"I will show them what a true Spaniard is."

"For in the greatest extremity God ever fights for his own; and doubt not he will humble the pride of the heathen, and bring him to the knowledge of the true faith, the great end and object of the Conq…"

"Give me that cross, so that I may die with it."

"I will leave my mark on this world."

"Since I have come to this land, I have not eaten bread, nor drunk wine, nor slept in a bed, nor have I been able to hear Mass, nor have I seen a priest."