

“To live, a man needs food, water, and a sharp mind.”
― Devil at My Heels: A Heroic Olympian's Astonishing Story of Survival as a Japanese POW in World War II
― Devil at My Heels: A Heroic Olympian's Astonishing Story of Survival as a Japanese POW in World War II

“Yet a part of you still believes you can fight and survive no matter what your mind knows. It's not so strange. Where there's still life, there's still hope. What happens is up to God.”
― Devil at My Heels: A Heroic Olympian's Astonishing Story of Survival as a Japanese POW in World War II
― Devil at My Heels: A Heroic Olympian's Astonishing Story of Survival as a Japanese POW in World War II

“All I want to tell young people is that you're not going to be anything in life unless you learn to commit to a goal. You have to reach deep within yourself to see if you are willing to make the sacrifices.”
― Devil at My Heels: A Heroic Olympian's Astonishing Story of Survival as a Japanese POW in World War II
― Devil at My Heels: A Heroic Olympian's Astonishing Story of Survival as a Japanese POW in World War II

“I'd made it this far and refused to give up because all my life I had always finished the race.”
― Devil at My Heels: A Heroic Olympian's Astonishing Story of Survival as a Japanese POW in World War II
― Devil at My Heels: A Heroic Olympian's Astonishing Story of Survival as a Japanese POW in World War II
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