Koichi Tanaka Quotes


"I suppose the reason I chose electrical engineering was because I had always been interested in electricity, involving myself in such projects as building radios from the time I was a child."
- Koichi Tanaka
(Related: Time, Building, Electricity, Engineering, Projects, Reason)

"When it came time to find employment, I set my sights on becoming an engineer at a home electronics manufacturer, a field that was closely related to my major at university."
- Koichi Tanaka
(Related: Home, Time, University)

"Upon receiving my notification of acceptance to the university, my parents noticed that they were obliged to submit to the university, among other things, a copy of my official family register. After much mental anguish, they decided to inform me of the secret of my birth."
- Koichi Tanaka
(Related: Family, Acceptance, Parents, University)

"The thought grew strong in me that since I had gone to the trouble of being born, I might as well be useful in helping people live long and healthy lives. And this thought has always resided in the back of my mind."
- Koichi Tanaka
(Related: Thought, People, Being, Mind, Trouble)

"The tenacious character I've possessed since I was a small child propelled me to successfully meet this challenge, and I was able to safely gain acceptance to the university of my choice."
- Koichi Tanaka
(Related: Character, Acceptance, Challenge, Choice, Gain, University)

"The Faculty of Technology of Tohoku University is renowned for its tradition of practical studies."
- Koichi Tanaka
(Related: Technology, Tradition, University)

"Most of the work performed by a development engineer results in failure."
- Koichi Tanaka
(Related: Work, Development, Failure, Results)

"In 1978, I entered Tohoku University, into the Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Technology."
- Koichi Tanaka
(Related: Technology, Engineering, University)

"I cannot say that I was a particularly diligent student, especially during the lower grades."
- Koichi Tanaka
"However, the occasional visit of success provides just the excitement an engineer needs to face work the following day."
- Koichi Tanaka
(Related: Success, Work, Day, Excitement, Needs, Visit)

"My grandmother valued even the smallest of things."
- Koichi Tanaka
"From my father, I learned the importance of working sincerely at things to which I had committed myself, and to persevere untiringly even in the face of little progress."
- Koichi Tanaka
(Related: Father, Progress, Importance)

"In such an environment, I was able to study things that could be of immediate usefulness to the world. That learning experience undoubtedly served me well when I eventually entered the work force."
- Koichi Tanaka
(Related: Experience, Work, Environment, Force, Learning, Study, Usefulness, World)