Torii Quotes & Sayings

I love the Twins, ... I bleed the Twins. That's all I know. If I go anywhere else, I'd be a foreigner. — Torii Hunter

I'm older, and I'm better. I'm not old, but I'm older and wiser. — Torii Hunter

You name it, I've got it. Some players have to be 100 percent (to play), but I don't. — Torii Hunter

Sometimes I get so pumped up, I get a headache. I get woozy. I get dizzy. I like that feeling, I don't know why. — Torii Hunter

It was so much fun working with these young kid actors. We had a great time and those kids are truly amazing. — Torii Hunter

Whenever we play the Twins, Torii Hunter has a major impact on defense. He tells the left fielder and the right fielder to take the day off and he covers the whole outfield. — Ken Macha

I'd rather save a home run than hit one. I've always been like that. Defense is what I pride myself on. — Torii Hunter

I have the faith that even at my lowest points, there will come a silver lining through faith. — Torii Hunter

I was trying my best to just stop that ball from going over the fence, I'd sacrifice my body if I have to. I've done that my whole career. — Torii Hunter

I want to hit the ball and I want to get at-bats. The results really dont matter to me. — Torii Hunter

To catch a ball, I'd commit suicide. — Torii Hunter

I tell kids to have dreams, have goals, and believe in them because if you have any doubt, worry or fear, it will choke the life out of your dreams and goals. — Torii Hunter

I don't think I'll ever understand what some people see in flat chests. Then again, I don't understand why big boobs are the number-one priority for some people, either. — Torii Nagomu

I try to walk like Christ in my life. If I strike out, I don't curse, or throw my bat or hit things back in the dugout, I try to quietly just put my helmet back. I may be very upset but I try to control myself. — Torii Hunter

I always think about what would Christ do in any circumstances. — Torii Hunter

Now you have kids that say, 'I wanna be Torii Hunter one day.' Man, I love that. — Torii Hunter

I ate the Green Monster. It tasted pretty nasty. It was pretty painful. — Torii Hunter

For me, as a Christian I will be uncomfortable because in all my teachings and all my learning, biblically, it's not right, — Torii Hunter

I'm like the Shaolin monk, the counselor in the clubhouse. — Torii Hunter

My mother made sure we stayed involved in the church and the things of God. My relationship with Christ came about through that and the influences of my mother and grandmother helped my faith to grow. — Torii Hunter

My grandmother was the type of woman who always smiled and said, 'Treat people like you want to be treated, and life is so much easier.' My mom is the same way. — Torii Hunter

I wouldn't play in Minnesota unless my career was at an end and I had to go to Minnesota to play the game. — Torii Hunter

With faith, I know that everything will be taken care of. Even the difficult times become learning experiences to help make my faith stronger. — Torii Hunter

I smell blood. I'm like a pit bull. Once I taste blood I'm on you .. and I'm about to taste blood. — Torii Hunter

What's the use of saying we're better at baseball than this country? We all play together. I'm playing with Venezuelans and Dominicans right now. We all play together, so what's up with saying our country is better than your country? It's stupid. I don't like it. — Torii Hunter

When you do what you're supposed to do and don't complain much, I think the fans, media, players and front office appreciate and respect that. — Torii Hunter

How can a man commit acts of martial valour if he values his life? — Torii Mototada

I attribute being a good center fielder to many things, but being outside with friends as a kid, running around and racing, that was a big part of it. — Torii Hunter

I mean, I think we are a better team than last year offensively, but there is always a question with the Minnesota Twins. We'll just have to wait and see. — Torii Hunter

I want my teammates to see that I'm following Christ. But, I'm also human, so there are times I slip and make mistakes but I know Christ forgives me. — Torii Hunter

I go out every day and try to play great defense. I know my hitting will improve. — Torii Hunter

Nothing in baseball can bring me down to the level where I was growing up in Pine Bluff, crying and broke. This is fun for me. Whenever you see me slumping, nah, I don't get upset; I'm all right. — Torii Hunter

