泳ぐことしかできないから、泳いで世界と戦った

Through swimming, I wanted to reclaim our pride as Japanese people.

In war, a victory of sixty percent is the best. Total victory breeds complacency.

-- The 'Tiger of Kai' who transformed his landlocked mountain domain into one of Sengoku Japan's most formidable military powers

I shall give Japan a good laundering.

-- The visionary who brokered the alliance that overthrew Japan's feudal government and launched the country into modernity

To achieve the objective, do not be choosy about methods.

-- The ruthlessly effective architect of modern Japan who built the Meiji state's institutions while his more charismatic peers took the glory

The Empire's fate depends on this battle. Let every man do his utmost duty.

-- The admiral who destroyed the Russian Baltic Fleet at the Battle of Tsushima

I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.

-- The Macedonian king who conquered the known world before his thirtieth birthday

I shall either find a way or make one.

-- The Carthaginian general who crossed the Alps with elephants and brought Rome to its knees