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Just strengthening that theme that America is a place of opportunity and hoping to inspire people to fulfill those opportunities, and to want more, and to want better, and to see the places we can go. So many people identify with me because of the place that I come from.

I hope America can also be the cultural leader of the world, and use this frontier spirit to lead and show others that we need courage to go places where we have not gone before.

I would be very happy to go to America. America is where I was raised and that's exactly what I want.

When I was back in Cuba, who could have imagined I would be invited to the White House!

Before competition, as I stand in shoulder pads and cleats, my helmet in my left hand, adrenaline flowing and my heart raging under my right, I never forget the ills of America, but for a moment I envision its potential, remember its prosperity, and give thanks to God for the land He has placed me in and the people I love who live in it.

All I really had was my talent. Without that I wouldn't be welcome at the White House.

When I walk out on that stage, I just want America to know, that this is what I'm supposed to do. This is my dream.

I'm a small-town kid who grew up with a cornfield in the back yard and dreaming of serving my country in public office.

I would like to see America some day.

I expect if you are going to come out of the shadows, then you're going to want to have some type of hope in the future that you're going to improve your life and, yes, accomplish that American Dream.