Top 50 J. D. Martinez Quotes

Man, it literally starts from after the game. I get every at-bat sent to me from the game. I’ll go home, I’ll watch every at-bat, kind of break down the game, kind of see, OK, what did I do? Why’d I miss this pitch? Why’d I hit that pitch?

We want the fans to be in it, because when they’re in it, it makes you kind of live up to it.

I get to play what I dreamed about since I was a kid. So, on that end, I love it. But I also take pride in it.

There aren’t too many Mookie Betts, Mike Trouts or Bryce Harpers out there to be grabbed. Those players only come around once every 10 years.

Detroit will always have a special place in my heart.

You have to go up there, and it’s you vs. the pitcher. No one’s there to help you. That’s how I go about it.

My parents taught me that in life, you get out what you put in.

Obviously, I’m sad to leave Houston. I love the fans and players and everyone here.

I just want to go deep in the playoffs and be put in that situation where I’m locked in and the game and the season is on the line.

I’ve been on a bunch of teams in my career.

I think I’m a funny guy.

I’ve always been hungry, but when people ask what drives you – ‘How do you stay so driven throughout this whole thing?’ – you just don’t stop. It’s every single day. The people that know me and the people that love me and are in my life see it.

I think the one thing I have learned the most from all the veteran guys is kinda like not to dwell on a loss or a bad day.

That’s the hardest play in baseball, is a line drive right at you.

I’m usually rough during Spring Training. My Spring Training numbers aren’t very good, but I never expect them to be.

It sucks when you can’t play the game you love.

You can say baseball’s fun, you’re in the big leagues, you get to come to a Major League field every day – and, yeah, that’s great. I love it.

That’s one thing I learned from watching great hitters hit. A lot of hitters, they’re ready to hit from pitch one.

I preach about getting the ball in the air.

Starting in middle school, I would play on two or three baseball teams at the same time, because that’s just how things worked in south Florida. I would practice six or seven days each week. I honestly don’t know how my parents did it, but my dad always found a way to make it to each and every game.

I’m always just grinding and figuring out what adjustment I need to make and how to tweak my swing to where I want it to be for that game and that pitcher.

I was able to play alongside, in my opinion, the best hitter with Miguel Cabrera and kind of watch the way he goes about it and the way he looks at situations, when to try to drive a ball versus when to shoot a ball.

I think about my journey sometimes.

Paul Goldschmidt, who gave me the confidence to lead as one of the game’s greatest players, acknowledged that what I had to say was valuable to my teammates and crucial to winning.

I’m a very analytical guy, I like to study my swing, I like to study what my back foot is doing, my elbow, whatever it might be, and there’s a lot of guys nowadays that are like that. That’s the trend of the game, that’s the way the game has gone.

I want to be on a team that’s got a chance. That’s what’s fun. That’s what you play the game for.

Kids want to see relevant teams.

I stand by the Constitution and I stand by the Second Amendment and it’s something that I take pride in. It’s something that I’ll back up.

You want to see the team that is in the playoffs.

I mean, I learned a lot from Houston. And you know what? It made me who I am and there’s really no animosity there. In a sense, they did me a favor by allowing me to leave and going to play on another team.

I played street basketball for a while and wanted to play competitively, but I was so used to the street-style of game that I would have fouled out by the end of the first quarter.

Learning how to slow the game down is the biggest thing.

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.

The last thing I wanted to do was get buried in Triple-A behind prospects.

Contrary to everyone’s belief of ‘J.D. is a launch-angle guy. He wants to get the ball in the air and this and that.’ This is true, but you’re not trying to force situations, trying to force things.

It’s fun coming to the ballpark when you’re winning.

I’ll never say a bad word about the Astros.

Whenever you see me and I’m hitting ground ball after ground ball, you know I’m not feeling right.

When you’re up there and everything feels good and you’re competing against the pitcher and the pitcher strikes you out, you’re like, ‘OK, yeah, I struck out, but that’s OK.’

I found a place in Boston, a home in Boston, and I’m pretty happy here.

I think I’ve grown over the years and learned about who I am and what I can do and what I can’t do.

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

We’re all not going to agree on the same things, but that’s what makes this country so great.

I’m going to tell you right now, no one is harder on me than me. The fact that fans sit there and boo me, I’m booing myself when I’m walking in.

Everyone’s path is their own.

I never go a day without talking to either my mom or dad, and my sister is one of the smartest people I know.

I don’t go up there and try to hit home runs.

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.

Sometimes you just need a spark, and then boom, boom, boom, now the bats come alive.

When I’m at my best, I’m ready to hit from pitch one. When I go up there and I’m passive, I’m not as successful.