A biography for Eddy Alvarezhasn’t been written yet.
“I've been on skates since age 5.”
“Right now it looks like skating is done for me. I'm ready to move on. But if baseball doesn't work out and I still have that itch for skating, I may be back.”
“As an Olympic athlete, I was at the top of my sport.”
“Surgery was the most challenging scenario I ever had to face. Being bed-ridden for four weeks and not being able to walk for eight, I definitely had the lowest point in my life.”
“It's an honor to bring back a silver to the United States.”
“My college coach was like, 'You ever thought of switch hitting,' and I was like, 'You know, I thought about it but I never really tried it.'”
“In skating, I knew that 2014 was going to be it for me. I had my heart set on trying baseball again after.”
“Not a day goes by that I don't remember my experience at the Olympics.”
“If I wouldn't have medaled at the Olympics, it still would have been a successful trip. The medal is the icing on the cake.”
“And it wasn't so much the medal, it was stepping out of the ramp during the Opening Ceremony. Man, I took a step back and realized I made it. That was huge.”
“There was that feeling of standing on the podium and listening to someone else's national anthem that really sucked.”
“I'm just going to keep going. That's been my motto since I was younger, through all adversity and all obstacles.”
“When someone meets me it's 'Oh, you're the flag-bearer guy!'”
“I've never been in a situation where winning was the only goal, that no individual stat mattered.”
“To hold Old Glory, a symbol of freedom and liberty to many around the world, not just in the United States, this one means a lot.”
“I saw my baseball career skyrocketing, but there was always something in the back of my head that was missing. That was trying to make it to the Olympics.”
“I had expectations to go back to college and get my name out there more.”
“It may say 30 on paper, but I don't look the part, I don't act the part, and I do my best to play like that.”
“I went from Arizona to all over Florida just doing workouts in front of scouts. I promised myself that I was going to sign with whatever team called me first.”
“When we get off the line in skating we kind of look like little ducks running.”