"It doesn't matter where I hit (commenting on hitting clean-up). I'm Manny Ramirez, so it doesn't matter." - MLB.com, May 15, 2005

"I think I'm the best ever to play left field in Boston." - May 12, 2008

"Since early on, the qualities that stood out were his firm determination and his desire to play baseball... When he was 6 or 7, on many occasions his lunch and dinner had to be taken to the baseball field where he was playing". - Aristides Ramirez