David Ortiz
David Ortiz
David Américo Ortiz Arias, nicknamed "Big Papi", is a Dominican American professional baseball player who plays for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball. Ortiz is a designated hitterwho occasionally plays first base. He played for the Minnesota Twins from 1997–2002...
NationalityDominican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth18 November 1975
CitySanto Domingo, Dominican Republic
CountryDominica
men tough-times matter
Everybody goes through some tough times in their life, no matter what you do. Man, I've had my tough times.
best confidence face faced good hitter matter pitcher seems time
Lilly, he seems like every time we face him, it must be his best night. When you as a hitter feel confidence about a pitcher you faced before and hit really good against, and it doesn't matter if it's his best night, ... you're going to hit him.
hung last time
You know what, the last time they were here, we went back to my house. We hung out together,
focus happens plate shut time trouble
I just try to shut everything down and just focus on what I want to do at the plate in those situations. Most of the time I try to not do too much because I get in trouble when I try to do too much. It happens to everybody.
filthy gets pitches reminds roger time
It's his first time in the big leagues, but he pitches like he's been around forever. He reminds me of Roger Clemens the attitude, the arm. When he gets more experience, he's going to be filthy. He's filthy already.
thinking player trying
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.
play games fans
Trust me, I play the game for the fans, my family and myself.
play sake want
What I don't want to do is just play for the sake of playing.
years careers long
You don't get better as you get older in your career. It's not natural to have your best years late in your career. So I'm trying to do whatever I can to keep my body feeling good for as long as I can.
falling-in-love team fall
You can never fall in love with a team.
hitting coaches my-own
I've always been my own hitting coach.
games play worry
I just come do what I've got to do, play my game. And I don't worry if anybody likes it.
cities important
This is our f---g city. And nobody is going to dictate our freedom.
thinking alive want
I start thinking about life after death. I've got to quit thinking about it because it's very deep. Very deep. Sometimes you start thinking about it, and you don't feel like you want to be alive, so I don't like to get all quiet.