Ichiro quotes

haffajappa

Someone on here mentioned Ichiro is currently their fav player right now, and then someone else mentioned him having great quotes, citing one of them as "I hope he arouses the fire that's dormant in the innermost recesses of my soul. I plan to face him with the zeal of a challenger."

Anyways I was looking for this quote to show my friend and I stumbled on this compilation of quotes
I'm a half japper so naturally Ichiro is a hero in the house (yes the living room went wild when he hit that double against Korea in the last world championship) ...some of these quotes pretty much made my day.

The guy is so weird, here's some of my favourites:

In response to what he listens for when he taps a new bat and puts it to his ear: "The sounds."

"Yesterday when I played, inside my head I said 'I want to go home quickly,' and I swung and I was able to get a hit because I wanted to go home. Today I thought, 'I want to hurry up and get something to eat,' and I swung and got a hit today."

Explaining why he missed catching a fly ball: "The ball became the same color as the sky. So, I wasn't able to see it ... I was sending mental signals for the ball not to come my way, because during that time of day it's impossible for me to see the ball so I lacked mental signals. I lacked in that area. Usually, I don't send mental signals. So, because this is the first time, I thought, please don't come my way." <--WTF?!!!

"To tell the truth, I'm not excited to go to Cleveland, but we have to. If I ever saw myself saying I'm excited going to Cleveland, I'd punch myself in the face, because I'm lying."

and i personally love his term of causing the other team's players some "major mental damage"

Cliffy6745

haha. I believe I was the one the brought up that first quote. Ichiro quotes are just outstanding. Looking at him, he does not really seem like the kind of guy that would come up with that shit but glad he does.

Wobbie

haffajappa wrote:

I'm a half japper

i thought was where your pit name came from...........but was afraid to ask. :shock:

norm

On how to break out of a slump: "If I'm in a slump, I ask myself for advice."


perfect! :thumbup:

haffajappa

imalive wrote:

haffajappa wrote:

I'm a half japper

i thought was where your pit name came from...........but was afraid to ask. :shock:

Like i said to a few other ppl on this board, some take longer than others to figure out my name.
don't be afraid to ask, i love being half japanese... i can make fun of white people AND asians if i want to... (take this thread for instance

Wobbie

haffajappa wrote:

imalive wrote:

haffajappa wrote:

I'm a half japper

i thought was where your pit name came from...........but was afraid to ask. :shock:

Like i said to a few other ppl on this board, some take longer than others to figure out my name.
don't be afraid to ask, i love being half jap... i can make fun of asians if i want to... (take this thread for instance

what's your other haffa? :shifty:

xavier mcdaniel

this was my favorite:

“Chicks who dig home runs aren’t the ones who appeal to me,” he said. “I think there’s sexiness in infield hits because they require technique. I’d rather impress the chicks with my technique than with my brute strength. Then, every now and then, just to show I can do that, too, I might flirt a little by hitting one out.”

haffajappa

imalive wrote:

what's your other haffa? :shifty:

ummmm... the shit mix of being Canadian!
(great grandparents were: Welsh, Irish, Scottish, English, Italian, and i had one who was born in the San Fran earthquake... so i'm part yank! :oops: )

haffajappa

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

this was my favorite:

“Chicks who dig home runs aren’t the ones who appeal to me,” he said. “I think there’s sexiness in infield hits because they require technique. I’d rather impress the chicks with my technique than with my brute strength. Then, every now and then, just to show I can do that, too, I might flirt a little by hitting one out.”

So true...
I dig him

Wobbie

haffajappa wrote:

i can make fun of white people AND asians if i want to...

have you heard this one?
q) how can you tell an asian has burglarized your house?

a) your homework is done, your computer is updated, your dog is missing and there's a wrecked car in your driveway.

no offense, haffa.

haffajappa

imalive wrote:

haffajappa wrote:

i can make fun of white people AND asians if i want to...

have you heard this one?
q) how can you tell an asian has burglarized your house?

a) your homework is done, your computer is updated, your dog is missing and there's a wrecked car in your driveway.

no offense, haffa.

LOL i'm sending that to my Chinese (who says shes not Chinese) friend.
So THATS where Sammi went last week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Although the culprit was a Canadianized-Guatemalan! :?

PS... how could you doubt me being halfajappa ..look at my avatar!!!

Wobbie

haffajappa wrote:

PS... how could you doubt me being halfajappa ..look at my avatar!!!

i figured that was some canadian hockey or rugby team. :?

haffajappa

imalive wrote:

haffajappa wrote:

PS... how could you doubt me being halfajappa ..look at my avatar!!!

i figured that was some canadian hockey or rugby team. :?

SAMURAI blue?
Maybe Royal Canadian Mountie RED!
lol!!!!

NoCode416

Lebron needs to check out the fourth Ichiro quote...

haffajappa

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtImIqR5neU

Cliffy6745

haffajappa wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtImIqR5neU

That is absolutely fantastic.