David Ortiz Quotes
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Nobody is going to dictate our freedom.
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Life is a challenge that you need. There's things in life that are going to throw you into the ground, but if you learn how to get up, that means you are not a quitter.
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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.
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I just come do what I've got to do, play my game. And I don't worry if anybody likes it.
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Trust me, I play the game for the fans, my family and myself.
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Everybody goes through some tough times in their life, no matter what you do. Man, I've had my tough times.
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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.
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I showed people that it's not about guessing what people can do. It's about saying, 'Here, show me what you can do.'
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You can never fall in love with a team.
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My parents always told me to stay away from trouble. When I moved away from them at a young age, I was fine because they taught me how to do everything right.
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All I like to do is work every day and have an idea what I want to do.
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I try to be as quiet as I can at the plate, but still aggressive.
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Everybody has something to prove each year. Everybody has a responsibility in this game. Even the batboy.
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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.
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I guess the rules aren't for everyone.
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I stress a lot, sometimes.
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I've always been my own hitting coach.
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Sometimes when you're fighting, fighting, fighting, the mind needs some time off and you regroup and get back to normal.
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I'm the kind of guy that I never forget my teammates.
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People, man, they love hurting people. It's not even fair.
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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.
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Negativity doesn't help me.
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I'm going to be done when I've decided that I'm done.
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What I don't want to do is just play for the sake of playing.
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My timing’s a little off. But I’m about to get hotter than Jamaica in the middle of August.
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I just want to play baseball.
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I just swing hard in case I hit it -- that's it.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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