David Ortiz Quotes & Sayings

I know in my situation, my mind works more than everything else. I've been like that my whole career. — David Ortiz

I'm the kind of a player who, if you give me something good to hit, I'm going to swing at it. Otherwise, there's nothing else you can do. — David Ortiz

You don't get better as you get older in your career. It's not natural to have your best years late in your career. So I'm trying to do whatever I can to keep my body feeling good for as long as I can. — David Ortiz

I start thinking about life after death. I've got to quit thinking about it because it's very deep. Very deep. Sometimes you start thinking about it, and you don't feel like you want to be alive, so I don't like to get all quiet. — David Ortiz

I'm very mechanical, so if I have one thing that's going in the wrong direction when I'm hitting, it's hard for me to get a hit. — David Ortiz

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

I come to play everyday. — David Ortiz

What I don't want to do is just play for the sake of playing. — David Ortiz

This jersey that we're wearing today doesn't say Red Sox. It says Boston. — David Ortiz

I just want to play baseball. — David Ortiz

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. — David Ortiz

If I can't hit at a high level, I won't play, and I know there comes a point where my body won't be able to do that. — David Ortiz

You can never fall in love with a team. — David Ortiz

I try to do things the right way. — David Ortiz

I just swing hard in case I hit it
that's it. — David Ortiz

I'm going to be done when I've decided that I'm done. — David Ortiz

You can't say that being a fan is more serious, because players are trying to do better in order to get paid better. — David Ortiz

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. — David Ortiz

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. — David Ortiz

I'm not thinking home run, I just want to put a good swing on the ball. When you go looking for home runs, you get off of your swing. So you don't think of homers when you go up to the plate. — David Ortiz

The fans know that I don't give at-bats away. — David Ortiz

My mom, she's still always there for me. Always. — David Ortiz

This is our f
g city. And nobody is going to dictate our freedom. — David Ortiz

Whatever country you go to, you need to definitely follow the rules. So I believe it's very important for people, wherever they go, any immigrant should know or should try to learn something about the culture. — David Ortiz

I'm the kind of guy that I never forget my teammates. — David Ortiz

I'm a winner, I play to win, I want to make good things go on around me. — David Ortiz

All I like to do is work every day and have an idea what I want to do. — David Ortiz

I've always been my own hitting coach. — David Ortiz

My whole career, my swing has always been the most important thing to me. Even when I'm taking a shower, I work on my swing. — David Ortiz

I just come do what I've got to do, play my game. And I don't worry if anybody likes it. — David Ortiz

My teammates are the best. — David Ortiz

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. — David Ortiz

The DOCF all started when I made a trip to a local hospital in the Dominican Republic. I was visiting children who had received life-saving heart care operations. I couldn't help but think that in another life, one of these kids could be my own son. If it wasn't for baseball, I may have remained in the Dominican Republic and who knows where life would have taken me. It was then that I knew that I had to use the gift that I received, to play baseball, to do whatever I could to give back. — David Ortiz

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

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

I'm a guy that people look at me not only as a guy that hit the ball. — David Ortiz

I guess the rules aren't for everyone. — David Ortiz

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. — David Ortiz

People, man, they love hurting people. It's not even fair. — David Ortiz

I don't try to hit the ball 500 feet. It looks good when you hit it 500 feet, but as long as it goes over the fence, it's a home run. When you swing hard, it takes a little bit of recognition away from you. The power you're trying to increase - you're not all the way through it with your vision. — David Ortiz

My timing's a little off. But I'm about to get hotter than Jamaica in the middle of August. — David Ortiz

Life is a challenge that you need. There's things in life that are going to throw you into the ground, but if you learn how to get up, that means you are not a quitter. — David Ortiz

Trust me, I play the game for the fans, my family and myself. — David Ortiz

I'm an easy person to get along with. Even when I struggle, I have the same attitude. — David Ortiz

It doesn't matter if we were down 3-0. You've just got to keep the faith. The game is not over until the last out. — David Ortiz

This is our fucking city. And nobody is going to dictate our freedom. Stay strong.

David Ortiz, Boston Red Sox, April 21, 2013 — David Ortiz

They pick me [to be tested for steroids] every time. I don't know why. I don't know if it's because I'm a big guy, or what, but all I know is all they are going to find is a lot of rice and beans. — David Ortiz

Sometimes when you're fighting, fighting, fighting, the mind needs some time off and you regroup and get back to normal. — David Ortiz

I try to be as quiet as I can at the plate, but still aggressive. — David Ortiz

Everybody goes through some tough times in their life, no matter what you do. Man, I've had my tough times. — David Ortiz

Nobody's going to dictate our freedom — David Ortiz

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. — David Ortiz

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

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

I never thought that buying supplements and vitamins, it was going to hurt anybody's feelings. — David Ortiz

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