All through Miami, the guys who grew up with me hitting at the place I hit, they all call me Flaco. Nobody… — J. D. Martinez Copy Share Image
Paul Goldschmidt, who gave me the confidence to lead as one of the game's greatest players, acknowledged that what I had to… — J. D. Martinez Copy Share Image
I think I've grown over the years and learned about who I am and what I can do and what I can't… — J. D. Martinez Copy Share Image
Rodney Linares really stuck his neck out in Greenville to play me, because they had their prospects, guys who they had invested… — 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
