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During the Goodwill Event, when Todo Aoi finds out Itadori Yuji's taste in
women, he goes into an intense day-dream where he and Itadori are high-school
classmates. In his day-dream, Todo declares his intention to confess to
Takada-chan, who is also a student in the same school in his fantasy, and he
has the following conversation with Itadori:

> **Todo:** Why are you sure that I would be dumped?  
>  **Itadori:** On the other hand, why do you think she would agree?  
>  **Todo:** Anne Sullivan once said this to Helen Keller. "How can a fool
> think about losing before he does it?"  
>  **Itadori:** That's what Inoki said.

I have heard of [Anne Sullivan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Sullivan)
and [Helen Keller](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Keller), but who might
be Inoki? My best guess is that it refers to the wrestler [Antonio
Inoki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Inoki), but I am unable to
confirm or deny it. In case it is an actual quote said by a real person named
Inoki, could someone please provide a source for it?

Furthermore, as Todo comes out of his day-dream, he recites another quote (at
least, the subtitles that I have seen place these words within double quotes):

> At home, we are invincible…

Perhaps this is also a real quote, said by the same Inoki encountered earlier?
Any help in tracking down these quotes would be great!


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Who really said these words that Todo quotes in his day-dream?


**Todo was quoting Antonio Inoki... and song lyrics.**

The quote " _How can a fool think about losing before he does it?_ " was a
parody of Antonio Inoki's reply in a pre-match interview at _'90 New Japan
Pro-Wrestling Super Fight IN Tokyo Dome_. It was an answer to the question
asking if he would retire if he had lost the fight.

> 出る前に負けること考えるバカいるかよ!  
>  _deru mae ni makeru koto kangaeru baka iru kayo!_  
>  Does anyone think of losing before the match?

Reference:

  * [アントニオ猪木 名言・格言 ｜ 出る前に負けること考える馬鹿いるかよ。](https://meigen.info/?p=1705) (Japanese)
  * [YouTube video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwSYR1FbtsI) showing the scene

* * *

The quote after his daydream was from the song [_Seishun
Amigo_](https://www.project-imas.com/wiki/Seishun_Amigo) by [Shuuji to
Akira](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%ABji_to_Akira).

> Si si 俺たちはいつでも 二人で一つだった **地元じゃ負けしらず**  
>  _Si si ore-tachi wa itsudemo futari de hitotsu datta **jimoto ja
> makeshirazu**_  
>  Si si, the two of us were always one, **at home we were invincible** ,
> weren’t we?


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