Ichiro Suzuki

People striving for approval from others become phony. ↗

— Ichiro Suzuki

#become #others #people #phony #striving

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

— Ichiro Suzuki

#ask #i #myself #slump

I feel like I should be more in touch with the nuances of this game. ↗

— Ichiro Suzuki

#game #i #i feel #i feel like #like

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. ↗

— Ichiro Suzuki

#baseball #baseball player #go #heard #highest

I've made far too many mistakes. That's the way I feel. ↗

— Ichiro Suzuki

#feel #i #i feel #made #many

Many people have this image of me. For a long time, I cared about that. ↗

— Ichiro Suzuki

#cared #i #image #long #long time

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. ↗

— Ichiro Suzuki

#definition #else #i #like #personally

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

— Ichiro Suzuki

#emotions #feelings #japanese #kill #own

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. ↗

— Ichiro Suzuki

#baseball players #become #big #big leagues #go

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

— Ichiro Suzuki

#become #chasing #get #pedestal #people