Top 47 Quotes & Sayings by Aroldis Chapman
Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Cuban baseball player Aroldis Chapman.
Last updated on September 12, 2024.
I get bored of watching baseball on TV. It's repetitive to me.
My job is to be ready, to be ready to pitch, however that is, however many innings that is, I need to be ready for that. I need to go in and do my job.
If a team wants me to go to the minors to get ready and prepare, that's what I'm going to do and I will show that I should be pitching in the major leagues.
Atticus is my little, crazy boy. I do not get to see him much because he lives in Cincinnati. But when I have any chance, I spend time with him. It must be true that blood is thicker than water because he even sleeps with a ball.
The Cubs have never expressed any interest in re-signing me, as far as I know.
There are rumors out there that I requested $100 million, and that's not true at all.
My arm is strong I'm working hard every day physically to be in shape come training.
I wanted to be in the big leagues, not stuck in the minor leagues.
You take the experience, and now it's a matter of preparing yourself mentally and physically so that in the future if you find yourself in situations like that, you're able to succeed.
I've even argued with my mother.
My mom, my dad, my children, my sisters, they are everything to me.
I prepare myself to be strong, so that my arm is healthy.
I want to concentrate on baseball, which is the best thing I know how to do.
My best pitch is my fastball. It's probably the most difficult pitch to hit. In my case, batters have very little reaction time.
I'm working to be a better person.
I don't know who I can trust and who is using me for who I am.
When you are not in agreement with someone, we Latin people are loud when we argue.
I've never hurt anybody, never in my life. That's not my character or who I am.
I want to be the best pitcher in the world.
I don't want it to be so complicated - promoters, a business plan, none of that.
Out of all the contracts that were out there, the better one for me was from the Reds. Not talking about money - putting that aside. It was a lot of development opportunities.
Sometimes people talk too much. We have to be careful about that.
The Marlins were close to signing me, but in the end my wish was to come back to the Yankees.
I don't like the cold. But as along as you warm up properly and you build up a nice sweat and keep your body warm, your arm warm and loose, you should be fine.
I believe that if you deserve something, you don't ask for it.
I definitely wanted to take advantage of that, actually wanted to cut some pounds during quarantine and being at home and training at home.
You just want to make sure that you're healthy and your arm is good and that you feel ready for the job.
There is my life in Cuba and my life in America, the old life and the new life, and almost nothing about them is the same.
I don't go to the gym on a daily basis because it makes my muscles tight when I get in the game.
We are not from this country, and people want to harm us. It's easier to hurt someone who is not from here than someone who is. People think we don't know what the laws are, and they try to hurt you. Many people want money. We have to take care of ourselves.
I knew that if they didn't allow me to play anymore, I would leave Cuba immediately. I mean, what was I supposed to do? Baseball is the only thing I know.
I've done therapy over the years and it has helped me to be a better person and it pushes me to be a better person every day.
If I'm healthy, I'm going to go out there and pitch. If I'm tired, I'm going to put that aside and just get through it.
I don't think that you have to put any pressure on yourself.
Nobody's perfect. We make mistakes, but the important thing is we learn from them and move forward.
I can maybe depend on my fastball a little more than some other pitchers.
I am preparing myself as every offseason, getting myself ready to close. Starting hasn't even crossed my mind and I'm not going to do it either.
What I have in mind is closing games and that's it.
People talked a lot about this upcoming talent on the Yankees and it was something that you kind of saw coming. These kids were so hungry and I believe that's why they became so successful. They worked very hard and they were so hungry, and I think that leads to wins.
My children are everything to me. And the three of them are driving me crazy.
Unfortunately, that is the way it is. We make a lot of money, everyone wants a piece of it, and we end up looking bad.
The way I feel as baseball players we are warriors. Our job is to be ready to do what we need to do on the field.
My priority was coming back to the Yankees.
I didn't do anything. People are thinking that it's something serious; I have not put my hands on anyone, didn't put anyone in danger. Since I didn't do anything like that, I'm not thinking about it. If I didn't do anything, why should I think about it?
Now, I'm thinking about more important things: my family, kids, my career.
Many of us Latin players arrive here in this country and we don't know much about how the legal system works here, and we can be easy targets for people to deceive us, defraud us, those kind of things. I feel we can be easy targets of being taken advantage of.
Chicago started doing the same thing, bringing on young players in the beginning combined with veterans, and it worked for them. The Yankees are similar in that way.
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