Gai Tsutsugami — memorable quote from Guilty Crown

“Stand up! lift your faces! Take up your weapons! Look at that boy. He's so weak and fragile a breath could blow him away and he's unarmed! He is a powerless boy, whose defeat I have seen with my own eyes! He's weaker than anyone else here! Yet he's shouting louder than anyone that we can still do this so how can we sit down, with downcast gaze? If our weakest man has not given up how is kneeling in defeat acceptable for us? Did you come this far to wallow in shame?”

“Little man! Don't talk small , and say your goal is to become like me. You should become a master of your own game.”

“It's true that you're lacking in ability. That's because you don't work at it. However, you have a natural potential. That's why I chose you.”

“Why do I want to win so much...? Everyone takes up soccer for different reasons. But we all have a passion for the sport... That drive carries us through a game, even if we lose. If we win, it pushes us forward to the next game. The winners of the game honour the losers by playing with everything they have... and until we hit a wall, until a better team beats us, we should try our best, instead of running away. That's what I want to do!”

“You guys sure are a worthless bunch. If you wanna wallow in your tears, save it for after you've done everything you can!”