God above all.

The minority must bow to the majority.

I don't want any country buying up Brazil, but we will do business with all countries, and China is an exceptional partner.

I would not board a plane piloted by a quota beneficiary or be operated on by a quota doctor.

We can't keep flirting with communism and socialism.

If one day the military comes to power, it will be through a vote.

I spent 17 years in the Brazilian army.

Do I need to know about medicine to solve the health problem in Brazil? Do I need to know about agriculture to advance the agribusiness?

Young people in Brazil for a long time have been an easy prey for the Left, from communists in Brazil. Social media liberated them from that.

We are winning the hearts of these young people out there.

We don't have a big party. We don't have election funding. We don't have television time.

Not a centimetre will be demarcated for Indigenous reserves.

I can't just suddenly become 'Little Peace and Love Jair'... I've got to carry on being the same person.

This idea of, oh, poor little black person, oh, poor little poor person, oh, poor little woman, oh, poor little indigenous person - everybody's a poor little something! I don't try and please everybody.

We will preserve the environment.

We want democracy and peace.

We seek to better integrate Brazil into the world... and eliminate unfair trade practices and uncertainty for foreign trade flows.

Time flies really quickly. It feels like only a few months ago that I was traded over here and started my career as a Cub in 2013.

I'm extremely hairy. It pretty much connects from the top of my head to my toes with a nice upper body sweater/track jacket type of thing.

I try to start every day with some sort of vegetable and fruit juice before I eat any kind of solid food. Because that really jump starts your body and digestive system with the high content of micronutrients that your body needs.

There were so many things in Baltimore not many people know about. I had struggles with my pitching coach. A lot of guys did.

You rarely see any blowout games.

We're tested eight, nine times a year - blood tested, urine tested, so I mean, if people think I'm doing something, tell them to increase the testing.

The contract stuff will work itself out. If we keep winning, those kinds of things all work themselves out in time.

I could be 30 pounds heavier if I played football. But I play baseball, and I do Pilates.

It is good to kind of put your pride aside for the betterment of the ball club. We are all on board for that, even if you want to go another inning.

What I did before in my career you can pretty much throw out the window. Out of sight, out of mind.

I think flexibility in general is something that needs to be reinforced, and not only baseball players but all sports.

I think the beard plays a slight factor to my presence on the mound. It's kind of part of the persona now. Everyone in Chicago embraced it, so I got to keep it. I can't ditch it now.

There's food and supplements that you can take legally that will better your body and help you stay healthy. Shortcuts are something that's always been around all sports, but as a union, we're trying to do the best we can to weed those guys out of the game.

I enjoyed my time in Baltimore. I really did. I learned so much.

On the road, we're hitting in the cages during our normal batting practice for our position players.

As a kid, you put yourself in those positions. Bases loaded, two outs, you're at the plate. That's kind of the way I envision it as a kid playing whiffle ball or whatever the case was.

The preparation is what allows the success to happen naturally.

I want to shoot an elk with a bow. Mind you, I've never hunted in my life. But I feel like if I'm ever going to hunt, it's going to be with a bow. I just feel like a bow requires more skill.

People had lost faith in me in Baltimore, and rightfully so. I knew that was not the guy I was.

I've had some incredible experiences with this organization. I owe a lot to this team and this organization and the ownership. I don't want to see that time come to an end, my time as a Cub.

I've made it clear I like Chicago.

You want to be paid in respect to how your peers are paid.

A lot of guys came together quickly as a group, as more than just teammates, as friends. Your family get to know each other, and you become really close, and that's a big part of the team aspect is caring about your teammates off the field, getting to know their kids, their families, their wives.

I personally don't think guys should get multiple chances when guys fail a steroid test.

What I don't like to see is a lot of chirping and guys just talking crap to each other. If you got something wrong with a guy, go see him.

Once I get completely right mechanically and with command, maybe I only use two or three pitches to get through seven innings.

There's plenty of situations where we'll come up with guys on base, less than two outs, and those are opportunities for us to help ourselves out.

Guys want to be compensated fairly.

I'm not saying I won't make a mistake throughout the game.

I'd like to stay in Chicago, but if they don't want me, somebody will.

That's one the main reasons we live in Austin. The weather is so nice for the majority of the offseason, and it's easy for us to get out and ride bikes and get on some trails, to walk together as a family. Sometimes I'll go out for a trail run. We just like to do things outdoors.

If two guys want to go see each other, let them be in the middle, let them throw some punches, then break it up.

I care about the integrity of the game.