Name: 【中文字幕】鈴木一朗名人堂全英文演講 幽默又勵志 值得聽！#IchiroSuzuki #名人堂演講 #棒球傳奇 #HallOfFame #IchiroSpeech #一朗 #棒球
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Past simple

Today, I am feeling something I thought I would never know again.

First, in 1992, after the Oryx Blue Wave drafted me out of high school.

Then, in 2001, I became a rookie again at 27, when the Seattle Mariners signed me.

As I look over here now and see men like Rod Carew,

George Brett, and Tony La Russa, I realize I'm a rookie again.

Thank you for welcoming me so warmly into your great team.

I hope I can uphold the values of the Hall of Fame.

But please, I am 51 years old now, so easy on the hazing.

I don't need to wear a Hooters uniform again.

The first two times, it was easier to manage my emotions because my goal was always clear, to play professionally at the highest level.

This time is so different because I could never imagine as a kid in Japan that my play would lead me to a sacred baseball land that I didn't even know was here.

3,000 hits, 10 goal gloves, 10 seasons of 200 hits.

But the truth is, without baseball, you would say, this guy's such a damn ass.

Baseball is so much more than just hitting, throwing, and running.

Baseball taught me to make value decisions about what is important.

It helped shape my view of life and the world.

As a kid, I thought I could play baseball forever.

The older I got, I realized the only way to keep playing the game I loved until 45 at the highest level was to dedicate myself to it completely.

When fans use their precious time to come watch you play, you have a responsibility to perform for them, whether we are winning by 10 or losing by 10.

I felt my duty was to motivate the same from opening day through game 162.

I never started packing my equipment or taping boxes until after the season's final out.

I felt it was my professional duty to give fans my complete attention each and every game.

Fans deserve to be entertained whenever they choose to come.

Baseball taught me what it means to be a professional, and I believe that is the main reason I am here today.

Not because my skills are better than others.

3,000 hits or 262 hits in one season are achievements recognized by the writers.

And by the way, the offer for that writer to have dinner at my home has now expired.

I could not have achieved the numbers the writers recognized me for without paying attention to the many small details every single day, consistently for all 19 seasons.

I personally cared for my equipment each day because I never wanted to risk a fielding error due to a loose string on my glove or a slip on the base pass because I didn't clean my spikes.

Beyond the regular season, I had a serious routine in the off-season too.

When I showed up at the camp each spring, my arm was already in shape.

Waiting for Mariners broadcaster Rick Ritz to say, holy smoke, a laser beam strike from Ichiro!

If you consistently do the little things, there's no limit what you can achieve.

When I came to America, many people said I was too skinny to compete with bigger major leaguers.

The first time I ran out on the field, I was in awe of the competition.

But I knew if I stuck to my beliefs about preparation, I could overcome the doubts, even my own.

I have been asked, what's the best thing you can do for your team?

My answer is taking responsibility for yourself.

Being responsible for yourself means answering to yourself.

When you go home at night and wonder why you didn't get a hit or you didn't make a catch, the honest answer is not because a great pitcher beat you or a tough son was in your eyes.

It's because there was something you could have done better.

By taking responsibility for yourself, you support your teammates and you don't cheat the fans.

As a kid, my dream was always to be a professional baseball player.

I even wrote an essay about it when I was in grade 6.

If I could rewrite that essay today with what I know now,

I would use the word goal instead of dream.

Dreams are not always realistic, but goals can be possible if you think deeply about how to reach them.

Dreaming is fun, but goals are difficult and challenging.

It's not enough to say, I want to do something.

If you are serious about it, you must think critically about what is necessary to achieve it.

I wrote that daily practice and preparation were important to become a professional player.

As I continued to set my goals, I also came to understand that consistency would be the foundation to achievement.

I encourage young players to dream and dream big, but also to understand the difference between a dream and a goal.

In order to make your dream your goal, you must be honest in thinking about what is important to achieve it.

In that essay, I wrote that I dreamed of playing for my hometown, Chunichi Dragons.

I knew nothing about American baseball then.

I simply loved baseball and wanted to play it wherever I could at the highest level for the rest of my life.

I achieved the first part of my goal when Oryx drafted me.

I won the batting title in my first full year, and each year after that when I played in Japan.

From the outside, it may have seemed like everything was smooth and I should have no worries.

However, inside, I was struggling to understand why I was making results.

I was searching for something that I could not find.

In the middle of my internal struggle, something historic happened.

Hideo Nomo became the first major leaguer from Japan in my lifetime.

Thanks to him, MLB was always in the news in Japan, and MLB games were broadcast on TV.

Because of Hideo Nomo's courage, my eyes suddenly opened to the idea of challenging myself by going somewhere I never imagined.

I am grateful to the Oryx Blue Wave for allowing me to challenge myself in MLB.

I am also grateful to the Seattle Mariners for believing that I could become the first professional player from Japan in American baseball.

I have been in love with Seattle and the Mariners ever since.

I am thrilled that this great honor reunites me with the general manager who signed me,

Thank you to Pat and the owners and executives back then,

Hiroshi Yamauchi, Howard Lincoln, Chuck Armstrong, and the rest of the Mariners team.

To current executives, John Stanton, Jerry DiPorto, Kevin Martinez, and the rest.

Thank you for bringing me back to the place I belong and allowing me to make Seattle my permanent home.

It's an honor to be on a new team with Edgar and Junior and Randy.

I know you guys are really here today for Sissy, but that's okay.

I enjoyed my two and a half years in Pinstripes, and I thank you for letting me experience the great leadership of Derek Jeter and your organization's proud culture.

And to the Miami Marlins, I appreciate David Samson and Mike Hill for coming today.

Honestly, when you guys called to offer me a contract for 2015,

I had never heard of your team, but I came to love my time in South Florida.

Even in my mid-40s, I grew as a player surrounded by all those young, talented teammates.

The way they jumped out of the dugout in Colorado to celebrate my 3,000th hit is something I will never forget.

Their happiness to share that moment with me was so genuine and sincere.

Thank you for giving me the chance to reach 3,000th hit as a Marlin and with those teammates.

To my agents, whose importance to me has been more than just business.

Sadly, Tony Attenasio passed away before he could know of this moment.

I thank him for getting me to America and for teaching me to love wine.

And to John Boggs, who believed I could still play at 42 and has been passionate towards my career ever since.

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【中文字幕】鈴木一朗名人堂全英文演講幽默又勵志值得聽！#IchiroSuzuki #名人堂演講 #棒球傳奇 #HallOfFame #IchiroSpeech #一朗 #棒球

recognize

genuine

consistent

doubt

【中文字幕】鈴木一朗名人堂全英文演講 幽默又勵志 值得聽！#IchiroSuzuki #名人堂演講 #棒球傳奇 #HallOfFame #IchiroSpeech #一朗 #棒球

recognize

genuine

consistent

doubt

【中文字幕】鈴木一朗名人堂全英文演講幽默又勵志值得聽！#IchiroSuzuki #名人堂演講 #棒球傳奇 #HallOfFame #IchiroSpeech #一朗 #棒球