J. D. Martinez

Obviously, I love Boston. I love the passion. It kind of matches my personality. The fans, I almost feel like they're just…

— J. D. Martinez

It's easy to sit there in the dugout when the game's going on and talk, chitchat about this and that. But I…

— J. D. Martinez

I believe that you're a hitter first and you're a slugger second type deal.

— J. D. Martinez

You can ask every coach from Ron Gardenhire to Dave Clark, anyone who has seen me play, they don't know why they…

— J. D. Martinez

Obviously, this is a job, it's a grind, but it's what you love to do. It's your passion.

— J. D. Martinez

I think my failures in Houston is what made me who I am. I think it's given me that drive, that drive…

— J. D. Martinez

It's so hard to win a World Series.

— J. D. Martinez

I grew up in Miami watching baseball down there, so you could see it from one extreme to the next. It was…

— J. D. Martinez

The last thing I wanted to do was get buried in Triple-A behind prospects.

— J. D. Martinez

I love my country. I love this country.

— J. D. Martinez

Man, it literally starts from after the game. I get every at-bat sent to me from the game. I'll go home, I'll…

— J. D. Martinez

I never go a day without talking to either my mom or dad, and my sister is one of the smartest people…

— J. D. Martinez

People are always asking if I was mad at Houston. Honestly, I'm not. The truth of the matter is that when I…

— J. D. Martinez

To me grinding out a good at-bat is pretty much fighting. And it's not trying to do too much with pitches, just…

— J. D. Martinez

I stand by the Constitution and I stand by the Second Amendment and it's something that I take pride in. It's something…

— J. D. Martinez

Let's say I have a new respect for guys who come off the bench every day. That's not easy to do.

— J. D. Martinez

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

I'm a very analytical guy, I like to study my swing, I like to study what my back foot is doing, my…

— J. D. Martinez

I told Pedro this story: I used to wear a freakin' Pedro Martinez jersey because it had 'Martinez' on the back.

— J. D. Martinez

It sucks when you can't play the game you love.

— J. D. Martinez

When I'm at my best, I'm ready to hit from pitch one. When I go up there and I'm passive, I'm not…

— J. D. Martinez

I don't go up there and try to hit home runs.

— J. D. Martinez

That's the hardest play in baseball, is a line drive right at you.

— J. D. Martinez