Pedro Jaime Martinez is the full name of a former Dominican professional baseball starting pitcher. He spent 17 years in Major League Baseball (MLB) with five different teams. From 1998 through 2004, he was mostly a member of the Boston Red Sox. Likewise, he is considered as having the fourth-highest percentage in MLB history.
Let’s get started with his top 24 quotes that will help you every day.
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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
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“The game doesn’t change.”― Pedro Martinez
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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 the area there, so that’s what I try to do.”― Pedro Martinez
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“Before, if I wasn’t in baseball, I wanted to become a doctor.”― Pedro Martinez
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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
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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.”― Pedro Martinez
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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
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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
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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
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“I doubt that I will get involved with politics. That’s something I don’t have in me.”― Pedro Martinez
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“If you want to follow some good steps, it would Proverbs, all over.”― Pedro Martinez
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“I’m thankful for not ever taking anything illegal.”― Pedro Martinez
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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
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“I do miss competing, being out there – the atmosphere, I do miss it.”― Pedro Martinez
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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
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“Some of the things I’ve done are really special.”― Pedro Martinez
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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
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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
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“You have to execute. You have to sacrifice your body.”― Pedro Martinez
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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
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“I understand business and understand the ugly face of baseball, which is the business part of baseball.”― Pedro Martinez
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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
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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.”― Pedro Martinez
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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
