Aroldis Chapman

I definitely wanted to take advantage of that, actually wanted to cut some pounds during quarantine and being at home and training at home.

I've never hurt anybody, never in my life. That's not my character or who I am.

If I'm healthy, I'm going to go out there and pitch. If I'm tired, I'm going to put that aside and just get through it.

I want to be the best pitcher in the world.

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.

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.

I get bored of watching baseball on TV. It's repetitive to me.

I don't want it to be so complicated - promoters, a business plan, none of that.

I don't know who I can trust and who is using me for who I am.

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

You take the experience, and now it's a matter of preparing yourself mentally and physically so that in the future if you find yourself in situations like that, you're able to succeed.

Nobody's perfect. We make mistakes, but the important thing is we learn from them and move forward.

My arm is strong I'm working hard every day physically to be in shape come training.

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.

The way I feel as baseball players we are warriors. Our job is to be ready to do what we need to do on the field.

I've done therapy over the years and it has helped me to be a better person and it pushes me to be a better person every day.

Unfortunately, that is the way it is. We make a lot of money, everyone wants a piece of it, and we end up looking bad.

Sometimes people talk too much. We have to be careful about that.

We are not from this country, and people want to harm us. It's easier to hurt someone who is not from here than someone who is. People think we don't know what the laws are, and they try to hurt you. Many people want money. We have to take care of ourselves.

I believe that if you deserve something, you don't ask for it.

The Cubs have never expressed any interest in re-signing me, as far as I know.

There are rumors out there that I requested $100 million, and that's not true at all.