Yu Darvish Quotes

I wasn't happy with my performance at the World Championships in Daegu. I had an unbelievable race in the heats, but misjudged the semi and finished last.

I'd like to say this was our worst game. Unfortunately, I can't.

I'm disappointed that I really haven't been able to race in a way that is reflective of the amount of work that I have done and how I have trained. But I don't regret giving this a go.

Sometimes when you miss out on points, it is a pity, it is a shame, because we tried to do everything in the game.

There is a sense of frustration because we are losing games that we know we are capable of winning.

We should have won this one. I think it is a lost opportunity.

When I throw a curve that hangs and it goes for a hit, I want to chew up my glove.

My biggest regret is that I wasn't able to help give our fans a championship.

When you don't win anything, at the end of the day, you cannot say it is a good season.

I accept that I didn't play very well in Italy for the two years. It was lower than my Ajax standard. I don't know why.

Some losses are harder to take than others. You can lose and play well. It is when you lose and don't do the things you worked on and don't do what you say you would that is difficult.

If you get taken out after 20 minutes it's a big blow to you.

It's one thing to get beaten by a side who are a lot better than you, it's quite another to know you've thrown victory away in a game you should have won.

We didn't score any runs today. That's not my fault.

I have an enormous sense of having failed in life.

The tragedy of life is not that man loses but that he almost wins.

You remember the finals you lose as much as the ones you win.

And I didn't, that's why my career was very short lived.

I never slept when I lost. I'd see the sun come up without ever having closed my eyes. I'd see those base hits over and over and they would drive me crazy.

It is always nice to get to finals, but never nice to lose in them.

I did try to win a sixth, but it was not to be.

As soon as he hit it, I thought I had it. But I lost it when it went into the lights. I did my best.

It's a source of great sadness to me that my father died without having seen me do anything worthwhile. He was constantly having to make excuses for me.

I didn't cost the Series. I cost a game in the regular season.

For a football coach, there's nothing that matches the pain of a team not playing up to its capabilities.