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

If I ever saw myself saying I'm excited going to Cleveland, I'd punch myself in the face, because I'm lying.

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.

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

I want to be the first player to show what Japanese batters can do in the major league.

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

People striving for approval from others become phony.

You should seek approval from yourself.

I had a dream. And I made that dream come true.

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

I'm told I either look bigger than I do on television or that I look smaller than I look on television. No one seems to think I look the same size.

There will be no more British guys. Unless they are members of the royal family, of course.

Peace comes at a price, often only at the end of a hard-fought battle.

Today there is no symbolic compensation for old age, no recognition of a specific value: wisdom, perceptiveness, experience, vision.

The pursuit of truth is not important. The pursuit of that truth is important which helps you in reaching your goal that is provided you have one.

I could feel the real interaction between directing and acting, when an actor or an actress really suggests very interesting things.

The real thing, when done right , is always better than a daydream

I feel like you're not a real musician or entertainer if you can't go into a room, pick up an instrument and entertain people.

These things I wish for you-tough times and disappointment, hard work and happiness. To me, it's the only way to appreciate life.

Our visual and musical artists have no incentive to be educated. So what we get is a bunch of uneducated artists inspiring misinformation, miseducation and illiteracy.

If your prayers haven't been answered, it doesn't mean they won't be answered. In fact, they may have already been answered, but just not in the way you wanted or expected them to be.