Ichiro Suzuki
Ichiro Suzuki
Ichiro Suzuki, often referred to mononymously as Ichiro, is a Japanese professional baseball right fielder for the Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball. He has spent the bulk of his career with two teams: the Orix Blue Wave of Nippon Professional Baseballin Japan, where he began his professional career, and the Seattle Mariners of MLB in the United States. After playing for the Mariners, he played two and a half seasons in MLB with the New York Yankees. Ichiro has...
NationalityJapanese
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth22 October 1973
CountryJapan
Many people have this image of me. For a long time, I cared about that.
There are a lot of people who get it wrong, ... The size of your body is not necessarily related to the power you can generate. I wish people would understand that.
This was not perfect so far. But I believe a lot of people in the whole world paid attention to baseball.
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.
I like the glove to be a little loose,
It's such a shame. It's such a pity.
It's not an ideal thing for a player to think, but I really didn't care if I would get injured in this game. That's how much I really wanted to win this one. That's how we were driven to this championship.
Everyone got a chance to make contact with the ball and we are feeling the groove now. I'm the only one not quite feeling it yet.
The fans cheering me on, when I play well they clap their hands for me. They're really great.
I'm really proud that I'm only one of two players from Major League Baseball in the final game. I sense MLB is hurting a little bit.
In a tournament like this one, it's important to be the team that scores first.
I want to be the kind of player, ... where the fans can look to me and think it's just another day, another performance.
They are very confident. They are united as a team. They have a better chance to bring out the best in themselves.