Quotes from Yu Darvish

I'm not good at math.

I'm never satisfied until I win all the games and have an ERA of 0.00.

On a scale of 1 to 10, I can bring a 10 to any important game.

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 am a baseball player and I enjoy getting batters out and that is what I want to continue doing.

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 become the type of pitcher any one in the world can say is the world's best pitcher.

I'm a breaking-ball pitcher.

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 want to throw a faster fastball. I want a sharper curve. I want to improve all my pitches.

My average against hitters is pretty good.

Since coming to the major leagues, my passion toward baseball had started to decrease.

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.

In life, I think huge failures are extremely important.

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?

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.

When a player cheats, you can't have a gold medal, right?

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.

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.

I'm trying to throw more curves because I'm always throwing fastball, slider, fastball, slider.

Even if I was tipping my pitches, I could have thrown pitches good enough to not be hit.

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?

America is very tolerant of mistakes.