Pedro Martínez Thoughts

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.

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.

I'm open to play for anybody that would give me respect, treat me the right way, and actually going to make me feel comfortable.

If I wanted to pitch that bad, I probably would. But I don't think I'm in that stage.

I doubt that I will get involved with politics. That's something I don't have in me.

Some of the things I've done are really special.

Some other things I don't miss: the media and the pressure of just being asked to do, and being asked questions every day.

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

I had the opportunity to go with some other teams. But I didn't consider those teams to be contenders, and I was right.