Guts gives motivational advice

Ikari Shinji

How... how do you keep going? After everything that's happened to you?

Ikari Shinji

Sometimes I feel like giving up...

Guts

You think I've gotten over my demons, kid? That I've conquered my darkness?

Guts

I haven't. They're still here, clawing at me every day.

Guts

But life is a battlefield. Every morning you wake up is another fight.

Guts

A friend once told me three words: Struggle. Endure. Contend.

Ikari Shinji

Struggle... Endure... Contend...

Guts

The world is cruel, kid. It'll break you if you let it.

Guts

But you've got to keep swinging your sword. Keep fighting. That's what it means to be alive.

Ikari Shinji

I... I think I understand now.

Ikari Shinji

Thank you, Guts-san.