“Our country does not practice chauvinism or commercialize sports, which are as sacred as the people’s education and health. What it practices, rather, is solidarity. Years ago, it created a Physical Education and Sports Trainers School, with capacity for more than 1,500 students from the Third World”.

"(...) we have to revolutionize the methods for the preparation and development of our athletes, not just in baseball, but in all the sports disciplines".