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.

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.

When I look at the records and see where my place in the history of the game (in Japan with Orix) might be, I guess you could say it was a good decision to come here. It's not just me. Maybe I'll have an effect on others in the international part of the game.

I played on the 2001 team, the team that won the most games in the history of Major League Baseball and also I played on one of the worst teams of Major League Baseball.

I wanted the challenge of competing against the best players in the world.

If I ever saw myself saying I'm excited going to Cleveland, I'd punch myself in the face, because I'm lying.