Soccer Player Tattoo - Cristian Vieri

Christian Vieri, an Italian soccer (or football) player also has tattoos written in kanji on his right arm. According to Vieri he Vieri went to a tattoo parlor, but "they did not tell me the characters' meanings. I picked these because I liked their look." Vieri was pleasently surprised when he discovered the meanings of the characters which say "strength, eternity, thunder"