Live Your Dreams - Part 8

Live Your Dreams

Facing the athletics for 100 days period.
The touching and appreciating beats that the athletics created had greatly and strongly left a deep impression in my heart.

If the athletics and myself share a common area, would not it be "After all, one has to face himself."
I think that on the surface it looks like fighting with the competitor. However, after all, it is fighting with oneself.

Have I confronted myself exactly?
Can I face myself till I am able to accept it?
This can be applied to anyone even though the aim and dream are different.

Though the result is important, I think in the end, the most important thing is "One does not live with any regrets."

For this purpose, everyday there is practice and putting in of effort.
Even though it seems like a natural matter, the athletics have shown me the real fact.


～　TV Asahi Sydney 2000 Photo Report　写真　福山雅治　～

Live Your Dreams - Part 7

Even though she had a fall, Ms Yamaguchi won the seventh place.
Yet even she had a fall, Ms Yamaguchi said "I have forgotten about it."

Having heard that, I felt that she was engrossed with running till she forgot about the fall.
She has to focus and must run to the extend that she forgot about her fall.

Ms Yamaguchi's portrait after the competition as compared to the high anxiety before the race, was changed completely.
The feeling of achievement and sense of security was shown completely.


Being in Japan and after entering Sydney means the face changed totally.
For Kousei, who has been a simple Judo teenager, standing at the world's stage, isn't his face changed to a Judoist who represent Japan?


*Mr Inoue Kousei - a Judoist


～　TV Asahi Sydney 2000 Photo Report　写真　福山雅治　～

Live Your Dreams - Part 6

After the race, Ms Takabashi said "I thought of the changes if I win the gold medal. The sky remains as the sky, and the street remains as the street. Therefore, to me, I hope to be what I am now even though I won the gold medal."

I felt it was awesome.

When I had my debut, which was one of my dreams, I also thought having a debut would change something.
But nothing had changed.

Thus at that time, I remained as I was while I tried hard.
Therefore, I got to understand that it is alright to remain as myself and I must remain as myself,



*Ms Takahashi Naoko (marathoner)


～　TV Asahi Sydney 2000 Photo Report　写真　福山雅治　～