52 Quotes by Sadaharu Oh

Since Korea won two games, we felt we had to win tonight's game. And Tamura's three-run home run in the first inning took off the pressure.

Personally, I think Japan is the strongest team in Asia and we want to finish Pool A as the top team in the group.

I was really surprised the American team lost to the Mexican team.

I was really surprised that the American team lost to the Mexican team, because we thought somehow the Americans would be the world's best. And because of that notion, when we lost the second game in the second round, we never thought that we would be able to be playing in the next round here.

If we can win, there won't be any problem, we'll be happy with that. What happened happened. It's already in the past. It's done. So it's over. So what we're looking at is in the future.

I don't know about the politics, but since it's named the World Baseball Classic, I would like to see the Cuban team there.

I believe this team is much stronger and will be probably the strongest team that Japan ever had against a Cuban team.

I did mention small ball, but I didn't think we'd need it in this round because we are the most powerful team. In Asia, we're strong and we have speed and we were able to show that tonight. When we get to the United States, we may have to change our tactics.

I expected much and they lived up to my expectations. But I believe they can perform much better.