Rock Lee quotes from Naruto

Rock Lee

If I cannot do 1200 jump ropes without a mistake, then it is 2000 kicks! 1116, 1117, 1118-

Lee! Taking a break already?

Rock Lee

What is it, Guy Sensei? If it is about my messing up on the last assignment, I said I was sorry.

Lee, It's true you're different from Neji and the others. You have no gift for Ninjutsu or Genjutsu, and your Taijutsu needs work. But then again, you have a gift that Neji doesn't have, not as flashy, but perhaps even more important.

Rock Lee

You do not have to make me feel better.

You idiot, you think I'd waste my time with that? All I'm saying is that you have the gift of perseverance, and that's what makes you a genius too.

Rock Lee

But is that true sensei? I wonder. I used to think so. I used to believe that if I just trained harder than Neji, 2 or 3 times harder, I would make myself strong enough, but now I am not so sure. I do not know if I will ever be able to work hard enough to be real talent. That is why I'm always taking out Neji. I keep thinking all of my efforts will pay off, but it's always been the same, I'm no match for him at all. Every time we have a ninja mission my legs begin shaking. I don't know if I can take it. Sometimes it seems like the whole thing is pointless. Like I am a loser and I will always be a loser. I do not know what to do.

You're right. All the effort is pointless if you don't believe in yourself!

The Hidden Lotus. A Taijutsu combination of such blinding speed that no one can defend himself against it. Not even Neji. Gaara's sand shield is useless.

Rock Lee

Now to finish it! Hidden Lotus!

Well whatever you are I'll snap you out of it.

Rock Lee

I said I'm not drunk. In the first place I'm not even of age. Underage ninjas should not partake in the drinking of sake!

Gaara

Orochimaru has brainwashed you well. You sad little pawn.

You're wrong! You don't understand! [flashes back to his times with Orochimaru] I will see the truth of this world... LORD OROCHIMARU WILL SHOW ME!

Gaara

A tenacious opponent, but this time it's over. We won't be seeing him again in this life.

Rock Lee

Yes. Good.

Gaara

My strength is gone. We must descend.

[last words] I am not his pawn! He is the one, the only one who ever gave my life meaning! But how could the likes of you EVER UNDERSTAND THAT?!

Gaara

It was sheer luck... I should have been killed.

Rock Lee

No, it was not meant to be. My Sensei has often said to me: "A good ninja makes his own luck."

Gaara

That meddlesome mother hen...

Rock Lee

[offended] Guy-Sensei is nothing of the sort! Yes, he stepped in, but only that once, and only because I was not strong enough. I am very grateful to you for having saved my life, but I warn you, I will not abide of anyone speaking ill of my Sensei.

Gaara

So you're another one, eh?

Rock Lee

Huh?

Gaara

You have someone in your life whom you honor and revere so much that every hurt inflicted on them is inflicted on you as well. And the closer they are to you, the greater the pain. [remembers Kimimaro's last words] To feel so strongly for someone you would fight for them...and die for them. You and Naruto Uzumaki have that in common. However, what if this person you honor and would even die for is not a virtuous person?

Rock Lee

Impossible! Such a person would be unworthy of honor or respect.

Gaara

No. Perhaps the companionship of even an evil person is preferable to loneliness...