“Would I have been a great basketball player? No. But I think I would've been a good basketball player, one of those grinders getting eight to 10 rebounds. I would've been like Kobe and been in the gym five to seven hours a day and never missed a 10-foot jump shot. I would've been a great role player for a team.”

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.