Like Jonah, the whale had swallowed me; unlike him, I believed I would spend eternity inside the belly of the beast.
There is no force more liberating than the knowledge that you are fighting for others.
The idea that somebody who has done something horrible in a war is not willing to talk about it for 32 years is hardly a shocking idea. Quite the contrary.
The only medal that I am certain I deserved is the Purple Heart.
Cuba wants to get rid of a dictator, and baseball needs a dictator.
When you're fighting for economic and social justice, you're always fighting for the minority.