Athlete

Different people have different opinions, and it's okay to respect all of them.

I'm responsible for what I say, but I'm not responsible about how people interpret my situation.

I'm very happy. I'm a happy guy; I'm always happy.

I can be a little bit stubborn.

There are people who love on weekends to go out when the sun comes out. I just want to lie in bed and watch sports and relax.

Lake Taupo is on the north island of New Zealand and in the countryside. I absolutely fell in love with it.

I've learned that 'love' is used a lot in the States for everything: 'I love that burger,' 'I love my shoes,' 'I love a friend.' To me, if it's overused, it loses meaning.

There's a stigma on the word 'therapy.' People relate it to big problems. That's something we have to change. Going to therapy can be very healthy. It can change the way you see things and treat others.

Marlins Park is what I call my office in Miami, because I work for the Venezuelan Museum of Baseball and Hall of Fame. My job is to go to all the MLB stadiums and to talk to and collect articles from all the Venezuelan players in the big leagues and those Americans that played in Venezuela.

In life, you have to take the pace that love goes. You don't force it. You just don't force love, you don't force falling in love, you don't force being in love - you just become. I don't know how to say that in English, but you just feel it.

I am a father, and I know the feel of being a father. Why wouldn't I want my gay friends to also be happy parents?

I don't like Miami that much. I don't like the weather. My base is Miami, but I travel a lot.

I love dancing.

Everyone knows English is my second language and my vocabulary is not as broad as it is in Spanish, and because of this, sometimes I use the wrong words to express myself.

In Venezuela, which doesn't have thousands of prestige universities like the U.S., people usually stay at home while attending to college. After they graduate, they move for a job or get married.

You can meet somebody at a club. You can meet somebody at a restaurant. But maybe that person is not on the same page. Maybe that person is like, 'I'm starting out, I don't want to get married now.' Or, 'I don't want to have kids.'

I respect every gay man and woman. They're that way, and they just want to be happy.

Obviously, my daughter's my priority, so if you want to have plans with me and then my daughter calls, then I'm going to have to go with her.

Gay and lesbian people, and the children they are raising, wrongfully face discrimination, and I want them to know that I'm on their side.

I don't walk barefoot. When I see a girl barefoot in the street... I'm like, 'Really?' But obviously, I can't judge someone for that first impression.