#si

It's like all the signs were telling me that I shouldn't be a boxer, so I quit. ↗

— Olivier Martinez

#i #i quit #like #me #quit

It's not only imagination, it's the distortion of the vision. You suddenly think, This person is idealistic, this person is strong, this person has dreams, when you know better most of the time. You put what you want to see on people. ↗

— Olivier Martinez

#distortion #dreams #idealistic #imagination #know

My father was champion of North Africa and he beat the European champ. He was very good, a professional for 12 years. We're from a big family of boxers. My father has seven brothers. ↗

— Olivier Martinez

#beat #big #big family #boxers #brothers

My dad was a golden gloves boxer in the Marine Corps, then a deputy sheriff. My mom worked as an office assistant. ↗

— Susana Martinez

#boxer #corps #dad #deputy #gloves

Anyone who says he can see through women is missing a lot. ↗

— Groucho Marx

#anyone #lot #missing #says #see

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

#go #had #i #opportunity #other

I understand business and understand the ugly face of baseball, which is the business part of baseball. ↗

— Pedro Martinez

#business #face #i #part #ugly

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

#anybody #asleep #everybody #fall #games

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

#auction #ball #big #dodger #ever

We talked about many issues, like welfare, is it the way of life or hand up? Talked about size of government, how much should it tax families and small businesses? And when we left that lunch, we got in the car and I looked over at Chuck and said, 'I'll be damned. we're Republicans.' ↗

— Susana Martinez

#businesses #car #chuck #damned #families