“We are not from this country, and people want to harm us. It's easier ...” — Aroldis Chapman Quote

“We are not from this country, and people want to harm us. It's easier to hurt someone who is not from here than someone who is. People think we don't know what the laws are, and they try to hurt you. Many people want money. We have to take care of ourselves.”

“If a team wants me to go to the minors to get ready and prepare, that's what I'm going to do and I will show that I should be pitching in the major leagues.”

“I definitely wanted to take advantage of that, actually wanted to cut some pounds during quarantine and being at home and training at home.”

“A lot of people will call me nuts or crazy, but I've always been pretty stable. By some people's standards, I might be crazy. But I realize that I'm not going to harm anyone, and the only place that I live is within my own universe, really - so it's O.K.”

“I will say again that I have never, and would never, harm a child. It sickens me that people have written untrue things about me.”

“I think that it's rational to fear your own death or to fear harm to your family.”