Quotes About Pedro Martinez

#1. Love of Fenway itself may be as much a part of the Sox' 2.6 million annual attendance as Pedro (Martinez), Manny (Ramirez) and Nomar (Garciaparra)

Michael Gee

#2. Come on, when does it come to the point where your name can't come up in trade talks? Willie Mays got traded. Pedro Martinez got traded. So what? That's part of the game.

Eric Davis

#3. I think the changeup has become more popular recently by pitchers like Pedro Martinez and the success he had with it.

David Cone

#4. Trot Nixon to Pedro Martinez to crazy-ass Manny Ramirez to Keith

Ian Browne

#5. Oh, poor me (jokingly, after being told that Randy Johnson & Pedro Martinez would make more in 2003 than he would). What do I do now? I guess I'll have to get a second job.

Greg Maddux

#6. 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.

Pedro Martinez

#7. 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.

Pedro Martinez

#8. 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.

Pedro Martinez

#9. I'm thankful for not ever taking anything illegal.

Pedro Martinez

#10. 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.

Pedro Martinez

#11. I doubt that I will get involved with politics. That's something I don't have in me.

Pedro Martinez

#12. I'm not in the big leagues just because I'm cute.

Pedro Martinez

#13. 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.

Pedro Martinez

#14. Baseball is a game of the soul.

Pedro Martinez

#15. Georgie Porgie, he might buy the whole league, but he doesn't have enough money to buy fear to put in my heart.

Pedro Martinez

#16. I had the opportunity to go with some other teams. But I didn't consider those teams to be contenders, and I was right.

Pedro Martinez

#17. I like the challenge. I do not like the attention.

Pedro Martinez

#18. 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.

Pedro Martinez

#19. 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.

Pedro Martinez

#20. 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.

Pedro Martinez

#21. We grew up poor, very poor, but I am very proud of where I come from.

Pedro Martinez

#22. I love my teammates, and I'll do anything for them.

Pedro Martinez

#23. Before, if I wasn't in baseball, I wanted to become a doctor.

Pedro Martinez

#24. 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.

Pedro Martinez

#25. My brother never got an opportunity to throw a pitch, and I didn't want the same thing to happen to another young kid.

Pedro Martinez

#26. I understand business and understand the ugly face of baseball, which is the business part of baseball.

Pedro Martinez

#27. Every time I feel mad or something, I run somewhere. It gets my frustrations away. I run and run and run.

Pedro Martinez

#28. than the one outside where my shack

Pedro Martinez

#29. The bigger the contract, the bigger the responsibility.

Pedro Martinez

#30. You have to execute. You have to sacrifice your body.

Pedro Martinez

#31. There was always something missing in Montreal.

Pedro Martinez

#32. I do miss competing, being out there - the atmosphere, I do miss it.

Pedro Martinez

#33. Some other things I don't miss: the media and the pressure of just being asked to do, and being asked questions every day.

Pedro Martinez

#34. I enjoy every bit of baseball I can get.

Pedro Martinez

#35. Some of the things I've done are really special.

Pedro Martinez

#36. 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.

Pedro Martinez

#37. I believe I have a responsibility that goes along with the money I make. I can help a lot of people.

Pedro Martinez

#38. All I can say is, I will put my heart and soul into helping the Red Sox win.

Pedro Martinez

#39. 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.

Pedro Martinez

#40. 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.

Pedro Martinez

#41. If the shortstop makes an error, I am responsible. I let the batter hit the ball.

Pedro Martinez

#42. If I wanted to pitch that bad, I probably would. But I don't think I'm in that stage.

Pedro Martinez

#43. The game doesn't change.

Pedro Martinez

#44. 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.

Pedro Martinez

#45. If you want to follow some good steps, it would Proverbs, all over.

Pedro Martinez

#46. 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.

Pedro Martinez

#47. 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.

Pedro Martinez