Quotes from Ichiro Suzuki

August in Kansas City is hotter than two rats f**king in a sock.

I was kind of influenced by the hip-hop culture.

Equipment has heart, human heart, inside it.

I like to read the news, but when I pull up a Japanese site, and an article comes up with my face, I never read it.

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.

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.

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.

There is nothing I will miss about Japanese baseball. Off the field, I will miss my dog.

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

Nobody knows what the future holds.

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.

I think, mentally, you sometimes need a break. But for me, my body is built so that if I don't work out, that's when I put more stress on my body and get more tired.

People striving for approval from others become phony.

I've always prided myself in not reveling in past accomplishments and focusing on future achievement, instead. That's been my career motto.