If I can't hit at a high ...

If I can't hit at a high level, I won't play, and I know there comes a point where my body won't be able to do that.
 David Ortiz

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My mom, she wasn't like a baseball mother who knew everything about the game. She just wanted me to be happy with what I was doing.
 David Ortiz
My parents always told me to stay away from trouble. When I moved away from them at a young age, I was fine because they taught me how to do everything right.
 David Ortiz
The DOCF all started when I made a trip to a local hospital in the Dominican Republic. I was visiting children who had received life-saving heart care operations. I couldn't help but think that in another life, one of these kids could be my own son. If it wasn't for baseball, I may have remained in the Dominican Republic and who knows where life would have taken me. It was then that I knew that I had to use the gift that I received, to play baseball, to do whatever I could to give back.
 David Ortiz