“Everybody has talent, but ability takes hard work.”

People ask me if I could fly, I said, yeah – for a little while.

I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.

I knew where I wanted to go, what kind of player I wanted to become and I focused on getting there.

Live the moment for the moment.

Obstacles don’t have to stop you.

There have been times when I have failed. But there have never been times when I thought I would fail.

I’m a firm believer in goal setting. Step by step. I can’t see any other way of accomplishing anything.

You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them.

Anything can happen if you are willing to put in the work and remain open to the possibility. Dreams are realized by effort, determination, passion and staying connected to that sense of who you are.

It’s not about the shoes, it’s what you do in them.

My advice is find fuel in failure. Sometimes failure gets you closer to where you want to be.

If you can’t stop thinking about it, don’t stop working on it.

Winners don’t just learn the fundamentals, they master them. You have to monitor your fundamentals constantly because the only thing that changes will be your attention to them.

If you do the work you get rewarded. There are no shortcuts in life.

I never thought a role model should be negative.

A coach is someone that sees beyond your limits and guides you to greatness!

Man’s greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done.

Success rests not only on ability, but upon commitment, loyalty, and pride.

Leadership requires two things: a vision of the world that does not yet exist and the ability to communicate it.

We don’t ask you to believe in our ability to bring change, rather, we ask you to believe in yours.

We don’t ask you to believe in our ability to bring change, rather, we ask you to believe in yours.

I am very proud of everyone who showed Japan’s ability to the world’s strongest players at the World Cup held here in Japan for the first time in Asia.

There is no fundamental difference between man and animals in their ability to feel pleasure and pain, happiness, and misery.

I just try to do the good job that I have to the best of my ability and I really don’t think about whether I’m inspirational. I just do the best I can.