Masaharu Morimoto Quotes

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a baseball player.

When I was growing up, the first thing I wanted to be was a cowboy. That lasted till I was about ten. Then I wanted to be a baseball player. Preferably shortstop for the New York Yankees.

I think I have a pretty goofy profile for a writer. It seems to me most writers were reading 'Little Women' when they were 6 months old. At the age of a lot of my readers, I wanted to be a major league baseball player. I didn't read much.

When you were a child you had dreams of becoming somebody as an adult. Have you lived up to your dreams?

Growing up, I actually wanted to be a professional baseball player instead of a radio DJ. Believe it or not.

Baseball is just my job.

Well, I wanted to play twenty years in the major leagues. I never made it twenty though. I played nineteen.

You know, when you first come up, and you get called up to the big leagues, all you want to do is just, you just want to have a career, a nice career. You want to make a living at it.

I was a professional baseball player from the time I was drafted out of high school in 1981 until the time I retired in 2003.

I'm going to the All-Star Game as an Oriole and as a shortstop. It's just always a blessing. I thank God.

Enos Cabell started out here with the Astros, and before that he was with the Orioles.

I want to go as far as it will take me. I would love to go pro, but if that doesn't happen, I am a gourmet chef and would like to open my own restaurant.

I witnessed an MVP firsthand in Jose Altuve. I asked him what he did during the offseason, and he said he trains his core.

I feel I have been very lucky. When you are growing up, you have dreams of being a footballer, perhaps even playing for the club you support, and I am living that dream.

My parents have truly gone above and beyond in not only supporting me but also encouraging me to follow my dreams. My dad's only wish was that I made sure to go to college for theatre and study my craft.

I see myself as an average to above-average catcher in the big leagues.

One day, I'll open my own restaurant or do something related to food, though I can't cook to save my life.

Many young players tell you that they want to play for Manchester United or Arsenal. My dream was to play for Arsenal and I realised it. When I arrived, I thought: 'Wow, I'm here!'

Some people get a Broadway show, and that's their end game, and they want to sit there for as long as possible. And some people have other things they want to do with their life.

I was able to live out my dream of playing baseball, and I've got to do the same for my kids and let them live out their dreams of whatever they want to do in life.

I could have been the next Babe Ruth. No doubt about it.

Whenever we had career day at elementary school, and we could dress up like what you wanted to be, when I got on stage, mine was playing major league baseball.

There's not much you can complain about - you're a Major League Baseball player; you're getting paid to play a game. People want to be you, wish they could do what you do. There are some complaints here and there, but there really aren't any significant ones.

Of course I have ambitions, even if I don't play for the national team.

If I were to return to Japan, Nippon Ham would be my top choice. No doubt about that.