Cubans joke and satirize everything that life gives them, and I think that's a positive characteristic.

The magic of film isn't just because of the big screen, or the acoustics, but the ineffable shared experience of going to the movies.

There was a time when emigration from Cuba was a definitive separation. There were no visits. In the '80s, '90s, it was incredibly difficult. I'm not the only one interested in this as a filmmaker - other Cuban filmmakers have dealt with it, too, because it's such a part of our reality.

Playing catch is often the first professional act of the day, it's a transition from personal life to team business. Lastly, as all position players think they can pitch, at least half of us are working on our off-speed stuff likely at the detriment of our elbows and shoulders, but we can't help it. It's too much fun. My changeup has come a long way since high school.

What is happiness to me is not necessarily for you. Someone once said, there are three truths: your truth, my truth and the truth. And I think that's true.

Trips are part of humanity. Emigration is a part of humanity. And it's ever more dynamic due to globalization.

Cuban public is special - they participate, generate a lot of energy, both in a positive and negative sense. It's always an expressive audience.