100 Quotes by J. D. Martinez

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.

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

To me grinding out a good at-bat is pretty much fighting. And it's not trying to do too much with pitches, just finding a way to spoil a good pitcher's pitches, really.

Everyone's path is their own.

If a pitcher goes up there and he's throwing a ball and it's a breaking ball down and away or a fastball up and in, a perfect pitcher's pitch, and you're able to just foul it off and stay alive in the at-bat, just keep grinding, keep working through the at-bat and hoping for that mistake that he's going to make. And if he doesn't, then you walk.

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

I think my failures in Houston is what made me who I am. I think it's given me that drive, that drive to keep working, because you never know what can happen type deal.

I love my country. I love this country.

I always talk about it like I'm a hitter first and if I'm doing things right and my body's in the right place, I drive the baseball.