“I believe in Jesus Christ, and I cannot move without his direction. That doesn’t mean that I’m a perfect man. Now I wish I could tell you that I’m perfect, but I’m not. But I’m always trying to please the Lord, and that’s my goal.”
– Mariano Rivera, Sports Spectrum August 2011
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Mariano Rivera in 2007 at Camden Yards in Baltimore. (Photo Courtesy: Keith Allison – Flickr)
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