69 Quotes by Dave Martinez

Building relationships. Communicating. Trust. Those are three things I've kind of instilled myself with.

When I was with the Giants, I played for Dusty Baker, and I love Dusty to death. I think he's a great manager and great person, but he platooned me. His reasoning was to get everybody in the lineup. It wasn't that I couldn't play every day.

I've been around baseball for a really long time. I didn't know I could want to be here any more than I do, have any more love or passion for this. But being away, even for just a week, that was the worst. I didn't know what was going on. I never want to do that again.

I love Chicago. I love Wrigley Field.

It would be tremendous... I'd love to be part of winning a championship in Chicago.

Every year that I have under my belt, I'm a lot more confident and a lot more prepared for the challenges of being a manager.

Honestly, I'd rather not talk about my health.

I interviewed quite a few times and finally got a job with the Nationals. And I greatly appreciate it.

In the heat of the moment things get blown out of hand.