As far as possible, I want nothing more than to don my training gi and teach Karate.

My Way is the Way of Karate, which is also the Way of humanity, and which is consequently related to the Way of Heaven.

Karate is not a game. It is not a sport. It is not even a system of self-defense. Karate is half physical exercise and half spiritual. The karateist who has given the necessary years of exercise and meditation is a tranquil person. He is unafraid. He can even be calm in a burning building.

Behind each triumph are new peaks to be conquered.

If someone asked me what a human being ought to devote the maximum of his life to, I would answer: training. Train more than you sleep.

I realized that perseverence and step-by-step progress are the only ways to reach a goal along a chosen path.

Studying the martial Way is like climbing a cliff: keep going forward without rest. Resting is not permissible because it causes recessions to old adages of achievement. Persevering day in, day out improves techniques, but resting one day causes lapses. This must be prevented.