David Ortiz

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

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. ”

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. ”

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. ”

You can't say that being a fan is more serious, because players are trying to do better in order to get paid better. ”

I try to be as quiet as I can at the plate, but still aggressive. ”

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

My teammates are the best. ”

You can never fall in love with a team. ”