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Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.55,0:00:12.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was 14 years old,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.64,0:00:14.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had low self-esteem.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.63,0:00:18.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt I was not talented at anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.31,0:00:22.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One day, I bought a yo-yo.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.53,0:00:26.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I tried my first trick,\Nit looked like this:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.77,0:00:33.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.55,0:00:36.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I couldn't even do the simplest trick,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.36,0:00:38.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it was very natural for me,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.70,0:00:42.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I was not dextrous,\Nand hated all sports.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.56,0:00:46.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But after one week of practicing,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.32,0:00:48.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my throws became more like this:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.58,0:00:55.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A bit better.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.83,0:01:00.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought, the yo-yo\Nis something for me to be good at.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.77,0:01:03.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the first time in my life,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.50,0:01:05.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I found my passion.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.86,0:01:09.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was spending all my time practicing.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.85,0:01:14.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It took me hours and hours a day\Nto build my skills up to the next level.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.35,0:01:19.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, four years later,\Nwhen I was 18 years old,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.07,0:01:23.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was standing onstage\Nat the World YoYo Contest.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.35,0:01:24.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I won.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.88,0:01:26.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was so excited.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.07,0:01:28.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Yes, I did it! I became a hero.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.68,0:01:31.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I may get many sponsors, a lot of money,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.04,0:01:33.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tons of interviews,\Nand be on TV!" I thought.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.85,0:01:35.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.60,0:01:38.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But after coming back to Japan,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.84,0:01:41.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,totally nothing changed in my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.87,0:01:43.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.61,0:01:46.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I realized society\Ndidn't value my passion.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.17,0:01:50.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I went back to my college
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.74,0:01:53.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and became a typical Japanese worker\Nas a systems engineer.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.24,0:02:00.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt my passion,\Nheart and soul, had left my body.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.58,0:02:03.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt I was not alive anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.39,0:02:08.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I started to consider what I should do,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.32,0:02:11.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I thought, I wanted to make\Nmy performance better,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.92,0:02:17.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to show onstage\Nhow spectacular the yo-yo could be
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.37,0:02:19.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to change the public's image of the yo-yo.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.52,0:02:23.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I quit my company
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.41,0:02:27.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and started a career\Nas a professional performer.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.40,0:02:33.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started to learn classic ballet,\Njazz dance, acrobatics and other things
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.08,0:02:34.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make my performance better.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.52,0:02:38.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a result of these efforts,\Nand the help of many others,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.70,0:02:39.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.96,0:02:44.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I won the World YoYo Contest again\Nin the artistic performance division.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.46,0:02:48.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I passed an audition for Cirque Du Soleil.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.75,0:02:52.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, I am standing on the TED stage
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.61,0:02:55.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the yo-yo in front of you.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.19,0:02:59.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.54,0:03:02.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I learned from the yo-yo is,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.83,0:03:06.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if I make enough effort with huge passion,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.70,0:03:08.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is no impossible.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.10,0:03:12.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Could you let me share my passion with you
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.99,0:03:14.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through my performance?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.65,0:03:19.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.100,0:03:48.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Water sound)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.65,0:03:58.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.79,0:07:37.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music ends)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.40,0:07:44.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.60,0:07:51.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.40,0:09:08.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music ends)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.18,0:09:15.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.27,0:09:33.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause ends)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.53,0:09:40.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.74,0:10:10.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)