King Kaz 55 years old Supporting "passion" and "regret" [Full text]

"King Kazu" turned 55 last month.

"The passion to play soccer, the regrets I experienced in soccer, and these things are in me, and those feelings support me."

In his 37th year as a professional player, Kazuyoshi Miura chose JFL as his new world. It was Suzuka Point Getters.

JFL is a category three below J1.

Why did you choose Suzuka?

What goal do you want to achieve there?

And what about your future?

Before the opening on the 13th of this month, he talked about his thoughts in an independent interview with NHK.

<Full interview below>

“Supported by the passion and regret of playing soccer”

-The feelings and conditions ahead of the opening are

"I have a preparation period of more than 2 months, so is my physical strength, and I think that I have been able to play soccer so well. Since I came here (Mie Prefecture) Although the time is limited, I practiced about 5 games.

Every time I played a practice game, the soccer condition was getting better, so I was well prepared in January and February. In

March .

It's been getting warmer since I entered, so I think I'm in a state where I can move more and more actively in those areas. "

-55 years old.

The reason why I can do my best up to this age is

"It is difficult to choose one or two, but from a mental point of view," passion "and" regret ", I think these are the two.

I play soccer .

Passion, the regrets I experienced in soccer, and these things are in me, and I think those feelings support me. "

37th year of professional regret is almost the same

-"Frustration" means

"I haven't been involved in the game for the past few years, and I have the regret that I haven't been able to play in the game

. There was a regret that didn't work at all. It

's a regret that I couldn't play even if I wanted to play the game

.

"The joy of playing in a match, the joy of playing well in a match, and contrary to that, the regret is so great that I think that regret is supporting me in my

37th year as a professional .

However, the regrets of not being involved in the game or playing an active part even after 37 years are almost the same as when I became a professional as a teenager.

That kind of feeling supports me. I think it's true. "

“If you overcome the weakened part, you can play soccer”

-The

part that I feel weakened in terms of body compared to when I was a teenager is

"Of course, I often feel that I have weakened physically.

I think that the physical strength to go back and forth (on the pitch) is falling. "

"But I think it's declining, but soccer can't be played if it's gone. It's still a sport that is played by 11 people.

Of course, the basic physical strength and basic speed that are the base, I need that kind of thing, but I think it's a sport that can be done by speeding up thinking, speeding up judgment, and overcoming one's weakened parts.

In that sense, there are also weakened parts. However, I think it is possible to overcome it and play while making use of my experience.

Now, I am improving my condition anyway.

To improve my condition for the game, I am very detailed. I live delicately and every day. "

-What I do to keep things in good condition is

" I basically train my team every day. I have a lot of free

time in the afternoon, so I don't have enough. It's muscle training that team training can't

do

, it's relaxing the body, and it's body care and treatment.

I do it almost every day. "

"Commitment to participate in the game"

-The background to the transfer to Suzuka, the decisive factor is that

"the team has a chance to be promoted to J3. That is one of the first. And the reason I decided to transfer this time is to participate in the game.

I don't think I can get out without doing anything because I came to JFL. I think I have

to

work hard to win the position.

The best approach to the match is to communicate .

The team with the most potential was Suzuka (Point Getters).

I think the presence of Yasu-san and Yasutoshi Miura, who are also directors, GMs, and my big brothers, was a big factor. increase"

"I'm the best understanding person, I know and understand all the good things about me, what I'm missing now, what I have to do now, and I He knows what he wants to do and what kind of play he wants to play, he knows what his brother wants, and I think he knows what he wants, and it's easy to communicate

. I don't know, but I think it's a little difficult to do from the surroundings, but in such a situation, there are times when we sternly collide with each other on the ground and make strict demands. I'm

a

manager and a player, but the goal is to make the team a professional club.

Bring it to a professional mentality and promote to J3. This goal is the same, so I'm working hard together now. "

"A place where you can maximize your strength"

-From the decision to transfer from "J" to "JFL", the conflict was

"Of course, players are at the top level, and I think it is natural that they have the desire and ambition to play in the top league.

If I have J1, J2, If you can play in the J3 and J-League stages, you may have the option of J-League, but from your current standpoint, considering what you have felt over the last few years. I wonder if I shouldn't be too particular about the category. The

important thing is that I can put my passion into the place where I can maximize my strength.

I wanted to go to that kind of place. "

"Among them, whether it was the JFL or the regional leagues under the JFL, it didn't really matter to me.

The passion of the club, the philosophy of the club .

, The goals that the club has, that kind of thing was important to me, but when it comes to levels, it's better to be able to do it at a higher level, but considering my current position, position, and ability, the category I thought it was more important for me to play an active part in the match and go up on my own. In that

sense, I didn't hesitate to choose JFL at all. "

“I can't find the choice to quit”

-Thinking about the future is

, "I don't think about it when I draw. Of course, I love soccer, and soccer is

the

only thing I've been doing since I was a kid and burning my passion.

Soccer is a profession, a job, a business in a sense, and I still have a passion for my favorite football .

There

are clubs that still need me like this. I

can't find it.

It's still the case. "

"However, even so, considering my age, it's still difficult to practice at 100% every day. It's

hard to say because I'm doing it myself.

Thinking about that, I think I have to do a little training.

