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

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

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

-- The legendary chancellor and military strategist of the Shu Han kingdom during China's Three Kingdoms period

All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players.

-- William Shakespeare

Brevity is the soul of wit.

-- William Shakespeare

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

-- Ichiyo Higuchi

Writing is the work above all other work.

-- Ichiyo Higuchi

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

-- Mori Ogai