Words of wisdom by professional shogi players

There are many words of wisdom by professional shogi players. Some of them are famous among shogi fans in Japan, but they may not be translated into English. So some words of professional players, especially my favorite ones, are introduced here.

"Recently, some Static rook players have also played Swinging rook, and they play well hastily. But I'm an eel restaurant which specialized for an eel, so I can't be defeated by an eel menu served by family restaurant."(by Takeshi Fujii)
- This words shows his spirit as specialist of 4th-file-Rook by allegories.

"I have no fear as long as I read through."(Yoshiharu Habu)
- His super play is sustained by enormous and accurate read.

"It's not such easy that I can win with making pride a priority. All that counts is the result, not the process."(Akira Watanabe)
- This words shows his rational play style.

"The important thing is to create. We make progress when we get out of mimic and create a new thing."(Kouzou Masuda)

"Ordinary movement is better than clever movement."(Yasuharu Oyama)
- This word shows that eccentric movement is seemed to be fancy but it has poor substance. The unspectacular movement is really good one. I think this thought is very for savvy people.

"The important thing is how you think." (Takeshi Fujii)
- He must have succeeded in making many original tactics by this thought.


Small amounts of words by professional shogi players are shown here. I will write additionally someday.