Manny Ramirez

“Not a lot of people like to do that - make a mistake and go in front of people, and say, 'I did this. I did that.' At the end of the road, everyone respects you more.”

“I strike out three times, and while I'm upset in my mind, I don't show it. I just tell myself I will come back the next day and go three for four.”

“You fall, you get up, you move on.”

“Sometimes, we get caught up in the moment. We start hanging out with the wrong people. But you know, everything in life happens for a reason, so you can appreciate what you are.”

“This game is weird, man. That's the way it is. Sometimes you have it, and sometimes you don't, so I don't worry.”

“I like to change looks. Like Lenny Kravitz.”

“Everything is for a reason.”

“I don't live in the past, I live in the present and that's it.”

“The way I am, that's my mom. She was never mad, always happy.”

“So many people played for the Red Sox, Ted Williams, so many guys. Such great players, and they didn't get a ring.”

“Sometimes God says, 'Hey, come here, this is where you need to be.'”

“I don't care where I play, I can even play in Iraq if need be.”

“I know how people treated me in L.A. And I want to thank them.”

“Sometimes when you've got power, you've got money, you think you're invincible.”

“I'm just a singles hitter.”

“I'm not going to judge people. Everybody is human. Everybody makes mistakes.”

“I had all those guys like Eddie Murray, David Winfield, Albert Belle and Kenny Lofton around me. When I was coming up, I saw how those guys worked and approached the game. That was an advantage for me because I learned from all the things that they did.”

“I don't care about home runs or whatever.”

“The first time I stepped foot in Boston, I said to myself, 'Whoa.' I told Pedro Martinez, 'Damn, man, I just want to get traded and get out of here; this place is not me.'”

“I'm just tired of seeing New York always win.”