Top 637 Quotes & Sayings by Cuban Authors - Page 9

I've found that my athletes run their best races after about 10 weeks of intense training.

I didn't get to play many video games when I was growing up.

It is terrible to speak of you, Liberty, for one who lives without you.

I actually have a movie that I was a supporting role in that I'm really proud of called 'Sun Dogs.'

We got off the Clash of the Titans tour and I said that my wife and I were working on having a baby and sure enough we found out that she was pregnant. So I told them nine months in advance that I wasn't going to tour in September so I could witness the birth of my first son.

Art is commenting on what's going on around you in your life.

If I don't work, I'll be sitting on the couch watching TV, eating popcorn and getting like a cow.

I love to feel glamourous. I love to have other women feel glamourous.

Man loves liberty, even if he does not know that he loves it. He is driven by it and flees from where it does not exist.

I want to show how strong and smart women are. We go through so much. We need to see that on screen. Those female parts are not many, but they are out there, and I have to find some. I want that chance.

The talk show, as a genre, has been in decline for a while. It started with Jerry Springer, when the talk shows suffered a metamorphosis, going from the real and social issues to the hair-raising.

If I did all the stuff I've been accused of - or credited with - there's no way I could make all this music. I'd be drinking myself into the grave.

Writers rush in where publishers fear to tread and where translators fear to tread.

With my runners now, they get two month-long breaks during the year.

Puns are a form of humor with words.

I'm just basically telling a story of my life.

No, absolutely not, writing doesn't have to be like a jigsaw puzzle, it can be a very linear undertaking.

I am grateful for my time with U.S. Speedskating and U.S.A. Baseball, as well as for all of my teammates, and I am humbled to lead Team U.S.A. into the Tokyo Olympic Games.

Let's get with it, guys: You don't need to hear a Ministry song to get political. You should be political on your own. We're just a side project to society. So do I care what people think about me personally? No. I just do what I do.

This world is always working against a sense of honor, cleanliness, integrity.

I'm not a role model. I say parents should parent and monitor their kids.

I can just say exactly what happened.

You're never quite prepared for the inundation of stardom, or whatever you want to call it.

I don't see myself as someone that brings a lot of luggage.

When I write, the first blank page, or any blank page, means nothing to me. What means something is a page that has been filled with words.

And it wasn't so much the medal, it was stepping out of the ramp during the Opening Ceremony. Man, I took a step back and realized I made it. That was huge.

The women I love most are Latina - my sister, mother, and daughter. They're spontaneous but spend a majority of their time trying to make others happy.

Playing pro baseball has definitely been a goal of mine.

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.

When you get to Hollywood, you have to start from zero, whatever you've done before.

Three thousand, it's just a number. It's just a game.

I am still simple, just as if I were beginning.

Look at Rihanna. She's so sexy. She comes from Planet Sexy. I worship her. I really, really do.

Right now it looks like skating is done for me. I'm ready to move on. But if baseball doesn't work out and I still have that itch for skating, I may be back.

An insatiable appetite for glory leads to sacrifice and death, but innate instinct leads to self-preservation and life.

For me, the American promise isn't just an idea or a theory - it's my life story.

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.

You just want to make sure that you're healthy and your arm is good and that you feel ready for the job.

A grain of poetry suffices to season a century.

I don't go to the gym on a daily basis because it makes my muscles tight when I get in the game.

I wouldn't be the type of person to critique anybody. I've got to look at myself first, to be a better person.

I want to do everything and beyond. I want to create impact.

It was the first time I'd picked up a bat and ball in three years, and it turned out to be a breakout season for me. I was named to the All-Conference team and nominated for All-American.

I'm a stand-up comic, but I also have ideas, and I want to get them out. People think getting in front of the mic is the only way to work out. You've got to try different situations.

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.

I was just cruising around the streets of South Beach and got scouted. Two ladies stopped my parents and said, 'This kid needs to try the sport of inline speed skating,' so I did and I remember falling in love with it and the thrill of racing.

I still have a desire to do some sketch comedy. My dream is to be on 'SNL,' to host 'SNL.'

Well, I always wanted to be educated and be prepared.

You would give up your career if you lost your voice for good, or if the impresarios stopped calling, or the audiences stopped coming. But as long as those things are there, I don't plan to stop. There is nothing that makes me feel better than to be with my public.

You name it, I've been everywhere in the U.S.

The dynamic has really changed in the U.S. Americans believe they can be competitive, that they can win medals.

I'm not sure. I did not set it up. I have never done a polygraph test in my life. I didn't know what to expect. I was just there to answer the questions that they put in front of me.

In my house, we speak Spanglish to the dogs, to the grandchildren, to the kids.

I am against the notion of style in itself.

I just smoked a Cohiba the other day. It was great. You have to appreciate everything that cigar is.

If I signed it that is the way it really happened. I don't know of any individuals who are saying anything different. I have no idea what is going on with that.

I watched 'House of Cards' in three days - and only in three days because I had other responsibilities, like my daughter. I couldn't just sit there and watch the entire season in just one sitting.

The Marlins were close to signing me, but in the end my wish was to come back to the Yankees.

You know, I've always tried to look at things as just what the part was. I never tried to worry about whether it was the lead or not the lead, because I think you can really mess your mind up when you're too caught up in those things.

There's something about prime time television and the way the song is going to come off on the air. I'm very concerned, very self-conscious about that.