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The fans know that I don't give at-bats away.

David Ortiz

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David Ortiz
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: November 18
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Santo Domingo
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David Americo Ortiz Arias
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Through the years I've been getting better and better and better, and it's what you learn though the seasons.
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You can't say that being a fan is more serious, because players are trying to do better in order to get paid better.
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Sometimes when you're fighting, fighting, fighting, the mind needs some time off and you regroup and get back to normal.
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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.
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This jersey that we're wearing today doesn't say Red Sox. It says Boston.
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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.
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My mom, she wasn't like a baseball mother who knew everything about the game. She just wanted me to be happy with what I was doing.
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I just love the feeling from the fans and when I'm walking on deck I can hear people screaming and wishing you the best. That puts you into the game more than anything.
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I'm the kind of a player who, if you give me something good to hit, I'm going to swing at it. Otherwise, there's nothing else you can do.
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I guess the rules aren't for everyone.
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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.
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This is our f---g city. And nobody is going to dictate our freedom.
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I just come do what I've got to do, play my game. And I don't worry if anybody likes it.
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I come to play everyday.
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I'm very mechanical, so if I have one thing that's going in the wrong direction when I'm hitting, it's hard for me to get a hit.
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Everybody has something to prove each year. Everybody has a responsibility in this game. Even the batboy.
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I've always been my own hitting coach.
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I'm an easy person to get along with. Even when I struggle, I have the same attitude.
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I swing hard all the time. That's what I've done my whole life-hit.
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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.
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