Pedro Martinez Quotes

I believe that if you're healthy, you're capable of doing everything. There's no one else who can give you health but God, and by being healthy I believe that God is listening to me.

I like the challenge. I do not like the attention.

Baseball is a game of the soul.

If the shortstop makes an error, I am responsible. I let the batter hit the ball.

We grew up poor, very poor, but I am very proud of where I come from.

I'm not in the big leagues just because I'm cute.

I believe I have a responsibility that goes along with the money I make. I can help a lot of people.

I just try to do what I have to do and let the people out there do what they have to do, which is have fun, scream, yell and jump around. I try to do what I have to do, which is play baseball, and I can only play in that piece of area there, so that's what I try to do.

Because I want to have my arm in good shape, I need to have my legs in good shape. Without a leg, there is no arm.

The bigger the contract, the bigger the responsibility.

I love my teammates, and I'll do anything for them.

Every time I feel mad or something, I run somewhere. It gets my frustrations away. I run and run and run.

All I can say is, I will put my heart and soul into helping the Red Sox win.

Georgie Porgie, he might buy the whole league, but he doesn't have enough money to buy fear to put in my heart.

Actually the adrenaline of the game will probably help me out a little bit to regain command and concentration about the things that I have to do.

There was always something missing in Montreal.

My brother never got an opportunity to throw a pitch, and I didn't want the same thing to happen to another young kid.

If you want to follow some good steps, it would Proverbs, all over.

I remember quotes in the paper, 'Here comes the man that New York loves to hate.' Man? None of you have probably ever eaten steak with me or rice and beans with me to understand what the man is about. You might say the player, the competitor, but the man? You guys have abused my name. You guys have said so many things, have written so many things.

My first ball I ever got from a big-league player I actually got to purchase in Dodger Stadium in a silent auction, was Reggie Jackson.

Before, if I wasn't in baseball, I wanted to become a doctor.

I do miss competing, being out there - the atmosphere, I do miss it.

When I go to the plate, I think about putting the ball in play. It's important to get on base and get some walks, but I don't go to the plate thinking of walking.

I enjoy every bit of baseball I can get.

I keep active because I have not announced my retirement, because that is something that takes time and you have to plan it. Plus, it is something that the Dominican people expected.