To be a small town kid from Hialeah, Fla., pitching in Miami and representing Team U.S.A., that says it all. It's a kid's dream. Don't pinch me. I don't want to wake up.

I remember my rookie hazing. It wasnt fun.

I couldn't throw a knuckleball if my life depended on it.

It's an honor to represent a Latin culture.

I'm definitely not a "Fast and a Furious" guy.

I'm Cuban-American, everybody says. I have a Cuban background, Cuban blood.

I remember when I started off, my first car was a Kia Spectra. With a spoiler kit and some rims.

At 19, I was still figuring out how to throw a fastball.

I've never used performance-enhancing drugs of any kind, and I never will. I've never met or spoken with Tony Bosch or used any substances provided by him. Anything said to the contrary is a lie.

Sculpting the future and healing the past can only happen through mindful action in the present moment.

The almost biological certainty that the more often you checked your cell phone, the more likely you were to find that one wondrous message or notification that would improve your entire life.

How the hell can I make my teammates better by practicing?!

It amazes me sometimes that even intelligent people will analyze a situation or make a judgement after only recognizing the standard or traditional structure of a piece.

I am sure that as soon as speech was invented, efforts to suppress and control it began, and that process of suppression continues unabated.

No phrase can convey the idea of surprise so vividly as opening the eyes and raising the eyebrows. A shrug of the shoulders would lose much by translation into words.

The only club in the bag specifically designed to get the ball in the cup is the putter. Why not learn it first?

A system is in equilibrium when the forces constituting it are arranged in such a way as to compensate each other, like the two weights pulling at the arms of a pair of scales.

All of the teams have great players, but the fans are a major part of it - your atmosphere is what you become.