“Frequently in life, you have to take irrelevant paths in order to reach the correct destination.”

“Knowledge is NOT power. The correct application of knowledge is power.”

“Tokyo is bigger than Kumamoto. And Japan is bigger than Tokyo. And even bigger than Japan… Even bigger than Japan is the inside of your head. Don’t ever surrender yourself not to Japan, not to anything. You may think that what you’re doing is for the sake of the nation, but let something take possession of you like that, and all you do is bring it down.”

“Don’t let someone treat you like shit or you’re just one of many options,’ Know your worth…’Remember!, One of The most powerful thing about time is…it CHANGES..’ everything! that defines you’ ”

“Never look back unless you are planning to go that way”

“Execution is something, but timing is everything.”

“Feeling free is a choice that is ours for the making, ours for the taking at any time, at any age. ”

“Freedom is found within, in the shape of our laughter and the way we love, in the truths that we live by and the stories we become”