Top 8 Quotes & Sayings by Yoenis Cespedes

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Cuban athlete Yoenis Cespedes.

Last updated on September 17, 2024.

Yoenis Céspedes Milanés, nicknamed "La Potencia", is a Cuban-born professional baseball outfielder. He made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut on March 28, 2012, for the Oakland Athletics, and has also played in MLB for the Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers and New York Mets. Primarily a left fielder in his early career, he split between left and center field on the Mets. A right-hand batter and fielder, he stands 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) tall and weighs 220 pounds (100 kg).

Cuban - Athlete | Born: October 18, 1985

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Sometimes I rush my swing because I am so anxious to play well. In Cuba, the quality of the pitching is not the same as it is here. There you might find one or two pitchers at 94 or 95 mph. Here, every day I find several, and each pitcher who comes along throws his hardest stuff.

Yoenis Cespedes

In Cuba, I didn't even have a bicycle.

Yoenis Cespedes

I grew up on the softball field. Every day I would take my glove and my bat with me.

Yoenis Cespedes

Despite the situation in Cuba, I had a chance to play on the national team; and compared to other baseball players and other people in Cuba, I had the opportunity to live at a level that was not very high class but in the middle.

Yoenis Cespedes

My life has changed in many ways, both on an economic and personal level. All major league players are accorded the respect they deserve. In Cuba, it was not that way. National team players were not respected. The treatment was not adequate.

Yoenis Cespedes

I had a chance to play for the Cuban national team during the 2009 World Baseball Classic, but at the time I never thought about leaving Cuba.

Yoenis Cespedes

In Cuba, I would start the first two months hitting around .260 with three or four home runs. After the first half of the season, I would get hot, and that's when I would have my best results.

Yoenis Cespedes

I grew up on the softball field. Every day I would take my glove and my bat with me

Yoenis Cespedes

Top 8 Quotes & Sayings by Yoenis Cespedes

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