Quotes by Pedro Martinez - Page 1

Baseball is a game of the soul.
Pedro Martinez / Baseball Player
Baseball
Games
Soul
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I enjoy every bit of baseball I can get.
Pedro Martinez / Baseball Player
Baseball
Bits
Enjoy
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There was always something missing in Montreal.
Pedro Martinez / Baseball Player
Missing
Montreal
Schindler's List
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Some of the things I've done are really special.
Pedro Martinez / Baseball Player
Done
Special
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I'm not in the big leagues just because I'm cute.
Pedro Martinez / Baseball Player
Cute
Smile
Bigs
League
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I like the challenge. I do not like the attention.
Pedro Martinez / Baseball Player
Attention
Challenges
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I'm thankful for not ever taking anything illegal.
Pedro Martinez / Baseball Player
Thankful
Illegal
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I love my teammates, and I'll do anything for them.
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You have to execute. You have to sacrifice your body.
Pedro Martinez / Baseball Player
Sacrifice
Your Body
Execute
Body Your Your Body
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The bigger the contract, the bigger the responsibility.
Pedro Martinez / Baseball Player
Bigger
Contracts
Responsibility
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Before, if I wasn't in baseball, I wanted to become a doctor.
Pedro Martinez / Baseball Player
Baseball
Doctors
Wanted
Doctor
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If you want to follow some good steps, it would Proverbs, all over.
Pedro Martinez / Baseball Player
Ifs
Steps
Want
Proverbs
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I do miss competing, being out there - the atmosphere, I do miss it.
Pedro Martinez / Baseball Player
Atmosphere
Competing
Missing
Miss
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We grew up poor, very poor, but I am very proud of where I come from.
Pedro Martinez / Baseball Player
Grew Up
Poor
Proud
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All I can say is, I will put my heart and soul into helping the Red Sox win.
Pedro Martinez / Baseball Player
Heart
Soul
Winning
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If the shortstop makes an error, I am responsible. I let the batter hit the ball.
Pedro Martinez / Baseball Player
Balls
Errors
Responsible
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I doubt that I will get involved with politics. That's something I don't have in me.
Pedro Martinez / Baseball Player
Doubt
Get Involved
Involved
Politics Me Will
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If I wanted to pitch that bad, I probably would. But I don't think I'm in that stage.
Pedro Martinez / Baseball Player
Stage
Thinking
Wanted
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I believe I have a responsibility that goes along with the money I make. I can help a lot of people.
Pedro Martinez / Baseball Player
Believe
People
Responsibility
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I understand business and understand the ugly face of baseball, which is the business part of baseball.
Pedro Martinez / Baseball Player
Baseball
Faces
Ugly
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Every time I feel mad or something, I run somewhere. It gets my frustrations away. I run and run and run.
Pedro Martinez / Baseball Player
Running
Frustration
Mad
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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 / Baseball Player
Heart
League
Might
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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 / Baseball Player
Legs
Needs
Shapes
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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 / Baseball Player
Kids
Opportunity
Brother
Same Thing
Throw
Young Kid
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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 / Baseball Player
Opportunity
Team
Teams
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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 / Baseball Player
Media
Missing
Pressure
Miss
Day Every Day Pressure
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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 / Baseball Player
Mets
Short Period
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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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Comfortable
Give Me
Giving
Play
Right Way
Way
Respect Me Way
Respect Me Treat
Treat
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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 / Baseball Player
Kids
Distracted
Fields
Left Field
Talking
Autograph
Cover
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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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Silent
Auction
Dodger
Jackson
Purchase
Stadium
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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 / Baseball Player
Auctions
League
Player
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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 / Baseball Player
Firsts
Lasts
Years
Be The First
First One
Last Few Years
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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 / Baseball Player
Jobs
Offering
Playoffs
Spring
Spring Training
Team
None
Teams
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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 / Baseball Player
Adrenaline
Concentration
Games
Helping
Little Bit
Littles
Me Game Will
Game Me Will
Game Me Help
Regain
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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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Important
Play
Thinking
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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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Hate
Team
Winning
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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 / Baseball Player
Health
Believe
Capable
Healthy
Inspiration
Listening
God Believe Me
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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 / Baseball Player
Active
People
Plus
Retirement
Time Keep People
Announced
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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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Fall
Games
Mind
I Am Mind Me
Asleep
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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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Home
Believe
Winning
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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 / Baseball Player
Baseball
Fun
Play
Scream
Have Fun
Jump
Piece
Play Baseball
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I remember quotes in the paper, 'Here comes the man that New York loves to hate.' Man? None of you have probably ever eaten steak with me or rice and beans with me to understand what the man is about. You might say the player, the competitor, but the man? You guys have abused my name. You guys have said so many things, have written so many things.
Pedro Martinez / Baseball Player
New York
Hate
Player
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