Hitter Quotes by J. D. Martinez

I love the game and I love to play. You have to admire fans who are the same way.

— 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,…

— 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.

— J. D. Martinez

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

— J. D. Martinez

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

— J. D. Martinez

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

— 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…

— J. D. Martinez

My teammate Torii Hunter taught me how to lead and provide encouragement to the locker room.

— 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…

— J. D. Martinez

Losing is incentivized now. You have 80 percent of the teams trying to lose.

— 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.

— J. D. Martinez

My preparation and my routine are the foundations to my success.

— J. D. Martinez