A biography for Eddy Alvarezhasn’t been written yet.
“I am a prime example of what the American dream is.”
“I am completely prepared to let the tiger out of its cage in Sochi and see what happens.”
“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.”
“I'm a firm believer that positive thinking creates positive results.”
“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.”
“When you're so close to winning and you have to stand on the podium and listen to someone else's anthem, it leaves just a little bit of that bittersweet feeling.”
“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.”
“I didn't know if pro ball was in the plans for me. I didn't know it was going to happen right away.”
“Playing pro baseball has definitely been a goal of mine.”
“I was 2 years old and already swinging bats and throwing balls.”
“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.”
“In baseball, I had this lower body but nothing in the upper body. I had to counteract years of training and work the upper body.”
“My grandparents and my parents came over from Cuba with nothing to their name just for a chance of freedom and opportunity.”
“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.”
“Since I was a kid, I've always been able to copy the mannerisms and body language of everyone around me.”
“Short track is like metal rock. You kind of always got to be on your toes.”
“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.”
“At the end of the day, standing on the Olympic podium on the top is what we're all really searching for here.”
“As a child, I always had a dream to make it to the Olympics.”
“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.”