The Fearless Believer. Keisuke Honda

The Fearless Believer Keisuke Honda

With The Greatest Love For Japan And A Very Un-Japanese Mentality His Every Word Filled With So Much Passion...Can We Believe Everything He Says?

Chapter 1 Honda Speaks

“I don’t care about being the first Japanese to do anything. I’m striving to be something far beyond that.”March 2010, after becoming the first Japanese player to score a goal in a Champions League knock-out match

“Let me reverse it and ask you that question. If you had the chance to wear number 10, would you pass it up for a different number? I was presented with that chance and gladly took it.” January 2014, at his first press conference as a member of AC Milan

“The Japanese always tend to think negatively about things.We should build a society in which kids can tell us what they honestly want to be and we support them toward that dream.

I hear there’s a popular comic book in Japan called ‘One Piece.’ It's about a pirate, right? But if a kid said that he wanted to become a pirate, people would frown upon him. But that’s not how it should be. It’s OK. Anyone, even kids, have the right to express what they want to be.”May 2013, in Moscow

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“My life is a series of failures.But I get back up and sometimes I find a new world I’ve never seen before.Without constantly pressuring yourself,you can’t discover or reach that unseen world.”

June 2011, when talks of his transfer to a major club team reached a standstill