I’m always just grinding and figuring out what adjustment I need to make and how to tweak my swing to where I want it to be for that game and that pitcher. J. D. Martinez Read Quote
Sometimes what we see, what’s going on in front of us, isn’t really what’s happening. J. D. Martinez Read Quote
I think that’s one of the things you start learning from being hot and playing every day at the beginning, you know. The league, they made their adjustments and their change to you, the way they pitch you, the way they attack you, and just learning and learning from that and making the adjustments the very next at bat or the very next pitch. J. D. Martinez Read Quote
I’ve always been hungry, but when people ask what drives you – ‘How do you stay so driven throughout this whole thing?’ – you just don’t stop. It’s every single day. The people that know me and the people that love me and are in my life see it. J. D. Martinez Read Quote
I just want to go deep in the playoffs and be put in that situation where I’m locked in and the game and the season is on the line. J. D. Martinez Read Quote
I love the game and I love to play. You have to admire fans who are the same way. J. D. Martinez Read Quote
You can ask every coach from Ron Gardenhire to Dave Clark, anyone who has seen me play, they don’t know why they say I’m a bad defender. J. D. Martinez Read Quote