David Ortiz Quotes

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

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  Topics in Life

  Tags in Time

• I come to play everyday.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Play

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

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  Tags in Better

• All I like to do is work every day and have an idea what I want to do.

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  Topics in Work

• I just love the feeling from the fans and when I’m walking on deck I can hear people screaming and wishing you the best. That puts you into the game more than anything.

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  Topics in Love

  Tags in People, Feelings

• Everybody has something to prove each year. Everybody has a responsibility in this game. Even the batboy.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Responsibility

• I showed people that it’s not about guessing what people can do. It’s about saying, ‘Here, show me what you can do.’

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  Tags in People, Guess

• You just have to go as far as you can go. Everyone works his way up.

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  Topics in Work

• I never thought that buying supplements and vitamins, it was going to hurt anybody’s feelings.

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  Tags in Feeling

• People, man, they love hurting people. It’s not even fair.

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  Topics in Love

  Tags in People

• The fans know that I don’t give at-bats away.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Fans

• I’m going to be done when I’ve decided that I’m done.

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  Tags in Decided

• I stress a lot, sometimes.

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  Tags in Stress

• My teammates are the best.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Teammates

• I’m the kind of guy that I never forget my teammates.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Guy

• I’m a guy that people look at me not only as a guy that hit the ball.

  David Ortiz

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  Tags in People

• You don’t get better as you get older in your career. It’s not natural to have your best years late in your career. So I’m trying to do whatever I can to keep my body feeling good for as long as I can.

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  Tags in Good, Career

• What I don’t want to do is just play for the sake of playing.

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  Tags in Playing

• If I can’t hit at a high level, I won’t play, and I know there comes a point where my body won’t be able to do that.

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  Tags in Level

• I just want to play baseball.

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  Tags in Play

David Ortiz (40)

Birth:	18th November, 1975
Nationality:	American, Dominican
Profession:	Baseball Player

About

David Ortiz was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He  is a Dominican-American professional baseball player. He is a designated hitter who occasionally plays first base for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball. He played for the Minnesota Twins from 1997-2002. He has hit 502 career home runs, which ranks 27th on the MLB all-time home run list.

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