Coach Kamogawa — memorable quote from Fighting Spirit

“People who’ve had lots of failures talk about those failures as if to imply that if they have another life, they’ll be a big success. After facing all that hardship, they think they won’t mess up again. But they’re all - me included, of course - making a fundamental mistake. Failures know a lot about failure, sure. But knowing failure is completely different from knowing success. Fixing your mistakes doesn’t mean success takes their place - you’ve just got a point to start at, is all. That’s something failures don’t understand.”

“People live to save themselves.”

“When people are faced with a situation they don't understand, it's easy for fear to take hold.”

“Do you know why you are making the mistake of sacrificing yourself? It’s because you’re weak. It’s because you can’t face reality.”

“Giving people what they want only results in temporary delight, and that you can only make a select few people happy that way.”