146 Quotes by David Ortiz

This is our f – g city. And nobody is going to dictate our freedom.

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.

I’m very mechanical, so if I have one thing that’s going in the wrong direction when I’m hitting, it’s hard for me to get a hit.

Sometimes when you’re fighting, fighting, fighting, the mind needs some time off and you regroup and get back to normal.

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

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.

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

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.

My mom, she wasn’t like a baseball mother who knew everything about the game. She just wanted me to be happy with what I was doing.