Hideki Matsui quotes

“What I try to do is don't have any ups and downs. I emphasize taking the same approach.”
-- Hideki Matsui

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“My first and foremost goal when I joined the Yankees was to win the world championship. Certainly it's been a long road and very difficult journey. But I'm just happy that after all these years we were able to win and reach the goal that I had come here for.”
-- Hideki Matsui

Source : "New York Yankees beat Philadelphia Phillies to win World Series 4-2". www.theguardian.com. November 5, 2009.

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“It's important to find a team where you can be comfortable. I know there are a lot of high expectatons.”
-- Hideki Matsui

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“It's not like you can aim for a home run and hit a home run.”
-- Hideki Matsui

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“I'm aware the fans in the U.S. can be less forgiving...I'll just have to do my best to please them.”
-- Hideki Matsui

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“The power of home run hitters in the majors is different from those here. It's probably difficult for me to match that power now.”
-- Hideki Matsui

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“I'm a baseball player. Not being able to play baseball certainly was a lonely thing.”
-- Hideki Matsui

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“I love New York, I love the Yankees, I love the fans here.”
-- Hideki Matsui

Source : "New York Yankees beat Philadelphia Phillies to win World Series 4-2". www.theguardian.com. November 5, 2009.

#New York Quotes #Yankees Quotes #Fans Quotes

“I've been watching American baseball on television for a long time, but it was only in recent years that, realistically, I've been thinking about playing here.”
-- Hideki Matsui

#Baseball Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Years Quotes

“The chief danger of the Church today is that it is trying to get on the same side as the world, instead of turning the world upside down. Our Master expects us to accomplish results, even if they bring opposition and conflict. Anything is better than compromise, apathy, and paralysis.  God give to us an intense cry for the old-time power of the Gospel and the Holy Ghost!”

“If you just try long enough and hard enough, you can always manage to boot yourself in the posterior.”

“Above all am I convinced of the need, irrevocable and inescapable, of every human heart, for God. No matter how we try to escape, to lose ourselves in restless seeking, we cannot separate ourselves from our divine source. There is no substitute for God.”

“Good satire goes beyond the specific point it’s trying to make and teaches you how to think critically. Even after your favorite cartoonist retires or [Stephen] Colbert wraps it up, you’re not left believing everything they’re telling you.”

Source : "The Interview: 'Boondocks' Creator Aaron McGruder". Interview with Michael Cavna, voices.washingtonpost.com. July 22, 2008.

“If you feel that strongly about something, you have an obligation to try and change my mind.”

“I try to pick characters that I find interesting and complex and that I feel I can bring something of myself to.”

Source : Biography/Person Quotes, www.imdb.com.

“That's human nature - the ups and downs.”

“There are always ups and downs, no matter how successful you are.”

“There'll be ups and downs, smiles and frowns.”

Source : Song: Ups and Downs, Album: R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece, 2004

“There's rises and falls and ups and downs in all music.”