Quotes from Eddy Alvarez

I didn't know if I was gonna make the Olympic roster, but just to be part of that journey to get to the Olympics and inevitably win a medal - even if I wasn't a part of the roster, knowing that I had a part in it, I would have been so content.

In the Olympics, you only get one opportunity to bring it all together. If you don't, better luck in four years.

Not a day goes by that I don't remember my experience at the Olympics.

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.

It felt like I blinked and the Olympics were over.

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.

As a child, I always had a dream to make it to the Olympics.

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.

Walking in the opening ceremony and just being part of the Olympics is so special and it's something to cherish forever.

I didn't really hit my stride until my Olympic year.

In speed skating, we want to have the strongest, most powerful lower half of the body and don't want to have any weight on top.

I'm as optimistic as I possibly can be.

My dad is such a Cuban man - he's as stubborn as me.

I have an analytical mind.