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.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“You can never fall in love with a team.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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

“My teammates are the best.”

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

“I've always been my own hitting coach.”

“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.”

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