David Ortiz Quotes
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Everybody goes through some tough times in their life, no matter what you do. Man, I've had my tough times.
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A lot of people write books not at the end of their career. Why you gotta wait until then? When you're momentum's going, that's when people really want to get to know about you.
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I come to play everyday.
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Sometimes you just don't feel the same everyday, it doesn't matter what you do, but when you have people looking forward to seeing you perform for them, that puts you in the mood, and that's natural in Boston. That's why it's such a special place to play.
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My mom, she wasn't like a baseball mother who knew everything about the game. She just wanted me to be happy with what I was doing.
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I'm a winner, I play to win, I want to make good things go on around me.
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What I don't want to do is just play for the sake of playing.
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Everybody has something to prove each year. Everybody has a responsibility in this game. Even the batboy.
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People, man, they love hurting people. It's not even fair.
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You can't say that being a fan is more serious, because players are trying to do better in order to get paid better.
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I stress a lot, sometimes.
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I'm the same guy I've always been. I'm the same guy now as when I was hitting 50 home runs. I don't change.
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I'm a guy that people look at me not only as a guy that hit the ball.
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I just come do what I've got to do, play my game. And I don't worry if anybody likes it.
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I showed people that it's not about guessing what people can do. It's about saying, 'Here, show me what you can do.'
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I know in my situation, my mind works more than everything else. I've been like that my whole career.
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Sometimes when you're fighting, fighting, fighting, the mind needs some time off and you regroup and get back to normal.
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I try to be as quiet as I can at the plate, but still aggressive.
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I just want to play baseball.