Quotes By David Ortiz

I try to do things the right way.

You can never fall in love with a team.

I come to play everyday.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I just want to play baseball.

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.

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

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

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.

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

I stress a lot, sometimes.

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

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.

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

My teammates are the best.

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

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

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

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