Higinio Velez Quotes

This team is the world champion and the Olympic champion. We didn't get that for free. - Higinio Velez

This is what we wanted to see -- this is Cuban baseball. Our boys recovered from the knockout that we suffered. Today was great, wonderful baseball. - Higinio Velez

This is Cuban baseball. Cuba is not gone. We're still here to play and whoever wants to beat Cuba will have to sweat it out. - Higinio Velez

They're not interested in millions. We don't have prisoners. Simply, our athletes are besieged because people want to turn them into merchandise, but they want to play for their country. - Higinio Velez

These are things that simply happen in the game of baseball. If this were to occur on a frequent basis for Cuba, this would be rather worrisome. But this is not the case. - Higinio Velez

The President did not demand us to win the tournament, but he told us that we should play well, and teach the world how baseball is played in Cuba. - Higinio Velez

The most important thing is that baseball and the sport won. The quality of Cuban baseball was demonstrated. - Higinio Velez

The fans should be happy. That was a great show. They got to watch what baseball is in Cuba. - Higinio Velez

That means that Cuba is a great team because if not it would have lost many times under the mercy rule. But that's only happened twice. Our second-line pitchers did not come through and we couldn't use our best pitchers today. That was the fundamental cause of our defeat. - Higinio Velez

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