Yuta Watanabe Quotes

I always thought that I could play football at the college level.

When I find a role I want to play, I just go after it.

I'm driven. I am. I'm driven for some reason. But I don't know where I'm going.

I don't know if there are words to describe my motivation.

Am I ambitious? I used to be afraid of that word but now I think ambition is a good thing.

I don't know what drives me.

I think the only time I doubted myself was my senior year in high school. I was not offered a Division I scholarship. I remember a scout from Ohio State coming in and looking at my film. He was all excited to meet me. Then he met me and I was 5'10" and he said that I was not a Division I quarterback.

It's important to set challenges that you're not sure you're equal to.

I never even dreamt of being a writer because I didn't feel allowed. When I was a child I was terribly ambitious, but I didn't know at all what this great thing would become.

I was supposed to be too short to play college volleyball.

When I got into high school, I got really into basketball. I had this itch that I wanted to just move. I didn't know what I wanted to do, but I knew that if basketball became a scholarship or something, it would be a means to that. It turned out I couldn't jump that high.

I'd rather attempt something I'm not sure I can do.

As a first-time CEO, I wasn't sure if I would scale to run IronPort long-term. But I wanted a legitimate shot at it.

All through high school and college, my parents would ask me over and over again, 'What are you going to do with your life? What do you want to be?' Well, in my heart I wanted to be a singer like Bing, but I worried about the reality of that dream. Did I think for one minute that I had the voice to pull it off? Of course not.

On signing day, my mom brought me the national letter of intent to Arkansas. I should feel like I'm making the right decision. You get that many people telling you that. I had been dreaming about it. I signed 'No' where I was supposed to sign my name and put an exclamation point.

If I'd said, 'I'm going to be a director,' it probably wouldn't have happened.

I don't know, you know, when I look at it now, I don't know what in the world made me think I could become a director. I really don't.

I was always extremely determined, but I was also quite timid.

I don't know if people consider me a deep threat, but maybe I'll get there one day.

If you know people around me, even in college, I was confident, but the possible thought of making it to the NBA was crazy.

I know I can be one of the best in this league, so I'm trying to show that every game.

I got as high as being ranked 7th at lightweight and I really believe this deep down to my bones that I was really only fighting to half my potential.

I remember all the stages in my career where I almost didn't have enough confidence to try for something, almost didn't have the guts to follow something I was excited about doing, because I didn't know anyone else who'd done it, or other people made me question it.

I doubt myself a lot but go forward at full throttle anyway.

I always knew I wanted to go to NIDA. I think I was very fortunate, and I do doubt myself often, but I didn't see any possibility of me not going to NIDA. I believed in myself, and I believed that, if you really do want something, you get it.