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> [When I fall behind, my swing changes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-martinez/when-i-fall-behind-my-swing-changes/)

[J. D. Martinez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-martinez/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d73/j-d-martinez-6676_behind_when-i-fall-behind-my-swing-changes-1053_1053669.jpg)

> [Whoever's hitting in front of you or behind you is going to determine how you get pitched, but there's nothing you can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-martinez/whoever-s-hitting-in-front-of-you-or-behind-you-is-going-to-determine/)

[J. D. Martinez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-martinez/)

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> [The last thing I wanted to do was get buried in Triple-A behind prospects.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-martinez/the-last-thing-i-wanted-to-do-was-get-buried-in-triple-a-behind/)

[J. D. Martinez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-martinez/)

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## Other authors on Behind

## More by J. D. Martinez

> [I love the game and I love to play. You have to admire fans who are the same way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-martinez/i-love-the-game-and-i-love-to-play-you-have-to-admire-fans-who-are/)

[J. D. Martinez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-martinez/)

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-martinez/when-you-re-up-there-and-everything-feels-good-and-you-re-competing/)

[J. D. Martinez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-martinez/)

> [That's one thing I learned from watching great hitters hit. A lot of hitters, they're ready to hit from pitch one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-martinez/that-s-one-thing-i-learned-from-watching-great-hitters-hit-a-lot-of/)

[J. D. Martinez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-martinez/)

> [It's fun coming to the ballpark when you're winning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-martinez/it-s-fun-coming-to-the-ballpark-when-you-re-winning/)

[J. D. Martinez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-martinez/)

> [Sometimes you just need a spark, and then boom, boom, boom, now the bats come alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-martinez/sometimes-you-just-need-a-spark-and-then-boom-boom-boom-now-the-bats/)

[J. D. Martinez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-martinez/)

> [We're all not going to agree on the same things, but that's what makes this country so great.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-martinez/we-re-all-not-going-to-agree-on-the-same-things-but-that-s-what-makes/)

[J. D. Martinez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-martinez/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-martinez/i-d-say-the-challenge-of-dhing-is-going-to-be-learning-the-routine/)

[J. D. Martinez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-martinez/)

> [My teammate Torii Hunter taught me how to lead and provide encouragement to the locker room.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-martinez/my-teammate-torii-hunter-taught-me-how-to-lead-and-provide/)

[J. D. Martinez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-martinez/)

> [I was able to play alongside, in my opinion, the best hitter with Miguel Cabrera and kind of watch the way he goes about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-martinez/i-was-able-to-play-alongside-in-my-opinion-the-best-hitter-with/)

[J. D. Martinez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-martinez/)

> [Losing is incentivized now. You have 80 percent of the teams trying to lose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-martinez/losing-is-incentivized-now-you-have-80-percent-of-the-teams-trying-to/)

[J. D. Martinez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-martinez/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-martinez/i-want-to-be-on-a-team-that-s-got-a-chance-that-s-what-s-fun-that-s/)

[J. D. Martinez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-martinez/)

> [My preparation and my routine are the foundations to my success.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-martinez/my-preparation-and-my-routine-are-the-foundations-to-my-success/)

[J. D. Martinez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-martinez/)

> [I love to talk about hitting. It's a passion of mine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-martinez/i-love-to-talk-about-hitting-it-s-a-passion-of-mine/)

[J. D. Martinez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-martinez/)

> [I've lost a lot. I'm tired of it. It's not fun.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-martinez/i-ve-lost-a-lot-i-m-tired-of-it-it-s-not-fun/)

[J. D. Martinez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-martinez/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-martinez/starting-in-middle-school-i-would-play-on-two-or-three-baseball-teams/)

[J. D. Martinez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-martinez/)

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