Top 661 Quotes & Sayings by Puerto Rican Authors - Page 5

I grew up listening to Puerto Rican music like everybody else. But when I listened to Charlie Parker for the first time, I said, 'How does this guy play so fast?'

To be the first Puerto Rican to win a world title in four divisions would be an achievement. Gomez, Benitez, there have been a lot of good fighters from Puerto Rico before me. When I started boxing, Tito Trinidad was our big star.

As a Puerto Rican, I'm always going be grateful to Jose Andres.

I am a perfectionist, and my immense respect for my fans and the public meant that the quality of my clothing had to match my performance.

My one main secret I did right after my pageants days, is I only wash my hair once a week. I tell everyone, 'You have to stop washing your hair so much!'

You go out on the field every day and play hard to accomplish goals.

The fame isn't important to me. It's a blessing to have. Having so many people that support me, that love me and listen to my music, is beautiful.

Today, you have platforms that teach you everything from opening your own YouTube channel to using Shazam.

Very few guitarists play nylon-string. They don't know how to get the sound out of them. That's something I've spent a lot of time on.

My career has always thrived on hard work and good relationships with people I work with and just continuing grinding.

I have a lot of love inside my house. I can't ask for more.

I've learned and grown as a songwriter.

My style has a lot to do with where I've been brought up. I've lived half my life in Puerto Rico and the other half in Florida, so I listen to music in English as well as Spanish.

I'd say it's even harder to cater to Hispanics than to the lesbian or gay community. We're so culturally separated: Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, Mexicans, Venezuelans. We're all so different.

I love Jordan's like, where I'm from like the Jordan's, having Jordan's is like really part of the culture so this is really essential for me.

I take pride in the fact that I was the first Hispanic artist to really crack the English market.

I can't live without a sense of humor. I need to be laughing and entertained at all times.

My message is positive, and I am honest about who I am.

Puerto Rico's participation per capita in the armed forces is more than most states, yet they can't vote for their commander in chief.

You listen to the radio and all the songs sound the same, from 8 in the morning to 12.

Immediately after hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, I was extremely concerned about my family, friends and all the people in Puerto Rico. I felt helpless and could not concentrate not knowing if my family and loved ones were safe. I wanted to help my people as fast as I could.

In the entirety of my life, I have never had an eating disorder.

To inspire children is my goal. Kids need adults to help them. Behind the success of a child is an adult.

I'd like to get the word out there, the word has to be spread.

I thought it would be easy. I thought it'd take me one year to be Salma Hayek.

I can make my own decisions, I can do the music I like. If I fail, it's me failing - you know.

Basketball paid for four years of my education, and I am so proud of that.

Maria did teach us a lot. It taught us to value what we have: our friends, our neighbors, and those who helped us. I know my people in PR are active. It took us by surprise, but we are warriors, and we are ready for any adversity.

I've always loved challenges.

I was from Washington, D.C., and then I came to New York and got the scholarship for the ballet.

I couldn't ask for better teammates, and the Pirate fans are the greatest in baseball.

I felt most beautiful on the red carpet in Givenchy's sheer lace dress at a dinner hosted by Givenchy in honor of Marina Abramovich at the closing of her Museum of Modern Art retrospective, 'The Artist is Present', in 2010. It was the first time I had been dressed for an event, and everybody just fell in love with the dress.

Puerto Rico, within the span of two weeks, received two Category 4-5 hurricanes. That has never happened anywhere. The devastation has been enormous.

My biggest inspiration is my family. The support they give me, the strength they give me is something that is very rare and special. Each singer is inspired by different things, my strength comes from my family and soul.

If I have the chance to say something, I will say it - but that doesn't obligate me to always say something, or to shed light on every problem, as if I were a lawmaker.

I've been a fan of Elvis since I was 11, so for me, it was a real thrill to make an album of all my favorite Elvis songs.

I remember the ballads of the eighties when my mom was cleaning, sometimes I'd listen to, like, Amanda Miguel or something like that and I'll smell the Fabulous.

As a catcher, I know the pitcher is trying to get ahead in the count.

My family taught me about that, about being the leader, being there for your teammates and caring about everything during the game, after the game, before the game.

I have been very lucky, I have only had one bad experience.

People say that when you get to a certain age that you start to mellow. I have no idea what these people are talking about.

The music we do is for people to enjoy, dance and sing to it. Dreamers - keep on dreaming and keep working hard to achieve your goals. There are many difficulties, but what matters is to stay focused and have perseverance.

I have used astrology to send positive messages: 'You can do it, even if you fall, get back up again.'

You always want to please your choreographer, director. Dancers are just that way.

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite days of the year because it reminds us to give thanks and to count our blessings. Suddenly, so many things become so little when we realize how blessed and lucky we are.

When I first heard Bob Dylan, I'll be honest, I didn't like him. But I was shallow of mind and didn't understand the poetry. I just judged him on his singing and his guitar playing.

Somebody told me once I wasn't Latin enough, and that made me laugh.

Ricky Martin just kind of opened a big door, but it's always been around. Latin artists have always been there, but some of them were never doing it in the U.S.

Everything about me was different.

I even steal bases. I hear all the time that I'm slow, but hey, I have 66 stolen bases.

Recording with Meek Mill for me was like when Allen Iverson played with Michael Jordan for the first time.

I come from a very musical family, and a songwriter, a musician, is a byproduct of the influences of his life, whether cultural, artistically, or emotionally.

No one has as much luck around the greens as one who practices a lot.

Sometimes people say, 'Walter, you are egocentric or narcissistic.' No matter how much money it costs, I always say, 'You have to be radiant. You have to be Walter.'

I put on YouTube one single and, in 20 hours, have five million, six million people.

My mother has the same kind of an arm, even today at 74. She could throw a ball from second base to home plate with something on it. I got my arm from my mother.

I would love to do a musical. When I did 'Fame L.A.' for a year - all the singing, dancing and acting - I was in heaven. I cried so much when they cancelled the show. I mean, I loved going to work and I couldn't wait to get on the set.

I've played American, Italian, Greek, French. I've been really lucky that way.

I don't need that much contour.

The Dodgers told me a big bonus was no good, and they said other players would resent it. Better for me to take a small amount of money and work my way.