Originally Posted by Ichiro Suzuki

It smells like garlic.

Originally Posted by Ichiro Suzuki

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.

Originally Posted by Ichiro Suzuki

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

Originally Posted by Ichiro Suzuki

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

Originally Posted by Ichiro Suzuki

The ball became the same color as the sky. So, I wasn’t able to see it… I was sending mental signals for the ball not to come my way, because during that time of day it’s impossible for me to see the ball so I lacked mental signals. I lacked in that area. Usually, I don’t send mental signals. So, because this is the first time, I thought, please don’t come my way.

Originally Posted by Ichiro Suzuki

My dog said, ‘Woof, woof, woof,’ which meant, ‘Stay, stay, stay.’ Of course, I listened.

Originally Posted by Ichiro Suzuki

Tiger is a great golfer, but … when you say athlete, I think of Carl Lewis. When you talk about golfers or race-car drivers, I don’t want to see them run. It’s the same if you were to meet a beautiful girl and go bowling. If she’s an ugly bowler, you are going to be disappointed.

Originally Posted by Ichiro Suzuki

I’m going to throw a party tonight.

Originally Posted by Ichiro Suzuki

Yesterday when I played, inside my head I said ‘I want to go home quickly,’ and I swung and I was able to get a hit because I wanted to go home. Today I thought, ‘I want to hurry up and get something to eat,’ and I swung and got a hit today.

Originally Posted by Ichiro Suzuki

I hope he arouses the fire that’s dormant in the innermost recesses of my soul. I plan to face him with the zeal of a challenger.

Originally Posted by Ichiro Suzuki

I’ll walk on my hands before I use crutches.

Originally Posted by Ichiro Suzuki

To be able to get three runs like that, I’m sure allowed us to give our opponents major mental damage.

Originally Posted by Ichiro Suzuki

When you take steroids, it’s not as if wings grow out of your back, and you start flying all over the place and stealing home runs.

Originally Posted by Ichiro Suzuki

No one can deny his 4,000-plus hits. The gambling thing is something different. On the front of his Hall of Fame plaque they should put all of his records and amazing feats. When you flip it over, it should say, ‘He gambled on baseball.’ But I would vote for him.

Originally Posted by Ichiro Suzuki

I like “Miss Congeniality.” I like Sandra Bullock. And “A Beautiful Mind.” I also like “Face/Off."

Originally Posted by Ichiro Suzuki

To tell the truth, I’m not excited to go to Cleveland, but we have to. If I ever saw myself saying I’m excited going to Cleveland, I’d punch myself in the face, because I’m lying.

Originally Posted by Ichiro Suzuki

Once I turn 40 I can become a pitcher. I’m kind of serious about it. But I’ll have to learn to throw a knuckleball. Right now, I could be a ‘normal’ pitcher, who can top out at 95 mph with a fastball.