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.

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

Some people enjoy taking a light stroll in the morning and that gives them relief and that sort of feeling. That is what I gain by practicing, by swinging the bat.

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 that big.

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

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 a regular guy. So if somebody with a regular body can get into the record books, kids can look at that. That would make me happy.

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