“If I were to say, "this isn't a sacrifice" at this moment, it would reek of a lie...... But I hope I'll be able to really say that in a few years' time.”

“They say death will come if you dwell on life, but risk death, and you may yet live”

“Every time I played Isumi he made calm deliberate moves regardless of how the game was going.If he can maintain that in match play he'll always have a vital edge going in.”

“It's not as if I want him to gawk at me, but... I'm lost. I don't know what I want anyway!”

“I have, actually. I'm under pressure, but I'm also observing myself under pressure from the standpoint of an onlooker.Once I create this other self within my mind I can proceed calmly, at my own pace.”

“Even though he's my enemy I don't know anything about him. Am I afraid to know about him? Do I want to think of him as a monster rather than a human being? (Sarsa, Basara, Vol. 13)”

“Whether it's anger, panic, doubt, tension, nervousness or pressure…you can't let your emotions throw you!That's the thing you've really gotta learn…to look only at the stones. You can do this through selfobservation and training.It doesn't matter what your general nature is like, you can acquire the skill to overcome distraction.”