Top 50 Quotes & Sayings by Yu Darvish
Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Japanese baseball player Yu Darvish.
Last updated on December 19, 2024.
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?
I'm never satisfied until I win all the games and have an ERA of 0.00.
I would like to come back in the World Series. And I want to pitch better.
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 don't need much motivation.
Since coming to the major leagues, my passion toward baseball had started to decrease.
A couple of Astros players told me I was tipping pitches, but now it comes out they were stealing signs. Was I tipping, or were they stealing?
Major league hitters have more power. But Japanese hitters are very good at making contact. I don't like either.
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.
There were a small number of voices that said, 'Darvish only cares about strikeouts.' Although I may have had strikeouts in my mind, fans, team, teammates and team staff were always my top priority.
I feel like, of course, Houston has Asian fans and Japanese fans, and Asian fans live all over the place.
America has a culture of not saying sorry. I think there are a lot of people who will never admit they're wrong.
I had bad days, and that means somebody else had a great day.
Living in this world, we all just want to be happy. And I don't think it is right to be denied that opportunity over a single mistake.
When people boo you, they're telling you, 'We don't like you.' It's not a good feeling to get that from the fans of an organization you respect so much.
My kids and wife love Chicago, especially the kids.
America is very tolerant of mistakes.
At some point, somebody will get the coronavirus, I think. If somebody will get it, I think MLB will do the same thing as NBA.
When I saw the generosity of spirit of the people who live in America and their willingness to give second chances, it had a very wonderful effect on me.
Every morning when I woke up, I would pray, 'I have to throw today, please let there be no pain.' Those were very gloomy days. Meanwhile, the atmosphere around me had become, 'Is he faking an injury?' 'Is it a mental problem?' Those words made it extremely difficult for me to stop and rest, and it really took a toll on me emotionally.
It is my biggest regret that I gave up 10 runs on my last outing as a Ranger.
I'm a slow guy.
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.
When a player cheats, you can't have a gold medal, right?
If I were to return to Japan, Nippon Ham would be my top choice. No doubt about that.
I'm a breaking-ball pitcher.
I'm trying to throw more curves because I'm always throwing fastball, slider, fastball, slider.
Playing in Japan suits me the best, but what I need is in the Majors. I felt that in order to do my job, I needed to change my job location.
I want to focus more on my pitches, not on the tempo. After that, I felt more comfortable.
Like I'm seeing Chris Sale; he's got a similar pitching style and strikes guys out a lot. Why are people only talking about my strikeouts and all that stuff?... Why not the other guys, who have similar numbers and pitch counts?
Personally, do I feel like an All-Star? I don't think so.
I want to become the type of pitcher any one in the world can say is the world's best pitcher.
In life, I think huge failures are extremely important.
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 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 talk to Kyle Hendricks a lot.
I want to remind people with dogs that they are your responsibility.
I'm a big guy, right? But I began to realize that by actually using my body like a big guy, I couldn't control my pitches the way I wanted to.
I almost feel like I grew up and was raised in America now, because I'm so comfortable here.
Kids used to say stuff all the time about how I was different.
Even if I was tipping my pitches, I could have thrown pitches good enough to not be hit.
It's really hard to be consistent, and you have to know your body and know yourself.
I can throw strikes any time.
My average against hitters is pretty good.
On a scale of 1 to 10, I can bring a 10 to any important game.
I want to throw a faster fastball. I want a sharper curve. I want to improve all my pitches.
I'm not good at math.
I want to speak better English.
I am a baseball player and I enjoy getting batters out and that is what I want to continue doing.
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