89 Quotes by Pedro Martinez

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

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

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.

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

Whether you like it or not, the last few years I’d be the first one to tell you I haven’t been the Pedro Martinez that I’m used to being.

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

You can’t have a family when you’re playing because you’re away from home so much. So believe me, I won’t be pitching forever. I won’t make it to 300 wins or anything like that. No way.

I want to feel secure personally. Have a competitive team out there – I really want to win; I hate losing – and, I guess, I want to be treated like a normal person.

Some other things I don’t miss: the media and the pressure of just being asked to do, and being asked questions every day.