J. D. Martinez Quotes

"Everyone here has a right to their own political beliefs and everybody has the right to stand by what they believe in. That's what makes us American."

"Sometimes you just need a spark, and then boom, boom, boom, now the bats come alive."

"I'm a very analytical guy, I like to study my swing, I like to study what my back foot is doing, my elbow, whatever it might be, and there's a lot of guys nowadays that are like that. That's the trend of the game, that's the way the game has gone."

"Paul Goldschmidt, who gave me the confidence to lead as one of the game's greatest players, acknowledged that what I had to say was valuable to my teammates and crucial to winning."

"I want to win championships."

"I've been on a bunch of teams in my career."

"There aren't too many Mookie Betts, Mike Trouts or Bryce Harpers out there to be grabbed. Those players only come around once every 10 years."

"Losing is incentivized now. You have 80 percent of the teams trying to lose."

"You can't say it's good when guys out there are signing minor league deals and they would be big league players on 80 percent of the teams, but why would a team sign a player when you can pay dirt, and they're not going to win anyway?"

"I think the one thing I have learned the most from all the veteran guys is kinda like not to dwell on a loss or a bad day."

"I mean, I learned a lot from Houston. And you know what? It made me who I am and there's really no animosity there. In a sense, they did me a favor by allowing me to leave and going to play on another team."

"My whole life, I've felt like I've always had to prove myself. It's never been easy, as easy as others who are in my position have had it."

"Rodney Linares really stuck his neck out in Greenville to play me, because they had their prospects, guys who they had invested money in."

"I love my story. I wouldn't change it. It gives it character. It's never been on a silver spoon."

"Everyone's path is their own."

"I told Pedro this story: I used to wear a freakin' Pedro Martinez jersey because it had 'Martinez' on the back."

"I grew up in Miami watching baseball down there, so you could see it from one extreme to the next. It was like, 'Well, this is what baseball is about.'"

"I love my country. I love this country."

"I stand by the Constitution and I stand by the Second Amendment and it's something that I take pride in. It's something that I'll back up."

"We're all not going to agree on the same things, but that's what makes this country so great."

"I want to be on a team that's got a chance. That's what's fun. That's what you play the game for."

"I've lost a lot. I'm tired of it. It's not fun."

"It's fun coming to the ballpark when you're winning."

"Control what I can control. Study the pitchers, work hard, put the work in. That's all I can control."

"Let's say I have a new respect for guys who come off the bench every day. That's not easy to do."

"Obviously, I'm sad to leave Houston. I love the fans and players and everyone here."

"Everything happens for a reason."

"That's the hardest play in baseball, is a line drive right at you."

"Whoever's hitting in front of you or behind you is going to determine how you get pitched, but there's nothing you can do."

"You have to go up there, and it's you vs. the pitcher. No one's there to help you. That's how I go about it."