A biography for Yu Darvishhasn’t been written yet.
“When people boo you, they're telling you, 'We don't like you.' It's not a good feeling to get that from the fans of an organization you respect so much.”
“A couple of Astros players told me I was tipping pitches, but now it comes out they were stealing signs. Was I tipping, or were they stealing?”
“I'm a breaking-ball pitcher.”
“In life, I think huge failures are extremely important.”
“I had told my wife that I was thinking of retiring at the end of the year. I was thinking I didn't want to do it anymore, but then I was traded to the Dodgers.”
“I don't want to be in the clubhouse, if I have the coronavirus or something like that, coming into the clubhouse and spread to everybody, that's not good, right?”
“When I look at my numbers, I don't give up a lot of hits.”
“I don't need much motivation.”
“I feel that if I absolve myself and say it was the Astros' fault I was bad in Game 7, in the World Series, I can't develop as a person.”
“The Houston Astros are an organization I really respect and they have a lot of great players.”