A biography for Manny Ramirezhasn’t been written yet.
“Good hitters are more selective.”
“Kochi was like my home. Kochi is the best.”
“My arrival in Oakland is not a coincidence, it's a God-incidence.”
“To be honest with you, when I was with Cleveland, I was playing and I was a good player. But when I came to Boston. I got better because the fans, they will let you know that you wasn't playing right. They push you.”
“I especially like the attention. I know that I'm one of the top guys in this game and the attention is on me.”
“I want to be like Julio Franco.”
“Understand me, I have goals.”
“A lot of people are going to say what they're going to say, but I only worry what God said and how I'm going to walk and how I'm going to talk and how I'm going to treat my wife.”
“I was unhappy for eight years in Boston but still put up great numbers.”
“You gotta understand this. If you haven't played in Boston or New York, you're not in the big leagues.”
“Do what makes you happy.”
“When I went to jail with that problem with my wife, they didn't let me see my kids for two or three months, and one day I woke up and looked at myself in the mirror and I said I needed a change. I started going to Bible studies, I saw it was good.”
“I guess, you know, when you don't feel good, and you still get hits, that's when you know you are a bad man.”
“No, man, I don't waste swings.”
“I'm very proud to be an American citizen.”
“The game is supposed to be fun.”
“You know where I want to go? I want to go to China.”
“You've got to be a real man to realize when you do wrong.”
“I don't disrespect or takes shots at anyone. I don't want someone going to one of my sons and saying your dad is a punk and talks bad about people behind their backs.”
“I am passionate about baseball and about hitting, and I have a lot to offer.”