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11 quotes by Ichiro Suzuki

Professional debut NPB: July 11, 1992 for the Orix BlueWave MLB: April 2, 2001 for the Seattle Mariners NPB statistics Batting average .353 Hits 1,278 Home runs 118 Runs batted in 529 Runs 658 Stolen bases 199 MLB statistics (through 2014 season) Batting average .317 Hits 2,844 Home runs 112 Runs batted in 717 Runs 1,303 Stolen bases 487 Teams Orix BlueWave (1992–2000) (NPB) Seattle Mariners (2001–2012) New York...
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People striving for approval from others become phony.

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You should seek approval from yourself.

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Personally, I don't like the term 'success.' It's too arbitrary and too relative a thing. It's usually someone else's... →

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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... →

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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... →

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