David Ortiz

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

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

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

“Negativity doesn't help me.”

“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.”

“I stress a lot, sometimes.”

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

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

“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 try to do things the right way.”

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

“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.”

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

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

“I come to play everyday.”

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