Ichiro Suzuki Quotes

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• I love baseball, but being here (in the United States), I've been able to play golf every day. I can't play in Japan because every…
• Chicks who dig home runs aren't the ones who appeal to me. I think there's sexiness in infield hits because they require technique. I'd rather…
• 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,…
• I'm told I either look bigger than I do on television or that I look smaller than I look on television. No one seems to…
• 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 just…
• When you mail Ichiro something from the States, you only have to use that name on the address and he gets it (in Japan). He's…
• If I ever saw myself saying I'm excited going to Cleveland, I'd punch myself in the face, because I'm lying.
• The more that Japanese players go to the big leagues to play and succeed, the more that will serve to inspire young kids in Japan…
• Personally, I don't like the term 'success.' It's too arbitrary and too relative a thing. It's usually someone else's definition, not yours.
• I've made far too many mistakes. That's the way I feel.
• When people get placed upon a pedestal - when they start chasing after that person on the pedestal - they become mannequin-like.
• I heard that in the United States the level of baseball was the highest in the world. So it was only natural that I would…
• You should seek approval from yourself.
• If I'm in a slump, I ask myself for advice.
• August in Kansas City is hotter than two rats f**king in a sock.
• People striving for approval from others become phony.
• The Japanese have a strong tendency to suppress their own feelings. That's the Japanese character. They kill their own emotions.
• Many people have this image of me. For a long time, I cared about that.
• I feel like I should be more in touch with the nuances of this game.

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