Manny Ramirez
As long as I'm alive, I'm happy.
I know how people treated me in L.A. And I want to thank them.
I was never any good on defense.
Not a lot of people like to do that - make a mistake and go in front of people, and say, 'I did this. I did that.' At the end of the road, everyone respects you more.
When people ask about Boston, I put my brain on pause.
From the bottom of my heart, I want to thank the fans of Boston. I love you guys. You've been with me through ups and downs.
I was unhappy for eight years in Boston but still put up great numbers.
The first time I stepped foot in Boston, I said to myself, 'Whoa.' I told Pedro Martinez, 'Damn, man, I just want to get traded and get out of here; this place is not me.'
Baseball in Boston is like a Sunday football game, but played every day.
If your happiness depends on Boston winning or losing, you have to get a life.
So many people played for the Red Sox, Ted Williams, so many guys. Such great players, and they didn't get a ring.
I want to finish my career as a Red Sox. But it's up to them.
In many ways I'm like my mom, who doesn't curse, is always laughing and having fun.
I strike out three times, and while I'm upset in my mind, I don't show it. I just tell myself I will come back the next day and go three for four.
I don't disrespect or takes shots at anyone. I don't want someone going to one of my sons and saying your dad is a punk and talks bad about people behind their backs.
Whatever happens in the clubhouse stays in the clubhouse.
If people think I'm going to dog it - they must be crazy.
Understand me, I have goals.
Good hitters are more selective.
No matter what I'm doing, I'll take it as long as we're winning.
I know my role and put my faith in God.
I loved those years, I loved Los Angeles, what a great place to play, those fans were awesome to me, every day the place was packed, just an incredible experience.
Everything is for a reason.
I think to go back where you started is everyone's dream.
I'm just a singles hitter.
Oh, a Gold Glove. That's what I want.
That's what's important, to be positive.
I had all those guys like Eddie Murray, David Winfield, Albert Belle and Kenny Lofton around me. When I was coming up, I saw how those guys worked and approached the game. That was an advantage for me because I learned from all the things that they did.
My Hall of Fame is my wife, my family, my kids.
Cleveland was my first team. It was awesome. We had a bunch of good guys - Sandy Alomar, Robbie Alomar, Carlos Baerga, Omar Vizquel. Oh, my, God. It was a blast, man. But you know, everything is going to pass. You have to be ready for it.
My arrival in Oakland is not a coincidence, it's a God-incidence.
Sometimes when you've got power, you've got money, you think you're invincible.
Sometimes God says, 'Hey, come here, this is where you need to be.'
I realize I behaved bad in Boston.
I don't care where I play, I can even play in Iraq if need be.
We're humans. We learn from our mistakes.
I like to change looks. Like Lenny Kravitz.
I don't care about home runs or whatever.
My mother was a seamstress, and my father was a livery-cab driver.
After I got drafted and got my bonus, I said to my mother, 'You're not going to work anymore, Mom.'
You fall, you get up, you move on.
The people of Taiwan treated me like 'baseball-royalty,' and I was truly overwhelmed by the island's love for the game.
I'm just being myself. That's why I got problems all the time.
Hitting is hard. It comes and it goes. You can't tell which way it is going to go for you. So you just have to go with it. I'm not going to go crazy worrying about it.
When I was in Cleveland I asked a sportswriter if I could borrow $50,000 to buy a motorcycle. He wrote it like I was serious.
God has given me a second chance and I'm not going to waste it.
God helped me to change my life.
I'm just Dave Roberts with no speed. A bad combination.
I guess, you know, when you don't feel good, and you still get hits, that's when you know you are a bad man.
I leave everything to God.