When I rely on my faith, I know God wants to reward and bless me but not because of some great act that I did but because of who He is. — Torii Hunter

If you will take it into your mind to be sincere in throwing away your life for your master, you will not have the slightest fear or trembling even with the advent of innumerable impending calamities. — Torii Mototada

That was the first time a younger girl who looked dashing in glasses had said something like that to me. Well, that phrasing suggests that this was the first time that someone who was a girl; my junior; and also good-looking in glasses had said something like that. That's a bit of a misleading turn of phrase. Allow me to correct myself. That was the first time I had heard something like that from a girl who looked good in glasses, or from a girl who was my junior, or from a girl who was a xenor. Heck, no girl has ever taken an interest in me, as far as I can remember. — Torii Nagomu

I just didn't have no edge for baseball. Once special coach Tony Oliva and former Twins coach Al Newman told me what happened, I couldn't function. — Torii Hunter

I was raised in the church by my grandmother who made sure we went to Sunday School, read the Bible and went to church every Sunday. Every night we read Bible stories before we went to bed. — Torii Hunter

The foundation of a man's duty as a man is in truth. Beyond this there is nothing to be said. — Torii Mototada

When everything is going good, that's when I know God has rewarded me for my faith. — Torii Hunter

Spring training is for getting to know your teammates and forming a chemistry. I dont like it. — Torii Hunter

People who look good in glasses mustn't die. And you look wonderful in glasses. — Torii Nagomu

I will stand off the forces of the entire country here ... and die a resplendent death. — Torii Mototada

A lot of kids are broken, and it's hard for them to believe in anything. But you have to have an imaginative mind and tell yourself, 'Hey, I can do whatever I want to.' — Torii Hunter

My faith is what makes me strong. Without faith, there are only low times. — Torii Hunter

When I see that little white ball go up, I want to catch it, no matter what. If I have to knock myself silly doing it, so be it. — Torii Hunter

A man who has been born into the house of a warrior and yet places no loyalty in his heart and thinks only of the fortune of his position will be flattering on the surface and construct schemes in his heart, will forsake righteousness and not reflect on his shame, and will stain the warrior's name of his household to later generations. This is truly regrettable. — Torii Mototada

However, whatever frightening mask it might assume, the national spirit in its original state was of pristine whiteness. Traveling through a country like Thailand, Honda realized more clearly than ever the simplicity and purity of things Japanese, like transparent stream water
through which one could glimpse pebbles below, or the probity of Shinto rites. Honda's life was not imbued with such spirit. Like the majority of Japanese he ignored it, behaving as though it did not exist and surviving by
escaping from it. All his life he had dodged things fundamental and artless: white silk, clear cold water, the zigzag white paper of the exorciser's staff fluttering in the breeze, the sacred precinct marked by a torii, the gods'
dwelling in the sea, the mountains, the vast ocean, the Japanese sword with its glistening blade so pure and sharp. Not only Honda, but the vast majority of Westernized Japanese, could no longer stand such intensely native elements. — Yukio Mishima

Christ always had a passion for whatever He was doing. That's how I try to define myself as an athlete. That's the example I try to follow. — Torii Hunter

Kirby played every day. You feed off of that. When you think of Kirby, you think of motivation. Im definitely going to dedicate this year to him. — Torii Hunter

Whether I'm down or whether things are great, I try to stay the same person all the time. — Torii Hunter

Basically, I love glasses. — Torii Nagomu

My favorite book in the Bible is always Proverbs because it's where you can find wisdom for no matter what you're going through. It hits me every time I read it. I've always read Proverbs regularly because it helps me deal with what's happening every day in real life. — Torii Hunter

He who cannot overcome his own demons could never defeat another — Torii Mototada

People see dark faces out there, and the perception is that they're African American. They're not us. They're impostors, — Torii Hunter

In situations like this - when you meet somebody who isn't an ordinary human - people like me have two choices. One: to exhibit plain and obvious hostility towards that person; or two: to feel a strong affinity for that person. I always choose the latter option. I never hesitate to thank them just for existing; it's almost like it's my sworn duty. — Torii Nagomu