Jake Peavy
You
Remember
Focus
Say
Kid
Would
Temples
Got
Grab
Grandfather
If you talk with a Southern accent, it's perceived as though you are slow. That's not the case. I've met just as many dumb people who talk without an accent as with.
Jake Peavy
You
People
Slow
Met
Though
Perceived
Case
Talk
Accent
Without
Dumb
Dumb People
Southern
Southern Accent
Just
Who
Many
In San Diego, I saw Keith Urban perform, and I've seen a lot of acts, and he's better than anybody I've seen.
Jake Peavy
Better
Seen
Saw
He
Perform
Lot
Than
Diego
Anybody
San
San Diego
Urban
Acts
I have no agenda. I'll play anywhere. All I need is a reason to believe that it's a good place for me and that I'm wanted, and I'm coming.
Jake Peavy
Good
Me
Believe
Good Place
Coming
Wanted
Place
Anywhere
Agenda
Reason
Play
Need
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