Baseball Quote by Aroldis Chapman

I had a chance to play for the Cuban national team during the 2009 World Baseball Classic, but at the time I never thought…

— Yoenis Cespedes

Despite the situation in Cuba, I had a chance to play on the national team; and compared to other baseball players and other people…

— Yoenis Cespedes

Cuba wants to get rid of a dictator, and baseball needs a dictator.

— Bob Kerrey

I wish that they had the freedoms like the Japanese and the Koreans and the Mexicans and everybody else that has that freedom to…

— Rafael Palmeiro

Living in Cuba made me unafraid of whatever could happen to me.

— Brit Marling

I didn't come over here from Cuba to sit back and not work.

— Luis Ortiz

Well, you know, I left Cuba as a kid when I was 6 years old back in 1971.

— Rafael Palmeiro

Normal relations, never. We should never forget what has happened to the people in Cuba for forty years. All baseball cares about is getting…

— Luis Tiant

I'd like to go to Cuba.

— Elian Gonzalez

Baseball is a great example of the cultural ties between the United States and Cuba and a powerful reminder of the shared experience between…

— Ben Rhodes

I left Cuba when I was two years old. They took away my country, they stole the most intimate thing a human being can…

— Gloria Estefan

The U.S. doesn't recognize the laws of Cuba. They can kidnap anybody and bring them back to the States to face the so-called justice…

— Assata Shakur