David Ortiz Quotes on Time (13 Quotes)

I swing hard all the time. That's what I've done my whole life - hit.

It's not that I was going crazy out there. From the very first pitch, he made a bad call on me. Am I going to be taking that No, bro. I got to let him know. It's not the time for me to be giving at-bats away.

About time. We need him.

I don't waste my time, man -- they don't think a DH can win the MVP, ... I'm just going to keep on playing. I'm not going to think about that because it's all politics.

You don't want to make a big mistake. Those guys always take advantage of that. I've been watching them for a long time. You have to play your best against them. It doesn't matter how bad they've been playing or how bad they've been struggling. You've got to bring your 'A' game against them all the time.

When 911 happened, nobody expected anything like that. No one was prepared for anything like that. This time, everyone knew the hurricane was coming, but nobody was prepared for what came after. You turn on the TV and you see the dead bodies floating. You see 30 people in that one warehouse, all of them dead. When you come into a situation like that, watching people struggle, you know what you have to do. There are people now with no homes, nothing. They don't have to ask you for help. You can see it.

It seems like any time we face him, it must be his best night.

This means a lot for us. You know we represent our country, our homeland. We're just rejoicing here together all of us. Clearly, you know when we come here we have a different feeling. We've known each other for a long time. We get along well and it's like being among family.

We've got to be ready. They're trying. I'm pretty sure they're going to step up when we really need them. At the right time, I bet you they'll be out there for us.

Everybody in this game needs help, even I need help. When you are young and talented like Mo, you like to have people around you who you can learn from. That's why we are here. At one time, we were his age. The same thing happened to us.

What we did in 2004 was great for the Boston fans. They had waited a long, long time. It made me proud to be a part of it and make so many people happy.

They're good. They can play in the big-league level any time.

I just try to shut everything down and just focus on what I want to do at the plate in those situations. Most of the time I try to not do too much because I get in trouble when I try to do too much. It happens to everybody.