Pedro Martinez Quotes

At the end of the day, I play baseball, and I don't let anything else get in my head.

To me, I just play baseball, whether I have the contract or not.

I have fun when it's the right time to have fun, but when I lock in for practice and matches, I'm not worried about fun.

My dad, since I was growing up, has always taught me that I need to keep my mouth shut and just play baseball.

When I'm on the field, I just do my job.

We don't even think about it out there. We just focus on doing our job. The ball is the same baseball, the game is the same game. We're going to just keep trying to do our jobs.

My dad just wants me to dedicate myself to playing and to focus on the ball.

You're not going to see my sense of humor on the football field. That's not a place for me to joke around.

That's the most important thing - once you're on the pitch, you need to do your job properly.

On the pitch we tend to forget the things that happen off the field. I try to focus a lot on what I'm doing.

I stand up all four quarters even when I'm not playing.

When I'm on the field, family-wise, family matters, whatever off-the-field issues, I'm not worried about.

We've been training since we were small. You definitely got to love it to be part of this family. We like to have fun. We like to work hard, and always staying out of trouble and always doing the right thing.

I like working on the pitch, staying focused.

You take care of business on the field; everything will take care of itself off the field.

We have to take every game serious. And when I say serious, I mean doing the right things, practicing good habits.

My dad told me, 'If you're going to go out there and play baseball, or you're going to play basketball or football, work hard at it no matter what. I want you to have fun with your buddies, but you have to put in the time because this is your craft.' He didn't just want me to be good. He pushed me to that next level.

I'm someone who always comes on the court no matter what's going on in my life. It's all about basketball and my teammates and my team. I don't let any distractions in, and I bring my best every night, regardless of what's going on or what people are talking about.

My priority is cricket. Everything that I get apart from it is a result of the effort on the field. Everything else follows. I am pretty aware of my priorities, and I don't really focus on things that are not as important to me as cricket.

I think there's nothing that's not important. Everything you do - from how you connect with the guys in the locker room, to how you learn, to how you play on the field - everything's important; everything goes with the position.

Working with Michael Chiklis is a lesson in professionalism and staying focused. That's what Chiklis brings all day long.

And ours is a business that requires discipline and focus.

Concentration is my motto - first honesty, then industry, then concentration.

I don't wish I did anything differently. The most important thing to me was to play baseball.

You want to have fun but you also want to work well. Sometimes I was quite happy at Ferrari, because we would have fun, but then they could not stop having fun and go back to the real work.