A biography for Aroldis Chapmanhasn’t been written yet.
“My priority was coming back to the Yankees.”
“What I have in mind is closing games and that's it.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Now, I'm thinking about more important things: my family, kids, my career.”
“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?”
“My arm is strong I'm working hard every day physically to be in shape come training.”
“I don't go to the gym on a daily basis because it makes my muscles tight when I get in the game.”
“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.”
“Nobody's perfect. We make mistakes, but the important thing is we learn from them and move forward.”
“I've never hurt anybody, never in my life. That's not my character or who I am.”
“There are rumors out there that I requested $100 million, and that's not true at all.”
“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.”
“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 prepare myself to be strong, so that my arm is healthy.”
“I get bored of watching baseball on TV. It's repetitive to me.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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 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.”