David Ortiz Quotes - Page 2

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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.

  David Ortiz

  Men, Tough Times, Matter

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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.

  David Ortiz

  Games, Play, Worry

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• I just swing hard in case I hit it -- that's it.

  David Ortiz

  Swings, Cases, Hard

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• Nobody is going to dictate our freedom.

  David Ortiz

  "Red Sox Ceremony: Boston Honors Victims, Police; David Ortiz Says ‘This Is Our F—king City’ (VIDEOS)". David Ortiz's address to the crowd at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 20, 2013.

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• I'm just trying to work hard every day, trying to be a better player and one day, to be right there with them, one of those special hitters.

  David Ortiz

  Hard Work, Player, Special

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• I don't try to hit the ball 500 feet. It looks good when you hit it 500 feet, but as long as it goes over the fence, it's a home run. When you swing hard, it takes a little bit of recognition away from you. The power you're trying to increase - you're not all the way through it with your vision.

  David Ortiz

  Running, Home, Swings

  Interview with David Laurila, www.fangraphs.com. June 8, 2012.

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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.

  David Ortiz

  Country, Believe, People

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

  David Ortiz

  Careers, Mind, Situation

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• I try to do things the right way.

  David Ortiz

  Trying, Way, Right Way

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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.

  David Ortiz

  Parent, Age, Taught

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

  David Ortiz

  Sports, Years, Get Better

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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.

  David Ortiz

  Swings, Careers, Important

  Interview with Jon Robinson, www.ign.com. January 12, 2006.

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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.

  David Ortiz

  Running, Home, Guy

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• 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.

  David Ortiz

  Years, Careers, Long

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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.

  David Ortiz

  Fighting, Mind, Needs

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• You can never fall in love with a team.

  David Ortiz

  Falling In Love, Team, Fall

  "The Hemi Q&A: David Ortiz". Interview with Matt Thompson, old.hemimag.us.

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• I guess the rules aren't for everyone.

  David Ortiz

  "As Workman punished, Ortiz fumes" by Gordon Edes, abcnews.go.com. June 3, 2014.

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• I've always been my own hitting coach.

  David Ortiz

  Hitting, Coaches, My Own

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• I'm just another player that comes in and comes out. Everybody's time is up at some point, I don't think that's my problem. I'm just going to keep on trying like I normally do.

  David Ortiz

  Player, Thinking, Trying

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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.

  David Ortiz

  Book, Writing, Careers

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

  David Ortiz

  Hurt, Feelings, Buying

  "The undead" by Ben McGrath, www.newyorker.com. July 12, 2010.

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

  David Ortiz

  People, Guy, Balls

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• 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.

  David Ortiz

  Thinking, Alive, Want

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• 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.

  David Ortiz

  Player, Swings, Giving

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

  David Ortiz

  Giving, Bats, Fans

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