Ichiro, a baseball player who excelled both in Nippon Professional Baseball and Major League Baseball, has served since 2018 as Special Assistant to the Chairman and instructor for the Seattle Mariners.
Through relentless effort and constant evolution, Ichiro has continued to compete overseas; his presence is surely a source of pride for the Japanese people.
Here, we’ve compiled a list of Ichiro’s famous quotes.
By touching on Ichiro’s convictions, you might feel encouraged—or find your worries and doubts swept away.
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A genius of effort who set a Guinness World Record! Inspiring quotes from baseball player Ichiro (1–10)
Don’t challenge yourself because you think you can; challenge yourself if you want to.Ichiro
There are times when, just as you’re about to take on something new, you hesitate to start because you’re thinking about the possibility of failure.
These words encourage you to prioritize “want to do it” over “can do it” as the spark for a challenge.
If you assume you’ll fail and give up, all that remains is the fact that you didn’t try.
To avoid regret, it’s better to take on what you want to do.
That strong desire to do something can help you bring out your strength—and it might even lead to real results.
What matters is making the most of what you have. Once you start thinking that way, your possibilities expand.Ichiro
On the path of taking on challenges, we sometimes try to push beyond our actual abilities, and that overreach can lead to failure.
These words encourage us that the best way to reduce such risks is to make use of what we already have.
Without rushing, analyze your own resources and act—this calm perspective and the steady accumulation of what you can do will expand your possibilities.
Reflecting on what you possess can also prompt you to look back on your journey so far, and you may discover something new.
The feeling that you’re making small steps forward is extremely important as a human being.Ichiro
In the Hall of Fame voting for Major League Baseball, Ichiro narrowly missed a unanimous selection.
Ordinarily, one might deeply regret being just a single vote short of a historic achievement, but Ichiro left us words even for that: “It will become nourishment for tomorrow.” An unrelenting drive to seek the finished form is one of the phrases that best describes him.
This quote is where that quality shows most strongly.
“Surpassing who you were yesterday” is a simple phrase, but it’s hard to put into practice.
It really sharpens the mind!
Preparation means eliminating anything that could become an excuse, and doing everything you can think of to achieve that.Ichiro
When you lack prior preparation, the likelihood of failure increases, and you may often find yourself regretting it.
These words convey the importance of steadily preparing and what mindset to adopt when engaging in preparation.
Insufficient preparation can also become an excuse, so it’s vital to create circumstances where that isn’t possible—preparing to such an extent that excuses disappear.
Perhaps it is precisely when you feel that you have completed all your preparations that you can believe you’ve acquired the strength needed to achieve results.
You don’t do something special in order to do something special; you do the ordinary, everyday things as usual in order to achieve something special.Ichiro
When you’re taking on a challenge, there are moments when a crucial turning point approaches, and you might feel tempted to push yourself too hard to grasp success.
These words tell us that even at such special times, you don’t need a special method; what matters is doing the ordinary things you usually do.
If you change your approach from the norm, problems may arise somewhere along the way.
It teaches that the steady accumulation of the ordinary is the path that leads to the extraordinary.
It reminds us that it’s important to keep stacking up the everyday basics and move forward step by step without rushing.
Something you tried and found “doesn’t work” is different from something you were told “won’t work” from the start.Ichiro
Despite records like hitting 3,000 hits in the majors and leading the league in hits—feats many thought even Ichiro wouldn’t accomplish so easily in MLB—he went on to achieve those milestones one after another.
In our daily lives, there are things we give up on from the start, thinking, “Ah, that’s probably impossible for me.” Hearing this quote makes that feel a bit embarrassing.
Just try first; if it doesn’t work, change course then.
That mindset really matters.
Whether you like what you’re doing now. If you have just that, you’ll try to better yourself, and there will always be a you who strives to move forward.Ichiro
As you set goals and push forward, you may sometimes focus so much on the effort that you forget how you felt when you first dreamed your dream.
These words speak to the importance of holding on to those original feelings and that sense of love—because that is exactly what gives you the strength to keep going.
It’s precisely because you love something that your desire to improve yourself and move forward grows, and you must not forget that if you want to bring out your best.
If you find yourself unable to feel that love in your current situation, or sense that it’s no longer connected to what you love, it may be a cue to change your approach.