You should seek approval from yourself.

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

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.

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.

You should seek approval from yourself.

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

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