Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.

A man has to have goals - for a day, for a lifetime.

After victory, tighten the cords of your helmet.

-- Kuroda Yoshitaka

The ancients said: after victory, tighten the cords of your helmet.

-- Tōgō Heihachirō

児孫のために美田を買わず。

-- Saigō Takamori

Writing is only good for recording names. Swordsmanship defeats one man — that's not worth learning. I want to learn what defeats ten thousand.

-- Xiang Yu

書足以記名姓而已。剣一人敵、不足学。学万人敵。

-- Xiang Yu

Without detachment, one cannot clarify purpose; without tranquility, one cannot reach far.

-- Zhuge Liang