Quotes from David Ortiz


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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.


I swing hard all the time. That's what I've done my whole life - hit.


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


Everybody has something to prove each year. Everybody has a responsibility in this game. Even the batboy.


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


I'm going to be done when I've decided that I'm done.


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


Trust me, I play the game for the fans, my family and myself.


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.


All I like to do is work every day and have an idea what I want to do.


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.


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.


I've always been my own hitting coach.


You can never fall in love with a team.


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.


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.


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


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.


People, man, they love hurting people. It's not even fair.


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