--- title: "1 Playing Ball Quotes By J. D. Martinez" description: "1 Playing Ball quotes by J. D. Martinez. Plus more from J. D. Martinez and more Playing Ball sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37b/j-d-martinez-6676_ball_i-started-playing-ball-when-i-was-4-year_2610385.jpg" --- > [I started playing ball when I was 4 years old.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-martinez/i-started-playing-ball-when-i-was-4-years-old/) [J. D. Martinez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-martinez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37b/j-d-martinez-6676_ball_i-started-playing-ball-when-i-was-4-year_2610385.jpg) ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/playing-ball/j-d-martinez/#itemlist", "name": "1 Playing Ball Quotes By J. D. Martinez", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I started playing ball when I was 4 years old.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "J. D. 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