銀メダルの悔しさが4年間の練習の原動力になりました

In that moment, I felt I could hear the entire nation cheering for me even underwater.

I shall dedicate myself utterly, giving everything until death claims me.

-- Zhuge Liang

Writing is the work above all other work.

-- Ichiyō Higuchi

I am like a wind-blown leaf, with nothing to compare to.

-- Ichiyō Higuchi

Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom.

-- Hermann Hesse

I wish to die as Mori Rintaro, a man of Iwami.

-- Mori Ōgai

A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.

-- Henrik Ibsen