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Gary Sheffield

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Born on November 18, 1968, in Tampa, Gary Sheffield attended Hillsborough High School before going on to play in Major League Baseball. Sheffield, an American citizen, worked as a professional baseball outfielder over the course of his MLB career, competing at the sport's highest level.

Alongside his occupation as a baseball player, Sheffield also works as a sports agent, giving him a presence on both the playing and business sides of the sport. His career spans his time as a professional outfielder in the MLB and his subsequent role as a sports agent, keeping him connected to professional baseball in more than one capacity.

Quotes by Gary Sheffield

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I trust no one totally.
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I trust no one totally.
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Not even close, ... Once I can transfer my weight to my front leg and just do it with a lot of force, and I don't even think about it, the home runs will come.
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Not even close, ... Once I can transfer my weight to my front leg and just do it with a lot of force, and I don't even think about it, the home runs will come.
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#front
I've had this happen before. I'll give it one day and be ready to go (today).
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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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#happen
I've hit third all my life. But I'm hitting fourth for the Yankees. You can't beat that.
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I've hit third all my life. But I'm hitting fourth for the Yankees. You can't beat that.
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#beat
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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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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#came
It's still stiff and still sore. It's the same as yesterday. I'm day to day.
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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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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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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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#game
It looks like I'm a 2-year-old who can't relay a message.
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It looks like I'm a 2-year-old who can't relay a message.
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#looks
It's always my situation. It's always, I've got to be somewhere for one or two years, they re-evaluate you from here and there and then go from there.
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It's always my situation. It's always, I've got to be somewhere for one or two years, they re-evaluate you from here and there and then go from there.
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#somewhere
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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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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#difficult
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