Quotes About Struggle

I am Fidel Castro and we have come to liberate Cuba.

In Cuba, I didn't even have a bicycle.

Both of my parents were born into poor families on the island of Cuba. They came to America because it was the only place where people like them could have a chance.

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'm so proud to be an American, but you see what they are going through Cuba, you see what they have been through, and it's pretty sad.

The Cuban people do not live in freedom.

Rooting for the Cubs is not easy, but the best things in life never are.

I follow the Cubs. Only when they play the Nationals do I have a conflict.

I didn't go to university. I didn't go to culinary school, barely made it through high school.

I was in culinary school for a little while, but it was just too hard to cut weight and cook at the same time.

I grew up in the States, but I go back to Brazil quite often, and a big part of me is very Brazilian, so there's a constant struggle between the two cultures within me. They're very different approaches to life.

Regaining the Champions Cup is not going to be easy.

It's not easy to win a Cup. Brazil spent a long time, over 20 years, before winning it, so it's not easy. The Cup is hard: it's each 4 years.

I don't think there is a true cure for PTSD.

There is some group of Americans who are really, really curious to understand how we ended up at this point, where every week it seems like you can turn on your TV and see some sort of abuse being heaped on black people.

I've had curly hair for years, and I never wore it curly. I didn't know what to do with it.

I have come up with very creative ideas that really didn't work with the song I was currently composing.

It's a curse. I ask God to take this away from me all the time. I do not like being an artist.

If you're down, it's curse; if you're up, it's a blessing.

Alimony is the curse of the writing class.

The writer's curse is that the more you fall in love with the work you're doing, the more I think it shows.

I feel like winning the title was a curse. It was something that I always wanted to achieve. I got it, but it didn't turn out the way I thought. The business side of it has not been very good.

I've never been good at rock'n'roll songs, anyway; either I'm blessed or I'm cursed, but whatever I write comes out sounding old.

I'm short, and I'm curvy, and so shopping is hard for me sometimes.