Quotes from Yu Darvish

It is my biggest regret that I gave up 10 runs on my last outing as a Ranger.

When I look at my numbers, I don't give up a lot of hits.

The Houston Astros are an organization I really respect and they have a lot of great players.

I feel that if I absolve myself and say it was the Astros' fault I was bad in Game 7, in the World Series, I can't develop as a person.

I would like to come back in the World Series. And I want to pitch better.

I want to remind people with dogs that they are your responsibility.

I had told my wife that I was thinking of retiring at the end of the year. I was thinking I didn't want to do it anymore, but then I was traded to the Dodgers.

I feel like, of course, Houston has Asian fans and Japanese fans, and Asian fans live all over the place.

I could throw the ball hard, but at this level if you're not accurate, it's easy for batters to light you up with home runs. That's when I started concentrating on making my movements more compact. It just seemed to me that smaller movements would produce the kind of pitching I desired.

It's really hard to be consistent, and you have to know your body and know yourself.

I had bad days, and that means somebody else had a great day.

America has a culture of not saying sorry. I think there are a lot of people who will never admit they're wrong.

Major league hitters have more power. But Japanese hitters are very good at making contact. I don't like either.

I don't need much motivation.

I don't want to be in the clubhouse, if I have the coronavirus or something like that, coming into the clubhouse and spread to everybody, that's not good, right?

If I were to return to Japan, Nippon Ham would be my top choice. No doubt about that.

If you ask me if I got hit in Game 7 because they stole signs, I don't think so. The Astros have great players who don't have to do that. So I think that whether or not they stole signs, the results wouldn't have changed.

I can throw strikes any time.

Personally, do I feel like an All-Star? I don't think so.