For when you need inspiration, motivation, or encouragement from the basketball players!
(Thank you so much for reading and for your support for this story!)
Teikō Junior High - (Generation of Miracles):
Coach Shirogane Kōzō: "Like a lion catching a rabbit"
Coach Sanada Naoto: "Selfless and impartial"
Momoi Satsuki: "Woman's intuition"
Akatsuki Ai: "Confidence in kindness"
Nijimura Shūzō: "Don't forget your first resolution"
Akashi Seijuro: "Quick and decisive"
Murasakibara Atsushi: "Sweets are Justice"
Aomine Daiki: (pet theory) "Anyone who likes basketball can't be bad"
Midorima Shintarō: "Man proposes, God disposes"
Haizaki Shōgō: "Survival of the fittest"
Kise Ryōta: "Be honest with yourself"
Kuroko Tetsuya: "Once-in-a-lifetime encounter"
Seirin High:
Aida Riko: "Carrying out one's words"
Club Advisor Takeda Kenji: "Laidback lifestyle"
Hyūga Jyunpei: "Persevering through something difficult makes one stronger"
Izuki Shun: "Always flexible"
Koganei Shinji: "If you have your spirit, you can do anything"
Kiyoshi Teppei: "With one's heart and soul"
Mitobe Rinnosuke: "Honestly, humility and quietly"
Tsuchida Satoshi: "Haste makes waste"
Kagami Taiga: "Eat well, play well"
Kuroko Tetsuya: "Once-in-a-lifetime encounter"
Furihata Kōki: "To work without expecting credit"
Fukuda Hiroshi: "Do everything conscientiously"
Kawahara Kōichi: "Purely and honestly"
Aida Kagetora: "One good turn deserves another"
Alexandra Garcia: "Someday never comes"
Kaijō High:
Coach Takeuchi Genta: "The enemy lies within you"
Kasamatsu Yukio: "Steady progress; rapid advance"
Moriyama Yoshitaka: "Ladies first"
Kise Ryōta: "Be honest with yourself"
Kobori Kōji: "Perseverance prevails"
Nakamura Shinya: "Seize the day"
Hayakawa Mitsuhiro: "It's easier to do something than worry about it"
Shūtoku High:
Coach Nakatani Masaaki: "Restraint and tolerance"
Ōtsubo Taisuke: "Learn from the past"
Kimura Shinsuke: "Fall seven times, get up eight"
Midorima Shintarō: "Man proposes, God disposes"
Miyaji Kiyoshi: "With one's whole heart"
Takao Kazunari: "People who enjoy life are winners"
Tōō Academy:
Coach Harasawa Katsunori: "Remain impartial"
Momoi Satsuki: "Woman's intuition"
Imayoshi Shōichi: "Wisdom to realize one's own ignorance"
Aomine Daiki: (pet theory) "Anyone who likes basketball can't be bad"
Wakamatsu Kōsuke: "Where there is a will, there is a way"
Susa Yoshinori: "The last drop makes the cup run over"
Sakurai Ryō: "Don't do bad things to people that have been done to you"
Yōsen High:
Coach Araki Masako: "Those who put off what they can do today till tomorrow are stupid"
Okamura Kenichi: "The boughs that bear most hang lowest"
Murasakibara Atsushi: "Sweets are Justice"
Liu Wei: "Better be the head of a chicken than the tail of an ox"
Himuro Tatsuya: "Don't expect life to be fair" "Keep a hot heart and a cool head, think before you act, and never give up"
Rakuzan High:
Coach Shirogane Eiji: "Train to be strong like steel"
Higuchi Shōta: "Endure all hardships for the sake of one's ambition"
Akashi Seijuro: "Quick and decisive"
Mayuzumi Chihiro: "Farm on sunny days, read on rainy days"
Mibuchi Reo: "Soft on the outside, tough on the inside"
Hayama Kotarō: "Strike while the iron is hot"
Nebuya Eikichi: "A sound mind in a sound body" "Muscles don't lie"
Fukuda Sōgō Academy:
Ishida Hideki: "People for people"
Haizaki Shōgo: "Survival of the fittest"
Mochizuki Kazuhiro: "Knock on the bridge before crossing it" (meaning - Look before you leap)
Kirisaki Daiichi High:
Hanamiya Makoto: "Birds of a feather flock together"
Seto Kentarō: "Free and without restrictions"
Furuhashi Kōjirō: "Go with the flow"
Yamazaki Hiroshi: "Life will work out somehow"
Hara Kazuya: "A joyful evening may follow a sorrowful morning"
Seihō High:
Coach Matsumoto Yukinori: "Slow and steady wins the race"
Iwamura Tsutomu: "Enemies and friends are both reflections of oneself"
Ōmurō Yoshikasu: "Silence is golden"
Sakamoto Kenjirō: "Out of the mouth comes evil"
Tsugawa Tomoki: "Do with all your might"
Jōsei High:
Kawase Yōhei: "Time is money"
Sakuma Hiroshi: "All's well that ends well"
Tsukubu Masahiro: "Surrounded by enemies"
Narumi Daisuke: "Throw a sprat to catch a mackerel"
Tōyama Kazuki: "He who does not work, shall not eat"
Shinkyō Academy:
Tanimura Yūsuke: "One who is kind to others is sure to be rewarded"
Papa Mbaye Siki: "Can't see the forest for the trees"
Ōnita High:
Kobayashi Keisuke: "Dust amassed will made a mountain"
Meikō Junior High:
Ogiwara Shigehiro: "Earnestly and sincerely"
Team Jabberwock:
Nash Gold Jr.: "Do not suppose opportunity will knock twice at your door"
Jason Silver: "I have never thought"
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Extra: (Haikyuu)
Oikawa Tōru: "叩くなら折れるまで！- If you're gonna hit it, hit it till it breaks!"
Tanaka Ryūnosuke: (haiku poem) "後輩を支えてこその先輩だ - To be a senpai is to support his juniors" (Season 3 Episode 6)
T-shirt idioms from Nishinoya and Tanaka:
(from a Drama CD)
Shimizu Kiyoko: "Shimizu Kiyoko" (清水潔子)
Sawamura Daichi: "Fall down seven and get up eight" (七転八起 - shichiten hakki) (like Shūtoku's Kimura)
Sugawara Kōshi: "Indomitable" (不撓不屈 - futou fukutsu) (like Shūtoku's epithet)
Azumane Asahi: "Happy New Year" (謹賀新年 - kinga shinnen)
Nishinoya Yū: "Racing recklessly" (猪突猛進 - chototsu moushin)
Tanaka Ryūnosuke: "Survival of the fittest" (弱肉強食 - jakuniku kyoushoku) (same as Haizaki)
Ennoshita Chikara: "Once-in-a-lifetime encounter" (一期一会 - ichigo ichie) (same as Kuroko)
Kageyama Tobio: "Single-celled" (単細胞 - tansaibou)
Hinata Shōyō: "Great talents become mature late" (大器晩成 - taiki bansei)
Tsukishima Kei: "Herbivore" (草食動物 - soushoku doubutsu)
Yamaguchi Tadashi: "Mollusk" (軟体動物 - nantai doubutsu)
Akatsuki Ai: "Love every thing related to the person you love" (愛及屋烏 - aikyuu okuu)
(Origin: Love that spreads to even the crow perched atop of your lover's roof)
Which one's your favorite? Do you have a motto?
It's too bad everyone in Haikyuu doesn't have one, but I think we could probably come up with some good ones for them
Please let me know if I should add anyone or missed their mottos/notable quotes!