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.

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

I think if you look at the friends, the kinds of relationships I have, I am not the kind of guy who has many shallow relationships. I think you could say I am the kind of guy who has a few relationships, but those are very deep.

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

I've always prided myself in not reveling in past accomplishments and focusing on future achievement, instead. That's been my career motto.

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

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 want to go there, as a baseball player.