If I'm in a slump, I ask myself for advice.

The Japanese have a strong tendency to suppress their own feelings. That's the Japanese character. They kill their own emotions.

If I'm in a slump, I ask myself for advice.

As professionals we have a responsibility of providing a good show for the fans. Getting hits and home runs is what they want to see.

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 felt I could have done better.

I had a dream. And I made that dream come true.

Everybody in the states is so relaxed, and everybody in Japan is so uptight.