Family
Juan Rivera and older brother Osmaldo Rivera grew up and trained for baseball in Venezuela together. Juan was scouted at an early age of 16 years old, while his parents Rolondo and Rosemary stayed behind with his brother Osmaldo and younger sister Maria, to run a small family business. The entire family soon moved to the United States in 1995.
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Famous quotes containing the word family:
“The agent’s steep and steady stare
Corroded to a grin.
Why, you black old, tough old hell of a man,
Move your family in!”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)
“One theme links together these new proposals for family policy—the idea that the family is exceedingly durable. Changes in structure and function and individual roles are not to be confused with the collapse of the family. Families remain more important in the lives of children than other institutions. Family ties are stronger and more vital than many of us imagine in the perennial atmosphere of crisis surrounding the subject.”
—Joseph Featherstone (20th century)
“The strongest bond of human sympathy, outside of the family relation, should be one uniting all working people, of all nations, and tongues, and kindreds.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)