Aroldis Chapman

Now, I'm thinking about more important things: my family, kids, my career.

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.

I want to concentrate on baseball, which is the best thing I know how to do.

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.

I wanted to be in the big leagues, not stuck in the minor leagues.

My mom, my dad, my children, my sisters, they are everything to me.

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.

My children are everything to me. And the three of them are driving me crazy.

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

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?

When you are not in agreement with someone, we Latin people are loud when we argue.

I've even argued with my mother.

What I have in mind is closing games and that's it.

I can maybe depend on my fastball a little more than some other pitchers.

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 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.

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.

My priority was coming back to the Yankees.

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.

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.

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.

I'm working to be a better person.

I prepare myself to be strong, so that my arm is healthy.

I don't think that you have to put any pressure on yourself.

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