I'm always thinking about playing soccer in my head and continuing, and will I give a good performance in that? I'm always thinking about that, so I don't really have the option to quit myself,

but I think I'll have to quit someday, my body won't last forever, and there will be times when I don't need it. However, I

think

it's really difficult to continue practicing every day as I just said, but that also means that I will continue to be active.

Only soccer is difficult . It's

not.

Everyone, there may be hundreds, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, hundreds of millions of people in the world who really work harder than I do. In that

sense, I'm me .

I want to do my best as long as I can continue. I think I have to make an effort in that.

I think it's a fight against myself. "

“Watching soccer makes it a brighter material”

-It's been

11 years since the Great East Japan Earthquake struck .

I think there was a part where I could share with everyone the pain and sadness that everyone suffered in soccer. "

"Even now, 11 years later, I hope that it will be a little brighter to watch soccer by watching our play, including the customers who come to the stadium and the people who watch it on TV."

“Hit everything you have”

-JFL, not J League.

What happens there

"I honestly don't know what I can do with JFL, but there are various teams of JFL in JFL. There are

16 teams in various areas, and I go to those areas and various people. I'm really looking forward to meeting with the locals and talking to the locals at various stadiums. "

"I think there are many things to win, lose, or not play an active part, but I just hit everything I have and play soccer on the ground to the fullest, making everyone happy. In that

sense, if possible, there are 16 teams including Suzuka, and there are cities that overlap, but now I want to go to all 16 places. increase"

-How will the area change when Suzuka becomes a "J" club?

"After all, revitalizing the area. I think that if everyone supports the team, various powers will be born.

It is a team that comes to see at the stadium .

When he wins, something like an uplifting feeling will be born, and the desire to improve the region will spread. "

"To enter the J-League, the training part is very important, and the number of people involved in it will increase. There

will be many adults who will be involved in the training of children.

I went to the world from Frontale .

Reo Hatate is from this town (Suzuka City, Mie Prefecture). With such players coming out, children can spend their days with dreams.

People who support it Being energetic and being a world-class player from our town makes me very happy. The number of children aiming for that is increasing.

If the number of such people increases, I'm building a stadium for 5,000 people now. That's why we need a stadium for 10,000 and 20,000 people, and it's getting more and more exciting in the area, we can make horizontal connections, and communication is getting more and more, and everyone is getting better. "

“The spirit of taking on challenges without giving up”

-55 years old.

What I want to convey to the children by continuing to play is,

"Of course, it's not all good things while continuing for a long time, so it's going to be more and more difficult

. Spirit. I want to share that kind of thing with everyone. "

"There are times when I can't do what I want to do, even if I have a dream, and sometimes I

give up. If I want to do it, it's very important to work hard without giving up and to do it every day. I think. Even at the age of 55, if you stand on the pitch,

you

can compete like players in their teens, 20s, and 30s, aiming for victory and goals.

I think it's a dream. "

"How much can I fight myself?"

-When I was about to get sick, how did I get over it?

"I didn't feel like I was going to get sick in soccer. I lost the game, I couldn't play the game.

Soccer players couldn't play the game.

It's very mentally tough, and the longer it gets, the harder it is, and it's really important how much you can fight yourself without losing your motivation. "

"When I'm about to fall, I have to concentrate and show my passion for training as much as when I'm about to lose

myself. That's how I feel that feeling in practice .

I'm trying to get it back. I got it

back by training. "

-How do you want to convey such a figure?

"By moving myself, a lot of media people gather. The practice game on February 26 was my birthday, but there are 600 supporters. It's hard to see that many customers

come

to see the practice even in the J League, and it's not covered in the media, so by moving myself, it gets excited even in the category below, and the players "see" You can have the consciousness of being "being done". Being

seen means that "responsibility" is greater than ever

. What kind of play can be done under that responsibility? What kind of results can be achieved? It's also the difference between the two, so I'd like to extend that area even if I'm one step or one millimeter. "

“Patience is also needed to grow”

-Is there anything that Suzuka can do because it is a JFL club?

"I don't have the consciousness that I'm basically in the J League team or in the JFL team.

This club is currently fighting in the JFL, but I have a desire to grow as a professional club and a professional team in the future, so I think that it is a professional organization, so in that sense it is special here (Suzuka).

There are many sacrifices to grow as a professional club, it takes time, and I think we need

patience .

I think we have to do it with that patience. "

-Loan transfer First of all, how do you want to contribute to Suzuka in the past year?

"What I can do is that I have to do my best on the pitch. There is no guarantee that I will win even if I do my best.

However, I want to take the lead and lead the team, and I want to cooperate toward the team's goal of promotion to J3. It's been a

year, but the last 30 games, the next 9 months.

For nine months from today, I would like to contribute to the team on the pitch first and work hard every day so that I can be promoted to the top (J3). "

-Towards the opening, I would like to tell everyone in Mie Prefecture,

"In the process of growing a professional club team, the power of supporters and local people is really necessary.

Of course, they will support us. That's the case, but I want players and clubs to always look in the right direction with a strict eye and demand and nurture them.

In that sense, the power of supporters is indispensable or absolutely necessary. So, I want a lot of supporters to go to the stadium.

Of course, like our game, we also have a triple rival team, so I want you to support the rival team's game, and while competing like that. I think all the people here have grown a team. "

“We are happy to win the match”

-Shikishi for your thoughts on this season

(I wrote "Boa Sorte")

"Good luck, good luck. To everyone involved in this.

Everyone is happy to win the game and feel like" Boa Sorte ". Hey"