It's disappointing to see a family member hurt. I want him to have as big a year as I want read more

It's disappointing to see a family member hurt. I want him to have as big a year as I want to have for myself. But he's a great player and I know that he's going to be fine, so I trust that he's going to be back to 100 percent pretty soon.

What moves me about...what's called technique...is that it comes from some mysterious deep place. I mean it can have something read more

What moves me about...what's called technique...is that it comes from some mysterious deep place. I mean it can have something to do with the paper and the developer and all that stuff, but it comes mostly from some very deep choices somebody has made that take a long time and keep haunting them.

I used to watch the world as if it was a performance and I would realize that certain things that read more

I used to watch the world as if it was a performance and I would realize that certain things that people did moved me, and certain things didn't move me, and I tried to analyze, even at that age, six and seven and eight, why I was moved by certain things they did.

Don't let anyone persuade you that anything we do in life less than our own best, is a worthy thing. read more

Don't let anyone persuade you that anything we do in life less than our own best, is a worthy thing. You must never compromise with your life. We know when we are doing first-rate things. When we satisfy ourselves with second-rate things, it is the beginning of a long, long death. We die from that minute.

At the start of the year, I pray for the happiness of the Japanese people and peace in the world.

At the start of the year, I pray for the happiness of the Japanese people and peace in the world.

There is going to be plenty of good digging.

There is going to be plenty of good digging.

I don't think we played bad. They just hit the ball (well).

I don't think we played bad. They just hit the ball (well).

Many market observers are coming out with the belief that the market will break upward after the election. Such strong read more

Many market observers are coming out with the belief that the market will break upward after the election. Such strong consensus views often don't turn out to be a reality.

I knew what I was getting into. Routes, things like that, making sure I'm in shape, that's what they're looking read more

I knew what I was getting into. Routes, things like that, making sure I'm in shape, that's what they're looking for. ... I need to get in and out of cuts ASAP. I need to be as good at that as possible.