Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Eddy Alvarez - Page 2

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Cuban baseball player Eddy Alvarez.

Last updated on November 26, 2024.

I definitely see my progression moving at a rapid pace.

I kept going. The decisions I've had to make, the setbacks, the feeling of having my back against the wall, I was determined that I had the grit.

Eddy Alvarez

I love the fact I am a Cuban American man who represented the United States in the Olympics. I was proud to wear the red-white-and-blue.

Eddy Alvarez

My college coach was like, 'You ever thought of switch hitting,' and I was like, 'You know, I thought about it but I never really tried it.'

Eddy Alvarez

If the cards just so happen to be drawn that I get called up to the big leagues and become ineligible to go to the Olympics, then so be it.

Eddy Alvarez

I'm as optimistic as I possibly can be.

Eddy Alvarez

I can remember stepping out of the car with my skates already tied, smelling the ocean breeze.

Eddy Alvarez

I heard it all. 'He's too old. He won't get by Double-A. He's too slow.'

Eddy Alvarez

I've never been in a situation where winning was the only goal, that no individual stat mattered.

Eddy Alvarez

Baseball has been something that's always been in my blood. It was just something I was bound to do no matter what. I was going to play baseball.

Eddy Alvarez

Skating is much more of an individual sport, and then there is a team event once the team is picked.

Eddy Alvarez

To be honest, I feel like just an average human being.

Eddy Alvarez

I was always so excited for the team event in speedskating. And I think that had to do a lot with growing up playing baseball and the amount of friendships and bonds that I created.

Eddy Alvarez

I'm just going to keep going. That's been my motto since I was younger, through all adversity and all obstacles.

Eddy Alvarez

It can be a little nerve-wracking sometimes feeling like I have to do more than I really do.

Eddy Alvarez

I'm full of life.

Eddy Alvarez

My dad is such a Cuban man - he's as stubborn as me.

Eddy Alvarez

I don't think anyone should be put into a box, nor should you allow yourself to be put into that box.

Eddy Alvarez

I feel like if I look back at my career, that's all I've ever done is fail.

Eddy Alvarez

As a child, I always had a dream to make it to the Olympics.

Eddy Alvarez

Even though I was 110 pounds wet in high school and had no attention from any major schools, I always had a little bit of fight in me. There was always a dog in there, too.

Eddy Alvarez

I've always had this fire in me.

Eddy Alvarez

I was 2 years old and already swinging bats and throwing balls.

Eddy Alvarez

Baseball, once I got to the Major Leagues, I told myself, 'Now it's begun.'

Eddy Alvarez

I've been on skates since age 5.

Eddy Alvarez

In skating, I knew that 2014 was going to be it for me. I had my heart set on trying baseball again after.

Eddy Alvarez

I had expectations to go back to college and get my name out there more.

Eddy Alvarez

I learned how to be an athlete. I learned the true art of resiliency and grit.

Eddy Alvarez

I'm ready to turn some heads and have no regrets.

Eddy Alvarez

I didn't know if pro ball was in the plans for me. I didn't know it was going to happen right away.

Eddy Alvarez

I've literally had dreams of that moment since I was a kid, no joke, about stepping in for my first at-bat.

Eddy Alvarez

I am completely prepared to let the tiger out of its cage in Sochi and see what happens.

Eddy Alvarez

At the Olympics, once I got there it was more about the full experience and skating to the best of my ability.

Eddy Alvarez

What the public sees is my successes... Yes, I've won competitions and I've done unbelievable baseball, but a lot of those times, I failed more often than not.

Eddy Alvarez

I saw my baseball career skyrocketing, but there was always something in the back of my head that was missing. That was trying to make it to the Olympics.

Eddy Alvarez

Surgery was the most challenging scenario I ever had to face. Being bed-ridden for four weeks and not being able to walk for eight, I definitely had the lowest point in my life.

Eddy Alvarez

I'm one of those people that develop late, so what if these are my peak years in baseball? I would never know unless I put myself out there, and if I fail, I fail.

Eddy Alvarez

Just being able to experience that caliber of a level of a sport, the highest level of a sport, has helped me immensely to transition into my baseball career and to just take it day by day.

Eddy Alvarez

We're pieces of the puzzle. If I fit in a certain algorithm, then it'll be time for me to go. It's tough as a baseball player, it really is, not knowing much, but you just have to play.

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