Personally, I don't like the term 'success.' It's too arbitrary and too relative a thing. It's usually someone else's definition, not yours.
There's not much difference between love and hate.
If I'm in a slump, I ask myself for advice.
When I think about it, if somebody was to pass Pete Rose's record just playing in Japan, that would be a bigger accomplishment because of the few games they play over there.
I feel like I should be more in touch with the nuances of this game.
Seattle has always been home.
I believe that, as an athlete, how you got to the age of 42 makes a big difference. I have learned about my body; I haven't gone off only talent until I was 42.
Nobody knows what the future holds.
I've made far too many mistakes. That's the way I feel.
Equipment has heart, human heart, inside it.
I like things that other people don't have. I like to be different from others.
If I ever saw myself saying I'm excited going to Cleveland, I'd punch myself in the face because I'm lying.
I love how the Mariners function as a team. That feeling is important to me.
When I'm being interviewed, presumably it's because people want to know how I feel about something or what my motivation is, not because they want to hear what I sound like in English. I wouldn't be true to the task if I responded in my unrefined English.
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.
The Japanese have a strong tendency to suppress their own feelings. That's the Japanese character. They kill their own emotions.
The more that Japanese players go to the big leagues to play and succeed, the more that will serve to inspire young kids in Japan to want to become baseball players when they grow up.
You should seek approval from yourself.
When people get placed upon a pedestal - when they start chasing after that person on the pedestal - they become mannequin-like.
People striving for approval from others become phony.
