Dave Martinez Quotes

Dave Martinez

Profession : Coach

Birth : September 26, 1964

Honestly, I'd rather not talk about my health.

Dave Martinez

I interviewed quite a few times and finally got a job with the Nationals. And I greatly appreciate it.

Dave Martinez

I'm never going to criticize any umpires or anything, because they're a big part of the game.

Dave Martinez

In the heat of the moment things get blown out of hand.

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Everyone keeps telling me how young I am, but if the right opportunity comes up, I'm ready to manage.

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When you go up there in the batter's box, you're engaged to hit. It's the same thing with baserunning.

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My job is to be the bench coach with the Rays and help this team succeed. If another opportunity arises, I'd welcome the opportunity.

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I'm about as honest as I can get.

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When I look back, I think I just never got the opportunity to play every day.

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I never took things for granted. I always told myself to keep working hard, come to the ballpark ready to play, and one day I'll get a chance to play.

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I can play with pain. It doesn't bother me.

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I enjoy my job. And I love the city of Chicago, and this organization - it gave me the start to my whole career.

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I like to hit with men in scoring position.

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Yeah, I grew a goatee, and the next year, everybody had them.

Dave Martinez

Early in my career when I was with Montreal, we had a lot of good outfielders like Otis Nixon, myself, Marquis Grissom and Larry Walker. We all did the platooning thing, although each one of us could have played every day. We got everybody in the lineup, and everybody got to play.

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I had some pretty good teachers. I learned how to play the game the right way.

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At 21, I'm too young to be considered just a defensive outfielder.

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I always was the quiet type, never said that much.

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The object is to win as many games possible.

Dave Martinez

The biggest thing I tell the boys is control the heartbeat. It's hard to do, but we've gotta be able to control the heartbeat in big moments because it goes really quick. So just stay in that moment and focus on the moment, don't get ahead of yourselves, and just play the game that we've been playing all year.

Dave Martinez