Yamato quotes from Naruto: Shippūden

Yamato

It would be an honor to work in Kakashi's stead, milady.

Yamato

[To Naruto] If you want to save Sasuke, then do it using your own power. If you wish to see Sasuke, then look with your eyes, not the Nine-Tails. If you want to protect Sakura, forget about the fox spirit. Use your strength.

Yamato

I'll pass on saying "I won't let you guys get hurt!" with a smile. You're no longer an apprentice ninja who needs to be protected. You're shinobi who'll sooner or later have to pass Kakashi and sustain Konoha on your shoulders. It's one thing to be compassionate and another to be indulgent.

Yamato

Actually, just watch. You're about to see a completely new Naruto!

Sai

I knew we were going to be teammates and I wanted to see how strong you were.

Naruto

Well that was pretty stupid. You didn't have to go that far.

Sai

I was just curious to see how strong you'd be. Now I know you're not packing anything major.

Naruto

What did you just say?!

Sakura

We have to work together with this guy! You can't start off fighting from the get go! [to Sai] And the same goes for you. That wasn't very nice.

Sai

Is that so?

Sakura

You're not winning any friends with talk like that.

Sai

Well don't write me off yet. I like everyone, even you, ugly.

Sakura

What did you just say?!

Yamato

Whoa easy Sakura! Follow your own advice.

Yamato

Mutual respect and trust are essential elements of teamwork. Wasn't it Kakashi that taught you that? You are part of the team led by the great Kakashi. Lose the attitude.

Naruto

He's not a member of Team Kakashi! The fourth member of Team Kakashi is and always will be Sasuke Uchiha! This guy, he's just a fill in for Sasuke. That's all he is. He'll never be a real member of the team!

Sai

Well I'm glad that's how you feel. Sasuke is a traitor. He betrayed the Leaf and joined Orochimaru. Yes you're right. I'm not him at all. I'm not a traitorous cockroach. I can't fill in for someone like that.

Naruto

I've had it with you Sai. [Sakura stops him from saying anything]

Sakura

Remember what's important Naruto. It's teamwork. Calm down. Sai, Naruto was out of line, but it's just because he doesn't know you well enough yet. I'm sorry. I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive him.

Naruto

But Sakura...

Yamato

Glad we have one levelheaded person on the team.

Sai

Oh don't worry. He doesn't bother me in the least.

Sakura

Good. That's a relief. [sends Sai flying with a punch] I don't care one bit if you forgive me.

Yamato

[To Team 7 while making "ghoul eyes"] The three of you don't know me very well, either. I prefer the kinder and gentler approach, but believe me, I will use draconian methods if needed. [later to Naruto and Sai at the hot springs] Ah, naked like this with no secrets from each other. There's nothing like it for bringing people together is there? [both ignore him, so he makes his "ghoul eyes"] There's nothing like it is there?

Naruto

Right! There's nothing like it is there? Forget kinder and gentler. He's definitely going with the draconian method.

Sai

[to Naruto] Well what do you know? Looks like you do have some balls after all.

Sakura

It's always like this. The only things I can do for Naruto are the little things anyone could do.

Yamato

It doesn't matter whether the things you do for him are great or small. What matters is how much you care, really care about Naruto. I can tell just by watching you Sakura, just how much you...

Naruto

If that's all true then why didn't you kill me that day?! Weren't you gonna break our bond, Sasuke?!

Sasuke

The reason is simple. It's not that I couldn't break our bond, Naruto. [flashes back to the Uchiha clan massacre] I was simply doing as my older brother had done before me. It was nothing more than a strategy to gain power.

Naruto

What are you talking about?

Sasuke

I don't owe you any explanations. All I can tell you is that day... [flashes back to the battle at the Final Valley] That day when I left you lying there, I only spared your life on a whim, nothing more. [appears near Naruto]

Yamato

He's fast.

Sakura

How did he do that?

Sasuke

You know come to think of it, wasn't it always your dream to become the Hokage? All of the time you spent chasing after me would have been better spent in training. Wouldn't you agree, Naruto?

Sakura

Sasuke what are you-

Sasuke

[unsheathing his sword] But this time my whim is telling me to finish what I started.

Naruto

How could I ever become Hokage? I can't save a friend. Isn't that right, Sasuke?

Kakashi

[On Naruto] Jutsu that were beyond the Fourth Hokage are well within his command. I guess it's time to finally pass the torch. He's surpassed me. Can you sense it? You're the one who's always before his eyes inspiring him. It's you who makes him strong. You know that don't you Sasuke?

Yamato

Kakashi, time to move.

Kakashi

Yeah.

Choji

Think you can make it?

Yamato

Alright everyone, we're heading back to the Leaf Village.

Ino

Where's Kakashi sensei?

Yamato

Tying up loose ends.

Kakuzu

[last words] Defeated by a pack of brats. Incredible.

Kakashi

You did fight the First Hokage. No wonder you see us as brats, but it cuts both ways. To our eyes, you're just an old geezer whose time is over. So here you are dying, hugging the earth like a worm. One by one the next generation will catch up to you, and in the end they'll surpass you. [Kakashi finishes off Kakuzu]

Kabuto

The pain of not knowing who I am, of not having an identity, you understand it well, don't you Naruto?

Naruto

I don't want to understand anything that you'd say.

Kabuto

Are you sure? Who are you really? Are you Naruto Uzumaki, or the Nine-tailed Fox? I know you were shunned and despised in the past. You must have questioned your identity and who you were meant to be. But you had faith in your strength and told yourself you were Naruto Uzumaki. You forged your own identity. In doing so you overcame the cold stares meant for the Nine Tails.

Hinata

What is he doing? What does he want with Naruto?

Yamato

I can't figure it out either.

Kabuto

That's why you're confident. That's why you have no doubts at all about your identity and why you found friends who accept you so readily. But my story's different. Instead of reaching beyond Lord Orochimaru I stubbornly kept clinging tightly to his power. Now I have a much better idea of how you must have felt Naruto. You made me see. And so I decided that I would try to be like you. That's why my path's clear to me. I'm going to use what I was able to absorb from Lord Orochimaru to become a better stronger Kabuto Yakushi.