In baseball, even the best hitters fail seven of ten times, and of those seven failures there are different reasons why. Some are personal failures, others are losses to the pitcher. You just get beat. In those personal failures, I… — Ichiro Suzuki Copy Share Image
I'm anxious to face them (major league pitchers) all, but in reality I'm looking forward most to (Boston's) Pedro Martinez. He was with the major league team that came to Japan in 1996, just before he became a superstar. I'm… — Ichiro Suzuki Copy Share Image
Some people enjoy taking a light stroll in the morning and that gives them relief and that sort of feeling. That is what I… — Ichiro Suzuki Copy Share Image
Baseball has been the greatest things in my life, but the cameras and the media surrounding baseball have not been fun. It's unnecessary. How… — Ichiro Suzuki Copy Share Image
My father was just an amateur; my mother is not even an athlete herself. — Ichiro Suzuki Copy Share Image
I'm not a big guy and hopefully kids could look at me and see that I'm not muscular and not physically imposing, that I'm… — Ichiro Suzuki Copy Share Image
I think, mentally, you sometimes need a break. But for me, my body is built so that if I don't work out, that's when… — Ichiro Suzuki Copy Share Image
I heard that in the United States the level of baseball was the highest in the world. So it was only natural that I… — Ichiro Suzuki Copy Share Image
I want to be the first player to show what Japanese batters can do in the major league. — Ichiro Suzuki Copy Share Image
