David Ortiz Quotes (117 Quotes)

Let me tell you that all of the players that made it here are very proud of representing their nation.

We have to pick each other up. Our pitching, they've been up and down. They pick us up a lot. We need to do the same thing. It's not like they want to give it up. The other teams are hitting good. That's how the games go. It's all about winning games, because that's all we need right now.

Baseball is a tough enough game. I try not to mix what is needed on the field with what is expected from those off the field. It isn't a good thing.

I don't care if I die out there, ... Dude, I feel like this is the last ride. You can't be tired. You don't think about being tired. You think about going out there and whooping someone.

Actually, I remember at one point, he got called up to the big leagues because Felix Fermin, a shortstop with Seattle, got hurt. Alex went up there. When Felix Fermin got better, they wanted to send Alex back down. That was the first time ever I saw Alex say he was going to quit. He wasn't going to play baseball anymore. The whole organization was going crazy. They didn't want a guy like that having that kind of feelings. What they did, they kept the guy up there. He's one of the best players to ever play the game.

He handled it great. Johnny's a great guy. He's a funny guy with a great personality. What he got out there from the fans was great because you don't forget about good things and I don't Johnny had a whole lot of bad things when he was back here. Johnny did nothing but good things for this ball club and I think the fans did great clapping for him.

I think so, ... Wakefield, man, he's been fooling people every time he goes out there. He's just tough. That knuckleball, even on TV, it seemed like it was moving a lot. That's what we need from Wake.

The last time they were here, we went back to my house, ... We hung out together. He was telling me, I remember when we were coming up with Seattle.' Alex, when he got to Seattle, he went like straight up to the big leagues. I went quick to the big leagues too, but not as fast as he went.

Its the 11th inning, man. You've got to bring your 'A' game, like I always say, ... I just wanted to have a good at-bat -- put a good swing on the ball and let things happen. If you go up there thinking about home runs, you're going to swing at those pitc

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.

We have the future Roger Clemens in the house, ... That kid, man, I'll tell you, this guy is something else.

I hit it good. You had to hit it good with that wind blowing 100 mph.

I was expecting something else. But I guess they've been watching ESPN a lot, ... I saw a lefty warming up, so I thought they'd bring him in, but they didn't. I'm so happy that Manny got hit.

It's not as easy as it looks, ... Hitting is tough, man. If you're consistently on, people are going to notice.

He said that he wouldn't give his vote to a D.H., ... Well, bro, let me tell you, the D.H. is the one that won the game against you the other night. You shouldn't go out there and sound that stupid.

We didn't score seven runs tonight, so that's why we didn't win. Good night.

The atmosphere is pretty much what every Latin has in his blood.

Alex has a great personality and I have a lot of respect for Alex.

In my country, the Dominican Republic, people are very excited about the World Baseball Classic. People are always asking me, 'Are you going to play Are you going to play' It's what they want to see. It's been crazy. But I don't know what's happening with it. I've been trying to find out about the Classic, but it's tough to get any information about it.

I was looking at the schedule, bro. New York has seven games left with Baltimore. That's bad news.

The three years that I've been here, this team always has been hitting well. They let Pedro and D-Lowe go. That was the question How our pitching would be.

I showed people that it's not about guessing what people can do. It's about saying, 'Here, show me what you can do.'

You got to run out anything, ... But he hit the ball right at the shortstop. He doesn't run like Johnny Damon. I understand if you run hard, you're going to make people happy. But it was going to be a double play anyway. Why do you got to make a big deal about it That's why Manny is always the way he is.

You had to hit it good with the wind blowing like 100 miles an hour.

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 make enough money to at least donate something we can send down there to help out. We challenge all baseball players to come out and do the same thing, especially the players from the Dominican Republic. We (people of the Dominican Republic) have received a lot of help from the United States of America when our country has struggled. We have been in this situation. We need to help this country.

Whoever has the best pitching will win the series. There will be a lot of excitement in these games with the Yankees. Players can go snow cold or 130 degrees. I've seen guys on our team go like that when they play the Yankees.

Lilly, he seems like every time we face him, it must be his best night. When you as a hitter feel confidence about a pitcher you faced before and hit really good against, and it doesn't matter if it's his best night, ... you're going to hit him.

I talked to Manny like a week ago and he was going to Italy tomorrow.

You think every hitter out there wins a Gold Glove ... Dude, Jose Canseco won an M.V.P.

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.

It's something that pretty much every Latin person has it going on in their blood.

I come to play everyday.

You know what, the last time they were here, we went back to my house. We hung out together,

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.

We try to have a balance ---- a little bit of everything.

I just love the feeling from the fans and when I'm walking on deck I can hear people screaming and wishing you the best. That puts you into the game more than anything.

I don't know. When you're representing your country, you want to do anything that it takes to win. I don't think it's any different.

What happened to me should teach everybody that you should never give up on anybody.

We were all aware of their pitching staff, and we had to be patient and wait for the right pitch to hit.

I want to challenge other baseball players to come out and do something for these people because they really need our help.

Crazy. It's crazy. Theo was great. People love Theo. How long was Theo in the Red Sox organization for before he won a World Series

Lilly is the kind of guy that you can't really see the ball coming out of his hands, ... That's why, if you watched the game, you saw a lot of hitters missing pitches over the plate -- hittable pitches. He has a tough angle and he changes speeds really good. Whenever he makes a mistake, you've got to try to not miss that pitch, because you might not see it again.

I'm still sort of fighting myself. Every year it's the same. You start a little off of where you want to be. I'm not going to see too many good pitches to hit, so I've got to make my adjustments as I can.

I know what happened in Boston. It was playing time and more at-bats. You can't make something happen from the bench. You have to be on the field.

I found out that they are doing whatever is possible to trade him.

We have a couple arrangements of piano pieces, a xylophone rag or two, an arrangement of an orchestral piece, an arrangement of a piece from an opera composer, and a quartet for mallet percussion and some other percussion.

The United States has provided my family and me with more than we could have ever dreamed. I'll never forget the way Red Sox fans and the team's owners helped my country after the floods last year.