That's one thing I learned from watching great hitters hit. A lot of hitters, they're ready to hit from pitch one. — J. D. Martinez Copy Share Image
I think that's one of the things you start learning from being hot and playing every day at the beginning, you know.… — J. D. Martinez Copy Share Image
If a pitcher goes up there and he's throwing a ball and it's a breaking ball down and away or a fastball… — J. D. Martinez Copy Share Image
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… — J. D. Martinez Copy Share Image
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… — J. D. Martinez Copy Share Image
I love the game and I love to play. You have to admire fans who are the same way. — J. D. Martinez Copy Share
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,… — J. D. Martinez Copy Share
That's one thing I learned from watching great hitters hit. A lot of hitters, they're ready to hit from pitch one. — J. D. Martinez Copy Share
Sometimes you just need a spark, and then boom, boom, boom, now the bats come alive. — J. D. Martinez Copy Share
We're all not going to agree on the same things, but that's what makes this country so great. — J. D. Martinez Copy Share
I'd say the challenge of DHing is going to be learning the routine and to stay loose and stay warm and kind of be… — J. D. Martinez Copy Share
My teammate Torii Hunter taught me how to lead and provide encouragement to the locker room. — J. D. Martinez Copy Share
I was able to play alongside, in my opinion, the best hitter with Miguel Cabrera and kind of watch the way he goes about… — J. D. Martinez Copy Share
Losing is incentivized now. You have 80 percent of the teams trying to lose. — J. D. Martinez Copy Share
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. — J. D. Martinez Copy Share
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… — J. D. Martinez Copy Share
