David Ortiz Quotes

David Ortiz delivers blunt, sports-centric humor about teamwork and why one player can't win a baseball game alone.

24 quotes

1. That's basketball, man. One guy can do it in basketball. This is baseball. You need more than one guy.

2. The only question I have for New York is 'Who's your Papi?'

3. You know, I'm not a guy who's going to steal bases, but we needed a run and we didn't have any action from the hitters, so that's why I went.

4. It doesn't matter if we we're down 3-0. You've just got to keep the faith. The game is not over until the last out.

5. We didn't score seven runs tonight, so that's why we didn't win. Good night.

6. That ball wasn't even close to Ted Williams' seat back there. That kind of got me frustrated. You know, you hit the ball like that and you've still got to go 25 more rows up to get close to Mr. Ted Williams : I don't know.

7. The United States has provided my family and me with more than we could have ever dreamed. I'll never forget the way Red Sox fans and the team's owners helped my country after the floods last year.

8. When life give you lemons, smash 'em with a bat.

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

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

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

12. Nobody is going to dictate our freedom.

13. My teammates are the best.

14. I guess the rules aren't for everyone.

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

16. 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.

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

18. I try to do things the right way.

19. 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.

20. 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.

21. What happened to me should teach everybody that you should never give up on anybody.

22. 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.

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

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