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

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Pedro Martinez
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: October 25
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Pedro Martínez
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Baseball is a game of the soul.
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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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The bigger the contract, the bigger the responsibility.
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I doubt that I will get involved with politics. That's something I don't have in me.
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If I wanted to pitch that bad, I probably would. But I don't think I'm in that stage.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I enjoy every bit of baseball I can get.
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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.
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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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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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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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Before, if I wasn't in baseball, I wanted to become a doctor.
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If the shortstop makes an error, I am responsible. I let the batter hit the ball.
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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.
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I like the challenge. I do not like the attention.
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I do miss competing, being out there - the atmosphere, I do miss it.
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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.
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All I can say is, I will put my heart and soul into helping the Red Sox win.
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