I love music, and outside of work my family keeps me very busy, I have five children to keep track of.

I got involved in athletics during physical education lessons at school.

Be very strong... be very methodical in your life if you want to be a champion.

Then I received support from the Government to compete for my country, and to represent Cuba in competition.

In Cuba we use our champions to promote the sport.

We are just not made up to be middle distance runners.

Anyone who attempts anything original in the world must expect a bit of ridicule.

I run in practically every single road race in my country, 5k, 10k just to promote the sport.

The most important part of this is to prepare the athlete for life in general and then be able to compete.

You never know the limit of a human being.

The medal is not for yourself. It couldn't be done without the support and help of my people, runners, and coaches

Take that your accidental self and build it into your ideal self.

One of the things I dread about becoming an adult is that sooner or later you begin letting sentimentality get in the way of simple logic.

My chest ached, my body speaking a language my head didn't quite understand.

Frustrated, El Líder went home, rested his pitching arm, and started a revolution in the mountains.

Just remember, when you're with me you're not the strangest person in the room. Go ahead, get weird on me.

It was very natural that people just think of me as a comic actor.

I observe that more evolved souls are now reincarnating as women. Women find it easier to meditate and easier to develop their psychic abilities.

Science has toiled too long forging weapons for fools to use. It is time she held her hand.

There's a reason every book, even one that isn't very serious, is shaped like a suitcase

Time is in the mind, space is in the mind. The law of cause and effect is also a way of thinking. In reality all is here and now and all is one. Multiplicity and diversity are in the mind only.