David Ortiz Quotes (117 Quotes)

You just have to go as far as you can go. Everyone works his way up.

Sometimes, when you get a pitcher throwing as many pitches as that, with the next hitter, they try and stay in the strike zone more and not waste as many pitches, ... I guess that's what happened.

I finally went, OK, I've got to give up on my pitch and try to look for his pitch. That was the only reason why I hit it.

Like they always say, good pitching beats good hitting. That's basically the situation that we faced (in Puerto Rico). We faced I would say was the best pitching in the whole series.

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

Alex is a great guy, man, ... Everybody knows that he's very talented. Alex has a great personality. I have a lot of respect for Alex. Alex is very interesting when you sit down and talk to him.

Which is to carry the burden of a Nation too often maybe. But he just keeps coming through, doesn't he When you're out there playing, ... you don't think about the game being on your back.

The Greatest Clutch Hitter in the History of the Boston Red Sox.

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.

You get used to it. I take it as it comes. They say I have a natural ability to do it.

It's his first time in the big leagues, but he pitches like he's been around forever. He reminds me of Roger Clemens the attitude, the arm. When he gets more experience, he's going to be filthy. He's filthy already.

That's Manny being Manny, because you know he's going to hit. Fans worry about him. Why There's one thing Manny is known for - hitting. Don't worry about Manny Ramirez .

Tonight was a crazy night. It was cold out there and sometimes pitchers dont find the grip on the ball when the weather is like that. You just have to fight, fight, fight until somebody wins the fight.

About time. We need him.

Saturday night, we got whacked. Today, David just held them down. Don't let that team fool you. They can hit. If you make a mistake against them, any one of those guys will hurt you.

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.

They had it made in 20 minutes. They were talking about history and stuff. I don't know.

I'm just trying to work hard every day, trying to be a better player and one day, to be right there with them, one of those special hitters.

Crazy, man. But whatever they do, they can't catch the ball if you hit it off the Green Monster.

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.

I've been here four years and that might be the best team I've seen that they have.

You have to bring your A' game. Those guys, man, you can't give them a lot of chances, ... They've been coming back on us the whole season.

I want to finish my career as a Red Sox player. I'm going to be around for a while. I'm pretty sure New England is going to take this as good news.

I've been here four years and that is the best team they've had.

He was good, like always. He was spotting the ball, throwing all kinds of different pitches. It wasn't his best day, but he was spotting the ball really good today.

We're still facing a good situation. We control our own destiny.

I'm pretty sure that there's nothing wrong with being famous. I guess that some guys are a little bit afraid. If you don't want to be famous, just step away. Other people are afraid to face the challenge. Some people like to be famous, some people don't. Some people do their thing, but they're afraid to be recognized.

There's a passion for the game in Latin America. It's the fans, the players, the managers, the coaches, everyone involved in the game. Everyone had such passion. You saw it today.

Through the years I've been getting better and better and better, and it's what you learn though the seasons.

No doubt. August took forever.

The atmosphere is something that pretty much every Latin person has in their blood. Everybody has a lot of passion for baseball.

That kind of puts you in a good mood, ... When you're walking to the plate like that, you feel like Superman. You feel like, I can't let my people down.

That's the way it was over there. They make you be a little (expletive) hitter. If you don't be a little (expletive) hitter, you don't play.

The United States has provided me and my family with more than we could ever have dreamed. Seeing the pictures on TV and hearing the painful stories of personal despair, I knew I had to do something to try to help. I have to give back to this country that has given me so much.

He will. He's not going to walk away from 20 million.

I saw him pitching the last game he pitched in spring training and it was obvious he was right back where he likes to be. I saw him making his pitches, doing his thing. He looked great to me.

I don't know what he's going to do with the Baseball Classic. I have no idea.

I think Mannys been hanging out with Ricky Williams.

Everybody has something to prove each year. Everybody has a responsibility in this game. Even the batboy.

Anybody can go through tough times, but I knew that things are going to be this way at the end of the season. For some reason, I had this feeling, ... They have a good team.

I can't believe my boy Arroyo is gone. But I've never seen a guy hit a ball harder than that guy Pena. ... No, not even me. He's 24 years old, he's just a baby. You know this game, it's a learning process.

I just want to challenge baseball people to come out and do something for these people. These people really need our help. All of us make enough money to donate something. Let's put it together and try to help those people down there.

You have to, otherwise they beat you up. Believe me, bro, the first time when I didn't do that, they smashed my head so hard I had a headache for five days. Trot Nixon and (Kevin) Millar were going bang, bang, bang on my head. It was like (Mike) Tyson.

They have a really good offensive team and he held them down, ... Pretty much every time the starting pitcher holds the opposite team down, we win those games

It's an honor because Edgar was one of my superheroes when I was coming up.

Actually, we were talking about hitting way before the game, and I was telling him that sometimes right-handed hitters get confused with the Green Monster and was telling him not to get caught in between. Stay to the middle of the field. If you see an inside pitch, you pull it, you do whatever you have to do, but don't be thinking about it too much, otherwise it will get you in trouble.

We know how good a pitcher Curt Schilling is. The opposing team is prepared to put good swings on him. When he's pitching like he did last Saturday, everybody knows he has it and teams are bringing their 'A' game.

They are a lot alike out there. They have the same style.

He was born to hit. Manny has like, what, (13) years in the big leagues doing the same thing over and over and over There's no doubt about it. That guy's a hitter.

That's my boy. I talked to him a lot before and after he went to the other side. You come to camp and see a bunch of new faces get in the mix. It's something that guys that have been around here have to deal with and have to make sure that everybody feels comfortable.