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Bill Bowerman
Kitami is Mr. Morimoto’s successor at Onitsuka, as well as the member of Onitsuka Knight interacts with the most. Although Kitami appears kind and supportive of Knight at first, Knight quickly realizes that Kitami does not believe in Knight’s vision and wants to replace him. In Knight’s account, Kitami regularly acts in an underhanded manner expects ludicrous sales numbers out of Blue Ribbon. After Onitsuka loses the court case to Blue Ribbon, Kitami shakes Knight’s hand.
Kitami Quotes in Shoe Dog
The Shoe Dog quotes below are all either spoken by Kitami or refer to Kitami. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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11. 1971
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Waiting for Kitami to return, I had the strangest thought. I recalled all the times I’d volunteered with the Boy Scouts, all the times I’d sat on Eagle Scout review boards, handing out merit badges for honor and integrity. Two or three weekends a year I’d question pink-cheeked boys about their probity, their honesty, and now I was stealing documents from another man’s briefcase? I was headed down a dark path. No telling where it might lead. Wherever, there was no getting around one immediate consequence of my actions. I’d have to recuse myself from the next review board.
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Kitami Quotes in Shoe Dog
The Shoe Dog quotes below are all either spoken by Kitami or refer to Kitami. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
11. 1971
Quotes
Waiting for Kitami to return, I had the strangest thought. I recalled all the times I’d volunteered with the Boy Scouts, all the times I’d sat on Eagle Scout review boards, handing out merit badges for honor and integrity. Two or three weekends a year I’d question pink-cheeked boys about their probity, their honesty, and now I was stealing documents from another man’s briefcase? I was headed down a dark path. No telling where it might lead. Wherever, there was no getting around one immediate consequence of my actions. I’d have to recuse myself from the next review board.
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