Quotes from Aroldis Chapman

There are rumors out there that I requested $100 million, and that's not true at all.

Sometimes people talk too much. We have to be careful about that.

I prepare myself to be strong, so that my arm is healthy.

I'm working to be a better person.

I don't like the cold. But as along as you warm up properly and you build up a nice sweat and keep your body warm, your arm warm and loose, you should be fine.

The way I feel as baseball players we are warriors. Our job is to be ready to do what we need to do on the field.

I get bored of watching baseball on TV. It's repetitive to me.

I want to be the best pitcher in the world.

I can maybe depend on my fastball a little more than some other pitchers.

If a team wants me to go to the minors to get ready and prepare, that's what I'm going to do and I will show that I should be pitching in the major leagues.

What I have in mind is closing games and that's it.

I want to concentrate on baseball, which is the best thing I know how to do.

I knew that if they didn't allow me to play anymore, I would leave Cuba immediately. I mean, what was I supposed to do? Baseball is the only thing I know.

I definitely wanted to take advantage of that, actually wanted to cut some pounds during quarantine and being at home and training at home.

I am preparing myself as every offseason, getting myself ready to close. Starting hasn't even crossed my mind and I'm not going to do it either.

You take the experience, and now it's a matter of preparing yourself mentally and physically so that in the future if you find yourself in situations like that, you're able to succeed.

I didn't do anything. People are thinking that it's something serious; I have not put my hands on anyone, didn't put anyone in danger. Since I didn't do anything like that, I'm not thinking about it. If I didn't do anything, why should I think about it?

Many of us Latin players arrive here in this country and we don't know much about how the legal system works here, and we can be easy targets for people to deceive us, defraud us, those kind of things. I feel we can be easy targets of being taken advantage of.

I don't want it to be so complicated - promoters, a business plan, none of that.

To all the young MLB players, never give up on your goals. You can reach any destiny you desire.

I've done therapy over the years and it has helped me to be a better person and it pushes me to be a better person every day.

Atticus is my little, crazy boy. I do not get to see him much because he lives in Cincinnati. But when I have any chance, I spend time with him. It must be true that blood is thicker than water because he even sleeps with a ball.

My best pitch is my fastball. It's probably the most difficult pitch to hit. In my case, batters have very little reaction time.

I don't go to the gym on a daily basis because it makes my muscles tight when I get in the game.