Pitching in the Olympic Games, Pan Am Games and Central American games prepared me to pitch at the big-league level.

I'm Cuban and I always will be.

The day I pitch, I feel confident I can stop the other team.

Sometimes I just stand on the beach and look at the water, and Cuba feels so close it's unbelievable.

Don Cooper is an incredible person. He's not only a great pitching coach, but he's a great human being and a great friend.

It's amazing how everything here seems like it's in abundance. In Cuba, there is a shortage of everything.

Carmen will always be free.

A person doesn't have to change who he is to become better.

Losing your job brings you closer to your destiny

Days feels like years when you're alone.

I have wit in my work and a sense of humor, but I do not use irony in any way.

At the beginning of a dynasty, taxation yields a large revenue from small assessments. At the end of the dynasty, taxation yields a small revenue from large assessments.

I just couldn't stop thinking about what landmines are doing to people here. I told people - my friends - about it, but it was just not enough. I knew I had to do more.

There is so much wrong with the world. (tanta stat praedita culpa)

Finding your life less than perfect is a waste of your time.

Everyone I'm photographing, I feel like I'm remaking a family, in a way. My brothers and sisters are my heroes. So many of my models resemble them.