“I remember in my second year in the league, I dropped 17 balls and led the NFL in dropped passes. That made me the player I am. If I didn't go through that transformative power of crisis, none of this would've probably happened for me.”

Cuban baseball outfielder

Tony Gonzalez was a Cuban professional baseball outfielder who played in Major League Baseball from 1960 to 1971. He appeared for the Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, San Diego Padres, Atlanta Braves, and California Angels. Gonzalez spent most of his career with the Phillies, where he played from 1960 to 1968. His major league career later included short stints with San Diego, Atlanta, and California, after his first season with Cincinnati.