Top 42 Pedro Martinez Quotes
#2. The bigger the contract, the bigger the responsibility.
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#3. You have to execute. You have to sacrifice your body.
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#5. I do miss competing, being out there - the atmosphere, I do miss it.
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#6. Some other things I don't miss: the media and the pressure of just being asked to do, and being asked questions every day.
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#9. Because I want to have my arm in good shape, I need to have my legs in good shape. Without a leg, there is no arm.
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#10. I believe I have a responsibility that goes along with the money I make. I can help a lot of people.
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#11. Every time I feel mad or something, I run somewhere. It gets my frustrations away. I run and run and run.
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#12. I want to feel secure personally. Have a competitive team out there
I really want to win; I hate losing
and, I guess, I want to be treated like a normal person.
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#13. When I go to the plate, I think about putting the ball in play. It's important to get on base and get some walks, but I don't go to the plate thinking of walking.
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#14. If the shortstop makes an error, I am responsible. I let the batter hit the ball.
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#15. Whether you like it or not, the last few years I'd be the first one to tell you I haven't been the Pedro Martinez that I'm used to being.
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#16. If I wanted to pitch that bad, I probably would. But I don't think I'm in that stage.
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#18. I believe that if you're healthy, you're capable of doing everything. There's no one else who can give you health but God, and by being healthy I believe that God is listening to me.
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#19. If you want to follow some good steps, it would Proverbs, all over.
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#20. Only God knows why I didn't make it with the Mets, but yes, in a short period of time, I got the opportunity with the Phillies.
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#21. You can't have a family when you're playing because you're away from home so much. So believe me, I won't be pitching forever. I won't make it to 300 wins or anything like that. No way.
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#22. All I can say is, I will put my heart and soul into helping the Red Sox win.
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#23. I wasn't playing mind games with anybody, I just said what I said. I am responsible for it, but I wish everybody would fall asleep for that one and let me go out there and do my thing.
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#24. I'm thankful for not ever taking anything illegal.
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#25. Actually the adrenaline of the game will probably help me out a little bit to regain command and concentration about the things that I have to do.
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#26. I doubt that I will get involved with politics. That's something I don't have in me.
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#28. None of the teams that actually probably were offering me a job from the getgo, actually in spring training, are in the playoffs right now.
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#30. Georgie Porgie, he might buy the whole league, but he doesn't have enough money to buy fear to put in my heart.
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#31. I had the opportunity to go with some other teams. But I didn't consider those teams to be contenders, and I was right.
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#32. I like the challenge. I do not like the attention.
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#33. I just try to do what I have to do and let the people out there do what they have to do, which is have fun, scream, yell and jump around. I try to do what I have to do, which is play baseball, and I can only play in that piece of area there, so that's what I try to do.
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#34. I keep active because I have not announced my retirement, because that is something that takes time and you have to plan it. Plus, it is something that the Dominican people expected.
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#35. My first ball I ever got from a Big League player I actually got to purchase in Dodger Stadium in a silent auction, was Reggie Jackson.
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#36. We grew up poor, very poor, but I am very proud of where I come from.
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#37. I love my teammates, and I'll do anything for them.
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#38. Before, if I wasn't in baseball, I wanted to become a doctor.
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#39. I'm open to play for anybody that would give me respect, treat me the right way, and actually going to make me feel comfortable.
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#40. My brother never got an opportunity to throw a pitch, and I didn't want the same thing to happen to another young kid.
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#41. I understand business and understand the ugly face of baseball, which is the business part of baseball.
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#42. I get a lot of kids distracted. Sometimes they got to go cover left field, but they're over here talking to me, getting an autograph.
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