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 course has caddies, and the caddies all want autographs and don't want to let me golf.

I've made far too many mistakes. That's the way I feel.

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 think I look the same size.

When people get placed upon a pedestal - when they start chasing after that person on the pedestal - they become mannequin-like.

I didn't know I hit that way (.625 with runners in scoring position). Maybe not knowing is my secret. If I chased numbers, maybe I wouldn't have as good results.

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

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