A biography for Aroldis Chapmanhasn’t been written yet.
“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.”
“I don't want it to be so complicated - promoters, a business plan, none of that.”
“I wanted to be in the big leagues, not stuck in the minor leagues.”
“I believe that if you deserve something, you don't ask for it.”
“My mom, my dad, my children, my sisters, they are everything to me.”
“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.”
“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.”
“You just want to make sure that you're healthy and your arm is good and that you feel ready for the job.”
“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.”
“The Cubs have never expressed any interest in re-signing me, as far as I know.”
“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.”
“When you are not in agreement with someone, we Latin people are loud when we argue.”
“I've even argued with my mother.”
“I want to be the best pitcher in the world.”
“Sometimes people talk too much. We have to be careful about that.”
“The Marlins were close to signing me, but in the end my wish was to come back to the Yankees.”
“I want to concentrate on baseball, which is the best thing I know how to do.”
“My children are everything to me. And the three of them are driving me crazy.”
“I can maybe depend on my fastball a little more than some other pitchers.”
“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.”