Quotes from David Ortiz

They pick me [to be tested for steroids] every time. I don't know why. I don't know if it's because I'm a big guy, or what, but all I know is all they are going to find is a lot of rice and beans.

I showed people that it's not about guessing what people can do. It's about saying, 'Here, show me what you can do.'

If I can't hit at a high level, I won't play, and I know there comes a point where my body won't be able to do that.

You just have to go as far as you can go. Everyone works his way up.

Sometimes when you're fighting, fighting, fighting, the mind needs some time off and you regroup and get back to normal.

I'm just another player that comes in and comes out. Everybody's time is up at some point, I don't think that's my problem. I'm just going to keep on trying like I normally do.

You can never fall in love with a team.

I've always been my own hitting coach.

I'm the same guy I've always been. I'm the same guy now as when I was hitting 50 home runs. I don't change.

I just come do what I've got to do, play my game. And I don't worry if anybody likes it.

I'm not thinking home run, I just want to put a good swing on the ball. When you go looking for home runs, you get off of your swing. So you don't think of homers when you go up to the plate.

I'm a winner, I play to win, I want to make good things go on around me.

A lot of people write books not at the end of their career. Why you gotta wait until then? When you're momentum's going, that's when people really want to get to know about you.

Sometimes you just don't feel the same everyday, it doesn't matter what you do, but when you have people looking forward to seeing you perform for them, that puts you in the mood, and that's natural in Boston. That's why it's such a special place to play.

Everybody goes through some tough times in their life, no matter what you do. Man, I've had my tough times.

All I like to do is work every day and have an idea what I want to do.

I'm just trying to work hard every day, trying to be a better player and one day, to be right there with them, one of those special hitters.

My whole career, my swing has always been the most important thing to me. Even when I'm taking a shower, I work on my swing.

I'm an easy person to get along with. Even when I struggle, I have the same attitude.

I come to play everyday.

I know in my situation, my mind works more than everything else. I've been like that my whole career.

It doesn't matter if we are down 3-0. We just have got to keep the faith like that one piece you were saying in "Keep on Going," because the game is not over till the last out.

Trust me, I play the game for the fans, my family and myself.

This is our f---g city. And nobody is going to dictate our freedom.