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. — 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 Image
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 Image
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
Sometimes you just need a spark, and then boom, boom, boom, now the bats come alive. — J. D. Martinez Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
My teammate Torii Hunter taught me how to lead and provide encouragement to the locker room. — J. D. Martinez Copy Share Image
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 Image
Losing is incentivized now. You have 80 percent of the teams trying to lose. — J. D. Martinez Copy Share Image
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 Image
